Have mostly dissipated. Mary has more on what to expect the rest of christmas day. The worst of it with the heavy rain and the thunderstorms, that has moved out of the bay area. You can see on high def doppler still tracking that off to the south, and to the west of monterrey offshore, several lightning strikes out there so still active weather offshore there. As we look ahead for our weather here in the bay area, were going to see mostly cloudy skies as well as maybe a few isolated light showers. But for the most part, that widespread rain is over with. Here is a live look with our Treasure Island camera. Rainfall so far picking up at mount tam about an inch. Almost an inch from mill valley. It happened to rain in oakland as well as San Francisco. More than a quarter in berkeley. Is is a breezy afternoon for us. 14mileanhour winds in san jose out of the southeast. 10 at sfo and downtown San Francisco. 11 in berkeley and 13milean hour winds in fairfield. Antioch at 14mileanhour winds.
Colombia call for a mass strike saying the president did not offer both solutions during talks. Hello crowd so been targeting u. N. Peacekeepers and the is turned on a crowd of republic of congo say they wont stop until all of them leave theyve been defying a curfew imposed after a 2nd day of violence accusing the peacekeepers are failing to protect them from rebels say obrian reports. Around 18000 u. N. Peacekeepers are in the democratic republic of congo to protect civilians from attacks by rebel fighters. But some civilians went on the attack themselves at a u. N. Compound in north kivu province on monday accusing peacekeepers of failing to fulfill their mandate. But we never see the peace. We want we dont we dont want them just there you know peacekeepers guarded whats left of their base in the east. In city of benny while a 2nd compound nearby became tuesdays target weve come here today to see if these u. N. People are still here we will burn it again and more places specifically
The other mains stories this hour. The former england fast bowler and ashes hero bob willis has died aged 70. The impeachment inquiry into donald trump moves up a gear, as Thejudiciary Committee considers the charges lawmakers will vote on. Extinction rebellion activists dressed as bees target the lib dem battle bus in south london and confronted the party leader, jo swinson. And coming up, the spirit of christmas for the First Lady Melania Trump as she visits a Salvation Army centre in east london. Its 5 oclock our main story is that nato leaders have concluded their seventieth anniversary summit with a plan to defend the baltic states. Turkey had threatened a veto unless nato endorsed its belief that kurdish fighters in syria are terrorists. Leaders also discussed the rise of china and threats from Cyber Attacks and the militarisation of space. However, the two day summit has been overshadowed by President Trumps strained relationship with other world leaders. It included a spat over
A National Security adviser fails to appear before the impeachment inquiry john bolton says he will testify only if cleared by a court. And lessons on how to save nature italy becomes the 1st country to make comment change a compulsory subjects in Public Schools. We begin in iraq where police a fardon and see government protesters in the Southern City of basra killing at least 7 people demonstrators have been staging a sit in for days blocking the entrance to the ports of only cusser many iraqi cities have been gripped by weeks of Anti Government protests this anger over a lack of Public Services corruption and unemployments well in iraqs capital at least 6 more protesters were shot dead on thursday clashes broker. I told him she has a bridge for Security Forces used live fire against demonstrates his mama gemstone has more from baghdad. Security forces used live fire on protesters outside of government buildings there there are also reports that some protesters may have been trying to
Dead in a lorry in essex. And well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers martin bentham, Home Affairs Editor at the evening standard, and the business commentator, josie cox stay with us for that. Good evening. Donald trump says the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, has died after a military operation, conducted by Us Special Forces. Hed been described as the worlds most wanted man, and mrtrump said capturing or killing him, had been the Top National Security priority of his administation. Al baghdadi had been under surveillance in Northern Syria for two weeks, eventually being cornered, in the village of barisha. Hes said to have detonated an explosive vest, as his compound came under attack. Heres our middle east editorjeremy bowen. The sound and flame of battle lasted around four hours, witnesses in the village told the bbc. In the morning, boys on their way to school checked out the rubble. Theyre from a new generation violentjihadists m