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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20211226 22:09:00

are without power, following typhoon rai, which ripped through the country ten days ago. disaster officials warn it may take until february to restore all electricity supplies. tens of thousands of homes were damaged and there s still a lack of food and clean water. you are watching bbc news. the bodies of 16 iraqi kurds who drowned when their inflatable boat sank last month in the channel, whilst trying to reach england, have been returned to northern iraq. burial services have taken place in irbil. the majority of the 29 people who died in the incident were iraqi kurds. an estimated 40,000 people from the region left for europe in the past year alone, using clandestine routes. soran qurbani of bbc s persian service, who took part in the bbc investigation into the channel drowning incident, has more on the events

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20211226 21:25:00

the philippines are without power, following typhoon rai, which ripped through the country ten days ago. disaster officials warn it may take till february to restore all electricity supplies. tens of thousands of homes were damaged and there s still a lack of food and clean water. 378 people are now known to have been killed by the typhoon and about 60 are still missing. the former bbc radio presenter janice long has died following a short illness. she was best known as a presenter on radio 1, radio 2, top of the pops and most recently on bbc radio wales. she died at home on christmas day, surrounded by her family. the bbc s director general said she was a stellar presenter who was loved and respected across the industry. the motown singer wanda young, who sang the 1961 classic please mr postman, has died at the aged of 78.

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20211226 18:21:00

disaster officials warn it may take until february to restore all electricity supplies. tens of thousands of homes were damaged and there s still a lack of food and clean water. 378 people are now known to have been killed by the typhoon, and about 60 are still missing. a man who was arrested within the grounds of windsor castle on christmas day, while in possession of a crossbow, has been detained under the mental health act. the man entered the grounds but was not able to get into any buildings due to security. the 19 year old man from southampton was arrested on suspicion of breach or trespass of a protected site and possession of an offensive weapon. police in northern india have launched an investigation after a statue ofjesus was vandalised at the entrance of a colonial era church. the incident in the holy redeemer church in ambala city is the latest in a series of such attacks in recent months. newspaper editorials have urged the leaders of the governing hindu nationalist bjp to

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180911:21:07:00

that sounds, given how danger at that this storm is. yeah, but we re a tight knit community and everybody is willing to help each other out. reporter: all right. we re going to wish you the best of luck. thank you. reporter: the same for everyone here in this community. thank you, john. so that s the way it is right now, jim. decision time. yeah. i m not sure that s the example to follow. cnn s martin savidge, thanks very much. as disaster officials issue dire warnings about the approaching storm, president trump says the federal government is ready. but he certainly is sparking some doubts, questions, by boasting about a previous response. let s turn to cn white house correspondent, kaitlan collins. the president here claiming some credit for hurricane maria. reporter: that s right. the president today was bragging about his administration s response to hurricane maria, a storm that devastated puerto rico and killed roughly the same number of people as 9/11 did. now toda

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