lives. loaded into the truck. and glastonbury is back after the pandemic. the crowds are heading to the iconic music festival in england, hoping for sunshine. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. it s 6am in singapore, and 2.30am in afghanistan where humanitarian agencies are scrambling to organise emergency shelter and food aid, following an earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people. un staff say medical teams and supplies have been despatched to the worst hit province, paktika. hundreds of houses there were destroyed by the magnitude 6.1 event, and hundreds of homeless families are facing a powerful storm and very heavy rain. 0ur correspondent secunder kermani is in sharana, the capital of paktika province, where casualties from the earthquake are being cared for. a desperate search for survivors. hundreds of homes, entire communities, wiped out in a single dreadful moment in the middle of the night. everythi
Korea for the Winter Olympics. And people streaming the Opening Ceremony of pyongyang twenty eighteen years one hour away early of the cold war but ration for school to rejected the last minute appeals of forty seven russian athletes who were bidding to be allowed to compete. Also as we go to a u. S. Politicians there are still debating into the early hours as they struggle to end a second shutdown and three weeks. Hospitals was on alert for casualties as egypt launches a major operation against armed groups in the Sinai Peninsula. And a memo months ago to journalists a jailed after uncovering what the government didnt bomb the world to see. So a show of togetherness between north and south korea is happening with just an hours ago before the ceremony Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics the sister of north koreas leader has become the first member of her family to step foot in south korea since the two countries went to war in nineteen fifty. Is part of the north korean delegations
And eighteen a Winter Olympics opens and an explosion of fireworks with north and south korea sitting side by side next to america and the extraordinary show of unity and he just emits pyongyang twenty eighteen has been declared open but earlier the court of arbitration for sport rejected the last minute appeals of forty seven russian athletes and coaches to a bidding to be allowed to compete. Our other top stories egypt launches a sweeping military operation aiming to crush on the groups ahead of a deadline set by president sisi. Played upon the time. Of the hama signals an end to the u. S. Governments latest shutdown the stage is set for a bigger battle the over immigration and ballooning deficit. Also what the mayor government didnt want the world to see evidence of a massacre and the journalists who revealed it have been jailed. I am. Extraordinarily and unexpected show of unity north and south korea have sat side by side under exploding fireworks as the two thousand and eighteen W
Celebrations marking the 70 anniversary of the countrys independence from britain. Singer taylor swift wins her Sexual Assault case against a former radio dj. Good morning. It is tuesday, the 15th of august. Welcome to bbc newsroom alive. The Brexit Secretary has confirmed that the government wa nts to has confirmed that the government wants to negotiate a temporary Customs Relationship with the eu for when the uk leaves, similar to current arrangements. The Eu Commission has welcomed the proposals, but Opposition Parties here save the document lacks detail. Britain would also seek to be allowed to negotiate trade deals with countries outside the eu. Although members of the Eus Customs Union are barred from striking such agreements. Adam fleming explains. Under the Customs Union, the eu has one external border for the import of goods from abroad. If import taxes, known as tariffs, are paid, they are paid when that product enters this area. It can then move around between countries with
Bowl. With what you should know. Things are going to get bad out here really soon. Take a look at the video ndot gave us it helps to break down all the closures. Ndot will close the interstate 15 south and northbound ramps to u. S. Highway 95 northbound starting 10 p. M. , october 26 through latefebruary 2017. The interstate 15 north and southbound ramps to Martin Luther king boulevard will also frame. Also, the u. S. Highway 95 northbound ramp to Martin Luther king boulevard will close, too, from 10 p. M. , october 26 through late february 2017. A lot of closures around the mlk exit see thats a gun. Thats a enough for showers. Partly sunny conditions with light winds out of the north northeast and temperatures ranging between 80 and 86 degrees valley wide will be common through the area. Temperatures will increase as we see a little more sunshine than clouds through wednesday and thursday. High temperatures look to peak between 83 and 88 degrees and then our next rain maker moves in.