of the government s plans. hundreds of thousands of workers go on strike in uk today more could be the biggest walk of industrial action since last year. a state of emergency has been declared in malawi with more than 200 people now confirmed dead after storm freddy hit southern africa for the second time in a month. and a small number of wolves have started to settle in belgium, for the first time in more than 100 years, as numbers increase across europe. hello and welcome to bbc news. let s begin today with the latest from pakistan, where the police appear to have stopped the operation to arrest the former prime minister imran khan. it appears to be due to a cricket match taking place. they say they will resume trying to arrest him afterwards. unrest continued in lahore through the night as imran khan s supporters clashed with security forces after police made another attempt to arrest him on a court order. he has accused the authorities there of acting outside the law in t
of cyber attacks from russia. and brazilian leader jair bolsonaro is expected to address the nation today for the first time since losing the presidential run off to his left wing rival. the chief inspector of prisons has said the government must get a grip on a migrant processing centre in kent. a report published today says back in july the facility at manston was working reasonably well , but it says since then it has deteriorated significantly, with conditions being described as wretched . working reasonably well, despite a number of risks. meanwhile, the home secretary has been accused of using inflammatory language about migrants. suella braverman told the commons she wanted to stop what she called an invasion on our southern coast. she told mps the current asylum system is broken and illegal migration is out of control. labour accused her of being unfit for office, whilst one refugee charity called the home secretary s comments indefensible. it follows criticism
we ll be live injerusalem. british counter terrorism police take over the investigation into a firebomb attack at an immigration centre, as the government vows more radical policies to tackle growing numbers crossing the channel: the scare was very significant and we are, i m afraid, singer asylum system being overwhelmed by the numbers choosing to cross the channel. a week till the us mid term elections, we report from arizona where republican politicians who say the 2020 election was stolen, are running for office: we are expecting to hear from bolsonaro. let s have a look at what s happening at the palace and all the votes counted, lula 150.9% against his arch rival mr bolsonaro 49.i% against his arch rival mr bolsonaro 49.1% and so, a very tight margin. and mr bolsonaro possible supporters are simply not accepting it. there blockading roads and protests. we are waiting to hear if bolsonaro will concede defeat and we are waiting for 46 hours and will go back to life to
rear part how in thailand has legalised marijuana leading the way to all sorts of cannabis creations. live from our studio and singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. israels s prime minister, naftali bennett is to step down from his post and dissolve parliament triggering a fresh election. the current foreign minister, yair lapid, will temporarily take over. mr bennett has been in thejob forjust over a year and has struggled to stabilise his increasingly fragile governing coalition. translation: i held a series of talks with officials - and i realised that in ten days were the expiration of the west bank regulations, israel will experience serious security damages and legal chaos. we spared no efforts to galvanise whomever was needed to pass the regulations, but our efforts bore no fruit. therefore, my friend the foreign minister and i decided to act together to dissolve parliament and set an agreed upon date for elections. for more on the poli
After years of keeping a low profile Paula Venables was thrust into the spotlight this week and making her way through a scrum of cameras may have been the easy part. She started with an apology. I would just like to say, and im gratefulfor the opportunity to do this in person, how sorry i am for all that subpostmasters and theirfamilies and others have suffered as a result of all of the matters that the inquiry has been looking into for so long. There were tears as she was asked about the death of a subpostmaster who took his own life after being financially ruined by the post office. And i mentioned that. Im sorry. I imagine that i was probably. Just pause. Try and compose yourself if you can, and then continue your evidence, please. She defended her role. She may have been the boss, she said, but she wasnt responsible for everything. And she wasnt told everything either. You are not responsible for everything that happens underneath you. You have to rely on the advice of internal an