and a female iranian climber who competed in south korea without a headscarf now says her veil fell off accidentally there are fears she will be arrested when she returns to iran. we start in ukraine, where the president says there is no space left for negotiations with russia following further attacks on the country. according to volodymyr zelensky, russian strikes have now destroyed around a third of ukraine s power stations. he s made another appeal for further western military support. translation: to guarantee the l protection of our skies and reduce the capabilities of russian terrorists to zero, we need significant and more modern air defence systems and more missiles for the systems. cities across ukraine have come under attack on tuesday, for which russia has admitted responsibility. there have been further air strikes in the capital kyiv, and also in dnipro, kharkiv, zhytomyr and zaporizhzhia. ukraine s civil defence service says hundreds of villages across the co
is 2023 shaping up to be a year of big drop offs? a growing number of major companies are already laying off workers in their thousands, so our employers also now taking back control of pay and conditions? i will hear from the head of the un international labour 0rganisation about why the global jobs market international labour 0rganisation about why the globaljobs market is under pressure and why that could mean more social unrest. the big boss of global recruitment firm robert waters tells me what companies are demanding of new recruits as they try to keep profits flowing. also, is travel the answer to our economic woes? expedia is one of the biggest travel firms, it s big boss will tell me if all that pent up demand is still strong enough to keep us opening our wallets. riveryou enough to keep us opening our wallets. river you arejoining me from, a big hello and welcome. january, the time of year when many take stock of our lives, that often involves looking at our careers
donetsk region of ukraine who sentenced two british volunteer fighters to death is reportedly shot and badly injured in what appears to have been an assassination attempt. now on bbc news. the media show. a warning this programme contains flashing images. hello. today we re asking whether it matters that the world s richest man now owns twitter. elon musk is the latest american billionaire to take control of an influential social media platform. should we care? and we ll also hear from journalists with the bbc s africa eye investigations team about how open source journalism allowed them to uncover the truth behind tragedy on the moroccan spanish border. ben strick is one of the investigative journalists behind the story. ben, out of interest as we re talking about twitter, how important is it as a tool for your reporting? for many of us, twitter is really a lifeline. you know, not only is it a way to share findings, but i think there s there s a couple of reasons. first of a
i take itake up i take up my new duties with immense gratitude for the privilege of having being able to serve as prince of wales. in other news, ukraine will exhume hundreds of bodies found in graves outside izyum, a city recently recaptured from russian forces. it s only now after the russians have been pushed out that the authorities can really investigate and establish how many victims they left behind. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the queen s four children, led by king charles, have held a vigil at westminster hall standing in silent contemplation around their late mother s coffin while members of the public filed past quietly to pay their respects. earlier, the queue to see the queen lying in state reopened after a pause of several hours, but mourners are being warned of a wait of up to 20 hours in chilly overnight temperatures. the king and the queen consort, camilla concluded their uk tour earlier in the day in wales, where the ki
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