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just as mr hunt was on his feet. his opponents claim the changes to pensions he's bringing in are a bung for the mega rich. why are we bringing the pensions relief in for the wealthiest in society next month, but those who are really, really struggling with the cost of living now have to wait until next april? and living standards for everyone are still on the slide. yet there's a chipper mood among ministers these days, so we have one big question this morning — are there signs that the tories are getting back on track? the man who needs to make sure the government gets things don...

judicial reform plans. hello and welcome to bbc news. we start with the news that the celebrated british tv presenter and comedian paul o'grady has died at the age of 67. in a statement, his partner andre portasio said he passed away "unexpectedly but peacefully" on tuesday evening and thanked fans for "all the love they have shown him over the years". paul o'grady first came to fame as a drag artist before becoming a talk show presenter. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba looks back at his life and career. he first came to fame as the charismatic drag queen lily savage. the...

one of the world's biggest online, crime websites online crime websites is shut down by police in seventeen countries. is shut down by police in 17 countries. live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 7 in the morning in singapore and 4 o'clock in the afternoon in simi valley in california, where us house speaker kevin mccarthy greeted taiwan president tsai ing—wen at the start of a meeting that has already infuriated china. in the last hour, beijing has promised a "resolute" response. mr mccarthy is the most senior american politician to meet a taiw...

hello and welcome to the programme. tyre nichols, was a 29—year—old black man. a father, a fedex employee, a keen skateboarder. three weeks ago, he was pulled over by the memphis police on suspicion of reckless driving. there was a confrontation after which tyre fled. and what happened next defies belief. five memphis police officers, who are also black, chased him down just 80 yards short of his mother's front door, they beat tyre so badly that, three days later, he died from his injuries. i am going to show you a picture of what tyre looked like before he died. just a warning i...

politicians in iran are insisting that wearing headscarfs should be �*enforced rigorously�* — they�*re demanding that judges enforce the law. across the country, a growing number of women are going out without hijabs in public. earlier, i spoke to bbc�*s parham ghobadi and asked what prompted this latest move. in big cities like in tehran and in other major cities, they just walk around on the streets without headscarf and without her job and without hijab, it�*s not only headscarf, it�*s also a kind of trench coat that for four decades, iranian women had to wear in ord...