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Is evidence of irans involvement. It may have been designed to damage rather than sink. Either way, it has sparked a Huge International tension. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8 am in singapore. 1am in london, and 9 in the morning in pyongyang, where north korea awaits a visit from the chinese president xi jinping. Its his first visit since he took power and the first time a chinese leader has visited north korea for m yea rs...

Hello and welcome. Senior politicians in hong kong have been celebrating the moment the city returned to chinese rule 22 years ago. Led by chief executive carrie lam and joined by officials from china, they attended a reception just in the last hour. Outside, a flag raising ceremony was held at the harbour front. In her toast, carrie lam wished success to the motherland and to the stability and prosperity of hong kong. Away from this, though, the mood is quiet different. Crowds of activists gath...

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I dont think i can stress enough, like, how much help the island needs. And former president Donald Trumps lawyers propose delaying his federal election interference trial for almost two years after the 2024 election. We begin this morning with Breaking News. Hurricane hilary has rapidly intensified from a Tropical Storm into a category 4 hurricane as it barrels toward the southwestern u. S. , bringing winds up to 145 miles an hour. Right now, the hurricane is located 400 miles south of cabo san...

Officials are worried about landslides and major flooding. The last Tropical Storm to hit california was in 1939, over 80 years ago. This map shows the predicted path this storm might take. As of early friday, the centre of the hurricane was located roughly 400 miles, thats 615 kilometers, south of mexicos southern edge. President joe biden spoke about the preparations underway. I also want to note that my team is closely monitoring hurricane hilary, which has the potential to bring significant ...

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Officials in the state department the pentagon u. S. Agency for international developmen■n tes■4■;fi the pacis region. They also considered some of the challenges the island nation face including Climate Change, e and chinas presence in the region. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing is just over 90 minutes. [background noises]■ this hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. For thousands of years pacificfq islanders have been masters of the seat na...

testimony of other witnesses. i think we did learn a few things, which we will be rolling out in the hearings to come. >> have a january 6th hearing is another mounting investigations of his actions. clearly gettings to trumps head as he lashed out in las vegas. >> biden has established committees to go after republicans. it seems as if the justice department and local and state prosecutors have become weaponized. thereafter politicians, not the people who are murdering people on the s...

A state visit to china seeking more support for his war in ukraine. Frank show, so heading to New Caledonia, after an emergency was declared to stop vine and protest image specific overseas territory. And freedom was face to face again. Joe 5 men donald trump agreed to hold 2 tv debates ahead of the prize eventually. Next, the thank you for joining us. We begin in guys side, where there is a fuse battle in the north of this trip. These really military says 5 of its soldiers have been killed and ...

Hello and welcome to the program, the detention of dozens of people working in the media in india has been condemned by journalists organizations, as well as press freedom and civil rights groups. The government says the raids were covered out carried out to protect National Security claiming media organizations are using chinese funding to undermine the state. The government opponents say the Police Action is a sign of further erosion of press freedom in a country often praised for being the Wo...