and the prime minister is in the south pacific — he sits down with our political editor chris mason,uring a meeting of commonwealth leaders in samoa. speaking in russian. our russia editor steve rosenberg challenges vladimir putin on the war with ukraine — as he's allowed a question at the president's press conference for the first time in years. also tonight — the menendez brothers, convicted in 1996 for murdering their parents in beverly hills — could they be about to walk free? we'll be live in la. and on bbc london — the parents of a child killed fresh insight on the stories of the day with big interviews at our regular panel at newsnight. and look at with the papers as saying about tomorrow's news. good evening. the chancellor has told the bbc that the government will change the way it measures its debt in next week's budget, to allow for more borrowing. rachel reeves said it will free up billions of pounds for infrastructure spending — on rail, roads and building projects. the shadow chancellor, jeremy hunt, says increasing borrowing will mean interest rates stay higher for lon

and in the middle of the south pacific. and back in washington, thanks to radio equipment, men and, women of industry, thanks to the courageous use of radio by the united army signal corps and the united states navy communications department of the dramatic story of radio at war with.

and in the middle of the south pacific. and back in washington, thanks to radio equipment, men and, women of industry, thanks to the courageous use of radio by the united army signal corps and the united states navy communications department of the dramatic story of radio at war with.

and the king and queen land in the south pacific on the next and it has just announced the two—time world'songest man and holder of the british shot put record, geoff capes, has died at the age of 75. and coming up on bbc news. liverpool are on a great run after their league win at the weekend but can arne slot keep it going in europe? they take on rb leipzig in the champions�*s league later. good evening and welcome to the news at six. three people have died in an incident at a care home in swanage in dorset. the emergency services were called to the gainsborough care home just after seven o'clock this morning. four people were taken to hospital as a precuation and a number of residents were moved to a safe location. dorset police say they are pursuing potential carbon monoxide poisoning as their primary line of inquiry. our correspondent danjohnson sent this report from the scene. evacuating a care home of more than a0 residents is a difficult and distressing enough task. but this morning it was happening in awful circumstances after the discovery of three unexplained deaths. some residen

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war everywhere from italy to south pacific. but none of the corps often performed as engineer was and fought as infantry. they were instrumental, achieving the first bridgehead across the rhine. the famous bridge at romagna. a presidential citation recognizing the emperor's extra gallantry. there reads in part this sector was, the target of 24 hour day artillery air and even v-2 attacks, unable to take cover under murderous fire, the mvp's remained at their posts on the ridge. though casualties among them mounted day. it was the cool, capable direction of the military police, which ensured the crossing of troops and supplies vitally needed to establish the bridgehead. lake up the bridge opened with almost never sent display of courage and devotion duty during those crucial five days that the bridge standing. remarking was surely one of the corps his finest hours hours at peak strength in world war two, over 200,000 men were serving as m.p. is proving many times over to be than a white glove operation. what's more, this time the

it turns out the tropical south pacific isn't always sun—kissed, but peer beyond the windscreen wiperssmall island nation oozes pride at being host to more than 50 countries. some commonwealth countries want the uk to pay up for the impact of slavery. "no" says the prime minister. i think we should be clear from the outset that the slave trade, slave practice, was abhorrent and it's very important that we start from that place and of course that matters hugely to many of the countries that are represented here. my posture, focus, is on the forward—look, not the backward—look. i want to understand the nature of your objection. is it a financial one, or is it a moral and philosophical one? can our generation be held responsible for the actions of our forebears? i think our generation can say the slave trade and practice was abhorrent and we should, you know, we talk about our history, we can't change our history, but we should certainly talk about our history... you say that, but not apologise, not pay any money? i think that we recognise that and of course apologies have already been ma

samoa, in the south pacific, is still some way off.inating row has been donald trump and the labour party. and the context here matters because senior figures in the labour party have spent ages courting the inner circle of donald trump. so the prime minister and the foreign secretary, david lammy, had dinner with mr trump at trump tower in new york around about a month ago. david lammy has also got to knoij vance, who is the vice presidential pick for donald trump. and the prime minister, was granted a call very soon after mr trump survived that assassination attempt back in the summer. so there's been a real attempt to build bridges, and that diplomatically makes sense, doesn't it, with any potential imminent us president. but particularly one that keir starmer, until recently, had not met, and someone who is as unpredictable and outspoken as mr trump. now the context here matters. there's an election campaign going on, but precedent matters, too. and mr trump often has a long memory when he feels there's been a slight against him. a

it turns out the tropical south pacific isn't always sun—kissed, but peer beyond the windscreen wipersat being host to more than 50 countries. some commonwealth countries want the uk to pay up for the impact of slavery. no, says the prime minister. i think we should be clear from the outset that the slave trade, slave practice, was abhorrent and it's very important that we start from that place and of course that matters hugely to many of the countries that are represented here. my focus is on the forward, not the backward look for is why i want to understand the nature of your objection. is it a financial one, or is it a moral and philosophical one? can our generation be held responsible for the actions of our forebears? i think our generation can say the slave trade and practice was abhorrent and we should, you know, we talk about our history, we can't change our history, but we should certainly talk about our history. but not apologise, not pay any money? we recognise that and of course an apology has already been made in relation to the slave trade and that's not surprising, it's w

we're on our way to the south pacific, to samoa for a gathering of commonwealth heads of government.ay. we've still got a long, long way to go. quite the row, though, bubbling whilst we've been on the first leg of this flight — between donald trump and the uk labour party. you know, it's only a couple of weeks ago that keir starmer was having dinner with donald trump in new york, meeting him for the first time. now there's this row that centres on a post on linkedin, the cv and jobs website, from a labour party staffer ahead of operations, suggesting that people might want to go out to campaign for kamala harris, the big rival of donald trump. kamala harris of the democrats, the current vice president, with a suggestion that their housing would be sorted. now, that has caused real anger from the trump campaign because they reckon that it amounts to illegal electoral interference, particularly the idea that somehow money might have changed hands. labour say that is absolutely not the case. these are volunteers. this happens at every election and it's been blown out of all proportion.

and now footage from the same off the coast of an island state in the south pacific.land's warship. the ship ran aground, tilted heavily, and then began fire. there were 75 people on board. they were evacuated in rescue boats. the cost of the ship is 100 million dollars. it was used for diving investigation tasks in the pacific ocean. an elk caused a fatal accident in the omsk region. four people died. the animal suddenly ran out onto the roadway. the drivers of the lada managed to react, and the impact sent the car flying into the oncoming lane and crashed into a toyota. the drivers and two passengers of the lada, as well as a passenger of the toyota, died on the spot. another four, including a six-year-old child, were taken to hospital. in the omsk region prosecutor's office announced that a criminal case had been opened. in kazakhstan , the results of large-scale exercises on the csto were summed up . peacekeepers from russia, belarus, kazakhstan, kyrgyzstan and tajikistan, as well as operational groups of the joint headquarters and the csto secretariat, participat

samoa, in the south pacific, is still some way off.out this long journey, the dominating row has been donald trump and the labour party. and the context here matters because senior figures in the labour party have spent ages courting the inner circle of donald trump. so the prime minister and the foreign secretary, david lammy, had dinner with mr trump at trump tower in new york around about a month ago. david lammy has also got to know jd vance, who is the vice presidential pick for donald trump. and the prime minister, was granted a call very soon after mr trump survived that assassination attempt back in the summer. so there's been a real attempt to build bridges, and that diplomatically makes sense, doesn't it, with any potential imminent us president. but particularly one that keir starmer, until recently, had not met, and someone who is as unpredictable and outspoken as mr trump. now the context here matters. there's an election campaign going on, but precedent matters, too. and mr trump often has a long memory when he feels ther

king charles travels to australia and the south pacific — his biggest overseas trip since his cancerary david lammy begins his first official visit to china in an effort to improve relations. joe biden begins a visit to berlin for what will be his last visit to germany as us president. hello. thank you forjoining us. i'm catherine byaruhanga. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has insisted that the death of the hamas leader, yahya sinwar, does not mean the end of the war in gaza. sinwar is widely believed to be behind the october 7th attacks. israeli forces say the 61—year—old died along with two other hamas members on wednesday during a ground operation in the southern city of rafah. an israeli drone captured pictures of sinwar sitting at the back of a room in a partially destroyed building before the building collapsed. the idf carried out dna testing to confirm his identity. iran's mission to the un describes sinwar as a martyr, saying the manner of his death will strengthen the spirit of resistance. the hamas leader's body is in tel aviv where people have been celebr

i remember watching south pacific as a kid yeah. you didn't write i can't say was so great though.oved that she was obviously below we appreciate you joining us this afternoon. the lead with jake tapper starts right now

the effervescent dancer and actor who starred in south pacific as nelly for bush the 1958 film, belting out classics like, i'm going to watch that man right out of my hair and her eight decades long career, she appeared in musicals with bing crosby, frank sinatra, and gene kelly. >> gainer's agents said that she died of natural causes. they said, as we celebrate her legacy, we offer our thanks to her friends and fans and the county i was audiences she entertained throughout her long life. your love, support, and appreciation meant so very much to her and was a sustaining gift in her life. gainer was 93. i remember watching south pacific as a kid yeah. you didn't write i can't say was so great though. i loved that she was obviously below we appreciate you joining us this afternoon. the lead with jake tapper starts right now >> i'm jake tapper and we start with a major development in the israel hamas war. israel most of defense forces putting it plainly quote, eliminated ya, sinwar, the hamas leader's death in gaza, not buying a targeted israeli airstrike, rather seemingly coincidental ru

now, thousands of islands are spread out across the south pacific. but when one of the world's most majestic creatures shows up right off the coast of the yasawa of fiji, well, research that would be remote and virtually impossible in many parts of the ocean becomes much more accessible.

rather part of a rare full eclipse was visible from southern low calls that included spots near the south pacific. many travelled to points in argentina. archie was easter island to catch a glimpse of disrespect to go the movements the moon crossed in front of the sun, creating a red eclipse, known as a ring of fire near the eclipse. when the moon and sun a perfectly aligned i'm moving experience for the crowds of people who travel to this point in patagonia an argentine to watch. okay, most your time with feels like it's a lot of emotion. a lot. i don't know how to explain it. it's something that can't be said, it has to be felt, you know, the name of you know, it was huge emotion. it makes you feel thankful to be alive. let me. yeah, it's the sort of the we were lucky that the sky cleared and the clouds also acted as a filter. so it was almost visible to the naked eye, and honestly, it was spectacular. i'm in the lot of the this solar eclipse was best viewed from argentina and chillies, east the island of red treat, the locals tourist and astronomy ex. but like a reminder of our top story, as w

it turns out the tropical south pacific isn't always sun—kissed, but peer beyond the windscreen wipersall island nation oozes pride at being host to more than 50 countries. some commonwealth countries want the uk to pay up for the impact of slavery. "no," says the prime minister. i think we should be clear from the outset and this small island nation oozes pride at being host to more than 50 countries. some commonwealth countries want the uk to pay up for the impact of slavery. "no," says the prime minister. i think we should be clear from the outset that the slave trade, slave practice, was abhorrent and it's very important that we start from that place and of course that matters hugely to many of the countries that are represented here. my posture, my focus is on the forward—look, not the backward—look. i want to understand the nature of your objection. is it a financial one, or is it a moral and philosophical one? can our generation be held responsible for the actions of our forebears? i think our generation can say the slave trade and practice for some smaller countries about the i

king charles and queen camilla in the south pacific and the final stop in samoa.t painful aspects of our past continue to resonate. >> reporter: the king expressing remorse, but stopping short of apologizing for the role in the transatlantic slave trade amid growing calls from caribbean nations from reparations and many signaling they are ready to leave the commonwealth. >> many of us cannot change the past, but we can commit with all our hearts to learning its lessons. >> reporter: the royal couple starting their trip in australia. the king giving a speech to parliament. >> to say a few words here. >> reporter: before being heckled by an indigenous senator. >> give us what you stole from us! >> reporter: the king's visit reviving the debate if a british royal should be head of state in australia with the recent news corp poll show 45% support a constitutional monarchy. the king, overall, receiving a warm welcome on what was his first overseas trip since announcing his cancer diagnosis in february. a month late, his daughter-in-law, princess kate, sharing she is d

1950s and 1960s, more than 22,000 british servicemen worked on nuclear tests in australia and the south pacificers believe that they suffered cancers and had children with birth defects. because of the radiation. the ministry of defence obviously deny this now, though, the veterans annual reunion at pontins is under threat and they are in desperate need of a sponson are in desperate need of a sponsor. and we're joined in the studio now by alan owen, the founder of labrats international, and brian unthank, a nuclear test veteran. gentlemen, thank you so much for joining us, we spoke to you, alan, didn't we, a couple of weeks ago, and your story touched us. so much and touched our viewers as well. and we really wanted to get you back in here because this feels like such an unjust situation. and so just remind people who don't know what happened to the veterans, to the soldiers at the time, with the testing. >> so britain today is actually the 72nd anniversary of the first british test, operation hurricane, at the montebello islands, off australia. so it's 72 years ago that we first tested nuclear

they've the south pacific.tion, the ministry of defence deny this. the veterans want access to their medical records , their medical records, compensation and a public inquiry into what happened to them. and the veterans annual reunion at pontins was under threat for next year. well, they needed they needed £25,000 to make the trip free for the veterans. >> you have raised almost £50,000. >> well done. >> well done. >> you absolutely amazing. i think we might have even raised 50,000. >> can we check the figure? if you want to donate to the veterans union so they can secure a party for next year and the year after? >> that's right. you will see the qr code at the bottom right hand of your screen. grab your phone, open the camera and scan the code. it will be there in just a minute. it seems everything's late today. the qr code. everything's late today. the qr code . there it is. code. there it is. >> if you're a cretin like me and don't do qr codes on principle, you can go to gofundme.com on the internet and sea

and that sinking feeling a new zealand navy vessel runs the ground and catches fire in the south pacific. more in the state of the is really forces seek to silence the truth affinity occupied westbank storming and shutting down houses 00 and romano. the truth must to be protected and hers, and the stories of real people must be told. this is not just that a task on journalism. it's an attack on the world's right to know. journalism is not of coolant or pressing it is hard hitting intervenes. they say that your government has repressive policies, respect of human rights. it is most important task, might go with them in facing realities. what you're saying is that you're restricted by the, it's really, it's in terms of your movements at the time. that's right. to tell you restrictive thought, providing on sense, how much with the trip do you think impulse is right now to ask? it seems to be spreading more easily via the story on talk to how does era hearing this is from the 1st part. you said 25 movies right here in this area. oh, jesse was choose across the world when you close to the hou

samoa, in the south pacific, is still some way off.out this long journey, the dominating row has been donald trump and the labour party. and the context here matters because senior figures in the labour party have spent ages courting the inner circle of donald trump. so the prime minister and the foreign secretary, david lammy, had dinner with mr trump at trump tower in new york around about a month ago. david lammy has also got to knoij vance, who is the vice presidential pick for donald trump. and the prime minister, was granted a call very soon after mr trump survived that assassination attempt back in the summer. so there's been a real attempt to build bridges, and that diplomatically makes sense, doesn't it, with any potential imminent us president. but particularly one that keir starmer, until recently, had not met, and someone who is as unpredictable and outspoken as mr trump. now, the context here matters. there's an election campaign going on, but precedent matters, too. and mr trump often has a long memory when he feels there

prime minister has been speaking to our political editor chris mason it turns out the tropical south pacificd nation oozes pride at being host to more than 50 countries. some commonwealth countries want the uk to pay up for the impact of slavery. "no" says the prime minister. i think we should be clear from the outset that the slave trade, slave practice, was abhorrent and it's very important that we start from that place and of course that matters hugely to many of the countries that are represented here. my focus is on the forward, not the backward. i want to understand the nature of your objection. is it a financial one, or is it a moral and philosophical one? can our generation be held responsible for the actions of our forebears? i think our generation can say the slave trade and practice was abhorrent and we should, you know, we talk about our history, we can't change our history, but we should certainly talk about our history... but not apologise, not pay any money? i think that we recognise that and of course apologies have already been made in relation to the slave trade and that's

it's nato, slaves and puppets and a few other tiny islands in the south pacific. perhaps that is an insignificant a lot. i ins on israel side, the only world that matters is the 4 fifths of the world that stands against this is rarely aggression. and if they shut off the economic spigots is real, would be eating crickets and drinking uh, water from puddles in the very near future. i just want to talk about the reports that we're having that me saw so being fired at a u. s. military base and the fact that efforts in a rock and there is a possibility we con, confirm that these are related to the events in life and on just one day, mister bennett, how do you think washington may respond to such attacks on it's troops? well, they really can't do anything if they were smart, they would remove the troops, but they're not that smart. they're still drunk on the pageantry of thinking that they're the world's heads them on, which they're not. and you're exactly right, this, any attacks on the us troops will be in proportion to the rising, the direction of israel as it kills

on his way to the summit in samoa in the south pacific, sir keir starmer insisted it was better to focus such as climate change. here's our diplomatic correspondent james landale. a warm welcome for the king in samoa. ancient ceremony and a sip of something strong in a coconut cup ahead of a summit of commonwealth leaders that they will host and he will lead. they like to call themselves the family of nations. and like any family, there are often tensions when they gather. and here the point of dispute is over reparatoryjustice for historic slavery. caribbean leaders want the prime minister to apologise and pay reparations. they won't get that here, but they may get the start of what the summit communique calls "a meaningful conversation" and the promise of more research. the principle must be established that the conversation needs to be had and some decision has to be made. how do you go forward with dealing with the issue of reparations? so, once you broach the subject, it may take a while for people to come around, but come around they will. reparatoryjustice can come in many forms.

. ♪ her portrayal of nellie forbush in the 1958 film, "south pacific," earned a golden globe nominationhlight in a glittering career that spanned eight decades across film, television, and stage. for years she appeared in tv variety specials alongside stars like frank sinatra, bing crosby, and dean martin. and at one point she was the highest paid female entertainer in las vegas. mitzi gaynor died of natural causes in los angeles. she was 93 years old. still to come on the “news hour,” kamala harris and donald trump continue their push for undecided voters. a bipartisan commission recommends the secret service seek new leadership outside of its ranks after multiple security failures. and we examine the presidential candidates' stark differences on climate change policy. >> this is the pbs “news hour” from the david m. rubenstein studio at weta in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. amna: early in-person voting started in the battleground state of north carolina today, a reminder that election day is just around the corne

u.s. military posture, signing new agreements to refit bases from japan to the philippines, and south pacificaunched the war, some in the united states argued that american support for ukraine would divert resources from the standoff with china. our actions have proven otherwise. the standoff with russia has played a decisive role in bringing asia and europe together in an unprecedented rapprochement, as they increasingly view their security as indivisible. global coalition in support of ukraine. since the start of the conflict, washington has provided $94 billion in aid to ukraine, while partners in europe, asia and elsewhere almost 148 billion dollars. i would say, a manifesto of a global bloc approach. not only are there blocs in europe and asia, but there is also a consolidation of these blocs with each other, against those countries that he considers revisionist. the americans are scattered. stupid bloc thinking, in which he is right, and the stupid and even dumber, are sometimes right in something. blinken is right that the world is changing, spheres of influence are now being divided,

the threat of china with the us island chains south pacific china and china sea. is there a great threat there? should world war three happen? just. i recently threw my. my other job in the army. i've been in the military now for over 21 years. we recently went and spent some time in many of these small pacific island countries. um, the federated states of micronesia, the marshall islands and others. there is a very real competition going on. the risk i see is that people are about going to war with china, though it is some matter. there is a very you talk to and i've talked and had conversation with some of our highest ranking military leaders who both privately and publicly say if if we go to war with china, the of casualties that we will see of americans will be unlike anything we have seen since world war two. that the number of american troops that we lost in the entire generation of service members and wars and conflicts is minuscule in comparison to the loss that we will see in a few short weeks of that war. the economic costs on our country is something i

clothing invited the king to dance, the king also planned to make a round-the-world trip through the south pacific this year. he said he liked it, he had good moves. he liked it. the united states will be transferred. valentin bogdanov, our us bureau chief, is on the line. valentin, hello. an incredible story, of course, which the telegraph publishes, about not... analysis data and recommendations for the white house, which were given by eggheads, analysts, ambassadors who were in the united states, russia and ukraine, as well as our fugitive oligarchs, athletes and so on, so on and so forth. eh, about what scenarios are possible if they start discussing ukraine's entry into nato, and during the operation in our kursk region. we thought for so long again and didn't guess, however, as expected. valentin, evgeny, yes, good evening, well, i think there is no point in presenting this article in detail now, everyone who wanted to with it we got acquainted, it is clear that the plot there is simple, some kind of military game was organized, which assumes, assumed a real invasion of the kursk region, so

oscar griswald, who isn't very well known, but ought to be the commander of 14th corps in in the south pacific later on in the philippines. he too is sending some really descriptive correspondence to mcnair back and forth. all right. so that takes time and it takes trust, i think, because, you know, you're basically reporting to the guy, heads up the branch, you're sort of part of army ground forces, telling them exactly what up to. and so i have to assume from that is that they have a prior relationship that that is productive and and so, you know, to me, just kind of a microcosm of how in charge with these commanders. so what's nature of how he's sort of running this global war? and in that sense, being in touch with these guys and influencing them? yeah, i think i think it really comes down to mcnair. mcnair was in this odd situation during the world war two where he he was the cheapest half of general headquarters. and then later the commander of army ground forces. but neither of those positions, they had a huge amount of responsibility, no command authority. you know, the agf's army grou

the parts of south america and the pacific region have been treated to a rare display in the sky. what you're looking at here is known as a ring of fire that's caused by an annual or, or ring shape solar eclipse. in this case, the moon lines up between the sun and the earth, but doesn't completely block out the sun during a fire, it was most clearly visible from southern argentina and she lay like here on easter island. that's all for now, but stay with us. next we'll take a peek under ground to search for secrets in the cold war bunkers of the former east germany. that's on the dock film after the break. i'm the confer lease. thank you so much for your company. the power to kick in the south china sea was shapes are here what this is supposed to the the hoss of the global counseling, after decades of chinese expansion is in the nation, is resisting with us in the course of a powerful in china. on september 20. 2