judicial reform plans. hello and welcome to bbc news. we start with the news that the celebrated british tv presenter and comedian paul o grady has died at the age of 67. in a statement, his partner andre portasio said he passed away unexpectedly but peacefully on tuesday evening and thanked fans for all the love they have shown him over the years . paul o grady first came to fame as a drag artist before becoming a talk show presenter. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba looks back at his life and career. he first came to fame as the charismatic drag queen lily savage. the act, honed in a succession of pubs, had to be toned down for tv but it was as acerbic and acid tongued as ever. so i m stood having a drink and i looked over and here s ulrika walked in the door, wearing the same frock as me. i didn t even know she had a littlewoods catalogue, i was flaming. lily fast became an audience favourite, hosting some of tv s best known shows. it s thursday, it s 7pm, it
waste at the department of energy. briton identifies as non-binary and gender fluid. laura: oh, does he? talk about holding the bar really high. you know he would still be there if they didn t have that security footage, by the way. for this administration, it s failure as far as the eye can see yet zero accountability, none. still no senior officials, no cabinet official fired. not alejandro, let em all in, mayorkas at dhs. not leave it to pete buttigieg at the department of transportation. not the queen of transitory inflation janet yellen at treasury. so the only logical conclusion at this point can be that america s decline is their agenda. now biden s balloon fiasco was a national embarrassment for the united states at every turn, and it reminds us that we really don t have military leaders who are looking out for us. even when generals austin and milley blew the afghanistan withdraw which led to the deaths of 13 service members, they still kept their jobs. the inte
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very difficult test for us. we need help. we need international community to do something to help us, to support us. this is a disaster area. we need help from everyone to save our people. remember him. there are many people like him searching for loved ones and others. good morning, everyone. there s a desperate plea for help after a catastrophic earthquake killed more than 1500 people in turkey and syria. keep an eye on him there are many like him. we re going to speak to that rescuer, one of syria s white helmets as he searches for survivors. emergency crews are x scrambling in ohio trying to keep a toxic train wreck from exploding. and the u.s. shot down a chinese balloon. there is crisis and blowback that president biden is now facing. all as he s preparing to give the second state of the union address tomorrow night. also this southwest. fedex is on the go. close call there. another near disaster at a u.s. airport. what we re learning about that very close c