many areas of chennai — capital of tamil nadu state — have been inundated due to what's said to be thein some areas, water levels have begun to recede. bbc reporter saradha venkatasubramanian is there for us. michaung cyclone, which was formed in south east bay of bengal, has left chennai, the capital city of tamil nadu, a southern state in india severely affected. incessant rains for more than 18 hours in chennai and its neighbouring districts had many parts of the neighbourhood inundated. rains have stopped now for more than 15 hours and the city is slowly recuperating. water has receded in many prominent parts of the city, but low—lying areas and areas are adjacent to waterbodies like this have still about three to four feet of water and people are stranded. people who are living next to water bodies like these are moved to relief camps. some 9000 people from the city have moved to relief camps. the visuals of the river are there, which you're seeing, is one of the prominent rivers in the city which carries the water to the sea here. and this is receiving water from champaran lake,

damage caused by torrential rains, thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate the state of tamil nadu in neighboring drug per dash as the country. braces for a cycle on this do to make land fall within our freshman stores is a senior general has been killed in ukraine. a regional governor says that major general weather near the box was killed after stepping on the land by no, it's believed savanski was in the southern region at the time the russian defense ministry has not confirmed the brazil is the president of the reason i feel the silver and members of his government are here in berlin for consultations with german transfer lock. schultz and his cabinet. i level meetings between the governments were suspended while right. we can populous desirable sinatra was in all the resumption of ties raises, hopes that progress on projects such as the plan free trade agreement between the european union and more codes here. south america has major training block that perhaps they can now move forward a joint press conference chancello shoulds said that both countries are pushing forward the

so if you want, people have died in floods in the southern indian state of tamil nadu, heavy rains from us like land this week. of paralyze roads and railroads across the region. if they just say assets are underway to reach thousands of people still trapped by rising waters, they say the current debt. so could rise of the electro commission in the democratic republic of congo has started releasing provisional results. officer, a contested election called a lease votes as choosing the president as well as national regional and local representatives. votes in the voting was extended off the delays, and problems with voting machines. international observers from the casa center have reported regularities. at 21 polling stations, opposition candidates have cooled, the process painted, and all those a cooling for rerun catherine. so it has the latest when the capital congested vote counting is ongoing in different falling stations across the country. and these has always been met with.

there's widespread flooding in india's south eastern tamil nadu state.ing, and accidents related to the heavy rainfall. the flow of lava from the volcano near grindavik in iceland appears to be slowing. local officials say nearby settlements now seem to be safe from any serious damage caused by the eruption. as the end of the year approaches, let's take a look back at the movies of 2023. we asked tom brook — our movie expert based in new york — to rank the best of the films released in the uk and the us over the last 12 months. here's his top ten. it's our annual tradition, our list of the top ten films of 2023. artistically at least, 2023 did deliver in terms of the quality of films. so here's our list. you're the man who gave them the power to destroy themselves, and the world is not prepared. at number ten, 0ppenheimer. christopher nolan certainly gave us a great movie to watch and ponder, an admirable portrait of the complicated man who helped to develop the atomic bomb. i don't know if we can be trusted with such a weapon. but we have no choice. in

have been severely disrupted and thousands of people living in low lying areas in the states of tamil naduve been evacuated. the president of guyana has accused venezuelan leadership of trying to create a conflict over the disputed oil—rich region of essequibo. venezuela ns voted overwhelmingly in favour of a claim to the territory. last week, the international court ofjustice ordered venezuela to refrain from taking any action which would modify the current situation. a former us diplomat who served as ambassador to bolivia has been charged with working as an agent of the cuban government for more than 40 years. victor manuel rocha, is accused of helping cuba gather intelligence against the us since 1981. court documents show mr rocha referred to the us as "the enemy" and claimed his work as a secret agent "strengthened the revolution". around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. rishi sunak has suffered a commons defeat after mps backed plans to speed up compensation for victims of the infected blood scandal. 22 conservative rebels

have been severely disrupted, and thousands of people living in low lying areas in the states of tamil nadut of guyana has accused the venezuelan leadership of trying to create a conflict over the disputed oil—rich region of essequibo. venezuelans voted overwhelmingly in favour of a claim to the territory. last week, the international court ofjustice ordered venezuela to refrain from taking any action, which would modify the current situation. a former us diplomat who served as ambassador to bolivia has been charged with working as an agent of the cuban government for more than a0 years. victor manuel rocha is accused of helping cuba gather intelligence against the us since 1981. court documents show mr rocha referred to the us as "the enemy." you�*re live with bbc news. iam i am gareth barlow. let�*s focus on the uk now. the uk home secretaryjames cleverly is in rwanda, where he will sign a new asylum treaty with the country. he�*s been visiting the genocide museum in the capital kigali. the government hopes the treaty will restart plans to send some asylum seekers there to have their clai

michaung cyclone, which was formed in south—east bay of bengal, has left chennai, the capital city of tamil naduncessant rains for more than 18 hours in chennai and its neighbouring districts had many parts of the neighbourhood inundated. rains have stopped now for more than 15 hours and the city is slowly recuperating. water has receded in many prominent parts of the city, but low lying areas and areas adjacent to waterbodies like this have still about three to four feet of water and people are stranded. people who are living next to waterbodies like these are moved to relief camps. some 9,000 people from the city have moved to relief camps. the visuals of the river there, which you're seeing is one of the prominent rivers in the city which carries the water to the sea here. and this is receiving water from the lake, which is the drinking water reservoir for the city. the chief minister, the head of the state has said these rains are unseen in the last 47 years and the 4,000 crore worth storm water drain works has helped the city quickly revive power. power supply is slowly being resumed in 60

have been severely disrupted and thousands of people living in low lying areas in the states of tamil nadu a conflict over the disputed oil—rich region of essequibo. venezuelans voted overwhelmingly in favour of a claim to the territory. last week, the international court ofjustice ordered venezuela to refrain from taking any action, which would modify the current situation. a former us diplomat who served as ambassador to bolivia has been charged with working as an agent of the cuban government for more than a0 years. victor manuel rocha is accused of helping cuba gather intelligence against the us since 1981. court documents show mr rocha referred to the us as "the enemy." you're live with bbc news. i'm gareth barlow. well, let's move on to dubai, where ministers from more than 60 countries have been meeting at the cop28 climate summit. today's focus will be on energy and industry, just transition, and indigenous peoples. it comes as environment campaigners say a record number of delegates from the coal, gas and oil industries are attending the summit. now, a report by a coalition of gre

rain and heavy wind after it barrelled into the southern coast, leaving 13 people dead, most in tamil naduered a landslide. officials said the rescue team also wretches —— matt rescued two bodies. the presidents of zambia was still hopeful the trapped miners were still alive. kevin mccarthy has announced he will leave congress at the end of the year. he served as speaker for of the year. he served as speakerfor nine months before right—wing members of his caucus came together to oust him from working with democrats on a bill to prevent a government shutdown. kevin mccarthy said he would pursue his passion in a new arena. your life away bbc news. us senate republicans have blocked a $110 billion security package for ukraine which is backed by democrats. it also included funding for israel and taiwan as well as more money for us border security programmes. republicans wanted to include tougher border policies to curb administration —— immigration. it comes after volodymyr zelensky abruptly cancelled the briefing with us lawmakers on tuesday. it's unclear why president zelensky cancelled but

, in tamil nadu i live near a forest, its area is 5000 acres, it is huge.l this, everything will be fine with the world, everything will be fine, because there are still a lot of good people in the world, so the end of the world will not come only when everyone in the world will become bad, then the world will end. it seems to me that this is not the worst thing, because the internet is okay, but now artificial intelligence is developing at a frantic pace, it’s really scary. i don't think this is possible in any short term, but there is a possibility that it will happen around 2029-2032. artificial intelligence may cause some damage, but it will be localized, i don’t think it will destroy the world. it’s very difficult, there are too many cars, but we can go, before that i lived in australia, finland, canada and germany, everything is simple with traffic there, so when i came here, i thought, oh my god! i belong to the upper class, but i can’t say , yes, maybe, i’m not that very rich, that i’m very rich, we try not to take money from others, what comes, com

so bengal and orissa, andhra pradesh, tamil nadu. um, except one or two islands, most notably an island called north central island, which is entirely populated by these indigenous. and these are people who are, they're not uncontacted, but they do not like being contacted by outsiders. and indeed, if anyone does generally speaking, they kill them. and they did a few years ago there was a an american missionary who said somewhat naively, that god lent and told him, instructed him he must bring the word of god to godless people of north central island and got some local fishermen to take relatively close. there's a five mile exclusion zone around the island, and he did manage to get and was promptly killed with poisoned arrows. these people remind me of the address of this place before. wait to go before we go. but the thing about the andaman sea is that they have no written language, but they have a powerful oral tradition expressed in songs, poems and according the very few anthropologists that have come to know this, when on the mo

in india, downpours caused new heavy flooding in the state of tamil nadu.day in the state. all schools, banks, and other organizations were closed. the state authorities instructed to organize assistance centers and, if necessary, evacuate people from the zone flooding. military and rescue workers have been sent to the region. but the forecasts are disappointing. don't switch gears, the first soviet nuclear submarine k3 leninsky komsomol, now an exhibit of the museum of naval glory in kranstatt. the restoration work is almost complete, our correspondent, ekaterina gritsienko with details. "the legendary boat will never see the sea again, now the kotri is a museum exhibit, in the first compartment above the rack torpedoes there are bunks for sailors, and this is also the so-called survivability compartment, in case of an accident the way to the surface is directly through torpedo tubes, the torpedo tube opened, four comrades climbed in here, the hardest thing was for the first one, who was walking there on dry land, so it was closed, we filled it, we made mu