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Ian hislopjoins the bbcs media editor amol rajan to look back at this years front covers, cartoons and satire. Eight people are known to have died in australias bushfires in the past 2a hours, with more missing, in the worst loss of life since the crisis began. More military personnel are on the way, to try to protect isolated communities in the south east of the country. Many are cut off, without power, and some are running out of water. Phil mercer has sent this report. These are extraordinary times in australia. The bushfires have brought terror into the lives of ordinary people. They are d...

Involving a car being driven on the wrong side of the road. Heavy rain and thunderstorms dampen bushfires in eastern australia, but bring flooding to some areas. British scientists suggest the number of people already infected by a new virus emerging in china, is far greater than official figures suggest. A crackdown on alcohol fuelled holidays in majorca and ibiza, as pub crawls and happy hours are banned in 3 popular resorts. British business groups have warned the chancellor, therell be higherfood prices and jobs might be affected, if britain diverges from eu regulations after brexit. The w...

Heavy rain working on from the west. Dry in the east, but when wherever you are, gusts to 80 mph. Hello this is bbc news. The headlines hundreds of anti british demonstrators protest outside the embassy in tehran. Here, the government calls yesterdays detention of the ambassador a flagrant violation of international law. Completely unacceptable. I think youre right. Breach of certainly the Vienna Convention and a whole range of things. Urgent talks between the queen and prince harry and meghan will be held tomorrow over the royal couples future. 8,000 people are ordered from their homes and Ma...

Reason i wanted to do it. This guy didnt fancy it though. Not at all. A bit too cold. Maybe next year. In north somerset, the dip is proving more popular than ever, attracting regulars, new people and if few onlookers. Didnt seem as good as i thought it would double on christmas day. We make the first time we came it was shocking. But when you get into it, you just feel great. Bagpipes in east yorkshire, is close to 200 swimmers continue their tradition of diving into the north sea at hornsea with money raised going to the local. Its been brilliant, the best turnout weve had for a new years da...

To reconnect with each other. I was getting kind of used to being someone you loved. For the first time, more than 100 billion music tracks are streamed online in the uk in a single year. And Sarah Montague interviews journalist ronan farrow, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his investigation of harvey weinstein. Thats hardtalk in half an hour. Eight people are known to have died in australias bushfires in the past 2a hours with more missing in the worst loss of life since the crisis began. More military personnel are on the way to try to protect isolated communities in the south east of the count...