SpaceX's Starship rocket explodes - BBC News
The SpaceX company has managed to land one of its Starship prototypes at the end of a high-altitude test flight.
Serial Number 10 (SN10) touched down - unlike its predecessors SN8 and SN9, which crashed into the ground - but that wasn't the end of the story.
A fire then developed around its base and eight minutes later SN10 blew itself apart on the landing pad.
SpaceX envisages Starships replacing its existing Falcon rockets. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says the new 50m-tall Starship will do it all, launching satellites and carrying passengers, both around the Earth and to off-world destinations such as the Moon and Mars.
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March 04, 2021
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Thousands of asylum seekers cross US-Mexico border - BBC News
Asylum seekers who have been waiting at the border for over a year have started entering the US this week.
After taking office in January, President Biden announced it would suspend a Trump-era policy that forced asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for their US immigration hearings.
Thousands have now crossed over into the US legally, while others have entered illegally and been apprehended.
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March 04, 2021
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Texas mask mandate: 'I'm leaning towards staff still wearing masks'- BBC News
Texas governor Greg Abbott is lifting the state-wide mask mandate, leaving businesses to make tough decisions.
Less than 7% of the state's population has been fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
We talk to business owners about what they intend to do.
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March 04, 2021
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Defiant Myanmar anti-coup protesters return a day after 38 are killed - BBC News
Protesters have returned to cities across Myanmar, just hours after the country saw its bloodiest day since last month's military coup.
Some 38 people were killed on Wednesday, with witnesses saying security forces opened fire with live bullets.
Myanmar has been gripped by protests since the 1 February coup, demanding the release of detained leaders.
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March 04, 2021
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Budget 2021: What did the chancellor lay out and is it enough? - BBC Newsnight
Chancellor Sunak unveils his Budget, but is it enough to help repair Covid’s damage to the economy? Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
Setting out the government's tax and spending plans for the year ahead, he announced new measures to help business and jobs through the pandemic and to support the UK's long-term economic recovery and a series of tax-raising plans to help rebalance the public finances.
Newsnight’s Political Editor Nick Watt reports on the Budget and on Brexit developments.
Emily Maitlis interviews Chief Secretary to the Treasury Steve Barclay.
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March 03, 2021
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'Vaccine hunters' helping older people get Covid jabs - BBC News
Americans baffled by the complex online system for booking a vaccine appointment are getting help from tech-savvy young people.
Carl Cimini enlisted Kevin Hayes and his computer skills, to help him get a shot in Pennsylvania.
Another so-called vaccine hunter, teenager Benjamin Kagan, has secured 115 appointments.
Meet the "vaccine hunters" who are helping older people book their jabs.
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March 03, 2021
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Dozens killed in Myanmar protests as security forces fire on crowds - BBC News
The United Nations says at least 38 people have been killed during protests in Myanmar in the worst day of violence since the military coup last month.
Security forces opened fire on large crowds in several cities across the country despite growing international condemnation.
Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by south-east Asia correspondent Jonathan Head.
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March 03, 2021
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Buckingham Palace investigates bullying claims against Duchess of Sussex - BBC News
Buckingham Palace has said it's “very concerned” by reports that the Duchess of Sussex was accused of bullying her staff during her time at Kensington Palace.
The claims were made by former staff of Harry and Meghan and the Palace says it will investigate the circumstances.
For her part the duchess is said to be “saddened” by reports of a bullying complaint which is seen as the “latest attack on her character”.
Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell.
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March 03, 2021
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Chancellor unveils biggest Budget tax rises in decades to fund Covid crisis - BBC News
The enormous cost of shoring up the economy, because of the pandemic, has been spelled out by the chancellor in today's Budget. Mr Sunak revealed a series of measures that will take the UK's tax burden to its highest level since the 1960s. He insisted that without “corrective action” the national debt would go on rising indefinitely.
There will be more spending in the short term. The furlough scheme for workers and support for the self-employed will be extended to September as will the £20 a week uplift in Universal Credit.
For the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors the business rates holiday will continue until June. There's an extra £65 billion being spent on the whole range of support measures.
Paying for all this will take decades according to the chancellor. Income tax allowances will be frozen from April 2022 for 4 years. This means more than a million people will start to pay income tax and a million more will start to pay the higher rate. Corporation Tax, paid by companies on their profits, will rise from 19 to 25 percent by 2023.
That will only make a dent in the record amounts the government is borrowing, more than £355 billion this year alone.
The Office for Budget responsibility says the overall Budget package will lead to the highest tax burden on the UK economy for more than half a century.
Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by political editor Laura Kuenssberg and economics editor Faisal Islam.
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March 03, 2021
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World's first platypus refuge - BBC News
Conservationists in Australia have announced plans to open the world's first platypus refuge.
"These facilities will be critical in building our knowledge, so we don't let this iconic creature slip off the earth," said conservationist Cameron Kerr.
The mammals are close to extinction following bushfires and drought.
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March 03, 2021
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Myanmar sees deadly clashes despite calls for calm - BBC News
Anti-coup protesters in Myanmar have been killed after troops opened fire.
The security forces used live rounds on large crowds in Mandalay and Monywa, and at least two of the victims are believed be teenage children.
Mass protests have been taking place across the country since the military seized control on 1 February.
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March 03, 2021
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Tiger Woods: Car crashes and comebacks - BBC News
Tiger Woods has made a career out of overcoming adversity and scandal.
The latest challenge comes after a serious car accident that may jeopardise his professional golfing life.
The BBC's golf correspondent Iain Carter take a look at the champion's career highs and lows, to see if there may be a path forward.
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March 03, 2021
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Holyrood Inquiry: Calls for Nicola Sturgeon to quit over Alex Salmond revelations - BBC Newsnight
Nicola Sturgeon is facing calls to resign after new documents raised further questions about her involvement in the Alex Salmond saga. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
The government has published emails showing it continued a doomed legal fight with Mr Salmond despite its lawyers advising it was likely to lose.
Further evidence from two other witnesses has also called into question Ms Sturgeon's version of events.
Scotland's first minster is to face an inquiry over the affair on Wednesday 3 March.
Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross said there was "no longer any doubt that Nicola Sturgeon lied to the Scottish Parliament and broke the ministerial code on numerous counts."
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March 02, 2021
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New evidence of China moving Uighur minority workers in order to uproot communities - BBC News
A BBC investigation has found evidence that China’s policy of transferring hundreds of thousands of Uighurs and other ethnic minorities from north-west Xinjiang to factory jobs far from home is being used to uproot and assimilate the population.
It's also uncovered possible connections between these workers and major international brands.
China says transferring workers away from the region is a way of tackling rural poverty and unemployment.
Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by China correspondent John Sudworth.
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March 02, 2021
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UK furlough scheme to continue supporting wages of millions of workers - BBC News
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak is pledging more support for jobs and businesses as Covid restrictions are gradually lifted across the UK.
In the Budget he is confirming a continuation of the furlough scheme which supports the wages of millions of workers until the end of September, with employees receiving 80 percent of their salary.
And more than 600,000 people are to be added to the self-employment income support scheme.
The overall support schemes are likely to cost the taxpayer more than £100 billion.
However the Chancellor is warning that the policy of “doing whatever it takes” will have to come to an end once the pandemic crisis is over, because action will be needed to repair the public finances.
Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by economics editor Faisal Islam
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March 02, 2021
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Flamingos turn Indian lakes into 'sea of pink' - BBC News
Thousands of flamingos migrate to western India every year in search of food and nesting grounds, turning lakes into a 'sea of pink'.
The spectacle in Navi Mumbai city draws in people from nearby cities and towns.
Bird watchers say that the growing number of flamingos in the city is a good sign. But many add that authorities need to do more to ensure that the migration pattern is not disturbed by construction in the area.
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March 02, 2021
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Deaf poet and illustrator go back to school with picture book - BBC News
Award-winning poet Raymond Antrobus found out he was deaf when he was six, while illustrator Polly Dunbar's hearing started to go in her twenties.
Can Bear Ski? is their first picture book for children and follows a little bear as he discovers he is deaf.
Raymond decided to write the story after being a poet in residence at his former primary school and finding the library lacking in books featuring deaf characters.
Now armed with a copy of the new book, Raymond is joined by Polly on a virtual trip back to his old school.
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March 02, 2021
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Palestinian 'Techno Queen' Sama' Abdulhadi faces court over shrine event - BBC News
A Palestinian DJ is facing a court hearing after being accused of breaking rules around performing near a holy shrine in the West Bank last year.
Sama' Abdulhadi, sometimes know as the 'Queen of Techno', was jailed for eight days over the event.
Her arrest by Palestinian police has been criticised by human rights groups.
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March 02, 2021
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Hundreds of kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls freed – BBC News
A group of nearly 300 girls who were kidnapped from a school in north-western Nigeria last week have been released, a local official says.
The girls were abducted by gunmen from their boarding school in Jangebe, Zamfara state, on Friday and taken to a forest, police said.
The state's governor said on Tuesday that the group had been freed and the girls were now safe.
The 2014 kidnap of 276 schoolgirls in the north-eastern town of Chibok by Islamist militants Boko Haram brought global attention to the scourge of raids on schools in Nigeria, but a surge in recent attacks is suspected to be the work of criminal gangs.
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March 02, 2021
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Covid19 UK: What impact will the Brazil variant have? - BBC Newsnight
The dates for potential lockdown easing in England edge closer and vaccines have begun to have a noticeable impact. But as news emerges that the Brazilian variant has arrived in the UK, what impact will it have on the roadmap? Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
Health officials are trying to trace one person in England who has been infected with a concerning variant of coronavirus first found in Brazil.
They are one of six cases of the P1 variant found in the UK in February.
The person is understood to have used a home testing kit but did not complete a registration form - prompting an appeal for anyone without a result from a test on 12 or 13 February to come forward.
Political Editor Nick Watt reports.
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March 01, 2021
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