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its saturday 8th july. our main story: tributes are being paid to the eight—year—old girl who died when a car crashed into her school in wimbledon on thursday. shes been named as selena lau. her family says she was "adored and loved by everyone". another eight—year old girl and a woman in her 40s are still in a critical condition. a woman who was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving has been released on bail. louisa pilbeam reports. "an intelligent and chee...

at the post office after the chairman of the organisation stood down yesterday. henry staunton left the role following the fall—out from the horizon it scandal. but theres confusion over whether it was by "mutual consent" as reported by the government, or whether he was asked to leave, as the post office says. our political correspondent iain watson has the latest. it has been thrown out enough, that is it, i am free. it has been thrown out enough, that is it. i am free-— is it, i ...

streets under siege, a dramatic outpouring of anger, after a 17—year—old, nahel, was killed by police during a traffic stop. many of the rioters are teenagers, out despite a plea from frances president to parents to keep their children at home. as the protests have intensified, so too has the police presence. across the country from friday into saturday morning, more than 115,000 officers were deployed stop and it is the police thatis deployed stop and it is the police that is driv...

to moscow — as well. theres increased security in moscow — with whats being called anti—terror measures. the m4 motorway — which links the russian capital with cities in south — such as rostov — is closed because of a military convey that is moving along it. the kremlin has called for prigozhin�*s arrest — with top russian generals telling wagner forces to stand down. and the russian president vladimir putin has given a tv address and said russia is facing a betrayal. h...

will be extraordinary. and after all this time, did covid—19 really escape from a laboratory in wuhan? there are a lot of people now who believe that chinas primary aim here isntjust to deny the possibility of a lab leak, but it is to deny the possibility that covid came from within chinas borders at all. the disaster at the nova kakhovka dam on the dnieper river, flooding parts of the front line in southern ukraine, could well be a deliberately engineered effort by russia to derail ...

hello and welcome to the bbc�*s headquarters here in central london for another edition of unspun world. this week, whats it like for a journalist to be treated like an enemy in moscow? as relations deteriorate between russia and the uk and russia and the west, and just when you think they cant get any worse, they get worse. you know, that makes it difficult. the civil war in myanmar, something the outside world seems completely unaware of. it really is a david and goliath war here, ...

versus russian jets. so if they do win, it will be extraordinary. and after all this time, did covid—19 really escape from a laboratory in wuhan? there are a lot of people now who believe that chinas primary aim here isntjust to deny the possibility of a lab leak, but it is to deny the possibility that covid came from within chinas borders at all. the disaster at the nova kakhovka dam on the dnieper river, flooding parts of the front line in southern ukraine, could well be a delibera...

plans for supermarkets to introduce a cap on the price of basic food items to help tackle the rising cost of living. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello, and thanks forjoining me here at the bbc�*s headquarters in central london. is there any sign yet of the much—heralded counteroffensive by ukraine? for the west, in ukraine, if they were to go too early ahead of all of that hardware being in place, then we could see the front lines we see now in place for some ti...

is there any sign yet of the much heralded counteroffensive by ukraine? for the west and ukraine, if they were to go too early, ahead of all that hardware being in place, then we could see the front lines we see now in place for some time to come. after the g7 summit in hiroshima is a chinese attack on taiwan more likely likely or less likely? i think for now xijinping has made the calculation that he simply cant afford to invade taiwan. and should we lose sleep at night for fear that ...

of downing street earlier this week, has been released while under investigation. he was detained on thursday on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving. hello and thanks forjoining me here at the bbc�*s headquarters in central london. is there any sign yet of the much—heralded counteroffensive by ukraine? for the west and ukraine if they were to go too early, ahead of all that hardware being in place, then we could see the front lines we see now in place for some time t...