Which will defend President Trump in his impeachment trial. It will include ken starr, the main prosecutor from bill clintons impeachment, as well as the lawyer alan dershowitz, whose clients included oj simpson and jeffrey epstein. The us says it will start to screen passengers from china for symptoms of a new virus that has killed two people. There are 41 Laboratory Confirmed cases, but experts in london estimate the true number is closer to 1700. Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has defended the countrys armed forces after it admitted shooting down a passenger plane by mistake. Canadas prime Ministerjustin Trudeau says iran must pay compensation to the 176 people who were killed 57 of those were canadian citizens. In a few minutes itll be time for newswatch. But first, heres click. At the southern end of the Las Vegas Strip as the mandalay bay hotel. On october one, 2017 this was the scene of a tragedy. The uss deadliest ever met shooting. The uss deadliest ever mass shoo
Aim north america. It will be taking aim from the atlantic at the uk. You will see how many isobars thereafter through saturday and sunday. Those winds could be and we could also have heavy rain associated. A lot of impacts likely from storm dennis. With wind gusts 60 70 Miles Per Hour and may be more than that. Every rain likely to cause flooding across southern and western parts of the country. Amber warnings in force for parts of southern and western england into southern wales for heavy rain through saturday and into sunday and the ground is saturated from storm ciara. This is a picture for saturday. Not a pretty sight. Outbreaks are pretty heavy. Persistent rain, strong winds. 70 miles an hour in exposure and close to the irish sea. You will not field
the mild temperature because of the strength of the wind. An amber wanting in force for the south down s but lots of showers further north and west. These will be wintry over the high ground and with widespread gales again. Temperatu
Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. Our headlines today a Healthcare Worker at a hospital in west sussex is one of the eight confirmed cases of coronavirus in the uk. Injapan, the number of people infected with the virus on the the diamond princess cruise ship rises to 174 making it the biggest outbreak outside china. We talk to three sporting heroes about the fight of their lives. In a breakfast exclusive, doddie weir, Stephen Darby, and rob burrow talk about life with Motor Neurone Disease and their determination to keep on fighting. Its a bit like a game in some sort of way, we have an amount of time to be mnd. It is a collective effort. I understand the bigger the team the better the result. Good morning. Full steam ahead for the biggest Infrastructure Project in europe but what now . Hs2 costs are spiralling. Dates are being pushed back. Who wins and who loses in the latest high speed twist. Wejoin the swimmer aiming to take a dip every day for a
Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. Our headlines today iran fires missiles at two us military bases in iraq in revenge for the killing of its top commander. The uk puts in place urgent measures with the royal navy on standby in the middle east. A ukrainian passenger plane crashes in iran with 180 people on board. Did sainsburys feel the festive spirit . The supermarket giant is the latest to update the city on how it fared over the crucial Christmas Period. Ill speak to the boss this morning. The worst weve played this season thats ole Gunnar Solskjaers assessment, as Manchester United are totally outplayed by man city
in their League Cup Semi final. Britains most successful ever gymnast, max whitlock, will be here on the sofa. Good morning. For many today, its going to be dry with some sunshine. However, we still have strong winds gcioss however, we still have strong winds across the north of scotland, here too some showers and later some rain comin
Thats incredible. What might his team mates have embraced him after he opened up to them about his views, and fans locally feel excited about having one of the best playing for them. Its quite tough, fans dont seem to bit quite hysterical around here about issues. I think the media will move on. I think that will disappear. Sport has a long history of granting second chances. The question is whether greater talent should equal quickerforgiveness . Natalie perks, bbc news. The sporting calendar in asia continues to be decimated with two rugby sevens events the latest to be postponed due to the coronavirus. Olympic organisers though insist tokyo 2020 will not be moving. Austin halewood has more. First it was sporting events in china. We saw the chinese grand prix postpone on wednesday. But now events in other countries are starting to be affected. Today its been the singapore and hong kong tournaments that have been rescheduled. Theyve now been more than 40,000 cases of this coronavirus