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the former president of pakistan, pervez musharraf, has died in hospital at the age of 79. general musharraf took power in a coup in 1999, and served as president for seven years from 2001. youre watching bbc news. now its time for the new space race. 50 years ago, astronauts would regularly go to the moon. back then, many thought it wouldnt be long before people lived there. now, finally, that could be happening. were notjust settling for doing the same old, same old. we want to push ...

of the governments plans. hundreds of thousands of workers go on strike in uk today more could be the biggest walk of industrial action since last year. a state of emergency has been declared in malawi with more than 200 people now confirmed dead after storm freddy hit southern africa for the second time in a month. and a small number of wolves have started to settle in belgium, for the first time in more than 100 years, as numbers increase across europe. hello and welcome to bbc news....

welcome to bbc news. we start with president biden whos just arrived in the irish capital dublin. earlier he made an impassioned defence of the good friday agreement in belfast 25 years after it was signed. he was greeted on the tarmac at dublin airport by the irish taoieseach leo varadkar. the pair then left in a motorcade, heading for co louth after the bad weather halted plans for the president to travel by helicopter. its been a busy, busy day for the us president. it started with ...

for tomorrow, still this band of cloud bringing a little bit of rain but not very much, across northern england, down into north wales, the north midlands. to the south of that a lot of low cloud cover is the mist, some fog, a little bit of sunshine. the best of the sunshine further north and west for northern ireland and for scotland with a few showers in the north—west. temperatures 6—8. here comes the lively bit of the weekend forecast. sunday this area of low pressure passing t...

as the country is hit by another earthquake. and two of the uks biggest supermarkets, start rationing some fruit and vegetables, as the shelves run short. we begin in poland where us presidentjoe biden has stressed the us and other allies support for ukraine will not waver, in a defiant speech delivered in the run — up to the first anniversary of russias fullscale invasion. he told a cheering crowd in warsaw that, as he put it, president putins lust for power and land would fail, pai...

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two weeks since nicola bulley disappeared whilst walking her dog in lancashire. now the police are extending their search downstream. and 10,000 tickets to a concert to mark the kings coronation in may are on offer via a ballot. the uk saw no economic growth in the final three months of last year according to the latest official statistics released this morning. it means the country narrowly avoided whats defined as a recession — two consecutive quarters when the economy shrinks. the...

let me know your thoughts on todays strikes whether youre affected by them, or taking part in the industrial action. get in touch with me on twitter @annitabbc and use the #bbcyourquestions. in myanmar, pro democracy activists are urging people to stay at home and businesses to close, to mark the second anniversary of the military coup in the country. in the uk, a four—year—old girl has died in a dog attack in milton keynes. us vice president kamala harris will attend the funeral o...

are facing off in an all—or—nothing televised debate. this is the last chance for the candidates to reach millions of brazilians before sundays election run—off vote. good morning. now on bbc news, amol rajan talks to 19—year—old greta thunberg, the climate activist who has become the unlikely voice of a global youth. when i was 15, i wasjust discovering the joys of hip—hop and dreaming of playing cricket for england. at the same age, greta thunberg launched an internationa...

and in other news... on the eve of the us midterm elections: democrats and republicans make their closing arguments this is the scene live in the state of maryland, where president biden is due to address the crowds. and bursting at the seams: we meet 72 members of the same familyall living under the same roof. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. its newsday. its 8am in singapore, and 2am in egypt — where the cop27 climate summit has started in sharm el—sheikh, wit...