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Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. With just two months until the us president ial election, the polls show President Donald Trump trailing byjoe biden by a significant margin. This is an extraordinary Election Year marked by a pandemic, economic crisis, street protests over alleged Police Racism and a toxic political atmosphere. My guest is the veteran pollster and Republican Party consultant frank lu ntz. Can donald trump win and should republicans want him to . Frank, welcome to hardtalk...

At least 80 people have been killed and thousands injured in a huge explosion in the lebanese capital, beirut. Many people are still missing, believed to be trapped under the rubble. The blast was so powerful that it caused extensive damage to buildings over much of the city. The lebanese Prime Minister says a confiscated haul of Ammonium Nitrate caused the devastating blasts. He has promised that those responsible would be held accountable. Countries from the region and beyond have offered supp...

Hello, this is breakfast with Rachel Burden and charlie stayt. Good morning, heres a summary of todays main stories from bbc news the government has published new coronavirus guidelines for Secondary Schools in england, in areas where local lockdown restrictions are in place. It comes just days before the autumn term begins, and suggests that entire year groups could potentially have to self isolate, if students test positive for the virus. Good morning, welcome to breakfast, with Rachel Burden ...

Tonight at ten borisjohnson claims there are signs of a second wave of the pandemic in some parts of europe. Following the sudden imposition of quarantine on travellers to the uk from every part of spain, the Prime Minister defends his decision. What we have to do is take swift and decisive action, where we think that the risks are starting to bubble up again. The travel industry and the Spanish Government are asking the uk to rethink, while some tourists say theyre still determined to go away. ...

This is bbc news. The headlines at six talks continue in brussels with both sides warning theyre unlikely to reach a post Brexit Agreement by tomorrows deadline. Four Royal Navy Patrol ships are being put on standby, to help protect britains fishing waters, in the event of a no deal brexit. World leaders are holding a virtual Climate Summit addressing the summit, borisjohnson laid out his priorities in renewable energy. We are putting our foot to the accelerator, in a carbon friendly way of cour...

President trump launches a stinging attack on environmentalists he says theyre alarmists, and that its time for optimism. He tells business and political leaders in davos that campaigners are trying to dominate every aspect of peoples lives. This is a time for tremendous hope and joy and optimism and action. But to embrace the possibilities of tomorrow, we must reject the perennial prophets of doom and their predictions of the apocalypse. You say children shouldnt worry. You say children shouldn...

The uk is entering a period of great concern as the number of coronavirus cases rise across the country. As figures rise dramatically amongst those aged 17 to 29, a call for people to take the virus seriously again. It is for all of us to take this very seriously indeed. And we have seen in other countries that if you dont take a second spike seriously, then it can lead to very Serious Problems down the track. The nhs apologises to people unable to get a covid test as the test and trace system s...

Its not going to be a bad day today many of us. Tomorrow however, it is going to be more cloudy with rain around. The weekend is a split and todayis around. The weekend is a split and today is the better day. We can see a window of whether at the moment. Clear skies but mist and fog in good morning. Welcome to breakfast places. These low pressure here with with Naga Munchetty and charlie stayt. Its rain bearing cloud is heading in our headlines today our direction so all of the cloud closing in ...

President interjected with a joke about the models. The professionals did the models. I was never involved with a model, at least this kind of a model, but you know what . Hundreds of thousands of people they say i want much less than that, i want none, but its too late for that. That really happened. President trump also kept his continuing feud with the governors of our states alive, dismissing new york governors Andrew Cuomos request for more ventilators. Can you assure new york that going in...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Tributes to the actor Chadwick Boseman, whos died of cancer at the age of a3. He starred as the lead in the gound breaking marvel hit, black panther. When he played black panther, it was literally a game changer, man. It was a massive budget movie that he would go to the cinema, i took my kids there and they came out there feeling different, they came out there feeling special. The italian coastguard takes 49 ...