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we will be live in belfast in a moment or two. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre now. well start with the first 147 maximim break at this years world snooker championship, its come on day 5 at the crucible is sheffield from kyren wilson in his 2nd round match against ryan day. the maximum break, where you pot all 15 reds, 15 blacks and all the colours has only been done 12 times before in the history of the tournament. and what about this for nerves of steel? t...

of bakhmut, the east ukrainian city which has been the focus of extensive fighting in recent weeks. the former uk prime minister boris johnson will give evidence to a parliamentary committee later this month, who are looking into whether he lied to parliament. it relates to the parties which he participated in during the covid lockdown, and the statements which he subsequently made to parliament about them. it comes as conservative mps express anger that the partygate investigator, sue...

are still coming out of the rubble alive six days in. so its shocking, its also, in a perverse sense, quite heartening. in other news, us fighterjets shoot down an unidentified aircraft over alaska after president biden gave the order to "seek and destroy". troops are trying to salvage the wreckage. welcome to the programme. we begin with the latest developments in the aftermath of the earthquake in turkey and syria. the united nations aid chief has described the earthquake in turkey a...

of syria, which is rebel—controlled. he found no sign of a relief effort, with local people, including children, left scouring through rubble for survivors. this is the town of haram in north—west syria. there is a bit of activity here, but nothing like you see in terms of activity on the other side, on the turkish side of the border. the border is literally just across that hill. the people here have lost about 700 buildings. another 4,000 or so are unsafe. so they are living in t...

hello and welcome to bbc news. the world health organization says that almost 26 million people have been affected by the earthquakes that struck turkey and syria. the number confirmed dead has passed 25,000. on a visit to southern turkey, the un aid chief, martin griffiths, said there was an urgent need for medical assistance, as well as food and shelter for survivors. well hearfrom mr griffiths in a moment, but first, our correspondent quentin sommerville is in harem in the northwest...

the international monetary fund published by predictions of the year ahead global growth will shrink and the 2023 from 3.4% last year to 2.8% this year. economies in germany in the uk will shrink and they also expect high interest rates rose biggest economy forecasting them to fall back to pre—bend levels. a press conference the chief economist at this assessment. the synchronise tightening of monetary policy by most banks starting to bring inflation back towards its targets. at the ...

sport, and a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. well, over to you. well, overto you. hello well, over to you. hello again, matthew. there are 100 days to go until the 2023 fifa womens world cup gets under way in australia and new zealand, and organisers say theyre on course to sell a record 1.5 million tickets. co—hosts australia are in action in a friendly against the european champions, england. kick—off in brentford is just a few hours away. our reporterjo currie is the...

you for what youre doing and god you for what youre doing and god you all. presidentjoe biden with a pretty defiant speech stressing the united states and nato allies, support for ukraine will not waiver speaking of course in the run—up to the first anniversary of russias full—scale invasion of ukraine. he has been in warsaw and a cheering crowd there that as he put it, president putin lust for power and land would fail. he painted the struggle as a generational one for freedom he ...

two weeks after the tremors that killed tens of thousands. the government spent less than it received in tax injanuary leaving a £51; billion surplus and finances. a bbc investigation has found that a quarter of englands grammar schools have hardly any pupils from poorerfamilies, despite most taking steps to be more inclusive. the russian leader vladimir putin has accused the west of starting the war in ukraine. almost a year after launching the invasion, mr putin has made a two—hou...

hello and welcome to bbc news. the french prime minister has condemned the violence that accompanied a day of mass demonstrations against reform of the countrys pension system. the interior ministry says more than a50 protestors were arrested and 440 members of the security forces injured. more than 1 million people took to the streets on thursday to protest against the retirement age being raised from 62 to 64. most of the protests were peaceful, but there were violent clashes with po...