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Trying to stop a Massive Oil Spill from reaching the islands pristine beaches. Hello and welcome. International donors have pledged 300 million in aid for lebanon five days after the explosion which devastated a swathe of beirut. Thereve been clashes on the capitals streets for a second day. Protestors are angry at what they see as government corruption and incompetence. 0fficials now say 220 people died, and more than 7,000 were injured in the explosion. 0ur middle east correspondent Quentin So...

About any beer biscay, which will bring, we think, in my general thundery break bay of biscay, milling through wednesday night, bringing thundery rain. We could well see the heat starting to break by that stage in the south, but not without some rather torrential rain to go with it. As ever, more details on the warnings online. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines borisjohnson says it would be morally indefensible to keep schools in england closed, and has pledged to make reopening them a nati...

Back to school in scotland, as the government there sets out what its doing about thousands of pupils whove had their exam results downgraded. Russia claims to have produced the worlds first Coronavirus Vaccine and president putins daughter has been given it. After more than 100 days with no new coronavirus cases, new zealand puts its biggest city auckland back into lockdown as a family become infected. And an environmental disaster unfolds amid the coral reefs of mauritius as a stricken tanker ...

The bbc reviews its policy on tackling cyber hate speech, after the abuse of elite sportswomen doubles in less that five years. A warm welcome to the programme. The head of the world bank has told the bbc that radically transparent systems are needed to deliver Financial Aid for lebanon. Axel Van Trotsenburg said it was clear the millions of dollars pledged, had to benefit the people directly. There have been fresh clashes between police and protesters angry at the governments response to last w...

And, new Research Suggests so much ice has melted in antarctica since the mid nineties, it could fill the grand canyon. Hello, we start with breaking news from washington. President trump has just returned to the press room at the white house after he was suddenly told to leave mid way through a press conference. This is what happened. It looks like they are just about going to be topping records. Excuse me . President trump has just confirmed that there was a shooting outside the white house. H...

A paradise polluted. More oil spills from a stricken ship off the coast of the mauritius, as the island declares an environmental emergency. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Thousands of people have taken to the streets of the lebanese capital beirut, in anger at the countrys leaders, after this weeks devastating explosion in the port area of the city. Groups of protestors stormed a number of official buildings and briefly occupied the Foreign Ministry before being driven out by the army. Earlier,...

Hoping to bring another for the three months dimension to ourfaces. Between april and june will be announced. The numbers will provide a clear indication on the impact of the coronavirus on the uk economy. Last last months figures showed the Unemployment Rate hello, and welcome stayed unchanged at 3. 9 to the programme. In the last few hours, the world has reached a disturbing new milestone in the three months to may. In coronavirus cases. According to Johns Hopkins university, whose aggregated ...

Now on bbc news, its time for the travel show. Its been 75 years, but survivors argue their memories of Nuclear Attack still need to be heard. This week, hiroshima and nagasaki and the anniversary too important to cancel. Hello and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from hiroshima, around 900 kilometres south west of tokyo. 75 years ago, the worlds first atomic bomb fell on this city, killing tens of thousands of people in a blinding flash of light and, three days later, another...

Falls by the largest amount in over a decade, more evidence of the impact of the lockdown. They are laying off more people like myself who have got years of experience looking injob adverts every day and thinking, there is just nothing there. There is no end in sight. Obviously we want to see is a return to Economic Vitality and health and some parts of the economy undoubtedly showing great resilience but clearly there are going to be bumpy months ahead and a long, long way to go. Back to school...

So much ice has melted in antarctica since the mid nineties, it could fill the grand canyon. Hello. We start with breaking news from washington President Trump has just reuturned to the press room at the white house after he was suddenly told to leave mid way through a press conference. This is what happened. President trump has just confirmed that there was a shooting outside the white house. Heres what the president had to sayjust moments ago. It looks like were going to be topping records hop...