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metal detectors beep. and is this the sound of hidden treasure? hopeful hunters follow a map marking the spot where german soldiers are believed to have buried valuables worth millions. hello and welcome to bbc news. after nearly three years of covid lockdowns, china is scrapping its quarantine rules for travel from sunday. but as soon as restrictions were eased over the last few weeks, infections started to spread rapidly — causing many countries to introduce compulsory covid tests for travellers from china. there are also concerns that china's borders are opening just as the coun...

in court to wire fraud. the ceasefire in ukraine — declared by russia, for the orthodox christmas — has come to an end. clashes between ukrainian and russian forces continued throughout the 36—hour period. president zelensky said vladimir putin's offer was deceitful — he said peace in ukraine would only be restored when russian forces were expelled. and moscow said it reserved the right to return fire if its troops were attacked. our correspondent, james waterhouse — along with producer siobhan leahy and cameraman paul francis — sent this report from the eastern city of b...

states and around the world. i'm laila harat. president biden visits the border amid a surge of migrants trying to reach the united states. he's got the gavel but it could be a tough road ahead for newly minted house speaker kevin mccarthy as he attempts to wrangle fractious republican party. plus china bids a first farewell to zero covid as the country reopens its borders fare the first time in three years. we'll have a live report from one of the biggest crossings between hong kong and mainland china. in the coming hours, president joe biden is expected to visit the u.s. so...

hello, a very warm welcome to the programme. it is good to have you with us. kevin mccarthy has been elected speaker of the us house of representatives after heated exchanges which almost saw fellow republicans come to blows. it took 15 rounds of voting for mr mccarthy to win the powerful role, even though his party has a majority in the chamber. no government business can be carried out unless a speaker is in place, as our washington correspondent gary o'donoghue explains. it took them four days and 15 separate ballots before they finally got there. the honourable kevin mccarthy of ...

of representatives. cheering. not since the american civil war more than 160 years ago has it taken this long to elect a speaker. that was easy, huh? after multiple concessions and days of arm—twisting, and at times tempers almost boiling over, kevin mccarthy finally persuaded enough on the right of his party to back him, with a little help from a friend. i do want to especially thank president trump. i don't think anybody should doubt his influence. he was with me from the beginning. somebody wrote the doubt of whether he was there and he was all in. it was donald trump's supporte...