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At least 17 people have died after an air india plane skidded off a runway during heavy rain, in kerala. Many of the injured have been taken to local hospitals. The aircraft with around 200 people on board broke in two afterfalling down a ravine, but didnt catch fire. The lebanese shia movement, hezbollah, has denied any link to tuesdays deadly blast at the beirut port. The United Nations is warning of a humanitarian disaster, with widespread medicine and food shortages. 154 people are now known...

Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. With just two months until the us president ial election, the polls show President Donald Trump trailing byjoe biden by a significant margin. This is an extraordinary Election Year marked by a pandemic, economic crisis, street protests over alleged Police Racism and a toxic political atmosphere. My guest is the veteran pollster and Republican Party consultant frank lu ntz. Can donald trump win and should republicans want him to . Frank, welcome to hardtalk...

Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. China denies an accusation by foreign minister, dominic raab that theyre carrying out human rights abuses against its uighur population. Can i ask you why people are kneeling blindfolded and shaven and being led to trains in modern china . Why . What is going on there . I do not know where you get this video tape. It is deeply, deeply troubling. And the reports on the human aspect of it, from forced sterilisation to the education camps, are reminiscent of s...

Much. Again, youre looking inside the hearing room where the hearing for judge Amy Coney Barrett are set to begin with the Senate Judiciary committee. I want to point out, not a lot of these republicans as well as the family of judge barrett knew much about masks before today, it appears. They came to the rose garden ceremony and other things at the white house not Wearing Masks. Theyre all Wearing Masks today with some having tested positive for coronavirus. That does it for us this morning. Ch...

The coronavirus testing problems will take weeks to resolve says the Health Secretary, with the system is facing an enormous challenge. Thousands of people across the uk are struggling to get tests and results after a sharp rise in demand. Its been very stressful, very frustrating. We are still waiting on the results, still self isolating, not able to go to school, not able to go to work. The pinch point is the laboratories which are struggling with demand. The government is looking to prioritis...

The international in the International Olympic committee. As it stands the Opening Ceremony is due to take place here in switzerland on thursday evening with competition beginning on friday. The athlete here range in ages from m to 18 years athlete here range in ages from 1a to 18 years old and for the first time ata to 18 years old and for the first time at a winter games there will be an equal number of female and male athletes competing. 900 of each. Many of those will be hoping to use again ...

Help, and that is to try to say to people they can go and get treatment, they really must, dont stay at home. We will come back to covid in a moment, but the Financial Times looking at donald trump. Did either of you stay up for the Vice President ial debate . Im afraid not. It was past my bedtime. I have to say i did stay up. The Financial Times is looking at this idea that this virtual bait that had been suggested with donald trump having tested positive for covid virtual debate. Its best to h...

At least 80 people have been killed and thousands injured in a huge explosion in the lebanese capital, beirut. Many people are still missing, believed to be trapped under the rubble. The blast was so powerful that it caused extensive damage to buildings over much of the city. The lebanese Prime Minister says a confiscated haul of Ammonium Nitrate caused the devastating blasts. He has promised that those responsible would be held accountable. Countries from the region and beyond have offered supp...

This is bbc world news. The headlines. Donald trump has spent a second night in hospital, being treated for coronavirus. He said in a video message that he had made substantial progress but was not out of the woods yet. 18 people are missing in france, and at least two people have been killed in italy, following the worst storm for more than 60 years. The equivalent of six months of rain fell in just a few hours. Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned the coronavirus pandemic could mak...

This is bbc news. Im lukwesa burak. The headlines at 4pm. Tributes are paid to Chadwick Boseman, the star of the Ground Breaking super hero movie black panther, who has died of colon cancer he was a3. The fact that he chose those iconic historical black characters and icons in history, its testament to the kind of roles that he wanted to take and what path he was creating or leaving behind for people coming in his wake. New advice for schools in england on what to do if theres a covid outbreak i...