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as he continues whats described as �*a pilgrimage for and the spanish fashion designer, paco rabanne, best—known for his metal clothing designs and fragrances — has died at the age of 88. hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has postponed a much—anticipated trip to beijing — after a chinese surveillance balloon was detected in the sky above the united states. china says the balloon is a ...

they believe mother of two — nicola bulley — from lancashire — whos been missing for a week, fell into a river — whilst walking her dog. and the spanish fashion designer, paco rabanne, best—known for his metal clothing designs and fragrances — has died at the age of 88. hello and welcome. the united states is to provide ukraine with longer range guided rockets as part of another package of military support worth some $2.2 billion. in addition to the ground—launched rocket...

at ten oclock, reeta chakrabarti will be here with a full roundup of the days news. first, the media show — and a warning this programme contains flashing images. hello and welcome to this weeks edition of the media show. now in a minute, were going to talk about spotify. its the worlds most popular music streaming platform. it spent close to a billion dollars on podcasting, too, but there are all sorts of different developments coming out of spotify at the moment. and its ceo has sa...

washington has accused beijing of acting irresponsibly after a chinese surveillance balloon was detected over the united states. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has postponed a much—anticipated trip to beijing over the incident. china says the balloon is a civilian airship which had deviated from its planned route. however, us defence officials argue the balloon, seen above sensitive areas in recent days in the western us, was a high—altitude surveillance device. our sec...

and the oscar goes to everything everywhere all at once... and it really did win everything, everywhere as the film scoops seven oscars including best film and best actress. michelle yeoh becomes the first woman from an asian background to win best actress at the oscars — im here getting all the latest reaction. brooke shields has been waiting half an hour to get into the vanity party. how ireland moved to within one win of six nations clean sweep. we reflect on all of the weekends a...

heavy rain in northern scotland, a little bit of brightness sticking out across parts of eastern england. the weather is cloudy, wet or bright where you are, we are all in this wedge of mild air so it does feel unseasonably mild. but as i say sunshine quite limited. the best of it across eastern and southern parts of england, some other eastern parts of england, some other eastern parts of wales, but northern ireland seeing thick cloud, the odd spot of drizzle and that heavy rain conti...

good morning. it is a fairly cloudy start for money. some drizzle in the west, some heavier rain in scotland. that will push north eastwards through the day, with brighter skies in central and eastern areas. details later in the programme. good morning. its thursday, 2nd february. british gas is facing an investigation after using debt collectors to break into the homes of vulnerable people and forcibly fit pre—payment energy meters. the tactic — which results in someone�*s heati...

british gas suspends its force—fitting of prepament meters following a report that it was imposing them on vulnerable customers. its chief executive, chris 0shea has apologised. there chris 0shea has apologised. is nothing that i can 5 can there is nothing that i can say that can express the horror i had when i heard this, when i saw this. it is completely unacceptable, that language is completely unacceptable. the largest—ever outbreak of bird flu is now infecting mammals in the u...

good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the bank of england has raised interest rates from 3.5 to li% — their highest level since 2008. the increase will leave millions of households facing higher mortgages at a time when many people are already struggling with energy and food bills. it will also have an impact on repayment charges on bank loans and credit cards — but it is better news for savers, who should get a higher return. the bank of england says the increase will help to cu...

hello and welcome to bbc news. we start with the international monetary fund, which has published their prediction for the year ahead. global growth will shrink in 2023 from 3.4% last year to 2.8% this year. the economies in germany and the uk will shrink. the imf also expects high interest rates to be temporary forecasting them to fall back to pre—pandemic levels. lets hear what the chief economist had to say. hear what the chief economist had to sa . ,, . ., hear what the chief eco...