of the government s plans. hundreds of thousands of workers go on strike in uk today more could be the biggest walk of industrial action since last year. a state of emergency has been declared in malawi with more than 200 people now confirmed dead after storm freddy hit southern africa for the second time in a month. and a small number of wolves have started to settle in belgium, for the first time in more than 100 years, as numbers increase across europe. hello and welcome to bbc news. let s begin today with the latest from pakistan, where the police appear to have stopped the operation to arrest the former prime minister imran khan. it appears to be due to a cricket match taking place. they say they will resume trying to arrest him afterwards. unrest continued in lahore through the night as imran khan s supporters clashed with security forces after police made another attempt to arrest him on a court order. he has accused the authorities there of acting outside the law in t
in belfast, to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement, and to show america s commitment to the peace process. twitter owner elon musk, one of the world s richest men, gives a rare exclusive interview to the bbc where he admits to mistakes when buying the social media giant twitter. this the pain level of twitter has been extremely high. it hasn t been some sort of party. so, it s been really quite a stressful situation. could there be good news on the way for homeowners? after a sharp surge in interest rates, the world s bigggest financial institution says they will come down but don t say when. what does that mean if you are a borrower and a homeowner? i take a look. in sport, a masterclass in manchester as city thrash bayern munich to take a huge step towards the champions league semifinals. another wet and windy day today, the strongest winds will be in the west and south and north east scotland, gales and severe gales at times, which could lead to some dis
and this week patients at a hospice in kent were given some medicinal music which is, literally, fit for a king. alis huws is the official royal harpist who will play at the king s coronation in may. in between practice sessions for that, she performed at ellenor hospice in gravesend, as chrissie reidy reports. (tx next) as the official royal harpist, alis huws is well used to an audience. and now the 27 year old has brought the power of music to gravesend, where she performed for ellenor hospice as part of a musical therapy session. whenever i ve got a little bit of free time in my schedule, i like to make time to come and play for people in the community and like you said, bring music to the people who need it and the people who really can benefit from it the most rather than rely on them to come and find you in a concert hall, because realistically that s not going to happen. alis was appointed the royal harpist to the then prince of wales in 2019, and this year has a very
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