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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the queen celebrates 70 years on the throne — and marks the occasion by saying that when prince charles succeeds her, camilla should become queen consort. the africa cup of nations final between egypt and senegal finishes goalless after 90 minutes. this is the scene live in the senegalese capital dakar with the match in extra—time. india mourns the loss of lata mangeshkar — the legendary singer who made her name in bollywood. she's died at the age of 92. presidentjoe biden�*s national security advisor has warned that
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russia has the ability to invade ukraine imminently — but it may still opt for a diplomatic solution. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. queen elizabeth is marking the 70th anniversary of her reign — a milestone never before reached by a british monarch. her reign began on this day in 1952, but she is now looking to the future, saying in a statement that she'd like camilla, the duchess of cornwall, to be known as queen consort, when prince charles becomes king. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has this first report. "i look forward to continuing to serve you with all my heart," so says the queen in her accession day message.
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on this day when she marks the 70th anniversary of the moment she came to the throne, it's clear that her commitment remains undimmed by the passage of years. and with that message, a glimpse from buckingham palace of the unseen work of the monarch, the paperwork which comes every day in the official red boxes — a routine which this monarch has followed virtually every day of those 70 years. behind her, a photograph of her late father, george vi as, with her private secretary, sir edward young, she reviewed government documents and messages from abroad. nice comments, including one from president biden. oh, that's very kind. from clarence house, the prince of wales acknowledged what he called the "honour" of his mother's wish that camilla be known as queen consort when he becomes king. and he said...
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guests who saw the queen yesterday in the ballroom at sandringham said she looked a little more frail physically than the figure to which we've been accustomed, though she was as alert and sharp as ever. in her message last night, the queen said she was humbled by the loyalty and affection that she continued to receive. the message was signed "your servant, elizabeth r". nicholas witchell, bbc news, sandringham. the duchess of cornwall�*s journey to acceptance by the public and the royal family has at times been a difficult one. her relationship with prince charles only being made public at his 50th birthday celebration 25 years ago. just a warning, daniela relph�*s report here contains some flashing images.
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when charles is king, we now know camilla will be his queen. it is the ultimate recognition from the current monarch and a total rehabilitation for camilla. their wedding day in 2005. the journey to this point had, at times, been rocky. camilla parker bowles was a controversial figure, blamed by some for the end of the prince's first marriage. his relationship with a young camilla had faltered in their 20s. decades later, it took until camilla's 50th birthday party at the ritz for them to go public with their romance. the path to acceptance, though, was difficult. but slowly, carefully, camilla won the trust of the queen and began to win over a cautious public. in making it clear what she wants for camilla, the queen has rewarded her daughter—in—law for her loyalty to prince charles and the happiness and stability she has brought him. it's also a recognition of camilla's own campaigning —
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from literacy, to animal welfare, to domestic violence, where she recently spoke about the horror of abuse. this country has been appalled and saddened by the loss of women to violence this year. on average, one woman is killed by a man every three days. and in media interviews — here, with the bbc�*s emma barnett — she spoke personally, with warmth and honesty, about missing her grandchildren during lockdown. i shall look forward to the day when i can really give them a huge hug again. camilla had always been described as a non—negotiable part of the prince's life. now we know it is the queen's wish too that camilla will be at her husband's side in the years ahead — as his wife, his supporter and his queen. daniela relph, bbc news, sandringham. to sport now, where egypt
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and senegal are, as we speak, contesting one of world football's biggest matches — the final of the africa cup of nations. it's proven to be a tight match and is now in the first half of extra time. the score is locked at nil, nil. the game in the capital of cameroon, yaounde, pits two of africa's biggest stars against each other, with the egypt captain mohammed salah facing his liverpool team—mate sadio mane. let's go to yaounde where we can speak to our reporter mimi farwaz. this is as tense as they come. yes, definitely very _ this is as tense as they come. yes, definitely very tense. _ this is as tense as they come. yes, definitely very tense. we _ this is as tense as they come. 133 definitely very tense. we did this is as tense as they come. 1&1: definitely very tense. we did see xenical getting some opportunities during the match to actually get a goal. they couldn't utilise it, that came after mane missed the penalty. not much differentiating both sides, but we do know that egypt has been
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here before. the previous match against cameroon, it went all the way to penalties and when they knocked out the ivory coast. the longer this goes, it could look more in favour of egypt, but we never know. , ., , in favour of egypt, but we never know. , . , ., ., ., know. this draws huge attention to the host nation _ know. this draws huge attention to the host nation and _ know. this draws huge attention to the host nation and presumably - know. this draws huge attention to the host nation and presumably a l know. this draws huge attention to i the host nation and presumably a lot of benefits that come with that? absolutely, all eyes have been watching this africa cup of nations. this is my voice that i have covered and i have never seen so much excitement and so many media houses attending here, but that is exactly what has happened. it was really great for the host nation when cameroon were in the nation until they got third place yesterday. he could see the street, they were packed with fans and cameroon. there are no longer contesting the final,
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some fans have come to support them but hasn't been the same, it is very exciting to see this as a celebration of african football, two big stars in african football and world football, contesting right here behind me. i world football, contesting right here behind me.— world football, contesting right here behind me. i suppose there must've been — here behind me. i suppose there must've been times _ here behind me. i suppose there must've been times uncertaintyl here behind me. i suppose there - must've been times uncertainty about whether the atonement itself was going to be able to go ahead given the ongoing pandemic. district tournament.— tournament. coming up to the tournament. _ tournament. coming up to the tournament, we _ tournament. coming up to the tournament, we were - tournament. coming up to the tournament, we were not - tournament. coming up to thei tournament, we were not sure tournament. coming up to the l tournament, we were not sure if tournament. coming up to the - tournament, we were not sure if it was going ahead, there were concerns in regards to the pandemic. what were the measures the host nation had put in place and they came out to see all around here there are testing sites. i have had to test myself, coming to every match to steve i am positive for covid—i9. they have tried as much as possible to put those measures in place. i'm limiting the number of fans that can attend the stadium so when the host nation were playing, and when other
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nations were playing, but as we have seen, it has now gone ahead and we are here in the final leg, the final course taking place right now. thank ou ve course taking place right now. thank you very much- _ the state funeral has taken place in mumbai of one of india's greatest ever singers, lata mangeshkar. it was attended by huge crowds, including prime minister, narendra modi. she was 92. and a superstar of indian cinema, known to millions as the �*nightingale of india'. her extraordinary career spanned seven decades. mr modi said she "left a void in the nation that cannot be filled". rajini vaidyanathan looks back at her life. bollywood music. she was one of the most recorded artists in history with thousands of songs to her name. singing. the voice of the silver screen, lata mangeshkar,
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was a bollywood playback singer. in indian musicals, where actors rarely sing themselves, her vocals were dubbed over generations of leading ladies. she began singing when she was a young girl and grew into a megastar. with hit after hit, she defined the sound of the nation, famously moving prime minister nehru to tears during one live performance. singing in multiple languages, lata mangeshkar earned the nickname india's nightingale. seen here with her sister, asha bhosle, also a well—known recording artist. lata mangeshkar continued making music well into her 80s. composer shamir tandon was one of the last people to work with her. she has defined the music industry in the seven and a half decades that she has been singing.
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because that's a lot for any human to be able to sing because i don't think anywhere in the globe there has been any vocalist who's sung consistently for seven, seven and a half decades. lata mangeshkar�*s voice echoed well beyond here, her home city of mumbai. in many ways, bollywood songs are a universal language, transcending religious and political divides. and in that sense, lata didi, as she was known, spoke to millions of people around the world at times of love and loss, hope and happiness. lata mangeshkar celebrated her 90th birthday in 2019 and joined instagram, sharing these photos. in one of her last interviews, to the bbc asian network, she talked about reaching that milestone. "i've reluctantly accepted i'm old," she said. "but i feel like i'm 25."
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her voice was ever youthful, it was one of a kind. if bollywood is the soul of india, then lata mangeshkar was its beating heart. i'm joined now by mayank shekhar, who is an indian film critic. how well do you remember her? it is im ossible how well do you remember her? it is impossible to — how well do you remember her? it 3 impossible to remember her for one thing. usually the cliche around the nature of such historic figures is we call it the end of an era, but for someone like lata mangeshker it is the end of several eras. she was part of the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, part of the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 905, 2000, part of the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000, up untilthe part of the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000, up until the end of her
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life. you canjust see 90s, 2000, up until the end of her life. you can just see the 90s, 2000, up until the end of her life. you canjust see the number of songs that she has left behind. back in 1974, if i am not mistaken, she got to the guinness book of records for having recorded 25,000 songs between a time period. after that she sang even more songs. in a month, she could have possibly recorded more songs than the beatles did in their entire career. there was a song for every emotion, a song for every generation, a song in every film in bollywood or popular cinema. it isjust an every film in bollywood or popular cinema. it is just an encyclopaedia, it is an impossible to remember an encyclopaedia. the it is an impossible to remember an encyclopaedia-_ encyclopaedia. the prime minister narendra modi _ encyclopaedia. the prime minister narendra modi says _ encyclopaedia. the prime minister narendra modi says she _ encyclopaedia. the prime minister narendra modi says she leaves - encyclopaedia. the prime minister narendra modi says she leaves a l encyclopaedia. the prime minister. narendra modi says she leaves a void in the nation that cannot be filled. do you agree with him on that? is it
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symptomatic of that bygone era of huge stars that dominated and captured the public imagination in a way that perhaps as much as you to now? —— it is much harder to now. the media world in general is way too fragmented, for everyone to be watching the same thing, as with theatrical releases, there is too much going on. when it comes to music, and most people understand how the recording music industry in india is synonymous with the film industry because the compositions and singers will be used in the films. but here is a person who literally sang four of the superstars we have ever had postindependence in india, post—1947. she had a big hit in 1948, that was herfirst big hit.
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the weddings are still important, the singing that happens at a wedding or a family function, you will see a medley of people singing songs from bollywood movies. you can be at a wedding or plain this game and realise that out of all the songs everyone played are all lata mangeshker songs. songs everyone played are all lata mangeshkersongs. it songs everyone played are all lata mangeshker songs. it is impossible to replicate that level of success that she had. and that level of love, but i would agree with the prime minister on that. thank you very much. reports from the united states say russia has amassed 70 % of the forces needed for a full—scale invasion of ukraine. american security officials are warning that a russian invasion could cause as many as 50 thousand civilian deaths. moscow has repeatedly denied its planning to invade and says its troops are in the region for military drills.
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meanwhile, additional us troops have been arriving in poland and germany as part of a new deployment to bolster nato's forces in the region. russia has gone, just in the space of a week or so, from having about 60 so—called battalion tactical groups amassed on the ukrainian border to over 80, and what we have seen is russia has not only increased its presence on the eastern flank of ukraine, but also put troops into belarus, which is only 50 miles from kyiv, the capital of ukraine, and also naval and amphibious assets in the black sea. i don't know if putin is planning an invasion or not, or what kind of invasion he might be planning, but he is certainly giving himself an increasing number of options when it comes to intimidating ukraine or potentially invading it. this will be worrying to nato planners. the united states has been sending a lot of weapons to ukraine, defensive weapons, over the last few weeks, and countries
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like the uk and others have participated in this, so this will give the ukrainian armed forces, in terms of anti—tank missiles, anti—air missiles, the acquisition of very effective turkish drones, much greater capabilities to frustrate a russian advance, that would have been the case six months ago. it is notjust economic pressure that is being applied. but, yes, the eu and the united states have been talking intensively on a pretty significant package of sanctions, particularly when it comes to the russian banking sector, consumer technologies, making it clear that president putin would pay a heavy price. sport — and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's karthi. hello. thank you very much. away from the africa cup of nations final, the last fa cup tie of the weekend provided the biggest shock of the round. there were extraordinary scenes at bournemouth as the championship side were beaten by boreham wood of the national league. just one goal in it, and it came
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from 37—year old mark ricketts, the boreham wood captain, who side—footed in from the edge of the area to give the lower league club the lead. bournemouth were in the ascendancy from then on, though, and it did looked as if they had scored here, but they were denied, quite remarkably denied, three times by a mixture of the boreham wood keeper, the woodwork and eventually the assistant referee. the non—league side held on, and after five minutes of stoppage time, they were the ones to advance to the next round, when the ecstatic boreham wood fans will be off to goodison park to support their team against everton. earlier, championship side nottingham forest caused a shock of their own by thumping east midlands rivals, and reigning cup—holders leicester city 4—1. djed spence with the last of the goals. they'll now take on huddersfield in the next round.
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we will cross that bridge when we come to it. we have really got to focus on wednesday night and this championship we are playing seems like a game every other day. we have got to be really good at putting games to bed and getting ready for the next one, like everyone has to be in the championship. billy day today, really proud of everybody but for me it isjust going today, really proud of everybody but for me it is just going forward. today, really proud of everybody but for me it isjust going forward. —— brilliant day. following that match at the city ground this evening, leicester city have apologised to both sets of fans after a man was arrested after running onto the pitch towards the nottingham forest players in the first half of the game. nottinghamshire police say an investigation is under way, whilst leicester city issued a statement saying... ..and the individual... we'll be subject to a lifetime ban from leicester city fixtures at home and away. liverpool are also through to the next round after they comfortably
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saw off cardiff 3—1. harvey elliot with the pick of their three second—half goals. the games are coming big and fast, and we have to play the players in form, so we have to see if we can deal with all these different things, but we have a lot of good players, that is clear. where we will end up, i have no idea. but we will end up, i have no idea. but we will try everything to win whenever we can. that is the situation. it's another home draw for liverpool in the fifth round, where they'll play norwich. forest's reward for knocking out leicester is a home game against huddersfield. manchester city will be at peterborough, last season's runners up chelsea go to luton. non—league boreham wood have a huge tie when they travel to goodison park to take on frank lampard's everton. and don't forget the africa cup of nations final is still going on in cameroon.
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senegal and egypt finished goalless after 90 minutes. they're now in the second half of extra time heading towards penalties. to the winter olympics where team gb�*s makayla gerken schofield became the first british skier to reach a moguls finals. in herfirst olympic games, the 22—year—old finished in eighth place. and it was a family affair, with her sister leonie also competeing — but failing to make the final. to rugby union's six nations next, and the favourites france rounded off the opening weekend of the tournament with a big win over italy. it finished 37—10 in wet conditions in paris. gabin villiere scored a hat—trick tries as the french secured a bonus point win to top the table from second—placed ireland on points difference. france are aiming to win the six nations for the first time since 2010.
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that's all the sport for now. the king of morocco has expressed his condolences to the parents of a five—year—old boy who died after being trapped in a well since tuesday. a huge rescue effort, in the small northern town of tamorot, had captured the imagination of many around the world and ended last night, when emergency crews finally reached rayan 0ram 32 metres below ground. simonjones has the story. voices clamour. as huge crowds watched on, initially relief that rayan had been found, carried by his rescuers to a waiting ambulance, but that quickly turned to despair and grief. despite painstaking efforts to save him, the little boy didn't survive. rayan�*s parents had been hoping and praying for good news. instead, they received a call of condolence from king mohammed — the boy's family now trying to come to terms with their loss. translation: i can't describe how it feels that my cousin is gone. -
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what can i say? now my heart is aching for him too much. my nephew, my heart aches for him. may god be with him, just like how god stood with us. rayan had fallen down the well on tuesday evening while his father was trying to fix it. this image of him captured on thursday by a camera lower down, showing him injured but conscious. it prompted a huge and complex rescue operation around the clock. the five—year—old was trapped more than 30 metres down, the shaft too narrow for rescuers to reach him. instead, they gouged out a new trench by the side, then tunnelled towards him, all the time, having to contend with the risk of landslides. it was a race against time, but time ultimately ran out. the rescue attempt was followed, notjust by the crowds at the scene, but by people watching online around the world. for rayan�*s family, the worst news,
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but they will find some comfort in the huge efforts made by those who had never met rayan to try to save him. simon jones, bbc news. at least six people have been killed and fifty—thousand displaced by a tropical storm that is crossing madagascar. a minister told the bbc at least 35 thousand people have been forced to leave their homes and move to safety. lucy grey reports. cyclone batsirai making landfall, heavy rain and winds of more than 180 kilometres an hour batter madagascar, the island still reeling from a storm less than a fortnight ago. they've been preparing, reinforcing their roofs here, and taking shelter. 200 people crammed into this one room, bracing themselves for the full force of the cyclone. translation: the problem| is there is no drinking water, there is nothing, we make do with what we have at first but it scares us because of diseases and all that, it makes us anxious. i am a widow, i have no husband.
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i have difficulty finding food and so do my children. less than two weeks ago, tropical storm anna caused landslides and widespread flooding, leaving at least 55 people dead, and tens of thousands homeless. many are still in the evacuation centres and temporary shelters they had fled then. it's a major concern for aid agencies and the un. madagascar was already hit by tropical storm anna, which brought winds, heavy rains, destruction and loss of life. more than 130,000 people were affected across madagascar, including over 70,000 people who were displaced. storm anna also hit malawi, mozambique and zimbabwe, killing dozens of people. the emergency services are already at full stretch, and humanitarian agencies warn hundreds of thousands of people will be directly affected by cyclone batsirai with widespread damage to homes. around four million people now nervously wait to see what they will have to deal
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with after the storm has passed. lucy grey, bbc news. an iconic tapestry by pablo picasso has been returned to the un — one year after it vanished without explanation. the work, which represents the bloody attack on the spanish town of guernica by german and italian forces during the spanish civil war, had been on display outside the un security council chambers since the 1980's. it's owners, the rockerfeller family, have since explained that it was undergoing preservation work. time now for a look at the weather. hello. after a weekend where we've seen heavy rain, strong winds and snow, tonight is looking quieter. most of the showers will fade, including the snow showers which have been affecting scotland and parts of northern england. the winds will ease too. under clear skies, we'll see a widespread frost and a risk of ice, especially across scotland. but for more western areas, we'll see more cloud building,
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so here we'll escape a frost. elsewhere, temperatures at or below freezing. so it's a cold start to the new week, but it doesn't last long. this is a warm front approaching from the atlantic. as its name suggests, it's going to push some milder air gradually eastwards through monday. so after that cold, frosty start, those milder conditions slowly starting to work their way eastwards. with it, though, will come a lot of cloud, so the best of the sunshine will be first thing and the further east you are. it will quickly fade as that front pushes its way eastwards, introducing more cloud, some patchy light rain and drizzle for some western areas, perhaps a bit more persistent rain across northern and western scotland later in the day, holding on to the sunshine the further east you are for longest. the breeze will pick up, particular for western areas. could see some stronger gusts for northern and western scotland, but look at the temperatures. after that frosty start, temperatures recovering to 10 or 11 celsius. we're going to keep that cloud cover as we go through monday evening, into the early hours of tuesday morning. perhaps some more persistent rain for a time across scotland, just nudging into northern england.
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but where we've got the low cloud base, likely to see some mist and some fog developing. but for many away from scotland, it will be a mild start to tuesday. temperatures across scotland just getting close to freezing as some colder air starts to dig back in. and it's all tied into this cold front which will be travelling its way southwards through tuesday. ahead of it, milder air. behind it, something colder. so clearer skies across scotland, some sunshine. likely to see some wintry showers pushing into the north and west through the day. further south, we're still keeping that layer of cloud, bringing some patchy light rain or drizzle, particularly for coasts and hills. some mist and fog too. still mild across central, southern england, parts of wales, southern parts of northern england, but colder further north. and that trend continues, that colder air moving its way southwards, as we head into wednesday, all tied into this cold front. by this stage, we'll start to see more snow showers piling into scotland. so something of a temperature yo—yo in the week ahead — mild to start, it will be turning colder later. more snow, too, for scotland.
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hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the queen celebrates 70 years on the throne and marks the occasion by saying that when prince charles succeeds her, camilla should become queen consort. a lawyer says levi bellfield — who was jailed for murdering millie dowler — has now admitted carrying out a double murder another man was jailed for. india mourns the loss of lata mangeshkar, the legendary singer who made her name in bollywood. she's died at the age of 92. and in the final of the africa cup of nations, it's finished goalless between egypt and senegal after normal and extra—time.
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