lyse doucet, bbc news, kyiv. >> t full interview with ukraine's first lady and lyse doucet is available will run this weekend. influential and inspiring women lunches on tuesday, december 6 -- launches on tuesday, december 6. elon musk has announced amnesty for many band accounts -- banned accounts. the amnesty for suspended accounts will begin next week as long as they haven't broken the law or spammed users. more than 3.1 million twitter users voted in the poll, with 72% saying yes. mr. musk had already reinstated the twitter account of former president trump after a similar poll last week. since taking over at twitter, elon musk has stirred up a real frenzy with radical changes, including a subscription fee for the blue tick and sacking staff. what direction is twitter headed? the bbc's america spoke to a former content moderator who was fired by mr. musk. >> it seems to be down to the whims of one person. and it just seemsthat -- seems that, as we go further down the line, there will be an increase in these abuses and an increase in this misinformation. he is not doing anything to a

lyse doucet, bbc news, kyiv.aine's first lady olena zelenska and bbc chief international correspondent lyse doucet is available on iplayer in the uk and will run on bbc world news this weekend, and bbc 100 women — our annual season of influential and inspiring women — launches on tuesday, the 6th of december. twitter�*s new owner elon musk has just announced an "amnesty" for many banned twitter accounts, after carrying out a poll on the platform. in a tweet, he said... the amnesty for suspended accounts will begin next week — as long as they haven't broken the law or spammed users. more than 3.1 million twitter users votes in the poll, with 72% saying yes. mr musk had already reinstated the twitter account of former president donald trump following a similar poll last week. since taking over at twitter, elon musk has stirred up a real frenzy, with a range of radical changes including a subscription fee for the blue tick and sacking staff. so what direction is twitter heading? and what does he mean for content mod

lyse doucet, bbc news, kyiv.bc chief international correspondent lyse doucet is available on iplayer in the uk and will run on bbc world news this weekend. you are watching bbc news. a reminder of our headlines: the latest world cup upset sees england held to a 0—0 draw against the usa. hospital patients are evacuated from the recently—liberated ukrainian city of kherson — after constant russian shelling. a former british soldier has been found guilty of shooting dead a man in northern ireland 3a years ago as he travelled to a football match. david holden, who's now 53, was convicted of manslaughter, for opening fire on aidan mcanespie with a machine gun at a border crossing point. he's the first veteran to be convicted of an historical offence in northern ireland since the good friday agreement. our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. former soldier david holden, seen here in the facemask, was 18 at the time of the shooting. he'd been serving with the grenadier guards, while the british army was deployed i

lyse doucet, bbc news, kyiv.nd bbc chief international correspondent lyse doucet will run on bbc world news this weekend. definitely worth a watch. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: celebrating 70 years of the mousetrap — the world's longest—running theatre production. it has been in the same theatre that entire time and it is now heading to broadway. president kennedy was shot down and died almost immediately. the murder ofjohn kennedy is a disaster for the whole free world. he caught the imagination of the world, the first of a new generation of leaders. margaret thatcher is resigning as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. before leaving number ten to see the queen, she told her cabinet, "it's a funny old world." after a few minutes, _ but nobody seemed to mind very much. cuba has declared nine days of mourning following the death of fidel castro at the age of 90. castro developed close ties with the soviet union in the 1960s. it was an alliance that brought the world to the brink of nuc

i spoke with lyse doucet. we do not have the full picturef what is happening in kherson, but the videos that have been posted on social media of the celebrations in the main square of kherson, the same square where people protested earlier is year, protested against the russian occupation, where we saw images of russian soldiers forcibly pushing people from the streets, those are now streets of celebrations, people waving the ukrainian flag. president zelenskyy has called this a day of celebration. people in the city are already taking down the symbols of the russian occupation. and it is not just kherson. the celebrations have come all the way here to kyiv, the capital two to my on square, in the city of the -- center of the city, celebrating what they see as such a huge victory and such a moment of hope. >> [chanting] >> a night of celebration in the heart of kyiv. this is might on square -- made am square -- maidan square. kherson is ukraine written in blue and red. -- blue and yellow, the colors of the ukra

for the bbc�*s 100 women series, the bbc�*s chief international correspondent lyse doucet travelled to0lena zelenska — and she began by asking how ukrainians will cope with the added pressure of power blackouts. two to three more years? everyone's life you has been turned upside down. when was the last time you, your husband, the president, your 18—year—old daughter, nine—year—old son, sat down and had dinner together? when you speak in public, and you often do, you say you speak as a daughter, a mother, a woman, a first lady, and yet you once said, i prefer to remain backstage. and now, the first lady of ukraine is on a global stage. first lady of ukraine is on a globalstage. how first lady of ukraine is on a global stage. how hard was it to take on a roll you did not want? do you and the president sometimes disagree on what role you should play? like what? like what? the us congress injuly? are you worried about the giving away of some of ukrainian land? the full interview with ukraine's first lady 0lena zelenska and bbc chief international correspondent lyse doucet is available on i

lyse doucet, bbc news, kyiv.f group stage matches have been completed — with all 32 nations now having tasted some competitive action. switzerland beat cameroon by a goal to nil. and in the other game in group g, brazil were 2—0 winners over serbia. uruguay and south korea played out a goalless draw. but perhaps the most closely watched game featured portugal — who beat ghana 3—2 — because of the presence of cristiano ronaldo. you may recall howjust two days ago he was in the headlines for a mutually agreed departure from manchester united — after that interview where he criticised the club's owners and current manager. well, even as a player without a club, he made his mark for portugal — opening the scoring in his country's win. but that goal also had some historic overtones in the men's game — here they are:|t made ronaldo the first player to score in five world cup final tournaments. it also made him the only player to be both the youngest and oldest scorer for his country at a world cup finals. and it extend

lyse doucet, bbc news, kyiv.er daily number of covid infections despite stringent measures designed to eliminate the virus. nearly 33,000 cases were recorded on thursday. that compares with just over 31,000 cases on wednesday. almost three years into the pandemic, china's zero— covid policy is still in place. snap lockdowns, mass testing and travel restrictions are continuing to cause disruption to daily life and the economy. i'm joined now by professor yang—jon huang, senior fellow for global health at the council on foreign relations. thanks very much forjoining us. i'm trying to work out why china are struggling so much. does this come down, really, to a lack of vaccination levels among the most vulnerable? is that the bottom line here? well, i think certainly the vaccines, especially the relatively low vaccination rate among the elderly plays a role especially when we consider the effectiveness of their vaccines and the immunity gap between china and the rest of the world that opens doors for the virus to eas

lyse doucet.speak tojohn herbst, senior director of the eurasia center at the atlantic council and a former us ambassador to ukraine. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. this time yesterday, i was talking to one analyst who was not convinced that this withdrawal was going to happen at all and 2a hours later, it seems to have been completed. it's extraordinary how quickly it happened, isn't it? it how quickly it happened, isn't it? . ., , how quickly it happened, isn't it? . a, , , ~ it? it certainly is. but the eventuality _ it? it certainly is. but the eventuality with - it? it certainly is. but the eventuality with the - it? it certainly is. but the i eventuality with the ukraine taking the city was never in doubt. it isjust taking the city was never in doubt. it is just that the timing surprised me. and so, wh did timing surprised me. and so, why did it _ timing surprised me. and so, why did it happen _ timing surprised me. and so, why did it happen so - timing surprised me. and so, why d

thank you for that, lyse doucet. accountability. sure, ok. thank you forthat, lyse doucet.ild month, things are expected to turn much colder and drier as we head into the start of december, and of course, that will be the start of meteorological winter. we'll also see cost —— frost and fog. some patches through the central belt of scotland. we're likely to see a fairly widespread frost. i thought your night to come, and this could be problematic, particularly through east wales and into eastern england. some of it could lift in the low cloud. elsewhere, we should see quite a bit of sunshine around. much of scotland and northwest england, may be less wales, southwest up to 10 degrees. elsewhere, low single digits. those values are pretty much where we should be for the time of year. hello this is bbc news with clive myrie. the headlines mass detentions in china, as protests over strict covid lockdowns spread to major cities. the demonstrations are an unprecedented challenge, to president xijinping. a last bit of fine tuning for england and wales, ahead of tomorrow's world cu

lyse doucet, bbc news, kyiv.annual season of influential and inspiring women, launches on tuesday, 6th december. police are failing to investigate complaints and support victims of stalking, a decade after it was made a specific offence, according to charities. a bbc freedom of information request has found at least four forces in england have failed to employ a single point of contact for stalking, despite a government requirement to do so. two families united in loss, together in memory of their daughters. gracie spinks and alice ruggles were both tragically murdered. in the months and weeks before their deaths, they'd reported suspected stalkers to the police. it's so unfair that they should die when they didn't do anything wrong. i mean, she's 23 years old. she could have had another 70 years of life. somebody has taken that away unfairly. it's absolutely disgraceful. i keep saying to myself, you can't think in those terms, but i do every single day. we all do. it's never out your head, is it? no. this is one

for the bbc�*s 100 women series, our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, spoke to mrs zelenskas will cope with the added pressure of power blackouts. when was the last time your family sat down and had dinner together? family sat down ini had dinner family sat down in public, nner tog often do, you say a you often do, you say a daughter, mother, woman, first lady. and you once said i lady. and yet, you once said i prefer to remain backstage. and now the first lady of ukraine is on a global stage. how hard was it to take on a role you didn't want? do you and the president sometimes disagree on what role you should play? us congress in july? are you worried about giving away some ukrainian land? the full interview with ukraine's first lady and international correspondent is available on iplayer in the uk and will will run on bbc world news over the course of the weekend. stay with us. coming up weekend. stay with us. coming up in a moment, you can get yourfull up in a moment, you can get your full world up in a moment, you can get yourfull world cup fixes up in a moment, you can

ukrainians have been celebrating across the country. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucetfrom the capital, kyiv. singing. this is the mood here in the centre of kyiv tonight — a night of celebration on what president zelensky describes as an historic day. look at the banners they are holding here, "kherson is ukraine," written in the colours of the ukrainian flag. they have been singing here for hours, singing popular songs, like this, singing the ukrainian national anthem. this is the most significant victory for ukrainian forces in some time and certainly one of the most significant reversals for the russians. president zelensky says that ukrainian forces are now joining its special units in the centre of kherson. we've spoken to people here tonight who believe that moments like this are bringing the end of the war closer, bringing them closer to the victory they have always believed was possible. but this war is far from over. this is a city which is suffering from power cuts because of russian strikes on the energy infrastructure. it also suffers from russian attacks.

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so very different attitudes to what happened, certainly. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucetthe capital kyiv, and she spoke to me earlier.— it is in the capital kyiv, and she spoke to me earlier. what has been described in — spoke to me earlier. what has been described in social _ spoke to me earlier. what has been described in social media, - spoke to me earlier. what has been described in social media, special. described in social media, special forces of the ukrainian army have reached the central city. whether ukrainian flags, reached the central city. whether ukrainianflags, hugging ukrainian soldiers. the same square when russian soldiers moved in, there were protests against the russian occupation, scenes of russian forces forcibly pushing back the protesters, pushing them off the streets. it is a very different scene today, even if there is concern there are russian forces still in the city, not in the uniforms but wearing plain clothes. it is still on the site of russian forces, so there is still some caution but there is a lot of celebration as we found when we went

so very different attitudes to what happened, certainly. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucetow from kyiv. hello. i wonder if we could start off with just giving as an assessment of what the latest situation is? the situation remains unclear, we don't have the full picture of what is happening inside kherson. but what we do know from the images which have appeared on social media, is what are being described as special units of ukrainian forces have reached the centre of the city. we have seen the images, people celebrating and waving ukrainian flags, hugging the ukrainian soldiers. that very same square where, months ago when russian forces moved in, there were protests against the russian occupation and scenes of russian forces forcibly pushing back the protesters, pushing them off the streets. it is a very, very different scene today, even if there is still concern russian forces are in the city. not wearing their uniforms but in plain clothes. as you have been hearing, the city is still in the sights of russian forces. there is still some caution, but a lot of celebration

lyse doucet, bbc news, kyiv.signed to eliminate the virus. nearly 33,000 cases were recorded on thursday. that compares with just over 31,000 cases on wednesday. almost three years into the pandemic, china�*s zero—covid policy is still in place. snap lockdowns, mass testing and travel restrictions are continuing to cause disruption to daily life and the economy. people who share explicit images or videos, which have been manipulated to look like someone. without their consent, could be jailed under proposed changes to the law in england and wales. the government has announced a series of amendments to the 0nline safety bill — which is currently going through parliament — giving police and prosecutors more power to bring abusers to justice. monika plaha has been speaking to campaigners. there is no way of stopping more people seeing that. in this moment right now people might be looking at them. people might be copying them and downloading them and sharing them. . . and downloading them and sharing them. , . ., ,

is set to announce a new strategy to tackle the problem. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucetie saying, so little has been done over the past decade. britain didn't give it the focus it had initially done at the start, so when i sat down with james cleverly i asked what he would do to reassure the survivors of sexual violence in conflict that britain would stay the course this time. the conversations we have in public, they echo what we say in private, the conversations we have in private. the recognition that this is a problem that has not gone away is absolutely key. the recognition, though, that there is a way of eradicating this... is there a way when conflicts seem to get ever worse? we have seen for example in colombia... a peace deal signed. there has. but look at what is happening in ukraine, democratic republic of the congo, ethiopia, it gets worse. but where the peace deal has been signed it shows a recognition, proactivity, training and education can reduce the incidence of sexual violence in conflicts. it hasn't eradicated it but it has reduced it. so, this is not

let's now go live to lyse doucet — the bbc�*s chief international correspondent — who's at the conferenceopening session of this conference today was extraordinary. there was no sugar courting. angelina jolie we launch this initiative with britain ten years ago, listing all the ways it hasn't worked. hardly enough has been done she said. one of the most powerful voices today was a victim of the violence perpetrated by the islamic state fighters in iraq. she's a member of the city community. she has gone around the world telling her story. ribs mumbled multiple times. she has lost dozens of family members. when i sat down with her i asked nadia do you believe the promises you're here and i've heard, you know, this before. i've heard this over and over again in other conferences in the past. eight years. when we first started it was years ago when i told you about the story, my story, my family story, my community. and now, years later we are seeing the same thing is being completed against women in ukraine. we are seeing millions of women in afghanistan deprived of their basic rights. wome

first lady, 0lena zelenska, is taking on a more public role. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse douceten was the last time your family sat down and had dinner together? when you speak in public, and you often do, you say you speak as a daughter, mother, woman, first lady. and yet, you once said i prefer to remain backstage. and now the first lady of ukraine is on a global stage. how hard was it to take on a role you didn't want? do you and the president sometimes disagree on what role you should play? us congress in july? are you worried about giving away some ukrainian land? the full interview with ukraine's first lady and international correspondent is available on iplayer in the uk and will will run on bbc world news over the course of the weekend. 0ur our annual our annual season our annual season of inspirational women launches soon. breaking news from london, seeing a woman with down syndrome has lost her court of appeal challenge over legislation that currently exists, which allows the abortion of babies with down syndrome up until birth. heidi brought legal action against the d