esther dingley was 37, a confident solo hiker.she absolutely loved to do and had never been happier. graham satchell, bbc news. libya has been in chaos since 2011, when colonel gaddafi was toppled by a popular uprising aided by a bombing campaign led by nato. since then, two rival governments have split the country into west and east. foreign involvement has had a big impact, with the two sides backed by key international powers, including russia and turkey. bbc arabic and bbc russia have spent months researching the role of mercenaries from russia's wagner group, and have been able to identify russian fighters supporting one side of the war. bbc arabic�*s nader ibrahim reports. caught in a civil war for over a decade, libya was already a deadly conflict. but recently, it's become even more complex. we had heard reports of russian mercenaries fighting against the un—backed government. and now we've got unique evidence of their involvement. the bbc has obtained a tablet that a fighter left behind. it belonged to wagner, a shadowy r

this is the last picture of esther dingley, a selfie taken high up in the pyrenees sent to her boyfriendnt missing. esther and dan had spent the last seven years travelling around europe ina campervan. they'd given up a successful business career for the freedom of the road after dan had a life—changing health scare. search teams combed mountain trails for weeks and weeks after esther disappeared. last month, a small piece of her bone was found next to animal remains. now her body and belongings have been discovered by her partner, dan. he's walked hundreds and hundreds of miles looking for signs of her. in a statement, the charity lbt global, which is helping the family, said... esther dingley was 37, a confident solo hiker. last year, dan told the bbc she was doing what she absolutely loved to do and had never been happier. graham satchell, bbc news. the first school pupils in scotland are set to return from their summer break today, in the week most covid restrictions were lifted. pupils will be back in classrooms in angus for the first time since the move beyond level zero. the major

this is the last picture of esther dingley, a selfie taken high up in the pyrenees sent to her boyfriends career for the freedom of the road after dan had a life—changing health scare. search teams combed mountain trails for weeks and weeks after esther disappeared. last month, a small piece of her bone was found next to animal remains. now her body and belongings have been discovered by her partner, dan. he's walked hundreds and hundreds of miles looking for signs of her. in a statement, the charity lbt global, which is helping the family, said... esther dingley was 37, a confident solo hiker. last year, dan told the bbc she was doing what she absolutely loved to do and had never been happier. graham satchell, bbc news. lamb reared on the salt marshes of south wales has become the first food in the uk to be granted protected status after brexit. other products, already protected under european law such as cornish pasties, are also included in the british scheme. gower salt marsh lamb has received a protected designation of origin under a scheme preventing imitation. let's talk to sheep

this is the last picture of esther dingley, a selfie taken high up in the pyrenees sent to her boyfriende'd been hiking on her own when she went missing. esther and dan had spent the last seven years travelling around europe in a camper van. they'd given up a successful business career for the freedom of the road after dan had a life—changing health scare. search teams combed mountain trails for weeks and weeks after esther disappeared. last month, a small piece of her bone was found next to animal remains. now her body and belongings have been discovered by her partner, dan. he's walked hundreds and hundreds of miles looking for signs of her. in a statement, the charity lbt global, which is helping the family, said... esther dingley was 37, a confident solo hiker. last year, dan told the bbc she was doing what she absolutely loved to do and had never been happier. graham satchell, bbc news. the governor of new york has resigned after an inquiry found that he sexually harassed multiple women. andrew cuomo, who denies the claims, had faced pressure to quit from senior democrats. his resig

esther dingley, from durham, vanished on a solo trek in november sparking major searches by french andon twitter — @bbckarishma iam i am looking forward to hearing from i am looking forward to hearing from you. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: building a new 0lympic spectacle. beijing prepares for the winter games, which due to covid will take place less than a year after tokyo. the big crowds became bigger as the time of the funeral approached. as the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a huge job of crowd control. idi amin, uganda's brutalformer dictator, has died at the age of 80. he's being buried in saudi arabia, where he lived in exile since being overthrown in 1979. 2 billion people around the world have seen the last total eclipse of the sun to take place in this millennium. it began itsjourney off the coast of canada, ending three hours later when the sun set over the bay of bengal. welcome back to newsday. i'm karishma vaswani reporting from singapore. nations around the world have been reacting to yesterday's landmark clima

esther dingley vanished on a solo trek in november. of dubai, has been disbanded after she was pictured with her cousin in iceland. the image was posted on social media by a british woman who has previously appeared in photos with her. the campaign was set up after latifa was forcibly returned to dubai after making a bid for escape in 2018. so keir starmer has been travelling around the uk listening to voters concerns and taking stock after recent shifts in the political landscape. last week we examined the impact of the tories' success in the midlands and north on their traditional heartlands in the south. today, we consider labour's challenge — whether the party can build on success it's had in cities to win back some of the towns it's lost. alex forsyth reports from leigh, in greater manchester. the members of leigh scooter club like things from the past. their vehicles celebrate old trends. politically though, there has been a change of direction. this is one of the places that's seen labour loyalties overtaken by new—found tory su

esther dingley was 37, a confident solo hiker.mitted to ensuring the ghurka pension scheme is sustainable and fair. our correspondent lebo diseko reports. british and gurkha troops are battling to split the terrorist into isolated bands, and then wipe them out one by one. they are a force that has served the crown for more than 200 years, fighting all over the world. but these gurkha veterans do not receive a full uk armed forces pension. they are now on hunger strike and say they are willing to die to right what they see as an historic wrong. gurkhas who retired before 1997 were part of the gurkha pension scheme. they receive less than those in the armed forces pension scheme because it was thought they would retire in nepal. the gurkhas are coming! but in 2009, after a high—profile campaign backed by the actress joanna lumley, most gurkhas were allowed to settle in the uk. many now say they are struggling to survive on pensions that don't meet the cost of living here. my counterpart gets nowadays over 1200 to £1300. i'm getting

esther dingley, from durham, vanished on a solo trek in november sparking major searches by french andhe tigray region. abiy ahmed asked "all capable ethiopians" to "show their patriotism" byjoining the war, which is raging across the north of the country. fighting has escalated sincejune when the rebels, led by the tigray people's liberation front, recaptured much of tigray in an offensive. in china, coronavirus cases have hit a seven—month high after a cluster at a test site helped drive up numbers. the country has seen rising cases of the highly infectious delta variant. state media describes the current outbreak which has sparked local lockdowns, mass testing and travel restrictions as the most severe, since the virus first emerged in the central city of wuhan. amc, the us cinema chain that owns the 0deon in the uk, says it will allow customers in the us to pay for movie tickets and concessions in bitcoin by the end of the year. boss adam aron said it has been exploring the technology for some time. the firm, which is the largest us cinema chain, has not said whether it will apply