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and a small number of wolves settle in belgium for the first time in more than 100 years, as numbers rise across europe. hello and welcome to bbc news. in pakistan, authorities have temporarily stopped the operation to arrest the former prime minister imran khan. police have clashed with his supporters outside his residence in lahore. unrest has continued through the night, after the authoroities made another attempt to arrest him, enforcing a court order. imran kahn accused the author...

welcome to world news america, in the uk, on pbs, and around the globe. we begin here in washington, where the us defense secretary had a rare phone call with his russian counterpart in the aftermath of a collision between a russian warplane and an american surveillance drone. russias security council says it will try and retrieve the wreckage of the us drone that crashed into the black sea on tuesday. moscow has told washington to keep well away from its air space, as the two sides bl...

2 degrees command about that in lerwick. the morning forecast shows most of the heavy rain in northern ireland, parts of scotland, but to the south the rain should be easing and becoming more showery and it will wax and wane through the morning and into the afternoon. possibility of sunny spells, showers and thunderstorms for northern ireland tomorrow, and a few sunny spells developing in east anglia and the south—east. look at those temperatures, 13 or 1a degrees. still low pressure...

welcome to the programme. it was budget day here in britain today. a big set piece annual event in which the chancellor stairs into the crystal ball, and tries to predict the future — and how best to steer the uk economy through it. the obstacles in his way are common to europe and the united states. high inflation, higher interest rates, and since the pandemic, an intractably acute labour shortage. this graph trackjob vacancies across europe since august 2022, historically high afte...

president putin has not spoken but his predecessor said on social media the country would push ukrainian forces away back to poland. more from me at the top of the other, now its time tojoin from me at the top of the other, now its time to join the team on the travel show. sitting halfway between the scottish mainland and norway. the shetland islands have a unique combination of cultures. and today the sleepy town of lerwick is facing an invasion from a long dormant foe, the vikings. s...

and richard davis emailed us. after a body was found in the river wyre on sunday morning. there was a further wait of 30 hours before it was identified as nicolas. during that time, correspondence from the bbc and other outlets continued to report from the village. and you know, this village, which is little more than a hamlet, has been the epicentre of national attention for the last three weeks or so. nicola bulley�*s family have said at times that that has provided a distraction a...

job vacancies in the uk fall for the eighth time in a row, according to latest figures published ahead of wednesdays budget whether government is expected to encourage more people back to work. a state of emergency�*s been declared in malawi, after tropical storm freddy struck the country for a second time, killing nearly 100 people. hello and welcome to bbc news. the leaders of the us, britain and australia, meeting in california, have unveiled details of their plan to create a new ...

—— in england and wales are not acting on complaints of violence against women. we cannot be complacent and we need very robust investigations to take forward and dismiss anyone who we think is working in our organisation that shouldnt be. a22—year—old white woman is for 8.5 years for falsely claiming she was trafficked and beaten by a grooming gang of asian men. job vacancies in the uk fall for the eighth time in a row, according to the latest figures published in the run—up...

of asian men is jailed for eight and a half years. china and russia have denounced a defence pact, agreed by the us, uk and australia, that will provide australia with nuclear powered attack submarines. russia said the pact would bring years of confrontation to asia. the chinese foreign ministry said the three countries were on a path of error and danger, calling the deal a violation of the aims of the international non proliferation treaty. heres the chinese foreign ministry spokesper...

i had my first cancer diagnosed about six or seven years ago. that waiting time is very, very hard. i dont think until you have been through it, you can actually understand it. despite the walk out, some hospitals are able to continue with some routine operations, but it is a mixed picture. the full impact on cancellations will not be known for a few days. one thing were seeing that is different from other strike days is that demand for care has been sustained. in previous strike days,...