of reaching a five year old boy who s spent four days trapped in a well. and the queen hosts a reception at sandringham house for members of the local community ahead of the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government is strengthening the law to force social media companies to take down illegal content without waiting for it to be reported by users. under the online safety bill, firms will have to remove a number of categories of illegal material with several more now being added, including drugs and arms dealing, and forums that encourage suicide. sanchia berg reports. the online world can seem like a lawless space. this bill a first attempt to regulate it is expected before parliament soon. tech companies had already been told they d face fines of up to 10% of turnover if they didn t take down child abuse material and terrorism content. now that will apply to drugs and arms dealing, encouraging suicide, fraud
warning from the met office for snow across a large swathe of scotland. could see ten to 15 cm. this band of rain across east anglia, will clear away, but for their snow showers for scotland and into northern england pushed through quickly on those gusty winds. it will be a cold feeling day for all. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. reports from morocco say a rescue team has finally reached a five year old boy who fell down a well while playing on tuesday. ministers are strengthening a bill that will force social media companies to take down harmful content more quickly. a parent, whose daughter took her own life, wants the heads of these firms to be held to account. as another senior uk conservative mp submits a letter of no confidence in borisjohnson, cabinet ministers insist he still has majority support across the parliamemtary party. back to morocco and the news but the reuters news agency, which says reports will morocco say a rescue team has finally reached a fiv
plate i in the name of starnes the bottom plate the controversy over china s winter olympics intensifies as beijing is accused of using a uighur athlete hello and welcome to sportsday. up and running ireland dismantle the defending champions as the six nations begins. mixed day for team gb on the opening day of competition. katie ormerod made her long awaited olympic debut. and late heartbreak in the cup for non league kidderminster against west ham. good evening. the latest from beijing on the first day of competition to come, but we start with a big opening day in rugby union s six nations championship as ireland made a flying start to this year s tournament with an emphatic 29 7 victory over defending champions wales in dublin. nick parrot reports. wales are defending champions but farfrom wales are defending champions but far from favourites to retain the title, missing eight experienced players including captain alun wyn jones, and it soon showed. just two minutes on t
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of wildlife charities. 0n the first stamps featuring king charles iii have been unveiled by the royal mail. more than 9,500 people are now known to have died following two devastating earthquakes which hit turkey and syria. that death toll is likely to rise significantly as rescue workers and civilians continue to search the rubble and survivors trapped beneath it succumb to their injuries and the bitterly cold weather. the earthquakes were the biggest in the region since 1939 and they triggered dozens of aftershocks along the east anatolian fault line, which is one of the world s most active areas for seismic activity. this is the scene live. this is gaziantep in the south east of turkey, the historic city of gaziantep. so many buildings destroyed, as in other cities in turkey and indeed threw into syria. and a delicate operation for the rescue as there, as they try to determine whether anyone still survives under collapsed buildings like this. international rescue teams