she believes progress is being made towards reversing bans on women taking part in public life in afghanistan. anti abortion activists rally in washington for the fiftieth annual march for life , calling for further restrictions on termination of pregnancies. we start with some breaking news here in the uk prime minister rishi sunak has been issued with a fixed penalty notice by police for not wearing a seat belt in a moving car. mr sunak had previously apologised for what he called the brief error ofjudgement in a social media video as he carried out a series of visits in the north of england on thursday. tonight, lancashire police said it had issued a 42yearold man in london with a conditional offer of a fixed penalty. our political correspondent, david wallis lockhart, told me more about the background to the story. so of course rishi sunak was yesterday going across the north of england because he was announcing levelling up funding. so essentially government funding t
defend it signs of disagreement at the cop27 climate change summit over plans by several african countries to extract more natural gas. and the jackpot that seems to get ever bigger the powerball prize now worth nearly $2 billion. of america s crucial midterm elections today. a strong showing for the republicans will put them in a position to block any ofjoe biden s legislation, and would encourage donald trump to run for the white house again in 202a. here s our washington correspondent nomia iqbal. that s certainly the hope by president biden and the democrats that they can work together. the moment president biden became president two years ago, he made a big point of bipartisanship. he is friends with a lot of republicans so he had made a big thing about how we can all get on. when the ukraine invasion happened, there was a rare glimpse of bipartisanship, because both parties agreed that sending aid to ukraine was a good thing. however, many republican candidates runn
with your support, i will sign a law codifying roe injanuary. together, let s remember who we are. we are the united states of america, there is nothing beyond our capacity. music and, as the bbc celebrates its 100th anniversary, we look ahead at the challenges it faces. could lead to the deaths of young people on a scale not seen for 50 years. climate change and conflict have contributed to severe food shortages across the horn of africa. our africa correspondent, andrew harding, reports from the border town of dolow where people walk for days to come in search of life saving help. we re heading out into somalia s drought lands, with an armed escort on the lookout for islamist militants, but all we encounter are dying villages. a solitary camel, too weak to stand, marks the entrance to a place called kaharai. a 56 year old farmer, ibrahim, takes us to see what s become of his goats. the last of his herd now dead from hunger. did you ever imagine your life would end up like t
how men are still dominating the argument. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. mikhail gorbachev, the last leader of the soviet union, has died at the age of 91. he oversaw economic reforms known as perestroika and political ones known as glasnost or openness which led to the break up of the soviet union in 1991, and the end of the cold war. russian president vladimir putin has expressed deep sympathies . our russia editor steve rosenberg looks back at a historic life. he was the kind of russian leader of the world had never seen. mikhail gorbachev smiled, he was relaxed. in the west, he acquired almost pop star status for helping to end the cold war. but at home, it was a different story. born in the days of dictator josef stalin, gorbachev became a committed communist, rising fast through the ranks of the soviet communist party to the ruling politburo. gorbachev
very foundations of our republic. an urgent international appeal is launched to help the millions of people affected by the flooding in pakistan. look at all this water, it s like being in the middle of the ocean, except those people s houses, and the water levels here are rising. and divers seal the vents on a tanker leaking fuel off the coast of gibraltar. marine crews are trying to scoop up the oil that s escaped. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. inspectors from the united nations have finally arrived at the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in ukraine, which has been occupied by russian forces since march. shelling around the plant has led to fears of a catastrophic nuclear accident. ukrainian troops are pressing ahead with a counter offensive in the nearby region of kherson, to retake areas seized by russia. our correspondent quentin sommerville filed this exclusive report from the frontline, in the donbas region of eastern ukraine. and a war