al—bashir. and we report from gaza on the hospitals facing possible closure because of shortages of fuel and medicine. hello to you. prince philip, the duke of edinburgh, has been involved in a road accident close to sandringham, queen elizabeth's estate in eastern england. the queen's husband, who is 97, was driving a land rover, which collided with another car and overturned. a statement from the royal family says he is unhurt. two women in the other vehicle suffered minor injuries. caroline rigby reports. smashed glass and a broken wing mirror, discarded on the road. evidence of the crash which happened shortly after 3pm on thursday afternoon. the duke had been at the wheel when his land rover rolled over. he was helped out of the vehicle by passers—by. according to one witness, he was conscious but very shocked. the land rover was on its side, on the drivers side actually, it would be on his side it were. there is quite a bit broken plastic and glass in the car and in the hedge. 68 ordinar

al—bashir. and we report from gaza on the hospitals facing possible closure because of shortages of fuel and medicine.

al—bashir. now it is time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the news media across the world. we start here in the uk, where one topic is dominating the front covers of most of the papers, and that is the car crash involving the duke of edinburgh. the daily mail has an image of his land rover on its side. the paper asks, how did he walk away? next we cross the atlantic and examine a story from the wall streetjournal. it says us officials have considered lifting or rolling back sanctions on china, which have caused some turbulence on the markets. more potential problems on the front of the financial times, which has a story on the b—word — that's brexit to you and me. the ft says an internal whitehall memorandum says britain is struggling to replace important trade deals before the uk is due to leave the eu. next up is bloomberg, which reports on four officials with the car firm audi. they have been indicted for their alleged roles in a conspiracy to defraud customers by

violence in sudan, as protesters demand an end to the rule of strongman president omar al—bashir.

omar al—bashir came to power i'fi; e fillléreffiue ifi; we: it was the brutality eehieeies eeix ahmed = it is probably the endgame ! is almost irrelevant. z t’ ” ;”’;;. '% the former chicago police officer convicted of murdering a black teenagerfour years ago has been sentenced to less than seven years injail. jason van dyke was the first police officer in the city to be held criminally accountable for killing an african—american. the british prime minister has been meeting members of her cabinet to discuss the future of her brexit plans. she has also held talks with senior officials in brussels, including the european council president donald tusk, to try to move the process forward. our political correspondent ben wright reports. mr gove, are you confident of getting the brexit deal that you want? so, what now? today the prime minister continued to listen, with cabinet ministers trooping in and out to share their advice with the prime minister, who has a brexit deal the house of commons hates and the eu insists cannot be changed. just got to get into the car. tight—lipped, bu

omar al—bashir pledged an election would be held in 2020. it comes as demonstrators targeted his palace in khartoum. at least one protester was shot dead as security forces protected the complex. israeli prime minister benjamin neta nyahu says he will not resign if he is indicted on corruption charges before his side of the case is heard. mr netanyahu is accused in three graft cases. he denies any wrongdoing. the israeli leader announced last week that a snap election will be held in april. the electoral commission in bangladesh has rejected opposition demands to hold fresh elections despite widespread reports of vote rigging, voter intimidation and fraud. the governing party, led by prime minister, sheikh hasina, has been declared the winner. our correspondent yogita limaye reports from the capital, dhaka. the morning papers declare the result. a historic third consecutive term, a landslide victory. at her official residence, the prime minister told foreign observers and journalists why she was the people's choice. what people enjoy, now th

al—bashir. there've been protests for a month. on monday the president insisted they would not lead to a change in government. it's reported that two people, a child and a doctor, have been killed. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from paris. i'm stephen sackur. the political and economic mood here in france has shifted dramatically in just a few months. last summer, president macron was pushing ahead with his reform agenda, crowing that france was back. well, now, he is besieged by critics, forced into a retreat by the yellow vest movement, facing huge challenges inside and outside the european union. today my guest, in an exclusive interview, is the french finance minister, bruno le maire. has the macron moment already passed? right now. britain is in the deepest there is no viable solution to the brexit problem. how worried is france by the uncertainty that you see in london? we are worried, of course, and we are waiting for clarification coming from the british go

al—bashir. multiple arrests have been made. the united nations high commissioner for human rights has criticised the authorities' repressive response to the protests, which began over rising commodity prices. and look at these incredible pictures from the swiss alps, and something called race the face. two skiiers climbed up this extremely steep mountain face with ice axes and crampons and raced 400 metres back down again. rather them than me. top to bottom tookjust 27 seconds. amazing, but very dangerous, and please don't do this. the highly anticipated tv debate between indonesian president joko widodo and his election rival prabowo subianto has left many viewers disappointed. the two went head to head in the first of five live events scheduled to take place between now and the vote in april, but many indonesians are taking to social media accusing the pair of not challenging each other enough and seemingly repeating parts of old speeches. our correspondent rebecca henschke can bring us reacti

al—bashir. the president insisted the month—long protests would not lead to a change in government. two people — a child and a doctor — are reported killed. it's about 2:30am. you're up to date. hello and welcome to thursday in parliament. in this programme, hundreds ofjobs at risk as the plug is pulled on a major energy project. if we cannot trust the chinese with optical fibre technology, are we really going to put all our eggs in the chinese basket on nuclear technology? the government shrugs off this week's record parliamentary defeat. like monty python's black knight — armless and legless — it fights on, prepared to bite the nation into submission! and is winnie the pooh the way to break the brexit deadlock? if the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. it may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear. all that to come and more. but first, hitachi has announced it will suspend work on a multi—billion pound nuclear project in the uk be

countrywide demonstrations calling for president omar al—bashir to step daft enough to swim with a great white shark, but a group of divers in hawaii had a close encounter with one of the huge predators and lived to tell the tale. a diver swam alongside one of the largest sharks ever recorded, and this is only the third ever sighting of her. our reporter suzanne lowry has more. a very close encounter with what is believed to be the biggest great white shark on record. photographer kimberlyjeffries decided to take part in an extremely after she spotted it off the coast of hawaii. to this big carcass. and we looked back, and my friend said to me, he's like, "kim, that's a great white shark", ssf serieus 52:55:53; but $5332??? that it was really kind of a — a really different and very unique experience. it was only later that kimberly and another diver realised that the 2.5—ton shark, known as deep blue, was actually the largest ever documented. it had last been seen in mexico six years ago. at this point, we don't realise that it's deep blue that we're swimming with. we just — we saw

violence in sudan, as protesters demand an end to the rule of strongman president omar al—bashir. pharmacists warn of shortages in some basic medicines, including painkillers and antidepressents. port talbot will become a come to place. rather than a go—away—from place. and the banksy on the side of a garage that could become the focal point for a new artistic hub in the steel—making town. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news, it's a big night for edinburgh in rugby union's champions cup. could they beat montpellier and make it through to the knockout stages? good evening. buckingham palace has revealed that the duke of edinburgh went to hospital today for a check up, after being involved in a car crash at sandringham yesterday afternoon. they say he had no injuries of concern. police in norfolk have confirmed they're investigating the crash, and will take any appropriate action. an eyewitness who helped the 97—year—old prince out of his overturned land rover car described the scene of the collision as horrendous, at a road junction near the sandringham estate. the wom

al—bashir. there are reports of two people — a child and a doctor — being killed. protests have been going on for a month, but on monday the president insisted they would not lead to a change in government. bill hayton reports. the heavy hand of sudan‘s security forces. tear gas and bullets fired to break up an angry crowd. there were casualties and, elsewhere, heavy beatings for those caught by police. sudan‘s middle classes have had enough. he survived international sanctions and the splitting of his country in half, with the loss of most of its oil revenue. and he wants to change the constitution to stay in power. but, on the streets, the protesters demand freedom and an end to the bashir‘s rule. to bashir‘s rule. human—rights groups say 40 people have been killed in the past month. security forces still seem in control, but at an increasingly heavy cost. japanese officials are trying to work out whether they were paid a visit by the street artist banksy, without even realising

al—bashir. yesterday, a young doctor and teenage boy were shot dead, and activists say nine other demonstrators were wounded. the united nations high commissioner for human rights has criticised the authorities' response to the protests which began over rising goods prices. temperatures in eastern australia overnight hit record highs of 39.9 degrees celcius in the town of noona in new south wales. the severe heatwave has now continued into its fifth day and is the worst the country's seen since 1939. even zoo animals needed to cool off in the sweltering temperatures, with forecasters warning the heatwave is yet to reach its peak. very uncomfortable. i hope people are staying safe. now, if there was ever a photo that the catchphrase "we're going to need a bigger boat" was made for, i think its this one. take a look. take a moment to look at the dimensions. divers in hawaii got the chance to swim with their very own jaws. this huge great white shark is nearly six metres long and weighs in at an es

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