become an international search. above all, this was a triumph for the christian democrats. of the west, offering reunification as - quickly as possible. and that s what i the voters wanted. this is newsday on the bbc. including submarines in the us. let s have some more on that deal between the uk, the us and australia it comes as the british government has promised to increase defence spending, by nearly five billion pounds,
africa. the bbc s shingai nyoka has more. after leaving a trail of destruction in madagascar and mozambique, tropical storm freddy travelled westwards and is now pummelling southern malawi, felling trees and power lines. dozens of people are now confirmed dead and at least 200 are hospitalised. homes and infrastructure destroyed by the sheer force of the water and mudslides. in the suburb of blantyre, of the second largest city, a desperate search for those trapped beneath the rubble. translation: so far we have recovered 30 bodies - but we are not yet done. we re still looking for more victims. i m using this hope at least to find someone. since the storm struck over the weekend, the death toll has risen sharply and is expected to increase further as search efforts expand to other affected districts. meanwhile survivors say they witnessed distressing scenes.
you re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. the 0scars gets its first best actress , from an asian background. today, we have closed the book on apartheid and that chapter. more than 3,000 subway passengers were affected. nausea, bleeding, headaches and a dimming of vision, all of this caused by an apparently organised attack. the trophy itself was on the pedestal in the middle of the cabinet here. now, this was an international trophy, and we understand now that the search for it has
the corporation says it will now hold a review of its impartiality guidelines. in the meantime, the presenter would abide by its current rules. mr lineker said he was delighted to get back to presenting, and thanked his colleagues at bbc sport for backing him. here s our media correspondent david sillito. morning, gary. morning, mr lineker. how do you feel about being reinstated? as gary lineker left home this morning, the weekend s dramas that saw him taken off air, chaos brought to the bbc s sporting output, looked to have been resolved. this was match of the day 2 yesterday, after presenters, pundits and commentators downed microphones in protest at his treatment. but the bbc says there was good reason for its actions, he had broken guidelines with tweets in which he described government asylum policy as immeasurably cruel and the language not dissimilar to that used by germany in the 30s . however, he s made no apology, nor is there a sanction,
they obviously were put in a very difficult situation. i think people across the bbc, if you talk to them, are all very passionate about our standing as an impartial broadcaster. that s a really important thing. that word, impartiality, does raise a few questions, though. for instance, the man at the top of the bbc, chairman richard sharp, is a former conservative donor and the subject of an ongoing inquiry into what role he played in a loan guaranteed to borisjohnson. and tim davie was also himself at one point an active member of the conservative party. there are many people and all they see here is a conservative director general and a conservative chairman bowing to pressure from conservative mps and the conservative press. i can tell you, anyone who knows me knows that yes, 30 years ago, some political involvement. but absolutely not affected by pressure from one party or the other. that is not how we work, editorially in the bbc.