Its tuesday 19th december. Im ben brown. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The royal navys new £3 billion Aircraft Carrier, hms Queen Elizabeth, is leaking. The navys future flagship, which was commissioned by the queen earlier this month, has a problem with one of its propeller shafts. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports. Earlier this month, amid much fanfare, the royal navys largest, most expensive warship was being commissioned into service by the queen. I name this ship Queen Elizabeth. Hailed as the most powerful capable warship ever to raise the white ensign. But what the navy did not say at the time was that she was leaking. According to the sun newspaper, a fault with a seal around one of the ships propeller shafts has left her taking on up to 200 litres of water every hour. The problem was first identified during her sea trials earlier this year. A royal Navy Spokesman insisted the fault was now scheduled for repair and that it would not prevent the 65,000 tonne wars
Athletics anti doping officials have launched an investigation into what iaaf president lord coe called serious allegations about World Champion sprinter Justin Gatlins coach and an agent. Weve looked at benefits of singing together. Hopefully louder than that. Now theres a chance to join in. This morning, were linking up choirs for a live uk wide sing along. Keep watching for details of how you can get involved. And matt has the weather. You need to know that details of fog around. Frost as well. Mostly a dry day. A day of massive temperature contrast. Good morning. First, our main story. The royal navys new £3 billion Aircraft Carrier, hms Queen Elizabeth, is leaking. The navys future flagship, which was commissioned by the queen earlier this month, has a problem with one of its propeller shafts. Our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, reports. Earlier this month, amid much fanfare, the royal navys largest, most expensive warship was being commissioned into service by the queen.
Allegations centred around these two people who are closely linked to the World Champion sprinter and he has been quick to distance himself and insists he is a Clean Athlete. I will have more details shortly. Thanks, holli and Tomasz Schafernaker has all the weather. Whats it like in the run up to christmas . Yes, thats right. It looks like things are going to stay mild and throughout christmas if there is any snow probably in the far north of the country, but well talk about the country, but well talk about the details in half an hour. Thanks, tomasz. Also coming up planting the right tree in the right place. Every now and again itll blip. Every now and again itll blip. Like a little popping sound . Yes. Well hear why damejudy dench has taken to listening to trees. Hello everyone. This is afternoon live. Im martine croxall. A bomb Disposal Unit has been deployed in derbyshire as police made a number of arrests to stop a suspected islamist terror attack. Four men were arrested in South
To fizzle . We look at whats been driving the trend is for bitcoin and other crypto currencies. The us is getting closer to reforming its tax structure for the first time in 30 years but what could this mean for multinationals in asia . Good morning, asia, hello, world, glad you could join us for this midweek addition of Asia Business report, im rico hizon. The price of bitcoin has plunged more than 10 to below 16,000 on some crypto currency exchanges, from 20,000 earlier this week. A couple of reasons, the Us Securities Exchange commission has suspended trading of a popular bitcoin related stock that has soared in recent weeks, citing concerns about market manipulation. Their share price had risen an eye watering 1700 between the end of september and monday evening before the sec intervened. Analysts are citing profit taking ahead of the holiday period as another reason for the price. Bitcoin has captured the attention of the world this year and asia has been at the forefront of the c
Companies to show the gap between the boss and workers pay. Critics say thats not enough. The Eu Commission boss slaps down the governments latest brexit proposals. Running rings around saturn why the last days of the Cassini Mission could yield a wealth of scientific information. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news the west indies are chasing a famous win on the final day of the second test at headingley. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Japans Prime Minister says his country is facing an unprecedented threat, after north korea fired a missile over its territory. The missile was fired eastward from pyongyang at six in the morning local time. It potentially has the power to carry a nuclear warhead, and it fell into the North Pacific ocean, 700 miles off the japanese coast. In a moment well look at the International Communitys options, but first Rupert Wingfield hayes reports from tokyo. Siren this is how people in northern japan were awoken atjust after six this morn