steve holden has more.odes contestants with huge personal debt put their lives at risk to win millions of pounds in prize money. the creator of the south korean show originally came up with the idea in 2008, with netflix taking it on for distribution in 2019. it blends violence, satire and heart with striking visuals. put simply, everyone is talking about it. there was very little hype around the launch of this when it came out. they have launched this creative, interesting, vibrant, violent new show onto the platform and it has just grown through word—of—mouth in a really interesting and pretty inspiring way. i will not have this go wrong. you mean our ruse? until now, netflix had said that period drama bridgerton was its most popular series launch. it says squid game has had 111 million users watching in its first 28 days. netflix can be secretive and selective about its viewing figures but it counts one view as anyone who has watched two minutes of an episode. squid game is also another example of the ri

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steve holden has more.childhood games. 0ver nine episodes contestants with huge personal debt put their lives at risk to win millions of pounds in prize money. the creator of the south korean show originally came up with the idea in 2008, with netflix taking it on for distribution in 2019. it blends violence, satire and heart with striking visuals. put simply, everyone is talking about it. there was very little hype around the launch of this when it came out. they have launched this creative, interesting, vibrant, violent new show onto the platform and it has just grown through word—of—mouth in a really interesting and pretty inspiring way. i will not have this go wrong. you mean our ruse? until now, netflix had said that period drama bridgerton was its most popular series launch. it says squid game has had 111 million users watching in its first 28 days. netflix can be secretive and selective about its viewing figures but it counts one view as anyone who has watched two minutes of an episode. squid game is

steve holden, bbc news. time for a look at the weather.ed cooler _ weather today, chris? well, it has turned cooler today, _ weather today, chris? well, it has turned cooler today, ben, - weather today, chris? well, it has turned cooler today, ben, there . weather today, chris? well, it has turned cooler today, ben, there is weather today, chris? well, it has i turned cooler today, ben, there is a chill in the but on the other hand it is a lot sunnier than it has been for a while as well. the little sprinkling of snow over the scottish mountains, and compared with yesterday, a significant drops in temperatures across the board. this is the area of low pressure that brought some windy and wet weather

steve holden, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. how many points are we giving the weather today, chris?— weather today, chris? well, it has turned cooler _ weather today, chris? well, it has turned cooler today, _ weather today, chris? well, it has turned cooler today, ben, - weather today, chris? well, it has turned cooler today, ben, there . weather today, chris? well, it has turned cooler today, ben, there is weather today, chris? well, it has i turned cooler today, ben, there is a chill in the but on the other hand it is a lot sunnier than it has been for a while as well. the little sprinkling of snow over the scottish mountains, and compared with yesterday, a significant drops in temperatures across the board. this is the area of low pressure that brought some windy and wet weather to southern parts of the uk yesterday, and as that has cleared off into europe, we have got this cold plunge of north—westerly winds ringing that much cooler air, and so far this autumn, it has been very mild, but these are the numbers on the doors,

steve holden reports. # out of the embers. # you and i gonna light up the room.cause of politics, it�*s just because we�*ve not been sending the best songs that we can send, we haven�*t had ourfinger on the pulse of the british music scene, and this new team who are behind the likes of dua lipa really understand the british music scene as it is at the moment. and it can be worth the effort. just look at the winners of this year�*s contest. italian rock band maneskin have gone on to top global streaming charts. to many countries, the uk has one of the most vibrant and successful music scenes in the world, and british eurovision fans are hoping there is a winner out there somewhere. steve holden, bbc news. let�*s see how it goes. nobody wants zero points. not even chris! now it�*s time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello again. so far this autumn, it�*s been relatively rare to get a day with below average temperatures, but that�*s what we�*ve got today. this was the low pressure that brought heavy rain to parts of the uk last night. it�*s cleared off

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steve holden, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news...and the partition of ireland is being held this morning in armagh. the event has been organised by the catholic church and the three biggest protestant denominations. the queen had to withdraw yesterday on medical advice, but the uk prime minister, borisjohnson is there. the anniversary has been controversial, which isn t surprising, given northern ireland s still recovering from a long conflict. some people, but just some people, butjust the queen, notable by their absence. yes. notable by their absence. yes, that's right- — notable by their absence. yes, that's right. this _ notable by their absence. yes, that's right. this is _ notable by their absence. yes, that's right. this is probably i notable by their absence. yes that's right. this is probably the that�*s right. this is probably the biggest event of the year focusing on the centenary of the founding of northern ireland and the partition of the island of ireland. boris johnson is here, the dublin government represented by the

let's speak to steve holden newsbeat music reporter.e it?— alleged to have done it? as you mentioned. _ alleged to have done it? as you mentioned, this _ alleged to have done it? as you mentioned, this word _ alleged to have done it? as you mentioned, this word is - alleged to have done it? as you mentioned, this word is when i mentioned, this word is when somebody who is white or caucasian are accused of essentially pretending to be black or mixed race for personal gain and the profit. it can be done through the way they are dressed, dark tanning, hairstyle, certain make—up and some say it's wrong for white people to gain or profit by styling themselves and using these largely black characteristics when black people have themselves held back for having those same characteristics. so in the video, jessie, has a darker tan, she is wearing wigs, basketball shorts, lots of stereotypically black characteristics. she says she wants the bad boys and many of whom in the video are black. so she's got a backlash from people online and on social

steve holden, bbc news. sadly, we've been here _ strong enough, unfortunately. sadly, we've been here before _ strong enough, unfortunately. sadly, we've been here before about - strong enough, unfortunately. sadly, we've been here before about hoping we've been here before about hoping we can do something and make it better, so this time round, what might be different? we have some serious calibre people involved as number one. i’m serious calibre people involved as number one-— number one. i'm cautiously optimistic _ number one. i'm cautiously optimistic about _ number one. i'm cautiously optimistic about the - number one. i'm cautiously - optimistic about the announcement number one. i'm cautiously _ optimistic about the announcement of how we will be choosing the song for next year in italy. but we've had false dawns before and we had the reintroduction of the national final a few years ago and the tie—up with the record label recently and neither of which led to great success. at the end of the day it d

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