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Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. The first convoy of trucks carrying iranian fuel has entered lebanon from syria in a move organised by hezbollah. Crowds lined the streets to celebrate the arrival as the country struggles to provide enough petrol and diesel, with regular blackouts as a consequence. Hezbollah says its trying to ease the countrys deep energy crisis, but opponents say its politically motivated. Our middle East Correspondent Anna foster reports. Horns blare. Cheering. Scenes ofjoy in a country that has little to celebrate. Lebanon is gripped by one of the worst economic depressions in modern times. But away from the jubilation, this is the reality. The ovens at Yasmin Bakery Run for 15 hours a day onjust two generators. Every afternoon means a scramble for diesel, calling in favours or scouring the black market. If we dont get enough fuel for today, we are closing today. We are not working. Tomorrow there is no bread. You are loading the vehicles now, this one is packed with bread. Yep. Where do you. Once the bread is baked, it needs to be delivered, but there is no fuel for the vans. If you can find an open petrol station, the wait is long. From yesterday, i am 25 years old, i dont have any money. No life here. Now they are known as the queues of humiliation. Everything here is just disorganised. Hezbollah, he is the only person who came and say i will bring you the gas from iran. Horns blare. This is a small quantity of fuel, given the countrys huge shortages, only about three days right. Hezbollah wants to make a political statement by bringing it in. The group is part of the administration that so many lebanese blame for their dire situation. This medical Drip Making Company needs the fuel but fears the consequences accepting Uranium Supplies comes with the threat of international repercussions. A hospital cannot work without iv solution. People that are sick, they need surgery, and we should not enter in the political game. Between having sanctions and having people dying because you dont supply, i think i chose not to make them die, to save them. Hospitals are being offered a Priority Share of the diesel. This one only ever has enough in stock for the next 48 hours. If it runs out, Vital Machinery will stop. Not everyone would survive. The us designated hezbollah a foreign Terrorist Organisation nearly 25 years ago, and this is iranian diesel its Oil Industry is also sanctioned. The biden administration has stayed largely silent on the implications of this delivery. Lebanons desperation could well be a factor in that. Anna foster, bbc news. The Uk Government is expected to announce changes on friday to the rules for International Travel. Among them could be a simpler Traffic Light System for green, amber and Red List countries and fewer tests. Ive been speaking to our reporter mark lobel. One potential change could include pcr test, everybody coming to the uk needs to do one of these. Now, the Travel Industry says they are too expensive, but the government says they are necessary to track new variants of concern. Some people dont think the current system actually achieves that very well. Have a listen to this from the chair of the Uk Parliaments transport select committee. Backin transport select committee. Back in february when fewer people back in february when fewer people travelled, about 50 of all pcr people travelled, about 50 of all Pcr Tests were sequenced, those all Pcr Tests were sequenced, those that were positive. For the first those that were positive. For the first three weeks ofjuly, Helf The First three weeks ofjuly, Half A The First three weeks ofjuly, half A Million people came back to this half A Million people came back to this country, to Pcr Tests, 7000 to this country, to Pcr Tests, 7000 people tested positive for covid, 7000 people tested positive for covid, of 7000 people tested positive for covid, of that half million, yet only covid, of that half million, yet only 5 were sequenced for variants yet only 5 were sequenced for variants of concern. Yet only 596 were sequenced for variants of concern. Variants of concern. One of the chan. Es variants of concern. One of the changes under variants of concern. One of the changes under consideration i variants of concern. One of the changes under consideration is j changes under consideration is lateralflow changes under consideration is lateral flow tests, those cheaper tests for the double vaccinated. But some Public Health Experts dont think that would be good. Here is one virologist explaining why. Fer virologist explaining why. Pcr tests are really virologist explaining why. Pcr tests are really sensitive, so they tests are really sensitive, so they are tests are really sensitive, so they are much more sensitive than they are much more sensitive than lateral flow tests, so they than lateral flow tests, so they will detect if somebody has a they will detect if somebody has a very low level of infection when they are not infectious themselves. Secondly, they also allow us to id secondly, they also allow us to go Sequencing Information so that we go Sequencing Information so that we know exactly what viruses that we know exactly what viruses are being imported into the uk, viruses are being imported into the uk, and this is really critical the uk, and this is really critical when the Delta Variant was imported into the uk, it was was imported into the uk, it was imported into the uk, it was imported over 500 times, when was imported over 500 times, when you was imported over 500 times, when you were it had come from, we knew when you were it had come from, we knew where it was going to. But there we knew where it was going to. But there are fears in the Travel Industry of changes arent made. Lets look at this statement from the Trade Body airlines uk. Their ceo, tim alder slade, says . 0k,. Ok, mark, the uks current traffic light. Ok, mark, the uks current Traffic Light System. Ok, mark, the uks current Traffic Light System for Traffic Light System for International Travel has been criticised for being overly complicated. Might we see changes to that as well . Well, that is the changes to that as well . Well, that is the system changes to that as well . Well, that is the system telling changes to that as well . Well, that is the system telling you | that is the system telling you which countries you can and cant visit, and how long you have to quarantine for on return. Now, that might be simplified. There is speculation in the Uk Newspapers that the Analyst Category might go and they could reduce the amount of countries in the Red List, the countries in the Red List, the countries you Cant Travel to, or are not meant to travel to, you have to quarantine in a hotel on return. So there is pressure on the government to simplify the system to change these measures in order to encourage more people who havent been vaccinated to be vaccinated, and also to save thousands ofjobs that are at risk, potentially, when the Furlough Scheme and is at the end of the month. We understand these measures still need to be signed off, and an announcement is going to come at the earliest on friday afternoon. That was mark lobel. Lets have a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. Two men have been charged with the murder of the journalist lyra mckee, who was shot during rioting in londonderry in Northern Ireland in 2019. The men, aged 21 and 33, were arrested on Thursday Morning and also face a number of other charges, including firearms possession, rioting and arson. France has suspended about 3,000 Health Workers because they have not been vaccinated against covid i9. A new rule, which came into force on wednesday, Made Vaccination mandatory for the countrys 2. 7 million health, Care Home and Fire Service staff. Italy has become the first country in europe to make it compulsory for all workers to have a covid green pass. From mid october, about 23 Million people will need to prove theyve been vaccinated or have had a negative test or that theyve recovered from the virus. Its designed to persuade about Four Million italian workers whove not yet had the jab to do so. The Un Secretary General has warned that the level of Greenhouse Gases in the atmosphere is rising relentlessly again after a brief dip during the pandemic. Launching a gloomy new assessment, Antonio Guterres said he was alarmed byjust how far the world was off course in tackling Climate Change. The Security And Intelligence deal announced on wednesday between the us, the uk and australia has been receiving very different reactions. The White House has been outlining the advantages of closer ties in the Western Pacific but for china, the extension of us power into what it sees as its sphere of influence is somewhat provocative. And theres been some Collateral Damage coming from france, which is furious at the deal which replaces its sale of submarines to australia with ones made in america. Heres our Defence Correspondent jonathan beale. Britains making its mark in the pacific. The royal navys new aircraft carriers been flying the flag there, on exercise with the us and Allies Proof of the increasing importance of the region and the focus for this new defence agreement. So what is the threat . China is the rising power in the region notjust an economic giant, but a military one, too. Its Armed Forces are modernising. It now has the worlds largest navy. Its staked its claim to oceans, Fortifying Islands well outside its own territorial waters. This new pact announced in a carefully choreographed appearance by the leaders of australia, the uk and the us is all about china, even though they didnt mention it by name. We all recognise the imperative of ensuring Peace And Stability in the Indo Pacific over the long term. We need to be able to address both the current strategic environment in the region and how it may evolve. As to what is the pact, it starts with sharing the most sensitive of stealth technologies. Britain and america will help Australia Build A Fleet Of New nuclear powered though not nuclear armed submarines. The house will understand how australias Future Possession of this capability will help to safeguard the Peace And Security of the Indo Pacific. So whats the reaction . This week, londons been hosting one of the worlds largest Arms Fairs where theres fierce competition for lucrative defence contracts. The plan is to build this new fleet of submarines in australia, but the government here hopes it will boost Britains Defence Industry and create jobs. But this wider Defence Pact has already angered both an ally in france and a powerful rival in the region. France, which had hoped to build the submarines, has called the deal a stab in the Back But China sees it as more of a threat. Translation cooperation between the united states, the uk and australia over nuclear submarines has seriously undermined regional Peace And Stability, intensified the arms race, and undermined international nuclear Non Proliferation efforts. The us might have led the exit from afghanistan but this agreement shows its not turning its back on chinas growing influence in the pacific. Jonathan beale, bbc news. Tension is rising in washington over plans for a rally around the us capitol in support of the rioters who were jailed for their parts in the invasion of congress on the 6th of january. The unrest happened after a rally, addressed by then president Donald Trump, urged his supporters not to accept the result of the election. Fencing around the iconic building has been reinstalled and there are reports that multiple senate offices will shut with staff told to work remotely. Our correspondent in washington, antony zurcher, gave us this update. The national guard is going to be on stand by in washington, dc Thats Something that did not happen before january the 6th. That caused a delay it took hours for the national guard to be deployed, to put down the riot that took place there. Other things within the city the Capitol Police Security forces are doing are employing the entirety of the washington, Dc Police force and in addition to those barricades that theyre setting up around the capitol, theyre putting up surveillance devices. They assure the people here that the people who live and work in washington, dc that they are prepared for any eventuality, prepared to defend the capitol against any kind of attack though i will note that there are only a few hundred protesters expected to show up for this. Partially thats because there are some on the right, On Right Wing social media, who are saying that this whole thing is a setup by the fbi and by the government to lure them to dc in order to have them rounded up and arrested. In fact, Donald Trump, in an interview published earlier today, said the same thing that it was a setup, if no one shows up then theyre going to say that there was insufficient support for Donald Trump but if everyone shows up, then they are going to be harassed by counter protesters. Stay with us on bbc news. Still to come well hear from the Supermodel Naomi Campbell, whos been speaking exclusively with the bbc about her new role for queen elizabeth. 30 hours after the earthquake that devastated mexico city, Rescue Teams still have no idea just how many people have died. Well, there is people alive and there is people not alive. We canjust help and give them whatever weve got. A State Funeral has been held for Princess Grace of monacol at the church where she married prince rainier 26 years ago. It looked as though they had come to fight a war but their mission is to bring peace to east timor, and nowhere on earth needs it more badly. The Governments Case is being forcefully presented by monsieur badinter, thejustice minister. Hes campaigned vigorously for abolition, having once witnessed one his clients being executed. Elizabeth seton spent much of her time in this grotto and every year, hundreds of pilgrimages are made here. Now that she has become a saint, it is expected that this area will be inundated with tourists. The mayor and local businessmen regard the anticipated boom as yet another blessing of saint elizabeth. This is bbc World News. The latest headlines there have been celebrations in lebanon after iran sent a fuel convey to a country in crisis, but the shipment may violate us sanctions on tehran selling oil. Uk travel rules are set for a major overhaul with fewer covid tests and a simpler Traffic Light System. There are few places in the world where the consequences of a changing climate are as plain to see as in turkana, in northern kenya. The pastoralist communities who live there have been buffeted by recurring droughts as inadequate rainy seasons become a normal part of life. Now the land is so dry, some people are forced to spend their days simply searching for water. As World Leaders prepare to meet in scotland next month to discuss Climate Change, the Turkana Community say they need help now. Our Africa Correspondent Vivienne Nunis reports. On the frontline of Climate Change, a seven Hour Trek brings something to drink. This grandmother is part of the Turkana Community. A million people who have lived of this land for centuries. Life here has never been easy but recent droughts have robbed these pastoralists of water, livestock and vegetation. Now they are fighting to keep the only life they have ever known. Translation the only life they have ever known. Translation only life they have ever known. Translation the claimant has chan. Ed. Translation the claimant has changed we translation the claimant has changed. We dont translation the claimant has changed. We dont get translation the claimant has changed. We dont get water changed. We dont get water from underground anymore because the wells are dried. I had a number of goats but the drought ate them. I have nothing left. Nothing left. Yet another Desnerate Nothing left. Yet another desperate Search Nothing left. Yet another desperate search where L Nothing left. Yet another desperate search where water used to be. Not that long ago this dam was an important Water Source for local villagers and their livestock. On any given day you with the cattle, sheep and goats here but as the rainy seasons became ever shorter and drier, this dam completely dried up, forcing local communities to work walk further and further to find water to survive. Livelihoods here are intrinsically linked to the local environment. Droughts used to hit turkana every ten years but in the 19905, every ten years but in the 1990s, the frequency doubled and since 2017, Drought Conditions have struck turkana every second year. Flash flooding can also strike here with the power to wipe out entire herds. Extreme weather events mean food shortages, rising poverty and insecurity. Translation rising poverty and insecurity. Translation ~. , translation when the drought came, it brought translation when the drought came, it brought new translation when the drought came, it brought new animal came, it brought new Animal Diseases and we lost many animals. Now, children go hungry because there is no meat. Milk. Hungry because there is no meat. Milk. Hungry because there is no meat. Milk. , meat. Milk. Some herders say the are meat. Milk. Some herders say they are left meat. Milk. Some herders say they are left with meat. Milk. Some herders say they are left with no meat. Milk. Some herders say they are left with no choice they are left with no choice but to travel long distances in search of food. Sometimes it means Crossing Borders where livestock are stolen and violent conflict interviews. The people here did little to cause Climate Change but they are bearing the brunt of it. You cannot mitigate, mitigate requires technology but we can just adapt but you see, because of this inference of Climate Change events of Climate Change events of Climate Change which are increasing day in day out, it is going out of our hands. I in day out, it is going out of our hands in day out, it is going out of our hands. ,. ,. , , our hands. I donated Water Pump brinus our hands. I donated Water Pump brings this our hands. I donated Water Pump brings this community our hands. I donated Water Pump brings this community some brings this community some relief. But it will not bring the rain the people so desperately need. Vivienne nunis, bbc news, turkana. The british Supermodel Naomi Campbell has been given a new prominent role for the platinumjubilee celebrations for queen elizabeth. Shes been appointed as an ambassadorfor the queens commonwealth trust. Speaking to Zeinab Badawi from our hardtalk programme, she was asked about the claim made by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle that there were concerns in the royal family about the colour of their babys skin. More than likely. Youve got a household of all ages, different levels of a Stock Chrissy or Arista Cant or aristocracy or Arista Cant or do i think it was said . Probably absolutely i think it is said. Probably absolutely i think it issaid. �. ,. , probably absolutely i think it issaid. ,. , is said. Buckingham palace said recollections is said. Buckingham palace said recollections may is said. Buckingham palace said recollections may vary. Is said. Buckingham palace said recollections may vary. How is said. Buckingham palace said| recollections may vary. How was it said . Dont recollections may vary. How was it said . Dont know, recollections may vary. How was it said . Dont know, wasnt it said . Dont know, wasnt there, i Cant Comment on something i dont know and i wasnt there. I need to hear it for myself. Have i had it said to me is what i can talk about, my own experience. Yes, many times. And you can see the full Hardtalk Interview with Naomi Campbell on our network, starting on friday. In fact those of you watching on bbc World News right now can see it immediately after this programme. The Tesla Boss Elon Musk And Entrepreneur Lord Sugar have paid tribute to the Inventor Sir Clive sinclair, whos died at the age of 81. The british inventor� s credited with creating one of the first Pocket Calculators, and brought Home Computers to the masses. He launched the first affordable Consumer Computer in 1980, costing less than £100. But not all ventures were successful, as our Technology Correspondent Rory cellan jones reports. His Drive And Enthusiasm made him one of britains best known inventors. The whole business of invention is a non material thing. Its very hard to know why it gives such pleasure. Clive sinclairs fascination with gadgets started at school and by his late teens, he was selling his own electronic kits by Mail Order and writing technical manuals. File he then put a magnifying bubble over each digit to make it visible. An obsession with miniaturisation saw him launch the words fist slimline Pocket Calculator in 1972 soon, though, competition from cheaperjapanese versions forced sinclair to slash his prices. Then the failure of his next innovation, a digital watch, brought his company to its knees. Undaunted, he set up Sinclair Research and in 1980, launched a ground breaking personal computer, the zx80. It sold for under £100. It was the Zx Spectrum with its Colour Display that was his biggest success, credited by some with launching the uks Computer And Video games industries. More money had been poured into his obsession with a new form of urban transport. The sinclair c5, launched in the Freezing Winter of 1985, became something of a national joke and many critics complained it was unsafe on busy urban roads. You try some things and they succeed and sometimes they dont and i dont look back on it and say to myself the c5 was a Wildest Idea which failed because peoplejumped on it i dont think thats true. I think it was not good enough to succeed, simple as that. Having run out of money, sinclair was forced to sell his Computer Business to a Budding Entrepreneur called alan sugar. Undeterred, he continued his quest for a new kind of personal transport. But an electric bicycle, the zike, proved no more popular than the c5. It is as a brilliant inventor who gave millions their first introduction to computers that he will be remembered. Sir clive sinclair, whos died at the age of 81. Earlier, i spoke to Video Game Designer graham devine. He told me more about Sir Clive sinclairs legacy. I think i owe my overall career to him, i think many people in the industry too. A lot of Game Genres also sprouted up on the zx and that was the beginning of the Game Industry, so i think he is responsible for a lot of the foundations of the computer Game Industry. In terms of the sinclair spectrum, what is your experience . What are your memories of using it . My very first games were on the sinclair spectrum. I made pole position, wall blazer, firebirds, and those games gave me my first royalty checks and really kicked off my career. You could buy a computer for £125 and it had the worst keyboard in the world, i remember but you could buy that computer and learn basic and you could put the game onto a cassette tape, because we used Cassette Tapes back then, and you could sell it. There was no internet back then, there was no way to get the game out onto the internet, so we had to sell it on Cassette Tapes. But we slowly started a Game Industry out of that. It was small but from that we started a larger industry, and quite a lot of us are still in that industry today. What sort of hallmarks of Sir Clive sinclairs work so you think we see in modern computers today, if any . I think some of the. I think the old Zx Spectrum had 16 kilobits of memory. If you look at the programmes back then, they respected that amount of memory, they respected what 16 kilobits or 40 kilobits meant. They could programme a lot into just a little bits, and that meant a lot to do them. It also meant a lot of Computer Games started on a Zx Spectrum. It made a huge difference to the computer Game Industry with games like Panic Attack started on the spectrum and they are still playable today and visible today in a lot of todays games that are on modern consoles. Graeme devine. You can reach me on twitter im benmboulos and theres plenty more on the stories weve covered and others as well on the website, whenever you want. Thanks for watching. I will see you soon. Goodbye. Hello. Well, most of us had some pretty decent weather on thursday, some warm spells of sunshine. Fridays not looking bad for most of us, but not for everybody we are expecting some rain across Western Parts of the uk. And on the satellite picture, you can see the reason a Weather Front is approaching. In fact, its already been cloudy and damp across Northern Ireland and parts of Western Scotland. And this Weather Front, as it approaches the British Isles is slowing down and, in fact, its going to stall across Western Parts of the uk over the next 2 3 days. So here it is through the early hours of the morning, approaching Western Parts of the uk. As i said, its already damp in the North West but very mild these warm southerlies ahead of it mean that temperatures in some spots in the North West wont be any lower than 15 celsius first thing in the morning. So warm and damp and wet at times in Northern Ireland and Western Scotland through the morning and into lunchtime, but around the irish sea, wales, the south west cloudy with rain at times. Further towards the east, especially across england, its looking absolutely fine. Warm spells of sunshine with temperatures up to 21 celsius. Its going to be a fine day across many parts of england. Heres a look at saturday, and the Weather Front is still over us. Theres actually not an awful lot of rain on saturday just bits and pieces here and there out towards the west again, the best of the weather will be across central and eastern areas. The winds are still very light, so nothings really moving around across the uk, so where the cloud is and the rain, its still out towards the west. Here are the temperatures 17 degrees in glasgow, around about 22 in england. Now, the forecast for sunday shows that that Weather Front� s still there. If anything, it re invigorates itself. That is sometimes what happens so therell be more rain around on sunday, i think a greater chance of catching some rain almost anywhere in the uk. So, out of the two days, saturday is definitely going to be the sunnier day for most of us. You can see that rain reaching some central and eastern Areas End of the weekend. How about into next week . A quick look at the weather for monday and tuesday. Here are the temperatures and the weather looks a little variable. Bye bye. About her new role for queen elizabeth. This is bbc news, the headlines there have been celebrations in lebanon after the first convoy of trucks carrying iranian fuel entered through syria. The move was organised by hezbollah as the lebanese government is struggling to supply petrol and diesel. Its not certian if the shipment violates us sanctions on tehran selling oil. The Uk Government is expected to announce changes to the rules for International Travel. New regulations will see the green and amber lists merged into one category but the Red List would remain in place for high risk countries. Holidaymakers returning from turkey would no longer need to quarantine. Tensions levels are rising in washington, as the us capital prepares for a rally in support of the rioters who were jailed for their parts in the invasion of congress. Fencing has been reinstalled and there are reports that multiple senate offices will close early

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