Of the Ukrainian Military intelligence. He said that basically nine people were killed and 16 injured. We are not clear how he got that information, we are not clear whether it is true, it certainly hasnt been verified yet. One of the things he said was that two russian generals had been badly injured in the attack. One is part of the operation in zaporizhzhia which lies to the north east of crimea and the other person is linked to russias north sea fleet. Both those people apparently, according to Ukrainian Military intelligence, badly injured. He did not comment on reports that the admiral of russias Black Sea Fleet was killed, so that certainly, even from the ukrainian side, hasnt stood up in any way. Ukraine Special Forces have also commented. They have said basically the attack was timed to coincide with a meeting of the leadership of russias naval forces but with a meeting of the leadership of russias navalforces but again with a meeting of the leadership of russias naval forces
Beyond its best before date. Also coming up, a day to forget for englands ashes side. Australia build on their massive first innings total after bowling england out for 227. And facebook is opening a new office in london today, creating 800 jobs. Good morning, it is monday the 4th of december and i am ben brown, welcome to bbc newsroom live. Britain and the European Union appear close to reaching a deal that will clear the way for the second phase of brexit talks. Eu sources said the two sides were nearing solutions, ahead of theresa mays meeting with the European Commission president , Jean Claude Juncker, in brussels this afternoon. Progress has been made on what happens to eu citizens currently living in the uk, as well as uk citizens living in the European Union. And there also appears to be agreement over how much the uk pays the eu, in what has become known as the brexit divorce bill. The last key Sticking Point however is what to do about the irish border. Negotiations on that w
Chris fawkes. Lovely weather, not sure about your tie we will be talking about all the different types of means you may have been looking at yesterday. As well as that, we have some heavy rainfor well as that, we have some heavy rain for new zealand. We will look at what is going on down under as well. Thanks, chris. Also coming up. Next stop norway the duke and duchess of cambridge continue their tour scandinavia and get a right royal welcome at the airport. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live im simon mccoy. Were enjoing a golden era in the relationship between britain and china thats the confident message from the Prime Minister after meeting the chinese president xijinping in beijing. Its the second day of her trip to try to boost trade between the two countries. With the sniping over brexit continuing back home, the International Trade secretary has urged theresa mays critics to focus on the big picture. Liam fox suggested that britain needed to get over its obsession with eur
Right now we need to get you caught up here and here are the top headlines with vonnie quinn. Vonnie Alexis Tsipras has run up the white flag. Calling for immediate action to a with a bailout. Plus, greece will have to transfer 55 billion worth of assets to a holding company. German chancellor Angela Merkel says it is about time for greece to take responsibility. Angela merkel trust has indeed been lost but we all know that what will the important is to implement what we have agreed on doing. Vonnie tsipras own party mutinied when he asked for the endorsement of a new austerity program. A new deal on the Iran Nuclear Program could be announced as soon as today. Negotiators want to stop iran from making nuclear weapons. Any deal would still have to be reviewed by congress. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell told fox an agreement would be a difficult sell. The crowded field for the republican president ial nomination gets bigger today. Scott walker will join the race or he became the
Which was planted to mark two decades since Princess Diana died. Police are investigating after a box of 70 fireworks was set off in a pizza shop in liverpool. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Tropical storm harvey has moved east to neighbouring louisiana, after battering the city of houston in texas for the past four days. Lets go straight to houston and join laura trevelyan. Welcome to houston, a city where so many neighbourhoods are underwater. Look at the destruction and devastation the flooding and aftermath of Hurricane Harvey has caused. In this neighbourhood were still seeing flooding even though the storm has passed, because reservoirs outside houston are so full with water they are over spilling so the authorities are over spilling so the authorities are doing controlled release of the water through the dams, which means water through the dams, which means water levels here are still rising. There are more than 10,000 people in shelters in houston, yet another shelters