twitter confirms that the world s richest man, elon musk, is going through with his bid to buy the company. australia announces plans to halt its extinction crisis to save more than 100 endangered species. # when i was born a coalminer s daughter. and musicians and fans pay tribute to the american country music star loretta lynn, who s died at the age of 90. it is one of the most severe humanitarian crises anywhere in the world right now. somalia is in the grip of the worst drought since the 1980 s. hundreds of thousands of people, many trapped by conflict, are facing extreme hunger and death. a full blown famine where households have no food, children suffer acute malnutrition and people die every day from starvation is likely within a matter of weeks, we are told. 0ur africa correspondent, andrew harding, reported on somalia s last famine in 2011, in which 250,000 people died. he sent this report from baidoa in the southwest of somalia, it s a city at the heart of the curre
died at the age of 90. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up on this week s show, we re day tripping across the uk. and through here, and this way. oh, good boy! so, let s go. with autumn coming into full swing here in the uk, summer seems like a distant memory with its record high temperatures and a bounceback in tourism, after two years of stop start travel restrictions. well, earlier this year, we dropped in on some of the uk s top attractions and destinations, meeting the people getting as excited about travel again and hearing how they ve had to adapt to survive. if you were watching last week, you will have seen how inverness in the far north of scotland is sprucing up their castle and how local businesses adapted to meet changing demands. but this week, we re looking back at what the story was in england, wales and northern ireland, starting with that great northern powerhouse and football and cultural hub, manchester. so, this is no ordinary taxi ride. hello! so
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