And that will be the minus eight. And that will be the whole and that will be affecting the whole of the country. A very good morning to you. Team gb is celebrating its best ever performance at a Winter Olympics after winning a fifth medal. Billy morgan claimed bronze at the big air snowboard event with a droop dodge a jump snowboard event with a droop dodge a jump he had never previously completed. It takes Great Britain 231. 244;ng li lies; e551 3115;. Their 213. 1515; i1 1e§§5 e511 3111;. Their biggest ever 213. 1515; i1 1e§§5 e511 3111; ii i their biggest ever haul passed their biggest ever medal haul from 2014. Billy morgan grew up in southampton, didnt switch to snowboarding until the age of 14. He took part in gymnastics, acrobatics and skateboarding, but now here in pyeongchang, he is an olympic bronze medallist. He failed to land any of his practice hevel four times, his practice runs, hevel four times, then again at the start of the competition, but when it mattered he fa
Olympics. And in half an hour here on bbc news, is seeing really believing . Click investigates deep fakes and software used to swap faces in video. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The United Nations Security Council is due to vote this evening on a resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in syria. It was due to be held yesterday, but was delayed by disagreements over the wording. The Syrian Government is continuing its bombardment of the rebel held area of Eastern Ghouta, near the capital, damascus. Activists say about 500 civilians have been killed in the last week. Richard galpins report contains distressing images. The relentless bombing which began a week ago has shattered whole neighbourhoods in Eastern Ghouta. And shattered the lives of hundreds of people, many of them children. Besides those who have been injured, at least 120 children have been killed since last sunday, according to human rights activists. The number of casualties are overwhelming hospitals, so
And discuss the latest twists in the brexit debate. Team gb is celebrating its best ever performance at a Winter Olympics, after winning a fifth medal. Billy morgan claimed bronze in the mens big air snowboard event, with a jump hed never previously completed. The medal takes them past the four won in 2014 as paul frostrick reports. The penultimate day of action and the chance for the big jumpers to show off their skills. An imposing 49 metre ramp for british hope billy morgan in the big airfinals. Complex tricks and a clean landing required to impress the judges. Morgan only disqualified for the final but on second of three attem pts final but on second of three attempts he looked every bit the part. And he holds it up, yes it was huge and depict the nose grab on it, the hardest grab. Yes, billy that left one last chance to secure a spot in the medal positions. That is massive. Canada was the biggest threat to walking away with bronze but on his finaljump it walking away with bronze b
Misconduct by aid workers. Uk charity, Plan International, admits to six cases of sexual abuse and exploitation of children by its staff and associates. A cold weather alert as britain braces itself for an arctic blast from russia dubbed the beast from the east. Philip will tell us more. Good morning. Dry and bright and sunny this weekend for all of the British Isles. A bit chilly. Next week, things get much more cold. We could seei real return of winter. I will see a real return of winter. I will have more information injust 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Team gb is celebrating its best ever Winter Olympics, after billy morgan won bronze in the mens snowboard big air. Taking them past the four won in 192a and 2014. The Womens Curling Team faces japan in a bronze medal match later this morning. At the age of 28, morgan was the oldest snowboarder competing in the final, and fell on his first jump, but came back with two good runs to finish less than one point from silv
Wet start. Kind of a dreary start for your saturday and things are improving by the afternoon. If youre going out for the morning jog if you wait an hour or so youll be looking at much drier weather. The heaviest stuff is to the south. Light rain out of frederick. This pushes off to the south and east. Zooming in you see pockets of rain near manassas and south of fairfax. The rain will continue for about two more hours and then well see much better conditions for the afternoon. The rain might hold off until midday farther to the south. High pressure for tonight and tomorrow. The nats game and the orioles game look to be much drier. 75 in d. C. , and 68 for gaitest burg. And well see improving conditions with sunshine. Well stay in the mid80s today. And the clouds will hang tough through the mid to Late Afternoon. Sunshine by 5 00. If youre grilling out later tonight. Things are looking good. An explosion has damaged the building housing the italian consulate in downtown cairo. The blas