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The day’s top stories from BBC News. Delivered twice a day on weekdays, daily at weekends
The day’s top stories from BBC News. Delivered twice a day on weekdays, daily at weekends
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Iranians vote in presidential election
The winner will replace Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate who has served the maximum two terms. Also: Palestinians cancel vaccine swap deal with Israel, and Ukrainian couple break up after being handcuffed together for 123 days.
19 Jun 2021
31 MINS
31:26
19 Jun 2021
Japanese disagree over Olympics spectators
Officials and politicians are in dispute over allowing fans to attend events next month. Also: Iranians vote in a presidential poll, and the new species of ancient giant rhino.
18 Jun 2021
25 MINS
25:00
18 Jun 2021
US Supreme Court rejects big challenge to Obamacare
The justices' 7-2 ruling preserves medical insurance for millions of low-income Americans. Also: Zambia's first president Kenneth Kaunda dies aged 97, and the coelacanth - a 'living fossil' fish - may live for up to a century.
18 Jun 2021
29 MINS
29:59
18 Jun 2021
HK police raid pro-democracy paper
500 officers raided Apple Daily, alleging its reports breached a national security law. Also: 1st crew blasts off to new China space station, and why millions of Chinese are mourning the death of a strong-willed pig.
17 Jun 2021
29 MINS
29:06
17 Jun 2021
Biden and Putin praise talks but discord remains
The US and Russia agree to nuclear arms control talks but progress at the Geneva summit was limited. Also: Facebook shuts Ethiopian accounts for fake news, and drone cameras record social lives of killer whales.
16 Jun 2021
25 MINS
25:03
16 Jun 2021
Putin and Biden hold talks in Geneva
Russian and US leaders attend summit at villa in Switzerland. It's their first meeting since Biden became President, and comes at a time of high tensions over several issues. Also, North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un warns of food shortages following poor harvests, and what happened to a well-known company's shares when a global superstar publicly rejected its product.
16 Jun 2021
30 MINS
30:27
16 Jun 2021
Israeli nationalists march through Jerusalem
The parade risked igniting tensions with Palestinians, only weeks after a conflict in Gaza ended. Also: Taiwan angered by China's latest breach of air space, and plastic bottles could be turned into vanilla ice-cream!
15 Jun 2021
31 MINS
31:11
15 Jun 2021
The US and EU resolve aircraft trade row
They agree a deal in a 17 year dispute over subsidies to aircraft manufacturers. Also: Hungary passes a law banning what it calls the promotion of homosexuality to under-eighteens, and a deaf sheepdog learns how to work again.
15 Jun 2021
25 MINS
25:04
15 Jun 2021
Biden says China and Russia trying to ‘drive a wedge’ in Nato
Speaking after his first summit of Nato leaders since taking office, President Biden said he will lay down red lines to his Russian counterpart in their meeting on Wednesday, and acknowledged that he faced a tough opponent in Vladimir Putin. Also: Belarus parades the detained opposition journalist Roman Protasevich at a news conference in Minsk; and the American actor Ned Beatty - who appeared in Deliverance and Superman - dies at the age of 83.
14 Jun 2021
29 MINS
29:52
14 Jun 2021
Nato: America back at the table
The head of Nato says it’s a pivotal moment in the seventy–two year history of the organisation, as he urged members to respond to China’s rise and Russia’s aggressive behaviour. Also: the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi has begun in Myanmar and is football still as important for Scotland now its back in the EUROS after a twenty-three year gap?
14 Jun 2021
24 MINS
24:45
14 Jun 2021
Naftali Bennett takes over as head of a fragile Israeli coalition
After twelve years dominated by one man, Israel gets a new leader; The G-7 pledges a billion covid vaccine doses for poorer countries; How to film a sex scene without exploiting the actors...should all movie sets have an "intimacy coordinator"?
13 Jun 2021
24 MINS
24:30
13 Jun 2021
G7 leaders agree on spending plan to rival China
The US and its allies have agreed a huge infrastructure plan to counter China's Belt and Road initiative. Also: the Danish footballer, Christian Eriksen, is awake in hospital after collapsing during a European Championship match, and Saudi Arabia has announced strict limits for this year's Hajj pilgrimage because of the pandemic.
12 Jun 2021
31 MINS
31:25
12 Jun 2021
G7 leaders highlight issue of climate change by visiting the Eden Project
Queen Elizabeth greeted the G7 leaders on their 1st day of their summit in Cornwall. Also: a teenager who filmed George Floyd's murder is given a Pulitzer Prize, and Italy opens Euro 2020 with 3-0 win over Turkey.
12 Jun 2021
30 MINS
30:29
12 Jun 2021