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clean sheet and it is about time we got one of them as well. whilst attention is on the battle to avoid the drop, brighton are still very much in the mix for european football. theyre seventh but have three games in hand over spurs and liverpool above them, whilst champions league qualification is still a distinct possibility for roberto di zerbis men although the brighton boss maybe isnt looking that high up. we wa nt we want to achieve our target and i think it is clear for everybody...

told the bbc his country will not be totally free as long as king charles iii remains head of state. dr terrance drew said he would welcome an apology from the monarchy for its historic role in the slave trade. there are 1a commonwealth realms —— or countries where the king remains head of state. eight are in the caribbean, where questions linger over the crowns role in the slave trade, and whether or not to become republics. our correspondent celestina olulode reports. the shiftin...

we begin in india, where the search for survivors gone on through the night in the southern state of kerala after a tourist boat capsized. at least 21 people died when the double—decker boat turned on its side on a river. some of those rescued are said to be in a critical condition. rescuers from indias national disaster response force are at the site. with more on this, our correspondent simonjones is in the newsroom. simon, what more can you tell us? , simon, what more can you tell...

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with a new currency, switching from the kuna to the euro. hello and welcome to bbc news. cities around the world have been welcoming in 2023 with the latest new year celebrations taking place across the united states, canada, the caribbean and latin america. let me show you these pictures from rio dejaneiro in brazil — crowds gathered on its copacabana beach — watching the spectacular fireworks display there. this year is in contrast to the previous two years, when celebrations wer...

hello and welcome to bbc news. cities around the world have been welcoming in 2023 with the latest new year celebrations taking place across the united states, canada, the caribbean and latin america. this is rio dejaneiro in brazil — crowds gathered on its copacabana beach — watching the spectacular fireworks display there. this year is in contrast to the previous two, when celebrations were scaled back because of the pandemic. the bbc�*s louisa pilbeam looks back on how the wor...

and croatia begins the new year with a new currency, switching from the kuna to the euro. if you have just joined if you havejustjoined us, welcome to bbc news. pope francis has addressed the thousands of people who gathered at st peters square in the vatican, a day after the death of benedict xvi. the pope described his predecessor as a faithful servant of the gospel and the church. our religion editor aleem maqbool is at the vatican. we heard from pope francis a couple of times today...

celebrations have taken place around the world to herald the start of 2023. we start in brazil, where crowds of people are gathering in the capital, brasilia, ahead of the inauguration of luiz inacio lula da silva as president. the veteran left—wing politician, known widely as lula, also led the country between 2003 and 2010, and defeated jair bolsonaro in 0ctober�*s poll. there is tight security for sundays ceremony, amid fears that bolsonaro supporters may try to disrupt it. in t...

on large—scale protests. and nearly a year into russias war with ukraine, we hear the story of a troupe of displaced ukrainian dancers unable to return home after fleeing the country. brazils new president, the veteran left—wing politician, luiz inacio lula da silva has vowed to make his country a "great environmental power". he was speaking at his inauguration ceremony in the capital, brasilia. large crowds gathered on the streets to watch lulas cavalcade travel to the event which...

right now, he is receiving dignitaries from various people coming to the end of the day of ceremony. weve seen him out and about travelling on a very impressive motorcade, and the actual inauguration process itself, and that sash you can see there, the green and yellow sash has a lot of significance which we will come to in a moment. this is something that has been controversially seen. this is the moment he formally received it from a faneuil of people up on stage there —— a panel...