And tributes to Toni Morrison, the first African American author to win a nobel prize, whos died at the age of 88. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7 00am in singapore, midnight in london and 4 30am in kashmir, where delhis sudden decision to strip the indian administered region of its special status is facing growing opposition from pakistan. The pakistani Prime Minister, imran khan, has vowed to fight the move, even taking the issue to the un if necessary. India and pakistan each control part of kashmir and both countries lay claim to all of it. India has locked down the territory on its side of the border, with no phone networks or internet for a second day, and tens of thousands of troops on the street. In a moment well hear from our pakistan correspondent, secunder kermani, but first with the view from kashmir and delhi, heres yogita limaye. Another day in lockdown. Troops at every corner, watching for any sign o
And tributes to Toni Morrison, the first African American author to win a nobel prize, whos died at the age of 88. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8 00am in singapore, one am in london and 5 30am in the morning in kashmir, where delhis sudden decision to strip the indian administered region of its special status is facing growing opposition from pakistan. The pakistani Prime Minister, imran khan, has vowed to fight the move, even taking the issue to the un if necessary. India and pakistan each control part of kashmir and both countries lay claim to all of it. India has locked down the territory on its side of the border, with no phone networks or internet for a second day and tens of thousands of troops on the street. In a moment well hear from our pakistan correspondent, secunder kermani, but first with the view from kashmir and delhi, heres yogita limaye. Another day in lockdown. Troops at every corner, watching fo
Theres still been no significant criticism from senior republicans. 50 years ago, something took place that changed our world, that defined an era that opened an array of new possibilities. This happened. Six, five, four, three, tear, one. Zero. All engines running. Left of, we had a lift off, dated ten minutes past the hour. Lift off on apollo 11. Three men were on board apollo 11 when it set off for the moon in 1969. Neil armostrong and buzz aldrin, and the command module pilot, michael collins. Here he is describing the launch. As you lift off, if there is any imbalance, its compensated for by the swelling of your motor is below you. There are five engines down there, and as you and send it very slowly and majestically, inside is a different situation. You feel like a figgfing different situation. You feel like a jiggling left to right and youre not quite sure whether those jiggles are big or small as they should be or how much closer they will put you to that launch umbilical tow
In the california mudslide. At least 20 others are missing and dozens of homes have been destroyed. This is the town of montecito. Rivers of mud flowed down the street. Now, this area was also hit by wildfires last month its thought the scorched earth those fires created prevented the rain from being absorbed into the ground. As you can see in this photo, it wasntjust mud and trees that was washed away so were huge rocks. And all of this has blocked roads and railways. This is Santa Barbaras county sheriff. The only words i can really think of to describe it, was it looked like a world war i battlefield. It was literally a carpet of mud and debris. As always with natural disasters, there have been stories of terrible loss and of survival. Trees are just coming down. We trees arejust coming down. We ran into the house, and right then the boulders blustered through our house. We got upstairs and we got to about eight feet, nine feet up the stairs and we crawled out a window to the roof.
Newsday. It is seven in the evening in washington dc. The politicians have agreed to ensure that the Us Government is open on agreed to ensure that the Us Government is open on oui agreed to ensure that the Us Government is open on our at least. Republicans and democrats had been locked in a stand off that threatens to keep tens of thousands of federal workers at home. The primary cause, the fate of young Illegal Immigrants who the democrats want to help. Mondays deal is only a temporary measure as issues are yet to be resolved. Here is laura trevelyan. The scene in the senate was the result of the high end doors negotiation. In return to funding the government for the next two weeks, democrats got this. The government remains open. It would be my intention to proceed the legislation that would address darker, Border Security and related issues. The childrens temporary permits start to expire in march. They got a vote to vote on other things. The government says the president was no me