And, a special edition of witness history hears the personal stories of some extraordinary moments in space exploration. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon. A passenger plane has crashed in kazakhstan, killing at least 12 people. The aircraft from bek air a Kazakh Airline crashed into a building shortly after take off from almaty airport early this morning. Survivors described walking from the wreckage into the dark and snow. At least 60 people have been injured. Our correspondent, sarah rainsford, reports. This is all thats left of flight 2100 from almaty. Moments after take off, the plane crash landed, slamming first through a concrete barrier and then into a house. Much of the plane disintegrated on impact. But amazingly, there were survivors, and some even walked out of this wreckage unharmed. How are you . I am very well, how are you . Better. Just hours later, aslam managed to tell me what happened. He posted this photo on social media, showing his seat on th
You are watching kpix 5 news at 5 30. Right now on kpix 5, here is a look at our top stories. Holiday shoppers are flooding stores. Of the many opening their doors to lower in shoppers eager for deals. Brick and mortar businesses offering early enticing discounts to bring buyers through the doors to compete with online sales. Reporter shoppers and services goes union square will be seeing additional patrols throughout the Holiday Season. Seven officers have been hired to increase police presence, the officers will be in uniform but not armed. Parts of the bay area underneath a freeze warning, thats after impressive rain totals this week, the seasons first Atmospheric River is set to hit the bay area and less than 48 hours, it could be a wet weekend, all the details coming up in a few minutes. One of San Franciscos most popular attractions closing in store for good. Beach blanket babylon. The citys longest running musical review will go dark at the end of the year. Would take a look bac
Yes, really tough, she made it to the semifinals of the Australian Open two years ago but she could face a tough route, if she is to get there this time around, the draw has been made, we will tell you her potential opponents at half past. And in the Weather Forecast, looking quite tough ahead. Big contrast, rainy in the south east, glorious sunshine in the west, all of us at risk from some fog through tomorrow night and tomorrow morning. Also coming up, tributes to the man behind metal s biggest riffs, motorhead guitarist fast eddie clarke has died. Its a very bleak picture of the nhs this winter and its painted in a letter from doctors to the Prime Minister. They say that patients are dying in the corridors of accident and emergency units in england and wales as safety is compromised by intolerable conditions. And the pressure is growing nhs staff have been faced with rising numbers of flu cases and respiratory illness with 48 flu related deaths in england so far this winter. Our Hea
And the queens memories of her coronation 65 years ago. Plus her advice about how to wear a crown. You cant look down to read a speech, even have to take the speech up. If you did, your neck would break, it would fall off. And coming up in the sport on bbc news. Ahead of the start of the australian open, tennis great Billie Jean King has once again called for the Margaret Court arena to be renamed. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. President donald trump will not be visiting britain next month. He had been due to attend the official opening of the new us embassy in south london. He tweeted that he had cancelled the trip because hes not a big fan of the new embassy, which he said had been commissioned by his predecessor, barack 0bama. Downing street says an invitation for a state visit has been accepted but there is no firm date set and insists the strong and deep partnership will endure. The president is also under fire from the United Nations which criticised his repo
Coming up in the next sixty minutes signs of progress after months of deadlock in talks to form a new grand Coalition Government in germany but more hurdles remain. President donald trump is expected to decide on the u. S. Position on the Iran Nuclear Deal an agreement still firmly backed by the e. U. And russia also this hour more violent protests in tunisia over the governments austerity measures more than three hundred people arrested last. One hundred thomas floating through a jungle in Papua New Guinea but ill be explaining how rainforests like this have been decimated i would just the last seven years on the profits. Of someone from abroad. Thank you for joining us and to months of Political Uncertainty in germany looks like its on the horizon with significant progress made in talks to form a Coalition Government politicians say an agreement spain reached to move forward with negotiations between chancellor Angela Merkels Christian Democratic Union and the social democrats the pa