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The tech giants in the us are dominating the business agenda today. Jeff bezos is stepping down as amazons Chief Executive. The Online Retail giants founder will move to become the compa ny� s executive chairman. He will be replaced as ceo by andy jassy, the current boss of amazons Cloud Computing business. And this comes as the firm reported 386 billion in sales in 2020, thats up 38 on the year before. Their profits almost doubled, rising to 21. 3 billion. So whats been the reaction to the ne...

Across the uk, landmarks including the blackpool tower, Wembley Stadium and the london eye illuminate in his honour. This morning well have reaction and tributes from those he loved, helped and inspired. And the World Of Sport, that captain sir tom loved so much, has been paying tribute. The former Olympic Champion Jessica Ennis hill said he will forever be a hero to many people. She presented him with a special award in december. And scientists discover the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine is 76 effe...

And it has just reached a new peak 20. 96 degrees celsius, the highest Global Average sea temperature ever recorded. The worlds warming waters are a dangerous trend, say experts. Peoples perspective is that the ocean is so big, so vast, that it can buffer anything that humanity can throw at it. And the reality is thats not the case. Everything has its niche within the ocean, and its incredibly easy to break that niche and influence it and upset it. Take plankton. These tiny plants and animals ar...

its 6am and this fighter base on the coast of taiwan is already a hive of activity. on the apron, mirage 2000 fighter jets from taiwans rapid reaction squadrons, theirjob to meet any incoming threats to taiwans airspace. these taiwanese fighter jets being scrambled behind me here are heading out into the taiwan strait to confront chinese aircraft that are coming across the strait and probing taiwans airspace. this is now happening multiple times every day. these pictures are from chine...

and hostages exchanges. shaimaa khalil has the latest, from jerusalem and her report contains some distressing images from the beginning. once again, a child tells their story of the war. this childs home in khan younis was bombed overnight. "we were upstairs," she says, "then we were hit, and i started running." she tries to comfort her sister, but she has no idea that her mother and brother were killed in the strike. herfather, abdullah, sits next to the body bags. hes still in shock...

has that story. its 6am and this fighter base on the coast of taiwan is already a hive of activity. on the apron, mirage 2000 fighter jets from taiwans rapid reaction squadrons, theirjob to meet any incoming threats taiwans airspace. these taiwanese fighter jets being scrambled behind me here are heading out into the taiwan strait to confront chinese aircraft that are coming across the strait and probing taiwans airspace. this is now happening multiple times every day. these pictures a...

and how youll receive it. whod be a premier league manager? news of another sacking — the second at tottenham this season, as christian stellini pays the price for that newcastle nightmare. george formby would be proud of s george formby would be proud of 5 this morning. we are in lancashire cleaning windows. ask your grandparents! they tell me not to look down from the blackpool to our. a cold and frosty start for some today — a cold and frosty start for some today. cloud bubbling...

have a windfall tax on the oil and gas companies. the taliban are celebrating the first anniversary of their return to power in afghanistan but not everybody is cheering, especially women and girls. here as flash floods hit cornwall, the text alerts that will give you a direct warning about severe weather — and other life—threatening events. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the uk has become the first country to approve what its manufacturers are calling a next—generation co...

Now on bbc news newscast no interest to cut rates yet i think it does because itjust taps into the thing that, perhaps often, with the various rows and elections and staff can occasionally cloud what we as journalists know and the Political Parties who are aware there is a general election coming which is the Biggest Issue by a mile when they do their focus groups with voters or they were out knocking the doors. This is to state the obvious but it cannot be stated often enough, the Biggest Issue...

Be finding out more. A nightmare night for aston villa. They now have a mountain to climb to keep their european dream alive, after a big defeat at home, to olympiacos. Stormzy and the beautiful game. The rapper on home ground, as he opens his own youth centre in south london. Good morning. We will see some sunshine for scotland and later southern england. Very cloudy with patchy rain elsewhere. All the Bank Holiday Details coming up. Its friday, the 3rd of may. Our main story. Labour has won th...