Nick Miles
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Now, it's almost a contradiction in terms. A public exhibition about the work of Britain's security service, also known as MI5. By its nature, the UK's counterintelligence agency works in the shadows.
But there are files and objects that can now be put on display to tell the story, or perhaps part of the story, of MI5 from its foundation in the early years of the 20th century up until the modern era. It's a joint exhibition with Britain's National Archives in West London. Mark Dunton, its creator, told James Menendez more.
That was the curator, Mark Dunton. Astronomers have used a space telescope to observe an asteroid codenamed 2024 YR4, which earlier this year seemed to be at a small risk of hitting Earth in December 2032. Earth is now safe, but astronomers are cheering on a possible collision with the moon. 2024 YR4 has been labelled a so-called city killer asteroid, not a planet destroyer.
The statistician David Spiegelhalter had originally speculated on the chances of the astronomical object hitting planet Earth.
Well, researchers have now updated those probabilities. Evan Davis heard more from Dr Andrew Rivkin, an astronomer at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in the US state of Maryland.
Evan Davis speaking to Dr. Andrew Rivkin from Johns Hopkins University. And that's all from us for now, but there will be a new edition of the Global News Podcast later on. If you want to comment on this podcast or the topics covered in it, you can send us an email. The address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. You can also find us on X at BBC World Service. Use the hashtag Global News Bot.
This edition was mixed by Tom Bartlett. The producer was Liam McSheffery. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Nick Mars, and until next time, goodbye.
Myanmar's military hunter has said that this Chinese convoy of aid workers failed to stop in a zone of conflict and therefore they sent out some warning shots. But it does just go to show how incredible this situation is, that war, that armed conflict is ongoing while people are suffering in the midst of this humanitarian disaster.
They have, yes, but it's a unilateral ceasefire. The military hunter has rejected it. They were talking in state media this morning and they said that because these rebel groups... der weniger als 24 Stunden nach dem Erkrankungsschuss getroffen wurde.
Die Menschen von Myanmar müssen mit diesem absoluten Verrückten eines Erkrankungsstoffs umgehen, während sie immer noch in einer Konfliktzone leben müssen.
That's right, Jackie. They say that this is the worst situation that they've seen so far. They've already been to the capital, Naypyidaw. After that they went all the way up to Mandalay, very near the epicentre. Bridges had collapsed, roads were unusable. They said that it's essentially a picture of utter destruction there. They've already smelt everywhere.
in verschiedenen Teilen von Myanmar, aber auch in Sagaing. Und sie haben gesagt, dass es in vielen dieser Plätze keine Rettungsarbeit gibt.
Inle Lake was once Myanmar's aquatic tourist paradise. A world of bamboo homes perching above the surface. Fishermen holding oars with their legs to glide their boats through the serene waters. It's now a floating disaster zone. Crumpled houses, submerged restaurants, fallen pagodas.
Eine österreichische Charite hat uns ein Video geschickt, nachdem sie 14 Stunden von der größten Stadt Yangon nach dem Meer gefahren ist. Rund 100 Menschen sind hier gestorben, viele aus dem Verlust. Wie diese Frau, die sich jetzt in einem nahen Monasterium befindet, erklärt.
Jochen Meissner from the charity, called Sona, spoke to us after spending the day giving out aid in what is a devastated landscape.
Er sagt, sie seien die erste internationale Organisation, um das Gebiet zu erreichen. Andere lokalen Charitäten sind gekommen und die Militärin hat geholfen. Das ist ein starker Kontrast von dem, wobei ihre Flugzeuge weiter Bomben an rebelhaften Bereichen gehalten haben, insbesondere nahe dem Epizentrum des Quakes. Jochen sagt, die Leute auf dem Meer bekommen jetzt Hilfe.
The picturesque refuge of Inle Lake once drew hundreds of thousands of foreign visitors every year, at least before the military coup in 2021. Civil war stole their livelihoods. The earthquake stole their lives. Misery upon misery for the Burmese people.
Global News Podcast · BBC team reaches Khartoum and finds overwhelming destruction · 2 Apr 2025
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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Nick Miles, and in the early hours of Wednesday, the 2nd of April, these are our main stories. The BBC has become one of the first international news organisations to reach the Sudanese capital Khartoum since the army recaptured it and has found overwhelming destruction.
A major rebel alliance in Myanmar has declared a month-long ceasefire to allow earthquake relief efforts to take place. Russia has embarked on its biggest military call-up in more than a decade.
A redesign of the baseball bat and it's already having a huge impact. For two years now, since April 2023, Sudan has been in the midst of a devastating civil war. The fighting is between the country's army and a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces or RSF. Their fight has caused a huge humanitarian crisis.
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