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a major crackdown on migrants crossing the channel in small boats. the uk government is planning to ban them for life — from returning to the uk. we have a special report from the seychelles — the country with the biggest heroin problem in the world. after a century, perfectly preserved at the bottom of the antarctic ocean — lloyds of london locate the insurance policy for shackleton�*s ship the endurance. and — its already won four baftas and been nominated for nine oscars. ...

users from online abuse or exploitation. 0ne senior designer has told the bbc that her entire team, who worked to keep people safe, had been sacked. twitter hasnt responded to the claims. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. daniel 0rtega as a new tactic, mass —— citizenship for those who dared to criticise him and his family. my guess today is felix married iago who was recently ta ken felix married iago who was recently taken from him his nicaraguan ...

lets start with china, because its currently holding its annual two—day national peoples congress and has set out its economic forecast for the year. premier li keqiang told a packed audience in beijing on sunday, that the government hoped to achieve economic growth of around 5% in 2023. the figure is in—line with most analyst predictions. last year, successive strict lockdowns slowed chinas growth. official figures show the worlds second largest economy grew by 3% last year, which...

and that people watch it. so the fact that we have come all the way this far has been so exciting. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin our coverage today with the story of a huge fire in bangladesh — which has destroyed about 2,000 shelters at a rohingya refugee camp in the south—east of the country. officials say the blaze has been brought under control but around 12,000 people have been left homeless at the camp in coxs bazar dist...

of extensive fighting. the mercenary group says the last open roads leading westwards out of the city are under heavy russian shelling. now. ukraine — the childrens story. child: the day before war started was just i like any other. we played with our friends and ate with our families. that night was the last time our dreams were peaceful. in them, fireworks danced, lighting up the skies. but we woke to explosions. the sky burst into red and yellow. the windows and walls shook. no—...

glastonbury 2023 ends the suspense, by announcing the arctic monkeys and guns and roses, willjoin eltonjohn as this years headline acts. and — memories of 1930s glasgow — we meet the artist holding his first exhibition — at the age of 95 i think theyve got the right atmosphere here. i think they just got it right. hello and welcome to bbc news. the former uk prime minister borisjohnson may have repeatedly misled parliament over social gatherings held at downing street during covi...

health check. a court in belarus sentences the nobel peace prize winner ales bialiatski to 10 years in prison for smuggling money into belarus and financing protests. he says the charges are politically motivated. and memories of 1930s glasgow — we meet the artist holding his first exhibition at the age of 95. i think i got the right atmosphere here. i think ijust got it right. hello and welcome to the programme. the former uk prime minister, borisjohnson, may have repeatedly misled ...

80—year—olds chest and no further treatment is required. now on bbc news, click: female tech innovators. the bbc has just revealed its 2022 list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world. so this week, were celebrating the achievements of female tech innovators. shiona meets an absolute legend of the sporting world to find out how tech is transforming her game. hello. i go to the worlds biggest start—up campus in paris, where female innovators are cooking up so...

and while we were running there was an explosion. a probe into lockdown parties at downing street indicates the former british prime minister borisjohnson should have known rules were being broken. i believed implicitly that these events were within the rules, nor did anybody tell me before or afterwards anything to the contrary. and memories of 1930s glasgow — we meet the artist holding his first exhibition at the age of 95. i think i got the right atmosphere here. i think ijust got...

engulfed houses in the plumpang district of jakarta. now on bbc news, witness history. hello. i am hello. iam ben hello. i am ben boulos. hello. iam ben boulos. thank you forjoining me at the queer british museum in london for this addition of witness history. i will bring you important moments from the past as told by the people who were there. in this episode, we are focusing on lgbt history, stories about lesbian, gay and trans people from all over the world. coming up, we hear how ...