tv Our World BBC News May 10, 2021 1:30am-2:01am BST
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there has been a third night of heavy skirmishes in eastjerusalem between israeli police, jewish settlers and palestinians. the confrontations are over the possible eviction of palestinian families from their homes, to make way forjewish settlers. the un security council is due to meet to discuss the violence. the taliban in afghanistan have announced a 3—day ceasefire to mark the muslim festival of eid. this comes as the funerals take place of more than sixty people — mostly schoolgirls, who were killed in a militant attack outside a school in kabul. over 1,000 migrants have landed on the italian island of lampedusa, within a 2k hour period. 0ne boat alone was carrying almost 400 men, women and children. lampedusa is one of the main arrival ports for people wanting to reach europe more boats have been spotted off the coast of nearby malta.
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rail passengers are being warned to expect disruption into the working week while investigations continue into cracks in the chassis of hitachi 800 trains. 0ne company — gwr — is advising against travel on its long—distance routes. katy austin has the story tannoy: this train will not be calling at llanelli. .. _ 183 of these high—speed trains were held back for safety checks after small cracks were found in some. great western railway has been hardest hit. 0nly10% of its long—distance service has been running today. i was meant to travel yesterday and that got cancelled twice, so i ended up going today. i got to paddington, not really picking up on the news last night. and then i found out that most of the trains had been cancelled. but it's added about an hour. passengers are being told not to travel on monday, either. we've got 93 of these trains in our fleet and we need around
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of service that we would normally do during the week. yesterday, we had 12 of those running, so that gives you an idea. certainly, this is going to impact the early part of next week. and we need to understand more before we know what that will mean for the remainder of it at the moment. there will also be some cancellations on lner services for the rest of this week. the government has asked the rail industry to urgently set out a plan to resolve the prolonged disruption and it has asked hitachi for a safety inspection plan and a longer—term repair strategy. some trains have been reintroduced now, following inspections. it's not yet clear how many others need repairs or how long that will take. katy austin, bbc news. now on bbc news, our world. myanmar is in the grips
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of an uprising, triggered by a military coup. protesters are demanding a return to democracy. they are met with brutal force. borders are closed, the internet is blocked. the military doesn't want the world to see this. we follow a brother and sister who are part of a generation that briefly experienced democracy. they are now fighting for their future.
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yangon. myanmar�*s biggest city was opening up after decades of oppressive military rule. bhone and his sister cindy lived through a brief period of democracy. for the last five years, the military has been sharing power with aung san suu kyi's party. all that changed on the first of february, when general min aung hlaing staged a coup. since then, they have been joining daily protest.
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a video is being shared. troops with heavy artillery are descending on yangon. the next day, bhone decides not to go out, but watches on social media what happens. this man was one of nearly a0 people killed that day. it was the bloodiest since the two so far. he was killed not far from where bhone and cindy live. they decide to collect some money for his family. they have come to visit his widow.
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he goes searching for guidance from that older generation that's experienced this before. bobo is one of the renowned 88 generation, a group of young activists, including aung san suu kyi, who pushed for democracy and an end to military rule in 1988. archive: the thousands - who demonstrate against burma's military rulers take
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hello. on sunday, the uk recorded its highest temperatures since the end of march, 22.5 celsius in suffolk. now, nothing that high in the week ahead. temperatures will be close to average for the time of year, and for monday, it is a mixture of sunshine and showers. in fact, that pretty much covers it for much of the week ahead,
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because for much of the week ahead, low pressure will be close by the uk, the source of these showers, and at least for monday, some brisk winds as well, especially in england and wales. and after a cloudy, breezy, showery night, well, this is where temperatures are to start the day. no frost out there. in fact, some spots just around 10—12 degrees celsius. we're not expecting any frost in the week ahead. there mayjust be a bit of rain skirting parts of eastern england to begin with. that moves off and may well head towards the northern isles of scotland later in the day. some of that could be heavy and thundery. whereas elsewhere, it's sunshine, these showers moving west to east, some heavy and thundery, a risk of hail. and it will be quite blustery, particularly in england and wales. these are average wind speeds. there'll be higher gusts around 40—45 mph or so. and temperatures generally in the range of around 13—17 degrees celsius. now, quite a bit of sunshine to end the day across east anglia and south east england as many of the showers will fade away. as ever, some places will avoid the shower. you may get one, just a brief wet moment in an otherwise dry day.
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and england and wales will be mainly dry on monday night, but a batch of showers will move out of northern ireland and into parts of scotland. and these are tuesday morning's temperatures. again no frost out there. low pressure still very much close by as we go into tuesday, and from that, we're going to see some further showers. now, maybe notjust popping up, but tending to move through in a zone that will travel from south—west to north—east during the day. and a weather front close to north west scotland will bring cloud and some outbreaks of rain. some places may well miss the showers as the system moves its way in. similar sorts of temperatures on tuesday. and for wednesday and thursday, sunshine and showers. it's not going to be as breezy. and then by friday, it becomes mainly dry with a fair amount of cloud out there. and with the air coming down from the north—east, it will turn a bit cooler, but not particularly cold, mind you. so, that's how the week is shaping up. it is sunshine, showers — some of those are going to be quite heavy — and not as cold as it was last week, and mainly frost—free.
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welcome to bbc news — i'm david eades. our top stories: a third night of tension injerusalem as unrest simmers over the possible eviction of palestinian families. funerals take place in afghanistan for more than 60 people — mainly young girls — killed in a militant attack outside a school. mass rescue in the med — more than a thousand migrants, in a single day, land on the italian island of lampedusa. a russian doctor who treated the kremlin critic alexei navalny, when he was poisoned goes missing in siberia. and the winner of america's most prestigious horse race, the kentucky derby, fails a doping test. his trainer denies foul play. i got the biggest gut punch in racing for something
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