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This is bbc news. Welcome if youre watching here in the uk, on pbs in america, or around the globe. Im mike embley. Our top stories hong kongs chief executive defends the controversial new security law imposed by beijing, calling its provisions very mild. It only targets are very small minority of people who breach the law. At the same time, it will protect the overwhelming majority of hong kong citizens. Businesses reopen in brazils biggest city, but the country is still gripped by coronavirus....

An opposition activist from belarus says she was driven to the polish border by the Security Services and forced to leave the country. Olga kovalkova said, if she had not agreed to leave the country, she would have faced a long spell injail. India announced, on saturday, that it had 86,000 new coronavirus cases that is a new global daily record. The country is struggling to contain the virus as it is moving quickly into smaller towns and rural areas, from the major cities. Forecasters warn calif...

Indonesias search for answers divers spend a third day looking for black box recorders from the Sriwijaya Airjet that crashed into the sea with 62 people on board. What are with nine days left in office, president Trumps Administration returns cuba to the official us blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism. And struggles with a stammer. How the president elect overcame his and the challenges this poses for millions. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Donald trumps da...

This is bbc news, im lewis vaughanjones with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Nigerian Officials Say more than 300 schoolboys taken captive by gunmen last week, are safe and well, and on their way home. A court in france jails a morrocan man for life, afterfinding him guilty of a terror attack on a paris bound train in 2015. Us Cyber Security experts say a major hacking campaign, uncovered this week, posed a grave risk to the governments Nuclear Stockpile. Politic...

This is bbc world news. The headlines the us has overtaken china and italy to become the country that has recorded the highest number of coronavirus cases. More than 82,000 people have been confirmed positive. Amid a surge in Coronavirus Infections in italy, leaders of the 620 countries have promised to do whatever it takes to minimise the damage to livelihoods. They say 5 trillion is being injected into the global economy. South africans have been stocking up ahead of a three week nationwide lo...

As countries struggle with rising infections. Spains Prime Minister has announced a National Emergency and imposed a night time curfew. All bars and restaurants in italy will close from 6pm on monday. And france has seen a Record Number of cases. Initial results in chiles referendum suggest people have voted in favour of changing the countrys constitution which was drafted under the former military dictator augusto pinochet. Partial results show more than seventy seven per cent of people want a ...

The Afghan Government has called for a humanitarian ceasefire with the taliban, as the first ever peace talks between the two sides take place in qatar. So far the taliban have resisted a truce. The us has urged both sides to reach an agreement, telling them, the entire world wants you to succeed. Police on the greek island of lesbos have fired tear gas during a protest by migrants whose camp burned down on wednesday. Efforts to build alternative accommodation for thousands of residents of the m...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Im tim willcox. Detained for 30 days within hours of returning to moscow. Opposition leader Alexei Navalny urges people to take to the streets for the future of russia. The fbi vets all 25,000 National Guard troops on duty in washington for wednesdays inauguration looking for possible right wing extremists. Once in the white house, what will a biden presidency mean for asia and us leadership in the region . A ...

Today at five, drama in downing street as sajid javid resigns as chancellor. He goes after a power struggle with number ten and rejecting a demand to fire his team of advisers. Hed only been in thejob for seven months, which makes him the shortest serving chancellor in half a century. Hes replaced by rishi sunak, whos risen rapidly though the ranks and only recently was junior housing minister. How do you feel about taking over in these circumstances . Delighted to be appointed, lots to get on w...

Hello, im ros atkins, this is outside source. Huge crowds have attended the funeral procession of the Iranian Military commander who was killed by the us on friday. This was the scene in tehran earlier, where huge crowds turned out for qasim suleimani, with many people chanting death to america. His daughter addressed the crowd. Translation crazy trump, arrogant, and a plaything of zionism. Dont think that everything is over with my fathers martyrdom. Meanwhile in the us questions are being aske...