this is bbc news, the headlines. high stakes in the us as the supreme court hears an unprecedented case whether to kick donald trump off the 2024 presidential ballot. polls close in pakistan, after millions vote in general and provincial elections. a new study suggests erectile dysfunction drugs could also reduce the risk of alzheimer s disease. the biggest mass migration in the world is under way in china as millions of people head home for new year with their families. sport and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. first to the news that uefa president alexander ceferin has made the surprise decision to step down in three years time. at the annual congress on thursday, a motion was passed that allowed him to stand for a fourth term the english fa voted against that, by the way, but he says he made the decision six months ago. i have decided, let s say around six months ago, that i am not planning to run in 2027 any more. the reason is that after some time, ever
in a separate development, a us official has told the new york times that american spy satellites detected an explosion at ukraine s karkhovka dam, just before it collapsed. the recordings can be verified. military experts say the area will be the focus of ukraine s long awaited counteroffensive. let s start this hour by looking more detail about what we know about damn collapse. rajini vaidyanathan has been working with the bbc verify team and explained more from the verify hub. as people try and work out what caused the breach of the dam, more and more data is coming into us to help us try and piece what happened. now we ve had some data, as you mentioned, from norwegian scientists who ve been monitoring the seismic signals and they detected seismic signals from romania that suggested, according to their work, that there was an explosion at 254 local time. this is the time in norwegian time. so you can see there on that wave a peak. and that s what they say indicates there
fredricka reynolds used to do all the flowers for the weddings, but in an instant, that key part of her business was snatched away. they rang me on the thursday before the asylum seekers came on the monday, and cancelled all my weddings for the foreseeable. that s a huge amount of work and income to me. and she told me it s notjust the loss of thousands of pounds. me and my boys used to go swimming every saturday there. i ve got two little ones and every time we drive past there, they want to go swimming and, unfortunately, that s closed now. because of the small boats crossing the channel, the number of asylum seekers in hotels has gone from 3,000 to 51,000 in just three years. it s the government policy that almost no one is in favour of not even the government and it s costing the taxpayer £6 million a day. daniel sandford, bbc news, kegworth. more than 100 metropolitan police officers, who are being investigated for domestic abuse or sexual misconduct, are being allo
point them towards guidance. and we really don t want the products getting into the hands of children. how often is the guidance on these things reviewed, and who does it? most of the guidance out there at the moment is actually done by trade associations, like we have done them with the association of convenience stores, and they are updated very regularly and this is such a growing area for retailers and we have to keep on top of the law. we have to make sure all of the guidance out there is correct, so it is available and we don t have any particular guidance from government which is why the industry ourselves have taken it upon us to write the guidance to support retailers and stop underage sales and prevent the noncomplying goods entering the market. , ., , noncomplying goods entering the market. , ., market. does there need to be more uuidance, market. does there need to be more guidance. do market. does there need to be more guidance. do you market. does there need
time in fifteen years. a record 10,000 runners are taking part in this year s london marathon, expected to be the largest ever. you re watching bbc news. bike notice time for a special investigation. now it s time for cocaine: flooding europe. the coke is everywhere. europe is battling a cocaine crisis, and one port in belgium is on the front line. everybody knows in europe that this is the port to do something. antwerp is now the main gateway to the continent. customs are intercepting record amounts. they found this, also cocaine. but international gangs are going to new depths to get their drugs through, even steering submarines packed with cocaine across the atlantic to spain. we discover how cocaine users are finding it easier than ever to feed their habit. it s actually faster than food delivery. authorities across the continent face an almighty struggle. we ll never win this battle. go, go, go, go, go, go, go. we re at the port of antwerp, in belgium. this place is said