the uk s home secretary tells the bbc the government is looking at further land sites and vessels to house migrants just days after it announced three former military sites will be used. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for global questions: lula s new brazil. hello. i m lyse doucet. welcome to global questions in rio dejaneiro. a city famed for its soaring sugarloaf mountain and stunning copacabana beach. but the big story in brazil now is its highly charged political transition. last year s narrow election victory of leftist president lula over his far right wing rival, jair bolsonaro, highlighted brazil s deep polarisation. gunfire. injanuary, thousands of bolsonaro supporters attacked the heart of the brazilian government. those tensions linger and there are questions too about the loyalties of brazil s military in a country with a past history of military dictatorship. president lula confronts many crises at home, including rising inequality, and he wants brazil
and help clear the backlog. the port said 111 coaches were waiting to cross the english channel on sunday afternoon. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for global questions: lula s new brazil. hello. i m lyse doucet. welcome to global questions in rio dejaneiro. a city famed for its soaring sugarloaf mountain and stunning copacabana beach. but the big story in brazil now is its highly charged political transition. last year s narrow election victory of leftist president lula over his far right wing rival, jair bolsonaro, highlighted brazil s deep polarisation. gunfire. injanuary, thousands of bolsonaro supporters attacked the heart of the brazilian government. those tensions linger and there are questions too about the loyalties of brazil s military in a country with a past history of military dictatorship. president lula confronts many crises at home, including rising inequality, and he wants brazil to play a greater role on the world stage, declaring brazil is back. wh
in conversation with bbc 100 women, selma blair talks about her diagnosis, inclusivity in hollywood and beyond and the progress that women have made. thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us on 100 women. how are you feeling today? thank you for asking, and it s lovely to be here and i feel really well because i am at home and i have my dog. you are lovely. my son is in the other room, eating honey. my life is good. to those who do not know the background of your story, you were diagnosed with ms four years ago. yes, 2018, i was diagnosed with ms and i chose a few months later to say it publicly on an instagram post not realising that it would be, it would mean so much to people. i was really thanking my wardrobe stylist on a show that i was on and kind of struggling to get dressed and by the time, my coordination was a lot worse as the flare was really aggressive. so i came out to thank the women that were really dressing me, supporting me and keeping it quiet
whether athletes from russia and belarus should participate in next year s olympic games. and could the party be over for visitors to amsterdam? we ll explain why the city is clamping down on its reputation for sex, drink and drugs. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. fears are growing for the hundreds of thousands of people in turkey and syria in need after monday s devastating earthquakes. living in makeshift shelters and cars in freezing conditions, there are warnings that aid is not reaching areas fast enough. more than 23,000 people are now known to have died. syrian state media says the government has approved international aid delivery to rebel held areas in cooperation with the help of the un, syrian red crescent and international red cross. 0ur correspondent quentin somerville has been to antakya, a city which has seen some of the worst devastation in all of the country. he s been with rescue teams who ve been working round the clock, but
on the rescue effort. also on the programme three people are arrested after a protest turned violent outside a hotel providing refuge for asylum seekers in merseyside, north west england. us fighterjets shoot down an unidentified object over alaska. the pentagon says president biden gave the order to seek and destroy. the object was flying at an altitude of 40,000 feet and posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight. us northern commanders beginning recovery operations now. and harry potter comes to the world of video games but will the hogwarts legacy be tarnished by protests against the author s views on transgender issues? hello and welcome to the programme. fears are growing for the hundreds of thousands of people in turkey and syria in need after monday s devastating earthquakes. some are living in makeshift shelters and cars in freezing conditions, and there are warnings that aid is not reaching areas fast enough. more than 23,000 people are now known