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and as beijing sees rare protests denouncing president xi, we report on how his leadership has affected rural parts of china. when i look at it, it - reminds me of me, cos its the exact same as my glasses. and whats in an emoji? well tell you about a campaign to stop spectacle—wearers being seen as "nerds." live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. its newsday. welcome to the programme. the congressional committee investigating the storming of the capitol building last y...

supplies. and today governor desantis activated 2500 members of the national guard and cnn correspondents are every angle. lets get started with tom sater. this looks like a very powerful storm that could unleash a lot of fury on the gulf coast, something we havent seen so far during this hurricane season. and it sounds like people need to wake up and pay attention. >> everywhere from pensacola to ft. myers. we didnt haven would named storm for the entire month of august and now we hav...

of sweet and low has the potential to kill 500 people fentanyl seizures sky rocking across the country. these parents know too well the horrific consequences. >> zach was a 17-year-old high school senior. he had no history with abusing drugs or alcohol. so it was a complete shock to us when he was at his desk and passed away two days after christmas of 2020. >> she went on the stream to get replacement nor a benzodiazepine. it was straight-up fentanyl and killed instantly. >> got drugs...

and giano caldwell, but first this. >> john: to kick off "america reports," life expectancy in america dropping to the lowest level in more than two decades, according to the cdc. deaths from drug overdoses and covid fueling the decline. john roberts in washington. sandra, good wednesday to you. >> sandra: im sandra smith in new york city. plunged to an average of 76.1 years in 2021. fentanyl poisoning driving that number with more than 72,000 deaths by the end of last year. >> john: p...

ranil wickremesinghe to become the countrys new president, despite his unpopularity with the public. he faces the task of leading the country out of its economic collapse and restoring order. now on bbc news, "click". this week, things get heavy on the ice as one sport tackles concussion head on. early alzheimers, headaches, still fairly nauseous. we show you everything about the nothing phone. everything? everything. we are at the french football stadium connecting fans to their heroe...

straight after this programme. this week, things get heavy on the ice as one sport tackles concussion head on. early alzheimers, headaches, still fairly nauseous. we show you everything about the nothing phone. everything? everything. we are at the french football stadium connecting fans to their heroes. and we meet the newest player on the pitch. i reckon even i could tackle him. sport, we love it. its fun to watch, fun to play, theres huge money at stake — but there is always the r...

at night. this is today cost germany with the temperatures dropping at night and towards the end of the week those high temperatures across more central and eastern parts of europe. so this is literally a wave progressing against europe and the peak that lasted a couple of days across our neck of the woods for the many major towns and cities across europe having a sustained period into the 30s. so not the a0 degrees they are getting, we had something out of this world for our climate b...

primary defeat, saying shes thinking about running for president. the congresswoman is one of donald trumps fiercest critics, and lost to a candidate hand—picked by mr trump. now on bbc news, three engineers at the forefront of reimagining the carjoin kevin fong at the science museum in london. applause. hello and welcome to the science museum. i am kevin fong and this is the engineers: the future of ca rs. i am in the information age gallery, sat in front of an object called the rug...

for as long as it takes. and, temperatures in japan are at the highest in nearly 150 years. now fears the electricity grid could be overwhelmed. hong kong is marking 25 years since britain handed over control of the territory to china. xijinping, chinas president, has been in the city to celebrate the event. this was the scene at the railway station as mr xi arrived. he was greeted by the outgoing chief executive carrie lam, who he credits for stopping what he called "chaos and violenc...

james lovelock whos died aged 103. its eight in the morning in singapore, and eight in the evening in washington where a potential visit to taiwan by us house speaker nancy pelosi is stirring alarm in presidentjoe biden�*s administration. they fear the trip may cross red lines for china, and that there is no exit path. beijing, which claims sovereignty over the island, has already issued harsh warnings — even suggesting a possible military response. against this backdrop, president...