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and the restored mural in an english bar — painted as payment by a local artist and drinker. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. its newsday. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. heatwaves, wildfires and drought are continuing to affect large parts of europe. in the south—west of france, a thousand firefighters have been mobilized. rescue workers have described the blaze as a monster. a number of european countries are sen...

and scientists in china are tracking a new animal—based virus thats infected at least several dozen people. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. its newsday. its 7am in singapore and 7pm in the evening in washington, where the us attorney general, merrick garland, has defended thejustice departments decision to seek a search warrant for donald trumps residence at mar—a—lago earlier this week. mr garland said he had personally approved the move, noting that upholdi...

alleges tried to hire an assassin to kill former u.s. national security adviser john bo bolton. >> the deal with the growing threat that iran poses and not try to appease them. >> live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster. >> it is thursday, august 11, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in palm beach, florida where were learning about what prompted the fbi to search donald trumps mar-a-lago residence. the "wall street journal" reporting investigators were given an insid...

president biden looking to flip the script on republicans with a law and order midterm swing. were live in pennsylvania with more on that. the news on another speech later this week, and why the presidents advisers think now is the time to make a broader pitch to voters, besides the obvious pre midterm timing. two u.s. officials telling nbc news russia has combat drones from iran. what were learning about how they plan to use them on the battlefield in ukraine and the push to prevent a...

before he was hired by first lady, rosalynn carter, in 1979. now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. not only has ukraine been irrevocably changed by vladimir putins military aggression, so has russia. putin has used the conflict to crack down harder on dissent and instil an ever more strident brand of nationalism that made life in moscow unbearable for my guest today. pinchas goldschmidt was chief rabbi of moscow till he fled from rus...

pakistan will launch a global appeal to help it deal with the flooding catastrophe thats killed more than a thousand people and affected 30 million. un member states will be asked to contribute. pakistans foreign minister has estimated the financial impact at $4 billion. bilawal bhutto—zardari said he hoped the international community would grasp the sheer level of devastation in his country. and its not over yet — water is still surging down the mightly indus river and will flood ...

this time on weather world — record heat, drought and the fire that ripped through peoples homes at the end of the uks hottest day. as temperatures hit a0 celsius for the first time, ill hear about london fire brigade�*s busiest day since world war two. and why wildfires are a growing problem. and im talking to the scientist whose near real—time analysis has shown how climate change has supercharged this summers weather extremes. theyll show me a0 degrees in the uk is virtually i...

of a blackmail plot. the midfielder, who left united forjuventus this summer, claims hes being targeted by an organised gang. it comes after his brother posted a video online in which he promised to publish "great revelations" about the player. french police are investigating. gibraltar can officially call itself a city, 180 years after it was first granted the status by queen victoria. the british overseas territory had bid to become a city earlier this year as part of the queens plat...

good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. nasa is hoping to launch its most powerful rocket yet in a launch window which begins in just over half an hour for an un—crewed mission, the first step in taking astronauts back to the moon. hundreds of thousands of people have gathered near cape canaveral in florida to watch the launch of artemis i. the craft will orbit the moon before returning to earth in six weeks�* time. if successful, the plan is for astronauts to be on boar...

good morning. for many of us today it will be fairly cloudy with the odd shower. sunnier scars skies in the south—west, cooler in the north of the with an onshore breeze. its monday the 29th of august. our main story. pakistan is bracing for more of the devastating floods which have already killed more than a thousand people sincejune. officials say swollen rivers are running down from mountainous areas and threatening to deluge lower lying areas, particularly in the sindh province, ...