Hello there im Barbara Starr youre watching aljazeera live from london also coming up on the program evading the question catalans leader fails to answer yes or no on whether the region has declared independence from spain. Portugals Prime Minister declares a state of emergency as raging wildfires leave at least twenty seven dead. The desperate bid to leave violence in myanmar ends in disaster for more real hinge refugees another boat capsizes leaving twelve day. Lets begin the program with major developments out of iraq where Government Forces have taken control of the city of kirkuk according to Security Forces troops moved inside the provincial government building with no opposition from kurdish for rock but charles you were in kirkuk up to what two hours ago so tell us a little bit about what you were seeing when you were there what you saw unfold. Well scenes of panic really the thousands of families that we saw queues of calls rushing to get away from kid a coke eyes quickly as p
Gonzalez. We start this morning talking about the potential for dangerous weather this weekend. Right now 30 Million People across the midwest are bracing for a huge ice storm. At least five states are under some type of warning or watch through sunday. Oklahoma and kansas are expected to get hit the hardest. Forecasters say they could get more than an inch of ice. This will create dangerous Road Conditions and really could impact flights around the country. Our area could also see some ice. Storm team 4 meteorologist Sheena Parveen brings us up to date. As we go into tomorrow and as we go through the afternoon tomorrow, that could be spreading through really most of the area, if not all of the area. Today you dont have to worry about that for your friday. Youre going to be in the 40s today, so cooler than we were yesterday. Temperatures dropping today, youll be feeling those changes taking place. Snow and ice stag hazardous travel. When we have a freezing rain advisory through parts o
And seeing double. Luxottica agrees to emerge with the french rival. But how will investors view the deal . Were less than half an hour away from the european open, and it looks like investors are looking at equities in a negative way, with positive futures over in great britain. You can see futures down about. 5 , ftse futures up about. 25 . We saw the asian market overnight take a real tumble, then recover by the end of trading, to some extent. Not to gains, but not the kind midsession. Saw guy lets talk about whats happening with the pound. You talked about the overnight. The british pound down 1. 5 , treating just, just north of the 1. 20 line. Were clearly watching what theresa may will say on tuesday. We are still trying to figure out what will come through. It does seem as if there is the managing of expectations going on here, issues with donald trump, signaling that the u. K. Will be at the front of the queue. It doesnt seem to be helping out sterling. Its the easiest and most
Nations remains on old. The ruling was unanimous from the ninth Circuit Court of appeals. New reaction from the white house tonight. More than just a tweet from the president. Team coverage tonight of ruling, the reaction and whats next. We start with news 4s Chris Lawrence at the live desk. Chris. Doreen. We got our hands on an audio recording from the white house in which President Trump accused the judges of being motivated by politics and promised that the government is going to go back to court and, quote, win very easily. Well see them in court. Its a political decision, and were gonna see them in court and i look forward to doing it. We have a situation where the security of our country is at stake, and its a very, very serious situation. Reporter three judges didnt see it that way. In fact, they ruled the government would probably lose on appeal and didnt show any evidence that someone from seven nations has carried out a terrorist attack in and the ninth Circuit Court of appea
Is going to pick up their phone Behind The Wheel today without even thinking about it . Dont do it because picking up a phone, no matter how nice you are or good you are, accidents like this can happen to anyone on the road by using a phone. And a test which is almost 100 accurate in telling mums to be whether the child theyre carrying has Downs Syndrome is being made available on the nhs from next year. This morning there are yet more warnings it could lead to an increase in the number of abortions. Well get reaction. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until iiam. Throughout the morning, well bring you the latest Breaking News and developing stories. A little later in the programme well ask whats going on with ukip and hopefully speak to nigel farage who is annoyed that his only mp allegedly tried to block him getting a knighthood. Should mr farage get a knighthood . Tell me what you think. Our top story today, drivers caught using their phone Behind The Wheel will now face