I can smell a distinct smell of smoke coming from the burning pit land and also from the forest fire. Im kasia madera, in london. Also in the programme after the collapse of afghan peace talks, a top spokesman for the taliban tells the bbc its still willing to negotiate. The role women scientists played in Indias Space Programme has been largely ignored, now a new film is putting them centre stage. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Hello and welcome to the programme. Its 8am in singapore, i in the mornng in london and 3am in israel, where the general election has, it seems, failed to produce a clear winner. Exit polls suggest both the current Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his main rival, benny gantz, could be in with a chance of building a governing coalition. That, wont be clear for a while. The final result though, will have huge consequences for an increasingly tense middle east region. Our correspondent Barbara Plett usher
A top spokesman for the taliban tells the bbc its still willing to negotiate. And a landmark case at the uk Supreme Court. Judges consider whether Boris Johnson acted unlawfully in suspending parliament. In the last half hour, the current israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Neta nyahu has addressed his supporters, saying hes still awaiting the official results from the general election. Exit polls suggest there is no clear winner, but the indications are it will be much harderfor mr netanyahu to build a governing coalition, bringing to an end his long run as Prime Minister. But he said he would work towards establishing what he called a strong zionist government. From tel aviv, the bbcs jeremy bowen reports. Israeli tv exit polls showed no decisive victory for any side. The votes will be counted through the night, but it could take weeks of coalition horsetrading before the next government and Prime Minister emerge. The election has been a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahus last ten years i
Destroyed an israeli tank. Hello and welcome to world news today. Hurricane dorian has made landfall in the bahamas as the worst ever storm to hit the islands. The latest pictures were getting show the hurricanes effects already being felt on the bahaman abaco islands. The Us National Hurricane centre has warned of catastrophic conditions with winds of 260 kilometers an hour, and storm surges of up to seven metres high. Heres bbc weathers nick miller. It looks like the worst Case Scenario for the bahamas as Hurricane Dorian moves in with its destructive winds. Of course, it has strengthened. You can see the eye on the satellite picture, always an indication of the power of a hurricane. Its slow moving, too, and that means its destructive winds last longer, along with the rain. Huge amounts of rainfall. And a storm surge. The amount of water above normal tide level coming to the bahamas, particularly the northern islands, the abaco islands into grand bahama. Now, after the bahamas, wher
Searching for green gold. The top ten leading democratic contenders hoping to take on donald trump in the next us president ial election are going head to head in a much anticipated televised debate. All eyes are on how centrist and former Vice President joe biden, seen as the frontrunner, will perform against other contenders. That includes popular hopefuls Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, who are both calling for radical change. Lets head to houston, and laura trevelyan, who can give us an update on the debate. Well, thats right. Joe biden, the front runner in this debate, is flanked on stage right now by the two progressives, Elizabeth Warren, who has been breathing down his neck a bit in the polls, and also by Bernie Sanders. So how is it going . Joining me to talk about all of this is kevin, the chief washington correspondent for bloomberg news. Thank you for being here. So how is joe biden doing against Elizabeth Warren, who had the momentum going into this . Well, he welcome
Part in one of the biggest dinosaur digs of all time. Hello and welcome im katty kay in washington and david eades is in london. Israel has announced its blocking a planned visit by two us congresswomen after being urged to do so by President Trump. The two women are both muslim. This morning the president tweeted, it would show great weakness if israel allowed entry to ilhan omar and rashida tlaib. Ms tlaib is of palestinian origin, ms omar came from somalia. They are both us citizens. Israel did what the president wanted, with israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defending the decision saying the congresswomen planned to harm israel. Heres tom bateman from jerusalem ever since their visit to the occupied west bank and East Jerusalem was omitted there were those on the writing israel saying they should be prevented from coming into the country. That would be possible because of a controversial law introduced in israel a couple of yea rs law introduced in israel a couple of years