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welcome to the programme. the updates from turkey and syria are relentlessly grim. the deathtoll has now passed 20,000 — but only a fraction of the devastated areas have been searched, with hope fading for those still trapped. though there are still miracles. these pictures have recently come in from diyarbakir — and they show a little boy, six—year—old basir yildiz, being rescued. crews had been digging for him for 80 hours. but even for the lucky ones like basir, there are ch...

response to actions by the countries such as china. economic coercion, so things like imposing trade barriers on european exports to china, in response to these issues. that is the kind of area, and allows the eu to work together, rather than country by country. i guess the question is, will the eu, because it is still a political decision to take action in response to china, or other countries, and i think that remains to be seen. there are different interests here. for example, germa...

straight after this programme. coming up on this weeks show — nigerias looted treasures and the battle to get them back. they will not have any other choice than to release what belongs to us, because the whole world knows they are stolen properties. we get the low down on europes sleeper trains. the private companies that are now embracing this new passion for sleeper travel are getting people back onto trains and away from short—haul budget flights. and we head to south america a...

tonight with the context, joel rubin who served in the 0bama administration as assistant to the secretary of state and nathalie tocci, director of italys institute of international affairs welcome to bbc news. turkeys president recep tayip erdogan has said there was no way to prepare for a disaster as big as the earthquake that devastated southern turkey, as well as northern syria, on monday. speaking on a tour of turkeys worst hit areas, president erdogan acknowledged thered been diff...

demonstrations against proposed reforms to the digital system in israel. tens of thousands of people take part in demonstrations across israel against proposed reforms to the judicial system. and bbc presenter gary lineker says he stands by his comments attacking the uk governments latest immigration policy. hello. the head of the un nuclear watchdog has demanded immediate action to prevent a disaster of the russian occupied zaporizhzhia in ukraine. remarks come after at least nine peo...

and a big win for the fantasy adventure film everything everywhere all at once, after a succesful night at the screen actors guild awards in hollywood. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister and the european commission are due to hold "final talks" on a new post—brexit trade deal for northern ireland today. rishi sunak and ursula von der leyen will meet in windsor to discuss "complex challenges" around the exisiting deal — whats called the northern ireland protoco...

im martine croxall in the studio in london. also in the headlines this morning. more than 60 people are now confirmed dead — including 12 children — after a boat carrying migrants sank off the southern coast of italy. fresh calls for the uk government to stop energy bill rises in april as the energy regulator announces a new price cap. early results from the nigerian elections show support for the governing party is holding firm. observers say its still too early to predict wholl w...

im ben brown in the studio — our other top stories this hour..... as the regulator ofgem lowers the price cap for gas and electricity, there are fresh calls for the government to stop a rise in energy bills in april. a new panorama investigation uncovers evidence that women are being misled and manipulated about abortion by some crisis pregnancy advice centres,in the uk. the first female speaker of the house of commons, betty boothroyd, dies at the age of 93. good afternoon from wind...

week. we will bring you that live. fresh calls for the government to stop energy bill rises in april as the energy regulator ofgem lowers the price cap for gas and electricity. a new panorama investigation uncovers evidence that women are being misled and manipulated about abortion by some crisis pregnancy advice centres in the uk. the first female speaker of the houses of commons, betty boothroyd dies aged 93. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. well be live in windsor shortly �...

wales as we saw and through the course of today we will see that transferring to parts of the midlands, the north of england and northern parts of london. notice in the south that it is mostly rain and all the while in northern ireland and southern parts of scotland it is bright today and clear at this evening. then later on tonight were looking at the next low—pressure sweeping in bringing the next spell of potentially quite disruptive snow for more central parts of the uk. so today...