adrienne murray, bbc news, copenhagen. let's turn to some important news around the world. recording a year's worth of rain in a single day. the dubai airport was forced to divert incoming flights for around two hours but operations have since restarted. cars washed away in the streets as a fierce storm causes destruction across the gulf region. venezuelan president nicolas maduro ordered the closure of his country's embassy and consulates in ecuador, protesting ecuador�*s detention of former vice presidentjorge glas. ecuador had ordered authorities to raid mexico's embassy in quito — subsequently arresting glas, who had been hiding there. the move drew immediate condemnation, and mexico asked the un to suspend ecuador until it apologises for the breach. we're just days away before the largest election the world has ever seen as people in india head to the polls for its general election. just under one billion people are eligible to vote — that's roughly one in eight of the entire global population, and more than 13 million indian citizens who live abroad can also cast ball

adrienne murray headed to rovaniemi, a winter wonderland on the edge of the arctic circle.es, this seems an unlikely holiday destination. yet, here at the arctic circle, it's been a bumper tourist season. as a gateway to finnish lapland, last year, rovaniemi welcomed half a million people to this very spot. we wanted to do an arctic circle or like a northern tour, for a very long time. there's an appeal of coming up here when it's snowing and it's cold. we did our research on social media. they share a lot of| stories about here. we saw a lot of posts from santa claus village and it's, like, very romantic and very pretty. the covid pandemic hit tourism hard, but since then not only have visitor numbers bounced back, they've been surging. and the negative temperatures certainly aren't holding people back. tourism is yet to rebound elsewhere in finland, but in lapland, it's a different story — hitting new highs last year. once popular with chinese tourists, now most visitors come from europe, particularly the uk, france and germany. and most of them had here to rovaniemi, whe

and adrienne murray has been to the remote faroe islands, which are between scotland and norway, to seet they're doing to help harness renewable energy. rugged and remote, the faroe islands are an isolated archipelago found in the north atlantic. powerful currents flow around its 18 islands, and in this sea channel called the vestmannasund, mechanical creatures lurk beneath the water's surface, called dragons. designed by swedish marine energy firm minesto, it's among a wave of new technology that hopes to revolutionise tidal power. this huge yellow thing behind me is a tidal kite. it looks a bit like a glider because it's designed to fly through the water, and once it's installed on the sea bed, it will be generating electricity using the current that flows through this stretch of water. weighing 28 tonnes and with a 12—metre wingspan, the newest dragon can deliver 1.2 megawatts of power. it's sort of like kitesurfing, but underwater. so we tether it off to the sea floor, foundation on the sea floor, and then it flies in a figure of eight. as underwater currents flow by, the kite's win

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and adrienne murray has been to the remote faroe islands, which are between scotland and norway, to seedoing to help harness renewable energy. rugged and remote, the faroe islands are an isolated archipelago found in the north atlantic. powerful currents flow around its 18 islands, and in this sea channel called the vestmannasund, mechanical creatures lurk beneath the water's surface, called dragons. designed by swedish marine energy firm minesto, it's among a wave of new technology that hopes to revolutionise tidal power. this huge yellow thing behind me is a tidal kite. it looks a bit like a glider because it's designed to fly through the water, and once it's installed on the seabed, it will be generating electricity using the current that flows through this stretch of water. weighing 28 tonnes and with a 12—metre wingspan, the newest dragon can deliver 1.2 megawatts of power. it's sort of like kitesurfing, but underwater. so we tether it off to the sea floor, foundation on the sea floor, and then it flies in a figure of eight. as underwater currents flow by, the kite's wings generate

adrienne murray has been to the edge of the arctic circle to find out more about the growing demand fordark nights and sub—zero temperatures, this seems an unlikely holiday destination. yet, here at the arctic circle, it's been a bumper tourist season. as a gateway to finnish lapland, last year, rovaniemi welcomed half a million people to this very spot. we wanted to do an arctic circle or like a northern tour, for a very long time. there's an appeal of coming up here when it's snowing and it's cold. we did our research on social media. they share a lot of| stories about here. we saw a lot of posts from santa claus village and it's, like, very romantic and very pretty. the covid pandemic hit tourism hard, but since then not only have visitor numbers bounced back, they've been surging. and the negative temperatures certainly aren't holding people back. tourism is yet to rebound elsewhere in finland, but in lapland, it's a different story — hitting new highs last year. 0nce popular with chinese tourists, now most visitors come from europe, particularly the uk, france and germany. and most

adrienne murray, bbc news, rovaniemi. at the 2024 iheart radio music awards in los angeles. she thanked the innovators who came before her including michaeljackson, tina turner and stevie wonder — who presented beyonce with the award. bey. queen bee. sasha fierce, beyonce, no matter what you call her, she is our 2024 iheart innovator. it starts with a dream, but then you have to execute that dream, and that role can be very bumpy. being an innovator is saying what everyone believes is impossible. being an innovator often means being criticised, which often will test your mental strength. being an innovator is leaning on faith and trusting that god will catch you and guide you. so, to all the record labels, every radio station, every award show, my hope is that we are more open to the joy and liberation that comes from enjoying art, with no preconceived notions. among the other winners were taylor swift and sza. cher was presented with the icon award — and performed before accepting the prize. # no matter how hard i try. #

our correspondent adrienne murray has been at the scene.so it was covered with scaffolding and also plastic sheeting. and it's also a very windy day. and all of that is said to have made it quite a difficult task for the firefighters to actually put that blaze out. there were people in the building, we understand they all managed to safely escape. they were evacuated and police said there were no reports of injuries. of course, this is a very historic building. it's aoo—years—old and some of them were trying to salvage and rescue some of the historic artworks and bring those out with them. so there will still be an evaluation of what has been stayed and sadly, what has been destroyed by the blaze. find more about that story and others on our website. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello there. tuesday was another fairly cool day, winds a little bit lighter. but we had further showers, some heavy with hail and thunder once again. next few days, it's pretty similar, it stays on the chilly side. there will be further showers or longe

adrienne murray spoke to us from the scene. it's not clear yet what the cause of the fire was.lding. so it was covered with scaffolding and also plastic sheeting. and it's also a very windy day. and all of that is said to have made it quite a difficult task for the firefighters to actually put that blaze out. there were people in the building, we understand they all managed to safely escape. they were evacuated and police said there were no reports of injuries. of course, this is a very historic building. it's aoo—years—old and some of them were trying to salvage and rescue some of the historic artworks and bring those out with them. so there will still be an evaluation of what has been stayed and sadly, what has been destroyed by the blaze. let's hearfrom a resident who helped carry out some of the artwork. i was carrying one of the four pictures of one i don't know what it is in english, but it's a historical painting. and we it kind of it was we could see it was torn in several places and they had taken it out in a hurry. and i helped them to carry the picture to the parliam

and adrienne murray has been to the remote faroe islands, which are between scotland and norway, to see sea bed, it will be generating electricity using the current that flows through this stretch of water. weighing 28 tonnes and with a i2—metre wingspan, the newest dragon can deliver 1.2 megawatts of power. it's sort of like kitesurfing, but underwater. so we tether it off to the sea floor, foundation on the sea floor, and then it flies in a figure of eight. as underwater currents flow by, the kite's wings generate a hydrodynamic lift force, spinning the turbine and generating electricity. this design's very different to other types of tidal technology. so what's the advantage of a design like this one? we can install and operate and produce power in low flow currents with lightweight machines. although it looks big to the eye, this is actually a very small tidal turbine. we've designed the system as such to be maintenance friendly — you simplyjust tow them in, replace modules and then put them back in. we've also, over the years, removed more and more components from the system and fi

and adrienne murray has been to the remote faroe islands, which are between scotland and norway, to see surface, called dragons. designed by swedish marine energy firm minesto, it's among a wave of new technology that hopes to revolutionise tidal power. this huge yellow thing behind me is a tidal kite. it looks a bit like a glider because it's designed to fly through the water, and once it's installed on the seabed, it will be generating electricity using the current that flows through this stretch of water. weighing 28 tonnes and with a 12—metre wingspan, the newest dragon can deliver 1.2 megawatts of power. it's sort of like kitesurfing, but underwater. so we tether it off to the sea floor, foundation on the sea floor, and then it flies in a figure of eight. as underwater currents flow by, the kite's wings generate a hydrodynamic lift force, spinning the turbine and generating electricity. this design's very different to other types of tidal technology. so what's the advantage of a design like this one? we can install and operate and produce power in low flow currents with lightweight