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sings in farsi. and how the rock band coldplay is offering their support to the protestors in iran. 95% of the voting machines have now been counted in brazils presidential election with former president, luiz inacio lula da silva narrowly ahead of the incumbent jair bolsonaro. crowds of mr lulas supporters started celebrating in the streets as he overhauled the far—right incumbent, jair bolsanaro, who had taken an early lead. mr lula is now on 50.7% compared to bolsonaro�*s 49.3%....

People survived the crash and were taken to hospital. Now on bbc news, ros atkins on the week. The village of manston is a short drive from the kent coast. Down the road as the port of ramsgate. In the village itself there was a church and thejolly farmer pub, and next door is the airfield and, because of that, manston has been welcoming new arrivals for years. In the 20s, students arrived for pilot training, in the 50s, it was used as a base to carry out drills. Now manston airfield is hosting ...

hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. twitter�*s new owner elon musk has defended his decision to sack about half the workforce without warning. mr musk tweeted that hed had no choice when the social media platform was losing more large sums of money. and hes insisted twitter�*s commitment to content moderation remains unchanged, despite the loss of key staff. in an interview, elon musk revealed that twitter was losing around four million dollars a day ...

details in the programme. its saturday the fifth of november. our main story: passengers are being warned to expect significant disruption on the railways today, despite strike action being called off. tens of thousands of rail workers had been due to walk out in the long—running dispute over pay and working conditions. strikes planned for monday and wednesday have also been cancelled, as negotiations between the rmt union and train operators are stepped up. our business corresponden...

good afternoon. the firebombing of an immigration processing centre in kent was motivated by extreme right—wing ideology and met the threshold for a terror incident, police have said. 66—year—old andrew leak carried out the attack at the site in dover last sunday. two members of staff at the centre were left with minor injuries. he is believed to have later taken his own life. jon donnison has the latest. an act of terror. this is the moment andrew leak threw one of up to three m...

now on bbc news, its time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — im gavin ramjaun. 30 wins in a row — and theyre into the world cup final. now englands women face their biggest test — against holders new zealand. englands women win again in the rugby league world cup — the men are into the final four — papua new guinea no match today. and holding their nerve — just — as englands cricketers book their place in the semi finals of the t20 world cup. also coming up i...

stormont elections before christmas. keeping the lights on this winter — a new scheme launches which will see customers offered discounts on their energy bills if they agree to use less electricity at peak times. with the key us midterm elections just four days away, donald trump drops his strongest hint yet that he plans another run for the white house. and now, in order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, i will very, very, very probably do it again, 0k? very, ver...

the bbc has heard evidence that albanian drug gangs are using migrant camps in northern france as a recruitment ground, offering to pay the passage of people who looking for better economic prospects and are prepared to work in the uks illegal drugs trade. albanians account for at least one third of the 38,000 people whove crossed the channel to england this year, according to the latest government figures. 0ur correspondent lucy williamson reports. for each boat, each migrant, there c...

and israel election officials confirm benjamin netanyahu and his far—right allies as the winners in tuesdays vote — hes set to return for a record sixth term as prime minister. the bank of england has warned that the uk is facing its longest recession since records began, as it raised interest rates by the most in 33 years. the 0.75% point rise — the eighth consecutive hike — takes uk rates to 3%, meaning higher mortgage bills for many homeowners. the bank of englands move matc...

cyclists call for britains roads to be made safer, as a survey finds a quarter of motorists admit driving dangerously close to bikes. a damning report has warned that hundreds of police officers in england and wales have been cleared to serve when they should have failed vetting procedures. forces accepted applicants with convictions for robbery, indecent exposure and domestic abuse. the police watchdog looked at eight forces, reviewing hundreds of vetting files. his majestys inspector...