vladimir hernandez, bbc news, caracas.pstream could threaten its prosperity. we meet some of those likely to be affected. prince charles has chosen his bride. the prince proposed to lady diana spencer three weeks ago. she accepted, she says, without hesitation. as revolutions go, this had its fair share of bullets. a climax in the night outside the gates of mr marcos's sanctuary, malacanang, the name itself symbolising one of the cruellest regimes of modern asia. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly using a cell from another sheep. citizens are trying to come to grips with their new freedom. though there is joy and relief today, the scars are everywhere. not for 20 years have locusts been seen in such numbers in this part of africa. some of the swarms have been ten miles long. this is the last time the public will see this pope, very soon for the sake of the credibility and authority of the next pope, benedict xvi will, in his own words, be

vladimir hernandez, bbc news, caracas.ws stories. two brothers, aged six and two, have died after a suspected hit—and—run crash in coventry. a black ford focus was found abandoned a short time after the crash, and a man and a woman have been arrested. britain's biggest energy supplier centrica, which owns british gas, says it's cutting 4,000 jobs over the next two years. the company saw a sharp fall in profits last year. it says political interference in the energy market was partly to blame. a letter reportedly addressed to prince harry and his fiancee meghan markle is being treated by police as a racist hate crime. scotland yard say it was delivered along with a package containing a substance, which they tested and found not to be harmful. the big tech companies, such as google, amazon and facebook, could face much higher tax bills in the uk if ministers go ahead with some new policy options. they've told the bbc that they're considering proposals to tax those companies on their sales revenue, rather than their profits.

vladimir hernandez, bbc news, caracas.ireland have been in downing street today, for talks with the prime minister on trying to restore the power—sharing executive at stormont. the president of sinn fein, mary lou mcdonald, accused the government of having no plan for restoring devolved government after a 13—month political stalemate, but the dup‘s arlene foster said the time had now come for ministers at westminster to set a budget and make decisions about public spending. i believe, whether intentionally or not, theresa may is actually facilitating the dup blocking advancement and resolution on these core issues. we're concerned about the fact that we have this instability, that we don't have proper governance in northern ireland and it's incumbent upon the uk government to come forward and to fill that gap. 0ur ireland correspondent, chris page, is at stormont. where do we stand after today's talks, chris? well, huw, the parties at the centre of the stormont stalemate have continued to trade blows even on the other side

vladimir hernandez, bbc news, caracas.igher tax bills in the uk, if ministers go ahead with some new policy options. they've told the bbc that they're considering proposals to tax the companies on their sales revenue, rather than their profits. but the government has been warned against taking action that isn't co—ordinated globally, as our economics editor kamal ahmed explains. they are some of the biggest companies in the world, and many of them count their profits in the billions of pounds, if not their tax bills. that could be about to change, as the government signals it will launch a new attempt at raising more tax from these global tech giants. the minister driving the move told me that these successful companies, used by millions of people, would pay higher bills. we recognise that there are businesses generating substantial value within the uk, who we don't believe are currently paying a fair rate of tax. but that is quite different from saying they're not paying the taxation that they should be paying. and fair t

vladimir hernandez, bbnews. theoal is to build africa's largest hydroelectric dam on the river now.ot everyone ion board. if you get is the driving force behind the project. isudan sawelcomes the idea of cheaper power. fegypt says tw of water will be weakened. our reporter reports from ethiopia. reporter: the source of the blue nile the sacred lake of mystery and legend in the ethiopian highland. as this great river launches itself to the long journeyf the sea, turbulent times are ahead between the three countries. it is all about this. the grand ethiopian dam. five years and, two thirds finished,his multibillion dollar can already control the flow of the nile. and that isng upsetam stream egypt. this will be the largest hydroelectric power station in africa. one of the biggest continent.he it will not only power this country, but the surrounding countries as well. ask thee a den and country's dam stream before it started building. that is the scale of this country's ambition. >> this oject is a project that is being built by ethiopians. it affects other african brothers, sisters, a