anbarasan ethirajan. the headlines on bbc news...eece. the former republican us senator and presidential candidate bob dole has died at the age of 98. another 86 cases of the omicron variant are confirmed in the uk, as the government defends the decision sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here�*s karthi. hello and thanks forjoining us. formula one�*s drivers�* championship will be decided at next weekend�*s final race of the season after the saudi arabian grand prix produced one of the most dramatic races in years. the race was stopped twice after crashes, and had two chaotic re—starts. there was a heart—stopping moment for lewis hamilton when he crashed into the back of his title rival max verstappen — the dutchman had been trying to hand back first place after going ahead illegally. fortunately for the british driver, the damage wasn�*t bad enough to stop him, and once verstappen eventually let him go by, hamilton went on to claim the chequered flag. the rivals are now level on points, with verstappen only in

anbarasan ethirajan.ed in the east anglian air ambulance for two years and said the intensity of the job meant he felt he was taking home people�*s trauma and sadness. in an audio recording for apple, which the prince made while walking through the queen�*s sandringham estate, he also shared the treasured memory of his mother, princess diana, singing tina turner at the top of her voice during the school run. the formula one championship is going down to a deciding final race, after defending champion lewis hamilton came from behind to win an eventful saudi arabia grand prix. he beat his main rival max verstappen into second place, meaning the pair will start the final race of the season in abu dhabi level on points. the race was stopped twice because of crashes — and the cars of the two leaders touched as they jostled

anbarasan ethirajan, thank you very much for the update.ed by his grandfather on a private jet to tel aviv. but israel�*s supreme court rejected a final appeal to let him stay. eitan biran was living in italy at the time of the accident that killed his parents, his younger brother and his great—grandparents. jatinder dhillon has more. it was a heart—rending story. back in may, a cable car crashed in northern italy and everyone inside was killed... ..except for one boy. six—year—old eitan biran was saved by his father�*s protective hug, his parents, younger brother and great—grandparents were among the 14 who died in the accident. what then followed was months of a bitter custody battle for eitan between his italian and israeli families. an italian court gave guardianship to his paternal aunt, an israeli—born doctor who lives in italy. but in september, eitan�*s maternal grandfather smuggled the boy to israel where he lives. smuggled the boy to israel, where he lives. the grandfather had visitation rights. he took his grandson out for the da

let's get more on this with our south asia regional editor anbarasan ethirajan in delhi.ndia becoming more frequent? in churches in india becoming more freruent? ,., , churches in india becoming more freruent? , ., , , frequent? in the past few years they have become — frequent? in the past few years they have become frequent. _ frequent? in the past few years they have become frequent. in _ frequent? in the past few years they have become frequent. in fact, - have become frequent. in fact, attacks on christmas day, they are unthinkable 20 years ago but since 2014 after the bjp came to power, the hindu nationalist party, christian organisations say attacks against them have doubled. we have seen prayer halls being attacked, churches that are literally being burned, and also some of the pastors are being attacked by hindu right—wing youths. this is all happening for the past few years and putting this community in fear, they fear that they are being persecuted. christians are a religious minority in india, about 2%, 13 million people, but they have remained at the sideline

anbarasan ethirajan. the duke of cambridge has revealed how his mental health was affected while he was an air ambulance pilot. prince william served in the east anglian air ambulance for two years and said the intensity of the job meant he felt he was taking home people's trauma and sadness. in an audio recording for apple, which the prince made while walking through the queen's sandringham estate, he also shared the treasured memory of his mother, princess diana, singing tina turner at the top of her voice during the school run. the formula one championship is going down to a deciding final race, after defending champion lewis hamilton came from behind to win an eventful saudi arabia grand prix. he beat his main rival max verstappen into second place, meaning the pair will start the final race of the season in abu dhabi level on points. the race was stopped twice because of crashes — and the cars of the two leaders touched as they jostled for position. ah, i mean, i don't know, i've been racing here a l

our south east asia editor, anbarasan ethirajan, has the latest from delhi.e first steps being announced by not only the government here in delhi, but also in several other states, that is a night—time curfew to restrict people gathering, especially the youth gathering in the night. and there are new year celebrations coming, and they don't want people to congregate in any one particular place. and if you look at delhi, it is now having the highest number of omicron cases within india, it has surpassed maharashtra state. even though the numbers are only around 580 cases of omicron, the authorities are worried, given the way it spreads, the numbers could go up very quickly, and what they are worried about especially in delhi is the number of positive tests, and that is why they are imposing these restrictions. but there are health experts who have questioned this move on social media, because many people in the city are not wearing masks, and people are still in the markets. i saw the market yesterday, it was busy with activity. so only a night—time curfew wil

the bbc world service's south asia regional editor, anbarasan ethirajan, in delhi, has more., but since 2014, after the bjp came to power, the hindu nationalist party, christian organisations say attacks against them have doubled. we have seen prayer halls being attacked, churches that are literally being burned, and also some of the pastors are being attacked by hindu right—wing youths. this is all happening for the past few years and putting this community in fear — they fear that they are being persecuted. christians are a religious minority in india, about 2%, or 30 million people, but they have remained at the sidelines when you compare them with the other biggest religious minority, muslims. they feel the attacks are increasing, but the government denies that there is an orchestrated campaign against the christians, but many people would complain that the police officers are not taking enough action as and when these christian places of worship are being targeted. it's not only about the christians. the way the hindu right—wing people have started using hate speech that

the bbc�*s anbarasan ethirajan has been following developments.e us — does send a strong warning to the taliban to honour its pledges. this shows how the western countries are now concerned about the evolving situation in afghanistan, you know, this comes one week after human rights watch published a detailed report about the ground situation, where they have been reports of extrajudicial killings and disappearances of former government employees and those linked to the security forces of the government, and there have been media circulating on social media for the past few months where theirfamilies have been alleging that taliban fighters took their relatives and then shot them dead. but what the taliban are saying is that they deny these charges, they say it could be somebody, due to the local rivalry or the personal rivalry that this could have happened, but now the western governments are concerned because these were soldiers who were trained and funded by the western nations and now you are getting increasing reports of these reprisal killin

the bbc�*s anbarasan ethirajan has been following developments. — does send a strong warning to the taliban to honour its pledges. this shows how the western countries are now concerned about the evolving situation in afghanistan, you know, this comes one week after human rights watch published a detailed report about the ground situation, where they have been reports of extrajudicial killings and disappearances of former government employees and those linked to the security forces of the government, and there have been media circulating on social media for the past few months where theirfamilies have been alleging that taliban fighters took their relatives and then shot them dead. but what the taliban are saying is that they deny these charges, they say it could be somebody, due to the local rivalry or the personal rivalry that this could have happened, but now the western governments are concerned because these were soldiers who were trained and funded by the western nations and now you are getting increasing reports of these reprisal killings a

security forces following the incident we can get more details now from our south asia editor, anbarasan ethirajanturday evening. a grow) _ through what's happened. on saturday evening. a grow) of— through what's happened. on saturday evening, a group of coal _ through what's happened. on saturday evening, a group of coal miners - through what's happened. on saturday evening, a group of coal miners were l evening, a group of coal miners were returning from the northeastern indian state of nagaland which borders myanmar, and the army says it was acting on a specific intelligence input and they asked of them to stop, but they did not stop till they opened fire. they later realised there were six civilians killed in the incident. that resulted in the further loss of blood 108 of 13 civilians —— loss of life. they ordered an inquiry in this incident will be investigated. the indian government is also expressing their shock at the same time and ordered an investigation. fresh violence has erupted on sunday because many villagers were still angry and attacked army camps in the district. two more civilia