Immediately report for duty. The messages say the recipients will be headed to iran and threaten them with jail time if they dont contact their local recruitment office. They even include the name of the recruiter. Of course, these texts are fake and could be part of a more elaborate scam. Catherine herridge has the stor reporter the army is investigating the texts. They appear to start on monday. They dont have a source or motive, but the scam seems designed to capitalize on the conflict with iran. Imagine getting a text that threatens jail time. If you fail to report to a Recruitment Center to be drafted into the u. S. Military. Got me really nervous because im still in high school. Reporter 18yearold George Barnes received this text that read youve been marked eligible and must report to the nearest branch for immediate departure to iran. Except military drafts ended after the vietnam war. Have a completely volunteer armed force. Reporter and were abolished by congress in 1973, maki
Declaration of independence. Frenzied reaction to prince harry and Meghan Markles plans to separate themselves from royal duties and spend their time in north america. Its thursday, january 9th, 2020. We begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Iran appears to be standing down which is a good thing for all parties concerned. The president threatens new sanctions against iran. Lawmakers were briefed on the strike that killed irans general. There was not evidence presented of imminent attack. Disaster for the administrations position. Democrats fall right in line. They are in love with terrorists. Investigation continues into the cause of a plane crash in iran. Iranian officials are refusing to share the flight recorder with investigators. This is a heartbreaking tragedy. Puerto rico is still recovering after a powerful earthquake. Magnitude 6. 4 quake knocked out the islands biggest power plant. Deadly wildfires continue to rage in australia. The death toll f
The opening of londons crossrail project is delayed until 2021 as europes biggest infrastructure scheme is set to go another £650 million over budget. Authorities in australia say an unprecedented number of emergency level bushfires are threatening the state of New South Wales. And on news watch rows but who said what and miss leading editing on campaign. How is the bbc doing with the heat already being generated in this Election Campaign . Join us at 11 16pm here in bbc news. Good evening. Welcome to bbc news. A woman has died after being swept away by floodwater as parts of the midlands and Northern England were battered by a months worth of rain in one day. The womans body was recovered from the River Derwent in derbyshire this morning. In yorkshire, people have been evacuated from their homes and theres chaos on the road and rail network. There are now more than 100 flood warnings in place across england and six severe warnings meaning a danger to life in place along the river don
Japans economy slides into recession. Casting a shadow over economic recovery. And the Keystone Pipeline. Great to have you with us. We start with a new public and brazen atrocity been the Islamic State of iraq and the levant. In a video out tonight, i. S. I. L. Claims to have beheaded american hostage peter kassig. A former army ranger, who was captured while helping syrian refugees. Shows 13 beheadings, and peter kassig, who they say was beheaded, came to iraq to kill muslims. He had converted to islam during his captivity. This i say is a very brutal video. Butter this is the type of video i. S. I. L. Wants out there. The message they are sending supposedly to the americans is one that you cant bomb us wit without impunity. This isnt just about western hostages. I. S. I. L. Have killed at least 17 iraqis, alise 17 journalists, journalists in both iraq and syria whose whereabouts we just dont know but i. S. I. L. Say they are holding a number of iraqi journalists, as well as aid work
Pressure still close by. High pressure squashing in behind it. That will drive a brisk north westerly wind throughout the day. While temperatures on the face of it wont be looking too bad, eat to 11 celsius, it might feel chilly. Eight to 11 celsius. The week sta rts eight to 11 celsius. The week starts on a windy note, snow on higher ground. From mid week onwards, it will turn drier with overnight frosts and possibly some fog. This is bbc news, im shaun ley. The headlines at 3pm. There are reports of a man being shot dead in streatham in south london. The eleven britons evacuated from wuhan in china have landed in france on their way to quarantine on the wirral. Meanwhile, the first death from coronavirus outside china is reported in the philippines. The Prime Minister lays out his demands for a post brexit trade deal. Well be looking ahead to tonights bafta awards. joker leads the way with 11 nominations but its the First World War epic 1917 which is tipped to take the top prize of b