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the viewersjoining us the viewers joining us on the viewersjoining us on bbc the viewers joining us on bbc world news, you are watching the funeral of captain sirtom news, you are watching the funeral of captain sir tom moore, who died earlier this month at the age of 100. at the funeral service is our correspondentjohn maguire. john, the service reflecting his many years of military service.- years of military service. yes, absolutely- — years of military service. yes, absolutely. it _ years of military service. yes, absolutely. it was _ years of military service. yes, absolutely. it was really - absolutely. it was really interesting. when you consider captain tom, you consider the man but also the legend, i suppose, and what we heard was the account from his family, from his closest family members, the people who knew him and loved him most. this is a man who spent 99 years of life living a very full life, serving of course in the second world war, and it was only really in the last ten months of his life that he became captain tom the worldwide phenomenon that everybody

has heard about, pretty much every country in the world. we know he had done interviews with television stations, online services from right around the globe, something like 130 countries. but what we heard during the funeral service was very much some of the personal accounts of the family, some of the anecdotes that i think probably come as no surprise in many ways. because throughout his campaigning over the last ten months, throughout his fundraising, watch on through was his humility and his humanity. and hearing about his life as a father and grandfather, living with his daughter, her husband and their two young children really brought a lot of that home and people will have heard a lot of those stories, perhaps even for the first time. no surprise that he is so much more than just the man who raised £40 million for nhs charities by walking 100 laps of his back garden for his

100th birthday. he has touched a lot of lives, as we know. an online book of lives, as we know. an online book of condolence has thousands of tributes from people around the world. �* , , , , ., world. and the empty pews that we saw were a — world. and the empty pews that we saw were a reminder _ world. and the empty pews that we saw were a reminder of _ world. and the empty pews that we saw were a reminder of the - saw were a reminder of the continuing coronavirus restrictions. yes, absolutely. captain tom's story was one born of the pandemic. it just couldn't have happened if it wasn't for lockdown. he gave us that sense of optimism and hope during the dark days of the first knockdown. remember, this is months before any vaccine was on the horizon so no route out of the coronavirus pandemic, but of course once again there is a lockdown in the uk and we are restricted. even funeral numbers, wedding numbers are restricted, sojust funeral numbers, wedding numbers are restricted, so just eight members of his closest family. his two daughters, their husbands and children were here. we heard them

speak very eloquently and touchingly with their life living with him, as i say, the man behind the fundraising, the phenomenal fundraising, the phenomenal fundraising effort, and the familiar comes up. we heard stories about how they cared for him, and his humanity shone through throughout. perhaps thatis shone through throughout. perhaps that is the message to take from today that his sense of humanity, humility, kindness has been the inspiration to people, thousands of people from right around the world. john maguire, thank you so much. the life of captain sir tom moore, whose funeral has been held. in other news, the house of representatives has voted to pass president biden's $1.8 trillion aid bill. it is the

third major us spending package during the pandemic. slightly smaller than donald trump's introduced last march. what is in the bill? the bill extendsjobless benefits until the end of august, thatis benefits until the end of august, that is to help the more than 11 million people who are unemployed. and there is a $70 billion boost for covid testing vaccinations. this was the moment when the speaker gave the final tally. on this vote, the yays are 219, the nays are 212. the bill is passed without objection. the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. applause that's what happened in the house of representatives but to become law the bill must be approved by the

senate. in that chamber the democrats have the slimmest of majorities. 0ur washington correspondent sent this update. it's not a surprise that this bill has passed in the house. democrats hold a majority there and it was just a simple majority that was needed to get it through. the real battle will come in the senate. democrats are using a special process called budgetary reconciliation and it means that there too in means that there, too, in the senate it willjust need a simple majority to pass. but there is no guarantee that the bill in its current form will get that. the real bone of contention has been this issue of the $15 minimum wage and already there are two democratic senators who have said they will not vote for the bill if it contains that. so what we are likely to see is modifications made and that the bill will be sent back to the house to vote on it again. democrats really want this to get in front of president biden for him to sign by mid—march, because that is when some key unemployment benefits expire.

and forjoe biden, this is his first big legislative package, so we are likely to see democrats do whatever they can to make sure that it does eventually pass. once again in nigeria, police are carrying out search and rescue operations to find children kidnapped from their school. schools in the north have become targets for mass kidnappings for ransom by armed groups, many of whom carry guns and ride motorcycles. in the latest development, 42 people kidnapped from a boarding school last week in the kagara district of niger state have been released. butjust yesterday, a separate raid by gunmen on a school in zamfara state saw 317 girls seized and taken away. let's cross to abuja and speak to our reporter chris ewokor, from bbc africa.

thanks forjoining us. there are two separate incidents to talk about, first of all let's talk about the release, the release of these more than 40 pupils and staff from one school. what do you know about that? these children, 27 of them, including staff members and members of theirfamily were including staff members and members of their family were abducted a week ago and taken to a destination by armed gunmen. basically the government had constituted security agents who had been on a manhunt, trying to search and rescue them. today the news came that they had been released, they had got their freedom and had been with the governor of north central niger state. nojournalists have been allowed to see them, but we have

been told the governor would be addressing journalists later this afternoon to convey notjust the message of their release but also let people know how the students have been treated and when they are going to be reunited with their family members. 50 going to be reunited with their family members.— going to be reunited with their family members. going to be reunited with their famil members. ., , , ., , family members. so that is the story about the release. _ family members. so that is the story about the release. let's _ family members. so that is the story about the release. let's move - family members. so that is the story about the release. let's move on - family members. so that is the story about the release. let's move on to | about the release. let's move on to the other story about another kidnapping, this one of more than 300 schoolgirls on friday. what is the latest with this particular story please? fist the latest with this particular story please?— the latest with this particular story please? the latest with this particular sto lease? �* ., , story please? at the moment it is still this sad — story please? at the moment it is still this sad story _ story please? at the moment it is still this sad story of _ story please? at the moment it is still this sad story of abduction i still this sad story of abduction appears to keep on recurring in nigeria, especially abduction from schools. these 317 schoolgirls were abducted on friday, yesterday, and taken to an unknown destination by armed gunmen. at the moment it is not clear, no one has claimed responsibility for their abduction,

but the nigerian government, especially the president, has condemned the abduction. he said his government would not be intimidated by criminal elements known as kidnappers, and he's also not willing that his government negotiate with kidnappers if it comes to that for their release. the security agencies, the police coordinating with the army have launched a manhunt, rescue operations to try to rescue the girls. but at the moment nothing much has been heard aside from the fact that schools in that area has been closed down.— been closed down. chris, more generally. _ been closed down. chris, more generally. why _ been closed down. chris, more generally, why are _ been closed down. chris, more generally, why are so - been closed down. chris, more generally, why are so many - generally, why are so many kidnappings happening? this generally, why are so many kidnappings happening? this is the ruestion kidnappings happening? this is the question that _ kidnappings happening? this is the question that a _ kidnappings happening? this is the question that a lot _ kidnappings happening? this is the question that a lot of— kidnappings happening? this is the question that a lot of people - kidnappings happening? this is the question that a lot of people in - question that a lot of people in nigeria are asking you. there is heightened security in nigeria. we have the cowher and insurgency in

the north—east, —— the boko haram, and others attacking, kidnapping, setting fire to houses and burning communities. it appears that security agencies quickly overwhelmed these attacks. it's also saying that the government hasn't really been vocal in the way it has handled kidnapping issues, and that is what a lot of nigerians want to see the government do. they want to see the government do. they want to see kidnappers and criminals brought tojustice. they want see kidnappers and criminals brought to justice. they want to see them being prosecuted. but at the moment, that has to happen after the rescue of those that have been kidnapped. thank you so much forjoining us.

security forces have pushed back hard against protestors across myanmar today as, for a fourth weekend, thousands have taken to the streets in demonstrations opposing the military coup. in the main city, yangon, police used rubber bullets and tear gas to try to break up the crowds. the military government has now officially annulled the results of last november's general election, which saw a landslide victory for aung san suu kyi's party. the bbc�*s nick marsh is following developments from singapore. bring us up—to—date please. bring us up-to-date please. we have seen more violence _ bring us up-to-date please. we have seen more violence and _ bring us up-to-date please. we have seen more violence and clashes - seen more violence and clashes today. we know that a young woman was actually shot in a city about 150 kilometres from mandalay in the centre of myanmar. she was, we think, a young doctor out protesting against the military coup. local media outlets are reporting she died. if that is true, that will make her the fourth person to die in ku —related violence since the military takeover happened about a

month ago. we don't know that for sure yet, we are not confirming that. she was rushed to hospital and taken to the intensive care unit. my colleagues are saying that once a person is taken to hospital, once they are in the custody of the authorities, effectively, it is hard to get details of any confirmation of exactly what's happening. we are keeping a cross that, and as soon as we know anything of any certainty we will bring you up to date. in terms of what's happening across the country more broadly, we have seen more widespread protests. today is a saturday, not the working day, and we saw thousands in yangon for example. there was live ammunition fired as warning shots into the air, but people keep coming out and we will have to keep an eye now on how the security forces respond.- the security forces respond. where is aunu the security forces respond. where is aung san — the security forces respond. where is aung san suu — the security forces respond. where is aung san suu kyi _ the security forces respond. where is aung san suu kyi being - the security forces respond. where is aung san suu kyi being held, - the security forces respond. where | is aung san suu kyi being held, and when she next appear in court? we

don't when she next appear in court? - don't know exactly where she is being held. we heard reports that she might have been taken from where she might have been taken from where she was being detained to another facility, but really that is all we know. we know that she and her allies in the national league democracy party... 0n the 1st of february... the election that was... in november... they provided no evidence but their plan... {lilia in november... they provided no evidence but their plan... 0k, nick, i'm so sorry — evidence but their plan... 0k, nick, i'm so sorry to _ evidence but their plan... 0k, nick, i'm so sorry to jump _ evidence but their plan... 0k, nick, i'm so sorry tojump in. _ evidence but their plan... 0k, nick, i'm so sorry tojump in. by- evidence but their plan... 0k, nick, i'm so sorry to jump in. by the - evidence but their plan... 0k, nick, i'm so sorry to jump in. by the end | i'm so sorry tojump in. by the end we were only getting one word in three. we will try again a little bit later. thank you so much for now. let's look at some of the day's other news now. 0pposition supporters in russia

are planning tributes to the liberal politician boris nemtsov on the sixth anniversary of his murder. many have gone to the bridge near the kremlin where he was shot dead. the authorities have twice demolished the makeshift memorial there this week. two french cities, nice and dunkirk, are spending the weekend back under lockdown to counter a spike in covid infections. the health minister said this week the number of cases in dunkirk was nearly nine times the national average. tiger woods is reportedly "in good spirits" after being moved to a new los angeles hospital for treatment from injuries he sustained in a car accident. a statement on the golfing champion's twitter account said he had received successful "follow—up procedures" at the cedars—sinai medical centre. woods suffered a fractured leg and shattered ankle on tuesday. an iceberg measuring nearly 490 square miles has broken away from the antarctic. the split was detected not far from britain's halley research station, on the brunt ice shelf. scientists, who've been predicting such an event for months, say they'll use satellite images to track the iceberg. thomas barningham leads the team at the halley station.

he's currently on—board a ship travelling from antarctica to the falkland islands. it's a natural process, and it's something that happens sequentially through time, so we've been expecting a calving so we've been expecting a carving event on the brunt ice shelf. we expect one to happen maybe every 30 to 40 years or so, and i think the last one was in the 19705. so, yes, it's very much a natural process. it's literally the ice shelfjust calving and releasing the ice out into the ocean, and then over time it will build up again. this iceberg itself is quite a fair distance from the station itself, so at the moment we don't see any impact on the station but we have lots of gps monitoring equipment and glaciological monitoring to keep an eye on the stability of the ice shelf around the station. the ice shelf we work on is probably the most intensively monitored ice shelf in the world, and we get all of this very high resolution data that we can then

compare to satellite imagery, which is how we would normally capture calving events happening across antarctica. but the fact this is on our doorstep and we have all of our instruments set up is a great opportunity to understand ice shelf dynamics. there will be a period of time where it will potentially sort of move around the rest of the ice shelf, or it might be pushed out into the sea where it will disperse quickly, but it could hang around or it could disappear very quickly. new zealand has announced a lockdown in auckland to start on sunday. restrictions will be imposed for seven days because of a single new case of covid—i9. two weeks ago, auckland's nearly two million residents were ordered into a snap three—day lockdown after a family of three was diagnosed with the uk variant of the virus. we are in the unfortunate but necessary position of needing to protect aucklanders, once again. that is why cabinet met this evening and made the decision that auckland will need to move to alert level three for a period of seven days.

the rest of new zealand will move to level two. lady gaga's two french bulldogs have been returned safe and unharmed. the pets were stolen at gunpoint in hollywood on wednesday. the pop star's dog walker was shot in the incident. lady gaga put out a $500,000 reward for the two dogs, who were handed in to a police station on friday. a reminder of one of our main stories this hour. the funeral of captain tom moore has taken place in the uk. the 100—year—old came to prominence after raising almost 46 million dollars for charities by walking laps of his garden during the first lockdown. he died earlier this month, just days after testing positive for the coronavirus. his funeral was attended by his family and there was an raf fly—past. the life of captain sir

tom moore, whose funeral has been held. you are watching bbc news. hello everyone, i hope you are well. we have a very settled picture across much of the uk. we have seen some sunshine this morning, we had a taste of it yesterday as well with many seeing blue skies, and we hang onto the dry theme for most over the next couple of days with some chilly nights to come as well. there is that area of high pressure perched across the uk. this weak weather front is pushing into northern parts, introducing thicker cloud, potentially some patchy rain into northern ireland, scotland and eventually into the north of england. much of england and wales and the north—east of scotland enjoying sunny spells, breezy along coastal parts with temperatures

reaching 12 degrees at best. this evening the high pressure is still above us and it will stay mostly dry. not quite as chilly as last night and mist and fog patches forming as well. various amounts of cloud forming overhead, and you can see the remnants of that affecting northern ireland, northern england and scotland. temperatures down to two or three celsius for most of us tonight. grey and miserable for many tomorrow as we see mist and fog patches, but hopefully as we head through the afternoon it will brighten up with some sunny spells on offer. a quiet story once more, and we will see the mist and fog patches, but for the majority of us we will see sunny spells developing as we head through the day. i cannot promise wall—to—wall blue sky however. we may see the odd isolated shower into northern ireland, north—west of england and southern parts of scotland as well. the top temperature tomorrow 11 celsius. let's cast an eye upon next week.

the high pressure is still there, so again it is a very quiet and settled weather story. essentially less of that as we kick off the day on monday with low cloud, mist and fog which will stick around as we go through the afternoon into central parts of england and wales. further north it should be drier and brighter. towards the middle of the week the high pressure is hanging on in there. we still have weather front nearby however, it is keeping those away, but looking at the outlook for next week it is very quiet. variable amounts of cloud overhead. the one thing i will mention however, by the end of next week it looks like the temperatures may slide away. turning cooler, but of course we will keep you posted. good afternoon.

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