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Are desperate for vaccines to arrive. Medics have said those vaccines are essential to stem the rate of new infections here. A warm welcome to bbc news. The two candidates vying to become the next us president have finally met and finally debated. Donald Trump And Kamala harris were on stage in the Swing State of pennsylvania, for what turned out to be a fierce clash, with claims, many of them false, hurled in each direction. Topics included the economy, abortion and immigration. It was a Prime Time showDown, which often turned personal. And while pollsters look at data to see how the candidates performances have gone Down with voters, both campaigns are claiming they came out best. Moments after the debate, Donald Trump entered the Spin Room to telljournalists hed won the night. Our senior North America Correspondent Gary Odonoghue was watching the debate in philadelphia. The abc N ....
French authorities say at least 12 people, including a pregnant woman, have died after a Boat Carrying Dozens of migrants capsized in the english channel. Around 50 people were rescued in an operation involving boats and helicopters. The french coastguard says the boat got into difficulty off Gris Nez at around 6am local time, and everyone on board ended up in the water. An emergency medical Care Centre was set up at Boulogne Sur Mer. The latest Uk Government figures show the number of people crossing the channel in small boats so far this year is 21,403. Thats more than in the same period last year, but fewer than 2022. But in the first six months of 2024, theres been an 18 rise in the number of arrivals, on 2023, and its now clear more migrants are getting onto each boat. An average of 51, with the vast majority, being young men. From Boulogne Sur Mer in northern france, ....
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we begin in sri lanka where gotabaya rajapaksa has sent a letter formally handing over power to his prime minister, but stopping short of a resignation. our correspondent is in colombo with the latest development. we just had a statement from the office of president gotabaya rajapaksa, somebody that the protesters behind me, they have spent months camping out here in the centre of colombo, desperate for president gotabaya rajapaksa to resign and they blame him for this country s economic woes but we have had a statement from his office and it doesn t look like it is very clear exactly what he is planning to do. i have got the statement here. effectively he doesn t resign in this statement and he says that he is transferring the presidency to ranil wickremesinghe who is currently the prime minister, while he is out of the country, so this is a man who promised he would resign but he hasn t done that yet, and this is now leaving even more uncertainty, we are reading to th ....
She was taken from her home in southern israel, beaten up and transported by motorbike into gaza. Her daughter translated her story just hours after her release, at the hospital in tel aviv where shes being treated. My mum is saying that she was taken on the back of a motorbike with her body, with her legs on one side and her hide on another side. She was taken through the ploughed fields with the men in front on one side and a man behind her. And that whilst she was being taken, she was hit with sticks by shabaab . Yes, shabaab people. Until they reached the tunnels. There. There, they walked for a few kilometres on the wet ground. There are huge network of tunnels underneath, it looks like a spider web. Ms lifschitz also described clean conditions and guards who treated her well and took care of every detail. This video, released by hamas, shows the moment she was released, and shook hands with one of the gunmen, saying in hebrew peace peace. Ms lifshitz was released alongside 79 yea ....