to the bbc news at one. police investigating the death of a 12 year old girl and a 17 year old boy at bournemouth beach yesterday say there was no physical contact between the children and any vessel on the water. eight other people were treated in hospital after the incident yesterday afternoon. a man in his 40s was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. our correspondent duncan kennedy is in bournemouth this lunchtime. this was a distressing incident that played out across a packed beach. it involved and ended in the tragedy of two young lives being lost in the waters behind me. in the past few minutes, dorset police have been holding a press conference and they have gone into a few more details, saying nojet ski have gone into a few more details, saying no jet ski was involved have gone into a few more details, saying nojet ski was involved in the incident and that nobody had beenjumping off the pier behind me. one officer described this as a devastating incident. for seve
this is gps , the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. today on the program, what is happening inside putin s russia? is he losing his grip on power? is he at odds with his own commanders? and how might his forces fair against the up coming counter offensive. we ll get inside from julia yoif and andrei soldatov. and since china opened up its economy in 1978, it has averaged almost 10% growth a year. but are we now at peak china? the economy ims keyu jin weighs in. also, has humanity gotten, well, dumber, thanks to the supercomputers in our pockets that could tell us everything that we need to know in an instant. i ll talk to the author simon winchester about the past, present and future of knowledge. but first, here is my take. america s debt ceiling crisis once again provoked the usual commentary about how it shows the country s basically dysfunctional. but the truth is t
during the pandemic. i wasn t trying to pull the wool over anyone s eyes, and i regret, and i am sorry, for not saying straight out, yes i am involved. i will be representing the uk at the eurovision song contest! pop star and actor olly alexander is announced as the united kingdom s entry for next year s eurovision song contest. hello. we begin in gaza, where in a sign of the growing hunger and desperation there, aid trucks entering the strip have been mobbed and looted by crowds of people. vehicles carrying vital aid in through the rafah border crossing from egypt were boarded and stripped of their supplies. the un says hungry people helping themselves to food is making it almost impossible to distribute aid. there are hopes more aid will start arriving each day, after israel opened the kerem shalom crossing into gaza for humanitarian aid trucks for the first time since the war started in october. until now, aid has only been able to reach the territory through the rafah cr
united states and around the world, i am coming to you live. today on the program the mess at the mexican border, it might get worse, much worse. this week, u.s. authorities lost the authority to expel migrants from land borders. officials are expecting an onslaught. i will talk to former homeland security secretary jay johnson about the problem and solutions. also, the clock is ticking. treasury secretary yellin says america may go into default in just 18 days. there is little doubt such an event would badly hurt the u.s. economy and sully america s standing abroad. i will get the view from london with martin wolf of the financial towns. then after 12 years of civil war and more than 300,000 civilians dead, syria and its infamous leader are back in the arab league. what is going on? i will ask a regional expert. but first, here is my take. the tragic mass shooting in the suburb of dallas, texas took place as i was leaving the country to visit written. i might as well have
live from our studios in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the us, where one of the most highly anticipated defamation trials began and ended just as quickly. with the jury already selected media giant fox news settled with dominion voting systems, for $787 million. the issue at heart of the case was whether fox news was liable for airing the false claims that dominion s ballot counting machines were used to manipulate the 2020 election in favor ofjoe biden over then president donald trump. one of dominion s lawyers, justin nelson and ceo james poulos spoke after the settlement. the truth matters. lies have consequences. over two years ago, a torrent of lies swept dominion and election officials across america into an alternative universe of conspiracy theories, causing grievous harm to dominion and the country. fox has admitted to telling lies about dominion that caused enormous damage to my company, our employees and