Had stopped it from delivering aid to the area. And scientists warn king penguins are under threat as Global Warming impacts their habitats. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Snow and freezing temperatures have caused major disruption across many parts of the uk today with forecasters warning that there is much worse to come this week. Parts of south east and north east england, scotland and north wales are badly affected. Police say driving conditions are treacherous in places. There has been disruption on many major roads with 20 accidents in a space ofjust three hours on lincolnshires roads including a fatal crash which left three people dead. Rail journeys have also been badly affected with southeastern cancelling more than 100 services between kent and london. Services in east anglia and north of london have also been affected. More than 560 schools schools were shut across england, wales and scotland and forecasters say some Rural Communities may be cut off. The met office ha
Allegedly struck in a london pub. Ajudge will decide later a judge will decide later today where the terminally ill baby charlie gard will die. At least 10,000 people have been evacuated from areas threatened by the fire, along british holiday makers. The brother of diana, princess of wales, has said he still has nightmares about the harrowing experience of her funeral. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Iam ben i am ben brown. All sales of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040, as part of efforts to reduce Air Pollution. The government is also expected to announce more than £250 million of funding for local councils to tackle emissions from Diesel Vehicles. The government will publish later its clean air strategy, favouring electric cars as part of a global shift towards replacing the old combustion engines. As our reporter Holly Hamilton explains. He drives up in a 1908 model t. Weve come a long way, in terms of design, but for 100 years weve been relying on v
For a second time aboard the International Space station. I saw this spacecraft every single day because our docking port was right next to the cupola window. So for six months in space, every time i would open the window, i would give to look out and see the Soyuz Spacecraft. Good morning, its thursday 26th january. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Theresa may is to tell Republican Leaders that the uk and the us can renew their Special Relationship in what shell describe as this new age, following brexit and the election of President Trump. Shell make the comments in philadelphia this evening, a day before she becomes the first world leader to hold face to face talks with the new us president at the white house. Meanwhile, donald trump has continued with a series of policy announcements. President trump has indicated he would support the Water Boarding of Terrorism Suspects if his Defence Secretary and the director of the cia want to reinstate the Interrogation Technique. Mexico will not
There will be extreme cases where people cannot get to test locations within that radius but that doesnt mean that, you know, Public Health england are not working night and day to boost capacity. Us President Donald Trump visits california and denies the role of Climate Change in the wildfires devastating the region the number of young people in the uk without a job arises. If that is you, get in touch. People living in birmingham and other parts of the West Midlands are banned from visiting other peoples homes from the day after an upsurge in coronavirus cases. Commemorating the battle of britain its 80 years today since the raf fought off two massive attacks by germanys luftwaffe. Britains home secretary priti patel says its unacceptable that people cant get coronavirus tests after hospital bosses in england warned that a lack of testing was leading to Staff Shortages. Health Officials Say the situation is putting services at risk and hampering efforts to prepare for winter. But ms
Attack that killed the leader of the taliban in pakistan. Hakimullah mehsud. The pakistani government is concerned about the fallout. We go live to washington with more on this. What can you tell us . Well, apparently the meeting between the u. S. Ambassador to pakistan, robert olsen and members of the Pakistani Ministry took place in islamabad. The u. S. Is refusing to comment if the meeting took place, and what message ambassador olsen took to the pakistanis. Theres a loft anger in islamabad and across the country. We hear from the interior minister. The efforts have been ambushed. It was an ambush. We see it as an ambush. Now, this is the situation that of course could put reviewed strains on the relationship between the u. S. And pakistan. The issue of drone strikes has been a contentious one and, in fact, at one point after there was an errant attack that led to the killing of some 24 Pakistani Soldiers about two years ago, the relationship was about as nonexistent as it could be