victims to be sped up. now on bbc news, all the technology updates, it s time for click. it s been a while since i ve been in one of these. it hasn t been in action for 60 years, so you must have been 12? oi! we re at the riverside transport museum in glasgow, and you can really see how things have changed over time. one thing that s changing is the way we pay for public transport. many of us are ditching paper money and tickets. instead, we re using smartphones or, like you, smartwatches to pay for our journeys. i never carry cash, but one time, i went to pay for this at a shop and i didn t have it on. it was a bare wrist, so embarrassing. d oh! but for the bus or london underground, it s just so easy. and things might get easier with smart ticketing set to spell the end for ticket barriers. instead, sensors will talk to an app, which tracks your journey and automatically charges you. one system using bluetooth beacons is already active in genoa, and paul carter has been to
To be prepared for a lot of women who could come forward when he entered the president ial race. The uk government says it will appeal against a court ruling that Asylum Seekers in Northern Ireland should not be sent to rwanda. The high court in belfast found parts of the policy breached human rights laws. An inquiry into why some women in the uk have traumatic experiences in childbirth has called for a huge overhaul of maternity and postnatal care. The Birth Trauma Inquiry said poor Maternity Care was all too frequently tolerated as normal and women treated as an inconvenience. One of europes most notorious people smugglers has been arrested following a bbc investigation. Barzan majeed, also known as scorpion, was arrested in Iraqi Kurdistan on sunday morning. The next five years will be some of the most dangerous and, at the same time, the most transformational our country has ever known. That was the claim made this morning by the british Prime Minister, rishi sunak. In a speech to
Prepared for some snow this morning, quite tricky and some of the roads. The snow will not last all day and turning much more mild tomorrow gcioss turning much more mild tomorrow across the country. The Intercontinental Hotel in kabul, blackened and smoking good morning, first our main story. The authorities in afghanistan say a siege of a luxury hotel in kabul has come to an end, more than 12 hours after it was attacked by gunmen. An interior Ministry Spokesman said five civilians were killed at the Intercontinental Hotel, along with all three attackers. More than a hundred people have been rescued. Andrew plant reports. The Intercontinental Hotel in kabul, blackened and smoking after an ii hour siege. The shooting started after nightfall, several gunmen armed with grenades and automatic weapons. Translation at first, i heard some gunfire and then, after 15 minutes, a worker from the hotel approached and said that suicide attackers entered the hotel. Security forces were fighting the
China with his tweets and everything else. Keep your eye on this. We should notjust be reading trumps tweets, we should be reading about all the nations surrounding north korea. In range of these north korean missiles. Chilean tonnes of gas and oil under the that everyone will be fighting over. One chilean tonnes. One wonders if we have to get used to the idea of north korea having Nuclear Weapons and dealing with it on those terms. That is an idea that, you know, we should not just that is an idea that, you know, we should notjust surrender on. No one knows the manoeuvres behind the scenes in terms of what is happening with diplomacy but it is true that china will want to contain this. Diplomacy has run its course, really. But there is a school of fight that north korea is defensive and does not want to be toppled like it iraq iraq and syria. And does not want to be toppled like it iraq iraq and syria. This headline, Firefighter Deal Busts pay cut. Questions about the i pay cap four P
Roof collapsed. There is a smell of charcoal. Six people including some officers were taken to hospital, suffering Smoke Inhalation or minor injuries. The cause of the fire is not known but several people said they saw a Christmas Tree go up in flames. The London Fire Brigade are investigating to find out what started this new years eve inferno. From today parents of babies born in some parts of scotland will receive a box of essentials including clothes, nappies and books. The scottish governments scheme is being piloted for three months before extending to the rest of scotland in the summer. The box itself doubles up as a cart and cot and comes with a mattress and sheets. Baby boxes were introduced in finland in the i930s, and theyve been credited as part of the reason for a sharp fall in infant mortality rates. The new 12 sided £1 coin will come into circulation in march. It is being changed to protect it from counterfeiters. New designs have been on failed the £2 coin and 50p pie