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We start this hour in the middle east, where the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has asked for forgiveness from israelis for not being able to bring back alive the six hostages who were found dead in gaza on saturday. We were very close, he said. We were nearly there. But in a televised address, mr netanyahu remained defiant in his demand that israeli troops must continue to control the philadelphi corridor in the south of gaza, something hamas has rejected. The philadelphi corridor ...

which is out next week. and the struggle to try to protect forests in the philippines, with many of them devastated by illegal logging and mining. its seven in the morning in singapore — and seven in the morning in china — which is set to reopen to the world on sunday, welcoming international travellers —and returning residents without the need to quarantine for the first time since 2020. this coming against a surge in infections in the country since beijing lifted covid restrict...

at londons hyde park delighted. hello, and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. president biden has promised the federal government will act to protect womens rights if us states seek to prevent them travelling to get an abortion. speaking at a virtual meeting with democratic state governors, mr biden said he believed some states would attempt to arrest women who crossed state lines for abortion access. he warned only democratic victories in the mid—term elections...

by the charity birthrights. manchester citys premier league victory was marred by a pitch invasion, in which aston villas goalkeeper was allegedly attacked. good morning. childrens social care needs radical change to avoid tens of thousands more youngsters being taken away from theirfamilies — thats the warning following a major review of council—run childrens services in england. the report said struggling families needed earlier support before they reached crisis point and calls ...

He chose for himself. aleem maqbool, bbc news, at the vatican. dry january has arrived, the month when some of us choose to lay off the booze following a festive holiday of excess. well, thats the traditional image but studies actually show that in many high—income countries — and over the last twenty years — young people have been steadily drinking less alcohol. here in asia, it has gotten to a point where japan has even launched a campaign to try and encourage young people to drink more....

Will granted there. earlier i spoke to venezuelan born raul sanchez—urribarri. he is associate dean and senior lecturer at the school of humanities and sciences at la trobe university in melbourne. i asked him how ordinary venezuelans are reacting to the news. as you can imagine, for normal venezuelans, this is a very important development. weve seen 15 months of no progress whatsoever of a significant nature at the international level in dialogues, precisely because they havent been able to m...

Over monkeypox. im joined now by professor catherine bennett, the chair in epidemiology with the institute for health transformation at deakin university in melbourne. thank you forjoining us. it is an interesting one, this, isnt it? seemingly it has come out of nowhere. we seemingly come as the public, know very little about it so maybe clarify a few things for us if you would, what do we know about the outbreak so far around the world? well, as you say, it is unusual to see the number of cases...