amol rajan, bbc news, san francisco.tark warning that ethiopia could be heading for a repeat of the deadly famine of 1984, unless a ceasefire is agreed. months of fighting between government forces and the regional authorities in tigray have decimated crops, leaving hundreds of thousands of people near starvation. now, the government is making it hard for aid agencies to reach those trapped by the fighting. our africa correspondent, andrew harding, reports. the men with guns are bringing starvation once again to ethiopia. across the fragile northern region of tigray, months of conflict have destroyed farms, crops and clinics. with access limited, much of the suffering here is hidden from the outside world. fears of famine have been growing steadily, but today the un told us that famine conditions have now arrived. their farms have been destroyed, their harvest was destroyed, their bank accounts don't exist any more. there's hundreds of thousands of people in famine conditions now in tigray. archive: dawn, and as the sun

amol rajan, bbc news.rica football touranment have tested positive for covid 19. despite all games being played behind closed doors, a total of 52 players, officials and support staff have now tested positive since the compeition began on sunday. venezuela alone was forced to draft in 15 emergency players before the tournament's opening game after an outbreak in their camp — losing the game 3—0 to brazil. earlier i spoke to sao paulo based journalist euan marshall about the challenges the tournamernt faces. it is a bit of a fiasco at this point. i think that opening game you mentioned there between venezuela and brazil underlined that. venezuela without eight of their first team players. so in an opening ceremony you play the third string venezuelan team... in the health ministry says the players will be tested every 48 hours and the players are continuously isolated in hotels, separate rooms on separate floors of the hotel so you can imagine how much fun that is for the squad to be there for a month. not

amol rajan, bbc news, san francisco.s announced its suspended the social networking site twitter from operating in the country. the move comes two days after a post on president muhammadu buhari s verified account was deleted by the social media site for violating guidelines. but twitter was still working after the statement was issued. the social media giant says it's investigating the announcement which it's called "deeply concerning." to ethiopia now, where the united nations is warning of a repeat of the deadly famine of 1984. months of fighting between ethiopian government forces and the regional authorities in tigray have destroyed crops, leaving hundreds of thousands in famine conditions. now, the government is making it hard for aid agencies to reach those trapped by the fighting — people are stranded, without enough food and water. 0ur africa correspondent andrew harding reports. the men with guns are bringing starvation once again to ethiopia. across the fragile northern region of tigray, months of conflict hav

amol rajan, bbc news, san francisco.onomies are close to reaching an agreement on global taxation that will change the world, according to the german finance minister. he was in london meeting his g7 counterparts ahead of next week's leader's summit. the plans aim to ensure the biggest multinational companies, and in particular the major tech firms, stop exploiting tax loopholes. 0ur economics editor faisal islam has the story. in a crisis, an opportunity for historic global change. the chancellor's welcome still from behind masks and with no handshakes, but this, the first major in—person meeting of the world's most powerful nations since the covid outbreak, ahead of the cornwall g7 summit next week. all of the finance ministers here have been borrowing incredible amount — trillions of dollars, euros and yen, to support their economies through the pandemic, and have coffers to fill. and at the same time covid—i9 has accelerated sales, profits and revenues at multinational digital giants who have proved difficult to sque

amol rajan, bbc news. year, and blue beauty is a term used to describe environmental beauty products. i've been speaking to yolanda cooper, ceo and founder of we are paradoxx, a haircare brand attempting to go completely plastic—free. she explained some of the difficulties involved. the problem is the supply chain does not provide what we need to be 100% plastic—free. as you mentioned, we do shampoo, conditioner, and so on. while we can source bottles that are made of aluminium, for example, there are no pumps available yet that are not made of plastic. so the issue really lies at the very start of the supply chain and it is not available to us yet. you use aluminium. i think it is worth pointing out that aluminium actually takes a lot of energy to produce in the first place. what is your gripe with plastic, if it could be used again and again, wouldn't that be the answer? the problem with plastic is that when it degrades, it loses quality over time. so, actually, it can only be recycled and reused a certa

amol rajan, bbc news.he law by not having a british sign language interpreter present at televised covid briefings in downing street. in scotland and wales, interpreters have appeared on the same stage as politicians at the public briefings. hundreds of deaf people will be watching the judicial hearing remotely ? in what organisations say is a very significant case — as our correspondent helena wilkinson reports. you must stay at home. these were critical messages at the start of the pandemic, but deaf people, who use british sign language, say they couldn't understand because there was no interpreter. katherine rowley was one of them. she's been profoundly deaf since the age of three. it was really affecting my mental health. it's the frustration, the annoyance, the stress. it was affecting the pregnancy. katherine is bringing a case against the government over a lack of british sign language in—person interpreters in their covid broadcasts. she claims the government is breaching its obligations under the

amol rajan, bbc news, san francisco.lobal taxation that will change the world, according to the german finance minister. he was in london meeting his g7 counterparts ahead of next week's leader's summit. the plans aim to ensure the biggest multinational companies, and in particular the major tech firms, stop exploiting tax loopholes. our economics editor, faisal islam, has the story. in a crisis, an opportunity for historic global change. the chancellor's welcome still from behind masks and with no handshakes, but this, the first major in—person meeting of the world's most powerful nations since the covid outbreak, ahead of the cornwall g7 summit next week. all of the finance ministers here have been borrowing incredible amount — trillions of dollars, euros and yen, to support their economies through the pandemic, and have coffers to fill. and at the same time covid—19 has accelerated sales, profits and revenues at multinational digital giants who have proved difficult to squeeze taxes out of. so the world's biggest econ

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here's our media editor, amol rajan.rust was abused and was misplaced. tony hall was a popular and respected director—general at the bbc — but, cutting an anguished figure, he pleaded today that his 35 years of public service should not be coloured by his trusting a liar in the 1990s. lord hall was director of bbc news when martin bashir, having forged bank documents, secured an interview with princess diana, for which he would be much garlanded. a recent independent review by lord dyson, a seniorjudge, accepted that princess diana probably would have given the interview in any case, but was scathing about hall's judgment in believing bashir, prompting a detailed condemnation of the bbc by prince william. she was failed not just by a rogue reporter, but by leaders at the bbc who looked the other way rather than asking the tough questions. let me start off by saying, if i might, to acknowledge how hard this has been, the lord dyson investigation, for the royalfamily, for the two princes, and i'm sorry for the hurt that ca

statement, mr trump said the ruling was an insult to every person who voted for him. 0ur media editor amol rajaneen examining facebook�*s changing role in the political landscape. silicon valley, that weird strip of motorway on front of me, just adjacent to the bay area and san francisco is home to the dentist concentration of software engineers and computer scientist in history, but these days, they are being dragged into ever more into political philosophy. where? by a curious quirk of history. a former leader of a liberal democrats. in weighing the potential harms against free speech for powerful people, nick and facebook are making the sorts ofjudgements that her stress really —— historicallyjournalists really —— historically journalists have really —— historicallyjournalists have made. they are the editors of the internet and therefore of our public domain. facebook�*s trilemma was sensitive and involves trade—offs, and was guaranteed to be polarised. the world's biggest social network has denied access to its megaphone, to a person who has voted four by 7a million people. i suspect he's go

that former us president donald trump has been banned from until january 2023. 0ur media editor amol rajan? it is a big moment. silicon valley, that - how significant is this? it is a big moment. silicon valley, that we | moment. silicon valley, that we stripped of motorway and campuses in front of me just adjacent to the bay area in san francisco is home to the most dense concentration of software engineers and computer scientist in history but these days, they are being dragged ever more into political philosophy, where, by a curious quirk of history, they are sage and leader is a former leader of the lib dems, nick clegg, who works for facebook and has made this announcement and a blog post in the last half an hour. and in weighing potential harms against free speech more powerful people, nick clegg and facebook are making the sort of decisions and judgments that historically journalists decisions and judgments that historicallyjournalists have made, because these guys are now the editors of the internet, and therefore the public domain. and the dilemma for facebook was complex, sensiti

amol rajan, bbc news. time for a look at the weather with bennett ridge.nto parts of much of england and wales in clear spells of england and wales in clear spells of the world turned quite cloudy and murky for western coast with a mild and muggy start to wednesday morning. through wednesday we will see this band of cloud and patchy rain thinking a little further south was across southern scotland, northern england, west wales, the far southwest of england. the northwest of that sum cooler, fresher conditions. quite windy in the far northwest what sati spells in just one or two showers. sunny skies for the south and east as well but here building heat and humidity temperatures getting up to 29 or possibly 30 degrees. and where we have that hot and humid weather well, that's where were likely to see showers and thunderstorms breaking out through wednesday night and into thursday for the dryer but fresher conditions further this is bbc news with james reynolds. the headlines... a hard—hitting report accuses the met of a form of institutional corruption of it