Week a shop worker, but lenka thomson has given that up after she and her husband steve scooped 105 Million Pounds in the euromillions lottery. The couple from west sussex have 3 children. They say they were stunned when they realised what had happened. Duncan kennedy went to meet them. Cheering bubbles amid the disbelief. Steve and lenka thomson with the smiles of super winners and the cheque for £105 million. I believe thats mine. It is indeed, and the couple still cant believe whats happened. Its life changing. Its life changing for. Not just for us, our family. The family. Our friends in the community. Yeah. Definitely. We are going to do a lot of good with this. Lenka has a job in a grocery store, steve is a builder, and he went back to work after his win. Still had to go and paint a ceiling. So, why would you painting the ceiling . Because i fell through at the previous week insulating someones loft. The couple say they are going to be sensibly generous with their new pot of ric
For Women Artists. Time is running out to stop a Global Climate disaster and temperatures rising even further, according to a new report from the United Nations. The Un Environment Agency says, over the next decade, global emissions need to fall by more than 7 every year to have any chance of avoiding warming the planet by more than 1. 5 celsius. Even the current rise in temperatures is having an effect, as droughts become more common all over the world. Australia has seen one of its longest dry spells. That has made the massive bushfires in New South Wales and queensland even worse. And in zimbabwe, in southern africa, serious drought is threatening urban and rural life. The Bbcs Stephen Sackur has just been there. When the Zambezi River is in full flow, you can see why the explorer David Livingstone called it a view for the angels. But look at the falls now. This is what southern africas prolonged drought means. The volume of water is down by two thirds. Here we are at this viewpoint
Now on bbc news, its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The significance of the political unrest in hong kong stretches far beyond the borders of its territory. It poses president xi jinping with the most serious challenge of his presidency. If beijing cannot quell the calls forfreedom in hong kong, what does that tell us about the sustainability of its authoritarian rule elsewhere . My guest today is chinas ambassador in london, liu xiaoming. His Government Faces mounting internal and external pressure. How will it respond . Ambassador liu xiaoming, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you here. Let us start with hong kong. President xijinping has been in power for seven years. Would you accept that the prolonged unrest and instability in hong kong is the greatest challenge he has faced in his presidency . I think our government policy is clear. I think 12 days ago the president made a very authoritative statement when he atten
Its campaigning and try and swing voters into voting for them on december 12 as opposed to voting for the tories of the liberal democrats. This is not going away anytime soon. It is not going away anytime soon, and it was by this interview in the times yesterday on the part of a chief rabbi who had some extremely stark warnings for all dues countrywide. I absolutely unprecedented. The letter from the chief rabbi, why he didnt say, do not vote labour. His advice with your conscience and other Senior Leaders within thejewish community have backed up what he said. But obviously, the archbishop of canterbury has also express solidarity. Muslim leaders have also expressed solidarity as well but also pointed to reports of islamophobia and the investigation into that and the conservative party. As we said, the whole election is almost in the past 2a, 48 hours election is almost in the past 24, 48 hours degenerated into what about who is the most races as opposed to talking about other issues.
For the citys diversity. And we talk to the people trying to save australias koalas from the devastating bushfires. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. It is newsday. Glad you could join us. Its 8am in singapore and midnight in london. Time is running out to stop climate disaster and temperatures rising says a new report from the un. The Un Environment Agency says global emissions need to fall by more than 7 every year over the next decade to stop avoid warming by more than 1. 5 celsius. We can see the effect rising temperatures are having already as droughts become more common all over the world, but especially in asia. Water levels in the mekong river have fallen to their lowest level in more than 100 years. That has devastating consequences forwildlife for wildlife and the tens of millions of People Living along the river. And australia has seen one of its longest dry spells. Its exacerbated the massive bushfires in New South Wales and queensland.