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 vehic
Germany, Angela Merkel prepares to Step down. We have a Special Report on how she has influenced gender equality. And tributes are paid to sir clive sinclair, the Home Computing Pioneer whos died at the age of 81. Hello, and welcome. The Uk Government is expected to announce Changes Today 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. Our Transport Correspondent Caroline davis reports. Sunshine, but no one sunbathing. 80 of the guests at this hotel in turkey would have been british in a normal year. Turkey went on the Red List in may, meaning anybody travelling from there to the uk has to quarantine in a hotel. Since then it has been a difficult summer, but they are holding out hope it can change. We have just about survived but it has been very, very challenging. At the moment we are very, very quiet. So to get the british market for a sort of go ahead at this stage, it could take us th
Weather yesterday and today, some places have seen some glorious spells of sunshine. This is a lovely view looking out at sea from conwy with the Blue Skies overhead. Even into the weekend, some areas will see some lovely spells of sunshine but there will be some rain around, much like what we have got today. Western part seen this Weather Front moving in. Not quite as nice, quite breezy with isobars on the charts, but less i suppose further south and east. It is here you can see we can see the best of the sunshine. The clouds over scotland, Northern Ireland around the Irish Sea coast, we have this Rain Piling on and some of it quite heavy. Moving out of Northern Ireland towards Western Scotland. Furthersouth Northern Ireland towards Western Scotland. Further south into the isle of man, Western Wales and South West, The Rain will be and patchy. But southern and central and eastern england it will be fine and dry for the rest of the afternoon. Top temperature 20 degrees and will feel qu
And, how Zara Rutherford became the youngest woman to fly solo around the world. Hello and thanks Forjoining Us the United States has, with the backing of its european allies, warned russia that if any of the Tens Of Thousands of its soldiers massed at the Ukrainian Border invade there will be grave consequences. The us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken and his russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov are scheduled to have crucial talks in geneva, later on thursday but moscow denies planning to invade ukraine. Heres our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. It is notjust the russians who are conducting military exercises. These are pictures released by ukraines defence ministry, showing their forces training close to crimea. It was annexed by russia in 2014 and the kind of incursion that ukraine and its allies are trying to deter once again. I have been absolutely clear with president putin, there is no misunderstanding, if any assembled russian units move across the Ukrainian Border, tha