by denying her insulin. and out with the dragon, in with the snake.

we begin in india where it has just gone 9:30 in the morning local time in priyagraj, in the country's north, where several people are feared, and many others festival. in the holy waters. temporarily suspended, after an earlier announcement officials say up to 100 million people at the festival.

and we can show you some live pictures jostling to get in. meanwhile, in his first comments

and cooperate with them. our south asia correspondent samira hussain is on the scene people want to go and take a bath, but the area that way, and it comes into a triangle shape and so you can and millions of people to come. very early this morning local time, we are told by witnesses when we got on scene is you had thousands

and when they were there you also had a lot of people the water to take a dip or take that holy bath. of the water and came from another direction have been injured. at this point, officials are reluctant to give any kind of information

in terms of the numbers, of people still here to bathe. coming to that same area to take a dip in the waters. what a horrific scene. i understand the festival will be continuing. can you give us a sense of what the organisers are saying? days, auspicious for people to take a dip.

and they are the ones that this is for, that they are supposed to come and take a dip in the waters postponed for now. it would create such a chaotic scene. and you saw several army officials

control in some areas that we witnessed. you can head over to our website, bbc.com, where there's a live page with all the latest updates. to take effect. time. relief and cancer research. of the white house budget office, government agencies are under instruction to "temporarily pause press secretary, karoline

leavitt, said direct payments what does this pause mean? for the green new scam that has cost american taxpayers tens no more funding for green new deal engineering policies. people receiving individual assistance, you will continue to receive that and president trump because he is being a good steward of your taxpayer dollars. jared mondschein is the director of research i asked him if he was surprised about the federaljudge blocking donald trump's freeze on federal grants. i can't say i was surprised.

they knew very well a good amount was going to be limited sorts of initiatives in addition to all the other enacting their policy agenda. and nasty chaos. how much relief will there be for those impacted by this, interesting you asked that because in many ways the democrats have been trying to find their footing on how

the election in 2016, but lost the popular vote. have been to do with a right to life, anti—abortion protests, which aligns with the trump administration a tangible thing. something they can point to as a very tangible example of how trump has harmed them.

those people who may feel the impact. how successful are they likely to be? the devil will be in the details in terms that is something that actually goes in their favour there is that department of government efficiency that in their first term and they are looking across the entire government to do so and that is why we saw an opportunity today given to all federal employees

that they disagree with, dei programmes or transgender care, everything they said is being restricted. immigration and a tougher stance on us borders was a key since taking office, the president has carried out 21 executive into america's interior and he expects every nation

flights are under way once again. nearly 1,000 ice arrests made on sunday nationwide that's about three times the single day average for ice.

in queensland in 2022.

as the saints, opposed medical intervention, believing instead that god would heal her. of brisbane in 2022. today we had the verdict of the judge deciding that 14 were guilty of manslaughter. while her parents were sleeping upstairs. her fatherjason has been acquitted of his daughter's murder, but convicted of manslaughter alongside a man

called brendan stevens. and he said that the trial was an act of religious persecution, so 14 members of this religious group found of the nation's attention, is generating a lot of discussion? and well beyond the shores. elizabeth struhs�* parents denied the child lifesaving doses of insulin for a week. they said that rather than medical intervention, that the parent are part of.

organisation have been found guilty of manslaughter. they had denied the charges, but as you rightly indicated, this is a case that has drawn headlines and immense concern in australia and far beyond. to developments in the middle east now. jordanian helicopters have been dropping aid into gaza — the first supplies to arrive there since the recent ceasefire was declared between israel and hamas. to make the journey

back to their homes. people are travelling along the coast road, tojoin thejordanian mission dropping supplies, into a situation that officials described the helicopters landed between wadi al salq, they've been waiting for this moment. we joined thejordanian air force first mission to gaza since the truce. and that's absolutely crucial because the health system before we took off, we think palestinians in gaza

deserve to live in dignity at a humanitarian level. we passed over jordanian territory... ..then over israel, jordanian troops, and this possible because of a political deal. only two can land at a time.

the cost for civilians was devastating. this is the beginning of an air bridge into gaza. there are 15 more choppers backed up, waiting to bring in badly needed aid.

aid delivered and more on the way, it was time to go. fergal keane, bbc news, inside the gaza strip. asians around the world are embracing the year celebrations. moscow came alive, figures. in jakarta's chinatown, red lanterns and golden mazu for good fortune. this year's winner —

the younger letao wang he is an astrologist and spiritual counsellor. according to chinese astrology. and mysticism. and really review our lives and understanding are past experience so we can have better strategy and better i understand this is the year of wood snake. right.

onto to thrive. to find the right support, the right community, well, that is the western side, in chinese astrology

the generous star and the three steps placing them in the year. will you celebrate? have favourite tradition? here in hong kong people definitely are gathering family time actually. of the table.

incense and make wishes for the new year. sounds amazing. we been told by a healthcare �* the we been told by a healthcare �*the death healthcare worker the death toll could be more than a dozen we tell could be more than a dezen we are toll could be more than a dozen we are hearing 17 people? z: 7; 7 ”iimpeople’ dish ”iimpeople’ "are"... million. people have taken—arr ~ already that was swim already that was before six local time. swim already that was before six localtime. it swim already that was before six local time. it is six o'clock local time. it is approaching 10am there now. no official confirmation of how many people have been 7 but i i 5 but i would, or killed but i would. scissors the team quote scenes of on the team quote scenes of at the absolute chaos at the river with shoes and back with clothes, shoes and back strewn on the ground as crowds try 7 crowds try to 7 crowds try to escape. you

the crowds tryto escape. you bbc news. the next few days a few showers across northern areas passing to the south of the uk. to the extreme south of england now, the heaviest of the rain, but it looks like 50—60 mph gusts here. and a few down the east coast, but the bulk of the country dry with some sunshine. it will be a chilly day,

northern ireland. again, some snow on the hills, from the southeast, but with skies clearing overnight, cold air mass, as we're likely to see frost develop, probably the best day of the working week. it will feel chilly, but at least we've got the sunshine to compensate. but we could see some sleet and snow it will fizzle out as it pushes into high pressure,

and then as we move into the weekend, weather fronts out in the atlantic try to make inroads and push eastwards, but they're bumping up against a strong developing area of high pressure, both saturday and sunday, take care.

we'll be live in mumbai. with the lunar new year upon us, we take a look at the boost to china's travel sector during this festive period. hello and welcome to business today. i'm katie silver. let's begin in india, where a host

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