will smith takes to social media to apologise to chris rock for that oscar slap. hello and welcome to bbc news. dozens of deaths have been reported as unprecedented flash floods hit many parts of the world. in iran, officials say that more than 50 people have died in landslides, while seven people have lost their lives in the united arab emirates. meanwhile, president biden has declared a major disaster in the united states, after 16 people died in kentucky. lea na hosea reports. floodwaters from days of torrential rain have inundated hundreds of homes and wiped out entire towns in eastern kentucky. bridges have been washed away and roads submerged, sending some residents scrambling to their rooftops. her little room completely crushed. i m so sorry. it s ok. there s no words. - it sjust hard to imagine. there s nothing really that you can do but, i you know, we re just| glad that we got out. but, worst of all, the floods have taken people s lives, including those of children
a volcanic love story. quite a mixture. yes, so let s start with thirteen lives. this is a dramatisation by the director ron howard of the thai cave rescue of 2018, about which there was a documentary recently that we discussed. yet, not that long ago. that s right. ajuniorfootball team and their coach, 13 of them trapped in a cave following flooding. the screenplay is by william nicholson, as i said, ron howard, who s a very good director and has, in the past, directed things like apollo 13, which is again, a real life rescue mission. colin farrell and viggo mortensen who you wouldn t recognise when they come on screen as the british cavers who first find the boys and their coach. here s a clip. you are very brave. how do you stay so strong? we are team we help eachl other, and our coach help us. coach. on behalf of our coach, we stay strong. - he teach us to meditate. and we pray. you pray? i bet you do. all right. we dig! this is to get out? good work. so, the terrif
united states and one of the greatest writable china saying it sees any potential of this caliber of a violation of the united states promised to stay out of taiwan. the white house is reportedly working to quietly dissuade policies and taiwan, its health, racing for the fallout. residents of the island nation earlier this week practicing for the worse. if the threats escalates to an 11 attack. beijing has issued several warnings this week promising consequences and strong action. the latest coming during a phone call between president biden and his chinese counterpart yesterday during the call which lasted more than two hours. chinese president xi reportedly agreed a face-to-face meeting with president biden but also cautions that folks, those who play with fire will perish by it. it is hoped the u.s. will be clear about this. guy, your top thoughts. guy: this week to big stories one from cnn in the wall street journal about chinese espionage efforts in the united states
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