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long—awaited report on alleged human rights abuses against uyghur muslims in china. un inspectors arrive in the southern ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia, on a mission to prevent a nuclear accident at the russian held power plant. as the tributes continue, preparations are being made for the funeral of mikhail gorbachov, the last leader of the soviet union. the last surviving member of the monkees sues the fbi over access to secret files held on the band. from child refugee to influent...

how over exposure to blue light is impacting our health. and — in tennis — serena williams is through to the third round of the us open after beating world number 2 anett kontaveit. hello and welcome. russia has been accused of shelling a town near the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in ukraine, where a team from the un nuclear watchdog is expected on thursday. the plant, which was taken by russia in march, sits on the banks of the dnieper river, 200 kilometres from crimea, which ...

festival returns after a covid—enforced absence. a long—delayed un report says serious human rights abuses have been committed in the chinese region of xinjiang against uighur muslims. it also found that allegations of torture and sexual abuse during what china calls vocational education and training are credible. beijing, which saw the report in advance, dismissed it as a farce. earlier, i spoke to peter irwin from the uighur human rights project, who said the chinese government w...

economic crisis? plus, when working from home is just too expensive — could soaring energy bills drive a mass return to the office for the first time since the pandemic? hello. we start with the cost—of—living crisis here in britain — because the boss of one of the uks top energy suppliers has told the bbc the government must act now to protect customers from soaring bills — or face catastrophe this winter. ovo energy ceo stephen fitzpatrick has been talking to our business e...

Them. Its now ten years since the publication of a major report into deaths caused by asthma in the uk which made several recommendations to save lives. Since then, however, asthma has killed more than 12,000 people. Thats a rise of nearly a quarter. Our Health Correspondent Sophie Hutchinson has the details. Warren was just ten years old when he died of asthma. He had been playing on a trampoline when he asked for his inhaler and, within minutes, hed stop breathing. His mum, belinda, said nothi...

Hello, im nicky schiller. Welcome to the programme. We start this hour with reaction to the news that us lawmakers in the senate have approved a 95 billion aid package for ukraine, israel and taiwan. President biden says he will sign the bill later today and that more arms and equipment will be sent to ukraine within a week. The overwhelming vote in favour of the deal marks the end of six months of deadlock amongst us politicians. The measures approve around 61 billion in long awaited aid for uk...

Lets return to the issue of small boats crossing the channel from france to england and yesterday was another grim milestone as five people died trying to get across hours after the British Parliament passed legislation designed to deter such journeys. French Officials Say 112 people were on board the overcrowded vessel. A new law in britain aims to send people arriving on small boats to rwanda to have their asylum claims processed. The deaths in the channel are not an isolated incident. Yesterd...

Hello, im in nicky schiller, welcome to the programme. We start this hour with reaction to the news that us lawmakers in the senate have approved a 95 billion aid package for ukraine, israel and taiwan. President biden says he will sign the bill later today and that more arms and equipment will be sent to ukraine within a week. The overwhelming vote in favour of the deal marks the end of six months of deadlock amongst us politicians. The measures approve around 61 billion in long awaited aid for...

Entire cost of the national and local bbc radio. In the Sunday Express , local bbc radio. In the Sunday Express, the headline is ssh which leads us on to the Sunday Mirror, and a little picture of george. Poor old george burst into tears and there is a question of what happened. The Sunday Mirror reveals that george, whether by accident or design, stepped on pippas train. You couldnt have done it i designed one way or another he stepped on pippas train, kate tears him offa stepped on pippas trai...

Maybe an isolated shower towards kent, too. most will be dry. a few showers in northeast england, but through the day, southern areas of england, wales, more cloud will develop and a few isolated showers or thunderstorms are likely. vast majority dry, with the sunshine out, lighter winds. its going to feel a bit warmer as we go through thursday — particularly so in scotland and northern ireland. into thursday evening and overnight, those showers and thunderstorms will break out a little bit mo...