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visit, alongside the leaders of the church of england and church of scotland. well tell you about the bbcjournalist trying to make amends for her own familys connection to slavery. the giant chinese balloon that had been floating over the united states has been shot down by an american fighterjet off the coast of south carolina. the balloon, which the us says was being used to spy on military sites appeared to plummet straight into the sea. china continues to insist it was a stray civi...

well tell you about the bbcjournalist trying to make amends for her own familys connection to slavery. the giant chinese balloon that had been floating over the united states has been shot down by an american fighterjet off the coast of south carolina. the balloon, which the us says was being used to spy on military sites appeared to plummet straight into the sea. china continues to insist it was a stray civilian weather observation airship. its foreign ministry has now released a stat...

good morning to you. yesterday was a really cloudy one right across the board. today weve got a lot more sunshine around, but it is feeling on the cool side. high—pressure sticks with us into much of this upcoming week, so it looks like it is going to stay largely dry and settled, but i will have all the details on that very shortly. its sunday, the 5th february. our main story: the business secretary, grant shapps, has given energy firms a deadline of tuesday to say what action they...

the former uk prime minister, liz truss, has blamed what shes called a "powerful economic establishment" — and a lack of support from the conservative party — for her downfall in number ten. ms truss was forced to quit after her package of tax cuts caused panic in the markets and the pound dropped to a record low. in a newspaper article, ms truss admitted shes not blameless, but doesnt think her tax policies were given a "realistic chance". speaking earlier to the bbc, britains bus...

iranian state television says that the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has pardoned a large number of prisoners linked to protests. the state broadcaster says that ayatollah khamenei was responding to a proposal by the head of the judiciary. iranian media outlets say that the letter from the judiciary chief said that a number of people, especially the young, had committed wrongful actions and crimes because of incitement and propaganda by the enemy. our middle east analyst sebast...

what we dont know, obviously the numbers. we dont know when or how this will happen. we do know the way that its written says its an answer to an appeal, a letter from the head of the judiciary who essentially frames it as being many people who went out to protest, particularly the young, were misled, by foreign agents, propaganda from abroad, and that they now want forgiveness. and theyre still described as riots, nothing more, nothing less. so, in terms of how the authorities frame t...

the former president of pakistan, pervez musharraf, has died at the age of 79. general musharraf took power in a coup in 1999, and served as president for seven years from 2001. youre watching bbc news. coming up in a few minutes is the travel show, but first heres sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — im chetan pathak — coming up on tonights programme. harry kane makes history as tottenham stop manchester city from closing the gap to arsenal at the top of the premier league....

suspected of being used for spying — which was brought down by an american fighter jet yesterday. the former president of pakistan, general pervez musharraf, has died at the age of 79 — following a long illness. hello, welcome to bbc news. irans supreme leader is pardoning a large number of prisoners, including some of those arrested during the past months of protests. the pardon by ayatollah khamenei comes on the eve of the anniversary of the islamic revolution in 1979 — a date ...

market in birmingham to explain what it all means for you. ella kissi—debrah was the first person in the uk to have air pollution listed as a cause of death. ten years on, her mother continues her fight for cleaner air. i do say, "ah, bubba, i know you suffered so much, and it will never make up for it, but so much is being done in your name and so many lives are being saved." i think thats important. a council is accused of ruining a new artwork by banksy, as it removes a key part o...

injured after a car crash. the government prepares to set out plans to ban migrants who cross the channel in small boats from ever returning to the uk. in turkey, train carriages provide shelter for those homeless after last months devastating earthquake. more than 50,000 people are confirmed dead. and, a new discovery, about sir ernest shackleton�*s famous ship, the endurance, in the frozen wastes of antarctica. and coming up on the bbc news channel: novak djokovic pulls out of the ...