Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The 39 people found dead, in a refrigerated lorry, in essex are believed to be chinese nationals. Police are yet to confirm that, and are still in the process of trying to identify them. Paramedics made the discovery shortly before 2am on wednesday, sparking one of the uk biggest murder inquiries. Police say the lorrys cabin came via holyhead. Officers, in Northern Ireland, have raided two houses and the National Crime agency said it was working to identify organised crime groups who may have played a part. The lorry driver, mo robinson, from county armagh, has been arrested on suspicion of murder by essex police. Prosecutors in belgium have, this morning, announced that the trailer arrived in zeebrugge, on wednesday afternoon. In zeebrugge, on tuesday afternoon. It then left, the same day, en route to the uk and arrived in purfleet, on the river thames, where it then left the port, shortly after 1am, on yesterday morning. A0 minutes later, p
Come up with localised surface water issues to some of the road. Behind that, plenty of sunshine and blustery showers, the showers frequent in Northern Ireland and western scotland with some hail and thunder mixed in with the downpours. It will start to get much cooler through the afternoon. Colder air arriving behind this weather front that kind of Stores Across northern england. To the north of that, the showers having a wintry flavour and there could be a bit of snow above there could be a bit of snow above the Higher Ground in scotland for a time, otherwise it is cold with the frost setting in, but quite a different story further south, to the south of the weather front, it is relatively mild, temperatures overnight for some holding up a size 12. That takes us into tomorrows forecast and a big contrast, weather wise, cold air across the north of the uk and this weather front moving in across wales and parts of england bringing mild, wet and windy conditions. For most of us, friday
Democrats in the United States congress say impeachment hearings against donald trump could be held in the coming week. The allegations centre on claims he put pressure on ukraine, to dig up dirt on a potential rival, whos running for the white house in 2020. Joe biden is one of the front runners for the democratic nomination to challenge mr trump. But a former prosecutor in ukraine, says there was never any dirt to dig up. Jonah fisher reports from the capital, kiev. Advertisement voiceover joe biden promised ukraine a billion dollars if they fired the prosecutor of. With an impeachment enquiry underway, President Trump is on the attack, tweeting a new video about his possible opponent in next years election. Weve stepped up the official assistance to help backstop the ukrainian economy. This was four years ago in kiev. Joe biden was Vice President and the obama administrations go to man on ukraine. Advertisement voiceover burisma is the leading. At the same time, his son, hunter, had
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