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uncertainty building on whether house speaker nancy pelosi will visit taiwan during her visit to asia. well have a live report from beijing. plus -- political chaos in iraq as protests in baghdad force sessions of parliament to be suspended. live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. >> its 5:00 a.m. in eastern kentucky. an area that has already severed through days of heart break and anguish after massive flash floods is waking up this morning to more dreaded...

by the union leadership. half of britains rail lines will be closed when workers walk out on tuesday, thursday and saturday. these strikes are not only a bid to derail reforms that are critical to the networks future and designed to inflict damage at the worst possible time. iam in i am in the devon constituency which has been conservative for 100 years. we will hear for the labour candidate where it may not be so certain that it will stay that way. hot and getting even hotter — brit...

We were in wakefield yesterday — shaun ley is in devon for us today. its looking gorgeous! it is. it is gorgeous. _ its looking gorgeous! it is. it is gorgeous. its — its looking gorgeous! it is. it is gorgeous, its glorious - its looking gorgeous! it is. it is gorgeous, its glorious devon, l its looking gorgeous! it is. it is l gorgeous, its glorious devon, im biased. im here in devon because of course a by—election. a constituency the conservatives held in 2019 with a majority of 25,000,...

Through, but also realising that the window to get out, even with the required permit, is closing fast, and so what other options are there if they want to flee afghanistan? the councilfor at—risk academics are trying to get some people out of afghanistan. we can speak now to their executive director, stephen wordsworth. tell is a little bit about your organisation, why academics in situations like this are at risk. we were situations like this are at risk. - were founded in 1933 in response t...

High—level talks between afghan political leaders and the taliban have begun in the qatari capital doha. afghan government sources have told the bbc that peace negotiations are off to good start — but have warned that the window for negotiations is closing fast, as taliban militants continue their unexpectedly rapid advance across the country. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in doha. she explained what these negotiations mean for the people of afghanistan. afghanistan, e...

It actually feels more political than anything else. its very confusing, i think everything is really badly handled. in wales today, restrictions on meeting outside were lifted. across the uk, there are more freedoms on their way, but that isnt without risk. nick eardley, bbc news. high—level talks have begun between afghan political leaders and the taliban, in the gulf state of qatar. afghan government sources have told the bbc, that peace negotiations are off to good start — but the window...

Lets turn to afghanistan now where high—level talks between afghan political leaders and the taliban have begun. afghan government sources have told the bbc that peace negotiations are off to good start but have warned that the window for negotiations is closing fast, as taliban militants continue their unexpectedly rapid advance across the country. the talks are underway in doha. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in doha. she explained what these negotiations mean for the p...

This includes expanding the programme to include pupils up to year 11. in county down, people wait in the hot sun for a vaccine. i only live a mile away from here, so it is handy for me to come down here today as opposed to going to the likes of craigavon or somewhere. scientists say every person in queues like this around the uk have played a role in damaging the link between coronavirus and serious illness, jab byjab. anna collinson, bbc news. high—level talks have begun between afghan polit...

The headlines on bbc news... more than 150 people have now died in severe floods across western europe with hundreds of people remaining unaccounted forthe german president has been visiting one of the stricken areas. the uk health secretary sajid javid says he has tested positive for coronavirus and is experiencing "mild" symptoms. lets turn to afghanistan now, where high—level talks between afghan political leaders and the taliban have begun. afghan government sources have told the bbc that ...

>> were going to come out with some plans in some very short time. were going to be building up our military. were going to make our military so big and so strong and so gre great, and it will be so powerful that i dont think were ever going to have to use it. nobody is going to mess with us. >> a new poll shows republican ben carson closing fast on donald trump. "the new york times" cbs news survey shows trump with 27%, followed by carson with 23. and for carson, thats a 1-point jump from the l...