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hello and welcome. president biden has described as "unacceptable" the sentencing of us basketball star brittney griner to nine years in a russian prison for possessing and smuggling drugs. she admitted to having cannabis oil when she was detained in moscow in february, but maintained she hadnt intended to break the law. washington has offered a prisoner swap, but it hasnt been taken up. azadeh moshiri reports. i never meant to hurt anybody. i never meant to hurt anybody. i never meant...

experiences its biggest ever outbreak of avian flu. good morning from birmingham, where england are celebrating a double diving gold — one for the teams teenage star at her first commonwealth games and another for the most experienced diver retaining his title. its friday the 5th of august. our main story. a hosepipe ban will come into force in parts of southern england later today, as recent extreme temperatures and a lack of rainfall continue to put pressure on waterways and water ...

and the nhs. now on bbc news, de—graft mensah travels to ghana, the country of his familys heritage to find out about the legacy of the british empire on the country and its people. im de—graft mensah — podcaster, presenter and proud british ghanaian. im going to be leaving to west africa for the first time since i was nine. the murder of george floyd and the anti—racism protests that followed led people to start to question britains history, as well as its actions abroad when ...

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that believe the false claims of a hoax, spewed by jones in his absolute basis argument that the newtown parents were actors. the number also factored into the emotional and mental anguish that the parents suffered, there i say continue to suffer from the day four years of harassment from jones and his followers. a seemingly last-ditch effort to try to save himself, including finally acknowledging what everyone else hopefully knew to be true, that the massacre was, quote, using his wor...

brazils first emperor arrives to celebrate its bicentennial, or at least part of him does. lets start with some breaking news: a nine—year—old girl has died following a shooting in liverpool. the emergency services were called to a house in the knotty ash area of the city at ten oclock last night. a man and a woman also suffered gunshot injuries. both have been taken to hospital. merseyside police say house to house, cctv and forensic enquiries are being carried out. we carried out...

than anything id ever seen in my life. >> i cried for my dad. >> was this a murder? >> every day i think of that. >> all i could think of was my kids. what about my kids. >> it was in the dark that the fear began, in the dark, and it grew. >> it terrorized our family, our friends. >> who was out there, in the dark? here, miles and miles in the woods. so far from safety. from civilized protection. >> they could just come, onto our property, and invade our lives. >> but on the summer nig...

move closer to shore what you can do to avoid what lies beneath. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt good evening im tom llamas in for lester tonight we begin with breaking news massive ground stops and delays across some of the countrys biggest airports, making the holiday travel chaos even more complicated. a difficult summer travel season is now going from challenging to worse before the severe weather even moved in, americans facing a rare combination of hig...

the author sir salman rushdie has reportedly been taken off a ventilator and is able to speak again after he was stabbed in new york state. theres been no official confirmation from the hospital in pennsylvania where hes being treated although us media outlets say the news was confirmed by his agent. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. a day after sir salman rushdie was stabbed, he is now said to be awake and off a ventilator. the authors condition has not yet been ful...

hello and welcome to bbc news. the author sir salman rushdie has reportedly been taken off a ventilator and is able to speak again after he was stabbed in new york state. theres been no official confirmation from the hospital in pennsylvania where hes being treated although us media outlets say the news was confirmed by his agent. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. a day after sir salman rushdie was stabbed, he is now said to be awake and off a ventilator. the authors...