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speak of the man has trouble with names, but not the names of people he met once or twice. that would be understandable. we are talking about the names of prominent political figures including his own cabinet. >> i want to thank the former general. i keep calling in general. the guy who runs that outfit over there. >> remember i got in trouble with the senator who was a mormon, the governor, okay? and i took him on. >> i want to think that fella down under, thank you very much, pal. ou...

thousands of royal mail workers in the uk stage a second day of strike action in a row over pay, disrupting deliveries of packages and letters. a new study shows the impact of climate change on the shrinking glaciers of switzerland. hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk, or around the world. the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev, has died, aged 91, following a long illness. mr gorbachev was crucial to ending the cold war. he was one of the most influential poli...

a million and a half households are without power following a new wave of russian attacks. and englands lionesses will face china and denmark at next years womens world cup in australia and new zealand. good afternoon. rishi sunak has become the first leadership contender to secure 100 public declarations of support from mps. the former chancellor has yet to announce whether he will launch a fresh bid for the top job after losing to liz truss over the summer. rivals of boris johnson ri...

fighting intensifies around the ukrainian city of kherson, as kyiv steps up the counter offensive, trying to recapture the southern city from russian forces. 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. mikhail gorbachev, the last leader of the soviet union, has died at the age of 91. he oversaw economic reforms known as perestroika — and political ones known as glasnost or openness — ...

how men are still dominating the argument. 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. mikhail gorbachev, the last leader of the soviet union, has died at the age of 91. he oversaw economic reforms known as perestroika — and political ones known as glasnost or openness — which led to the break—up of the soviet union in 1991, and the end of the cold war. russian president vladimir pu...

tonight will be at buckingham palace. and the kings visit is a reminder of the history in the region marched by the violent sectarian conflict between loyalists and irish nationalists known as the troubles. and embodied by the 2012 photo of elizabeth shaking hands with the deputy first minister, a former commander in the irish republican army, the group responsible for assassinating her cousin in 1979. it was an event that rocked the royal family. that is the challenging historical con...

welcome to newsday. its 8am in singapore, and 5am in the maldives, where sri lankas president has arrived after fleeing sri lanka on a militaryjet. gotabaya rajapaksas departure from sri lanka ends a family dynasty that has ruled the country for decades. he had been in hiding, after crowds stormed his residence on saturday. his brother, former finance minister basil rajapaksa, has also left the country, sources have told the bbc. president rajapaksa had promised to resign, but by remai...

hello, welcome to bbc news at downing street. borisjohnson resigns as the leader of the conservative party. in a statement outside downing street, he said he was proud of his achievements but it was now clearly the will of tory mps that he stand down. it is clearly now the will of the parliamentary conservative party that there should be a new leader of that party, and therefore, a new prime minister. but as we have seen at westminster, the herd instinct is a powerful and when they hea...

welcome to newsday — we start with breaking news. its six am in singapore and three thirty am in sri lanka where injust the last hour the bbc has confirmed that sri lankas president gotabaya rajapaksa has left the country — days after popular protests forced him to abandon his official residence and after several earlier failed attempts to leave. he left by plane. his destination is not clear, but its understood he had earlier tried to travel to the united arab emirates. president ...

welcome to newsday. its seven am in singapore and fourthirty am in sri lanka — the bbc has confirmed that sri lankas president gotabaya rajapaksa has left the country — days after popular protests forced him to abandon his official residence — and after several earlier failed attempts to leave. he left by plane. his destination is not clear — but its understood he had his but its understood he had brotherformerfinance minister his brotherformerfinance minister has also left the...