About the situation in morocco. As you can see, the numbers of casualties are rising. There are over 600 now. We started with 30. Then over 300, and the number is now reaching over 600, and we are unfortunately expecting these numbers will get higher and higher with some estimations that numbers will exceed 1000 very soon. As the report said, the epicentre was out outside marrakesh old city, and the epicentre was the on the high atlas mountains, and these mountains are full of poor and Old Buildings and villages that will be really difficult to reach. As you can see, the whole attention of the world turns to morocco. Condolences and offers of support came from india, from germany, from france, and everybody is trying to stand with and try to offer support to morocco. Yes, as you say the area affected is huge. This happened less than 12 hours ago, and lots of countries offering to help. What immediately though is available in terms of Rescue Efforts from the moroccan authorities . The R
Welcome to bbc news. Snow and ice are causing more disruption in parts of the uk today. The a yellow warning is in place for snow and ice in parts of Northern England, the north midlands and scotland throughout the day. The met office says delays to road, rail and air travel are likely and is warning of possible power cuts. Glasgow airport says operations have restarted after being temporarily suspended earlier. Snow can look so pretty sometimes between all the chaos can cause. Flights were temporarily suspended at Glasgow Airport after heavy snowfall overnight. Things are operational again and they have apologised for any disruption and the advice is to check with your airline for updates. Snowfall of five centimetres to ten centimetres as expected in parts of Northern England with love to 15 centimetres possible over Higher Ground and subzero temperatures have been recorded overnight with those of minister of degrees celsius in northern scotland. We have been bracing themselves in le
Of treacherous conditions in the worst affected areas. Glasgow airport reopens after snow caused it to suspend all flights. Its advising passengers to check with their airlines. At least 12 people have died including a baby after a fire at an apartment block in the bronx district of new york. Apple apologises for deliberately slowing down ageing iphones. It says the move was intended to prolong the life of the phones. Also easing the impact of excessive drinking on busy accident and emergency units. The nhs considers making mobile drunk tanks a permanent feature across england. And we investigate why africa is in the midst of a baby boom. Thats in half an hour here on bbc news. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Weather warnings are in place for parts of Northern England and scotland today after heavy snow and blizzard conditions affected large parts of the uk. Glasgow airport was closed for a few hours with flights suspended, but has now reopened. The temperature plunged to 12c a
2017 at 2. 30. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Weather warnings are in place for parts of Northern England and scotland today after heavy snow and blizzard conditions affected large parts of the uk. Glasgow airport was closed for a few hours with flights suspended, but has now reopened. The temperature plunged to 12c at Loch Glascarnoch in the Scottish Highlands overnight and forecasters say driving conditions will remain difficult for the rest of the day. Judith moritz reports. Grounded at glasgow, flights at the citys airport were suspended after snow settled overnight. The airport reopened by mid morning, but managers have apologised for the knock on disruption that was caused. Temperatures plummeted in scotland. Heavy snow fell in glasgow city centre, and in the highlands the mercury fell to 12 celsius on what the met office described as the coldest night of the year. Gritters have been covering the major routes, with everybody keeping an eye on the forecast. Conditions are
Current and former presenters look back at hardtalk over the last 20 years. Thats in half an hour here on bbc news. Weather warnings are in place for parts of Northern England and scotland today after heavy snow and blizzard conditions affected large parts of the uk. Glasgow airport was closed for a few hours with flights suspended, but has now reopened. The temperature plunged to 12c at Loch Glascarnoch in the Scottish Highlands overnight and forecasters say driving conditions will remain difficult for the rest of the day. Judith moritz reports. Grounded at glasgow, flights at the citys airport were suspended after snow settled overnight. The airport reopened by mid morning, but managers have apologised for the knock on disruption that was caused. Temperatures plummeted in scotland. Heavy snow fell in glasgow city centre, and in the highlands the mercury fell to 12 celsius on what the met office described as the coldest night of the year. Gritters have been covering the major routes,