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there is also a fear building. there is also a fear of dangerous after—shocks. iran's footballers show their support for protesters back home by refusing to sing the national anthem before their first match at the world cup. a woman was in the stands with a small poster saying women, life, freedom, in solidarity with those protesting back in her home country. for many here this is more thanjust her home country. for many here this is more than just a football game. there have also been controversies over pro—lg btq armbands, fifa's own ticketing app — and plenty of action on the pitch. we'll bring you up to date with everything happening in qatar. also ahead: a revolutionary new way of helping children born with club feet — it could help tens of thousands of people to walk more easily. the thing about club foot treatment is its super cheap and very easy, it doesn't even need highly trained doctors. physiotherapists can do with as
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well. and as nasa's artemis spacecraft makes its first orbit of the moon, we hear from a former astronaut about why 50 years after the apollo missions — this really matters. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in south—east asia. in indonesia, rescue workers in westjava province have been working through the night to look for survivors of a devastating earthquake. officials had previously said 162 people had been killed — authorities now say that number is unconfirmed but that at least 62 people are known to have died. that number is expected to rise. the 5.6 magnitude quake struck near the town of cianjur in an area which is densely populated and vulnerable to landslides. we are told the hospitals are now overwhelmed as at least 700 people are being treated with injuries, many of them serious.
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our correspondent valdya baraputri reports from chianjur. as the shaking subsided, shocked residents stood out on the streets of cianjur to take in the damage done to their homes. it was extensive. by indonesian standards, this was not an especially powerful earthquake, but it was shallow — close to the earth's surface, enough to cause hundreds of buildings to collapse as it struck in the afternoon. translation: when it. happened, i was sleeping, but all of a sudden, my bed shook and i ran outside. houses had collapsed. as officials tried to coordinate rescue efforts for areas which are still cut off, the injured were brought to the area's main hospital by any means possible — some carried, others in the back of trucks and in a constant, chaotic
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stream of ambulances. with aftershocks still being felt, they were laid down on tarpaulins outside the hospital, with nurses treating them as best as they could. translation: all of our medical personnel, including those - on days off and not on shift, have come on duty. this hospital is absolutely overflowing with the people injured following the earthquake. hundreds of people are spending the night being treated here in tents outside of the hospital building. there is a fear, too, of dangerous aftershocks. some fear they have lost loved ones. translation: my two children were playing in the house, - and i was upstairs getting laundry _ i fell on top of thisl child, but the other one is still missing. my house is flattened to the ground. - two of my children survived. i dug them out myself. so, now, a race to find survivors — in shattered
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neighbourhoods without power, without water. earthquakes are not unusual here, but this one appears to have been more destructive than most, leaving so many villages isolated, so many lives lost, so many homes to rebuild. valdya baraputi, bbc news, cianjur. a little earlier i spoke tojuventa from the aid agency world vision in indonesia. she told me what kind of aid people needed. so the primary needs are the medical aid because many people are injured. and world vision indonesia also sends tarpaulin because it's also needed right now based on our information. food, water and also sanitation facilities are really needed because they still cannot back to their home right now. we've seen these images that your organisation sent to us of buildings which have been devastated. now, java is one of the biggest islands in indonesia.
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it does have a number of hospitals. what kind of condition are they in? what's the infrastructure like? so basically in cianjur, i think now because so many people are injured, the hospital is really full. so they are also getting medical aid in the centre from the government. i think the infrastructure also really, many roads are actually closed, so the access is really hard. it's very difficult to go there because of the landslide. it's also very difficult to give distributions to the affected area in cianjur. and tell us just briefly, what are your teams prioritising on the ground at the moment? so world vision indonesia, our staff are already going there, start from last night and also today.
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so we are bringing some medical aid and also tarpaulin to go there. we also are doing our assessment also together with the government to know what kind of aid will be primarily needed as soon as possible. and we will send our distribution, our medical aid and also another aid needed to the affected area as soon as possible. let's turn to the world cup now, and monday was a day dominated by politics off the pitch — as well as the action on it. starting with the results — there were three games. the netherlands scored two late goals to beat senegal, putting them alongside ecuador at the top of group a. england scored six, beating iran, putting them top in group b after the first round of matches, because a late equaliser for wales gave them a draw with the us. but there were some issues with ticketing. these fans said the official app, which should've helped them get into the match
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between iran and england, wasn't working properly — and many were not inside the ground when it kicked off. in a statement, fifa called on ticket holders to check the email accounts they used to register with the ticketing app for instructions and to visit the stadiums ticket resolution point if they needed more help. but perhaps the biggest talking points came with the players — and what they didn't do. england's captain harry kane, and his welsh counterpart gareth bale, both reversed their decision to wear this — the one—love armband — after fifa said they would be booked if they did. homosexuality is illegal in the host nation qatar. fifa said it would allow captains to wear a no discrimination armband instead, if they chose to. and then more politics as iran came on to the pitch, and lined up for their national anthem before their game with england. but instead, the players stayed silent, in what's being seen as a gesture of solidarity
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for anti—government protesters in their home country. none of the players have commented formally. iranian state tv cut its coverage of the anthem and switched to a previously shown wide shot of the stadium. with the latest from doha, here's shaimaa khalil. it was impossible to escape the politics of this game. and the most extraordinary moment came from iran's players, refusing to sing the national anthem, a move that could have serious consequences from them because it appears to side with the anti—government protesters. the players have come under a great deal of pressure and criticism lately for not showing enough support. even before the kick—off, emotions were high — many with a clear message about why they were here. i'm not cheering for the islamic republic, them because they're representing islamic republic. i'm here to support my country, my homeland, iran.
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at the moment, the regime, they are killing kids, they are killing children. i'm not coming here to support them. i we are just coming here to be the voice of people in iran. . since the protests started, more than 400 people - have been killed. the match itself was disappointing for iran, but the country's political turmoil could also be felt throughout. there were gestures of defiance, with the slogan of the protests, "women, life, freedom" written on this iranian flag. while most iranian fans cheered relentlessly for their team, some others could be heard chanting "bisharaf", which means "dishonourable" — a word used to criticise the security forces. a woman was in the stands with a small poster saying "women, life, freedom," in solidarity with protesters back in her home country. for many here, this was more than just a football game. today anti—government protests continued, as did the violent crackdown against those taking to the streets.
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human rights activists say 400 people were killed and thousands arrested since the protests started in september, triggered by the death of 22—year—old mahsa amini. she had been detained for allegedly not wearing her headscarf properly. her death became a crying call against the oppression of women. the reverberations of this movement have been felt across the globe, and now they've echoed here, on one of the world's biggest stages. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, doha. much more on the world cup from our teams there throughout the tournament — and you can keep up to date with all of the action, and read up on the background to the matches and much more on our website. just log on to bbc.com/news — or go via the bbc app. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we'll tell you why president biden has been welcoming turkeys to the white house.
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president kennedy was shot down and died almost immediately. the murder ofjohn kennedy is a disaster for the whole free world. he caught the imagination of the world, the first of a new generation of leaders. margaret thatcher is resigning as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. before leaving number 10 to see the queen, she told her cabinet, "it's a funny old world". angela merkel is germany's first woman chancellor, easily securing the majority she needed. attempts to fly a hot—air balloon had to be abandoned after a few minutes, but nobody seemed to mind very much. as one local comic put it, "it's not hot air we need, it's hard cash." cuba has declared nine days of mourning following the death of fidel castro at the age of 90. castro developed close ties with the soviet union in the 1960s.
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it was an alliance that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war with the cuban missile crisis. this is bbc news — the latest headlines: rescue efforts continue in indonesia after a powerful earthquake killed dozens of people and injured hundreds more, overwhelming local hospitals. iran's footballers show their support for protesters back home by refusing to sing the national anthem before their first match at the world cup. the world health organization has warned that ukraine's health system is "facing its darkest days in the war so far". its darkest days the who says millions of people in ukraine face a life—threatening winter because of russia's destruction of the country's energy grid. its european regional director hans kluge who is in kyiv said the organisation had
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verified more than 700 attacks on ukraine's health infrastructure, including hospitals, since the war began — which he said was a clear breach of international law. he called for a "humanitarian health corridor" to be created to all areas of ukraine. half of ukraine's energy infrastructure is either damaged or destroyed. this is already having knock—on effects on the health system and on the people's health. put simply, this winter will be about survival. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky has called on his country to try to limit its use of energy after what he says has been systematic damage to ukraine's energy grid by russian attacks. there have been what he described as unscheduled power cuts due to what he says is a higher level of consumption than can be provided for. of course, energy workers, utility workers, rescuers and everyone involved are working at their maximum. but the systematic
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damage to our energy network by the attacks of russian terrorists is so significant that all of our people and businesses should be very frugal and try to spread consumption across the day. let's put that into context now — here's our correspondent in kyiv, jessica parker. of course, temperatures here are getting colder, and that's something that the world health organization was pointing to, especially because of the damage there has been to energy infrastructure, energy needed, of course, for vital health care services. and as well with plummeting temperatures and people less able, potentially, to heat their homes, there are warnings as well that people could be more vulnerable to certain conditions. but they used some pretty strong language in this world health organization briefing. hans kluge, who's the who's europe regional director, was talking about figures that he said the un agency had verified of 703 attacks on health infrastructure since the war began. now, the who's definition of an attack is quite broad — it says it defines it as any
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attack or any act of verbal or physical violence, threat of violence or other psychological violence, or obstruction that interferes with the availability, access, and delivery of health services. but they said they had verified 703 incidents of this kind. officials saying, though, in terms of those figures, it's not up to them to define whether those attacks might have been deliberate or not or indeed who may have committed them. but i think a further message, overall, today of the concern about the onset of winter and the impact it could have on people across ukraine, both in the regions occupied by russian forces and those that are not. every year 200,000 babies are born with club foot, which means they have twisted feet. early diagnosis and treatment yields the best results. but in developing countries, lack of access to treatment leaves many people unable
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to walk without pain. in senegal, where only 20% of cases get treated, experts have been perfecting a noninvasive technique that works on older children too. here's our global health correspondent, naomi grimley. at 14, sirinya relies on his mother to take him to clinic, but she'll do whatever it takes for a son who was born with both feet twisted inwards. he has clubfoot, a congenital condition affecting one in 800. this is how he used to walk. he's always dreamed of being a footballer. translation: some people said he wouldn't walk, - that he was incurable. in school, kids teased him about his feet. one time, he refused to go to class for three days. it caused me real heartache. senegalese medics are among those leading the way in treating older children using this so—called
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ponseti method. before, a child who'd already learnt to walk on a twisted foot might have been told surgery was the only option, whereas this is mostly non—invasive. in another clinic outside the capital, they're identifying cases as early as possible. it was the original idea of this treatment, which helps to manoeuvre the feet to face forwards. the medical team rely on word of mouth to get parents to bring their babies in. translation: so, this child is only 13 days old. - this is her second cast. so, this means she's received treatment from the start of her life. it makes healing easier and the feet are very flexible when they're young. the thing about clubfoot treatment is it's super cheap and actually very easy. it doesn't even need highly—trained doctors. physiotherapists can do it, too. a week later, sirinya is back at the clinic to have the 20th
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pair of casts taken off. a minor operation was also required to release the achilles tendon. now, each foot is in position. he'll need physiotherapy to learn to walk again. but look at the progress on his feet. that dream of playing football is coming within reach. naomi grimley, bbc news, dakar. let's get some of the day's other news. authorities in colorado springs have identified the five victims who were fatally wounded at a lgbtq nightclub over the weekend. announcing their names, colorado's police chief said he hoped to take attention away from the suspect and refocus it on the victims. the suspect is being held on murder and hate crimes charges. lawyers for shamima begum, the british—bangladeshi woman who left the uk as a 15—year—old to join islamic state group in syria, have told a court she was the victim of trafficking for sexual exploitation.
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she was stripped of her uk citizenship on grounds of national security, but is now appealing to have it reinstated, so she can return from a camp in northern syria where she's currently living. heavy rain has caused flooding in albania. it follows a drought across much of 2022. the state—owned hydro—electric power company said it had to allow water to drain from some reservoirs, to protect dams. there have also been reports of flooding in neighbouring kosovo, but no reports of any fatalities in either country. peace talks between the colombian government and the eln rebel group have resumed, after being suspended for more than three years. the discussions, which took place in neighbouring venezuela, follow the election of colombia's first ever leftist president gustavo petro earlier this year — he'd promised to end nearly six decades of civil conflict. two buses have been set on fire in cape town in south africa as taxi drivers began a two—day strike. they're protesting at the cancellation of financial incentives to encourage
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safe driving practises. bus companies say their services are being accompanied by police while the industrial action continues. nasa's artemis spacecraft has arrived at the moon and begun its first orbit. these are pictures from space. the capsule is flying above 130 kilometres above the lunar surface and was out of contact for 3h minutes as it passed the far side of the moon. former astronaut chris hadfield, whose 20—year career in space saw him command the international space station, gave us his thoughts about what the artemis mission means for future space exploration. it's been a long time since a vehicle that could carry people was that close to the surface of the moon. to me, that's hugely exciting. when i was a boy, that's when the people first went to the moon and so, you know, exploration and settlement, it always takes time. to me, it's wonderful that we have the technology now to be able to get that close, and the doors that it's opening. in some of those images, not only can you see
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the surface of the earth, but you can look back and see the surface of the moon, but you can look back and see the entire earth as one place. just an amazing perspective. dr ken kramer is a research scientist and founder of the space up close website, he was at the launch, and i asked him what that was like. it was absolutely spectacular. we've waited for this moment for 50 years since the end of the apollo programme with apollo 17 astronauts. so, you know, it was wonderful to be there. electric in the air. this sls rocket is more powerful than apollo by about 20%. so it was extremely loud and it turned night into day, literally. it was so bright, it overwhelmed all our cameras. but it's got our dreams going back to the moon and that is really important for the future. well, you mentioned the future. tell us more about what this means for future space travel, why this is so important. well, this mission has to succeed. the rocket has to succeed, and orion has to succeed
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because there's no people on board. there's only three manikins on board. the next mission, artemis 2, will have four people, three nasa astronauts and one canadian _ but that can only happen if this mission goes perfectly. so the primary objective, beyond launching the rocket, is to orbit around the moon, but bring the orion capsule back to earth. it's going to hit the earth at 25,000 miles an hour, and then it'll descend through the atmosphere, slow down on three parachutes and land safely in the pacific ocean off the coast of california. and they want to recover that capsule and see how it did. and that is the primary objective, recover this capsule so we can send astronauts next time in _ about two years so 2024. well, you mentioned two years. you also mentioned 25,000 miles an hour. that's going to be a bit ofa bumpy landing. what is it we hope to get out
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of the artemis 2 mission? well, it's going to hit the atmosphere at 25,000 miles. but when it actually splashes down in the ocean, it's just a few miles an hour. the parachutes and the atmosphere actually slow it, but it's coming in faster than the space shuttles, which are about 17,000 miles. so what this will do is it will prove that the orion capsule is safe to send humans on. so that'll set up artemis 2, which will circle around the moon orbit, around the moon flyby. and if that is successful, then we will land people on the moon, the first woman and the first person of colour. a few years after that, maybe as soon as 2025, maybe a little bit later. so we want to put our astronauts back on the moon. but that can only happen if this mission goes successfully and then sets up the next mission. artemis 2 looping around the moon. so eventually we want to have a base on the moon. so it's a progression of ever more ambitious missions. and then this eventually will lead to mars, sending humans to mars in the 2030s.
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and just very briefly, what's the point in this? we have bigger problems closer to home that we should be focusing on, no? we have a lot of problems on earth and we should be solving them. but we have to advance our technology. and if we don't do that, i'm a medical researcher. you just had a story on about medical research. so we need to push the bounds of technology everywhere. we can'tjust sit here on earth and not advance. otherwise we will cease as a species. so we must move forward both at home and in space. and we must maintain our leadership in space so we maintain our leadership over our adversaries like china, because they're definitely going. the us celebrates thanksgiving this thursday and president biden has been marking the holiday week with the traditional pardoning of turkeys at the white house. it is thought to date back to abraham lincoln. some a0 million turkeys will be consumed across the us this year — but these two, chocolate and chip, will not be among them. the pardons come one day after president biden turned 80 and as usual were delivered
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with a touch of humour. votes are in. there has been counting verified. there's no ballot stuffing. there's no foul play. the only red wave this season is going to be as german shepherd commander knocks over the cranberry sauce on our table. that's it from us for now. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @richpreston hello again. yesterday wasn't the most inspiring of autumn days. for many, it was cloudy and wet. we had some strong and gusty winds, and it felt quite cold as well. that was how the skies looked in staffordshire as the rain came down — the rain even brought a bit of localised flooding to some of the a roads
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in cornwall and kent. now, so far this month, the wettest weather has been across the eastern side of the uk. aboyne has seen more than double the amount of rainfall this november, and we've seen nearly twice as much rain in shoreham in sussex. the tables were turned, though, on monday, with the wettest weather affecting western areas — lough fea 31mm in northern ireland. now, over recent times, we have seen areas of low pressure move in to the uk and kind of stall as they've run up against this area of high pressure that's stayed to the north and east of the uk. that's kind of what's happening at the moment, really. yesterday's area of low pressure still with us at the moment, although it is weakening in situ. we're seeing outbreaks of rain generally turning a little bit lighter and patchier, maybe a little bit of mist and fog over the pennines, cold enough for a nip of frost into rural sheltered parts of scotland, but most starting the day on a frost—free note. through tuesday, across central and eastern england, where we start off on a damp note, it should turn a bit brighter. still showers across northern and eastern areas of scotland, one or two showers running down the irish sea, just clipping pembrokeshire and also devon and cornwall, where it will be quite a windy day.
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temperatures 7—ii celsius, but not feeling quite as chilly. for most of us, the winds won't be as strong as they were yesterday. now, for wednesday, the wind starts to pick up once again, another band of rain coming up the atlantic, this one moving its way northwards and eastwards. it will be followed by a mixture of sunshine and showers, but there'll be quite a lot of showers across western areas as we head into the afternoon. temperatures not really changing too much — about seven again in the north to about 11 or 12 across southern parts of england and wales. we've got more rain in the forecast for thursday. this area of rain looks to be quite a slow—moving band as it extends its way gradually eastwards. could see some localised flooding impacting from that, just one or two areas, and we'll start to see those temperatures just picking up across parts of england and wales, 12—13 celsius the high. into the weekend and next week, it does stay on the unsettled side, the winds turn more to the south—westerly direction, so temperatures just coming up, perhaps iii over the weekend in cardiff.
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this is bbc news. the headlines... this is bbc news. the headlines... overwhelming local hospitals. rescue efforts are under way rescue efforts are under way in indonesia after a powerful in indonesia after a powerful earthquake struck the island earthquake struck the island ofjava, killing ofjava, killing at least 62 people. at least 62 people. it had previously been reported it had previously been reported that 162 people had been killed that 162 people had been killed — but authorities say that — but authorities say that number is uncomfirmed. number is uncomfirmed. hundreds of people are injured, hundreds of people are injured,
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overwhelming local hospitals. iran's footballers appear to have shown support for protesters back home by refusing to sing the national anthem before their first match at the world cup. none of the players have commented formally. iranian state tv cut its coverage of the anthem and switched to a wide shot of the stadium. ukrainians are facing the "darkest days of the war so far" according to the world health organization, as the country struggles with the destruction

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