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leader of the soviet union. we talk to the child refugee from ghana whos now at the summit of britains fashion journalism. and painting the town red — the notorious spanish tomatina festival returns after a covid—enforced absence. hello and welcome to the programme. 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 t...

at least six mountaineers were killed and eight others injured when parts of a glacier collapsed, sending snow, ice and rock cascading down the slopes of marmolada. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. how do we live with a resurgent russia? do we need to confront or cooperate with china? can the uk repair its relations with the eu post—brexit? foreign policy matters again. my guest on political thinking this week hopes to b...

festival returns after a covid—enforced absence. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. 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. we can go live now to geneva and speak t...

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...

welcome to newsday — we start with breaking news. its six am in singapore and three thirty am in sri lanka where injust the last hour the bbc has confirmed that sri lankas president gotabaya rajapaksa has left the country — days after popular protests forced him to abandon his official residence and after several earlier failed attempts to leave. he left by plane. his destination is not clear, but its understood he had earlier tried to travel to the united arab emirates. president ...

welcome to newsday. its seven am in singapore and fourthirty am in sri lanka — the bbc has confirmed that sri lankas president gotabaya rajapaksa has left the country — days after popular protests forced him to abandon his official residence — and after several earlier failed attempts to leave. he left by plane. his destination is not clear — but its understood he had his but its understood he had brotherformerfinance minister his brotherformerfinance minister has also left the...

of staff mark meadows testified that he knew the mob he was about to incite and send marching to the capital was armed. >> i was in the vicinity where i heard a conversation and the president said something to the effect of, i dont care that they have weapons. >> cassidy hutchinson testifying under oath about that. she testified to the presidents eagerness to join the mob at the capitol. also, his counsels horror at the prospect and his fears being charged with, according to her, every...