And, a special edition of witness history hears the personal stories of some extraordinary moments in space exploration. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon. A passenger plane has crashed in kazakhstan, killing at least 12 people. The aircraft from bek air a Kazakh Airline crashed into a building shortly after take off from almaty airport early this morning. Survivors described walking from the wreckage into the dark and snow. At least 60 people have been injured. Our correspondent, sarah rainsford, reports. This is all thats left of flight 2100 from almaty. Moments after take off, the plane crash landed, slamming first through a concrete barrier and then into a house. Much of the plane disintegrated on impact. But amazingly, there were survivors, and some even walked out of this wreckage unharmed. How are you . I am very well, how are you . Better. Just hours later, aslam managed to tell me what happened. He posted this photo on social media, showing his seat on th
Australias Prime Minister apologises for holidaying in hawaii as wildfires continue to sweep across three states. If the queen attends a Church Service in sandringham while the duke of edinburgh spent a second night in hospital receiving treatment for a pre exisiting condition. And coming up, rhe bbcs media editor meets the editor of private eye magazine at 17 30. A walk through the year in media with ian hislop. Hello, good afternoon. A six Year Old Girl has opened a pack of Tesco Christmas cards to find a message saying they were packed by prisoners in china being forced to work against their will. Tesco says its stopped production at the factory while it investigates. Greg mackenzie reports. Ready . Uhhuh. It was six year old schoolgirl florence widdecombe whod sat down at home to write out her Christmas Cards to her friends and family when she discovered one of the cards had already been written out. We were writing in them and about on my sixth or eighth card, there was. Somebody
Thanks. And well have all the weather. If youre stuck indoors you arent missing much. This is the view, cloudy, murky, pretty wet in places. A lot of muddy fields if youre taking the dog for a walk later. What is in store for the weekend . Ill have all the details. Thanks. Also coming up the underwater treasures of Hms Invincible. The 250 year old captured french warship that revolutionised the royal navy. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live. After weeks of campaigning, voting is underway in the general election. This morning, the Party Leaders were out casting their ballots. Its the third election in less than five years and the first to be held in december for nearly a century. The first results are expected before midnight. Heres our Political Correspondent ben wright. And a warning his report includes some flashing images. Voting at 7am. The prime minister, borisjohnson, had some canine company as he cast his ballot at this polling station in westminster. Have you all got your p
Been starker. And coming up. The billionaire former mayor of new york Michael Bloomberg announces he wants to run for president. Hello, and welcome to world news today. The first results from hong kongs local District Council election are coming in and they show the pro democracy parties making big gains. Theyre on course to all but wipe out their pro beijing rivals. Theres been a huge voter turnout in comparison to elections in 2015. With slightly more than half of the count complete the numbers just a few minutes ago showed pro democracy parties have already taken 196 seats. While pro establishment parties have just 27 so far. These are the numbers being reported by local media and there is still a way to go yet, of course. Now, some notable names ran in the elections, including pro beijing lawmaker junius ho. Hes one of the most controversial politicians in the city and is reported to have suffered a shock defeat. Our correspondent Stephen Mcdonell is in hong kong. Stephen, this cou
Campaign, promising to bring forward legislation to protect the nhs from privatisation and future trade deals. Labour promises a full year of maternity pay, while the conservatives unveil an nhs visa to attract top medical talent to the uk. The world war ii veteran raising money for a memorial on the normandy beaches is given a glimpse of what it will look like this morning. How does it make you feel . Because the work you are doing, it is now concrete, it is tangible, you can touch it. Marvellous. We find out more about an 82 year old cyclist who has completed his one millionth mile riding on a bike. Decisions on asylum applications are taking substantially longer than they were five years ago, a new report suggests. Well be speaking to the people behind the research. And in sport, a stoppage time goal saw celtic beat lazio in rome to reach the knockout stages of the europa league. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at nine. More than 100 flood warnings are in place across the