This is bbc news, im martine croxall. The headlines at nine. Storm ciara hits the uk with Gale Force Winds and torrential rain its set to cause huge disruption across the country. Travel is already being badly hit airlines have cancelled dozens of flights, and more than 20 Rail Companies have said their services will be affected. Theres been gusts of 75 mph yesterday. We are expecting possibly more than that today some predicting around 90 mph. The coronavirus crisis. A flight bringing 200 evacuees from wuhan back to britain lands at raf brize norton. A soldier who killed 26 people in a gun rampage in northern thailand has been shot dead by the Security Forces. Counting begins in the irish
general election as an exit poll puts the three main Political Parties level pegging. Coming up all the sport can englands cricketers level the one day series against south africa . And ill be looking at the sunday papers at 9 35, with my guests James Rampton, the features writer for the independent,
This is bbc news with the latest headlines. People arriving in the uk from belgium, the bahamas and andorra will have to quarantine for m days the rules began at midnight in wales and will apply from 4 am on saturday in the rest of the uk. Well be trying to get answers to what the latest Restrictions Mean for your travel and Holiday Plans im at Annita Mcveigh on twitter today could be one of the hottest days on record, with large parts of the country experiencing a heatwave this weekend. Temperatures are expected to soar to almost 37 degrees in the south east. Police in beirut use teargas on protestors demonstrating against the government after an explosion earlier this week killed 137 people and injured more than 5,000. Thousands of cabin crew at British Airways will find out today whether they still have a job with many facing significant pay cuts if they remain, amid a dispute between the airline and its staff. And coming up this hour. Well talk to two disappointed runners, after th
Hello, welcome to bbc news im victoria derbyshire, bringing you the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Police in hong kong use tear gas and a water cannon and arrest 30 democracy protestors, as chinas new National Security law comes into force. Its a bit of a weird stand off at this moment with the riot police here and people walking away, and some of the police are leaving as well. The water cannon truck has just been doing rounds. More uk job losses because of coronavirus 5,000 jobs are under threat at upper crust and 1,700 jobs are to go at airbus uk. The us buys up nearly all stocks for the next three months of the drug remdesivir one of the only drugs shown to work against covid 19. Councils in england will get Real Time Data on coronavirus cases in their areas, after signing a data sharing agreement with Public Health england. It follows criticism over how long it took to get data in leicester. And remembering the man who shouldve been englands first bla
Welcome to bbc news im mike embley. Our top stories blockades and barriers chinas villages try to keep out strangers and coronavirus. President trump accuses his former National Security advisor of betrayal and the white house warns him not to publish his book. Fraternal singing from some, flag waving from others. Brexit clears its final legal hurdle in the European Parliament. The sun as its never been seen before. Well talk to one of the scientists behind these new High Resolution images of its surface. More foreign citizens are due to leave the chinese city of wuhan as the number of those who are infected with the potentially deadly coronavirus continues to increase. The authorities there say that 170 people have now died with another 1,700 confirmed cases. In the next few hours hong kong will halve the number of flights to Mainland China as well as suspending train and ferry services. John sudworth has the latest. Safely out of wuhan, a plane arriving at a California Air base with
This is the Business Briefing. Im ben bland. Protecting your children online. In a world where most seven year olds already own a phone, Online Safety is becoming a big concern for parents and authorities around the world. Sustainable aviation. Is it even possible . We take a closer look at the efforts to make flying greener. And on the markets asian stocks balance where Chinese Markets reversing some of their previous plunge. More Central Bank Money being pumped into the system, that is to come virus fears, but oil remains at 13 month lows. 0h, were going to start sitting down, are we . Going to start sitting down. They a lwa ys start sitting down. They always change it just start sitting down. They always change itjust to catch me out anyway, you know how it goes. You have seen it before. Welcome to the programme, this is the Business Briefing. Advances in technology and the internet have for the most part made our lives easier. But for parents, it brings a whole new set of concerns.