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the governor issues a state of emergency in six counties and warns hundreds of people will lose their homes. the end of the so—called wagatha christie trial — rebecca vardy and colleen rooney will find out today which of them has won their high court libel case. # everybody needs good neighbours. and it's farewell to neighbours after four decades as fans here in the uk prepare for tonight's final episode. birmingham put on a spectacular show last night for the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games. 30,000 people gathered at the alexander stadium, while millions more watched ...

hello and welcome to bbc news. ukraine says it's enduring heavy russian shelling in the city of lysychansk, as the battle for the east of the country intensifies. lysychansk is the last ukrainian—held city in luhansk, part of the industrial donbas region that russia is focussing its military power on. these pictures from russia's state—owned domestic news agency, ria, show drone images of battles near the city. but kyiv denies russian claims that the city has been encircled. meanwhile, two more britons captured by russian forces in ukraine have been charged with being mercenaries...

that the russians had full control of the city. we've been hearing these claims, actually, from yesterday, and these claims have not been confirmed yet by the ukraine's general staff, the armed forces of ukraine, neither by the local administration and authorities. what we can say with certainty, of course, is the situation in lysychansk has been very intense for quite a while now. after the battle for severodonetsk, lysychansk was the key focus of the russian offensive, their ground forces have been affecting lysychansk nonstop, the city was under intense artillery fire, missile fir...

temperatures above where we should be. this is bbc news — i'm frankie mccamley — the headlines. six new claims of inappropriate behaviour by former deputy chief whip chris pincher have emerged, days after he was suspended as a tory mp after allegations he groped two men. russia says it now controls the whole of the luhansk region in eastern ukraine — but ukrainian officials say they can't confirm the reports. the influential british theatre director, peter brook, who's career ranged from radical interpretations of shakespeare to broadway musicals, has died at the age of 97. tho...

to tackle climate change. now on bbc news, shrimps, saris and guns. faarea masud investigates how the demand for shrimp is destroying land that women have farmed for centuries in bangladesh. along the coastline is riverbeds of rural bangladesh, thousands of factors where rice was once grown have been converted into intensive shrimp farms. catering to a multibillion—dollar global industry. since the explosion of the industry in the 1980s when the world's appetite for this luxury food group, there have been increasing allegations of violence and land grabbing by criminal gangs. i'v e...