the top gear presenter �*freddie�* flintoff is air—lifted to hospital after an accident while filmingbc motoring show. us presidentjoe biden signs into law a bill, giving federal protection to same—sex and inter—racial marriages. todayis today is a good day! a day america takes a vital step towards equality. locking in their place in the world cup final — goals from messi and alvarez see argentina crush croatia's hopes with a 3—0 win in qatar. and a judge in the bahamas denies bail to the founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange ftx. sam bankman—fried is accused of one of the biggest financial frauds in us history. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme: china's hospital system is coming under a huge strain as covid—19 spreads quickly again. it follows the government's decision to abandon its zero—covid approach. the situation has become so bad that doctors and nurses who have contracted the virus are being told to turn—up for work because of staff shortages. stephen mcdonell reports from beijing. long lines have b

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in the last few minutes, it has been announced that the former england cricketer freddie flintoff has more do we know? . . . mckenzie is here. what more do we know? ., . . ., ., ~ mckenzie is here. what more do we know? ., .. ., ., ~ , .,. , know? the accident took place this mornin: know? the accident took place this morning while _ know? the accident took place this morning while the _ know? the accident took place this morning while the presenter- know? the accident took place this morning while the presenter was . morning while the presenter was hosting the top gear programme, the bbc series at duns old park aerodrome in surrey. the bbc press office in the last few moments has confirmed that andrew flintoff was injured in the accident at the top gear track this morning with crew and medics attending the scene immediately. he has been taken to hospital for further treatment and they will confer more details in due course and we believe his condition is not life—threatening. greg is not life-threatening. greg mckenzie. — is not life-threatening. greg mckenzie, thank _ is not life-th

the top gear presenter freddie flintoff is spending a second night in hospital after he was hurt in androme in surrey. his injuries are not thought to be life—threatening. the bbc has said "all health and safety procedures were followed on site". it's understood that the accident did not happen at high speed. three men have appeared in court in belgium accused of being involved in an alleged corruption scandal which has rocked the european parliament. prosecutors say they've found more than 1.5 million euros in cash stashed in various properties, which had been given as bribes, allegedly by qatar, which denies any wrongdoing. a member of the parliament has also been charged, but has had her hearing postponed. from brussels, our europe editor katya adler reports. cases full of cash seized by belgian police linked to key figures in or close to the european parliament. prompting hair raising questions about trust and whether eu influence can be bought. translation: the investigation | concerns the suspected corruption of european parliamentarians by a gulf nation. the purpose of the bribe

top gear presenter andrew "freddie" flintoff, has been injured whilst filming for the show.r england cricket captain was airlifted to hospital. a primary school in bradford has received almost £50,000 in donations after a bbc report on working parents struggling to pay for school meals. the atlas lions, morocco — take on defending champions france tonight for a right to play argentina, in sunday's world cup final. good morning. the cost of buying goods and services in the uk has fallen slightly during november, according to latest figures from the office for national statistics. the latest official figures show that price rises are at 10.7% — meaning the cost of living is still close to a ao—year high. that inflation figure of 10.7% is slightly down from a high in october of 11.1%. but the latest number is still way above the bank of england's target of 2%. food prices have continued to increase over the last 12 months, but fuel prices are rising by less over the past year. with me for more analysis our business correspondent marc ashdown. make these price rises have peaked?

the top gear presenter freddie' flintoff is air—lifted to hospital — after a high speed car crash, whilergentina crush croatia's hopes with a three — nil win in qatar.

former england cricketer andrew freddie flintoff is spending a second night in hospital after he was incident happened at the programmes' test track in surrey. his injuries are not thought to be life—threatening. ronnie o'sullivan is through to the round of 32 at the english open in brentwood. the world number one recovered from being 2—0 down to beat thailand's dechawat poomjaeng 4—2. and in hockey, great britain's men's team began their fih pro league campaign with an emphatic 3—0 victory over defending champions the netherlands, in argentina. the goals came in an ii—minute spell across the second and third quarters. zach wallace scored the first and third goalfor team gb either side of phil roper�*s strike. the physical and mental health benefits of swimming are well—known, but at the moment, not enough people from black and asian communities are taking the plunge. just 5% of black adults and 20% of black children in england are regular swimmers, according to recent figures. the black swimming association has been working hard to reverse that trend — and now it's picked up a natio

concern freddie. flintoff yeah.t happened the wake of what happened to the. get set many years the. yes, get set many years ago. yeah what can you tell us? well far as we know is that there was an incident yesterday . it wasn't high speed. i don't i don't know whether there's anything that that actually isn't high speed, because what top gear are all about. so as far as we know , was airlifted to far as we know, was airlifted to hospital. it's not life threatening. we believe that he's okay but more is going to come out but it sound like it's life threatening and certainly not as bad as what happened to richard hammond a few years ago, because involved you know because that involved you know he was in a coma and involved brain surgery. yeah, but as far as freddie is concerned, the story like it's a story is it looks like it's a nasty he be okay. nasty but he should be okay. yeah. everybody loves a bit of freddie flintoff this broke isn't wish him well isn't he and we wish him well because it's flat. he's a because i

the presenter of top gear freddie flintoff is still in hospital after being hurt in an accident whileccident did not happen at high speed. in just over an hour's time, morocco will become the first african football team, and the first arab nation, to play in a world cup semifinal. they take on the reigning champions, france, in qatar. the winners willjoin argentina in the final on sunday. our sports editor, dan roan, is pitch side for the match at the al bayt stadium just outside doha. morocco have lit up this world cup. arguably the greatest underdog story in the 92 year history of the tournament. they may have only been ranked 22nd in the world but have already been able to beat the likes of belgium, spain and portugal and are now facing arguably the greatest test, france. in doing those feats they have inspired huge pride not only in moroccan communities across europe including in france of course, but also across both north africa and indeed the entire arab world, which is incredibly fitting given this is the first world cup to be staged in the middle east. as mayenijones reports

top gear presenter andrew "freddie" flintoff has been injured whilst filming for the show.gling to pay for school meals. the atlas lions, morocco, take on defending champions france tonight for a right to play argentina in sunday's world cup final. good morning and welcome to bbc news. three people people have died and a3 rescued after an incident in the english channel involving a small boat off the kent coast in the early hours of this morning. a government offical told the bbc that 30 people had been pulled from the water. it's feared the number of deaths could rise. life boats, coastguard rescue teams, and an air ambulance were sent to help with the search operation. a fishing boat has also been helping. the home secretary, suella braverman, said on twitter: she'll make a statement to mp5 at 12.30. 0ur correspondent simonjones is in dover. iamat i am at the entrance of the lifeboat station in dover, and as you can see, there is a police presence here are stopping people coming and going. at the lifeboat station there is an ambulance, there are a lot of coastguard and li

they also bring exclusive news that top gear star freddie flintoff was airlifted hospital yesterday after those close the cricketer say his injuries were not life threatening . my superstar panel threatening. my superstar panel back daily mail columnist and amanda patel, the conservative the reverend calvin robinson and the reverend calvin robinson and the author, rebecca reed. now one of this country's most iconic and celebrated actresses, dame joanna lumley, has revealed in new interview that she has little sympathy for the hollywood movement, saying that young women in her area quote a lot tougher . the 76 year old lot tougher. the 76 year old best known for her role as, patsy stone. and like of the best ever tv shows of all, absolutely fabulous was speaking about starting out as a model in the 1960s, though lumley told prospect someone whistled at prospect, if someone whistled at you it didn't matter if you in the it didn't matter if was groping. we slapped their hands. we were quite tough and it was after ourselves. the new fashion is to be a victim. a victim, something. it's patheti

they also bring exclusive news that top gear star freddie flintoff was airlifted hospital yesterday after those close the cricketer say his injuries were not life threatening . my superstar panel threatening. my superstar panel back daily mail columnist and amanda patel, the conservative the reverend calvin robinson and the reverend calvin robinson and the author, rebecca reed. now one of this country's most iconic and celebrated actresses, dame joanna lumley, has revealed in new interview that she has little sympathy for the hollywood movement, saying that young women in her area quote a lot tougher . the 76 year old lot tougher. the 76 year old best known for her role as, patsy stone. and like of the best ever tv shows of all, absolutely fabulous was speaking about starting out as a model in the though lumley told the 1960s, though lumley told prospect if someone whistled at prospect, if someone whistled at you in didn't matter if you in the it didn't matter if was groping. we slapped their hands. we were quite tough and it was after ourselves. the new fashion is to be a victim. a victi