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james landale, bbc news over gaza. the wars in the middle east and ukraine took centre stage at a high—level meeting in washington between america and britain's top diplomats. the british foreign secretary, david cameron, says his government has grave concerns about humanitarian access in gaza, but would not be suspending arms exports to israel. he also defended his earlier meeting with former president donald trump as entirely in line with precedent. meanwhile, secretary of state, antony blinken, says the us does not have a date for a potential israeli military operation in rafah but added the state department is working closely with qatar and egypt to establish a ceasefire. no, we do not have a date for any rafah operational at least not one indicated to us by the israelis. on the contrary, what we do have is an ongoing conversation with israel about any rafah operation. the president has been very clear about our concerns, our deep concerns, about israel's ability to move civilians out of harm's way, to care for t
james landale, bbc news over gaza. the wars in the middle east and ukraine took centre stage at a high—level meeting in washington between america and britain's top diplomats. the british foreign secretary, david cameron, says his government has grave concerns about humanitarian access in gaza, but would not be suspending arms exports to israel. he also defended his earlier meeting with former president donald trump as entirely in line with precedent. meanwhile, secretary of state, antony...
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nesta mcgregor, bbc news, east london. another london side with recent european success is west ham — they have a tough trip to the bundesliga leaders leverkusen tonight in the first leg of their europa league quarterfinal. meanwhile liverpool are hoping to send jurgen klopp off with european glory at the end of his final season in charge. the europa league is the one major trophy he's yet to win there, with atalanta the visitors to anfield tonight. it didn't look like that it would be involved in international football at all. from the moment on where we saw the chance to get into the european league, we were really desperate to do so and you only do that when you are liverpool because you want to win the competition. only great teams are left in the competition, it's really outstanding. and we know what atalanta is all about, and it's difficult to play against italian teams, it always was. they are tactically super disciplined, and super dangerous in a lot of areas so we have to be at our best. just one british side le
nesta mcgregor, bbc news, east london. another london side with recent european success is west ham — they have a tough trip to the bundesliga leaders leverkusen tonight in the first leg of their europa league quarterfinal. meanwhile liverpool are hoping to send jurgen klopp off with european glory at the end of his final season in charge. the europa league is the one major trophy he's yet to win there, with atalanta the visitors to anfield tonight. it didn't look like that it would be...
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you are watching the bbc news. a new study has found that around one in four cases of breast cancer in the uk are preventable. with factors like alcohol consumption — or even choosing to breast—feed — having an impact on the chances of being diagnosed. the report points out that despite being the world's most common cancer, gaps in our knowledge continue to prevent effective action. dr simon vincent is a director of research, support and influencing at breast cancer now. he gave me his thoughts. this report is a global report looking at evidence across the world, so it is pulling together information we already know but having it all together really gives a wake—up call to us in the uk as well as governments across the world, as to the challenge that we face. so we do know what many of these risk factors are for breast cancer, it is really challenging to see them laid out so clearly here but the good news is that there are things people can do about some of these things. what are the key risk factors? we th
you are watching the bbc news. a new study has found that around one in four cases of breast cancer in the uk are preventable. with factors like alcohol consumption — or even choosing to breast—feed — having an impact on the chances of being diagnosed. the report points out that despite being the world's most common cancer, gaps in our knowledge continue to prevent effective action. dr simon vincent is a director of research, support and influencing at breast cancer now. he gave me his...
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nada tawfik, bbc news, in new york. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. monday marks one—year since the eruption of the civil war in sudan. fighting between the sudanese armed forces and the rapid support forces has claimed thousands of lives, displaced more than 8 million, and triggered the world s largest hunger crisis, according to the un. and a year in, there's seeemingly no end in sight. 0ur africa correspondent barbara plett usher joins me from nairobi. give us an idea of the scale of the impact of the fighting that's been going on for more than a year. saddam was already fragile before the world with people needing humanitarian assistance in parts because a previous conflict but things have worsened exponentially over the past few years, collapse of state services including health care and water and sanitation especially in conflict zones, the economy taking a hard hit, the fighting affected production and supply lines and farming which means sudan cannot produce its own food anymore and all those people displaced, around 2 million outside the co
nada tawfik, bbc news, in new york. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. monday marks one—year since the eruption of the civil war in sudan. fighting between the sudanese armed forces and the rapid support forces has claimed thousands of lives, displaced more than 8 million, and triggered the world s largest hunger crisis, according to the un. and a year in, there's seeemingly no end in sight. 0ur africa correspondent barbara plett usher joins me from nairobi. give us an idea...
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this is bbc news. iran strikes at israel with an unprecedented attack involving more than 300 drones and missiles. almost all them were intercepted before they landed. the us, britain and jordan were among the countries involved in israel's defence. a member of israel's war cabinet, benny gantz, warns israel will retaliate. translation: faced with the threat of iran, we translation: faced with the threat of iran. we will— translation: faced with the threat of iran, we will build _ translation: faced with the threat of iran, we will build a _ translation: faced with the threat of iran, we will build a regional- of iran, we will build a regional coalition and collect the prize from iran in a way and at a time that suits us. the us warns it doesn't want the crisis to escalate into a wider war, but says it's up to israel, how to respond. it says it won't take part in any attack on iran. in tehran, supporters of the iranian government celebrate the attack. iran warns israel not to retaliate and says it ha
this is bbc news. iran strikes at israel with an unprecedented attack involving more than 300 drones and missiles. almost all them were intercepted before they landed. the us, britain and jordan were among the countries involved in israel's defence. a member of israel's war cabinet, benny gantz, warns israel will retaliate. translation: faced with the threat of iran, we translation: faced with the threat of iran. we will— translation: faced with the threat of iran, we will build _...
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you are watching the bbc news, october. you are watching the bbc news. coverage — october. you are watching the bbc news, coverage of— october. you are watching the bbc news, coverage of the _ october. you are watching the bbc news, coverage of the horizon - october. you are watching the bbc news, coverage of the horizon it. news, coverage of the horizon it scandal. we have been hearing from alan bates who has been fighting for accountability. we will continue our coverage shortly. the accountability. we will continue our coverage shortly.— accountability. we will continue our coverage shortly. the background to the meeting- -- _ today at 1:00pm, a man has been arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of a young mother in bradford. habibur masum was arrested in aylesbury in buckinghamshire after a nationwide appeal to find him. also this lunchtime, battered britain yet again, with gale force winds and heavy rain and flood warnings across the country. and flood warnings we and flood warnings will be live here in west sussex and we will be live here in west sussex a
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this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and thanks forjoining us on bbc news. tens of millions of people across north america have been watching a total solar eclipse — where the moon briefly blocked the light from the sun. cheering crowds who gathered at the resort town of mazatlan on mexico's pacific coast were the first to cheer as the sky turned completely dark in the middle of the day. the total solar eclipse swept up from there and across several us states and then into canada. it took about 2.5 hours in total — and thrilled the enormous crowds who'd gathered in its path along the way — including our very own nada tawfik. have a listen to this. it's picking through the clouds, mother nature is teasing us, there it is! that's spectacular! wow, that is fabulous! here we go, it is fully, you can see it fully now! you can see it now. mother nature is truly teasing us today, earlier it peaked through and it has peaked through and it has peaked through again. it through and it has peaked through again.— through and it has peaked through again. it was cl
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you are live with bbc news. russia says it has shot down a ukrainian drone attempting to attack a power plant on monday, a day after the plant was damaged by three direct hits. zaporizhzhia is the largest power plant and has been occupied by russian troops since the invasion in 2023. it was the subject of attacks early in the war but sunday was the first time since november 2022 it has been directly hit. kyiv and the kremlin have denied being behind the attack. the director—general of the international atomic energy agency told the bbc that the attack on sunday was unacceptable.- attack on sunday was unacceptable. attack on sunday was unaccetable. ., ., ., unacceptable. you cannot attack a nuclear power— unacceptable. you cannot attack a nuclear power plant _ unacceptable. you cannot attack a nuclear power plant in - a nuclear power plant in whatever way, a nuclear power plant in whateverway, in a nuclear power plant in whatever way, in whichever way because the consequences are indiscriminate. no—one can
you are live with bbc news. russia says it has shot down a ukrainian drone attempting to attack a power plant on monday, a day after the plant was damaged by three direct hits. zaporizhzhia is the largest power plant and has been occupied by russian troops since the invasion in 2023. it was the subject of attacks early in the war but sunday was the first time since november 2022 it has been directly hit. kyiv and the kremlin have denied being behind the attack. the director—general of the...
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you are watching bbc news coverage i resumed? at five to 12. you are watching bbc news coverage ofj resumed? at five to 12. you are - watching bbc news coverage of the post office horizon scandal. let me put into perspective what you heard of their from alan bates, this put into perspective what you heard of theirfrom alan bates, this next phase of the inquiry is trying to establish who knew what and when. and that is why so much emphasis has been put on his correspondence with the post office where he has repeatedly tried to flag some of the issues that he and his assistance had been having with the horizon it system. he had to shop from 1998 to 2003 when his contract was terminated. what we heard from him was similar to stories we have heard from other victims but there was one different and this is what proved to be a difficult situation for the post office to handle from what we have just heard. alan bates was fairly familiar and fluid with it systems, he has had previousjobs before and when he heard the horizon it system was introduced, he
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this is bbc news, the headlines. a potential world first smoking ban for future generations is to be debated by mps in the uk. the inquiry into the post office scandal continues today with evidence expected from two former executives. and unemployment rises to its highest level in six months as the uk jobs market stalls. first, let's return to olympia, where the olympic flame has just been lit, you can see it being carried, this is all of course of the head of the 2024 paris olympics, which start injuly. that flame is going to be handed over as part of the ceremony, and as part of the torch relay, which will officially begin today. it will start in greece itself. so, the torch will go around 3000 miles around greece to a number of different locations
this is bbc news, the headlines. a potential world first smoking ban for future generations is to be debated by mps in the uk. the inquiry into the post office scandal continues today with evidence expected from two former executives. and unemployment rises to its highest level in six months as the uk jobs market stalls. first, let's return to olympia, where the olympic flame has just been lit, you can see it being carried, this is all of course of the head of the 2024 paris olympics, which...
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this is bbc news. the us secretary of state has called on his counterparts in countries from europe to china to help dissuade iran from launching a retaliatory strike against israel. antony blinken has asked them to make it clear to tehran that an escalation of the conflict in gaza is in no—one's interest. fears are growing that iran could strike following the killing of senior iranians in syria last week. from jerusalem, here's lucy williamson. the target was precise — a carefully calibrated strike. but the fallout from this attack may be much harder to control. iran's supreme leader has said israel must be punished for the strike on its damascus consulate that killed a top military general and six other people. israel has promised direct retaliation for any attack on its soil. it's worried enough to cancel leave for all combat units and call up its air—force reserves. translation: we have - established a simple principle. whoever harms us, we will harm them. we are prepared to meet all the secu
this is bbc news. the us secretary of state has called on his counterparts in countries from europe to china to help dissuade iran from launching a retaliatory strike against israel. antony blinken has asked them to make it clear to tehran that an escalation of the conflict in gaza is in no—one's interest. fears are growing that iran could strike following the killing of senior iranians in syria last week. from jerusalem, here's lucy williamson. the target was precise — a carefully...
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john sudworth, bbc news, new york. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some uk stories making news. more than £34,000 of uk taxpayer money has been used to cover the cost of legal fees for the science secretary michelle donelan after she falsely accused an academic of extremism. the government defended using public money to pay the bill, claiming her comments had been made "in the course of her ministerial duties" but labour has called for her to pay the money back. a former uk sub—postmistress who was wrongly jailed while she was pregnant has rejected an apology by a former post office boss who congratulated the team behind her conviction. david smith apologised to seema misra at the inquiry into the post office scandal. she was eight weeks pregnant and sentenced to 15 months in prison. baldur�*s gate iii has won big at this year's bafta games awards in london. the game, by larian studios, picked up five awards, including best game, best narrative, and players' choice. alan wake 2 and viewfinder won two awards each. 40 games were nomi
john sudworth, bbc news, new york. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some uk stories making news. more than £34,000 of uk taxpayer money has been used to cover the cost of legal fees for the science secretary michelle donelan after she falsely accused an academic of extremism. the government defended using public money to pay the bill, claiming her comments had been made "in the course of her ministerial duties" but labour has called for her to pay...
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my pleasure. - around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. this is bbc news. let's take a look at the situation in gaza. nine countries, including the uk, have taken part in the largest international aid airdrop in a single day into gaza, to help provide supplies for the end of the islamic holy month of ramadan. ia aircraft delivered food, water and baby formula. james landalejoined an raf flight taking off from jordan. at an airbase injordan, piles of humanitarian aid — stacked into individual pallets, adorned with their own parachute, all of it bound for gaza. 0n the tarmac, ia military aircraft getting ready for the largest coalition air drop since they began last month, a special delivery to mark the end of ramadan. inside, pilots and crews from different nations being briefed on the operation, safety a key concern in the small airspace over gaza. —— from nine nations. outside, the raf plane is loaded, each palette containing rice, sugar, beans, baby food, oil and water, flour — the basics for a meal — this, the raf�*s sixth airdrop so far. it
my pleasure. - around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. this is bbc news. let's take a look at the situation in gaza. nine countries, including the uk, have taken part in the largest international aid airdrop in a single day into gaza, to help provide supplies for the end of the islamic holy month of ramadan. ia aircraft delivered food, water and baby formula. james landalejoined an raf flight taking off from jordan. at an airbase injordan, piles of humanitarian aid — stacked...
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this is bbc news. the headlines: russia and kazakhstan have faced some of their worst flooding, forcing people from their homes. muslims in gaza mark the end of ramadan — in the midst of destruction caused by six months of war and fears of an israeli onslaught on rafah. president biden warns benjamin netanyahu — he's making a "mistake." new foreign office figures reveal that more than a quarter a major review has found that children are being let down by weak evidence around treatment. new foreign office figures reveal that more than a quarter of all uk overseas aid — some £45 billion — was spent last year on asylum costs at home. and with just over 100 days to go until the paris olympics, the river seine water could be unsafe for athletes. let mejust bring let me just bring you some breaking news that has come in in the last few seconds, imported news being reported by reuters. they report that three sons of the hamas leader have been killed in israeli air strikes in gaza. that has come from
this is bbc news. the headlines: russia and kazakhstan have faced some of their worst flooding, forcing people from their homes. muslims in gaza mark the end of ramadan — in the midst of destruction caused by six months of war and fears of an israeli onslaught on rafah. president biden warns benjamin netanyahu — he's making a "mistake." new foreign office figures reveal that more than a quarter a major review has found that children are being let down by weak evidence around...
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lucy williamson, bbc news. for more analysis, we can speak to javed ali, an associate professor of practice at the university of michigan's gerald r. ford school of public policy. he previously held positions in the us defense intelligence agency and the department of homeland security beforejoining the fbi. he joins us now from ann arbor in michigan. israel has vowed to respond to iran's attack. how real is the risk of escalation? and what might a full—blown conflict look like? there are multiple options that israel is potentially considering and one of them despite the rhetoric might be to not do anything although i don't think that is very likely. if you take the do nothing option off the table, what are the other ones? one might be to put the response back into the shadow war arena and i've been writing and talking about that frequently in the past couple of weeks and israel has already demonstrated that they can inflict pressure on the interests of iran in the region through those operations in the damas
lucy williamson, bbc news. for more analysis, we can speak to javed ali, an associate professor of practice at the university of michigan's gerald r. ford school of public policy. he previously held positions in the us defense intelligence agency and the department of homeland security beforejoining the fbi. he joins us now from ann arbor in michigan. israel has vowed to respond to iran's attack. how real is the risk of escalation? and what might a full—blown conflict look like? there are...
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this is bbc news. disinformation over a cholera outbreak has been blamed for the deaths of almost 100 people after an overcrowded makeshift ferry sank off the coast of mozambique. our reporter, courtney bembridge has more from the newsroom. this is the fishing boat that was used as a makeshift ferry. there were around 130 people on board, including many children. and officials sayjust 12 people survived. one of the crew members has been speaking to local media there about what went wrong. take a listen. translation: when i saw the boat was at risk, - i asked the crew chief to increase the speed in order to avoid the worst. we dragged it to shore, but it was too late. the water filled up in the boat. the victims�* families say they were fleeing the mainland over concerns about cholera when they piled into the boat. translation: they were running away from the cholera outbreak. l they got into the boat. the sea was rough. the boat capsized and it killed a lot of people. officials say there was no outbr
this is bbc news. disinformation over a cholera outbreak has been blamed for the deaths of almost 100 people after an overcrowded makeshift ferry sank off the coast of mozambique. our reporter, courtney bembridge has more from the newsroom. this is the fishing boat that was used as a makeshift ferry. there were around 130 people on board, including many children. and officials sayjust 12 people survived. one of the crew members has been speaking to local media there about what went wrong. take...
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this is bbc news. former us president donald trump says abortion rights should be decided by individual us states. he's been under pressure from conservative republicans, who have been calling for a nationwide abortion ban — an issue that could swing votes in november's election. our north america correspondent, tom bateman, has more. what we saw today was donald trump rejecting some of the most hard—line positions that his republican colleagues have been arguing for — that being a nationwide ban on abortion. that is significant because donald trump has sold himself as the architect of the supreme court decision a couple of years ago to overturn roe v wade. that was the landmark ruling from 1973 that enshrined protections, constitutional protections for women across america, to abortion. what donald trump is doing here is being strategic when it comes to the presidential election. he has seen that some of the harder positions on the issue of abortion haven't played well for many republicans, most
this is bbc news. former us president donald trump says abortion rights should be decided by individual us states. he's been under pressure from conservative republicans, who have been calling for a nationwide abortion ban — an issue that could swing votes in november's election. our north america correspondent, tom bateman, has more. what we saw today was donald trump rejecting some of the most hard—line positions that his republican colleagues have been arguing for — that being a...
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and coming up on bbc news... who will make the cut heading into the weekend — we'll bring you the latest on day two of the masters golf at augusta national. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. police are investigating claims labour's deputy leader, angela rayner, may have broken electoral law over information she gave about where she was living 10 years ago. it follows a complaint by a deputy chairman of the conservative party over whether or not she paid the correct level of tax on the sale of her council house in 2015. she strongly denies she's done anything wrong. in the last few minutes a criminal offence she would do the right thing and step down. —— she has said that if she has committed a criminal offence. a standout campaigner, with a striking personal history. angela rayner, one of labour's boost well—known figures, now under police investigation as to whether she broke electoral law by giving false information about where she used to live. the inquiry centres here, vicarage road in
and coming up on bbc news... who will make the cut heading into the weekend — we'll bring you the latest on day two of the masters golf at augusta national. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. police are investigating claims labour's deputy leader, angela rayner, may have broken electoral law over information she gave about where she was living 10 years ago. it follows a complaint by a deputy chairman of the conservative party over whether or not she paid the correct level of tax...
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sophie long, bbc news. the aa has issued a new call for the introduction of graduated driving licences for young people. these would restrict their use of cars after passing their test — in terms of what time they can drive, and who they can carry as passengers. it follows a campaign by families who've lost loved ones to crashes involving young drivers. a six—year—old girl is being hailed as a hero after she ran into her smoke—filled home to rescue her mother and two younger siblings who were all asleep on the sofa. 0livia patterson was playing outside with a friend when she spotted flames rising from the roof of her home in north yorkshire. danny savage reports a semi detached home near selby. well alight with four fire engines on the way. it's not clear if there's anyone inside a six—year—old girl, playing next door, she knows that there is. i didn't know what to do but i wanted to tell mummy. 0livia ran into the burning house to get her mum and siblings out. they were having an afternoon nap
sophie long, bbc news. the aa has issued a new call for the introduction of graduated driving licences for young people. these would restrict their use of cars after passing their test — in terms of what time they can drive, and who they can carry as passengers. it follows a campaign by families who've lost loved ones to crashes involving young drivers. a six—year—old girl is being hailed as a hero after she ran into her smoke—filled home to rescue her mother and two younger siblings...
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around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. —— face this is bbc news. the former sub—postmaster alan bates, has accused the post office of causing "harm and injustice" as he appeared at the public inquiry into the horizon computer scandal. mr bates — whose story was made famous in an itv drama — spoke of his tireless campaign for justice for the many hundreds of people affected by what is one of the biggest miscarriages ofjustice in uk legal history. zoe conway reports. is it any wonder that alan bates is smiling? after 23 years of campaigning, he can now tell the inquiry everything he knows about the post office scandal. he explained why he had kept fighting for so long. as you got to meet people, and realised it wasn'tjust yourself and you saw the harm and injustice that had been descended upon them, it was something that you felt you had to deal with. over the year, alan bates has written to a series over the years, alan bates has written to a series of government minister, in charge of the post office. you in fact sent a reply to mr davie. the
around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. —— face this is bbc news. the former sub—postmaster alan bates, has accused the post office of causing "harm and injustice" as he appeared at the public inquiry into the horizon computer scandal. mr bates — whose story was made famous in an itv drama — spoke of his tireless campaign for justice for the many hundreds of people affected by what is one of the biggest miscarriages ofjustice in uk legal history. zoe conway...
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announcer: and now, "bbc news" >> i am sumi somaskanda in washington and this is "bbc world news america." donald trump becomes the first former president stand criminal trial as the case for his alleged hush money payment begins. >> i am limp outside the courthouse where the first day has just concluded and jury selection resumes tomorrow. >> and israel warns it is preparing a response to this we can's barrage of iranian attacks as the u.s. urges de-escalation. -- this weekend's barrage of iranian attacks as a u.s. urges de-escalation. donald trump's historic criminal trial begins and israel mulls its possible response to erin's attack -- iran's attack. we will talk about the form the retaliation could take and the pressure on president biden to take further action. first, former president donald trump was backn court as the first-ever criminal trial of a u.s. president got underway in new york city. monday marked the start of jury selection in the hush money trial where mr. trump is accused of trying to cover up a payment made to adult film star stormy daniels ahead of the 2016 electio
announcer: and now, "bbc news" >> i am sumi somaskanda in washington and this is "bbc world news america." donald trump becomes the first former president stand criminal trial as the case for his alleged hush money payment begins. >> i am limp outside the courthouse where the first day has just concluded and jury selection resumes tomorrow. >> and israel warns it is preparing a response to this we can's barrage of iranian attacks as the u.s. urges...
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you're live with bbc news. russia says it shot down a ukrainian drone attempting to attack the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on monday — a day after the plant was damaged by three direct hits. zaporizhzhia is europe's largest nuclear power plant. it's been occupied by russian troops since moscow's invasion in 2022. it was the subject of attacks earlier in the war, but sunday was the first time since november 2022 that it has been hit. kyiv and the kremlin have both denied being behind sunday's attack. let's get more from edwin lyman, director of nuclear power safety at the union of concerned scientists. given we're talking about one of the reactors we understand was attacked, how much damage could an attack by a drone like this have caused?— this have caused? well, unfortunately, - this have caused? well, unfortunately, the - this have caused? well, - unfortunately, the capabilities of the drones that have been employed in the war is increasing and the payloads the sides of the expose it —— explosive
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leila nathoo, bbc news. to the us — where the vice president has blamed donald trump for the loss of abortion rights in arizona. kamala harris' comments followed the arizona supreme court's decision to impose a total ban on the procedure, upholding a law enacted a hundred and 60 years ago. ms harris says the former president wants to take america back to the 19th century. what has happened here in arizona is a new inflection point. it has demonstrated once and for all that overturning roe was just the opening act, just the opening act of a larger strategy to take women's rights and freedoms. part of a full on attack, state by state, on reproductive freedom. and we all must understand to blame. and we all must understand who is to blame. former president donald trump did this. two former executives have told the post office inquiry that they did not realise the organisation had been bringing prosecutions against sub—postmasters. alan cook, who was managing director from 2006 to 2010, admitted he should ha
leila nathoo, bbc news. to the us — where the vice president has blamed donald trump for the loss of abortion rights in arizona. kamala harris' comments followed the arizona supreme court's decision to impose a total ban on the procedure, upholding a law enacted a hundred and 60 years ago. ms harris says the former president wants to take america back to the 19th century. what has happened here in arizona is a new inflection point. it has demonstrated once and for all that overturning roe was...
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you're live with bbc news. south korea's liberal opposition party has won a landslide majority in the country's general election to retain control of the parliament. south koreans were voting to elect all 300 members of the parliament, not the president. but the vote was seen as a mid—term referendum on the current president yoon suk yeol, who has been in office for two years. south korea media is reporting that the prime minister and most of the senior staff of the presidential office offered to resign after the results came out. for more, let's bring in our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie who's been following the elections from south korea. sam —— sounds like a landslide victory for the opposition party? what does this mean that the ballot box?— the ballot box? although these were parliamentary _ the ballot box? although these were parliamentary elections . were parliamentary elections they were then seen as a referendum on the current president, president yoon suk yeol who has been in office for t
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this is bbc news. the world health organization says regions of sudan could be tipped into famine if the conflict between the nation�*s army and paramilitary forces does not come to an end. doctors without borders has screened tens of thousands of women and children from a displaced people�*s camp in north darfur and found a third were malnourished, twice the threshold required for a nutritional emergency to be declared. a year of war has had a devastating humanitarian impact across the country. especially in the darfur region, it�*s been almost impossible to transfer aid across conflict lines. the paramilitary rapid support forces now control much of darfur. warehouses have been looted and most aid workers have withdrawn. the army has blocked land routes from outside the country to stop weapons, it says. that has eased slightly for food supplies, but not nearly enough. the bbc has managed to get rare video from darfur. our correspondent, barbara plett usher, reports. some viewers may find images
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this is bbc news. now to what's been described the one of the worst miscarriages ofjustice in british legal history — the post office horizon inquiry will today hear from lord arbuthnot. the former mp is a leading supporter of the campaign forjustice for the hundreds of sub—postmasters who were wrongly convicted of theft orfraud. it's after former sub—postmaster and campaigner alan bates on tuesday accused the post office of lying about their faulty accounting systems, on the first day of the latest stage of the horizon it scandal. the inquiry heard how mr bates wrote that the organisation was being run by �*thugs in suits' in a letter in 2010. let's cross to our correspondent at the hearings — azadeh moshiri — now. what can we expect today? in a few moments lord _ what can we expect today? in a few moments lord james _ what can we expect today? in a few moments lord james arbuthnot - what can we expect today? in a few moments lord james arbuthnot will walk through these doors, a former con
this is bbc news. now to what's been described the one of the worst miscarriages ofjustice in british legal history — the post office horizon inquiry will today hear from lord arbuthnot. the former mp is a leading supporter of the campaign forjustice for the hundreds of sub—postmasters who were wrongly convicted of theft orfraud. it's after former sub—postmaster and campaigner alan bates on tuesday accused the post office of lying about their faulty accounting systems, on the first day of...
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hugh pym, bbc news, birmingham. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. to the united states next. a day after former president donald trump said abortion should be left for individual states to decide, the arizona supreme court has revived a near—total ban on abortion that dates back 160 years. the law bans abortion in all cases except when the mother's life is at risk. it also makes providing a termination or helping a woman to obtain an abortion punishable by two to five years in prison. democrats, and some republicans, have publicly condemned the court's ruling, which comes into effect in 1a days. arizona's governor urged people to use the democratic process to reverse the decision. this november, arizonans may have an opportunity to make their voices heard on this important issue to the people across arizona who are concerned about the future of abortion rights in our state, who are worried about their bodily autonomy, who don't want to see the freedom of their wives, sisters and daughters restricted. you can make your concerns known at the ballot
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this is bbc news. let's look at another story making news. police are investigating claims labour's deputy leader, angela rayner, may have broken electoral law. it follows a complaint by a deputy chairman of the conservative party, over whether she paid the correct amount of tax on the sale of her council house, in 2015. ms rayner strongly denies she's done anything wrong. greater manchester police had originally said there would be no inquiry. our political correspondent peter saull has more. where the allegation potentially is concerning for her is whether or not she provided inaccurate information on where exactly she was living at that time to do with the register of her children's birth, for example. the conservatives when banging on that with this, nothing has changed as concerned with greater manchester, and new concerns put to them by a mp, manchester, and new concerns put to them bya mp, sing manchester, and new concerns put to them by a mp, sing to the police why you not looking at some of th
this is bbc news. let's look at another story making news. police are investigating claims labour's deputy leader, angela rayner, may have broken electoral law. it follows a complaint by a deputy chairman of the conservative party, over whether she paid the correct amount of tax on the sale of her council house, in 2015. ms rayner strongly denies she's done anything wrong. greater manchester police had originally said there would be no inquiry. our political correspondent peter saull has more....
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zoe conway, bbc news. let's speak to david enright, a partner at howe & co solicitors who represented some of the post office vicitim. the smile on the face of mr bates today, he was the star witness today but the final act, certainly we're not there yet. what did you make of what he had to say? i not there yet. what did you make of what he had to say?— what he had to say? i 'ust returned and alan was h what he had to say? i 'ust returned and alan was give — what he had to say? ijust returned and alan was give evidence - what he had to say? ijust returned and alan was give evidence and - what he had to say? ijust returned| and alan was give evidence and was about to be in livery, the ceo behind me. allen isjust a man, he shines out. it was astonishing, they took him back to letters he wrote to the post office on the 19th and 2000 when he set out all of the problems then almost 25 years ago. the other letters he sent, just a couple of years up to 2003. everything he said was true. if they had engaged wi
zoe conway, bbc news. let's speak to david enright, a partner at howe & co solicitors who represented some of the post office vicitim. the smile on the face of mr bates today, he was the star witness today but the final act, certainly we're not there yet. what did you make of what he had to say? i not there yet. what did you make of what he had to say?— what he had to say? i 'ust returned and alan was h what he had to say? i 'ust returned and alan was give — what he had to say? ijust...
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this is bbc news. the headlines: police in australia say they don't believe a stabbing attack that left six people dead at a shopping mall in sydney is terror—related. they have yet to formally identify the suspect, but they say the ao—year—old was known to officials. eight people are being treated in hospital, including a nine—month—old baby. police say the lone attacker moved around the westfield mall indiscriminately stabbing people. and our other main story: iran says it's seized an israeli—linked vessel in the strait of hormuz and is transferring it to its territorial waters. four foui’ passengers four passengers stranded on a cable car in turkey have been rescued. the cable car was immobilised when it crashed into a pole, killing —— and many were involved in the rescue. now on bbc news, sportsday.
this is bbc news. the headlines: police in australia say they don't believe a stabbing attack that left six people dead at a shopping mall in sydney is terror—related. they have yet to formally identify the suspect, but they say the ao—year—old was known to officials. eight people are being treated in hospital, including a nine—month—old baby. police say the lone attacker moved around the westfield mall indiscriminately stabbing people. and our other main story: iran says it's seized...
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this is bbc news. at the public inquiry into the post office horizon it scandal, a leading supporter of the campaigning sub—postmaster is has said he had doubts over the post office's approach to the truth. he said he was also frustrated and
this is bbc news. at the public inquiry into the post office horizon it scandal, a leading supporter of the campaigning sub—postmaster is has said he had doubts over the post office's approach to the truth. he said he was also frustrated and
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hugo bachega, bbc news. in russia, thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes after severe flooding. around the region of orenburg, which borders kazakhstan, over 100,000 people have been ordered to evacuate. the region has been affected by worse—than—usual seasonal flooding because of melting snow from the surrounding mountains, which has swelled rivers beyond bursting point. officials estimate that more than 10,000 homes are underwater. tesco has posted pre—tax profits of £2.3 billion for the year to february. that's nearly a three—fold increase on pre—tax profits the previous year. the chief executive of the supermarket chain said the rise was because inflationary pressures had "lessened substantially" — but said he was conscious "things were still difficult for many customers." let's speak to our business correspondent ben king — what's the reason behind this? as you say tesco have seen profits up as you say tesco have seen profits up and sails up and then increased market sh
hugo bachega, bbc news. in russia, thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes after severe flooding. around the region of orenburg, which borders kazakhstan, over 100,000 people have been ordered to evacuate. the region has been affected by worse—than—usual seasonal flooding because of melting snow from the surrounding mountains, which has swelled rivers beyond bursting point. officials estimate that more than 10,000 homes are underwater. tesco has posted pre—tax profits of...
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., this is bbc news. ♪ lewis: this is bbc news. let's take a look at the situation in gaza. nine countries including the u.k. had taken part in the largest international aid airdrop in a single day into gaza. it is to help provide supplies at the end of the holy month of ramadan. 14 aircraft delivered food, water, and baby formula. >> it is an airbase in jordan, piles a few minutes hearing aid, stacked into individual pallets, adorned with their own parachute, all of it down for gaza -- bound for gaza. a special delivery to mark the end of ramadan. inside, pilots and crews from nine nations are being briefed on the operation. safety a key concern in the small airspace over gaza. outside the raf is loaded, each pallet containing flour, rice, sugar, beans, the basics for a meal. this, the raf's sixth drop so far. >> every little bit helps. i am quite proud and privileged to be involved in these missions. >> but is it enough, will it meet the needs of the people in gaza? the aircraft carried 12 of these pallets. each of them are about a ton. that means this entire payload is wo
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zoe conway, bbc news. a court in australia has ruled that men can enter a women's—only exhibition in tasmania. the ladies lounge exhibit at the museum of old and new art wanted to highlight historic misogyny by banning male visitors. the venue had insisted that rejecting men was part of the art, arguing australian law allowed for discrimination "designed to promote equal opportunity" for a group of people who had been historically disadvantaged. the judge rejected that argument. it contains some of the museum's most—acclaimed works inside a space designed after an old australian pub. the king has been presented with a new set of banknotes by the bank of england. in a ceremony at buckingham palace, andrew bailey, the bank's governor, and sarahjohn — the chief cashier — explained the new security features, and said this was first time there has been a change of monarch on the notes, as the late queen was the first to feature. they will go on general distribution injune. here's the moment the king was
zoe conway, bbc news. a court in australia has ruled that men can enter a women's—only exhibition in tasmania. the ladies lounge exhibit at the museum of old and new art wanted to highlight historic misogyny by banning male visitors. the venue had insisted that rejecting men was part of the art, arguing australian law allowed for discrimination "designed to promote equal opportunity" for a group of people who had been historically disadvantaged. the judge rejected that argument. it...
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this is bbc news. the uk a man has appeared in court. he is charged with possession of a bladed article. wearing a grey searcher he spoke only to confirm his name, age and address. he will appear before bradford crown court tomorrow. alison freeman is in brad bird for us. his appearance at bradford magistrates' court this morning was extremely brief. he was cleanly shaven and spoke only to confirm his name, date of birth and his address. he is charged with murdering the 27—year—old who was pushing her baby in a pram in bradford on saturday afternoon. she suffered multiple stab wounds, she was taken to hospital but sadly died later that day. her baby was however unharmed. the defendant who was arrested after a three—day manhunt is also charged with possession of a bladed article. he was remanded in custody and will next appear at bradford crown court tomorrow. the prime minister says the latest nhs waiting list figures are down for their fifth nhs waiting list figures are down for theirfifth month
this is bbc news. the uk a man has appeared in court. he is charged with possession of a bladed article. wearing a grey searcher he spoke only to confirm his name, age and address. he will appear before bradford crown court tomorrow. alison freeman is in brad bird for us. his appearance at bradford magistrates' court this morning was extremely brief. he was cleanly shaven and spoke only to confirm his name, date of birth and his address. he is charged with murdering the 27—year—old who was...
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this is bbc news. the headlines... a vietnamese property tycoon has been sentenced to death after one of the biggest fraud trials in history. two former post office managers will give evidence to an inquiry, on the decisions which led to the wrongful conviction of hundreds of people who run post offices in the uk. fake stamps circulating in the uk originate from china, a senior minister of parliament has told the bbc. and coming up, we have an exclusive look at stunning new discoveries in the ancient city of pompeii. (pres) now to what's been described as one of the worst miscarriages ofjustice in british legal history — the post office scandal. today, we'll hear from two former senior managers of the post office about decisions
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joe wilson, bbc news. meanwhile, in the women's euros, all four home nations secured a win today, taking them closer to qualifying for 2025, including defending champions england who beat the republic of ireland 2—0 in dublin. jo currie joins us now from there. a very exciting night of football. absolutely. it was a different —looking england side who stepped out in dublin, led for the first time in a year by capita leah williamson while goalkeeper mary earps was dropped to the bench. any nerves were settled early after lauren james nerves were settled early after laurenjames produced a cool finish to put her side ahead that england were awarded a penalty for handball, centre back alex greenwood stepping up centre back alex greenwood stepping up to score from the spot and again the game should really have been out of sight by half—time after england got a second penalty in the first half, again for handball, but this time alex greenwood hit the post. after the break, in front of the home crowd of 30,
joe wilson, bbc news. meanwhile, in the women's euros, all four home nations secured a win today, taking them closer to qualifying for 2025, including defending champions england who beat the republic of ireland 2—0 in dublin. jo currie joins us now from there. a very exciting night of football. absolutely. it was a different —looking england side who stepped out in dublin, led for the first time in a year by capita leah williamson while goalkeeper mary earps was dropped to the bench. any...
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this is bbc news. in the uk, mp william wragg will no longer sit in the house of commons for the conservatives, after he shared colleagues' phone numbers on a dating app. a party spokesman said he'd voluntarily given up the whip. on monday evening mr wragg stepped down as vice chairman of the 1922 committee of conservative mps. he also told the speaker he is resigning as chairman of another commons committee he sits on. a court in australia has ruled that men can enter a women's—only exhibition in tasmania. the ladies lounge exhibit at the museum of old and new art wanted to highlight historic misogyny by banning male visitors. the venue had insisted that rejecting men was part of the art, arguing australian law allowed for discrimination "designed to promote equal opportunity" for a group of people who had been historically disadvantaged. the judge rejected that argument. you may have heard of the langauge, esperanto, aimed at making international communication easier, with everyone able to speak it
this is bbc news. in the uk, mp william wragg will no longer sit in the house of commons for the conservatives, after he shared colleagues' phone numbers on a dating app. a party spokesman said he'd voluntarily given up the whip. on monday evening mr wragg stepped down as vice chairman of the 1922 committee of conservative mps. he also told the speaker he is resigning as chairman of another commons committee he sits on. a court in australia has ruled that men can enter a women's—only...
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yolande knell, bbc news. earlier international correspondent spoke to a former adviser to benjamin netanyahu. i spoke to a former adviser to benjamin netanyahu. spoke to a former adviser to ben'amin netan ahu. ~ benjamin netanyahu. i think he might increase american _ benjamin netanyahu. i think he might increase american pressure _ benjamin netanyahu. i think he might increase american pressure on - increase american pressure on british pressure on french pressure but particularly american pressure to exercise restraint and not to react, not to retaliate, to take the win as president biden reportedly said to him. and just go back to the days of the covert war that existed between israel and iran until the last two weeks. the second is his own i think motivation to escalate. i've been thinking since november that mr netanyahu was trying to turn garzo into a regional conflict, it is consistent with his narrative that october the 7th was part of a larger pattern and the third thing is the balance in this calcul
yolande knell, bbc news. earlier international correspondent spoke to a former adviser to benjamin netanyahu. i spoke to a former adviser to benjamin netanyahu. spoke to a former adviser to ben'amin netan ahu. ~ benjamin netanyahu. i think he might increase american _ benjamin netanyahu. i think he might increase american pressure _ benjamin netanyahu. i think he might increase american pressure on - increase american pressure on british pressure on french pressure but particularly american...
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charlotte gallagher, bbc news. russia has attacked critical infrastructure in ukraine, leaving more than 200,000 people with power cuts. urging the west not to turn a blind eye to russia's continuing attacks. sirens this was kyiv overnight. residents headed underground for safety in metro stations. almost a third of the strikes made it through ukraine's air defences. near kyiv, russian attacks hit a major coal power plants. here are some verified pictures with smoke and fire spreading around it. when comes in the northeast, kharkiv�*s power plants have again been hit. here's the latest from our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford. she spoke to me a short time ago from kharkiv. �* ., spoke to me a short time ago from kharkiv. . ., ., ., . ,, . kharkiv. another attack which hit another substation _ kharkiv. another attack which hit another substation and _ kharkiv. another attack which hit| another substation and damaging another substation and damaging another power plant, so you can see that this is a
charlotte gallagher, bbc news. russia has attacked critical infrastructure in ukraine, leaving more than 200,000 people with power cuts. urging the west not to turn a blind eye to russia's continuing attacks. sirens this was kyiv overnight. residents headed underground for safety in metro stations. almost a third of the strikes made it through ukraine's air defences. near kyiv, russian attacks hit a major coal power plants. here are some verified pictures with smoke and fire spreading around...
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voice-over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. i am grateful that my father never really knew the extent of how he was duped. auctioneer call i first heard about the zaks collection from konstantin akinsha and andrei vassiliev. from the very beginning, the story seemed hard to believe. we wanted to understand how paintings of such dubious origin could be sold as genuine works, and how did they end up on the walls of museums all around the world 7 one painting from the zaks collection unexpectedly appeared in a scene from christopher nolan's oppenheimer. a few months later, the same painting turned up in anotherfilm, the wonderful story of henry sugar by wes anderson. i'm beatrice gimpel and i'm swiss and i'm partly french through marriage, but i've lived here in london in the uk for 49 years — 49 very happy years. my parents, especially my father, were very interested in paintings and sculpture and from the mid—late �*60s, early
voice-over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. i am grateful that my father never really knew the extent of how he was duped. auctioneer call i first heard about the zaks collection from konstantin akinsha and andrei vassiliev. from the very beginning, the story seemed hard to believe. we wanted to understand how paintings of such dubious origin could be sold as genuine works, and how did they end up on the walls of...