to 160 kph cause extensive flooding and mudslides. in iran, increasingly violent anti government protests have continued for an eighth day. the uk opposition leader, sir keir starmer, will set out to his party conference the dividing lines between labour and the new conservative government. and after 12 long years of tory failure, didn t theyjust and after 12 long years of tory failure, didn t they just show their true colours yesterday? yes! and their true colours yesterday? yes! for and is” , , to door in occupied parts of the country to collect votes for self styled referendums on joining russia. russian state media says door to door voting is necessary for security reasons. these are the four areas where voting is being held. they include occupied parts of luhansk and donetsk in the east, and zaporizhzhia and kherson, in the south, and cover around 15% of ukraine s territory. the so called referendums have been widely condemned. president biden described them as a sha
now on bbc news, this week s travel show comes from tarifa, this week on the travel show, i m in tarifa, in spain, where it s definitely the windier the better as i check out the big air kitesurfing competition. oh my god, that was so good! i loved it. we are getting artsy in southern turkey for the mardin biennial. and tick, tick, boom we go behind the scenes at boomtown during the countdown to the opening of this year s festival in the heart of the english countryside. hello, and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from beautiful tarifa, in southern spain. perched on the southernmost tip of continental europe, just 1a kilometres from north africa, tarifa is the gateway between these two continents. its position leaves the small spanish town open to a blasting from the winds that shape its rugged coastline. in this part of the world, there are two prevailing winds. one is the mellow, consistent poniente wind and the other one is this bad boy, the levante, w
reports from ukraine say armed soldiers have been going door to door in occupied parts of the country to collect votes for self styled referendums on joining russia. russian state media says door to door voting is necessary for security reasons. these are the four areas where voting is being held. they include occupied parts of luhansk and donetsk in the east and zaporizhzhia and kherson in the south and cover around 15% of ukraine s territory. the so called referendums have been widely condemned. president biden described them as a sham and a false pretext to try to illegally annex parts of ukraine. our correspondentjames waterhouse reports from kyiv. russia s version of their so called referendums a free and fair democratic process where ukrainians in kherson decide whether they want tojoin russia. but, on the same spot today in the city centre, it s deserted. ukrainian officials have posted footage like this. apparently, ballots being taken door to door with the suppor
detained for breaching rules on dress code. now on bbc news, our world. stephen mcdonell travels across china and meets people struggling to stay afloat with their country showing no signs of abandoning its zero covid policy. when it comes to the fight against the coronavirus, one country stands alone. elsewhere, vaccines have meant learning to live with the virus. not in china. no income. this is my lowest point and, you know, as a man i can t do anything. each outbreak is still being met with strict measures to return an area to no new infections. it has held back the death rates and stopped hospitals from being swamped. but it s also exhausting the population and hammering the economy. with no clear exit strategy, how long can china keep this 7 up. this is the outskirts of beijing and when you cross that river you are actually crossing into neighbouring hubei province and the town of yanzhou. now, yanzhou is a popular place to live for people with more modest incomes, beca
have been killed. the protests were triggered by the death in custody of a young woman who d been detained for breaching rules on dress code. now on bbc news, click. this week, we re back in berlin as europe s largest tech show powers up. yeah, we ll glide through the halls to see what s big, what s new and what s bonkers. what are you doing? multitasking. meanwhile, lara has been to the british seaside. not on holiday, though. i have been looking at how 56 is hoping to make our coastline safer. and, it s robot floors! chris has been making a right mess to put vacuum bots to the test. our robot now has a tail. yeah, i m not sure that was the aim. it s big, brash, bright, bold, really big! and it s back. did i mention it s big? set in the heart of berlin, ifa is europe s largest tech expo, and for the first time in such a long time i got to come back to the coolest city in the world to see what s cooking. ifa is back to its heady mix of showiness and practicality, a place whe