Brought on by a group of teenagers and a nun trying to stop the expansion of australia s coal production. The oil giant shell is told to make big reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Belarus s president accuses western leaders of trying to strangle his country, as he faces international criticism over the arrest of an opposition journalist. Villarreal beat manchester united in the europa league final after a marathon penalty shoot out. We start in the uk. Tens of thousands of people died needlessly from coronavirus that s the claim of the former chief adviser to the british prime minister, borisjohnson. Dominic cummings told members of parliament he believed the government had been guilty of disastrous failings. He described mrjohnson as unfit for thejob and said he heard the prime minister say he d rather see bodies pile high than order a third lockdown. Britain has been one of the countries worst hit by the pandemic. Our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. Reality or reve
As the gang reunites for the first time in decades in just a few hours time. Hello and thanks forjoining us. A desperate search is taking place for more than 150 people feared to have drowned when an over loaded ferry sank in north west nigeria. The majority of those missing are reported to be women and children. President muhammadu buhari called the accident devastating. The boat was travelling between central niger state and wara in northwest kebbi state when it sank. The bbc s sara monetta has the latest. The crowd gathered on the banks of the river as news of the shipwreck spread into town. There s anxiety in the air. Divers pulled a few bodies out of the water. Some lucky passengers are found swimming to shore, and rescued. The boat was travelling from niger state to neighboring kebbi. It s a busy route on the niger river, used by local goldminers, traders and food vendors. The boat was carrying around 200 people, mostly women and children way over the boat s capacity of 80.
As he faces international criticism over the arrest of an opposition journalist. And villarreal dash manchester united s hopes of europa league glory in gdansk after a marathon penalty shoot out. Hello, and thanks forjoining us. Tens of thousands of people died needlessly in the uk from coronavirus that s the startling claim of the former chief adviser to the british prime minister, borisjohnson. Dominic cummings told members of parliament he believed the government had been guilty of disastrous failings. He described mrjohnson as unfit for the job and said he heard the prime minister say he d rather see bodies pile high than order a third lockdown. Britain has been one of the countries worst hit by the pandemic. Our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. Reality or revenge? delving back into troubled recent history, dominic cummings day to give his version of events a verdict of failure and an apology for his part. Senior ministers, senior officials, senior advisers like me f
natalie pirks, thank you for that. that s it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello there. after generally cloudy skies of the past few days, wednesday brings the promise of something brighter. more sunshine on the cards with that will trigger some heavy thundering downpours. generally a cloudy start to the day on wednesday. we ll see patchy outbreaks of rain shifting eastwards brighter skies will so, a generally cloudy start to the day on wednesday. we ll see patchy outbreaks of rain shifting eastwards. brighter skies will feed in as we move through the day from the west, and with that sunshine, we could see those heavy, thundery downpours, particularly for eastern parts of scotland, northe east england, the midlands, down central and southern england. and with more in the way of sunshine, it will be warmer, highs around 12 17 degrees celsius. overnight, we ll see those showers fading away across england and wales, patchy cloud and cl
days trapped underground in ukraine. more than 100 civilians including children who ve been living for weeks in desperate conditions beneath a steel works in the besieged city of mariupol finally reach safety. chanting: we don t need roe, hell no! l chanting: not the church, not the state, women - must decide our fate! protests in the united states after a leaked document suggests the supreme court is about to overturn a law protecting the right to abortion. a race to the polls as people across the uk prepare to vote in local elections on thursday a special report from northern ireland where the results could bring seismic change. commentator: liverpool are heading to paris! - and liverpool have breezed through to the champions league final after a stunning victory against villarreal. and coming up in the sport, on the bbc news channel: after two years out of the premier league bournemouth are back following a 1 0 win over nottingham forest. good evening from belfast.