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from the heart of sri lankas capital, colombo. im outside the presidential office, and today, its pristine exterior is well guarded. but six months ago, angry antigovernment protesters stormed this building, as well as the presidential palace, forcing the president to flee the country. they were angry at just how desperate their economic situation had become, and they blamed government corruption and mismanagement for it. sri lanka is saddled with heavy debt, soaring inflation and impo...

nasa successfully crashes a probe into an asteroid — to test whether space rocks that might threaten earth could be deflected out of the way. ukrainians in four russian—held regions have one final day to vote — in a referendum, kyiv and its western allies dismiss as a sham. the head of the metropolitan police pledges to be "ruthless" in rooting out corruption, racism and misogyny in the force. a state funeral is underway for the former japanese prime minister shinzo abe. leaders ...

theyre trying desperately to change the narrative here. and the reality that most russian forces in ukraine are on the retreat. the delayed rugby league world cup will finally begin later, when hosts england take on samoa in the first of 61 games of the tournament. hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. in the uk, the new chancellor of the exchequer, jeremy hunt, has refused to rule out public spending cuts, and said taxes may have to rise. in his first inte...

its thursday, the 6th of october. our main story. hundreds of thousands of nurses across the uk are being asked if theyre willing to walk out over pay. the royal college of nursing is balloting its members for strike action for the first time in the unions 106—year history. the rcn wants a payrise of 5% above inflation, but no uk nation has offered close to that. our correspondent, caroline davies, has more. through the darkest days of the pandemic, the uks nurses were some of the na...

game. although he is still sedated in critical condition. >> there trying to get him to breathe on his own so they are taking it day by day. >> the florida keys seeing a massive surge. migrant encounters are up over 400%. >> thats when people are going to come. >> deep pool of siloam and israel will be fully open to the public for the first time in 2,000 years. its a cherished site where jesus healed a blind man. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> brian: why couldnt elton john sing this alone? is it h...

we just observed the minute of silence, marked at the beginning by big ben. the final day the queen is lying in state there at the state funeral. that will be tomorrow, with state leaders and dignitaries from around the world attending the funeral there. after ten days, of course, of mourning. we want to bring in nbcs former editor, tim york. both in london for us. and lindsey, let me start with you, as we just marked that moment, that minute of silence for the queen there. talk to me ...

Voters here in the United States welcome to World News America On Pbs and around the globe. Tonight were focusing on democracy, as israel holds its fifth round of elections in four years and Benjamin Netanyahu may be on the verge of a comeback, while in Braziljair Bolsonaro still hasnt conceded that he narrowly lost the presidency to lula da silva. And here in the us, its a week to go until the midterm elections, and in the state of arizona, which donald trump narrowly lost in 2020, republican c...

bring you some breaking news, footballer mason greenwood has been charged with attempted rape, engaged in coercive and controlling behaviour and kate —— occasioning actual bodily harm. that is from the justice service. mason greenwood has been charged with attempted rape, engaged in coercive and controlling behaviour occasioning actually bordeaux —— actual bodily harm. now it is time for the media show. hello. as the war in ukraine continues to escalate, what role does journali...

more than a0 turkish miners are now known to have died following an underground explosion — dozens of others were injured. and rugby league world cup hosts england get off to a flying start, crushing samoa in the opening game of the tournament at st jamess park. the new chancellor, jeremy hunt, has indicated therell be major changes to liz truss entire economic strategy. in a round of interviews this morning, mr hunt said mistakes had been made by the government and warned of what he...

hello and welcome to the programme. in iran, a fire has broken out at the notorious evin prison in the capital tehran, where political prisoners including dozens of foreign nationals are being held. in videos posted on social media, gunshots and an alarm can also be heard. the state news agency has reported that a riot by inmates has been put down and the situation is back to normal. it comes as iran enters its fifth week of nationwide protests, sparked by the death in custody of a you...