This is bbc news. Im nuala mcgovern. Our top stories reports say that former Renault Nissan boss carlos ghosn has left japan where he has been under house arrest, arriving in lebanon. One firefighter dies as fires continue to rage across australia. Weather conditions, already described as catastrophic, are expected to worsen. A cyprus Court Convicts a 19 year old british woman of lying about a gang rape. The uk government says its seriously concerned. And why waking up the world to Climate Change isnt enough. We speak to Greta Thunberg. Im being listened to and we, climate activists, are being listened to,
but that doesnt mean that what we are saying is translated into action. Hello and welcome to bbc world news. It has been reported that the ousted head of renualt nissan, carlos ghosn, has arrived in lebanon, apparently by private jet, after leaving japan where hes been under house arrest, awaiting trial for corruption. The news has come as a huge surprise because mr ghosns strict bai
In the city as being grave and that it worsens with each passing day. The Prime Minister said he would resist another National Lockdown if at all possible. The government has come under pressure to impose a short Circuit Breaker across the country, but mrjohnson said he wanted to continue with taregted local action in order to avoid damaging health, economic and social effects. The government also said that there had been a further 15,650 cases of coronavirus in the uk. A further 136 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for covid 19. Lets listen to what the Prime Minister said about manchester in his News Conference a few minutes ago. Now, we have not yet reached an agreement with Greater Manchester. I com pletely agreement with Greater Manchester. I completely understand the reluctance
of the mayor and his colleagues to ta ke of the mayor and his colleagues to take manchester into the very high alert level. It is far from a pain free course of action and it will mean a
Air base president asood usad uo launch a deadly chemical weapons attack. This marks the very first direct military action by the United States against the Syrian Regime during that countrys sixyear civil war. And in that time the United Nations estimates that 400,000 syrians have been killed. Also notable in that time, donald trump spoke out against, repeatedly, the same kind of action that President Trump just carried out. Were covering all the angles with our team of reporters all around the world this morning. Lets begin with jim sciutto. Thats right, john. The very latest now, we know that u. S. And Russian Military commanders communicated after the strike. Thats key. Those lines of communication open. Two, were getting the first damage assessments from the pentagon. They say 58 of those 59 missiles hit their targets, caused moderate to significant damage. As you mentioned, this was a very specific operation with a specific target. This air base that the u. S. Believes was used to
Climate change joined by a special guest im very proud standing with the german students here because they have a history. Of swedish team who has become the figurehead of for generations calls for action on the environment totenberg marches in hamburg at jewish parents in france fear for their childrens future after a surge in hate crimes you speak with israels ambassador here in berlin about controversial calls for European Jews to immigrate to israel. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program Pakistan is about to free an indian pilot captured when his plane was shot down over kashmir were going now to live pictures coming to us from the Border Crossing between india and pakistan as pakistan gets set to hand over the pilot hes due to be released in an effort to deescalate nice intention. So lets bring in now our correspondent in the mission giles fall who is following these developments from new delhi so what more do we know about the release of this pilot. Well sour as of now we are sti
Hello and welcome to bbc news. Firefighters in australia are facing another day of extreme conditions as the nation battles one of its worst ever bushfire disasters. The authorities are focusing their efforts on the coast of New South Wales and victorias east gippsland region. Around 4,000 people are stranded on the beach in a remote town called mallacoota. Theyve been taking shelter from a massive bushfire bearing down on the area. Some pictures sent from the coastal town show the scene a few hours ago. You can see how the smoke has blocked the sunlight, lending a very eerie red light. The people there have been advised to stay near the beach or take refuge on boats. 0n social media, residents said they were putting on life jackets in case they need to seek refuge from the fire in the water. Emergency services gave this update on the situation. And weve been talking for quite some time about the risk to east gippsland. And what we saw yesterday was, again, that dynamic and that danger