bbc world _ to get educated. thank you very much. bbc world service's - to get educated. thank you very| much. ery - much. bbc world service's south asia editor. a young woman has died after a shooting at a busy pub near liverpool in northwest england late last night. a number of others were also injured in the incident at the lighthouse inn, in wallasey village shortly before midnight. merseyside police have launched a murder investigation and say a search is under way for the gunman, the area's mp a search is under way for the gunman. the area's mp angela eagle has described the shooting as heartbreaking. sarah rogers reports from the scene. last night, the lighthouse inn here was busy, bustling, full of young people. it sits in wallasey village, which is at the end of a main road. there are restaurants and shops here. and this bar was full of young people celebrating christmas eve. we can still see that there are beer bottles that have been strewn outside as people were just having a drink, but that all ended ten minutes to midnight when a gunman shot and killed a woman. three men have been

the bbc world service's south asia regional editor, anbarasan ethirajan, told us more about the internationaled this move by the taliban because this will have a far reaching impact on the ground. there are dozens of ngos, health ngos and food aid ngos working on the ground, and not allowing women to work means people cannot access these services. for example, one woman worker was saying women can easily relate with us about asking for medicines. for example, if they want to give a polio vaccination, they can go into the any of the houses in the rural areas. but now they cannot express these things freely to any men health worker or even food aid. so this has become a huge issue. this has been a very bad week for women's rights in afghanistan, because a couple of days ago, the taliban rulers, they banned women from studying at universities. and within two days, they announced this far reaching decision to ban women to work from ngos. and it is not only local and domestic foreign ngos, also the un contracts many work to local ngos distributing humanitarian aid. there is acute food insecurity i

i was a correspondent of the bbc world service in kyiv and you were covering these events.listening . so that in russia the conditional tsar would leave office like this, i am leaving because someone got together and decided something for me in connection with the signing, i am leaving to present my credentials, these are unique cases, as far as it was a unique case that the collapse of the union took place, well, without much blood, let's say so, yes, good health and i would say that it was not expected, i would not say that it was a unique case because by that time we were all used to gorbachev behaving like imperialism in a limited way. it was right more peaceful than could be expected, but what was unexpected was the position of the ukrainians, it was true that everyone was calling me from the bbc from london. every day i traveled, since then already presidential candidates were competing with each other all over ukraine. i traveled a lot , they asked how much the ukrainians would give votes and for me, the most optimistic scenario that i showed them would be 75%, well,

asia pacific editorfor the bbc world service, michael bristow, gave his analysis of what we've heardasions, gives vague responses and in this occasion was no different. these were the published remarks when cameras and videos were allowed in to witness the meeting, afterwards they were ushered out and these two leaders will have had a conversation between themselves which far more interesting things were talked about there, i'm sure. but i think the dynamic between the two leaders is that president putin needs the chinese leader, xijinping, more than the other way around. president putin has invaded ukraine and all kinds of restrictions and sanctions on russia and what he was doing here was appealing to xijinping to give him more support. and china over the last few months has not criticised russia for its invasion of ukraine equally it has not given wholehearted support. crucially, it is not providing military support because if it did that, then it would be in danger of an incuring western sanctions and criticism and that could affect china's relationship with the west which is far

record high growth rates of mutual trade turnover. joining me now is asia pacific editor for the bbc world serviced more to the point xi jinping's response.— they and more to the point xi jinping's response. president xi alwa s jinping's response. president xi always gives — jinping's response. president xi always gives vague _ jinping's response. president xi always gives vague responses l jinping's response. president xi i always gives vague responses and jinping's response. president xi - always gives vague responses and in this location was no different. these were the published remarks when cameras and videos were allowed into witness the meeting, afterwards they were ushered out and these two leaders will have had a conversation between themselves which far more interesting things were talked about there i'm sure. but i think the dynamic between the two leaders is that president putin needs the chinese leader more than the other way around will stop president putin has invaded ukraine and all kinds of restrictions and sanctions and what he was doing here was appealing to xijinping to give hi

lets speak to anbarasan ethirajan, south asia editer at the bbc world service.nd to the news that five of these major international agencies are suspending activities? thea;r major international agencies are suspending activities? they have not reacted et suspending activities? they have not reacted yet to _ suspending activities? they have not reacted yet to the _ suspending activities? they have not reacted yet to the agencies - suspending activities? they have not reacted yet to the agencies now. - reacted yet to the agencies now. today there was a response from the telephone that yesterday, when all this international condemnation came, that this place the international criticism. saying they cannot allow anyone to dictate terms and any agency wants to operate inside of us can understand without the doing so by the rules of the country. their spokesperson tweeted both in english and postural this information. so the taliban is not at the same time we see more and more eight inchesjoin in at the same time we see more and more eight inches join in suspended wo

the bbc world service's south asia regional editor anbarasan ethirajan joins us now. hello there.nd obviously international condemnation. yes. international condemnation. yes, indeed. international condemnation. yes, indeed- at _ international condemnation. yes, indeed. at the _ international condemnation. yes, indeed. at the un _ international condemnation. yes, indeed. at the un has _ international condemnation. is: indeed. at the un has strongly condemned this move by the taliban because this will have a far—reaching impact on the ground. there are dozens of ngos, health ngos and food aid ngos working on the ground and not allowing women to work means people cannot access the services, for example, when women worker was saying women can easily relate with us about asking for medicines, for example, if they want to get a vaccination committee can go into the houses and they were rural areas, go into the houses and they were ruralareas, but go into the houses and they were rural areas, but now they cannot express these things freely to any male health record or even food aid. so

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duzhdi tv channel, and one of the er good russians who moved to canada works for the bbc, moreover, for the world servicee, and she wrote that while commenting on this situation, she wrote that according to the idea, if you are a good russian for the eu and ukrainians, you should publicly rejoice at the death of russian soldiers and inform the armed forces , but at the same time, if you try to continue demand let the dialogue be simple, o lord, with a deep people , you must speak in another language, or do they have i did not understand something, in other words, blonde, i do not understand something, i repeated several times to understand what you meant, but as far as i understand, it is about whether they are good russian must always condemn what the russian army is doing here, can he, in principle, tell our guys about the military, who are the proifbeshniks here, who are here on this land of ours, guys, let's first define these frameworks, what are russians, what is русский is this a nationality? is this what we mean when we talk about russian imperial identity? if it is an imperial identity, then it

bbc world news. the headlines: russia's defence ministry says at least three service personnel have been killed as a result of a ukrainian drone attack on an air force base in the south of the country. china carries out one of it's biggest incursions to date in the seas and skies around taiwan. the taiwanese defence ministry says it's detected 71 aircraft and seven warships around the island a tenth person has been killed by an explosion at a block of flats injersey earlier this month. kathleen mcginess was injured by the blast and died in hospital yesterday. the 73—year—old lived in a building adacent to the flats. more rohingya refufgees reach the indonesian province of aceh as the un refugee agency fears 180 may have died, after their boat was adrift for weeks in the indian ocean. you are watching bbc news. next it's the travel show. hello and welcome to this very special edition of the show, coming to you from the spectacular valley of the kings here in luxor in egypt. if you were watching last week, you'd have seen me unearthing the story of how tutankhamun�*s tomb was discovered here 100 years

bbc world news. the headlines. russia's defence ministry says at least three service personnel have been killed as a result of a ukrainian drone attack on an air force base in the south of the country. millions of people in the us and canada are spending the festive season in the grip of a severe winter storm. at least 38 people are known to have died. 175,000 homes are without power. a tenth person has been killed by an explosion at a block of flats injersey earlier this month. kathleen mcginess was injured by the blast and died in hospital yesterday. the 73—year—old lived in a building adacent to the flats. china carries out one of it's biggest incursions to date in the seas and skies around taiwan. the taiwanese defence ministry says it's detected 71 aircraft and seven warships around the island. you are watching bbc news. next it's time for charles's kingdom. born a prince, he grew up in the public eye, the man who would be king. with the queen's passing, the responsibility for the united kingdom and the wider commonwealth now rests with king charles iii. amidst the pomp and circumstance, the royal family's private g

bbc world news. the headlines: russia's defence ministry says at least three service personnel have been killed as a result of a ukrainian drone attack on an air force base in the south of the country. china carries out one of it's biggest incursions to date in the seas and skies around taiwan. the taiwanese defence ministry says it's detected 71 aircraft and seven warships around the island. the united nations tells the taliban to reverse it's decision on banning afghan women working for humanitarian agencies. five major aid organisations are suspending all their work in the country following the order. a tenth person has been killed by an explosion at a block of flats injersey earlier this month. kathleen mcginess was injured by the blast and died in hospital yesterday. the 73—year—old lived in a building adacent to the flats. you are watching bbc news. next it's time for talking movies — the review of 2022. hello from new york. i'm tom brook and welcome to our talking movies review of 2022, special edition. in today's programme we look back at highlights of the year in cinema. we review many of t

bbc world news. the headlines: russia's defence ministry says at least three service personnel have been killed as a country. china carries out one of it's biggest incursions to date in the seas and skies around taiwan. the taiwanese defence ministry says it's detected 71 aircraft and seven warships around the island. the united nations tells the taliban to reverse it's decision on banning afghan women working for humanitarian agencies. five major aid organisations are suspending all their work in the country following the order. a tenth person has been killed by an explosion at a block of flats injersey earlier this month. kathleen mcginess was injured by the blast and died in hospital yesterday. the 73—year—old lived in a building adacent to the flats.

bbc world news. the headlines. russia's defence ministry says at least three service personnel have been killed as a result of a ukrainianng the festive season in the grip of a severe winter storm. at least 38 people are known to have died. 175,000 homes are without power. a tenth person has been killed by an explosion at a block of flats injersey earlier this month. kathleen mcginess was injured by the blast and died in hospital yesterday. the 73—year—old lived in a building adacent to the flats. china carries out one of it's biggest incursions to date in the seas and skies around taiwan. the taiwanese defence ministry says it's detected 71 aircraft and seven warships around the island.

in taiwan, all men will be required to serve one year's military service, in response to the threat from china. you are watching bbc world news. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me, martin bentham of the evening standard and jonathan walker of the sunday express. we will say hello to both in just a moment. first, though, let's take a look at those actual front pages, starting with the financial times. it leads with news that china's government is scrapping travel quarantine rules after abandoning their zero—covid policy. the daily mirror says that rising discontent among junior doctors is fuelling concerns that they will strike. in the daily telegraph, a charity forfemale military personnel who have experienced sexual assault is urging the royal military academy sandhurst to tackle what they call an epidemic of abuse. the ministry of defence has responded, saying it has a zero tolerance approach to sexual assault. "loyalty cards for strikers" is the daily mail's headline, with claims that a union—backed website is offering prizes forjoining picket lines. hundreds o

bbc world news. the headlines: russia's defence ministry says at least three service personnel have been killed as aursions to date in the seas and skies around taiwan. the taiwanese defence ministry says it's detected 71 aircraft and seven

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stay with us on bbc news, still to come: itv launches a new streaming service today — will viewers like what they see and how does it differ from the itv hub? this is bbc world duchess of sussex about their withdrawal from the uk's royalfamily about their withdrawal from the uk's royal family is about their withdrawal from the uk's royalfamily is due about their withdrawal from the uk's royal family is due to about their withdrawal from the uk's royalfamily is due to be aired injusta uk's royalfamily is due to be aired in just a few hours time. unions representing border forces staff working at some of the u.k.'s biggest airports have called for eight days of strikes over christmas. basketball continues to be a male—dominated sport — but one woman in africa is hoping to help change that. sarah chan is the first woman to manage african scouting for a team in the nba — the world's top professional basketball league. the former professional player has been featured on this year's bbc 100 women list. ashley lime went to meet her at a mentoring session in kenya. come on. come on. on the hunt for the next big star come on. come on. on the hunt for the next big sta

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bbc world news". ♪ >> i am lewis, this is outside source. the biggest strike in the history of britain's public health service, tens of thousands walkout in theh of better pay and conditions. >> we do not have the staffing level we need to have, we cannot sustain it. the mental and physical toll is too much even if you want to carry on. >> the government says the nurses union man's is not affordable and insists -- nurses unions demand is not affordable and insist that -- >> accused of executing large numbers of ukrainian civilians. more details of princearry's rift with the royal family as the final installment airs on netflix. we start in the u.k., thousands of nurses in england, wales, northern ireland are the first of two day long strikes overpay. it is the biggest ever walkout by nhs nurses. we will have a look at why they are doing it. this is the head of the royal college of nursing. >> what we are asking for is the 20% eroded from nurses pay over the last decade to be put back in. it is payecovery it is not asking for additional money. what i said time and time again. get into a room, let me set my objectives onto the table, the secret

centre for that really set story tonight and on bbc news, will keep an eye on that but emergency services to everyone. everyone, let's talk about the world a really, it is a tricky week coming up and a lot of sectors and this is interesting. hopes raised for last—ditch talks to stop the nurses strikes. there, you may get a chance to talk about some the others but what are they telling us about the possibility of stopping the nurses strikes.— the nurses strikes. there 'ust sa in: the nurses strikes. there 'ust saying that i the nurses strikes. there 'ust saying that hopes * the nurses strikes. there 'ust saying that hopes have h the nurses strikes. there just saying that hopes have been | the nurses strikes. there just - saying that hopes have been raised and the head of them come i think they played a blind saying that we are ready to step forward and why is the minister willing to talk to us and it's really easy to upset these negotiations and sits up to the employers to start to have this discussion but ultimately, there are public servants who are is the board and the education and health minister is the chair of the board and asked t

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bbc world news". >> this is bbcs america. a new winter of discontent in the u.k. as a wave of industrial action in different sectors hits servicesns of thousands of british nurses walk out amid a bitter row with the government over pay and conditions. it is the biggest strike of its kind in national health service history. >> better pay, better staffing. just simple improvements to quality of life. >> i feel so strongly nurses coming through the ranks and qualifying, they are coming thugh with so much debt. they are leaving the profession in droves. >> tusands of official documents about the assassination of resident john f. kennedy have been released in full for the first time. the u.s. africa summit ends in smiles and promises but can it deliver and compete with china in the continent? >> it was terrifying to have my brother scream and shout at me and my father say things that simply were not true. my grandmother quietly sit there and take it all in. >> prince harry talks candidly about his and meghan's wrist with the royals in their last installment of the netflix series. ♪ welcome to world news america on pbs and around the

world cup in qatar. hello and welcome to bbc news. train passengers are enduring further disruption on the last weekend before christmas as rail workers continue their strike action. only 20% of servicesbe operating, but the leader of the rmt union, mick lynch, says he's optimistic a pay deal can be reached, despite further strikes sheduled for next week. we now know wales and scotland were able to settle the industrial dispute over pay with the railway workers — so what makes it more difficult in england? here's from ben clatworthy, the time's transport correspondent. wales, scotland, as you say, have managed to come to an agreement. the issue in england is that the way things are run is slightly different and things have been a little bit difficult in terms of getting to what the rmt call an acceptable agreement. now, what will change things is within the last week the tssa union and unite have both accepted the offer from network rail, which amounts to 9% over two years for most employees, raising to about 11% for some of the workers on smaller salaries. now that, they say, network rail, is a very good offer and one that should be accepted. of course, the public will be starting to

bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. train passengers in britain face further delays today, as the rmt union continue their 48—hour strike, only one in five servicesy. work is continuing to restore electricity and heating in parts of ukraine after a wave of russian air strikes hits infrastructure. elon musk reinstates the accounts ofjournalists controversially suspended from twitter. leo varadkar becomes ireland's new taoiseach today, swapping roles with micheal martin, as part of an historic and morocco take on croatia in the third place play—off

bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. train passengers in britain face further delays today, as the rmt union continue their 48—hour strike, only one in five servicesre expected to operate. hospitals are told to free up beds ahead of ambulance staff going on strike in england on wednesday. work is continuing to restore electricity and heating in parts of ukraine after a wave of russian air strikes hits infrastructure. elon musk reinstates the accounts ofjournalists controversially suspended from twitter. leo varadkar becomes ireland's new taoiseach today, swapping roles with micheal martin, as part of an historic and morocco take on croatia in the third place play—off at the qatar world cup. we'll be live in casablanca. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. train passengers in the uk are enduring more disruption as rail workers continue strike action today. most services are affected, as rmt union members stage the second day of their latest 48—hour walk outs. eurostar strikes on the 16th and 18th of december have been called off to give union members time to vote on a new pay offer — but more than 100 eurostar securit

world, you are watching bbc news. welcome back. in wales, the chief executive of the nhs has urged people to call 999 only if it's urgent to try to relieve pressure on the health service times for emergency departments. it comes amid a rise of flu and covid cases across the uk. simonjones reports. siren wails this winter, the health service is experiencing demand like it's never seen before — that's the stark warning from the nhs in wales, which is dealing with a sharp rise in cases of flu and covid. its chief executivejudith paget is pleading with people to only attend emergency departments for urgent care. in a statement, she said... a message reiterated by one health board. the pressure is on the nursing staff to make sure that we can give the best care. we're working with the a&e departments to make sure the patients are coming in through the ambulance service, getting them up to the wards quickly. but obviously, we've got to isolate quite a lot of patients, so that means looking at our bed base, looking at our side rooms and our wards. as this public health campaign makes clear, flu is back with a vengeance. nhs england says there were more than 3,700 patients a

the bbc�*s role, as i see it, i mean, unlike almost any other broadcaster i can think of, since its onlyjob is to serve the people who fund it, and indeed to serve, through the world servicethe world. since that's its onlyjob, it's acutely sensitive to people who are excluded. so, it's always trying to adjust itself so that it does represent all opinion in the uk. and that's unlike any other broadcaster. interesting you say that because i wonder if you feel, if you were setting out on your broadcasting career today, whether you'd find it as easy to become the top dog at the bbc in the way that you did? no, i'm sure not. but, in a funny sort of way, it's worth exploring your own past cos it's quite telling about bbc past and present. you were the son of the bbc�*s, perhaps, most famous presenter of the time, a man who'd been a war correspondent during world war ii. he then, i think, was presenter at the coronation of queen elizabeth. he was, in many ways, the voice and the face of the bbc, as, i said earlier, you were to become. it feels a bit nepotistic that you ended up doing pretty much the same job that your dad did. what's nepotism? how do you define it? nepotism is w

bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. the headlines: train passengers in the uk face further delays today, as the rmt union continue their 48—hour strike — only one in five servicesres in shanghai as virus cases soar after the lifting of china's zero—covid policy. work is continuing to restore electricity and heating in parts of ukraine — after a wave of russian air strikes hits infrastructure. a 33—year—old woman, rebecca ikumelo, dies after being injured in a crush at a gig on thursday at london's 02 academy in brixton.

bbc world news. here is the uk there's been more disruption for train passengers on the last weekend before christmas. only 20% of servicesrating as rail workers continue strike action in an ongoing dispute about pay and working conditions. our correspondent ramzan karmali reports. we will be calling at... this train may be moving, but only 20% of services are running today and it is a service that commuters are getting used to. striking the week before christmas is harsh, but at the same time if that is what they feel like they need to do. i appreciate they have got a case, but it is affecting a lot of people. i can take shivering in the cold, but some people can't. this dispute is about pay and conditions and though talks are ongoing, the boss of the rmt union said union was needed from all sides. obviously this strike action is on now and we are hopeful in the days to come we will have more discussions. if they're willing to compromise and take a few steps forward, we will see what we can develop. it needs them to move off their positions that we have already rejected. today is the second day of the latest walk out thi

bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. the headlines: train passengers in the uk face further delays today, as the rmt union continue their 48—hour strike — only one in five services expected to operate. hospitals are told to free up beds ahead of ambulance staff going on strike in england on wednesday. queues at beijing crematoria and school closures in shanghai as virus cases soar after the lifting of china's zero—covid policy. work is continuing to restore electricity and heating in parts of ukraine — after a wave of russian air strikes hits infrastructure. a 33—year—old woman, rebecca ikumelo, dies after being injured in a crush at a gig on thursday at london's 02 academy in brixton. welcome. there's been more disruption for train passengers in the uk on the last weekend before christmas. only 20% of services are operating as rail workers continue strike action in an ongoing dispute about pay and working conditions. our correspondent ramzan karmali reports. we will be calling at... this train may be moving, but only 20% of services are running today and it is a service that commuters are getting used to. striking the week before christmas is harsh, but at the

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