sarah: manmohan singh has died at age 92.tions have been taking place in countries around the indian ocean to mark the 20 than the rest of the tsunami that killed more than 220,000 people. the vast wave caused by an earthquake devastated indonesia, thailand, and sri lanka, and displaced nearly 2 million people. now, what did people here in the u.k. watch on christmas day? for many, the answer seems to be "gavin and stacey." the show had a whopping overnight audience of 12.30 2 million, making it the biggest nonsports overnight of 2024. this was the final ever episode of the beloved british sitcom. it doesn't include those yet to watch the episode on catch up. "wallace & gromit" at the second-highest overnight viewing figures caroline frost is a tv and film critic and columnist for "radio times" and explained why the hype over the "gavin and stacey'finale was justified. >> the audience came, and not only are the figures massive, they superseded the audience figures for 2019 five years ago, but also it looks set to dwarf the 18

former indian prime minister manmohan singh dies aged 92.e governed the country for two terms, and liberalised its economy. and — gavin and stacey win the christmas day tv ratings battle here in the uk — with over 12 million people tuning in to see whether smithy accepted nessa's proposal. hello, i'm sarah campbell. israel has been carrying out air strikes across yemen, including on the international airport in the capital, sanaa. the head of the world health organization, tedros adhanom ghebreyesus, was at the airport about to board a flight when it came under israeli attack. he was not injured. the israeli military says it has been targeting the houthis, the rebel group backed by iran. houthi rebels say three people were killed in the strikes. houthi fighters in yemen have targeted israel, and ships in the red sea and the gulf of aden, in solidarity with palestinians in gaza. meanwhile in central gaza, health officials say five journalists have been killed by an israeli strike. the strike hit a marked broadcast van outside al—awda hospital

i, manmohan singh...o become, in 200a, india's first sikh prime minister. he'll be remembered particularly for making the country talked about as an emerging economic giant. though much of india's one billion plus population was in reality largely untouched by the economic reforms, and poverty remained deep and pervasive and job creation a massive challenge. india now had its place at the world's high tables. and as the global economy faltered and then went into crisis, india's role and manmohan singh�*s experience as an economist and international civil servant was crucial. the signing of a civilian nuclear agreement between india and the united states was a landmark of mr singh�*s premiership, especially given the concern about south asia as a potential nuclear flashpoint after both india and pakistan carried out underground tests in 1998. but the gun and grenade attack on luxury hotels and other targets in mumbai, which killed around 170 people, not only demonstrated india's vulnerability. it also revi

i, manmohan singh.. sikh prime minister. he'll be remembered particularly for making the country talked about as an emerging economic giant. though much of india's1 billion—plus population was, in reality, largely untouched by the economic reforms, and poverty remained deep and pervasive and job creation a massive challenge. india now had its place at the world's high tables, and as the global economy faltered and then went into crisis, india's role and manmohan singh's experience as an economist and international civil servant was crucial. thank you. the signing of a civilian nuclear agreement between india and the united states was a landmark of mr singh's premiership, especially given the concern about south asia as a potential nuclear flashpoint after both india and pakistan carried out underground tests in 1998. but the gun and grenade attack on luxury hotels and other targets in mumbai, which killed around 170 people, not only demonstrated india's vulnerability, it also revived the historic mutual

manmohan singh was the prime minister.ed one of the fastest growth rates from 2004-2010. he also introduced some schemes with far-reaching consequences. introducing a unique identification number and an employment scheme that really played a key role during the covid crisis, when millions of workers went without jobs. manmohan singh will always be remembered for being the architect of modern india. a man who took india out of trouble when he was the finance minister. also during his prime minister ship when he was able to build consensus with political parties to take india forward. he is one of the few leaders in india who was not directly attached to any corruption allegations. >> building ties internally but also credited with improving or increasing his standing on the world stage with diplomatic relations with big world powers of the time. >> india's rise as an economic power also coincided with how india boosted relations with united states. in the previous 1990's, india was very much in the soviet bloc, supporting r

tell us, what do you know of working with singh and his legacy? t with singh and his legacy?il with several people, so i would see him at once a yearfor several people, so i would see him at once a year for several years in a row, and there is no doubt that singh will go down as one of the greatest prime ministers india had because he carried out the fundamental u—turn that had to be taken to move india away from the old protectionist policies that locked up the indian economy and prevented the growth, and he was the first one to say let's liberalise, let's open up, and when people are criticising him for saying hey, foreign investment will exploit us in

former indian prime minister manmohan singh dies aged 92. he governed the country for two terms, and liberalised its economy. israel has been carrying out air strikes across yemen, including on the international airport in the capital, sanaa. the head of the world health organization, tedros adhanom ghebreyesus, was at the airport about to board a flight when it came under israeli attack. he was not injured. the israeli military says it has been targeting the houthis, the rebel group backed by iran. houthi rebels say three people were killed in the strikes. houthi fighters in yemen have targeted israel, and ships in the red sea and the gulf of aden, in solidarity with palestinians in gaza. our correspondent shaimaa khalil has more on those strikes in yemen. we've seen very dramatic footage from inside sana'a international airport of people running in a panic with their luggage and their trolleys, some of them trying to leave the building through a gate, others running in different directions. we also saw one from outside the building showing

india pays respects to former prime minister manmohan singh. his last rites were held with full state honours. and these jeans were not made for chess, in fact it lead to the resignation of the world's top grandmaster. hello, i'm lucy hockings. president putin has apologised to azerbaijan's president for what he called a tragic incident in russian airspace involving the azerbaijan airlines plane that crashed in kazakhstan on christmas day, killing 38 people. there's no direct admission the plane was struck by a russian missile. a statement on the kremlin website says russian air defence was repelling a drone attack while the plane was attempting to land. in the latest development, president putin has called for an objective and transparent probe into the crash. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, is in moscow to unpack the kremlin's statement. the wording is very important here in these situations. you have to look at the wording on the kremlin website in the readout of the conversation. so, yes, vladimir putin did apologise, but not for downin

i have been standing here, and this is where his body was taken —— dr singh.e saw over the past couple of hours when the body was brought here, unless leaders were here, we saw a steady flow of congress party supporters who had gathered at the congress party headquarters to pay their respects, we had sloganeering and the chance of long live dr singh. his family as well was here for about an hour before the body was moved out to another location where as i said he will be cremated with full military honours. why he is being honoured is because of the leader he was, he was a veteran congressman who was india's finance minister first for 1991 in years, india's finance minister first for1991 in years, and india's finance minister first for 1991 in years, and that is where he really shot to fame because of his big economic liberalisation policies, which opened up india's economy for the first time to investment, many credit him to charting india's growth story to get in the on the path of economic growth. priorto the on the path of economic growth. prior to that he

india is holding a state funeral for its former prime minister manmohan singh — the first sikh to leadhe nation. and a nasa spacecraft makes history by surviving the closest—ever approach to the sun. hello. i'm carl naz man, welcome to the programme. the united states says a plane that crashed in kazakhstan on christmas day, killing 38 people, may have been brought down by russian air defence systems. azerbaijan airlines said there had been external interference, as it tried to land in russian territory. russia has refused to comment on speculation that it fired on the plane by mistake. the pilots were killed in the crash, but they are credited with saving 29 people on board, by managing to land part of the plane. azerbaijan is demanding an international investigation. ukraine says russia has to be held to account. jon donnison reports. this is the moment the plane went down. it's remarkable anyone survived. but emerging from the wreckage, some did. the flight had been diverted to kazakhstan after passengers heard bangs when it tried to land at its original destination, grozny, in chec

doctor singh served at the prime ministerfrom 2004 until singh served at the prime minister from 2004 fourth longest serving prime minister of the country, he was a distinguished economist and politician and played a pivotal role in shaping modern india and he championed economic reforms overseeing a period of robust growth that lifted millions out of poverty. the news coming to us from india at the moment that manmohan singh, the former prime minister that governed india for two terms and liberalised its economy has died. military bloggers and aviation experts have accused russia of shooting down the azerbaijan airlines plane which crashed killing 38 people in kazakhstan yesterday. they've suggested the plane was mistaken for a ukrainian drone and attacked by russian air defences. no proof has been offered. the plane left baku for grozny but was diverted to aktau because of fog. the kremlin has warned against promoting "hypotheses" about the cause of the crash and urged people to wait for the outcome of an official investigation. jonathan josephs reports. these are some of the surviv

indians gather to pay their respects to former prime minister manmohan singh at his state funeral. over 1,300 critically endangered tiny snails have been released in the remote portuguese island of desertas, in the atlantic ocean. the world health organization says the last major functioning hospital in northern gaza has been put out of service after it was evacuated by the israeli military. the kamal adwan hospital has been under siege by the idf for weeks. staff say airstrikes there on friday killed 50 people. the head of the hospital's nursing department told the bbc the army gave them only a 15—minute warning to evacuate patients and staff before the israeli army entered the hospital and removed anyone that remained. israel says the hospital was being used by hamas as a command centre, but has not provided any evidence to support this. let's speak to our correspondent in jerusalem, emir nader. what is the picture now for the people in northern gaza, on health? ~ . ., , health? much worse after this hosital health? much worse after this hospital has _ health? much worse after th

indians gather to pay their respects to former prime minister, manmohan singh.l state honours. and thick fog is causing travel disruption around the uk, with flights cancelled and drivers warned to be careful on the roads. now on bbc news — time to look back at the year in sport.

he shared his thoughts on manmohan singh�*s legacy.. he, as prime minister in the period between 2004 and 2014, ensured that we revised our international orientation to become more westward leaning by pushing through a very controversial at the time nuclear deal with the us, and that sort of normalised india's nuclear programme, and repaired you relations with the us. in many ways, the india that we see now, which is quite outward looking, very integrated into the world economy and quite confident, is the one he began to build a 1991 as finance minister and continued as prime minister. ~ . minister and continued as prime minister. ~ ,, ,, , , minister. what about his belief in political _ minister. what about his belief in political consensus, - in political consensus, something he talked about a lot? do you feel those kinds of sentiments have changed in the india we have today? i sentiments have changed in the india we have today?— india we have today? i think that in 2014, _ india we have today? i think that in 2014, one _ india we h

the state funeral of the former indian prime minister, manmohan singh has taken place in delhi. first sikh premier died on thursday at the age of 92. mourners turned out across the capital to pay their respects as mamohan singh�*s coffin was placed on a flower—decked carriage pulled by a ceremonial army truck. 2sec gun and the ceremony included a 21—gun salute the ceremony included a 21—gun salute and was attended by india prime minister narendra modi, members of mr singh�*s congress party as well as other politicians and foreign dignitaries. our correspondent, arunoday mukharji, was at the funeral and says people of all political affiliations attended. it was a massive affair as you can see just by the crowd and also the heavy police presence here it was a massive affair as you can see just by the crowd and also the heavy police presence here because there were leaders from various political parties to several politicians of opposition parties as well. that is testament to who the former prime minister was, serving as the leader of the country from 2040 2014. prior to that, kno

indians gather to pay their respects to former prime minister, manmohan singh.ntinues to cause delays and cancellations at some of the uk's busiest international airports. forecasters say the fog is likely to linger. now on bbc news, bbc 100 women in conversation: allyson felix. allyson felix is the most decorated track and field athlete of all time.

singh: i will get started. the first half of your book i really sacked out because it reminded me of my books in microeconomics and monetary theory when we first learned about what a useful function that money serves. i'm going to read a short passage and have you explain it to the audience because i think it gets to the heart of what you are talking about. and then we can go through a few questions about what you are trying to say and then i will have a few other questions that came to my mind. you talk about the fact that money and the institutionthat support it are -- you also talk about money as an institution and what a great institution it was to avoid -- a condition of anarchy. money provides us rules for conduct. i'm reminded of what i read -- money has value. and it serves various functions. and it is now the greatest dislocation. now that we have moneygpt, cryptocurrencies what you are saying is that everything is dislocated. what is the dislocation? james: thank you for the kind words about the book.

indians gather to pay their respects to former prime minister, manmohan singh. died on thursday at the age of 92. his last rites were held with full state honours. and — thick fog continues to cause delays and cancellations at some of the uk's busiest international airports. forecasters say the fog is likely to linger. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'mjane dougall.

we finished half of laal singh and that's when covid hit.had planned just to complete laal singh and then, you know, move on. but, uh... and then my kids convinced me, and i... you know, my son said, "you're like an extreme person." and he's right, i am an extreme person. he said, "you're like a pendulum. you know, you were right here and did only films, films, films, films. and now you want to swing to the other side and do no films and just be with family, family, family. there is a middle place also you can think about", he told me, and he said, "you should try and bring some balance in your life." and i thought he was right. so since then, that's what i've been trying to do. yeah. living a balanced life, where i'm working really hard. in fact, i'm doing much more work than i ever did. so i don't work after 6 o'clock any more nowadays. so i'm actually kind of finding that balance between work and a personal life. so i kind of feel i've reached that space now. and you've spoken a lot about mental health, too. you did an interview with your

the state funeral of the former indian prime minister, manmohan singh has taken place in delhi.ital to pay their respects as dr singh�*s coffin was placed on a flower—decked carriage pulled by a ceremonial army truck. the ceremony included a 21—gun salute and was attended by india prime minister narendra modi, members of dr singh�*s congress party as well as other politicians and foreign dignitaries. thousands of protesters in georgia have formed a human chain in the capital, tbilisi, to mark a month of daily pro—europe demonstrations. similar rallies have been held in other towns and cities across the country. mass protests have gripped georgia since the increasingly authoritarian government said it would delay eu accession talks until 2028. opposition anger has been compounded since parliament chose a government loyalist as president. he is due to take office on sunday. the incumbent, salome zourabichvili, is refusing to step down, describing his election as illegitimate. a ukrainian official has told the bbc they hope a new year prisoner exchange with russia will happen " any

first, manmohan singh, one of india's longest serving prime ministers, has died.e world's largest democracy for a decade. singh is best known for reforming india's economy when he was its finance minister in the 1990's. he also oversaw a landmark deal with the united states over nuclear energy. but his second term as prime minister was clouded by corruption scandals, and singh kept a low profile after leaving office. he died at a hospital in new delhi. manmohan singh was 92-years-old and, business executive richard parsons has died of bone cancer, a close friend told the new york times. parsons gained a reputation for being the man brought in to "right the ship." among the companies he was enlisted to fix: citigroup, during the 2008 financial crisis and time warner, after its disastrous merger with aol. for a time, he was one of the most prominent african american media executives in the u.s. richard parsons was 76 years old. still to come on the "newshour." some international students are advised to return to the u.s. before president elect trump takes office and

mr singh, are you going to tell the truth today?you were covering up your own guilty knowledge. er, i... no, i... i wasn't. he helped prepare the case against seema misra, who ended up in prison and pregnant. he was forwarded an email about a bug — the header showing it was printed on his computer three days before her trial — but the material was never disclosed. this was saved in your drive, wasn't it? er, i don't even know what you're talking about. i don't know how to do — these things worked. you don't know how to save a document? no. former post office boss paula vennells starting her three days of evidence... are you a liar, ms vennells? ..distancing herself from any wrongdoing. i was too trusting. i'm...disappointed where information wasn't shared. but the barristers for the sub—postmasters didn't hold back. looking under that rock, you're going to find a problem. it's going to devastate the post office, ruin it. and you couldn't let that happen, could you, ms vennells? i loved the post office. i gave it... she inhales. voic

mr singh, are you going to tell the truth today?gh. you were covering up your own guilty knowledge. no, i wasn't. he helped prepare the case against seema misra, who ended up in prison and pregnant. he was forwarded an email about a bug. the header showing it was printed on his computer three days before her trial. but the material was never disclosed. this was saved in your drive, wasn't it? i don't even know what you're talking about. i don't know how to do, how these things worked. you don't know how to save a document? no. former post office boss paula vennells starting her 1550 00:21:41,475 --> 00:21

singh had congenital heart disease and had two surgeries due to his condition.tion to america's got talent, singh was featured on comedy central and family guy and performed standup as recently as last month. his funeral services will be held on saturday in hayward. tomorrow in the capital, actor mark ruffalo will be advocating for stricter rules on the amount of toxic pfas that manufacturers can discharge into waterways. he is joining the environmental working group, who submitted a proposal with new discharge limits to the white house in june. those limits have not been formally proposed by the epa, which recently finalized new maximum contaminant levels in april and designated two synthetic pfas as hazardous substances. >> parents in marin county are speaking out about a new ethnic studies course. one school district is adding to its curriculum. some say the new class is divisive. the class is called community and consciousness. it's scheduled to be offered this spring at the tamalpais union high school district and fulfills a new state mandated graduation re

indians gather to pay their respects to former prime minister, manmohan singh. india's first sikh prime minister died on thursday at the age of 92. his last rites were held with full state honours. and thick fog is causing travel disruption around the uk, with flights cancelled and drivers warned to be careful on the roads. now on bbc news — time to look back at the year in sport. 2024 was an extraordinary 12 months of sport. a year dominated by some of the very biggest showpiece events. we had a men's euros in germany, where england came so close, and a paralympics and olympics in paris, where great britain once again excelled. achievements honoured here at the year—ending bbc sports personality of the year. more on that later. but 2024 was also a year where some of british sport's biggest stars took theirfinal bows. the likes ofjimmy anderson, andy murray, tom daley and laura kenny to name just a few. but the year was also for new, exciting sporting talent. luke "the nuke" littler... and that's where 2024 started. injanuary, the year was young and so too was t

indians gather to pay their respects to former prime minister manmohan singh at his state funeral. india's first sikh prime minister died on thursday at the age of 92. he's being cremated with full state honours. thick fog is causing travel disruption around the uk, with flights cancelled and drivers warned to be careful on the roads. now on bbc news...the travel show: antarctica: the frozen frontier — part 1. welcome to one of the most breathtaking and extraordinary places on earth. i'm in antarctica. on a journey across the coldest... woohoo! ..the windiest... whoa. ..and surely one of our most awe—inspiring continents. there it is, there. it's there. 0h! 0h, hello. look at that. just over 105,000 tourists visited antarctica in 2023. it was also the hottest year on record, with potentially disastrous global consequences. muffled bang. oh, it's a carving. that's a massive bit of ice falling off. we see ice sheets melting, ice shelves melting, we have more carving. that's why we also have more icebergs in the water. as more and more people embark on these adventures, what can we le

indians gather to pay their respects to former prime minister, manmohan singh. india's first sikh prime minister died on thursday at the age of 92. his last rites were held with full state honours. and thick fog is causing travel disruption around the uk, with flights cancelled and drivers warned to be careful on the roads. now on bbc news — where the polar bears wait. on the edge of the canadian arctic, a community lives alongside the largest land predator on earth. they call it the polar bear capital of the world. but it's so much more interesting than that. a place that's been defined by remoteness, beauty and danger. there's a bear there! it's crossing the road. we heard crackers going off, and now the polar bear alert team are moving around, so we're going to get back in the car. the bear was up on this deck here. it was testing the door. we don't want him going back to town. this place, its people and its polar bears now face an uncertain future. the longer they're on shore, the longer they're fasting and the longer they might need to start looking for alt

indians gather to pay their respects to former prime minister manmohan singh at his state funeral. india's first sikh leader died on thursday at the age of 92. he's being cremated with full state honours. thick fog is causing travel disruption around the uk, with flights cancelled and drivers warned to be careful on the roads. now on bbc news...the watermelons. daeva is a rebel leader. he's talking to a spy inside the enemy camp, a soldier in the myanmar military. like watermelons, they're green on the outside, appearing to be loyal to the army. but inside, they're red, working for the pro—democracy uprising. why are they prepared to risk everything? chanting. daeva leads a unit of unlikely fighters — city protesters turned jungle rebels. they call themselves the people's defence forces, or pdf. they're part of a pro—democracy armed uprising triggered by a military coup. shouting. watermelons — spies in the military — are helping him. to manage the growing network of spies, the resistance set up a watermelon unit two years ago. for security reasons, we're disguising his identity an

india pays respects to former prime minister manmohan singh.nours. and these jeans were not made for chess, in fact it lead to the resignation of the world's top grandmaster. hello, i'm lucy hockings. president putin has apologised to azerbaijan's president for what he called a tragic incident in russian airspace involving the azerbaijan airlines plane that crashed in kazakhstan on christmas day, killing 38 people. there's no direct admission the plane was struck by a russian missile. a statement on the kremlin website says russian air defence was repelling a drone attack while the plane was attempting to land.

our news correspondent navin singh khadka with that story. weather for christmas week has been pretty benign. high pressure has brought light winds, a lot of cloud, some mist and fog and also some drizzle. subtle changes as we head into the weekend. we start to lose the influence of this area of high pressure and begin to pick up more of an atlantic influence, which should mean there should be more breeze and see a bit more sunshine. but we've still got this weather front straddling the north and west of scotland. that'll bring further rain through this evening and overnight. elsewhere, again, there's a lot of cloud around, some mist and fog, some drizzle too. but where skies are clear, then it will turn quite chilly — temperatures getting down to i or 2 degrees. for most, though, holding up to between 5—9 celsius. so into the first part of the weekend, for saturday, we're losing the influence of that area of high pressure, picking up more of a westerly breeze for scotland and northern ireland. so initially, it'll be grey with outbreaks of ra

he says nepal should be giving them to other countries as gifts. 0ur correspondent navin singh khadkan i talk to people on the ground — say, the community forestry people — they say that it is increasingly becoming more and more serious, because more and more tigers are there now, so the confrontation and all those kind of things. so, yes, the casualties also going up, and then also the cattle being attacked or losses of agriculture, people having to migrate elsewhere — the host of issues. political leaders are bringing it up now because they are also under pressure. i can imagine there's political pressure on that. now, this would seem on the surface a conservation success story, because these are endangered animals. but it shows that there are downsides, doesn't it? yes, so if you spoke to conservationists, for example, they would definitely say, and also by and large, it is a success story. but the thing is, again, it has all these things come along, and the question is, how do you manage them? and when i talk to experts, they say there are measures, but it is not easy to implement

and one of them has now been identified as amit singh, a resident of that city.ghbors say two men in a bmw were traveling at speeds exceeding 100mph. the driver lost control and slammed into a tree. authorities say that car split in half and hit a house on castro lane. coroner's officials are expected to release the identity of the second victim tomorrow. >> in san francisco. day six of jury deliberations in the nemo mckinney murder trial. wrapped up within the last half hour without a verdict. prosecutors say he attacked cash app founder bob lee during a dispute involving his sister last year. he says he acted in self defense when lee came at him with a knife while on drugs. the court is daca tomorrow, so deliberations are set to resume next week. >> new york city police say evidence is piling up against accused killer luigi mangione, linking him to the shooting death of unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson. >> police also revealing today that mangione did not have insurance through unitedhealth, and may have targeted that company because of its size and influenc

indians gather to pay their respects to former prime minister manmohan singh at his state funeral. the man key to the country's economic liberalisation, india's first sikh leader died on thursday at the age of 92. he's been cremated with full state honours. now on bbc news, path to the presidency: a year in review. this is not the 12 days of christmas. this is the 12 months of us politics. you are wearing a very christmassy outfit. i am, and i can make it more christmassy, look. belljingles i've got my little elf hat. i don't know — it's got a bell, though. maybe that's. .. it's a little distracting. is it too noisy for serious conversation? we were given the memo, "dress festive", and i look like the grinch because all i have in my closet is a green sweater and red earrings. so well done. you look very stylishly christmas, i've gone... let me stick this over here. oh, that's a shame. ok, it's fallen on the floor. that's fine. we'll leave it there. it's the thought that counts. they laugh exactly. well, festive indeed, here we are. we've made it to the end of the year. a couple of

indians gather to pay their respects to former prime minister, manmohan singh. india's first sikh prime minister died on thursday at the age of 92. his last rites were held with full state honours. and — thick fog continues to cause delays and cancellations at some of the uk's busiest international airports. forecasters say the fog is likely to linger. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'mjane dougall. top of the table for the new year after trouncing saracens, it's a great day for bath's premiership title hopes. ryanjoyce comes through a third round thriller to make it into the last 16 at the pdc world championship. and we hearfrom unsung hero award winner adam kenyon on the archery club that helps its members beyond the sport. welcome to the programme. it's been a busy day in rugby union, with a stunning performance from bath at the rec. they put 10 tries past saracens to open up a five point gap at the top of the table. the 68 points to 10 victory underlined their credentials as title contenders at the halfway point of the camp

lets speak to margaretha wewerinke—singh, leading legal team for the pacific island of vanuatu.al argument here? the programme. what is your central argument here?— argument here? the central argument — argument here? the central argument is _ argument here? the central argument is the _ argument here? the central argument is the conduct - argument here? the central| argument is the conduct that has caused of the climate crisis is unlawful on the international law and as a result, those responsible incur legal consequences which includes having to cease conduct in making preparations for the injury. see conduct in making preparations forthe injury-— for the in'ury. see you believe the for the injury. see you believe the action _ for the injury. see you believe the action taken _ for the injury. see you believe the action taken by _ for the injury. see you believe the action taken by countries. the action taken by countries that have increased global warming, producing climate change, need to pay compensation to countries who have not caused it, but are potentially suffering the

and bidding farewell to india's former prime minister as manmohan singh�*s last rites were held withull state honours. hello, this is bbc news. breaking news. and russian president vladimir putin has apologised to azerbaijan's president for what he called a "tragic incident" in russian airspace involving the azerbaijan airlines plane that crashed in kazakhstan on christmas day, killing 38 people. there's no direct admission the plane was struck by a russian missile. a statement on the kremlin website says russian air defence was repelling a drone attack while the plane was attempting to land. let's go live to moscow and the bbc�*s russia editor, steve rosenberg. it is at times like this that we are so thankful that you speak such exceptional russian. what was said? the wording is very important here in these situations. you have to look at the wording in the kremlin website in the readout of the conversation. yes, vladimir putin did apologise, but not for downing the plane, he apologised for what he called a tragic incident which took place in russian airspace. he expressed condolenc

james's abuser was identified as 36—year—old mahendra singh from trafford.ison sentence. i don't need to listen to this, ok? yeah, because you're a bleep, because you're gay, you're a bleep. one more time, i'm going to clear the line, ok? james never got to look his abuser in the eye, but this is what he would have said. the comments reminded me of slurs and insults i received whilst i was at school, when i was coming to terms with my sexuality when i was younger. this made me feel personally attacked. i don't think it's acceptable in this day and age in 2024 to be homophobic. attacks and abuse may be on the rise nationally, but our emergency services remain ready and on hand to help. dan o'donohue, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett at the weather with darren. hello there. storm darragh is heading into western parts of the uk this afternoon, but things will take a turn for the worse overnight and into saturday. it's then that we have this red wind warning from the met office, meaning a danger to life. the winds are going to b

the state funeral of the former indian prime minister, manmohan singh has been taking place in the capitaler died on thursday at the age of 92. our correspondent, arunoday mukharji, was at the funeral. this is where he was cremated with full state honours a short while back, people are slowly starting to disperse. the heavy police presence because they were leaders from the political parties right from the prime minister to several politicians of opposition parties as well. that is testament to who the former prime minister was, serving as the leader of the country from 2040 2014. but prior to that, known primarily for being the finance minister 1991 and changing the economic policy opening it up to foreign investment. that was the time when the economic growth story began and that�*s what he is known for. that is why you see the kind of condolence messages that have been pouring in right from various political parties, including the prime minister said india today is morning one of the countries most distinguished leaders. they pour in, we have seen dignitaries, we have seen politicians w

morgan, pimco, blackrock about this and your colleague rick rieder singh this morning he is comfortable with the belly of the curve staying shorter further out. looking further out, when can you even start to touch it? gargi: i think that as of this moment, the fact that you are earning so much income in the belly, in the front end of the curve and all of the risks that lie out there for increasing deficits that aren't going away anytime soon, but are, in fact, increasing. you don't necessarily have a reason to hold anything longer than the 5-7 year part of the curve given the amount of income you are able to generate. it is not necessarily about the exact level of the 10 year. i do not think that is as important as the fact you can build a perfectly resilient portfolio right now with income generation in the belly of the curve. you can fund that in the front end, in the belly. you don't need to go out. having said that, i want to turn for a second to the fact that as of today we have had about a trillion dollars in etf inflows in the u.s.. it's a huge day for us. a tremendous amount of