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metal detectors beep. and is this the sound of hidden treasure? hopeful hunters follow a map marking the spot where german soldiers are believed to have buried valuables worth millions. hello and welcome to bbc news. after nearly three years of covid lockdowns, china is scrapping its quarantine rules for travel from sunday. but as soon as restrictions were eased over the last few weeks, infections started to spread rapidly causing many countries to introduce compulsory covid tests for travellers from china. there are also concerns that china s borders are opening just as the country prepares to celebrate its annual lunar new year. for more on this story i m joined now by the bbc s martin yip who s at the hong kong zhuhai macau bridge checkpoint. thank you forjoining us, martin. how are people feeling about these restrictions being eased fairly quickly? we have heard travellers from china can visit abroad and now these restrictions being eased for inward visitors. restricti
lam i am outside where the event will be taking place this afternoon but there has been growing opposition from protesters, citing the legitimacy and at the cost. and work begins to remove the tens of thousands of floral tributes left to honour the queen in central london. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. within the last hour, scientists at nasa have crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid destroying itself in the process. the mission was designed to test whether space rocks that might threaten earth could be nudged safely out of the way. i know we bring you a lot of harrowing news so have a listen to this. my my goodness! seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. my cosh! four, three, two, one. my gosh! awaiting four, three, two, one. my gosh! awaiting visual- gosh! awaiting visual confirmation. - gosh! awaiting visual confirmation. we - gosh! awaiting visual confirmation. we got gosh! awaiting visua
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