Hello, this is BBC World News. I’m David Eades. These are the headlines.
The Israeli President Shimon Perez has led at the in state of the late Prime Minister Ariel Sharon outside Israel’s Parliament. Mr Sharon died on Saturday after years in a coma.
The UN Humanitarian Affairs Chief has expressed concern for communities in Syria by fighting between government and rebel forces. Valerie Amos said accounts of near starvation in some communities.
About 300.000 people in the US state of West Virginia have been warned not to touch the water after a chemical into a river near the state capital. The chemical from a at Freedom Industries on Thursday.
And it’s the first big weekend of the year in Hollywood. Later, the Golden Globes as chosen by members of the Hollywood foreign press association will be .
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