the head of the united nations has begged governments which have suspended funding to the un agency for palestinian refugees to guarantee the continuity of its operations. antonio guterres said he was horrified by israeli allegations that some unrwa staff were involved in last october s attacks by hamas. the uk s business secretary kemi badenoch has said she removed the post office chairman because the governance of the post office just wasn t working . the post office has been struggling with the fallout from the horizon it scandal and a failure to hit commercial targets. now on bbc news, click. this week, alasdair sheds light on the tech behind these dazzling sd displays. something s hand s just come out at me. yeah. it s like a possessed hulk. lara s been checking out the latest health gadgets, including those fending off the calories and those fighting off hair loss. you ve got great hair! are you going to tell me you were bald before? and paul heads to the racetrack to
lit up the horizon, literally. it s that thing over there. yeah, it s called the sphere, and it is a monster. inside, it s an entertainment venue. outside, it s the world s largest video screen, covered in 1.2 million leds. and it s become an instant landmark and a huge talking point since it opened last year. in a few moments, we ll find out what it s like to live in a city that s dominated by this giant, glowing ball. but first, alasdair keane s been taking a look at how graphics are bringing it to life. our senses are constantly being bombarded by the sights and sounds around us, including advertisements that have been carefully crafted to grab our attention. but in a busy world. ..do we always notice? if everyone is looking at their phone, what we are trying to do here is to convince people to stop looking at their phones and recall what they have in front of them. bcn visuals are based in barcelona, creating sd displays all around the globe, and now they have a new canva
in the last few minutes, prince harry has withdrawn his libel action against the associated newspapers. hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, before we turn to the headline stories, i want to show you pictures coming from japan. in the next 20 minutes, we are going to see if all goes well, japan is set to make a latest attempt at a soft touch down on the moon. it is the smart lander investigating the moon, it is known as slim, it is hoping to touch down in about 20 minutes time. it is very difficult to land on earth s natural satellite safely, about half of all attempts have succeeded. now slim is set to begin descent manoeuvres from an altitude of about 15 kilometres about now, that process is supposed to be starting now, and if all goes well the craft will touch down on the lunar surface in 20 minutes time. we will take you through all of that here on bbc news in the next 15 minutes, so do stay with us and we will have plenty more on that attempted land
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