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This is the BBC World Service.Hello it's 11 hours GMT, 1 pm in Lithuania where Belarus's opposition leader has taken refuge as street protests continue over the contested presidential election result:Also on The Newsroom with me Nick Miles As coronavirus cases reach twenty million..we look at the hot spots and the signs of hope. Taiwan warns of interference from Beijing. Later in the programme A week after Beirut's massive explosion we look at the clean up and the suffering. And, as others tear them down, why is Benin renovating statues to slave traders? all on the Newsroom
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Q11 Belarus Svetlana self
Q11 Belarus Svetlana self
The main challenger in Sunday's disputed presidential election in Belarus, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, has released a YouTube video explaining she'd left the country for the sake of her children. Speaking from neighbouring Lithuania, she said some people might think her weak, but children were the most important thing.
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Q11 Rainsford Belarus alt grab
Q11 Rainsford Belarus alt grab
Ms Tikhanovskaya's team said she'd taken her campaign manager Maria Moroz with her to Lithuania. The BBC's Sarah Rainsford has the details:(The opposition is pushing for a general strike against President Alexander Lukashenko's declared victory. Protests continued overnight.)
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Q11 Lebanon Saidi act
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There's been a third night of clashes in Lebanon's capital, Beirut, amid mounting anger over last week's deadly explosion that killed more than two hundred people. Clashes have continued despite the government's resignation on Monday, with many people accusing ministers of negligence. Announcing his resignation, the prime minister, Hassan Diab, said his plans for reform had been blocked by a corrupt network woven into the political system. Doctor Nasser Saidi was Lebanon's Economy Minister in the late nineteen nineties:
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1030 RUSSIA VACCINE- (2)
1030 RUSSIA VACCINE- (2)
President Vladimir Putin says Russia has given regulatory approval to a locally developed vaccine for coronavirus -- after less than two months of testing on humans. Mr Putin described it as a world first and that it had passed all the required checks. Scientists in the West have raised concerns about the speed of Russia's development of the vaccine, suggesting researchers might be cutting corners after coming under pressure from the authorities to deliver.(Mr Putin said he wanted mass production of the drug to start soon adding that his daughter had already been given the vaccine.
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0400 WORLD VIRUS- (2)
0400 WORLD VIRUS- (2)
The number of people around the world who've been infected with the coronavirus has now passed twenty million. Johns Hopkins University has recorded more than seven hundred- and thirty thousand deaths. The US is the worst affected country, with Brazil, India, Russia and South Africa also suffering massive outbreaks. Some countries that managed to control the spread of the virus (- like Spain, Australia and Japan -) are now seeing infections rise again (after the easing of lockdown restrictions. (In the past six weeks global cases have doubled from ten million, but it's thought that the true number of cases is much higher.
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1030 EGYPT VOTE
1030 EGYPT VOTE
Egyptians have begun two days of voting for a new upper house of parliament, in which President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will have huge influence. Candidates largely loyal to the President are contesting two- hundred seats in the Senate. Another hundred members of the house will be appointed directly by Mr Sisi himself. During his years in power, the President has worked to stifle opposition of all kinds, (and analysts say the new Senate will further cement his control of the parliamentary scene. (The upper house was swept away following the 2011 Arab Spring uprising, but it was reinstated in a constitutional referendum last year.
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Q11 Bristow Singapore Courts
Q11 Bristow Singapore Courts
The nephew of Singapore's prime minister has said he's paid a fine that was handed down after he questioned the independence of the country's judicial system. Michael Bristow reports:
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1100 IRAN SPIES
1100 IRAN SPIES
The Iranian authorities have given ten year prison sentences to two alleged spies, who were accused of working for Britain, Germany and Israel. A judicial spokesman said one of them, Shahram Shirkhani, had passed classified information regarding banking and defence matters to British intelligence. The other, Masoud Mosaheb, was said to have spied for the Germans, and for the Israeli agency, Mossad. (The spokesman said that altogether five spies had been arrested in recent months.)
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1100 SINGAPORE IVORY- (4)
1100 SINGAPORE IVORY- (4)
Singapore has began destroying nine tonnes of ivory in the largest such action in recent years. The ivory includes smuggled tusks taken from more than three-hundred African elephants. Singapore said the move was aimed at disrupting the global supply chain of illegally traded ivory and prevent the items from re-entering the market. Demand -- particularly in China and Vietnam -- has driven illegal poaching.
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BELARUS-Sarah Rainsford - timed for shorter 2'38 (long 3'02)
BELARUS-Sarah Rainsford - timed for shorter 2'38 (long 3'02)
We're going to start with the murky world of Belarussian politics, because the woman who was thrust into the spotlight as the main challenger in Sunday's presidential election has left the country and arrived in neighbouring Lithuania. Svetlana TIKAN- OV - SKAYA said she'd left because she was worried about her safety after official results showed a landslide victory for the long standing president, Alexander Lukashenko. In the last couple of hours, she has posted this video statement:Svetlana TIKANOV - SKAYA said she'd left as opposition protestors took to the streets in towns and cities across Belarus for a second night over the disputed election results. Sarah Rainsford, our correspondent in Moscow told me more about her decision to go. BA: And there are signs of division among the Russian political elite about the outcome of the election. At least two prominent establishment politicians have been questioning the legitimacy of President Lukashenko's victory. Konstantin Zatulin, who is a member of the ruling United Russia party said that there had been large-scale vote rigging and that Lukashenka was "insane" in his attempts to cling on to power. -
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CORONA CASES-Naomi Grimley in SL1
CORONA CASES-Naomi Grimley in SL1
It may feel like another day, another statistic related to Covid-19, but the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University are a stark reminder that this pandemic is far from over. Twenty million people around the world have now been infected with the Coronavirus. These numbers come as countries that managed to control the spread - like Spain, Australia and Japan - are now seeing infections rise again after the easing of lockdown restrictions. The BBC’s Global health correspondent Naomi Grimley is with me in the studio now: <* Break down these numbers for us.* How does the rise from 10 to 20 million compare to that from 5 to 10?* We’re getting reports this morning that Russia’s health ministry has approved the world’s first Covid 19 vaccine- what’s the latest on this?___________________Coronavirus cases jump from 10 to 20 millionThe latest figures come as countries that managed to control the spread of the virus, like Spain, Australia and Japan, are now seeing infections rise.Johns Hopkins University has recorded more than seven hundred- and thirty thousand deaths. The United States is the worst affected country, with more than a quarter of all cases and the most deaths. Brazil has three million recorded cases, while India has two million.It took 38 days for global cases to go from five to 10 million between May and June but only 24 days to then reach 15 million by 22 July. In all, global cases have doubled from 10 million to 20 in the past six weeks- but it's thought that the true number of cases is much higher.RUSSIA: The country's health ministry has given approval for the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine, after less than two months of human testing, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.The move paves the way for mass inoculation even as the final stages of clinical trials to test safety and efficacy continue. The speed at which Russia is moving to roll out its vaccine highlights its determination to win the global race for an effective product but has stirred concerns that it may be putting national prestige before science and safety.AUSTRALIA: The country's remote Northern Territory is to keep its borders closed to coronavirus-affected states for at least another 18 months, officials say.Australia is experiencing a second wave in the south-east with about 8,000 active cases in Melbourne and smaller clusters in Sydney.>
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BENIN STATUES-Jonathan Savage
BENIN STATUES-Jonathan Savage
Over the last few months, in many parts of the world, monuments to the profits - and profiteers - of slavery have been torn down or defaced. But in the west African nation of Benin, people have made a decision to confront historic pain head on, and on their terms. Jonathan Savage reports:That report by Jonathan Savage
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WS NR Trail & Heads
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You're listening to the BBC World Service.Still to come on the Newsroom ... We hear from the authors of a new book which claims to tell the true story of Harry and Meghan. First Debbie has the headlines:The main opposition presidential candidate in Sunday's disputed election in Belarus has left the country and gone to neighbouring Lithuania. She said she did so for the sake of her children.More than twenty million people across the globe have now been infected with the coronavirus. And Taiwan has sounded a warning about what it sees as China's intentions.
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TAIWAN-Micky Bristow via skype michael.bristow1
TAIWAN-Micky Bristow via skype michael.bristow1
(And Taiwan has sounded a warning about what it sees as China's intentions towards it.)Yes - this was the Taiwanese foreign minister, Joseph Wu, speaking at a news conderence alongside the visiting Americanm health secretary:(Joseph Wu, M in English"Our life has become increasingly difficult as China continues to pressure Taiwan into accepting its political conditions, conditions that will turn Taiwan into the next Hong Kong.")Mr Wu saying there that China wants to turn Taiwan into the next Hong Kong.Michael Bristow is our Asia Pacific Editor. (1. What did Taiwan’s foreign minister mean? (allows me to explain that one country, two systems was actually thought up by China with Taiwan in mind)2. What kind of pressure is China putting on Taiwan?3. Will China get its way with Taiwan?
Duration: 02:25
LEBANON BLAST-Tom Bateman (timed LONG)
LEBANON BLAST-Tom Bateman (timed LONG)
The resignation of Lebanon’s entire government has done little to quell the widespread protests sparked by the huge explosion a week ago in Beirut. In a televised national address, the Prime Minister Hassan Diab said the blast was the result of endemic corruption. But many protesters say greater reform is needed. Our Middle East Correspondent, Tom Bateman, sent this report...
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BIRDS-Bernadette Kehoe
BIRDS-Bernadette Kehoe
The pioneering mathematicain Alan Turing is best known as the man behind the models that helped crack Nazi codes that fizzed through the airwaves during the second world war. But his brilliant intuitions have now been used to help us learn more about different airborne travellers - birds. Researchers in Sheffield in northern England used the methods to study why flocks of long-tailed tits segregate themselves into different parts of the landscape, as Bernadette Kehoe reports:
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WS NR Other News
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Debbie has some other stories from our news desk ...New Zealand has ordered the residents of the country's largest city, Auckland, to stay at home after it was confirmed that four people had been infected with the coronavirus. The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said they had managed to go more than a-hundred days without new cases and were now introducing the restrictions to contain the spread of the virus.The Australian government says the borders of the country's Northern Territory will remain closed to visitors from coronavirus hotspots for the next eighteen months. The state governor, Michael Gunner, said the measure was aimed at protecting the Northern Territory's large and vulnerable Aboriginal population, who are considered more at-risk to diseases such as Covid-19.And scientists in the US have discovered that wearing a neckfleece as face protection may increase our risk of getting coronavirus. Martin Fischer, from Duke University in North Carolina, said that because it was easier to breathe through them, it was also easier for virus droplets to pass through:
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HARRY MEGHAN-timed long 2'12; short 1'55
HARRY MEGHAN-timed long 2'12; short 1'55
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WS NR Closing Headlines
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You've been listening to the Newsroom from the BBC World Service with me, NM.(A reminder of the main news:The main opposition presidential candidate in Sunday's disputed election in Belarus, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, has said she left the country for the sake of her children. Russia has given the go-ahead to a locally developed vaccine for coronavirus, but international experts are sceptical about its effectiveness and safety.And lockdown measures have been reintroduced in New Zealand's largest city, Auckland.) (Remember you can hear all our news programmes live on the internet at BBC WORLD SERVICE DOT COM. And from that website you can download our latest Global News Podcast, which brings you a compilation of the top stories, interviews and on-the-spot reporting from around the world. Half an hour of the best of the World Service -- updated twice a day. That's all at BBC WORLD SERVICE DOT COM.)
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