adrian brown report from wellington. a long use visit was idly confirmed 5 days ago. his welcome from new zealand is foreign minister. winston pizza is one of the few events open to the media. they'll be no news conference. peter says china is new zealand, most important and complex bilateral relationship, imposing because china is new zealand because trading pop now. complex because new zealand, the united states satellite is concerned about china spreading influence across the pacific. the complexity is how do we manage relations with a very different political power in a way where our interest is still meant? another fiction point usually lives interest in joining a new security pack between the united states, australia in britain, bonus, orcus, china as well. and using the joining would put their relations at risk. the most important part of one use trip will come later this week when he visits australia, where a political debate is deepening about how to respond to china is growing ministry power in the asia pacific region. so i think the priority for china is ob

however, wellington has now begun to lose cheap labor.me time, the difficult economic situation forced the reduction of not only the country’s budget, but also the number of civil servants. a year of quality with affordable and effective medicine. in the minsk region, they summed up the work of the healthcare system over the past year and laid out course for this one. the optimization of hospitals and clinics and the strengthening of their material and technical base will continue. as well as human resource development. a large-scale premiere awaits residents of the capital region with the introduction of the second surgical building of the minsk regional clinical hospital. in the meantime , construction of a modern block is underway. real and comprehensive medical care for rural residents remains a priority. special attention to the development of joint replacement. in 2023, 1,499 endoprosthetics were performed in the minsk region hip knee joint. somewhere around 470 is that. minsk region. more than 5,000 doctors and 15,00 nurses, parame

the fifth and final t20 takes place on friday, also in wellington.same intent we had the whole time and came off for me today but also the backend and putting the score and the bowling tactic to finish off at the end was a great way to win the series and seal it off. we want to come out with a 4—1win and i think it will be good to go out and play with the same tendency we have been and we could try different things if we want, but that is something we want to do. when games as much as the series is over, it is not over yet. we want to make sure we do that really well. you're watching sportsday. time for some of our other headlines. sunrisers hyperabad have made the biggest total in the history of all franchise cricket, accumulating 277—3 from 20 overs against mumbai indians. this surpasses the 273—2 scored by the melbourne stars in 2022 in the big bash league. nottingham forest coach steven reid has been given an extended two—match touchline ban and fined £5,000 after being found guilty of misconduct by the fa. forest have also been fined £75,000 for

england's women have won the t20 series against new zealand, with victory in wellington. an impressive 91 off 56 balls, her second half—century in a row, to help england to 177—3. and charlie dean took four wickets as new zealand fell 47 runs short. the win means england are 3—1 up in the series with one match left to play. it was great to get a win and win the series. i think we talked about going out there with the same intent we have the whole time, and i guess it came off for me today but also at the back end, you know, we had nat on the other is put in a good end score for us. and the highest t20 score for us. and the highest t20 score that we have scored, so, yeah, really good for them. and then obviously the bowling to finish it off at the end was a great way to win and win the series and see that. the world number one, novak djokovic, has split with his long time coach goran ivanisovic. on social media, djokovic said... in the nba, the los angeles lakers overcame a i9—point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the milwaukee bucks. the lakers�* comeback was even m

david grint was asked if he could drive one of them — wellington, as he remembers — around in his buggy of two or three seconds and then something else, so if you blinked, you missed it. but it was well worth doing — my claim to fame. # waterloo, i was defeated, you won the war. _ these images capture abba in brighton before and after the win which would catapult them to fame — a show which 50 years on, those who were there have never forgotten. sarah smith, bbc news. the national living wage goes up tomorrow, rising byjust over a pound, to £11.44 an hour, paid to anyone over the age of 21. the government says it'll boost the wages of the lowest paid by £1,800 a year, as marc ashdown reports. barista sam loves hisjob, but after paying his essential bills he's often left with just a few hundred pounds a month to live on. pay rises just help him stay afloat. i think they balance, because obviously everything else goes up in price so it sort of evens out every single year. maybe for, like, a month you'll be like, "0oh, i've got money this month!" and then it'lljust be, like — the next mont

england's women have won the t20 series against new zealand, with victory in wellington.it an impressive 91 off 56 balls — her second half—century in a row — to help england to 177—3. and charlie dean took four wickets, as new zealand fell 47 runs short. the win means england are 3—1 up in the series with one match left to play. it was great to get a win and win the series. i think we talked about going out there with the same intent we have the whole time, and i guess it came off for me today but also at the back end, you know, we had nat on the other is put we had nat and the others put in a good end score for us. and the highest t20 score that we have scored, so, yeah, really good from them. and then obviously the bowling to finish it off at the end was a great way to win and win the series and see that. and that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. the tragic story now of the death of a baby boy here in the uk — killed by his parents soon after a family court had returned him to their care. finley boden was just ten months old when he died on christmas day 20

wickets in the final match nat sciver—brunt and captain heather knight's partnership of 57 was key in wellingtond reached their target with an over to spare to take the series 4—1. they now play three one—dayers with the first on sunday. it was really good. i think we probably maybe weren't as clinical with the backend of our fielding as we probably wanted to be, but i thought as a team performance we did really well, again, like people putting in performances every game we and week out, and i think we wanted to finish a win and sort of stamp it down on the series and i think we did really well. st helens have gone top of the super league after two late tries saw them beat wigan warriors i2—a. wigan were narrowly in—front on the hour mark when liam byrne was shown a straight red card for a high tackle. saints took full advantage of their extra man with tries from tommy makinson and konrad hurrell turning the game around in the final ten minutes. elsewhere, six first half tries helped hull kr to a 34—10 victory against city rivals hull fc. joe burgess crossed twice as the home side held a 28 poin

women have taken an unbeatable 3—1 lead in the t20 series against new zealand, with victory in wellington91 off 56 balls, her second half—century in a row, to help england to 177—3. and charlie dean took four wickets, as new zealand fell 47 runs short. the final match is on friday at the same venue. it was great to get a win and win the series. i think we talked about going out there with the same intent that we have the whole time, and i guess it came off for me today, but also the backend put in a good end score for us. then the bowling to finish it off at the end was a great way to win and win the series and see it off. we want to come out with a 4—1 win, and see it off. we want to come out with a a—1win, and i see it off. we want to come out with a 4—1 win, and i think it will be good tojust go a 4—1 win, and i think it will be good to just go out and play with the same intensity that we have been, and we can try different things if we want to, but that is something we want to do, win games. as much as the series is over, it is not over yet, so we want to make sure we do that really w

adrian brown reports now from wellington. a long use visit was only confirm 5 days ago. his welcome from new zealand is foreign minister . winston pizza is one of the few events open to the media. they'll be no news conference. peter says, china is new zealand, most important and complex bilateral relationship, imposing because china is new zealand because trading pop now. complex because new zealand are united states ally is concerned about china spreading influence across the pacific. the complexity is how do we manage relations with a very different political power in a way where our interest is still meant? another fiction point usually lives interest in joining a new security pack between the united states, australia in britain, bonus, orcus, china as well. and using the joining would put their relations at risk. the most important part of one use trip will come later this week when he visits australia, where a political debate is deepening about how to respond to china is growing ministry power in the asia pacific region. so i think the priority for china is obviou

england lead the series 2—1 ahead of the fourth match in wellington on wednesday, in the five match seriesmaybe didn't come up well against it. but i think that's a big learning curve. this team is always about learning opportunities and it's all right to make mistakes but we have to learn from them. i guess it is one to learn from, big time. a busy sunday in the english women's super league as chelsea aim to return to the top of the table with a win over west ham. the merseyside derby has finished — everton drew 0—0 with liverpool at goodison park. third place arsenal start the day nine points off leaders manchester city — they're away at aston villa in the late game. you can stay across all of that on the bbc sport website. and that's all the sport for now. here in the uk — the chancellor has confirmed that the conservatives will have a commitment to keeping the so—called triple—lock on pension increases, in their election manifesto. under the government pledge, state pensions rise every april, in line with whichever is highest out of inflation, average wage increases, or 2.5%. our polit

from the women's premier league in india, will see them secure the series in the next match in wellingtonayers. —— four experienced players. nick parrott, bbc news. andy murray's in third round action in miami against czech player tomas machac. it's currently on—serve. murray's a two—time champion at the tournament, and says the city is like a tennis home for him. but this is expected to be his final appearance in miami, as he plans to retire later this year. later on, cam norrie takes on number three seed daniil medvedev, for a place in the last 16. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. katie boulter will play wta tour veteran victoria azarenka later after reaching the fourth round of the miami 0pen for the first time. the british number one saw off 11th—seed beatriz haddad maia in straight sets in the early hours. england'sjudd trump thrashed ding junhui by ten frames to four to win the world open title in china, and claim his 28th ranking title. trump's victory over china's ding gave him a fifth title of the season. there was a dramatic last l

with china, adrian brown, al jazeera, wellington, they've got his thoughts as pockets tom's air force has conducted as drugs targeting to events for the provinces and kinda at least 8 people. it's all about officials say the victims of women and children. they couldn't get a violation of background. sovereignty of god forces who now carried out retaliatory strikes towards pockets. donnie touch tree obeyed the behaviors of that chunk mixture. at the american university of gone gone, he says that the cycle of violence could spiral out of control. i think it's important to a highlight that about funny and hard teeth cleaned up. a specific ttp come under named of deluxe. how is the target for the attacks? we've seen the positive on authorities a deny that came. but we also saw a video or surfacing from of the last saw the pgp come under speaking from practiced on and southward soonest on, claiming the type in the claims often being targeted as bogus. so that's important to remember as well, but also with regards to a t t p and the font color plan. it's important to contextualize the ttp a

david grint was asked if he could drive one of them — wellington, as he remembers — around in his buggyg else, so if you blinked, you missed it. but it was well worth doing — my claim to fame. # waterloo, i was defeated, you won the war. these images capture abba in brighton before and after the win which would catapult them to fame — a show which 50 years on, those who were there have never forgotten. sarah smith, bbc news. that tune would win today, i'm sure. they might be just a normal part of your morning commute, but for one british man, railway departure boards have become big business. russell pirie was so fascinated with them as a child, he decided to make his own at home. and now, they're so popular, he's quit his job and enlisted his family to help him produce them. 0ur reporterjonathan holmes has the story. they're a familiar sight in stations up and down the country, the glowing panels telling you where you need to go and perhaps how late your train might be. russell used to commute to reading daily, and he spent a lot of time staring at these boards. i was fascinated with t

as adrian brown reports from wellington, the visit comes against the backdrop of concerned about china is growing influence in the south pacific. a long use visit was idly confirmed 5 days ago. his welcome from new zealand is foreign minister. winston pizza is one of the few events open to the media. they'll be no news conference. peter says china is new zealand, most important and complex bilateral relationship in poland because china is new zealand because trading pop now. complex because new zealand are united states ally is concerned about china spreading influence across the pacific. the complexity is how do we manage relations with a very different political power in a way where our interest is still meant? another fiction point usually lives interest in joining a new security pack between the united states australia in britain, bonus, orcus, china, as well, using the joining would put their relations at risk. the most important part of one use trip will come later this week when he visits australia, where a political debate is deepening about how to respond to china is growing m

but adrian brown is a lie for us in the new zealand capital, wellington now so agent, what's the significance of this visit as well? some of the reasons you've just outlined really it is 7 years since when you last came to australia. j began is to here in new zealand on monday and then moved on to cambra yesterday. now one year has come to australia at a time. all relations easing slightly, but there are still plenty of differences that remain on those differences with, alluded to by the australian foreign minister penny wong, when she greeted wong e in camera a short time ago. she said it's very important that the 2 sides learn how to manage those differences, but behind the smiles and i'm the handshakes that we saw that really does belie the challenge that faces these, these 2 countries, australia needs china very much. it is the most important trading partner, a 3rd of everything. china x, but australia exports, sorry, goes to china. the china is not concern so much about trade. it's much more worried about contentious security issues. they all along the astray area is now joining a defens

or adrian brown is live in new students, capital, wellington, for us now, so asian. what more did they have to say in this the well, as they have been discussing, not just trade and the contentious security issues that have dealt this relationship for the past couple of years. i've also been discussing the situation, of course, in gaza, australia, one of those nations, which is called for an immediate humanitarian see spot. they've also been talking about ukraine and also what's happening in australia is back here on the south pacific with china. it has been very high profile in the past few years. it now has the largest diplomatic presence of any nation in the world in the south pacific. and also china has been, you know, signing security packs with some of the small nations as well as investing heavily in places like fiji. that, that's so worried for a straight because a lot of analysts say at the moment, we may be witnessing the run up to a 2nd cold war. and it's the same thing here in new zealand when long he was here. this was also one of the subjects which over

england lead the series 2—1 ahead of the fourth match in wellington on wednesday, in the five—match seriesmaybe didn't come up well against it. but i think that's a big learning curve. this team is always about learning opportunities and it's all right to make mistakes but we have to learn from them. i guess it is one to learn from, big time. the opening weekend of the women's six nations continues. there were wins for france and scotland on the opening day, while england, who are away at italy injust under two hours' time, want to win the title for a sixth year in a row. captain marlie packer is set for her 100th cap for the red roses — and says the team is hungrier than ever for success. the goal for this six nations is to go out there and win it, like, a grand slam win. but we need to make sure that, you know, we perform in each game. and it's notjust about the points on the board. it's how we come off as players, like, we have targets within defence or attack that we want to hit in those games. that's what i think us as red roses will be defined whether this six nations has been succes

as the duke of wellington always used to say, i won't be here, but i'm always interested in views . ingbnews.com let me know what think and i'll read what you think and i'll read some of them out when i'm back tomorrow . tomorrow. >> well, check if that mentions the duke of wellington. i think we want to worry right now. and what's on in, in politics. what's going on in, in politics. i think that's somewhat underestimates the tension i've experienced today, to talking two mps who are normally quite calm about the future of their party, but not today and not this week. now i'm joined now for reaction to what jacob said by former armed forces minister to gordon brown, bill rammell and charlie rowley , former and charlie rowley, former special adviser to theresa may and gove, and charles, and michael gove, and charles, to start with you and the word michael gove. there is in our script for this programme. is he behind is he trying to behind all this? is he trying to push kemi banknock even push kemi banknock or or even penny number 10? penny mordaunt into number 10? i i don't think so. >>

six for 65 as he spun new zealand out for 196, helping australia to victory in the first test in wellington provided early resistance before lyon went to work, helping australia win by 172 runs. the second and final test starts on thursday in christchurch. to golf — and there was a thrilling finish to the women's world championship in singapore. australia's hannah green had three birdies at the last three holes including this one at the eighteenth. it meant she came from a shot down to win by one over france's celine boutier. i was fortunate enough to win last yearin i was fortunate enough to win last year in la but i actually had a very inconsistent season. actually missed the most could say that the mist since i was a rookie in 2018 so i did have some success but i also had some there were moments on the golf course so having an eight win so early in the season gives me a lot of confidence to play the events that i want to and just have a bit more confidence that i have played really well here in march and continue that out for the season. all the sport for now. back with more throughout

knight's partnership of 57 nat sciver—brunt and captain heather knight's partnership of 57 was key in wellingtont their wickets but england reached their target with an over to spare to take the series 4—1. they now play three one—dayers with the first on sunday. and that's all the sport for now. let's start with that stunning development in northern ireland — news thatjeffrey donaldson — the leader of the democratic unionist party — has been charged with historical sexual offences and has quit as leader. the dup says mr donaldson, who has been in politics for almost ito—years, has had his membership suspended pending the outcome of a judicial process. two women came forward, his resignation letter to the du p says he will strongly contest the charges. the dep says mr donaldson who is been in politics almost a0 years to have his mentorship suspended pending the outcome of judicial process. joining me is enda mcclafferty, the bbc�*s northern ireland political editor. it has been quite an extraordinary day, it hasn't it? it it has been quite an extraordinary day, it hasn't it?— day, it hasn't it?

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them needing eight from the last over, england lead the series 2—1, ahead of the fourth match in wellingtonut i think that's a big learning curve. this team is always about learning opportunities and it's all right to make mistakes, but wejust have to learn from them. so i guess it's one to learn from, big time. keep up—to—date on the website or sport app. i would be back in the next hour, see you then. thank you. here in the uk, the chancellor has confirmed that the conservatives will commit to keeping the so—called triple—lock on pension increases, in their election manifesto. under the current government system, state pensions rise every year in april, in line with whichever is highest out of inflation, average wage increases, or 2.5%. jeremy hunt confirmed the plans on the bbc 5 sunday with laura kuenssberg. what about the trouble? because you hinted this week the triple—lock which guarantees the income pensioners you hinted that might be but will the tory —— triple—lock be in the tory manifesto? but will the tory -- triple-lock be in the tory manifesto?— but will the tory -- triple-loc

six for 65 as he spun new zealand out for 196, helping australia to victory in the first test in wellington rachin ravindra and tom blundell provided early resistance before lyon went to work, helping australia win by 172 runs. the second and final test starts on thursday in christchurch. and that's all the sport for now. thank you very much indeed. of course you can keep up—to—date on the bbc sport website or app. even the bbc sport website or app. even the uk, the chancellor says he wants to find a way to bring down the tax burden — but insists he'll do it in a way that's responsible. jeremy hunt will set out the government's tax and spending plans on wednesday — with growing calls within the conservative party to bring down taxes. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent harry farley — he told me the conservatives were hoping to go further in their tax cutting ambitions that has changed largely because the treasury has less money to play with if it sticks to the rules are to set “p if it sticks to the rules are to set up to itself to manage the economy. in the one hand, conservativ

australia are in control of their first test against new zealand, after a frantic second day in wellingtongreen hit a test best 174 not out, as australia made 383 in theirfirst innings. a top—order collapse meant new zealand only reached 179 in reply. the tourists closed on 13—2 in their second innings, with a 217—run lead. france's celine boutier delivered a putting masterclass to take a one shot lead after round two of the women's world championship in singapore. she started the day 30th on the tanjong course, before taking just 22 putts on her way to an eight—under—par round of 64. the evian championship winner is on 7 under, with japan's ayaka furue one shot back. arsenal's vivianne miedema is set for "several weeks" on the sidelines after undergoing knee surgery. the women's super league record goalscorer only returned from an anterior cruciate ligament injury in october. miedema played for the netherlands in the nations league last week but it's understood that was not a factor in scheduling the surgery. plenty more is always using the bbc sport website. that is it from me at the mom

i'm not wearing my wellington boots. i'm not wearing my waders.ght . will harness their >> all right. will harness their brilliant tv news reporter. thank you very much for your time now, folks. we're going i'm going to quickly do some emails. i just want to say a heartfelt thank you again, because so many of are incensed by what of you are incensed by what happened gb news happened there with our gb news reporter, forster. and reporter, katherine forster. and i've been very touched by an email that lee has written in. lee says, i'm sorry to email again, but i'm so angry. lee says, i'm sorry to email again, but i'm so angry . so my again, but i'm so angry. so my with the way that that young lady katherine forster was treated, i've been considering being of gb news being a contributor of gb news for some time, but due to financial constraints, i've kept away. but seeing what you guys risk to report the truth, i'm signing up lee. this is why we do what we do , and i think do what we do, and i think katherine is an absolutely phenomenal journalist, s

women have taken an unassailable 3—1 lead in the t20 series against new zealand, with victory in wellingtonlls — her second half—century in a row — to help england to 177—3. charlie dean was the star with the ball taking four wickets, as new zealand fell 47 runs short. the final match is on friday at the same venue. i think it'll be good to just go out and play with the same intensity that we have been. we can try different things if we want to but that is something that we want to do, win games. as much as the series is over, it is not over yet. we want to make sure we do that really well. the world number one, novak djokovic, has split with his long time coach goran ivanisevic posting on social media djokovic said "goran and i decided to stop working together a few days ago. our on—court chemistry had its ups and downs but ourfriendship was always rock solid. ending the post saying, "thanks for everything my friend" organisers of the university boat race this saturday have warned rowers not to enter the water due to high levels of e coli bacteria on the stretch of the river thames they'll

adrian brown, al jazeera, wellington, i've got this, dawn says pockets on the air force has conducted as strikes targeting to of its border provinces, killing it, facing 8 people, tell of unofficial, save the victims for women and children. i'm available here as an adjunct to that tragic american university of afghanistan. he says this cycle of violence could spiral out of control. i think it's important to have a highlight that is about finding a far teeth clean that a specific ttp come under uh, named up the deluxe. how was the target for the attacks? we've seen the toddler, bon authorities, a deny that came, but we also saw a video or surfacing from of the last. all the pgp come under speaking from practiced on and south wizard his tongue, claiming the type in the claims of him being targeted as boldness. so that's important to remember as well, but also with regards to ttp and the phone pilot plan, it's important to contextualize the ttp and how the emerged. the ttp is a chapter that gained to be in was founded inside i post on the 8th was a be used to shelter a lot of the fun par

and wellington come on green hits and on beaten $174.00 has upgraded to $308.00. if we left us any in the, was in a bows out for just a $179.00. and williamson was run out without scoring. surely a finish to the day with the lead of 217. and it still has 8 with gets in hunt and on and have won the 1st ever test matches on beach and half century from captain andrew's offer any let his continue to 6 wicked victory over i've done his son and i'll put the crowd jersey andrew and that so it's both coming back to many to thank you for that, and that's it for me. my insight for this new zone. so done go way, i'll be back in just a moment. more of today's needs to stay with the president biden says, one to 2 state solution for palestinians and israelis. what does anybody believe it's doable? what this is real for? i'm gonna say it back to us foreign policy and what are the long term consequences for the region and the world? a quizzical look at us politics, the bottom line stuff ation is being used as a what the only way to stop cutting causation is to allow you then peop

with the united states and its lucrative fate. partnership with china, adrian brown al jazeera, wellington, this is a has agreed to pay a $178000000.00 to settle at low sewage, both by australia and taxi operators and drivers. are you say the last income off to the us by your company moved into the country and also it was filed on behalf of over $8000.00 taxi drivers and accused of breaking laws requiring tax season high costs to be license. right. so being a for the bedroom and um, pretty much the text industry was decimated, illegal proceedings of eva. and today you can go to them as a when and as an example to the rest of the world, what can be done? columbia is government says it's a spending a small i deal with the nation's biggest group, a full not fock rebels. the defense minister says the ministry will responsible probations, officer the great carried out attacks on civilians. local officials in the south west president, gustavo petro, as administration, has been holding peace tools with groups hoping to end decades of violence. brazil is under a heat wave with officials warning of

david grint was asked if he could drive one of them — wellington, as he remembers — around in his buggyich would catapult them to fame — a show which 50 years on, those who were there have never forgotten. sarah smith, bbc news. germany is part—legalizing cannabis use from monday — in an attempt to tackle the black market. under one of the most liberal drug laws in europe, adults in germany will be allowed to carry up to 25 grams of dried cannabis on them and cultivate up to three marijuana plants at home. the government says decriminalising weed will hit the black market and reduce the spread of contaminated cannabis. a tech investor has bought a burial crypt close to where the film star marilyn monroe was laid to rest, at an auction in the united states. the one—space mausoleum in los angeles cost nearly $200,000. the buyer said he'd "always dreamt of being next to marilyn monroe". many of us have seagull horror stories — from having our chips nicked at the seaside, to being dive—bombed by adult birds protecting their young. but scientists say gulls should be seen not as pests but as

it's a lot of mental and cricket. australia are in control of the 1st test against new zealand and wellington cameron green hits and on beaten 174. how about the security of school? $308.00 the suite in the 1st and a new cnn will then bolt out for just a $179.00. k, wilson was run out without for english julia finish today with the need of 217 and they still have 8, which its in an ard, and have one discuss advocate matching on beacon health center. you can happen. andrew learning led his at 1226 wicket, big suite over i've got a son in abu dhabi, and that's what we support for me, a 100 bucks to city. all right, thank you so much so that i will see a little later today. so we look forward to that and i'll be back in 2 minutes at the very top of the hour on else 0. so to stay with us, the the scars of the war. and you praise, run deep, but the devastation of the country's precious ecosystems may take the longest to hear people in power documents the environmental impacts of the fi too, and follows the premium for prizes investigators, as they collect evidence of what they described as eco sid

adrian brown al jazeera, wellington, thailand's prime minister is vowing to tackle at pollution in the north of the country. forest fires and farm is setting that land a place for crop. clarence, kind of creates, it has what a smoke. as tiny chang reports tongue my has become one of the world's most polluted cities. the helicopter hovers in the haze. overlay can know them thailand, filling its tanks. it takes off to fight the forest pause the filled, the with smoke. but the real problem is here, slash and burn farming across the low. me come region with the cool and harvested the dried stokes and stubble of satellites. the remains piled back into the carpets . i can save a lot of money by budding, what is left over, whatever is left with make a good foot eliza for the land and the land can be used right away. does the fuss spreads clouds of acrid smoke below up into the ash breaks up into fine particle dust known as p. m. 2.5. that's poisoning the atmosphere. take what's happening in this field? a, multiply by 10000 in thailand, loss, cambodia. and then uh, it gives you a sense of why

they next play in wellington on wednesday. credit to them.t come up well against it. but i think that's a big learning curve. this team is always about learning opportunities and it's all right to make mistakes, but we just have to learn from them. so i guess it's one to learn from, big time. keep up—to—date on the website or sport app. and that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. ireland is set to have its youngest—ever prime minister. one of the country's main governing parties — fine gael — has declared simon harris, who's 37, its new leader, replacing leo varadkar. he'll be formally appointed as prime minister, or taoiseach, when ireland's parliament reconvenes next month. let's speak to fionnan sheahan, ireland editor for the irish independent. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. we say simon harris is 37, but he has been in politics almost since he was a teenager. yes. as a teenager. _ almost since he was a teenager. yes. as a teenager. he _ almost since he was a teenager. jazz as a teenager, he began as a campaigne

it's included how strongly are in control of the 1st test against new zealand and wellington cameron green and his and on beach and 174. how much has australia, school? 383 in the 1st inning. you zealand were then bold out for just a $179.00, came cane williams, and there was a run out of that story. australia finished the day with the lead of 217, and they still have a tickets in hand and orland to have one discuss advertisements and i'm beaten how century from captain and do a very nice lead. he's come teach a 6 week, it's victory over. i've got it done. and would that be because of the crowd jersey and this is both for me and you about to say. all right, so thank you so much and that's it from me. so then the 8th of this news hour and for today my colleague means said will be with you in just a moment with a full slate of world news on the, the scars of the war. and you pray, run deep, but the devastation of the country's precious ecosystems may take the longest to hear people and power documents the environmental impacts of the fi too, and follows ukrainian war prize investigator

england lead the series 2—1 ahead of the fourth match in wellington on wednesday, in the five—match series this team is always about learning opportunities and it's all right to make mistakes but we have to learn from them. i guess it is one to learn from, big time. a busy sunday in the english women's super league, as chelsea aim to return to the top of the table with a win over west ham. the merseyside derby has finished — everton drew 0—0 with liverpool at goodison park. brighton came from behind against leicester to win 3—2. chelsea 1—0 up against west ham — aggie beever—jones with the goal. and after that, third—placed arsenal are away at aston villa in the late game. jesper svensson won his first dp world tour title in singapore on sunday, after three play—off holes against kiradech aphibarnrat. svensson eventually sealed victory after the pair had halved the 18th in birdies, and then pars on the first two trips back up the par—five closing hole. but at the third time of asking, svensson had two putts for a par and the win. tadej pogacar wrapped up the 2024 volta a catalunya in style

we were what -- by the duke of wellington after the napoleonic wars.ndent but for almost 200 years we woand how t. today we do many other things in direct militaryencicrime and a r portfolios. since the war started in uke, russia's invasion of ukraine, we have been engaged in work in countries united servics institute have been there many times giving a range of different pieces of work. one of those pieces of work has at russian weapon systems and how they are billed. and to look at the components within them. when we were first in the country. this was very early on in the nature of the war, the invasion went very badly for the russians. they an easy victory and they were met with indomitable resistance. lost huge volumes of platforms, elect chronic warfare signals, tactical radios, missiles were shot down, uav's were captured. across his huge range of platforms we got to look inside of them. so did a number of other people. what was shocking was that all of these systems that we saw were built with our technology. it is not just u.s. technology but

women have taken an unassailable 3—1 lead in the t20 series against new zealand, with victory in wellington not over yet. we want to make sure we do that really well. the world number one, novak djokovic, has split with his long time coach goran ivanisovic. on social media, djokovic said: ending the post saying "thanks for everything, my friend" competitors in this weekends boat race have been warned to keep their celebrations on land after new safety guidance was issued for saturday's race. high levels of e coli bacteria have been found on the river thames course after research by campaign group river action. organisers have taken the advice on board, while saying water quality is an ongoing concern for the boat race. we found 10,000 per hundred millilitre of e. coli. that means it's ten times worse than the rate it“s ten times worse than the rate for bathing water and also means you shouldn't go in the river and they need very careful health guidance in partnership with the british growing organisation and the charity refraction so they can go out and hopefully safe in the knowledge that

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and actually recently, cullompton and wellington will be one of the places that receives funding as ause of that decision that we now have freed up billions of pounds of funding to invest in local transport across the country, and it will be leaders will be be local leaders that will be put of that many to put in charge of that many to prioritise their local needs. >> final question, mark francois, thank. prime minister in the 1930s, one of your less illustrious predecessors, neville chamberlain. so denuded the british armed forces of funding until it was too late that we failed to deter adolf hitler and 50 million people tragically died in the second world war. russia has invaded ukraine. china is threatening taiwan. british shipping is being attacked by houthis in the red sea. as the son of a d—day veteran, could you please assure me and the house of commons we are not going to forget the lessons of history and make the same mistake again. prime minister >> well, can i thank my honourable friend for his tireless campaigning for our armed forces? and he's right to champion them and t

usually do it usually they would do it barefoot, but they've been strictly instructed to wear wellingtonterproofs and to make sure that they're wearing any sort of blisters with plasters on them. the key thing as well, that is going to be making headlines later when the competition ends, is that the competition ends, is that the winners have been instructed not to jump into the river thames like they usually would to celebrate, because it could really harmful for their health. >> okay, well, great fun down there today and we'll be back with you on the channel later this afternoon . i just wouldn't this afternoon. i just wouldn't bother doing the race in that situation. so let's get the expertise now of the boat race from british rower and olympian alex storey, the man who said to have the difference in have been the difference in cambridge's winning boats of 1997 and 1998, and part of the team that completed the course in record time, as will hollis just alluded to. good morning. alex, are you there? good morning. there you are . let's morning. there you are. let's forget the e—coli and

arrived, that is, there was no mistake, there was a monster here, chuditovsky, who became, well, wellingtonistory has turned out in such a way that they were unable to do this, but absolutely all the memories of russian officers along the way of the french retreat, that it was reminiscent of napoleon’s flight from russia, are the same abandoned carts, the same abandoned things, unfortunately, there was no birch tree there and it was clearly warmer than at the time of the action from moscow, in fact, because of the general’s frost. frost in the twelfth year , in fact, if general frost had not been there, then napoleon, having crossed the berezina , had the zemba swamps ahead of him, and there was mud there, he would not have passed, he would have drowned there, yes, at best, so at this time the frosts hit and the french could cross, but the frost really, we know what hinders bad dancers, so what berina didn’t freeze, what frosts, what are we talking about, somehow she didn’t freeze, didn’t even get up, the question is... history repeats itself, and even if we were just talking about the batt

at the synod and, and there were thousands of wellingtons left there for every farmer that would havew important is british farming ? farming? >> well, i think it's important that we support our farmers across the uk, because, you know, one thing that the farm, the best, best food in the world, the standards are the highest and, you know, they're under threat. as carol said . under threat. as carol said. and, you know, that we continue to have the choice where we have our food from. and, you know, i live in a small village in, in cheshire and we support our local farms locally. we buy food locally . and that's important locally. and that's important again, for our carbon footprint. and and you know, obviously they were going to lose that. and we don't know where our food will be coming from in the future and what standard it is. we know we're in control of the standard in this country. and, you know, our politicians are accountable for the quality of the food in this country, and we want to keep it like that. >> brilliant. >> brilliant. >> thank you so much for your time and for trave