bbc world news. i would be surprised but pardon me. an interview on a political crisis in south korea goes unexpectedly viral after an unexpected intrusion. and in half an hour we look at team gb‘s preparations for the 2018 winter olympic games. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. a 23 year old drug addict who crashed his car into a family during a police chase in south london has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. in august last year, joshua dobby lost control of a stolen car, killing 34 year old rosie cooper and her ten year old nephew makayah mcdermott and seriously injuring two other children. it emerged in courtjoshua dobby has 53 previous convictions dating back to when he was 13. tom symonds reports. it was a summer s day. the family had been on their way to the park when this car came skidding off the road, hitting a bollard, lifting it into the air and down on top of three children and their aunt. the aftermath was horrific. there were five bodies under
a royal marine who was convicted of shooting dead a wounded taliban fighter in afghanistan, will be freed within weeks after his sentence was reduced. the nhs is planning to take certain treatments off prescription lists. from cod liver oil to gluten free bread, nhs managers say the move will save money. and in the next hour. a monster cyclone smashes into northeast australia. heavy rains and winds of up 160 miles per hour batter the queensland coast. tens of thousands of people are told to evacuate. and a new 12 sided pound coin is now in circulation. it s thinner and lighter, with hidden security features, making it more difficult to copy. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the scottish and uk governments look to have been set on a collision course after the scottish parliament voted to give first minister nicola sturgeon the power to request a second independence referendum. the government in westminster has already rejected any such referendum scotland secretary da
at least eig people have been killed by a powerful. fast moving storm system sweeping from the gulf coast into the northeast. as c - b - s news correspondent don champion shows us. the system set down a string of deadly tornadoes. ststng windnd.. and drenching rain. 3 (pkg)as the dangerous storm system moves up the east coast..state police in waverly, virginia combed through the rubble with flashlights overnight. -nats/ sot- everything s destroyed.unbelievable (thu0006)after a tornado ripped through the tiny farming town.-nat/sot- looked at that, you see what happened vincent donald survived. some of his neighbors did not.(sot vincent donald/ resident) i saw one of my friend, he said his brother died.//the house disappeared so i said god-damn elsewhere in virginia.dozens rubble. several reported tornadoes also touched down pennsylvania and in the carolinas.this dairy farm was demolished in seconds:(sot sears day/ farm owner) we re thankful we lost no animals and no one was hu
we have full coverage of the stocks and stories making headlines today. mike mckee looks at the shortage of construction workers. phil mattingly looks at u.s. role in iraq. and in irbil, troops and into battle militants. first, a breach in the gaza siege fire. palestinian militants fired rockets earlier today in response, the israeli military carried out a series of airstrikes across the gaza strip. shortly after, benjamin atanyahu ordered negotiators cease-fire talks to return home from cairo. the israeli move, coupled with the outbreak of violence, through cease-fire efforts into jeopardy. an israeli spokesperson said that rockets landed in open areas and did not cause any injuries. meantime in iraq, government forces stepped up their attack against islamic state militants. the rebels suffered a serious setback, losing control of the country s largest dam. we went to the dam in mosul today. irbil.ith me now in one of the most striking things was a mile from the dam, whic
north korea underscored the warning of the state of military exercises by south korea and the u.s. this morning kim young un s regime fired two missiles in the sea of japan. they say it s for exercises of a south korean invasion but say they re prurely defensive. on saturday china s central bank fought back against an economic slowdown that cut benchmark interest rates for the second time in three months. and israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in washington in advance of his controversial speech on capitol hill. tomorrow he ll press conference to delay any agreement on nuclear power. netanyahu may argue it will threaten israel s security and is speaking at the invitation of john boehner who did not consult the white house or president. secretary of state john kerry insists there s no problem between the administration and israel. i talked to the prime minister regularly including yesterday. we are not you know, we don t want to see this turned into some great p