reaches the third round of the world darts championship. good morning from the cotswolds. this is a reindeer herd, we are surrounded by christmas trees. today is less windy than yesterday, some rain in the forecast and some snow largely in the hills of the north east of scotland but at lower levels in the northern isles. all of the details throughout the programme. it s friday the 22nd of december. our main story. the czech republic has declared a national day of mourning tomorrow after a gunman killed 14 people and injured 25 at a university in prague. police say the gunman was a 24 year old student at charles university and was later found dead. police were already looking for the gunman, after they discovered his father s body hours earlier. our eastern european correspondent sarah rainsford reports. the centre of prague was suddenly transformed into a major crime scene. armed police rushed towards a university building as a gunman stalked the corridors there. at this poin
with only around one in ten services running, as 50,000 workers stage a walk out in the biggest rail strike so far over pay and conditions. the action is getting stronger and the public is behind us so we are committed to it, we want a resolution and if the government can change their attitude, we can get a resolution very quickly. making landfall in the us for a second time hurricane ian strikes south carolina with heavy rain and powerful winds after leaving a trail of devastation in florida and cuba. and, demand for world cup stickers reaches fever pitch in argentina as a shortage of cards kicks off massive queues while others come up with some inventive alternative ways of filling their album. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. president volodymyr zelensky has said that ukraine remains determined to liberate all of its territory, despite vladimir putin s declaration that four occupied regions are now part of russia. in his nightly address
A railway strike in France is disrupting train services to Germany, due to industrial action running from Thursday evening until Monday morning. Several high-speed trains between Paris and Frankfurt and Stuttgart are not running, German rail operator Deutsche Bahn said on Friday. Some of the trains coming from the French capital will also terminate in Strasbourg, where any passengers travelling onwards to Germany would have to change to a regional train. The German high-speed trains operated by
One passenger spoke for the thousands whose travel plans were left in tatters on Saturday when firing off a tweet to Eurostar: “Thank you for ruining Christmas holiday!”
Eurostar services were suspended after flooding in a tunnel under River Thames due to heavy rain. The travel disruptions affected hundreds of passengers at London s St. Pancras International and Paris s Gare du Nord stations. Storm Gerrit brought strong winds and rain during the festive season, causing further travel chaos.