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It took some time, but after five long months, a new government in Austria is ready to come to power. On Sunday, the small Liberal Party decided to join the Conservative People's Party and the Social Democrats in a coalition, the first time a government has been formed of three parties. The winners of last September's election, the right-wing Freedom Party, won't be in the government.
It took some time, but after five long months, a new government in Austria is ready to come to power. On Sunday, the small Liberal Party decided to join the Conservative People's Party and the Social Democrats in a coalition, the first time a government has been formed of three parties. The winners of last September's election, the right-wing Freedom Party, won't be in the government.
Our correspondent in Vienna, Bethany Bell, explained.
Our correspondent in Vienna, Bethany Bell, explained.
Obviously, this is how it works. And no one's suggesting the process hasn't been followed. But presumably there's some questions about legitimacy, bearing in mind the winners of the election don't get to be in power.
Obviously, this is how it works. And no one's suggesting the process hasn't been followed. But presumably there's some questions about legitimacy, bearing in mind the winners of the election don't get to be in power.
Still to come in this podcast, after the floods in the Spanish region of Valencia last year, students and volunteers are attempting to save family photos.
Still to come in this podcast, after the floods in the Spanish region of Valencia last year, students and volunteers are attempting to save family photos.
Soaring inflation and a plummeting currency. Iran's finances are in dire straits. Now, after an impeachment vote in parliament, the finance minister, Abdul Nasser Hamadi, has been sacked. Two-thirds of deputies voted for him to be removed from his post, which he'd had for just eight months.
Soaring inflation and a plummeting currency. Iran's finances are in dire straits. Now, after an impeachment vote in parliament, the finance minister, Abdul Nasser Hamadi, has been sacked. Two-thirds of deputies voted for him to be removed from his post, which he'd had for just eight months.
The president, Massoud Pazeshkian, tried to come to his defence, saying the economic problems of the Islamic Republic were not the fault of one man alone. Param Gabbadi is a senior reporter with BBC Persian.
The president, Massoud Pazeshkian, tried to come to his defence, saying the economic problems of the Islamic Republic were not the fault of one man alone. Param Gabbadi is a senior reporter with BBC Persian.
Now, back in the late 1940s and early 1950s, in what was then the Belgian Congo, thousands of mixed-race children were forcibly taken from their families and placed in Catholic institutions. Decades later, five women, now elderly, took the former colonial power Belgium to court, seeking justice for themselves and many others. The BBC's Cain Pieri spoke to one of them.
Now, back in the late 1940s and early 1950s, in what was then the Belgian Congo, thousands of mixed-race children were forcibly taken from their families and placed in Catholic institutions. Decades later, five women, now elderly, took the former colonial power Belgium to court, seeking justice for themselves and many others. The BBC's Cain Pieri spoke to one of them.
And that report from Cain Pieri. A spacecraft owned by a private American company has begun gathering data on the surface of the moon after touching down on Sunday. Blue Ghost is only the second commercial lander to reach the lunar surface.
And that report from Cain Pieri. A spacecraft owned by a private American company has begun gathering data on the surface of the moon after touching down on Sunday. Blue Ghost is only the second commercial lander to reach the lunar surface.
And as our science correspondent Pallav Ghosh now reports, staff at the firm behind the latest mission, Firefly Aerospace, have been celebrating the successful landing. Y'all select the landing. We're on the moon.
And as our science correspondent Pallav Ghosh now reports, staff at the firm behind the latest mission, Firefly Aerospace, have been celebrating the successful landing. Y'all select the landing. We're on the moon.