more than 100 cases have been reported across 11 countries outside africa, where it s most common. first identified in monkeys, the disease typically spreads through close contact. now on bbc news our world eurovision: ukraine s victory. music plays. this is kalush orchestra, winners of this year s eurovision song contest. but they are no ordinary band. they are from ukraine, a country in the midst of a bloody wall. war. in the lead up to the contest, all the band members faced a difficult decision. now, their winning song has become a powerful statement of defiance. and they hope their global starter will help ukraine s plate. p plate. iam i am viktoriia zhuhan, i woke is a journalist for bbc ukraine. they don t normally cover eurovision, especially when war is in my country, but kalush orchestra isn t atypical eurovision contestant. but after following the kalush orchestra for ten days, i ve learned that for them this is much more than a singing competition. it s a
china. some actually call it a dragon bear partnership. the goal of these meetings, the partnership, is simply to change the global war router or did that was established by western democracies after the second world war global world order. working together to replace the current system with the new system, air system. this is not only on the military front but the economic front. think about the technology, energy. so, ithink it is really important to watch what will be set there. because it is consequential. the aim is again to fight democracies in the system that was established in to replace it with their own system and we have seen the expressions of the use geopolitical aims not only in ukraine, but we have seen also and talk or see like iran in the middle east, we are watching also north korea, what that country is doing and we see those autocracies are working together, to a certain extent. but at the epicentre of that it really is the russian and chinese cooperati
new central 9 first, the latest headlines. slovakia s prime minister robert fico has been shot in what officials are calling an assassination attempt. ukrainian officials say fighting is raging in the border town of vovchansk, where russian troops have taken up positions top us diplomat antony blinken has promised kyiv more arms will arrive soon. a rare sign of division within israel s war cabinet defence minister yoav gallant criticizes the failure to agree a post war plan for gaza. england s overcrowded prisons from next week some inmates will be released 70 days early. good evening. in the last hour slovakia s deputy prime minister has told the bbc that he believes prime minister robert fitzo will the bbc that he believes prime minister robert fico will survive the attempt on his life and while he is still in a critical condition, he is no longer in a life threatening situation. in the last couple of hours, slovakia s minister of interior described today s shoot
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