After testing positive for coronavirus. The government launches a consultation on decriminalising the non payment of the tv licence fee. More than a0 people are arrested as Police Crackdown on courier fraud, with thousands of victims in the last two years. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im joanna gosling. In dramatic scenes in the us congress overnight, President Trump has set out his case for another four years in office, and hailed what he called the Great American comeback. Republicans chanted in support at the annual state of the Union Address. But the democrat Speaker Nancy Pelosi was seen ripping up her copy of the speech. The economy was at the core of the president s speech. He cited deregulation, tax cuts and new trade agreements as his recipe for prosperity. He also highlighted his success on immigration, saying that the wall along the south border continued to be built. And he outlined how his policies had helped minority groups. It was night of a tension and dr
One person has died and more than 150 are injured after a plane skids off the runway at an airport in istanbul, breaking into three sections. And at 11 30 well be taking an in depth look at the papers, with our reviewers Giles Kenningham and maya goodfellow. Stay with us for that. Good evening. In the last few hour the us senate has found President Trump not guilty of abuse of power and the obstruction of congress in his historic impeachment trial. Donald trump had been charged with high crimes and misdemeanours by the members of the house of representatives but, as expected, the republican majority in the senate cleared him, which means hell fight for reelection in november. 0ur north america editor, jon sopel, reports. Senators, how say you . Is the respondent, donald john trump, guilty or not guilty . A process that started last september came to an end today with senators voting one by one on the two articles of impeachment. Mr alexander, not guilty. Miss baldwin . Guilty. And then
As we discuss the oscars, coming up at 9 30. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. More travel disruption is expected today as the after effects of storm ciara continue to be felt across the uk. 62,000 households are without power. More than 200 flood warnings remain in place, 150 of them in england. Yellow weather warnings for snow, ice and wind are also in force for large parts of the uk. Further rail disruption is expected and commuters are being urged to check their routes before travelling. Yesterday, storm ciara brought winds of more than 90 miles an hour and some areas had six weeks worth of rain injust21i hours. Graham satchell reports. Rough seas off the coast of hastings and a lifeboat rights itselfjust in time. It was a day of remarkable lucky escapes. 0n dry land in central london, watch this. A taxi, a tree and a near miss. In bedfordshire, the driver of this car escaped with just minor injuries. It took the fire service more than an hour to cut him out. Storm cia
Lesothos first lady is charged with the murder of the Prime Ministers former wife after handing herself into police. Borisjohnson has announced that a ban on selling new petrol, diesel or hybrid cars in the uk will be brought forward to 2035 at the latest. This part of the governments plan to reach be Carbon Neutral by 2050. Heres the Prime Minister. What a farce in iowa. The start of the worlds most high profile electoral process, and the Democratic Party failed to deliver a system that did the most fundamental the first major economy to make that thing to count the votes. Candidate will be the right thing to we should get the result do. I think it is quite a pumper of the democractic primary in the next few hours, and whoever wins, the democrats that we should. We are the first have lost something. After a ll that we should. We are the first after all to my best realise look at iowa always kicks things off, me and historically mentioned that iowa always attracts the attention. The uk
The violence started on saturday when the soldier is reported to have killed his Commanding Officer before stealing weapons from a military camp. He then continued his attack at the terminal 21 mall in the city centre. Panicked shoppers scatter in a City Centre Shopping Mall as they hear news that a gunman is inside, shooting people. Outside, the sound of repeated shots stuns passing motorists. Some of them are struck by the flying bullets. This is the start of what was to be a long and terrifying day in nakhon ratchasima. Security cameras picked up the chilling image of a well armed assailant, a serving soldier, walking calmly through the mall. The gunman has been identified as an Army Sergeant major. Earlier, he had killed his Commanding Officer and stolen weapons and ammunition from an army base, before moving on to the mall. His motive for this attack is still unclear. Police and army units surrounded the mall for five hours before officers from a special police squad moved in, all