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his visit to germany later in the week will go ahead. the bbc has paused plans to scrap the bbc singers, the uks only full—time professional chamber choir, after a public backlash against the move. the singers were due to be axed just before their centenary because of bbc budget cuts, but now, the corporation says they will continue performing while it looks at other ways of funding them, as our media correspondent david sillito reports. singing the bbc singers — a part of british ...

fragments of sculptures from the parthenon that had been held in the vatican for more than two centuries have been returned to greece. the greek government is hoping to recover all the sculptures from its most famous monument — including the elgin marbles in the british museum. youre watching bbc news. now its time for talking movies: the changing face of hollywood. people were genuinely excited about the movies and about movie stars. on oscar night, it was a big deal. it was huge. e...

youre watching bbc news. now its time fortalking movies: the changing face of hollywood. 10 seconds... people were genuinely excited about the movies and about movie stars. on oscar night, it was a big deal. it was huge. everybody went to the movies and everyone cared. that is no longer true. people are very comfortable now being outspoken - about the sexism, _ the inequality that women have suffered through for decades. tonight, we frigging broke that glass ceiling! cheering and appla...

courage, imagination and perseverance. those qualities brought an imperfect but enduring peace to a place taught to believe no such peace was possible. to all those who lead us to that piece, including those in this hole and there was no longer with us, let us take this moment to say to all of you thank you. —— including those in this hall. for those of us like me who inherited this extraordinary even intimidating legacy, our challenge today is to fulfil the promise of the work you...

more on the headline stories in a moment, but lets round up the sport and go to the sports centre and will perry. they hope to set up a last four tie against the holders, real madrid. what you have to do to achieve it is be ourselves as much as possible. our game plan is to stick until the end and do our game and our game. as much as possible, and when its not possible, its because they were better, not because we couldnt do it or something we were not. bur; better, not because we coul...

and collin beatty is to step down as the snps treasurer after an investigation into the partys finances. hello, welcome to bbc news. some breaking news from the us in the past hour — two teenage boys have been charged with four counts of murder after a deadly shooting at a birthday party in dadeville, alabama on saturday. this was the aftermath. we know that over 30 people were wounded — some critically, after shots were fired at the mahogany masterpiece dance studio. this shooting...

welcome to bbc news, im yelled we start in sudan — where paramilitary fighters battling with the sudanese army say theyve agreed a new 24—hour ceasefire. it was due to come into effect an hour ago, at 1800 local time. a similar agreement on tuesday failed to take effect. meanwhile, 15 embassies in khartoum waiting to evacuate hundreds of foreign nationals have issued a joint statement. they called on both sides to cease fire and observe international obligations to protect civilian...

where there are reports of continued fighting, despite the announcement of a temporary ceasefire between the army and rfs. theres also been an updated civilian death toll — with embassies in the capital reporting that at least 270 civilians having been killed in the past five days. a senior doctor in the city has told the bbc that only five out of the citys 59 hospitals are still functioning, and are running short of power, oxygen and life—saving drugs. there are also reports that ...

welcome to bbc news. we begin in the us — where gun crime continues to affect thousands of american lives — including in dadeville in alabama where two teenage boys have been charged with four counts of murder after a deadly shooting at a birthday party on saturday. this scene shows the aftermath of the shooting where more than 30 people were wounded — some critically, after shots were fired at the mahogany masterpiece dance studio. the district attorney spoke about the victims a...

in the united states and all around the world. im. ed settlement, fox news will cut a $787 million check for its dominion lies but avoids having to tell the truth that trial and issue on air retractions deadline looming. were just hours away from the u. s. supreme courts ruling on access to an abortion pill. what president could tell us about this case plus fighting flares up again in sudans capital as both sides ignore a ceasefire agreement. and the u. n is warning of a catastrophic h...