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announcer: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. its newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in thailand. theres huge uncertainty about the countrys future direction. the two main opposition parties have agreed to form a ruling coalition. thats after they defeated their military—backed rivals in a general election. but thailands upper house — the senate — is dominated by the military, and they could yet block a...

we continue the programme in the capital of khartoum where theres messed with him and amongst the prisoners is a former sudanese logician wanted for alleged crimes against humanity. he was being held in the capital and is facing charges by the international criminal court. he was a key player in the sudanese government brutal response to two long—running and unresolved wars. he was serving a sentence alongside former others year, students former president who is no being reportedly h...

this is "gps, the global public square." welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. im fareed zakaria coming to you live from new york. ♪ ♪ today on the program as israel celebrates 75 years since its founding -- i talk to its longest-serving prime minister benjamin netanyahu. with the resurgence in israeli-palestinian violence, can israel continue to make peace with arab states? how will it handle an iran that could reportedly make enough missile material for...

about the 21 year old us national guardsmen accused of leaking hundreds of highly classified government documents. macrons controversial pension reform becomes law in france, but after weeks of angry protest , is this a win for the president or a little more than a period victory? they trusted him trusted his judgment. of course, it makes things more difficult for me why i broke filled in somewhere. father questions. plus heartbreak and hope for the first time were hearing directly and...

through his controversial pension reforms. we start with increasing warnings from western governments over the use of the chinese social—media platform, tiktok. today the british government banned it on all government and civil servants�* devices. take a listen. were also going to ban the use of macro when devices. we will do so with immediate effect. mr speaker, this is a precautionary move. we know that there is already use of tiktok across government, but it is also good cyber�...

lets turn to ireland — where us presidentjoe biden has been meeting with leading politicians and is now on his way to address a joint sitting of the irish parliament its been an extremely busy day for the president. he set off to parliament from farmleigh house in dublin after meeting with the irish prime minister — leo varadkar. while in the grounds of farmleigh, he watched a gaelic sport demonstration by local children. inside, the taoiseach praised american leadership since the ...

now uncertaintly remains over sundays sports programming and whether more presenters and pundits willjoin the boycott in support of gary lineker. police and demonstrators clash across france over welfare reforms — as the upper house of parliament passes a bill that will raise the pension age to 64. the british chancellor meets the governor of the bank of england, to discuss the collapse of silicon valley bank — after the failure of its parent company in the us. and the countdown to...

in the mediterranean sea. it comes days after the prime minister, promised harsher prison sentences for human traffickers. britains prime minister rishi sunak and chancellorjeremy hunt will hold talks with the governor of the bank of england in response to the collapse of silicon valley bank uk. youre watching bbc news. now its time for political thinking with nick robinson. what makes the daughter of immigrants willing to risk the wrath of liberal britain by warning that we face an "i...

both houses of congress police pioneer a new way of tackling knife crime — based on data about where and when it happens most often. this is predictive policing, this is precision policing. this is understanding where we are going to get the best effect when we put our officers on patrol. ding—dong, you are not wrong! veteran comedy actor, leslie phillips, star of the carry on films has died at 98. and coming up on the bbc news channel. "dont write us off." englands ben stokes has ...

of the us midterm elections. nine months into the war in ukraine, with winterfast nine months into the war in ukraine, with winter fast approaching, we are with winter fast approaching, we are with a community in norfolk that once again is preparing to send vitally needed supplies into the war zone. is it change at the top for liverpool? after a period of sustained success, are the clubs american owners looking to sell the club? have you got your christmas decorations are up, or is it ...