We had the green corridor. We had all the facilities, everything ready. They arrive here and say, oh, my god. Where am i . To portugal im here to meet the people that call this place home. Shouting. To experience the wonder of its landscapes. Mmm thats nice . And see how tourism is now pushing locals to walk that delicate line between preserving natural beauty and boosting economic growth. Now, around the world, there are many airports named after significant historical figures jfk in new york, for example, or Indira Gandhi Airport in new delhi. Well, here in madeira, theyve got an airport named after an iconic hero, too except this one is very much alive and kicking. For those who dont know who he is, Cristiano Ronaldo is a very good footballer and this is his home city, funchal, which is the islands capital. And im getting the strong impression they really like him here. And itjust so happens that ronaldo is playing tonight for portugal in a major tournament and im going to meet one
Push into the South And West and given the fact the ground is so saturated at the moment, it is not so good have an outlook. More here on breakfast. Good morning. Its Sunday 29th septemBer. Fears of a wider war in the Middle East Are growing as iran says the death of the leader of hezbollah Will Not Go Unavenged. The country has declAred five days of mourning for Hassan Nasrallah after he was killed by an israeli Air Strike on the lebanese capital Beirut. Us president Joe Biden says his death is a measure of justice for his many victims but called again for a ceasefire. Our reporter simonjones has more. Distant explosions the israeli bombardment of lebanon continues by night. Explosions. And by day, but the Big Question is what will israel, hezbollah and the militant groups back in iran do next . The israeli Prime Minister descriBed the killing of Hezbollahs Leader On Friday as a historic turning point, but said his work is not done. Translation the state of israel eliminated the Maste
Period between the two sides since 2006. Hezbollah began a campaign against israel on october 8 in support of hamas, and the two sides have exchanged fire since then. 0ur senior international correspondent, 0rla guerin, reports from lebanon on the children caught up in israel s bombardments. Awarning you may find elements of this report distressing. Firefighters rushing to another air strike. This one in nabatieh. They carry out the wounded. Not fighters, but children. Israel says it s targeting hezbollah sites. But it s bombing many residential areas. How old are you? he asks. Three fingers are raised. A young generation, now threatened by a war that has already killed at least 50 children this week, like the members of this family, who died together in a strike in beirut. Ali, jalal, fatima and farra all gone. And iman and talia nasser who took their last breaths together, also killed by israel s bombardment. But some have made it to safety, having run for their lives. My name
Years Mercury Prize for their debut album, this could be texas. Hello and welcome to the programme. Im lukwesa burak. The civil War in sudan thats lasted 18 months now shows no signs of ending and the bbc has seen, first hand, the desperate conditions civilians are enduring. Millions have been displaced and Aid Agencies are Warning the Hunger Crisis is of historic proportions. Nawal Al Maghafi has gained rare access to the city of Port Sudan and a key Border Area in neighbouring chad, where refugees are still flowing out, as Aid Agencies desperately try to get aid in. The faces of a forgotten War. These are some of the Familys Court at the centre of what is being called one of The Worlds worst humanitarian crises. Here in sudan, 26 Million people are facing acute hunger. We only get one meal a day, this woman says. In this Displacement Camp in a Port Sudan, the essay from the front lines of the conflict that life is hard. In another camp nearby people 0 for water. Their most basic righ
A powerful typhoon has hit the philippines and is projected to sweep across the island of luzon, where the Capital Manila is located. Super typhoon noru made landfall within the last couple of hours and could bring winds of up to 200 km h. Our weather forecaster Helen Willetts has more. Hello. This large mass of cloud is a strong, powerful typhoon called noru, which has been throwing rain across the philippines for at least the last 2a hours, but has been developing intensively into that powerful storm, so a life threatening storm because it has got destructive winds, and it will give extreme amounts of rainfall, potentially catastrophic flooding and a large storm surge. Once it moves out into the south china seas open waters, expected to still be a typhoon, it could well intensify again and head into parts of vietnam, threaten china with some heavy rain and also give rains to thailand, cambodia and laos where it has been very wet already because of low pressure. So some destructive wi