this has ramped up national sentiment in the country, how popular is barack 0bama three right now? was concerns that the elections were not free and fair, huge concern about quality—of—life for the economy in venezuela. bolstering his support ahead of an election year is something that is in his interest. venezuela is still in his interest. venezuela is still in the position it has been in the last several years, a difficult position for a venezuelans, many venice wheels have left the country to seek better lives. that situation has not gone away. trying to get that support ahead of an election, which there are huge concerns that won't be for your fear is something thatis won't be for your fear is something that is a priority. the culture secretary, lucy frazer, has said an increase to the bbc licence fee of almost £15 next year would be too much. it's expected to go up to just over £173 a year — in line with inflation. explain a bit more about this. the licence fee is how the majority of the bbc�*s activities are funded. that is notjust television, it is radio, online, and all the

michelle and barack 0bama. lena horne. john f kennedy. 0prah barack 0bama. lena horne. hour. thank you for watching bbc news. please stay with us. hello there. given all the rain that we've had over the past few weeks, it's still pretty wet out there. but the next few days at least will turn drier and also the temperatures will be rising. now, this area of low pressure brought cloud and some rain and drizzle to eastern parts of england. that's moving away. the next weather system is coming in from the atlantic. but in between the two, well, we did have some sunshine earlier on, particularly in northern ireland and here in scotland. but where we have the clearer skies in the first part of the night, there's the risk that temperatures could fall just below freezing in places. but that window of clearer skies will close as the night goes on because all that cloud will come in from the atlantic. it's going to bring some rain and briefly some snow over the scottish mountains, perhaps the northern pennines, but it should turn back to rain later on in the night as temperatures

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did you ever play with barack 0bama? no.o me. he's such a great guy. i challenged... you know, he's, like, 63" and he's very good. so i've gotten to know him well and we've become sort of friends, and ijoke around saying i want to challenge him to playing basketball because i'm so fast that no matter how good he is, i'll be able to dribble around him, and he says, "don't trash—talk me, "because i'll really take care of you on the court." what a beautiful lady she is. that was 1985, right here in georgetown. i've been lucky enough to meet your wife. she is an extraordinary woman... she's very... ..who has an extraordinary career of her own. yes, she is quite accomplished. she's done some incredible things in clinical bioethics. she's one of the most respected bioethicists in the country. do you feel that... ..christine and your daughters have paid the price of your... ..success and celebrity? and i don't mean celebrity crassly, because i know you never sought it... yeah. ..but that they are the ones that have paid the price?

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she follows the likes of barack 0bama and greta thunberg in getting the award, and said she's "the proudestd with the cold comes the beauty of nature. these are icicles that have formed on a hawthorn bush in gateshead. the dramatic photos were taken yesterday in team valley trading estate, where it clearly dropped to very cold temperatures overnight. but so beautiful. so beautiful. really lovely. they look like glass. nature's chandelier. can't get enough of that. what have we seen on the inside? the enough of that. what have we seen on the inside? , ., , ., ,., ., ., the inside? the story about food in the inside? the story about food in the headlines _ the inside? the story about food in the headlines there, _ the inside? the story about food in the headlines there, the _ the inside? the story about food in | the headlines there, the newspaper front pages. this is a new survey about what we are buying and whether the cost—of—living crisis is making people think differently about food. according to one report today, there has been a flight towards comfort food like shepherd's pie, macaroni