luxmy gopal, bbc news. this is the briefing from bbc news.again to secure a new election, as eu ambassadors meet to discuss another possible brexit delay. tens of thousands of people are forced to leave their homes, as wildfires rage through california's wine country. post—mortem examinations are to begin on the 39 people who died in a shipping container bound for britain. now it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we begin with the times, which focuses on the uk labour pa rty‘s reaction to prime minister borisjohnson‘s call for an early general election. it reports that labour's leader jeremy corbyn was on thursday night still considering backing the election call, despite massive pressure from his own party to reject it. the german paper die welt says johnson's chance of getting a new election is zero, as the strong support he requires from 0pposition parties to trigger one is not in sight. tech crunch leads on the online giant amazon's first earnings miss in two years, which led to its

luxmy gopal reports.owing the end, let's look back at ferrybridge power station's heyday. at its peak in the 1960s, it produced enough electricity for two million people. for half a century its giant cooling towers churning out steam dominated the skyline. today thousands turned out to see four of those towers demolished. it's a once—in—a—lifetime thing really because there's not many cooling towers left now. why did you come along to watch this today? to see it get blown up and to see how big an explosion it makes. just to see a big bang and everything gets destroyed. it is always on the skyline when you travel on the a1 or the m62 so it's a big day for people in this area. the company behind the site closed it in 2016 and shifted to low carbon in energy. this has been part of the skyline for about 50 years so for the local community, they will see a change in that skyline. so there is a bittersweet feeling for the local residents here. those residents helped count down to the moment this familiar outlin

luxmy gopal, bbc news.hocked the world. on their rampage through iraq and syria, ancient artefacts destroyed by islamic state militants. these, the winged bulls that once stood in the ancient city of nimrud, blown up by the militants. now, they are born anew. we started working to record all of the known fragments that were removed from nimrud and taken to the british museum in the 19th century, and then were spread around other museums in europe. from those scans, a perfect replica, carefully created. translation: these bulls are symbols. the human‘s head represents wisdom and knowledge, ability and thinking. the wings show progress, speed, strength and highness. the body is a mix of a lion‘s body and a bull‘s body, animals that represent strength and wealth. they have now been installed at the university of mosul. translation: i feel very happy today to see the statue of the winged bull that expresses the emblem, the civilisation and heritage of mosul. the originals cannot ever be brought back, but these

luxmy gopal has the story.ness the end ofan era. crowds gathering to witness the end of an era. but before showing the end, let's look back at ferrybridge power station's heyday. at its peak in the 1960s, a produce enough electricity for 2 million people. for half a century its giant cooling towers churning out steam dominated the skyline. today, thousands turned out to sea four of those towers demolish. it is a once-in-a-lifetime thing, not many cooling towers left 110w. thing, not many cooling towers left now. why did you come along to watch this today? to see it get blown up and see how big of an explosion it makes. just to see a big bang and everything getting destroyed. always on the skyline when you travel on the a1 or dm 62, so it is a big day for people in this area. the company behind the site closed it in 2016 in a shift to carbon energy. these have been part of the skyline for about 50 yea rs, been part of the skyline for about 50 years, so the local community will see a change in that skyline. it is

luxmy gopal reports. ready to go? another day, another school run.are particularly at risk from air pollution and diseases linked to it. now academics in sheffield have analysed pollution levels on the school run by giving 45 families a monitoring device. green means good, yellow means it's quite pollutional, red means it's bad, and purple means it's very bad. the study‘s found that, in the worst cases, children are exposed to pollutants the equivalent of smoking 17.5 cigarettes a week, which they've caluclated by comparing the number of deaths caused by smoking and by air pollution. the families have been troubled by the results. it did kind of keep me awake at night sometimes. i did wake up and was really concerned, you know? i spoke to my husband about whether we should move house. but are some means of travel worse than others? we experimented — three neighbouring families going to the same school in three different ways to see which has the most exposure to air pollution, cycling, driving or walking? time to guess which was worst... walking! cyc

luxmy gopal is in sheffield with a group of remain voters, who are preparing to travel to london to taketurday morning to board these coaches behind me because on what is said to be a pretty defining day in this country's brexitjourney, pretty defining day in this country's brexit journey, people here are set to be making a journey themselves across it down to london to ta ke themselves across it down to london to take part in the people ‘s vote march. a quick riddle for you, what are the chef delia smith, the writer ian mcewan and the actor patrick stewart have in common? well, they are among the celebrity of two —— celebrities to have stumped up cashed to get these buses together. i will speak to some of the 114 people in sheffield who are on these coaches as part of the march. nell schofield, you have set on these disco —— coaches today. why are you taking part in this? we think the deal on offer needs to be voted down, it is a bad deal. and then we wa nt down, it is a bad deal. and then we want a people 's vote. we think there are people who should be involved in the final decision o

luxmy gopal reports. ready to go? another day, another school run.heffield have analysed pollution levels on the school run by giving 45 families a monitoring device. green means good, yellow means it's quite pollutional, red means bad, and purple means very bad. the study showed children are exposed to pollutants equivalents of smoking 17.5 cigarettes a week, which they've caluclated by comparing the number of deaths caused by smoking and by air pollution. the families have been troubled by the results. it did kind of keep me awake at times. i was really concerned. i spoke with my husband whether we should move house. but are some means of travel worse than others? we experimented with three families going to the same school in three different ways to show which has the most exposure to air pollution. cycling, driving or walking? time to guess which was worse? walking! cycling! walking! before the results reveal all. the study shows the air pollution concentration is the highest inside the car, followed by cycling, and then walking. that's quite sur

luxmy gopal reports. ready to go? another day, another school run.f travel worse than others? we experimented with three families going to the same school in three different ways to show which has the most exposure to air pollution. cycling, driving or walking? time to guess which was worse. walking! cycling! walking! before the results reveal all. the study shows the air pollution concentration is the highest inside the car, followed by cycling, and then walking. that's quite surprising. they trap exhaust from cars in front of them, and tunnel them into this toxic box that is the car. the government has let down children in the country and has let them down very badly. because what we need is to speed up this transition to electric vehicles. the government is working across departments to tackle this really important issue, and don‘t forget that we are the first government to set net zero emissions by 2050, that is groundbreaking, and our clean—air strategy has been termed round breaking by the who. so we are definitely on the right track. sheffield

luxmy gopal is in sheffield for us this morning. good morning. of its kind, carried out by academics here in sheffield, they've looked atjust how much air pollution children are facing on the school run. ready to go? another day, another school run. and it's ready to go? another day, another school run. and its children, their lungs who are still developing, that are particularly at risk from air pollution and diseases linked to it. now academics in sheffield have analysed pollution levels on the school run by giving 45 families a monitoring device. green means good, the other means it's quite pollutional, red means bad, and purple means very bad. the study showed children are exposed to polluta nts showed children are exposed to pollutants equivalents of smoking 17.5 cigarettes a week, that's compared by comparing health statistics. i was really concerned, i spoke about whether i should move house, with my husband. some are worse than others. we experimented. three families going to the same school in three different ways to show which has the m

calling for a further referendum, luxmy gopal has met with a group of remain voters in sheffield, asp on the coach. i obviously am too young now, and was then too young to vote, and by turning up to protest is one of the only ways i can make my voice heard. i think it's really important that we go as a family because neither of them have actually got a voice. i feel my voice hasn‘t been heard. i was too young to vote in 2016 in the referendum, and in 2017 in the general election. so that‘s sort of where i‘ve gone with my slogan. and a picture to go with it, a zip tied mouth. i have lost plenty of votes in my life, and i'm happy to lose more but i'm really worried that this was an unfair result. ijust want us to double—check, you know, that this is something we do want to do before we commit to something that's just really tough to undo. we're actually not getting a chance to put our view forward when circumstances have changed substantially since the initial referendum and, as part of the democratic process, one of the things that is available to us is protest. it‘s a bit white under

are calling for every school to have a specialist teacher to help pupils with the condition, as luxmy gopalars old, so his mum got it done privately when he was six. but according to a report by cross—party mp5, 80% of schoolchildren in england with dyslexia are undiagnosed. a private diagnosis typically costs between £500 and £700 per child. add in any private tutoring needed, and it can become unaffordable. it takes a large proportion of my salary each month to fund that. it's almost like paying for another mortgage. this one. some schools, like this one in leeds, do provide specialist staff, equipment and diagnosis for dyslexic children, who used to struggle without knowing why. it made me feel a bit, like, dumb, because everyone else could do better work than me. so i was like, "why am i so bad at spelling?" when i found out, it made it feel better because i knew there was a reason. now some mps and charities want every school to have a dyslexia teacher, for better support and earlier diagnosis. the department for education says schools must identify and address pupils' special educatio