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and how do countries adapt to climate change? — well be looking at new zealands plan to deal with the impact of global warming — could it lead to costal communities being abandoned as the sea—level rises? welcome to bbc news. we begin in taiwan — and the continued fury from beijing — after the visit from the us speaker — nancy pelosi. in the last few hours — taiwans defence ministry says it scrambled jets to warn off twenty—seven chinese warplanes in its defence zone. n...

to be institutionally racist. a major incident is declared in surrey due to a large blaze, whilst crews in london tackle several other weather—related fires. as firefighters in california struggle to contain a huge blaze there, the us special envoy for climate john kerry says president biden may announce a climate emergency. rishi sunak and liz truss vow to toughen controls on migration, in their latest announcements in the conservative leadership race. i will ensure as prime ministe...

a book is this popular, its always very difficult doing an adaptation. yes. there were moments in this in which i could almost hear the book behind it, thinking, "ok, i can sort of see what the text would have been." the performances are good. i mean, its a very good cast, its very well done. the production design is really beautiful. but it all feels very safe. it deals with some dark subject matter, but it feels like a very polite treatment of that subject matter. and i kept thinking...

hello and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. and taking us through this weeks releases is, as you see, mark kermode. hi, mark. hi. what have you been watching? well, as always, a very mixed bag. we have where the crawdads sing, which is an adaptation of a very popular novel. we have she will, which is the feature debut from charlotte colbert. and kurt vonnegut: unstuck in time, a documentary about the american writer. good old mixture there, yes. yes. so, where the cra...

inflation is at a 40-year high, is inflation next and how bad will it be? i asked about the man that warned of todays inflation problem, larry summers. which country might president putin target next? some believe he has eyes on moldova. why? find out in my conversation with that countrys prime minister. but first, here is my take. it was getting hotter so opens the ministry for the future, the disturbing novel by kim stanley robinson, the opening chapter set in indias largest state de...

40-year high, is a recession next and how bad will it be? i asked about the man that warned of todays inflation problem, larry summers. which country might president putin target next? some believe he has eyes on moldova. why? find out in my conversation with that countrys prime minister. but first, here is my take. it was getting hotter. so opens the ministry for the future, the disturbing novel by kim stanley robinson, the opening chapter set in indias largest state depicts a hea...

its not so sure shortlist for the eurovision. seven uk cities are in the running to host the event. hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk, on pbs in the us police in new york state say the author salman rushdie has suffered a stab wound to the neck in an attack while preparing to give a lecture. he was flown to hospital by helicopter where his agent says hes now in surgery. police say a man had been taken into custody. for years mr rushdie received death threats after the publi...

"the washington post" could explain the fbis sense of urgency to do this search. "the post" reports that federal agents were looking for classified documents related to nuclear weapons. cnn hasnt independently confirmed that. this is a fast-moving story. were covering it all. lets go first to cnns katelyn polantz with more on this deadline. trump said release the documents, and im quoting there. this was after the attorney general said, and im paraphrasing now, tell the judge you want ...

have been scorched. coming up shortly, the film review. but first, heres click. 0k, whats this one? oh, thats nice. thats 70% dark, isnt it? good, you know your stuff. and this one? oh, thats very bitter. id go 90%, yeah? yes, youre doing well. now for the big one. there you go. oh, gosh. 0h! oh, thats 100% chocolate, isnt it? oh, that is awful! you did volunteer to be the one to eat the chocolate. it tastes like tarmac. cocoa is, of course, the main ingredient of chocolate and it does...

so on the one hand, youve got the court case, then you have the flashbacks to her life, her childhood — abusive father, abandoned by her mother — relationship with two boys, both of whom let her down. two young men, i should say. the book was a huge hit. the films credentials are impeccable. and yet, and i hate to say this, it all felt very lukewarm. now, i havent read the book, so i dont know how somebody who had read the book would feel about it. i know that whenever a book is th...