Stalemate where Civil Servants, not elected politicians, have been running departments and will be asking whether it is possible to restore the power sharing assembly. And gary oldman is up for best actor in this years baftas for his portrayal as Winston Churchill in darkest hour. Our good morning. It isjanuary our good morning. It is january the 9th. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Theresa may has held herfirst meeting with her new cabinet this morning as she prepares to finalise her ministerial reshuffle. This morning, more ministers are understood to have said theyre leaving government including International Trade minister mark garnier. Government sources say his departure isnt related to recent allegations of inappropriate behaviour. Meanwhile, the journalist toby young has resigned from his role with the new Higher Education regulator the office for students. Hed faced a growing campaign against his appointment by the government because of his history of derogatory comments about w
The next area expected to be affected by storm harvey. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. Sirens sound as north korea fires a missile overjapan the Un Security Council is to hold an emergency meeting later in response. Its 5 oclock our top story. A major dam outside the us city of houston has begun to overflow as authorities struggle to cope with the disastrous flooding brought by Tropical Storm harvey. We will head straight to texas tonight. Lets cross to our correspondent Laura Trevelyan in la grange in texas. Welcome to la grange which is a microcosm of the devastation across texas right now landed heading to the state of louisiana. It is a small town 100 miles west of houston and it is inland and yet the Colorado River broke its banks because of that extraordinary rainfall that happened in the aftermath of hurricane hardly and we have seen historic levels of flooding and peoples homes and businesses have been the ruin. The storm is not finished yet. Just think of what happene
Welcome to the programme, were live until am this morning. We also want you to share your memories of radio 1 with us this morning. The station celebrates its 50th birthday this weekend. Well be talking to presenters past and present a bit later on. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Use the hashtag victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Theresa may has stressed that britain is unconditionally committed to the defence of europe. The Prime Minister says that the uks role in europes security has never been more vital. Shes attending a summit in estonia where shell also meet the german chancellor, Angela Merkel, and is expected to press for her support in moving the brexit negotiations into their next phase. Ahead of the summit, mrs may addressed british troops in estonia. Russias continued aggression represents a growing danger to ourfriends here in estonia, as well as in latvia, lithuania, pol
Security and seriously undermines International Nonproliferation efforts. I condemn it unequivocally worldwide concerns and condemnation today after this announcement from north korean state media. Claiming that a 5. 1 magnitude earthquake near the countys Nuclear Testing facility yesterday was caused by north koreas First Successful test of a hydrogen bomb. The weapon can be about 10thousand times more powerful than atomic bombs like those dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki in world war ii. Nats booom this would be the countrys fourth time testing a Nuclear Weapon since 2006 but the first time testing a thermo Nuclear Weapon. The us immediately launched socalled Nuclear Sniffer planes to determine whether north koreas claims are true. The results could take months . But already many are skeptical. Soundbite john nilsson wright, head of the Asia Programme at Chatham House the reported size of the detonation is relatively modest, comparable to the test that north korea carried out in 201