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To what was surely the most extraordinary funeral ever given to a p0p singen _ its been a peaceful funeral demonstration so far! - but suddenly, the police i are tear gassing the crowd, we dont yet know why! the prelaunch ritual is well established here. helen was said to be in good spirits, butjust a little apprehensive. in the last hour, east timor has become the world�*s newest nation. it was a bloody birth for a poor country, and the challenges ahead are daunting. but for now, at least, it...

You can reach me on twitter — im @ bbc david eades. hello. although the weather will be a little quieter across the uk overall today, in contrast to recent days, its not settling down properly any time soon. the end of the week looking very stormy indeed, and that will be thanks to this area of low pressure barreling in on thursday and friday. weve kind of got a weak area of low pressure still with us for today. its going to feed in a band of more organised showers to the south for first thing...

0n the side! so, that was our last rapid. it so interesting to watch these four guys navigate this seven—tonne log raft down a riverjust like they would have 600 years ago. its amazing! definitely a unique way to travel, if you dont mind getting your feet wet. well, each big japanese city has its own particular and distinctive feel and if youre looking for a laugh, then you better head to osaka, which over the generations has earned itself a reputation of being the comedy capital of japan. and...

Though, that area of low pressure looks likely to drift away. and finally, we get to see the potentialfor some high pressure to build not only for a day but for the majority of next week. now, the thing thats interesting is that as the winds swing in a clockwise direction around that high, weve still got them coming from a northerly, so dont expect it to be particularly warm. but it certainly will be better than it has been. we lose the risk of the showers, the temperatures bump up back to the h...

And competition between rival factions to confront israel. this morning the al—aqsa brigade and israeli troops exchanged fire near ramallah. the israelis said two of their soldiers were wounded. this was at the damascus gate intojerusalems old city. egypt blames heavy—handed israeli pressure injerusalem for what it calls palestinian retaliation. the egyptians have used unusually harsh language to condemn israels behaviour. that matters because egyptian mediators are a critical part of ceasef...

Their meeting comes as the government here has been accused of causing confusion with conflicting advice over its own traffic light system. meanwhile, surge testing is being stepped up in areas where there are concenns about the india variant. later today at 5pm, the health secretary, matt hancock, will be holding a downing street coronavirus briefing. jon donnison has this report. lets face it — who isnt ready for a little bit of this? portugal — the only eu country on the green list — fi...

Of thursday with a risk of a few pockets of ground frost, particularly for central and eastern areas. in the west, the wind will already, though, be starting to pick up, the cloud piling in and this deep area of low pressure starts to make itself felt first thing on thursday. wind and rain into the west, spreading to all areas through the day. yes, there will be some heavy rain, but potentially not as heavy as some of us have seen out of the recent showers. the big issue is likely to be the wind...

Overwhelmed, even though thousands of new arrivals have already been forced back. spain says children are being allowed to stay. they now await their fate. but some have seen enough and are now taking their chances, believing a new life is within reach. with a good eye, a pencil and a bit of imagination, anyone should be able to create art of a sort. but what if the eye is a camera belonging to a robot? this is ai—da — the world�*s first humanoid robot artist, which does draw portraits and...

Spain says its has returned half of the record 8,000 migrants who crossed into the spanish territory of ceuta from morocco this week. moroccan guards have reportedly begun closing the border again after more than a day in which they turned a blind eye to the crossings. some migrants have also returned voluntarily. earlier, the spanish prime minister vowed to restore order during a visit to ceuta. from there, nick beake reports. this was the day spain sent tanks to its beaches to hold back a huma...

Means is that it is even more important that people get vaccinated. as i have reported to the house of commons, there are now 2967 cases known of this variant in the uk and we are determined to do all that we can to ensure this new variant does not put our recovery at risk. it has been a showery week so far, but the showers today have been less frequent and out to the west there have been some decent spells of sunshine, a beautiful afternoon in dorset. shower clouds threatening in the isle of sh...