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in winter storms sweeping across north america, which are being described as the "blizzard of the century". thousands are still without power and there is ongoing widespread travel disruption — nearly 20,000 flights have been cancelled in recent days. now on bbc news, its hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. where do you get your news from? do you trust it to be true? for many of us, the answers to these questions are changing. social media is an increasingly dominant so...

to pray for his predecessor, benedict xvi, who he says is very ill. and us politicians are ordered by congress to delete the chinese owned app tiktok from their phones saying it represents high risk to its users. america has become the latest country to impose mandatory covid tests on chinese tourists, after beijing announced it would reopen its borders next week. it comes as chinas covid cases surge. tighter measures have also been imposed by italy, japan, malaysia, taiwan and india. ...

pope francis asks people to pray for his predecessor, benedict xvi, who he says is very ill. and us politicians are ordered by congress to delete the chinese—owned app tiktok from their phones, saying it represents �*high risk to users. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. america has become the latest country to impose mandatory covid tests on chinese tourists, amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus after beijing announced it would reopen its borde...

pope francis asks people to pray for his predecessor, benedict xvi, who he says is very ill. and us politicians are ordered by congress to delete the chinese—owned app tiktok from their phones, saying it represents high risk to users. welcome to bbc news. america has become the latest country to impose mandatory covid tests on chinese tourists amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus after beijing announced it would reopen its borders next week. the uk is now also considering so...

to pray for his predecessor, benedict xvi, who he says is very ill. and us politicians are ordered by congress to delete the chinese—owned app tiktok from their phones, saying it represents "high risk to users". welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. america has become the latest country to impose mandatory covid tests on chinese tourists, amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus after beijing announced it would reopen its borders next week. the uk is now...

people to pray for his predecessor, pope—emeritus benedict, whose health has worsened. officials say his health has deteriorated overnight. now on bbc news, its hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. where do you get your news from? do you trust it to be true? for many of us, the answers to these questions are changing. social media is an increasingly dominant source of information. long—established news sources, like us at the bbc, are in a fight for audiences and, yes,...

to scrutiny or facts and runs counter to the truth. pope francis asks people to pray for his predecessor, benedict xvi, who he says is very ill. we start this hour with some breaking news — a big fire is blazing at a casino hotel in north—west cambodia, on the border with thailand. the authorities in the city of poipet say at least ten people are confirmed dead and another 30 are being treated for injuries. our news reporter azadeh moshiri joins us in the studio. what else do we kn...

have come to help out when the strikes are on are carrying out a very straightforward function and of course backed up by computer systems and scans that allow us to identify people of worry coming into the country. russia has launched a fresh wave of missile strikes on ukraine, in one of the biggest bombardments since the start of the war. the ukrainian authorities say about 70 missiles were launched from air and sea, with many of them intercepted. even so, towns and cities across ukr...

there are growing calls for the train company transpennine express to have its contract revoked after more than 40% of planned trains were cancelled this week. the operator, which runs trains in the north of england and into scotland, has apologised and said "high levels of sickness and a training backlog" caused the issues. spencer stokes has been on board to see what commuters have been making of the disruption. 7.20 in the morning and the manchester—bound platform at leeds is dese...

translation: to be with its own | people to be with its motherland. meanwhile an attack on a civilian convoy in one of the four annexed regions, zaporizhzhia, leaves at least 23 people dead. a bbc investigation has found big regional differences in the number of fines issued to parents whose children missed school in england without a valid reason. some local authorities handed out thousands of fines in the last academic year, in other areas there were none. when we sign up to train wi...