sophie long, bbc news.ra: as we have been reporting, it is the main day of diwali, the festival of lights, which is why rishi sunak's elevation is being celebrated in india as a gift. this bright, colorful festival is marked by millions of hindus, seeks across the world with lanterns and fireworks. in a northern indian city, more than 1.5 million decorative lamps were lit to markhe festival which represents the victory of light over darkness and of good over evil. in london, dancing for celebrations of fireworks narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond james. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ ♪ narrator: you're watching pbs. ♪ da-da-da-duh-da-da-da♪ ♪ dda-da-da-da-da ♪♪ ♪ judy: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on "the newshour" tonight..

that was sophie long in los angeles. prime minister. mr sunak is a practising hindu of indian descent — his grandparents were from british india, and migrated from east africa in the 1960s. our correspondent, navteonhal, has been speaking to british asians about what this moment means to them. two years ago, this was then chancellor rishi sunak, a practising hindu, lighting candles outside 11 downing street to mark the start of diwali during lockdown. tonight, in leicester — home to one of the biggest diwali celebrations outside of india — large crowds of all backgrounds have been enjoying the festivities. the city has one of the uk's largest south asian communities, and many feel this is a moment loaded with personal significance. how do you feel about rishi sunak? these young british asian students from de montfort university are of different faiths, but they agree on one thing. so who here thinks that rishi sunak becoming prime minister is a positive thing for ethnic minorities in the uk? it's huge strides into creati

sophie long, bbc news, granite city, illinois.ing times in the nhs and in lincolnshire it's no different. ambulances are wasting hundreds of hours, stuck outside hospitals there. bbc look north has found out more than 2000 eight hundred hours were lost in a month outside just two hospitals in the region — because crews couldn't hand over patients to a and e. look north's health correspondent anne—marie tasker has been speaking to the family of a 91 —year—old woman who was stuck in the back of an ambulance for hours. last month, richard travis experienced first—hand the crippling pressures on nhs emergency care. his mum margaret, who's 91, was taken by ambulance to scunthorpe general hospital. when she arrived at 8.30 in the evening, the ambulance crew was told a&e couldn't admit any more patients. the a&e people came out a couple of times and said, sorry, you're still seventh in the queue because a couple of blue lights had already come in as, you know, real emergencies. and we got to ten to one in the morning and they declared th

sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. former chancellor is a pracisting hindu and lit candles in downing street, two years ago, to mark diwali. his parents are of indian origin and moved to the uk from east africa in the 1960s. rohit sharma is the white house reporterfor hindi news outlet dainik bhaskar and joins us from washington. joins us live and there's a lot of interest understandably about the origins of the background of rishi sunak and what have you found in terms of the background to rishi sunak who will become the new prime minister of the uk?— minister of the uk? essentially, the eo - le minister of the uk? essentially, the peeple have — minister of the uk? essentially, the people have spoken _ minister of the uk? essentially, the people have spoken to _ minister of the uk? essentially, the people have spoken to in _ minister of the uk? essentially, the people have spoken to in the - minister of the uk? essentially, the people have spoken to in the uk, i people have spoken to in the uk, they have varied reacti

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sophie long, bbc news, the central valley. the number of private plane flights hit 3.3 million last year — the highest on record — according to aviation researchers wing—x. mike stones is editor of corporate jet investor, which is a news site covering the private jet industry. mike, is that the case, that last year was the most busiest year, the highest on record for flights, privatejets? year, the highest on record for flights, private jets?— flights, private 'ets? hello, sall . flights, private 'ets? hello, sauy. weu, — flights, private 'ets? hello, sally. well, it i flights, private jets? hello, sally. well, it continues i flights, private jets? hello, sally. well, it continues to | sally. well, it continues to grow. there is plenty of evidence that the private jet or business jet sector is booming around the world, from north america, europe, southeast asia, not so much in china, with covert and common prosperity but lots of evidence elsewhere. some havejust come back from a big aviation show in florida, the optimism was p

our west coast correspondent, sophie long, gave us this update from outside the pelosi's house.ed to such a brutal attack in the house behind me, when a man broke into the rear of the building and shouted, "where is nancy?" before striking him with a hammer, has really brought home the vulnerabilities in surrounding the security provision for members of congress and theirfamilies, and the fact that it could happen to the husband of someone as wealthy and as powerful as nancy pelosi — she is, of course, second in line to the presidency and has her own security detail — has caused real alarm amongst other congress members and their families. now, just to give you a sense of the level of threat that they're facing, this attack happened on the same day as the department for homeland security issued a warning that the united states was facing an increased threat from domestic violent extremists in the run—up to the midterm elections, which will take place just ten days from now. and in the months after the violent insurrection on the capitol building on 6january of 2021, capitol poli

the bbc�*s sophie long is in los angeles. a two—week jury selection process. mr weinstein, who is now 70 years old, with failing eyesight and deteriorating health, was wheeled into the courtroom. he struggled to make his way from his wheelchair to his seat at the defence table. and then we had the opening statement from deputy district attorney paul thompson, who spoke tojurers for over an hour. he told the court that we will be hearing from eight women over the coming weeks. four of those women will be giving evidence as jane does — now, that's the term used in the united states to protect a woman's anonymity — and four others will be giving evidence as prior bad act witnesses, so their evidence used by prosecutors that will demonstrate that harvey weinstein had a pattern of behaviour. we know that jane doe one was an italian model and actress at the time of her alleged assault, jane doe two, a 23—year—old actress and aspiring screenwriter at the time of the alleged assault, jane doe three, a massage therapist, and jane doe

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the bbc�*s sophie long is in los angeles.k jury selection process. this afternoon we have been hearing from mr werksman, harvey weinstein�*s lawyer, as he made the defending opening statement. he said that two of weinstein�*s alleged victims made up the accusations, two others, he said, had what he called "tra nsactional sex" with him. he called jane doe 4, "just another bimbo who slept with weinstein "to get ahead in hollywood" weinstein nodded his head approvingly as mr werksman wound up his opening defence statement and returned to the defence table. as you said, harvey weinstein has pleaded not guilty to all the 11 charges he faces, including four of rape. they carry a maximum sentence of up to 140 years. he's also appealing his 2020 conviction for rape and sexual assault in new york. the highest court in the state of new york has said it will hear that case. it should get under way next year it should get under way next year so this case is critical, really — if he is successful in his appeal in new york, this case in la

the bbc�*s sophie long is in los angeles.mark others he said had what he called transactional sex with them. he called jane doe for mark another bimbo, slept with weinstein to get ahead in hollywood. weinstein nodded his head approvingly as he wound up the opening defence statement and return to the defence table. as you said, harvey weinstein has pleaded not guilty to all the 11 charges that he faces including four of red, carry a sentence of up to 140 years. he is also appealing his 2020 conviction for rape and sexual assault in new york, the highest court in the state of new york said it will hear the case and should get under way next year. this case is critical, he is successful in his appeal in new york, this case in la will determine whether or not he goes free. more than hundred lambs were for diwali. some good pictures to leave you therewith. let's look at the weather is making the headlines. fashion giant azara is facing because for a boycott of goods in israel after the company's israel after the compa ny�*s local

here's our correspondent sophie long.ttack in the house behind me, when a man broke into the rear of the building and shouting, "where is nancy?" has brought home the vulnerabilities in the security provision for members of congress and theirfamilies. the fact it could happen to the husband of someone as wealthy and powerful as nancy pelosi, she is second in line to the presidency, and has her own security detail, has caused real alarm among congress members and their families. just to give you a sense of the level of threat they are facing, this attack happened on the same day as the department for home and security issued a warningland security issued a warning that the united states was facing an increased threat from domestic extremists in the run—up to the mid—term elections. in the months after the violent insurrection on the capitol building in 2021, capitol police recorded more than 9000, 9500 threats against members of congress and it is notjust members of congress. election workers, federal law enforcement offic

here is sophie long in los angeles.empted murder, first—degree burglary, assault with a deadly weapon. he already faces those charges and now he faces federal charges and now he faces federal charges as well. just to remind you of the background, paul pelosi, 82, was attacked in his own home in the early hours of saturday morning. he has undergone surgery to his skull. he was struck with a hammer after the police arrived at his home and he has undergone successful surgery. he remains in intensive care in hospital, surrounded by friends and family. we do here he is expected to make a full recovery. these federal charges are important because these kind of crimes are normally dealt with at state level. when the attacker entered the home he said, where is nancy? this is being seen as a politically motivated crime. those kind of crimes can be dealt with on a federal level under the circumstances when they are after a federal official. it is an interesting development because these are federal charges in addition now to the

sophie long, bbc news, granite city, illinois.llen by nearly 70% since 1970. the world wide fund for nature says governments, businesses and the public must take action to reverse the destruction of biodiversity. sean dilley reports. striding with grace, content with its natural habitat in the amazon, but maybe that's because this big cat doesn't understand the danger that lurks around the corner. the conservation charity, the world wide fund for nature, says the break—up of natural habitat and climate change means animal populations here are in particular danger. the charity's latest living planet report warns that global wildlife populations have fallen by nearly 70% in around 50 years. the study, which assesses the abundance of almost 32,000 populations of 5,230 species ofanimals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish around the world, suggests that population sizes declined by 69% on average between 1970 and 2018. species living in freshwater lakes and wetlands have fallen by an average of 83%. the most impacted species live he

(sophie fouron) how long have you been doing this? (brendan jones) i first came to alaska in 1997. you know, i'd go out with friends, and they would set skates and i was always kind of fascinated with it. i mean, there's such a culture of subsistence on the island because a half-gallon of milk costs $8. this is a skate that we're pulling. the idea is you set the skate in the evening or in the morning, and maybe eight or ten hours later, you pull it in the hopes that there's something on one of those 15 hooks. - the subsistence culture is still very, very strong here. - very much, yeah. this island was inhabited by tlingits for 10 000 years, and they hardly went into the mountains because when the tide was low, the table was set. so much food to be had around here. - you fish, but you also hunt. basically, do you make sure that you don't go to the grocery store very often? - well, it's kind of like a game my family plays. and we lose if we go to the grocery store. - really? - so we have the garden and we have hunting, and then we have subsistence, gathering seaweed, foraging, there'

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sophie fouron) oh! wow! - there we go. - how long have you been doing this for?- so i've been doing this just over 20 years. - my god. and you're from here? - yeah. i am from the falklands. - w many flights a day do you usually do? - with figas, generally at this time of year, we'll do anything from four to eight in a day. - the people living in these remote places, they have to be self-sufficient. - yeah, absolutely, especially in the islands. they really have to plan ahead. certainly, most of the other islands get one visit from a supply ship every six weeks, and often less than that. this is douglas coming out now, which is lorenzo farm. there we go. we're there. (john fowler) when i came here, stanley was where retired people and the government people lived. the work of the islands was done out on the many farms around the falklands. so i came here with my wife to work, and at first we would have been quite happy to leave, but we found that the people, particularly the people of the camp where we were working, were tremendously generous and helped us as town

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(sophie fouron) go, will your kids and your grandkids be doing this as well? (rivano goliardo) yes. - yes? si? - we make a good living. as long as this traditional method is prosperous, we'll keep practicing it. (sophie fouron) good fish! wow! (claudia tavani) traditions have been changing. they have been developing. for example, in terms of traditional activities, one of them is shepherding. and you know, traditionally, you would milk the sheep manually. just because nowadays, you don't do it manually, it doesn't mean that it's not a tradition anymore. it's still a traditional job in this country. going back to the traditional occupations and to the things we've done, and how they are connected to the territory is probably the best way to save this island and save the people from falling into even more poverty. (sophie fouron) there are three times more sheep in sardinia than human beings. it's more than great britain. it's more than new zealand. the shepherds' way of life has been in the heart of this island for centuries. [speaking italian and french] (mauro lampis) yes, they're... (mauro lampis) they're endangered. (sandr

(sophie fouron) and this, you're getting for your neighbours. - yes. - some people live there all year longs. this family. mrs. fatima, mr. baltazar, they live there. in the 1980's, there was an earthquake, a big one. and after the earthquake, all the people left the fajã. and only mrs. fatima and mr. baltazar have returned. in the last 35 years, only three or four families have lived there. a hundred years ago, it was very difficult to live here. what people did in the summer is they'd come here, to the top of the island because the cows, the goats and all the animals could eat here. and we have a lot of greenery here. but in the winter, it's impossible to do anything here, so they go closer to the sea and move everything to the fajã. - they move everything? - everything, yeah. - there's like a microclimate. - yes. they have cows, they have fish, they have potatoes, vegetables. they can have everything there, because the land is very strong. you can have everything. - because it's volcanic soil. - yes. - how many fajãs are there on sao jorge? - about 70. - 70? - yeah, yeah, yeah. it's a lo

fellow britons sophie coldwell, beth potter and kate waugh were seventh, tenth and 12th respectively in cagliari. the swim was longto the system for most of us. ijust try to run my own race in the end and taylor made it really hard, but that worked on our favour because we got a really good gap there. there was gold and silver for great britain in the men's race. alex yee finished seven seconds ahead of his fellow 0lympic mixed relay champion jonny brownlee. yee�*s third win of the season leaves him fourth in the championship standings, and victory at the next round in bermuda could move him up. i didn't have a very good start into the water, being next to those guys who grow up in australia you could just see them get five or ten seconds just on that start and for me i was on the back foot from there. i tried to push on the second lap and i don't think i lost much time on the second lap. that is a big positive. yeah, there is still a lot to learn and work on in the swim. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. marco fu delighted his home crowd, as he made a maximum 147 bre

fellow britons sophie coldwell, beth potter and kate waugh were seventh, 10th and 12th respectively in cagliari. this swim was longgood gap there. that's all the sport for now. lots of football matches under way. you can keep across all the scores on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. man city in action against southampton — will erling haaland score again?.. 1—0 joao cancelo ....you can keep across all the scores on the bbc sport website. sirjeffrey donaldson has addressed his first democratic unionist party conference as party leader in belfast today. in his speech, the dup leader said that the latest assembly election in may, which saw sinn fein emerge for the first time as the largest party, was a wake—up call to unionists across northern ireland. our correspondent charlotte gallagher told us more about today's speech. there was a real focus, as you'd expect, on the union, northern ireland's place in the united kingdom, the importance of northern ireland remaining in the union, and sirjeffrey donaldson tried to reach out to people that perhaps don't vote for the dup but want northern ireland to rem

sophie hutchinson, bbc news. do get in touch today if you are waiting on a routine operation. we want to know how longa tweet and just a reminder that although the stats are for the nhs in england, waiting times are a concern right around the uk. this is from lisa who says she has been waiting since february 2019 for endometriosis surgery in wales. she's has no idea when the surgery will happen as my specialist has retired. it will be good to get a sense from you today how long you've been waiting for your procedure. as i say, we are hearing from right around the uk that there are issues with waiting lists for routine operations, the nhs is under pressure. you can do that on twitter and you can use the hashtag bbc your questions. the headlines on bbc news... the prime minister is facing fresh calls from some of her own mps to reconsider her tax cuts. bbc analysis shows the waiting list for routine operations on the nhs in england is still growing. russian shelling hits targets in ukraine overnight — as nato and the western allies promise to continue helping kyiv to defend itself. a new unit of the met

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