offers an answer. it s eight in the morning in singapore, and 1pm in tonga, which remains virtually cut off from the rest of the world after an underwater volcano erupted on saturday, damaging an underwater communications cable. surveillance flights from australia and new zealand reported significant damage in the capital, nuku alofa. tonga has a population of around a hundred thousand the red cross estimates that about 80 per cent of them may have been affected. our correspondent rupert wingfield hayes has the latest. these pictures of the hunga tonga hunga ha apai volcano erupting are from last friday. this is just a foretaste of what was to come a day later an eruption many, many times larger. this is the volcano poking above the ocean s surface last week. and today, it s completely gone. it has now been confirmed the huge eruption severed the main cable linking tonga to the outside world. this morning, new zealand dispatched aircraft to try and find out what is going
of anne frank to the nazis? it s nine in the morning in singapore, and 2pm in tonga, which remains virtually cut off from the rest of the world after an underwater volcano erupted on saturday, damaging an underwater communications cable. surveillance flights from australia and new zealand reported significant damage in the capital, nuku alofa. tonga has a population of around 100,000, the red cross estimates that about 80% of them may have been affected. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield hayes has the latest. these pictures of the hunga tonga hunga ha apai volcano erupting are from last friday. this is just a foretaste of what was to come a day later an eruption many, many times larger. this is the volcano poking above the ocean s surface last week. and today, it s completely gone. it has now been confirmed the huge eruption severed the main cable linking tonga to the outside world. this morning, new zealand dispatched aircraft to try and find out what is going on. some of
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lockdown parties in downing street and that the pm should resign in the national interest. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore, ”am in melbourne and 4am in dubai where in the next 90 minutes or so, novak djokovic is expected to touch down following his deportation from australia. a panel ofjudges upheld the australian government s decision that his refusal to be vaccinated against covid 19 made him a threat to public health. the serbian prime minster has accused australia of a witch hunt. meanwhile, back in melbourne, the australian open is now under way without its defending men s champion. from there shaimaa khalil reports he s used to winning on court, but today, he was defeated in it. the world number one men s tennis player lost his last ditch battle to stay in the country and was forced out of australia. ..the amended application be dismissed, with costs. threejudges upheld the government s decision to cancel h
eruption and tsunami. in the uk, opposition leader keir starmer says borisjohnson broke the law and lied over lockdown parties in downing street, and that the pm should resign in the national interest. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s nine in the morning in singapore, noon in melbourne, and 5am in dubai, where in the next 20 minutes or so, novak djokovic is expected to touch down following his deportation from australia. a panel ofjudges upheld the australian government s decision that his refusal to be vaccinated against covid 19 made him a threat to public health. the serbian prime minster has accused australia of a witch hunt. meanwhile, back in melbourne, the australian open is now underway without its defending men s champion. from there shaimaa khalil reports. he s used to winning on court, but today, he was defeated in it. the world number one men s tennis player lost his last ditch battle to stay in the country and was forced o