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Thousands have been left homeless, and more bad weather is forecast. Slovakia and hungary are bracing against floodwaters moving down the River Danube and its tributaries. These are the pictures from nysa overnight where people have been helping protect the flood defences. 0ur correspondent, sarah rainsford, is there. I am in nysa now, just a few miles from where we were for that report and here in nysa it was a pretty dramatic night overnight. The mayor, as you heard in that report, had given a...

in activity. the worlds second—largest economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter thanks to robust consumer spending after lockdowns were lifted. but factory output has lagged due to weak global growth and this latest data raises questions about the sustainability of chinas recovery. a market strategist told me these numbers show how uneven chinas economic recovery has been. fix, economic recovery has been. pretty dire set of numbers, although still an expansion... it ha...

a chinese rocket launching a weather satellite briefly forces planes flying to and from northern taiwan to alter their routes. hello, im lucy grey. at least 56 people are dead and almost 600 injured in sudan because of a power struggle between the sudanese army and a notorious paramilitary force. among the dead were three un workers, who were shot after the two sides exchanged gunfire at a military base. the united nations secretary—general has condemned the fighting, amid fears it w...

day three of the delays at dover, and once again it is coach passengers who are bearing the brunt of the problems. this group is trying to get to luxembourg for a short break, clear customs and then get on the ferry, so we are looking at ten hours. the problem is we have got one driver so i dont think we will get to where we are going tonight. i dont really know what were going to do. how are you feeling? unhappy, my birthday celebration _ how are you feeling? unhappy, my birthday cele...

— its newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with china and taiwan because chinas military has carried out another day of simulated attacks on the self ruled ireland of taiwan. chinese state media say operation joint sword is using all elements of the military to prac�*s simulated precision strikes on key targets. meanwhile, the darwins defence ministry says it has spotted 70 fighterjets and bombers and ii fighterjets and bombers and 11 navy vessels on sunday. the dr...

more anti—government protesters. at least two people have been killed as russia bombs ukrainian cities overnight — minutes after its self—imposed ceasefire ended. few expected the ceasefire to hold in any way. it was announced by russia in the first place and russia was never going to engage. but there is still heavy shelling coming down from the russian side. tens of thousands of orthodox christians in ethiopia celebrate christmas at churches in the historic town of lalibela for...

all along this pathway. an urgent international appeal is launched to help the millions of people affected by the flooding in pakistan. just look at all this water. its like being in the middle of the ocean, except those are peoples houses, and the water levels here are rising. and japan declares war on retro technology after discovering almost 2,000 government processes are still carried out using minidiscs, floppy disks and cds. president biden has made an impassioned speech in defen...

Three little birds pitch by my doorstep, singing sweet songs. Its out in the open. Adults in germany can now possess up to 25 grams of cannabis in public enough to make dozens ofjoints and grow up to three plants at home. While people like marcel are planning newly permitted Cannabis Social Clubs. Not for tourists, though just german residents. Every gram from cannabis which goes from the Cannabis Social Club is one gram thats not on the black market. What do you say to people who say, look, can...

The Campaign Posters are printed with the French Election in full swing. For Emmanuel Macron it was less than a warm welcome in his hometown where Marine Le Pen showed up as well. And. The white house says funding for that Mexican Wall May have to wait. We go to the border where not all residents are convinced. You build a 20 foot wall, someone isjust going to build a 21 foot ladder to go over it. Hello, i am katty kay in new york, Christian Fraser is in london. The us senate is about to decamp ...

Plunge last week after it admitted that customers had withdrawn $100 billion in deposits in march. at that time its competitor silicon valley bank had collapsed wanting fears of a crisis. that was swiftly followed by the demise of another us lender, signature bank. we werejoined by of another us lender, signature bank. we were joined by thomas but phil hayes for his take on what to expect from a rescue deal. ~ ., ., ., , ., deal. we are going to see what ha--ens deal. we are going to see what ha...