a6 thousand migrants tried to reach the uk across the english channel last year a new record and a 60% rise and a 100 year old war hero, who s now a reading teacher, is the oldest person to get an award in the uk s new year s day honours. hello and welcome. luiz inacio lula da silva, has been sworn in as brazil s new president, 20 years after first becoming the country s leader. almost five years ago he was sent to jail for corruption, on charges that have since been annulled. he ll now lead a deeply divided country. at his inauguration in the capital brasilia he told the crowds he d rebuild brazil from what he called the terrible ruins he had inherited from jair bolsonaro. 0ur south america correspondent, katy watson now reports. a return to powerfor the man barack 0bama once called the most popular politician in the world. security was tight amid threats of violence by supporters of his far right predecessor, jair bolsonaro. mr bolsanoro didn t even hand over th
after another wave of russian attacks, nato s secretary general, says support for ukraine, is long term. a6,000 migrants tried to reach the uk across the english channel last year. a new record and a 60% rise. and a 100 year old war hero who s now a reading teacher is the oldest person to get an award in the uk s new year s day honours. hello and welcome to bbc news. luiz inacio lula da silva, has been sworn in as brazil s new president, twenty years after he first became the country s leader. almost five years ago he was sent to jail for corruption, on charges which have since been annulled. s at his inauguration in the capital, brasilia, he told supporters that he d rebuild brazil from what he called the terrible ruins he had inherited from his predecessor, jair bolsonaro. 0ur south america correspondent, katy watson reports. a return to powerfor the man barack 0bama once called the most popular politician in the world. security was tight amid threats of violence by supp
a6,000 migrants tried to reach the uk across the english channel last year a new record and a 60% rise. australia refuses to let a cruise ship dock after a marine growth s found on its hull, leaving hundreds of passengers of the viking 0rion stranded off the country s south coast. brazil s new president, luiz inacio lula da silva, has promised to rebuild his country, and restore protection to the amazon rainforest. two decades after he first held the job, the left wing veteran has been sworn into office at a ceremony in brasilia. he told crowds of cheering supporters that he would reunite society, and govern for everyone . 0ur south america correspondent, katy watson reports. a return to powerfor the man barack 0bama once called the most popular politician in the world. security was tight amid threats of violence by supporters of his far right predecessor, jair bolsonaro. mr bolsonaro didn t even hand over the presidential sash, instead abandoning his final official duty a
$40 billion dollars in aid for ukraine. and going back to the past the company trying to prove that sailboats are a greener way to transport cargo. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. security forces in sri lanka have been ordered to shoot anyone seen looting or damaging public property in the latest attempt to stop anti government protests. since last month, the country has been rocked by demonstrations over soaring prices, power cuts and a lack of medicines. at least eight people have died in the violence and 200 have been injured, as our correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports from colombo. a capital under curfew. troops told to shoot at sight at anyone who damages public property or threatens lives. the skeletons of a bustling city scorched by an economic crisis. reeling after a day of violence. yesterday, supporters of the prime minister attacked anti government protesters, who until that point had been peacefully demonstrating. at the cit
with things on automated lie detecters but the question is really what is this technology and the information it provides going to be used for? the ai companies are advertising this tech has life saving capabilities. it can help save lives by improving the times of rescue operations. alerting authorities to people in distress faster. but what we have found with this investigation is we looked into the deadliest incident ins the english channel last year. where four people died. and we found no evidence this technology was used. and we found it was part of the campaign of deterrents. have a watch of what we found. it is 3:00 in the morning on the 14th of december, 2022 in the middle of the english channel. a fisherman has spotted multiple people and tried to