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this is bbc news, the headlines. the prime minister, rishi sunak will meet with european commission president ursula von der leyen on monday as he tries to secure a new brexit deal for northern ireland. at least 59 people have died after a boat carrying migrants sinks near the coast of southern italy. one local official has suggested as many as 150 people had been onboard. the israeli government and the palestinian authority say they will take immediate steps to end a deadly upsurge in violence this year. it comes as two israelis were shot dead in the occupied west bank. early results have started to come in in nigeria s most competitive elections in decades. official results from the south western ekiti state show a clear victory for ruling party candidate bola tinubu in one of his strongholds. you re watching bbc news. now its time for the travel show. this week on the travel show, fire and fairness on a scottish island. i m a woman, and i have a daughter, who i ....
but does not call for russia to withdraw its forces. voting is under way in nigeria to elect a new president. the incumbent, muhammadu buhari, is stepping aside after serving the maximum two terms in office. a winter storm has brought snow, rain and threats of flooding to southern california. there s a blizzard warning for parts of los angeles county for the first time since 1989. you re watching bbc news. now its time for the travel show this week on the travel show, fire and fairness on a scottish island. i m a woman, and i have a daughter, who is three, and i would love to see her participate on her own terms. fancy a holiday for free? well, almost. we are looking at canny ways to travel on the cheap. i was earning very good money, putting frozen pies in a box. you can absolutely fund all this traveljust by moving around and working. and the final curtain at broadway s longest running show. this is the first show i ever saw on broadway, and it s my broadway deb ....
minutes we expected the state department will give an update. and on capitol hill republican submitters will give their first response to president biden s pitch to save medicare by raising taxes. all of that coming up this hour. plus . we bought the elites! we ignored the chatter. we did it our way. the florida way. we won t back down, and i can promise you this. you ain t seen nothing yet. speak to governor ron desantis has his critical rivals on notice there is a whole lot more his team says where that came from the governor gave his state of the state address, spring training swings into florida, baseball lovers but washington post columnist has a major problem with that he is now calling on them to take a stand against ron desantis attack on diversity. the governor s team responded, we will have that coming up with will cain. john: welcome back as america reports rolls into our two in this busy tuesday i m john roberts good afternoon. gillian: good to be ....
american football legend tom brady has announced his retirement for the second time in a year. life of our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we begin in the us, where the funeral of tyre nichols, the 29 year old black man, who died after being beaten by police, has taken place. the us vice president kamala harris was among the thousands attending the service at mississippi boulevard christian church, in memphis, tennessee. following tyre nichols death, five officers, all of them black, were charged with second degree murder. several other police officers and emergency staff have also been fired in recent days. our north america editor sarah smith was at the service. # you lift me up. the grief was overlaid with anger, as mourners celebrating the life of tyre nichols also railed against the injustice of his death. i can t speak for everybody in memphis, i can t speak for everybody gathering, but for me, i believe that if that ....
to travel on the cheap. i was earning very good money, putting frozen pies in a box. you can absolutely fund all this traveljust by moving around and working. and the final curtain at broadway s longest running show. this is the first show i ever saw on broadway, and it s my broadway debut, so it s a beautiful, beautiful full circle moment for me. sitting halfway between the scottish mainland and norway, the shetland islands have a unique combination of cultures, and today, the sleepy town of lerwick is facing an invasion from a long dormant foe the vikings. cheering. so this is up helly aa. it is one of a number of viking festivals that take place in shetland every year, and this one, in lerwick, is the biggest. up helly aa is best known for its night time procession. almost 1,000 people carry flaming torches through the streets, then set fire to a replica viking ship. the day begins with a march through the town, led by the jarl squad, a group of around 60 locals, k ....