stephen mcdonnell, bbc news, xian.ean's vincent is probably the most well—known. first released in 1971, it pays tribute to vincent van gogh. now, the hand—written lyrics are up for auction, and they could fetch more than a million dollars. the bbc�*s tim allman has the story. # starry, starry night... # paint your palate blue and grey... feel a little pleased with yourself, too. this tribute to the troubled mind and timeless genius of one of history's greatest painters has become a modern classic, and these are the lyrics to that poignant, heartfelt ballad. almost indecipherable, by the looks of it, but the man who wrote them had a plan. isaid, gee, i know what i'll do, i'lljust look at the starry night painting and see if it speaks to me, and lo and behold, it almost wrote the whole song. it told me what to say, and how to say it. # so bye—bye, miss american pie. # drove my chevy to the levy, # but the levy was dry. this isn't the first time don maclean has put some of his work up for auction. in 2015, he sold the ly

yes, yes, because no one could come to china, come to china, come to xian.ynasty, but these days you can see near—empty restaurants and businesses closed because of a lack of customers. this shopkeeper says she's barely holding on. translation: ijust started my business and paid two years - of rent the day before the pandemic closed us. what can she do? nothing, really nothing. i thought about opening an online store. when does she think china will return to normal? it is hard to know, because the outbreaks come again and again. china's hospitals are not swamped with coronavirus patients, but its policies are crushing the economy and isolating the country. if the government has a way out, it's not revealing it, leaving a huge question mark over how this could end. stephen mcdonnell, bbc news, xian. more on that story on the website: bbc.com/news. we are back later. from me and the team though, goodbye. hello, there. the weather is going to be changing through the rest of this week. but on wednesday, temperatures reached 22 degrees in surrey, but also in the

stephen mcdonnell, bbc news, xian.players at one of its most successful clubs were bullied by senior coaching staff. hawthorn football club players were reportedly isolated from family, told to leave their partners and one alleges he was ordered to end a pregnancy. one of the coaches implicated has taken leave, as the league investigates the "disturbing" claims. 0ur correspondent in sydney, shaimaa khalil told us more. the revelations essentially amounted to indigenous players claiming that they were, as you say, lead by coaching staff but also essentially forced to choose between their families and their careers. these allegations came into a review into the club, the hawthorn�*s clubs treatment of indigenous people, and it was published by the national broadcaster, abc. they spoke to three and named first nations players, and one of them claimed that he was told by coaching staff to end a pregnancy. his partner was pregnant and he was told to get rid of the pregnancy and end his relationship with his partner. there w

xian is one of the most famous places in china.ays of the silk road it has been an engine for inland china's economy. this ancient capital is a popular place for tourists because you don't have to look far to see the remnants of its former glory. it has also had several stay—at—home covid downs, one keeping 13 million people indoors for a month. other cities, if — indoors for a month. other cities, if you _ indoors for a month. other cities, if you went - indoors for a month. other cities, if you went to... - indoors for a month. other| cities, if you went to... this man used — cities, if you went to... this man used his _ cities, if you went to... this man used his english - cities, if you went to... this man used his english language skills to become a tour guide here. specialising in the international.— here. specialising in the international. here we are. then came _ international. here we are. then came the _ international. here we are. | then came the coronavirus. international. here we are. - then came the coronavirus. just

and we have a special report from xian in china on the government's zero covid strategy.e begin in russia where a human rights group says one thousand three hundred people have been arrested after taking part in protests against president putin's announced "partial mobilisation" of military reservists. up to three hundred thousand russians could be called up to fight in ukraine — the first mobilisation of civilians since world war two. russia has been losing ground in eastern ukraine in recent weeks. addressing the un general assembly, presidentjoe biden accused moscow of causing a "brutal, needless war". more on that in a moment first, with the latest from moscow here is our russia editor, steve rosenberg. under pressure in ukraine, russia's president has chosen the path that is most familiar to him — escalation. translation: to defend our motherland, its sovereignty l and territorial integrity, for the security of our people, and on the liberated territories, it is necessary to support the proposal of the defence ministry and chief of general staff to announce a partial

said the xian that contracts for resupply had already been signed for years to come.ce may, the us has signed contracts worth $624 million with rateson to produce 352 million rated stingers and lock hitmartin to supply 33 million rated javelins. then the price of continuing the fighting for ukraine is incomparably higher. as aid arrives in ukraine, the us is watching how the ukrainians are effectively using several weapons systems that have been provided to them over the past 6 months. the ukrainians paid a terrible price of a thousand tens of thousands of losses, the killed wounded did not have time for secretary of state blinken to get from kiev to brussels how to continue his speech the polish prime minister arrived in the ukrainian capital arrived and left no doubt who is most ready to fight with russia to the last ukrainians . victory should be for ukraine if, god forbid, it would come to victory on the terms of the russians. this would be a huge defeat for the whole of europe, not only for ukraine, from this heroic defense a new europe must be born behind the pr

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noted american activity in cyberspace behind the recent hacker attack on the polytechnic university in xianion has seriously violated the technical secrets of relevant chinese institutions and seriously compromised the security of critical infrastructure institutions and personal information. the american side should immediately stop these actions and give a detailed explanation. an explanation is also expected from tokyo , with which beijing has long-standing territorial disputes over sen-kaku island. china calls them sluggish and where tokyo asked the americans to move their military base from akinawa to akinawa itself, and without in addition, protests against the presence of the us military there, which did not subside, began with renewed vigor. moreover, they demand not to transfer the base, but to close it altogether, the deployment of missiles will only increase the risks and contradict the world, including neighboring countries. such as china and the asian region as a whole, the virtual exchange of views between the foreign ministers of china and japan has not yet brought fundamenta