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decription of haiti — after weeks of protests at the economic and fuel supply crises. and work begins to remove the tens of thousands of floral tributes left to honour the queen, in central london. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. within the last few hours, nasa has successfully managed to test the worlds first planetary defence system — by deliberately crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid. the dart mission is the first ever attempt to change the cou...

newsroom starts right now. ♪ live from washington, im paula reed in for pamela brown tonight. the top stories, surging cases of a respiratory illness are forcing some hospitals to create tent cities just to deal with all the patients as health officials say they have seen more cases now than in the past two years. plus, an underground network sending abortion pills from mexico to women in states where the procedure is now illegal. and chinas former president seated right next t...

good evening and welcome to bbc news. the contest to become the uks next prime minister is reaching its climax tonight with the last leadership hustings in london. for the last six weeks conservative party members — who will have the final choice — have been listening to the contenders, foreign secretary liz truss and former chancellor rishi sunak. the voting closes on friday and by next tuesday the queen will appoint one of them as herfifteenth prime minister — though in a break...

a little bit more accessible than when you are talking outside of the blades of helicopter of marine one. >> bill: president is likely to face pointed questions about those files when and where they were found as well as numerous questions about the first set of secret documents found in the closet of an office he used after his time as vice president. karl rove last hour said biden needs the to clear up this mess as quickly as possible. >> why wont the president look at the documents?...

>> trace: were getting a new look at the seized documents. some marked secret and top secret. chief washington correspondent mike emanuel has more from the d.c. newsroom. >> good morning. a 36-page filing from federal prosecutors meeting a federal judges late night deadline. they argue the motion for a special master in the case fails for multiple independent reasons. in this filing prosecutors write the government also developed evidence that government records were likely concealed a...

after appearing in court — charged with the murder of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel. thomas cashman — whos 3a — is due to stand trial in march. king charles and the queen consort have greeted crowds in dunfermline on their first official engagment since the period of royal mourning came to an end. and meet the man from kent who makes his living from doodling — and has achieved a childhood dream, by covering his whole house in drawings. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng ha...

irans supreme leader accuses the united states of orchestrating widespread public protests over the death of a young woman in police custody. were going to start here in the uk and politics. the row over giving a tax cut to some of the richest people in the country. to some of the richest for ten days the conservative government said it was the right thing to do. now they say theyre not going to do it. heres the chancellor kwasi kwarteng saying that particular tax cut is not now going ...

good evening and welcome to bbc news. "its been a tough day" — thats how the chancellor began his speech to the party faithful at the conservative party conference this afternoon. it follows a dramatic u—turn this morning when the government suddenly dropped its plan to scrap the 45p top rate of income tax. only yesterday, the prime minister had insisted the tax cut would stay — except in scotland. but now kwasi kwarteng says criticism of the measure had become a "huge distractio...

a bitter campaign between past and present presidents. now on bbc news... molly russell: a fathersjourney. a warning some viewers may find details in this programme disturbing. molly is always going to be our molly, but were always going to miss her. and her story is known by more people. it doesnt stop her being our molly. a girl who made the news for the worst of reasons. reporter: the government tells - social media companies to take more responsibility for harmful online content in...

a girl who made the news for the worst of reasons. reporter: the government tells - social media companies to take more responsibility for harmful online content in a bid to protect vulnerable young people from self—harm and suicide. 14—year—old molly russell took her own life, her father says social media played a key part in her death and his daughter... i think we were all amazed by the reaction to mollys story. reporter: the government is urging | social media companies to ta...