more than 2 dozen others were injured the bus was traveling east of the state capital of belo horizonte when it fell more than 15 meters from a highway overpass. venezuela will hold parliamentary elections on sunday bundt the opposition is boycotting the vote called by president nicolas maduro opposition leader and head of the national assembly won by the polls will be rigged to strengthen grip on power this follows years of turmoil that have seen venezuela become increasingly isolated and desperate. an epic predawn line for gasoline in venezuela shortages widespread hunger broken down institutions all made worse by international sanctions yet despite it all president nicolas maduro has clung to power his nemesis speaker of the assembly and self-proclaimed president one guy though now working from home 37 years old he's made a career out of denouncing maduro's policies he's organized the national referendum after the vote aimed at invalidating the upcoming elections. of action called by the dictatorship will be held without any of the necessary conditions there's no right to elect and b

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2 dozen others were injured of course but the bus was traveling east of the state capital of belo horizonte when it fell more than 15 meters from a highway overpass. cubes and now some news from space japan's high on both the 2 spacecraft has successfully released a capsule that's expected to land at a remote base in australia early on sunday japanese space agency officials cheered as the council carrying a rare samples from an asteroid detached from the spacecraft the capsule contains rock and soil fragments that scientists hope will provide clues on the formation of the solar system and the origins of life. or a mission to the distant asteroids or you go has taken 60 years of us. all right let's bring in still vicar of bonnie from science department for more on this story hello to you still vicar so the capsule launched by the japanese spacecraft is making its way back to earth as we speak what more can you tell us about the samples of carrying. well that basically rocks and dust from this asteroid row who grew apparently it's they've got a life take a sort of going so it's 167000 kilomet

more than 2 dozen others were injured the bus was traveling east of the state state capital of belo horizonte when it fell more than 15 meters from a highway overpass. firefighters in california say they've made some progress battling a blaze in orange county but high winds and low humidity hampering the efforts the bonder fire as it's been named as forced about 25000 people to leave their homes since it broke out on wednesday night. torrential rains have killed at least 2 people and flooded nearly 3000 homes in indonesia's northern sumatra province local authorities say several people are still missing power and water supplies have been cut off after floodwaters reach as high as 5 meters. on life is anything but normal for the estimated 45000 refugees who fled the ongoing fighting in ethiopia is to grow a region many of them cross the border into sudan thousands of people have believed to have died in the conflict but there's been there's also been a new life. has been and fled their home and to grow as soon as they had the sound of explosions and gunfire. just a week before her 9th month th

ice more than 2 dozen others were injured the bus was traveling east of the state capital of belo horizonte when it fell more than 15 meters from a highway overpass. firefighters in california say they've made progress battling a blaze in orange county but high winds and low humidity all have bring their efforts the bond fire as it's been named has forced about 25000 people to leave their homes since it broke on a wednesday night. torrential rains have killed at least 2 people and flooded nearly 3000 homes in indonesia's northern sumatra province local authorities say several people are still missing power and water supplies have been cut off after floodwaters reached as high as 5 meters. lawmakers in the u.s. congress are preparing to block president trump's order to withdraw u.s. troops from germany in july the pentagon announced it would withdraw about a 3rd of the 36000 soldiers based here but in a rare example of bipartisanship the final version of the annual defense bill supports the continued presence of u.s. forces in germany and requires a full impact assessment to be carried out b

more than 2 dozen others were injured in a bus was traveling east of the state capital of belo horizonte when it fell more than 15 metres from a highway overpass. keeps. some news from space now and japanese 2 spacecraft has successfully released a capsule carrying rare asteroid dust that's expected to land at a remote base in australia in a matter of hours japanese space agency officials cheered as the capsule detached from the spacecraft and began its descent into earth you're right it contains a rock and soil fragments from the distant asteroid. scientists hope that the material will provide clues on the origins of life capsules around trade journey has taken 16 years. all right let's bring in still vicar of bonnie from d.w. science department for more on this story hello to you still vicar so the capsule launched by the japanese spacecraft is making its way back to earth as we speak what more can you tell us about the samples of carrying. well that basically rocks and dust from this asteroid row who grew apparently it's they've got a life take a sort of going so it's 167000 kilometer

every year she dresses up as mrs claus, handing out gifts and hugs to disadvantaged children in belo horizontegh a specially sanitised curtain. translation: i really liked mrs claus' hug, it was warm and nice, i liked it a lot. brazil has been hit particularly hard by the virus. there have been more than 6.5 million registered coronavirus cases and thousands of people have lost their jobs, meaning fatima's work is all the more welcome. translation: i hope that days will come in next year we can hug more, that we can feel that human warmth, because we need it. it's not just the families who are enjoying the benefits of the festive ingenuity. translation: i feel great as well, because of the pandemic, today was the first time i hug someone since february. the coronavirus means this will be a holiday season like no other. but with a bit of creativity, the virus hopefully won't get in the way of christmas cheer. tom rada, bbc news. that's just about it from me, you can always get me online and on twitter. this is bbc world news. hello. in comparison to recent mornings, thursday gets off to a relat

ice more than 2 dozen others were injured the bus was traveling east of the state capital of belo horizonte when it fell more than 15 meters from a highway overpass. heroes congress has repealed a funding law that triggered days of roadblocks and other protests by striking workers demonstrators welcomed the vote and began lifting blockades that have disrupted traffic on the pan-american highway some 2000 trucks and buses were affected. by u.s. federal judge has fully restored and obama era immigration program known as dhaka the program provides work permits to some young undocumented immigrants and shools them from deportation president trump had long sought to council the scheme. life is anything but normal for the estimated 45000 refugees who fled the ongoing fighting in ethiopia is a region many of them crossed the border into sudan thousands of people are believed to have died in the conflict but there's also been new life. salaam and her husband fled their home in to gripe as soon as they had the sound of explosions and gunfire. just a week before her 9th month they set out on foot. an

there's a woman in belo horizonte who always dresses up as mrs santa claus to give out presents to disadvantagedth the help of a sanitised plastic curtain. and you get the impression the children arejust as pleased to see her. translation: i really liked mrs claus‘s hug. it was warm and nice. i liked it a lot. translation: i feel great as well. because of the pandemic, today was the first time i've hugged someone since february. bravo to mrs claus. i will see you in a couple of minutes. hello there. sunshine was in pretty short supply during today. most of us got stuck with a lot of cloud. this was how it looked earlier on in abersoch in west wales, a fairly typical scene, i have to say. there was a little bit of brightness. that was the north east of scotland before the end of the day. but on the satellite picture, you can see extensive cloud and plenty more where that came from. and actually, this developing stripe of cloud here has been bringing some rain into western areas, and that rain will continue to push its way eastwards through the evening and overnight. some of that rain will be pret