Opinion
A general view shows an empty street following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Casablanca, Morocco, March 20, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Youssef Boudlal.
The December 10th edition of the
BBC World Service radio program
Newshourincluded an item (from 26:36 here) introduced by presenter Tim Franks as follows:
Franks: The overwhelming majority of Donald Trump’s Twitter feed is filled with his unsubstantiated claims about election fraud. But a few hours ago the subject
changed. “Another historic breakthrough,” he announced. “Our two great friends, Israel and the Kingdom of Morocco, have agreed to full diplomatic relations.” Moments before, Mr Trump has
and now bbc world news. welcome to newsday on the bbc. i m in singapore. i m in london. the headlines this hour. the captain of the costa concordia is accused of abandoning his post, his passengers on the stricken cruise liner are still being rescued. are you refusing to get onboard the ship, captain? tell me why you are not getting on sfwoord i am not going because there is the other lifeboat that is stopped. get onboard, that is an order. five more bodies have been found inside the ship, taking the number of deaths to 11. fears of more bloodshed in syria, as the arab league mission drops to a close. quitting yahoo!. the internet giant co-founder resigns after 70 years. it is 10:00 in the morning here in singapore. it s 2:00 in the morning here in london, broadcasting to viewers on pbs in america and around the world. welcome to newsday. some audio recordings have been released in italy, which suggests that the captain of the costa concordia refused
reporter: and a bow to match a command performance. it s nice. i think it s great for tennis. any time you can get royalty to come along, it doesn t happen that often so i enjoyed it. reporter: murray could face a semifinal against the top seed rafael nadal who won his fourth-round match. history may be urging caution. but there s a different feel about wimbledon now. week one, it was murray, mild enthusiasm. week two and the sense of expectation is growing. in the women s draw, in contrast to the fairly smooth progress of the men s, the seeds have been scattered. defeat for top seed caroline wozniacki says the world number one has yet to win a grand slam event. and the williams sisters are out. defending champion serena went first in straight sets. then venus also fell. the sisters had contested 10 of the last 11 finals. the old ways have parted. tim franks, bbc news, wimbledon.
that s so posh. tennis, anyone? they re playing plenty of it these days over at wimbledon. among those no longer taking part are the williams sisters which a lot of people can t2 believe. we re talking about venus and serena. and also as tim franks of the bbc reports the brits sure do have something to cheer about. reporter: if week one of wimbledon was a warm-up, week two began at full burn. hot dogs and englishmen came out in the midday sun. andy murray and his french opponent richard gasquet playing under the gaze of the future monarchs, one of whom we re told turned out for her own school tennis team. to begin with, gasquet produced shots of panache and verve and other french words. at two sets up, murray didn t relent. this was a display not just of strength but of touch. gorgeous. reporter: gasquet was broken twice, which left match point. game, set, match.
bachmann crushes romney. we have to recapture the founders vision. reporter: she s the darling of the tea party. the conservative weekly standard magazine even crowned her queen this week. as she makes her campaign official the scrutiny is increasing on statements the three-term congresswoman has made. calling upon ainvestigation into whether members of congress have anti-american views. are you a flake? well, i think that would be insulting to say something like that. reporter: wallace later apologized for the question. like the others in the republican field, bachmann has her eye on the general election. we cannot afford four more years of barack obama. reporter: the latest abc news poll found that in a head to head matchup, bachmann trails president obama by 13 points. karen traverse, abc news, washington. the white house wants u.s. automakers to beef up fuel economy and is laying out a time line. the goal is cars and light trucks averaging 56.2 miles a