nearby, insisting there is nothing to see. one even pointing his gun threateningly towards us. shrinking glacier streams in the himalayas are creating a water crisis we have a special report on getting tap water to villages. hey, josh, it s gillian, how are you doing? very well, thank you. how are you? and the glasses allowing deaf people to see real time conversations, right in front of their eyes. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. nancy pelosi, america s third highest ranking politician, is right now in taiwan, on a visit that s infuriated beijing. ms pelosi is due to visit taiwan s parliament and meet the taiwanese president on wednesday morning. tensions are high. china considers self ruled, democratic taiwan as its own territory, and it s been flying warplanes close to the island. four us warships have also been deployed to the region. our correspondent, rupert wingfield hayes, reports from taiwan. t
senior american official to visit the island in decades. china has warned that america would pay the price for her visit. a man has been charged under the trees and act after allegedly being found with a crossbow and the grounds of windsor castle on christmas day. adverts featuring edited model should come with warnings and nonsurgical procedures need tighter regulation. that is according to a group of mps investigating the impact of body image. a snorkeler suffered a leg injury after allegedly being hit by a blue shark off the coast of cornwall last week. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the energy company bp has recorded its second highest three monthly profit in history. between april and june is made £6.9 billion, three times the figure for the same period last year. in the oil trading performance was exceptional and it expects to pay more than £i performance was exceptional and it expects to pay more than £1 billion in uk tax this year. but the news comes as dome
but the taliban aren t allowing anyone to fill nearby, insisting there s nothing to see one even pointing his gun threateningly towards us. and shrinking glacier streams in the himalayas are creating a worsening water crisis in the region. we have a special report on what s unfolding there. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore, and the same time in taiwan where nancy pelosi, the third highest ranking american official, has arrived in taiwan on a visit that s infuriated beijing. tensions are high china has been flying warplanes close to the island. four us warships have also been deployed to the region. here s what we know. ms pelosi the speaker of the us house representatives arrived in taiwan at around ”pm local time on tuesday evening. she is the highest ranking us official to visit the island since 1997. taiwan s presidential office says she will visit taiwan s parliament, and meet the taiwanese president on w
led the group since may 2011, after bin laden was killed. he s led al-qaeda through some turbulent times, including the arab spring revolutions, but also the rise of the islamic state in 2014. so without him, they ll be searching for a new leader, and i think there s a lot of uncertainty within the organisation at the moment. so who do you see as replacing him? is there any sort of definitive person or leader that could replace him? and how do you see them steering the al-qaeda? well, the conventional wisdom suggests that an egyptianjihadist, much like zawahiri, with some military training and experience will take over. he is a known quantity, but is also believed to be living in iran, which is problematic for a number of reasons. first, he would be assumed to be under the thumb of the iranian regime, and second, he d be vulnerable to being assassinated by israeli commandos who are
no other king or queen in british history has lived so long, and the queen mother is said to be quietly very pleased indeed that she s achieved this landmark anniversary. this is a pivotal moment for the church as an international movement. the question now is whether the american vote will lead to a split in the anglican community. this is newsday on the bbc. i m karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines: the us house speaker, nancy pelosi, is in taiwan for a hugely controversial visit, which china warns could have serious consequences for america. ayman al zawahiri, the leader of al-qaeda, is killed by a us drone strike in kabul. washington says the taliban broke an agreement not to allow