popstar taylor swift has been on five sell—out world tours.britain's tourist hotspots — the lake district. her new album folklore features a song dedicated to the area. ian haslam has been to find out why. # take me to the lakes where all the poets went to die # i don't belong #. it's an unexpected tribute to an area taylor swift has apparently visited. among those to get a mention one of the la kes' famous 19th—century poets. # tell me what are my words worth #. and this is william wordsworth's former home. i think we can really make a connection between wordsworth and taylor. taylor's only 30. you can imagine wordsworth at the same age as taylor. she's trying out new things, she's finding a new style in her new album, and she's being inspired by the lake poets as well. # these cynical clones # these hunters with cellphones #. a lot of people will see this as quite a nice place and she was writing about it as a place where poets come to die, as a place to come and cry. which isjust a different interpretation of it, i guess. well, it's not tru

i wanted to hug taylor swift, i guess!anted to say thank you — just so many things at the same time. i didn't even know how to feel, or even how to handle my feelings. taylor swift had also left a message saying she'd been inspired by vitoria's story. vitoria had arrived from portugal on her own, aged 14. four years on, she has two a*s and an a, but couldn't see a way of affording university. so, you're not eligible for any maintenance grants? no, no. because you arrived here in britain on your own, aged 14? yes, that's correct. speaking no english. no english at all, yeah. i learned mostly through netflix, i will not deny. you learned english watching netflix? yeah, watching films, like, with the subtitles, so i can learn how to say it and learn how to write it. of course, this isn't the first pop charitable donation. ariana grande, rihanna, and stormzy, with his scholarship programme for black students, have all made large donations for those who are struggling. and taylor swift, who does have a new album out, has a trac

i wanted to hug taylor swift, igas! i wanted to hug ——taylor swift, i guess!gs. taylor swift had also left a message saying she had been inspired by vitoria story. she had arrived from portugal on her own at 1a. four years later, she has two a stars and a. you writing britain on your own, aged 14? you are not eligible for maintenance gra nts you are not eligible for maintenance grants because you arrived here in britain on your own at age 1a. you might yes, that's correct. speaking no english. no english at all. i learned mostly from the netflix. i want till diet. you learned it watching netflix? watching with the subtitles so i can learn how to say it and learn how to write it. of course, this isn't the first pop charitable donation. ariana grande, rhianna and stormzy with his scholarship programme for black students, of all made large donations for those who are struggling. but taylor swift, who does have a new album out, has a track record of surprised gifts. but why goal‘s story touched her in particular is a mystery. but why victoria's story touched her i

where are you a taylor swift fan? of course! you're a fan now.one that contact them every day. ijust don't know... i don't know. david sillito, bbc news. that's all for now, thank you for watching bbc news. hello there. the last few days has brought some very windy weather across many parts of the country. on friday we had winds well over 60 miles an hour here in the south—west of wales, also the south—west of england and we saw those very strong winds pushing through the english channel as well, leading to some very dramatic weather watcher pictures taken earlier on in the day. now, for the weekend it's not going to be as windy. that's because the deep area of low pressure that brought those unseasonably strong winds is moving away into the norwegian sea, so already the winds are dropping. but we are going to continue to see some sunshine and some showers during saturday. and there could be some heavier ones moving down into scotland for a while, actually some longer spells of rain for northern ireland and those showers pushing into england and

where are you a taylor swift fan? of course! you're a fan now.ake a look at some youngsters who are causing quite a stir at a wildlife park in northwest china. they are a group of siberian tigers — four siblings born earlier this year. they've only recently been shown to the public — who seem rather keen on the animals. their keeper said the cubs were initially rather shy — but have now got used to being the centre of attention. a reminder of our top story.... in the last hour or so russian opposition leader alexei navalny has been driven out of hospital in siberia and is expected to travel by air—ambulance to germany — he remains in a coma — it's claimed he was poisoned. we will bring you up—to—date with that as it happens. bye. hello there. the last few days has brought some very windy weather across many parts of the country. on friday, we had winds well over 60 mph here in the southwest of wales, also the southwest of england. and we saw those very strong winds pushing through the english channel as well, leading to some very dramatic weather

i wanted to hug taylor swift, igas! iwant grateful. i wanted to hug taylor swift, igas!ngs. taylor swift had also left a message saying she had been inspired by vitoria story. she had arrived from portugal on her own at 14. four years later, she has two a stars and a. you writing britain on your own, aged 14? speaking no english. no english at all. i learned mostly from the netflix. watching with the subtitles so i can learn how to say it and learn how to write it. of course this isn't the first pop charitable donation. ariana grande, rhianna and stormzy with his scholarship programme for black students, of all made large donations for those who are struggling. but taylor swift, who does have a new album out, has a track record of surprised gifts. but why goal‘s story touched her in particular is a mystery. where are you a taylor swift fan? of course! you are a fan now? of course i know who she of course. ijust don't know. i don't know. who she of course. ijust don't know. idon't know. david who she of course. ijust don't know. i don't know. david sillito, bbc news. if o

where are you a taylor swift fan? of course! you're a fan now.news. a reminder of our top story.... in the last hour russian opposition leader alexei navalny has been driven out of hospital in siberia. he's heading to 0msk airport where a german air ambulance is standing by ready to fly to berlin. he remains in a coma. his family claim he was poisoned. plenty more on that coming up here on bbc news. the last few days has brought windy weather across many parts of the country. on friday we had winds over 60 miles an hour in the south—west of wales, also the south—west of england and we saw those very strong winds pushing through the english channel as well, leading to some dramatic pictures taken earlier in the day. the weekend will not be as windy, because the deep area of low pressure that brought those unseasonably strong winds is moving away into the norwegian sea. we will continue to see some sunshine and some showers during saturday. they could be some heavy ones moving into scotla nd some heavy ones moving into scotland for a while, some lo

from taylor swift. 2a hours on, it's still rather difficult to process. to say thank you, it's so amazing. i don't even know how to feel or how to handle my feelings. taylor swift had also left a message saying she had been inspired by vitoria's story. vitoria had arrived from portugal on her own at 1a. four years later, she has two a stars and an a. but couldn't see any way of affording university. so, you're not eligible for any maintenance grants because you arrived here in britain on your own, aged 14? yes, that's correct. speaking no english? no english at all, yeah. i learned mostly through netflix! you learnt english watching netflix? yeah, watching films with the subtitles so i can learn how to say it and learn how to write it. of course this isn't the first pop charitable donation. ariana grande, rhianna, and stormzy with his scholarship programme for black students have all made large donations for those who are struggling. and taylor swift, who does have a new album out, has a track record of surprise gifts. but why vitoria's story touched her

but apparently they may not be so swift for the us election.versal mail—in voting just won't work, after saying on thursday he was blocking additional funding for the service to help with the election. you are going to have... ..a catastrophic situation with universal mail—in votes. he is predicting catastrophe, yet he just appointed a new postmaster general who is a big trump donor. he is a fantastic man. he wants...he wants to make the post office great again. you ever hear the expression? he wants to make the post office great again. critics have blamed trump's new postmaster general louis dejoy for a slowdown in deliveries. and as the election approaches, protesters took to the street outside dejoy‘s home. there is no safer way for people to vote than to vote by mail. and this administration is actively trying to dismantle that system so that people cannot vote. and that flies in the face of democracy. in addition to these protesters out on the street, people inside the postal service say they are concerned. he wants to suppress the vote so

but taylor swift, who does have a new album out, has a track were are you a taylor swift fan?ow. i don't know. david sillito, bbc news. hello there. the last few days has brought some very windy weather across many parts of the country. on friday, we had winds well over 60 mph here in the southwest of wales, also the southwest of england. and we saw those very strong winds pushing through the english channel as well, leading to some very dramatic weather watcher pictures taken early on in the day. now for the weekend, it won't be as windy — that's because the deep area of low pressure that brought those unseasonably strong winds is moving into the north sea, so already winds are dropping. —— in the norwegian sea. but we will continue to see some sunshine and showers during saturday. there could be some heavier ones moving down into scotland for a while, actually some stronger spells of rain for northern ireland, and those showers pushing into england and wales. driest and sunniest weather likely to be across southern counties of england and east anglia. but for england and wal

how do you reach out to taylor swift? i don't know. of the blue, yeah, definitely. i thought she was in america, so... and you arrived in the uk speaking no english? no english, yes. i had to learn on my own, netflix mainly. you learned from netflix? netflix mainly, yes. listening to people as well and yeah, that was it. well, congratulations and i hope you have a successful university life at warwick. thank you very much. vitoria there, and well, that is a little unexpected moment. of course, it is not the first time a celebrity or pop star has made

ecowas, which is led by the former nigerian president goodluck jonathan, says it is asking for a swift return to civilian rule. in australia, antarctic air reaching the south—east of the country triggered snowfall across several states. many people — and kangeroos — were out enjoying the rare event despite wild winds and heavy snow that closed some roads. the rare weather comes to days before the offical start of spring. football, and arguably the world‘s biggest club match takes place in portugal on sunday. bayern munich will face paris saint—germain in the champions league final. the competition has been dramatically impacted by the coronavirus pandemic — but both sides will be hoping to end the season on a high. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. byron munich are footballing royalties. five times they have been champions of europe, their history runs the been the competition. for paris saint—germain, however, this is something new. despite their success , something new. despite their success, they have never

social and other reverberations will be felt for some time to come united nations as and then go on a swift and wide ranging response to office because the nation of humanitarian affairs helped to organize the point of the experts from the international search and rescue advisory group and united nations these ups that assess the coordination system well 1st responders in beirut's blake getting 20 pounds the world

and swift's record label says it's sold over 2 million worldwide, with 500 million world streams.t's already 2020's top selling album. >>> restaurants nationwide are struggling with renewed shutdowns and mandates almost 24,000 closing up shop for good but starbucks has been able to reopen over 90% of their stores. stephanie ruhle spoke with the company's ceo and got a look at what they have to offer customers. >> reporter: close to six months into the pandemic, starbucks, the country's largest coffee chain, is trying to make your once normal coffee run feel normal again dealing with mask mandates and shutdowns, the company is leading with a new approach, according to the ceo kevin johnson. >> right now what customers want are experiences that are safe, familiar, and convenient >> reporter: the java giant is serving up a more streamlined experience for customers >> we have over 32,000 stores in 80 markets around the world. we have developed a digital dash board that takes feeds from government to track the spread of covid so until there is a vaccine, we will be adapting >> reporter

i could be wrong, but it's my guess that taylor swift probably watches this very programme. if she is watching, what is your message to her? taylor, you will be really welcome to come back, you can help us create some fantastic content that we can get out there to the us audience and invite lots of your fellow country people to come and enjoy the lake district as well. chuck in a couple of i heart lake district t—shirts, she'll be down here in a flash. let's hope so. ian haslam, bbc news, grasmere in the lake district. hello there. we have seen widespread thunderstorms across england and wales through sunday afternoon and some of them have been quite spectacular. look at this. that's in the bristol channel, the view from portishead, north somerset, yes, a water spout. and further east, we have had some torrential downpours across east anglia, working in across the midlands and lincolnshire, the storms will continue westwards into wales, perhaps around the merseyside kind of area as well. these storms are capable of bringing 30 or a0 ml a rain and space in our, so there is a

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you have been there every step of the way, never have i seen such a swift response for a request as we have here. we cannot thank you enough, i call him, he knows in advance i'm going to be calling him and he says yes, immediately. of all the storms i have been through, which as you know has been a lot, i have never received a swifter response from the administration. so, on behalf of everybody across the state of texas, we want to say thank you. thank the local officials, we appreciate you and your leadership. becky and the other mayors of the region, we appreciate everything you do, and of course can -- ken. if i can share some details, i had declared a disaster in 52 counties and the president has inilarly declared a disaster each of this county so on behalf of that we say thank you for that. right now our focus is on power, water, safe return of evacuees, and then assessment. for power and water restoration, peak power outages exceeded 350,000 locations across 35 counties, but current outages are about 120,000 locations in 23 counties meaning that emergency repair crews have quickl

we are on top of this because of the swift and effective leadership of our chief. better capable and swifter in responding to this hurricane because of the way you and your administration so swiftly stepped up and help the people of texas. pres. trump: thank you very much, you are doing a great job. you say covid-19, many different names, at least 20 different names, right? you call it covid-19 and that is ok with me. [laughter] generally i call it something else. but you did very well and it is coming down rapidly and so is florida and arizona has been incredible, down to its lowest numbers. it is really doing well. withe what you are doing respect to keeping people separated during this problem with the hurricane. great job, really great job. thank you, greg. ted, please? >> we appreciate you being in texas again and let me say something i just told the fema administrator a few minutes ago, which is that the consistent report of gun from the governor and local officials, state officials is responsiveness of the administration throughout the hurricane has been ext

. ♪ >>> and the rain of t swift, her surprise album topping the charts.he summer of taylor swift and the other pop mega star showing whose team she is on. please tell me you watched back is king over the weekend. >>> oh, man. >> i know. i'm disappointed in myself. >> where is jobina? it was so good. >> every single person that i know who has seen it, including my huge taylor swift fan brother, admits that this is better. better. >> it was such a good hour and a half of my life that i have spent. no phone, no nothing. >> i need to dedicate myself. i need to rededicate myself. i need to center myself. hi, mike. >> my priorities just a little different. i would go weather, sports, and then maybe -- >> you didn't even do anything to the whole weekend. you had the house to yourself. you do have watched it. >> i binge watched last chance you, which you should watch it, it is really fascinating this year even if you don't like sports, it talks about oak land and all the struggles that are happening in oakland and especially for college kids. so last chance u on

. >>> when we come back, what taylor swift just did for a fourth week in a row. >> and a pre-christmas sneak peek from the queen of country herself. "the skinny" live from the caribbean is next. ♪ skinny just gimme the skinny ♪ >>> "skinny" time on this monday, starting with taylor swift breaking records. >> her album "folklore" is spending its fourth consecutive week at number one on the billboard 200. taylor is the first woman to achieve this since 2015. the last female to chart for four weeks at number one was adele with her at bum "25." >> you better do it, taylor. >>> next to an early holiday preview from dolly parton. >> earlier this month, the queen of country revealed she's releasing her first christmas album in 30 years. ov tndhe aa uerath e gi wrape ngle, "mary, did you know?" take a listen. ♪ did you know that your baby boy has walked where angels trod ♪ ♪ and when you kissed your little baby you've kissed the face of god ♪ ♪ oh mary did you know >> wow. i like it. >> "a holly dolly christmas" will be released in its entirety on october 2nd, just in time for us to have some

what was it out when taylor swift intervened? i call ita when taylor swift intervened?s with the latest headlines... uk tourists face a fresh race to return home from holiday, as those returning from croatia, austria and trinidad and tobago are set to face two weeks isolation from tomorrow. we try to just provide a little bit of relief in there, opportunities as we see the numbers go up, but not shooting right the way up, to come home, so it's a question of finding a balance. new figures show that public sector debt has breached £2 trillion for the first time. retail sales rose above pre—pandemic levels in july, as a rebound in demand continued. doctors treating leading russian opposition figure alexei navalny say he is not stable enough to travel for treatment

last release "lover" last year. >> it also earns swift her seventh number one album.>> the swifties, they don't play. >> they do not play. congratulations, taylor. well -- i mean she went into this pandemic, came out with an album, broke a record. >> you knew where you were when that digital dropped. we were here. >> the world stopped. >>> next, something that courteney cox is about to do for the fifth time. >> no, it has nothing to do with "friends" but we promise you it will be a scream. the 56-year-old actress is returning to the big screen as reporter gale weathers for a fifth "scream" movie. >> she confirmed the news on instagram by posting a video with the caption "i can't wait to see this face again." "the hollywood reporter" also confirms that cox's ex-husband, david arquette, will also reprise his role as sheriff dewey riley. >> the couple starred in all four scream films and will now reunite for this fifth installment. i say they should have named one of their children after something related to "scream" because it's payroll, bankroll like a lot of the arque

candidate answers the security council appeal with swift destroys to join the forces.tes, youngted men from every walk of life hurry to the army, the navy and air force and answer the appeal. as recruiting setters report heavy enlistments, president an association. >> gentlemen, we face a serious situation. we hope we face it in peace. the only reason for the action was alwaysaken ating that we finally arrive the peace in the world which we anticipated when we created the united nations. that is the only reason for the action. thank you very much. [applause] , the security council meets to provide for a unified command, the president of the council invites the korean delegate to take a seat at the table. to take his place at the table. >> great britain's delegate speaks on the resolution. >> i have been discussing with milly designations -- with many delegations the resolution that is before you now. >> the council votes seven to nothing for a unified command and asked the u.s. to designate a commander. the united states replies. >> the united states except the respons

swift moves noted on the yield to what extent do we trust these moves. it seems like fiscal disciplines have been tossed out of the window we've seen bond exposures at this point >> the bond review has been a meaningful step. for the first time, we have monetary support and coordinated fiscal policy support. a lot of the good news have been priced in. having to choose where to allocate, we do prefer corporate credit to the likes of italy or others who sooner or later will have to deal with what are going to be the rising gdp as a result of the fiscal policy to relate to the policy. credit better than at this stage. >> when we talk about corporate credit originally seeing swift moves where they raised it they are talking more qe down the track as we continue to see the economic weakness. who are these bond buying programs supporting now or are they weak areas that they will somehow help >> they are a broad base in nature that is exactly what those core programs would achieve that will continue but we also think the main impact of the crisis will be an inc

mister president, if it is your intentional to signal the world that this country will respond with swiftetributions and cases of international terrorism in the future, why is it your policy not to retaliate against iran? >> what good would just revenge do? what form would that take? i don't think revenge is worthy of us. on the other hand, i do not think we act as if this never happened. i would rather wait until is they say, we complete this -- i know have been on the site too long but someone said please and spanish. >> mister president, i am impressed when i listened the other day (speaking spanish) president, is it true that -- given the opportunity to serve this country. when are you going to appoint a spanish american to serve in your administration and policymaking positions? >> we are definitely recruiting and definitely trying to do that. i want an administration that will be representative of the country as a whole. please, do not judge us on the fact that we have only picked 100. there will be 1700 positions to fill in the executive branch in the white house senior staff and s

we are on top of this because this swift and effective leadership but we are better capable and swifter in responding to this hurricane because of the way you and your administration so swiftly step up and help the people of texas. pres. trump: thank you very much, governor. i notice you say covid-19. many different names. at least 20 different names. you call it covid-19. that's ok with me, at least for today. [laughter] inerally i come -- generally call it something else. you are coming down and so is arizona and it has been an incredible, down to flawless numbers, so it is really doing well. i like what you are doing with respect to keeping people separated during this problem with the hurricane. really good job. ted, please? senator cruz: we appreciate you being down in texas once again and let me say something i just told the fema administrator a few moments ago which is that the consistent report i've gotten from the governor, from local officials and state officials is the responsiveness of the administration throughout this hurricane has been extraordinary. we had a blessing wit

president, in your welcoming address to the freed americans you sounded a warner of swift and effective recei receipt -- retribution, what kind of action are you expecting to take behind this harsh rhetoric. >> that is not something you can and should answer. this is a big and powerful nation. it has a lot of options open to it. and to try and specify now just particularly what you should do is one of the things that has been wrong. people have gone to bed in some of these countries that have done these things to us in the past, confident they could go to sleep and wake up in the morning and the united states wouldn't have taken any action. what i meant by that phrase was that anyone who does these things, violates our rights in the future, is not going to be able to go to bed with that confidence. walt. >> mr. president, you campaigned rather vociferously against the treaty saying it was slanted toward the soviet union. and yet i noticed your secretary of state mr. hague seems to suggest for the time being at least the united states will abide by the limits of the treaty. any hopes the

anthony, you love t-swift, too. guess tony dokoupil does, as well.ing in london is going to college to study math, thanks to t-swift. the pop star donated 23 pounds, about $30,000, to vitoria's site raising money for tuition. swift found the story on line and wanted to give her the rest of the goal amount because she was, quote, inspired by the 18-year-old's drive and dedication. vitoria is, of course still in shock over the donation. watch. >> i'm blessed, blessed because it's more than 50% of what i needed. it blew my mind. >> and you know, anthony, t-swift is known for her generosity. throughout the pandemic, she has sent cash donations to fans on twitter looking for help. so this is not a one-off for her. >> to the staff of grimy's, a great record store in nashville, she paid for their health insurance for three months during the pandemic. so yeah, she's -- >> she does that a lot. when nobody's looking, nobody -- she doesn't ask for publicity. she does a lot behind the scenes. that's great. >> thanks. >>> ahead, vice president mike pence will giv

the main kremlin party united russia to become the city's governor but the kremlin's response was swift 3 months later it changed the far eastern federal capital from capital of ska to plot of course talk. in 2900 focus county again beat the united russia party in legislative elections authorities then raided a firm previously linked to fergal during his business days a full partner testified against him for food murders between 20042005 charges which he firmly denies that protesters call it politically motivated and the anger has shifted from his arrest to vladimir putin and the like he had it up to here corruption lawlessness deception this propaganda people are just fed up the movement has started spreading all over russia i'm telling you syria. just won't stop. reading i am frugal. people here say they will continue to make a stand against the crime until further returns from most of the rebels money out to sea or. the number of people who have died from covert 19 in brazil is now past 100000 it's only the 2nd country to reach that tragic milestone after the united states activists

our delegation of west african leaders has arrived in mali to push for a swift return to civilian rule following in military cool former nigerian president goodluck jonathan is part of the group representing the regional bloc echo os president. was ousted on tuesday rebel soldiers say they plan to appoint a transitional leader but haven't given a timeframe. well. we see what is happening in the world that we're going to get. the worse for you stick with it live it in the. come up with. that with the way. al-jazeera is following developments in nigeria he says a. delegation may struggle to get the former president to re-instate since realistically to achieve in what they will achieve in bamako it's hard to say however one key thing is the indication that a course is somehow softening its initial stance and rhetoric about the coup in mali 1st a 2nd day after the coup was executed at course and on to rough tough measures thing to land and blockade of mali. sort of restricting trade and money in flow from member countries into mali as well as other measures that include suspending the coun

swift saw the page and donated what was left to reach her goal.nd dedication to turning your dreams into reality. i want to gift you the rest of your goal amount. good luck with everything you do. love taylor. i don't know how you even top that. but we're close to it. because we have a story that hits a little close to home this morning. peter, you and kristen were featured in people this week. the magazine hailed you both for your work on the campaign trail. and here in the anchor chair, you guys talk about everything from your front row at the white house the pandemic to covering -- this week. you really got to read ittich it is a good read. nice to see you guys on people. >> thanks dylan. we had so much fun with that profile talking about being on the road. and then getting to come here and talk about it. this is a picture of us at the dnc. the first time we were out on the road. >> tell a story about my daughter ava. 7-year-old would put a green screen up in the basement why where i do like the work from home and walked in with her neon green

a telephone call with the russian president vladimir putin because shanghai said the 2 hoping 1st swift resolution to the country's problems step lawson is reporting to us now from minsk. euphoria instead of fear on the streets of minsk after security forces stayed away from large rallies which by the round the capital in the past 2 days was a. 2 former military man came out to denounce the violence used by security forces in the past week where. most of the dust has come to show that the army and reality is with the nation it ways has been thousands held a minute of silence at a metro station where 34 year old alex. was killed during protests last monday the memorial house they knew slee with a funeral quickly turned into a mass rally. i understand i could have been detained and beaten or did like this one i consider the president of belarus to kind of skya. is an illegitimate president this president must be judged he should get the strongest sentence possible. women carry photos of injured detainees who were beaten and tortured by riot police during protests it could be your son this

well the condemnation has been swift not just from the hong kong government but also a by beijing's top representative in hong kong that he has said he strongly opposes and condemns the treasury sanctions he said this reveals unscrupulous the unscrupulous intentions of u.s. politicians to support anti china chaos in hong kong and in quite i am or quote from him and what's believed walk considered a humorous response he said i don't have any assets abroad isn't it a waste of time for president trump to impose sanctions and he could send $100.00 to the united states if president donald trump wanted to freeze that $100.00 now the hong kong government it's also released a statement it's described it as shameless and despicable it said we had one representative the economics of development and commerce minister he spoke at it would yell but also he repeated what was said in that government statement describing it as unreasonable and savage blatant interference in hong kong hong kong's domestic affairs it said or send the wrong signal to any u.s. investors in hong kong but of course kerry lam

>>and talk about a swift move taylor, swift change the branding of her album merchandise after her organization was accused of copying a logo of a black owned business amir russell. founder of the online retailer. the folklore accused the pop star last week of selling merchandise that ripped off the logo of her company which sells apparel. sesser ease and other products by designers in africa and the diaspora. this picture comparing the 2 logos was posted on drizzles instagram as of tuesday. swiss web site was no longer selling apparel with the words of the folklore swapping it out for new designs are red folklore album. and that will do a proper news at 9 thanks for being with us this hour. but don't go anywhere. vicki and i. >>we're going to be back at the top of the hour with kron 4 news at 10 talking about unemployment benefits were just a a couple hours now from seeing those expire at least the augmented portions no deal in sight from congress bay area salon owners. >>they're now making a desperate plea to try to reopen. >>new at 10 a walnut creek mom missing for more than a month the clue

assets are being frozen sarah clarke has more from hong kong for the condemnation has been swift not just from the hong kong government but also to abide by asians top representative in hong kong now he has said he strongly opposes and condemns the treasury sanctions he said this reveals unscrupulous the unscrupulous intentions of u.s. politicians to support china chaos in hong kong and in quite a or quote from him and what's believed ork considered a humorous response he said i don't have any assets abroad isn't it a waste of time for president trump to impose those sanctions and he could send $100.00 to the united states if president donald trump wanted to freeze that $100.00. search and rescue efforts are still underway in beirut but hope of finding any survivors is fading 157 people were killed and at least 6000 injured in the explosion at the port on choose day the international donors conference is set for sunday to discuss how to help lebanon the u.s. state department has praised a former saudi intelligence chief who's filed a lawsuit against crown prince we haven't been so ma

social and other reverberations will be felt for some time to come united nations as and then go on a swift and wide ranging response to office because the nation of humanitarian affairs helped to organize the point of the experts from the international search and rescue advisory group and united nations these ups that assess the coordination system well 1st responders in beirut's blake getting 20 pounds the world also going to ization how supplies landed in beirut on wednesday cover 1000 job interventions and 1000 surgical interventions for people suffering from injuries and burns as a result of the blasts. if you know of the past there's of course united and humanitarian coordinator for lebanon released 9000000 from the level of humanitarian funds to address the immediate needs and on friday that is if it is the further 6000000 us dollars from the central purpose be response funnels united nations is supporting the lebanese red cross and other partners in providing temporary shelter for this place. and the world food program is importing which floor and aids are bakeries and meals well pr

said the 2 were hoping for a swift resolution to the country's problems while jazeera step vasant is in minsk where many of the demonstrators are still on the streets. a mere pushkin. metro station where the 34 year old car mechanic was killed on monday and night it's still unclear how he died but it's for should have he had an open. during the night and also in the week. also here where a lot of remains. rubber bullets we have found in the last 6 hours people have been streaming in to. put the. car mechanic but also as a sign of protest and defiance thousands of people also carrying children. around. very euphoric atmosphere i have to say. the day when there was a one minute silence for the victim there were a lot of people crying holding. making a peace sign so very remarkable scenes here today again in minsk where protests are not stopping and only growing bigger the protesters are just. waiting there's no police there are no security forces around for the last 48 hours i have to say. today friday when the people were marching towards independence square. in front of house. with r

stasi attainder how with the headlines for you here on al-jazeera the kremlin says it's confident of a swift resolution to under-estimate batteries after president alexander lukashenko spoke to his russian counterpart that in a person is resisting calls to step down as thousands rally in minsk for a new day of protests the continued demands for political change coincided with a funeral held for a man killed during the days of unrest following a disputed election step basson is amongst the protesters. what started as a memorial for 34 year old. square earlier in the week during protests has now led to one of the. thousands of people here in the last hour not only. there are people carrying flowers. but also. calling. this hour we're. told nobody. has been asking from president because he needs help from troll the situation anymore it's basically a turning point now for the president but even this asking for help from neighboring russia is not to be tearing people here anymore they're now used to threats. and they have been suffering. torture. intimidation in the last week and that old tactic