there has been public condemnation. we ll have the latest from stormont. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. the bbc is told libya has agreed to extradite the brother of manchester bomber salman abedi but it is now on hold because of heavy fighting around tripoli. britain s top civil servant demands that ministers co operate as an investigation begins into who leaked secrets from the government s national security council. retailer debenhams confirms plan to close up to 22 of its stores next year, affecting around 1200 jobs. we lost, all of us. we lost friends, we lost a part of our self. and marvel‘s biggest superheroes assemble to save the universe once more in avengers endgame. you can hear what mark kermode thinks of that in the film review. the british and irish governments have announced new talks aimed at restoring power sharing in northern ireland. they said the funeral of the 29 year old journalist lyra mckee had delivered a clear message that people want
by successfully landing a robotic spacecraft on the far side of the moon. the chang e li spacecraft touched down early this morning. in the unexplored south pole aitken basin making it the first probe to land on the hemisphere of the moon that always faces away from earth. the unmanned probe is carrying instruments that will explore the region s geology, and carry out biological experiments. our beijing correspondent john sudworth says china had kept news of the mission quiet. very little in the way of a preview, almost a media blackout ahead of this landing attempt. we know the spacecraft was launched in early december, we knew that this planned mission was under way but almost everything we ve known about the actual landing attempt and the likely window has come from observers outside china looking at the orbit around the moon the craft has been in an elliptical orbit pattern the last few days, at its closest pointjust 15 kilometres above the landing site so it looked i
to a new report into the state of the high street which recommends councils are given more money to change the layout of town centres good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. all flights in and out of gatwick britain s second busiest airport have been suspended after two drones were seen flying near the runway. flights have been diverted as far away as paris and amsterdam. gatwick has apologised for any inconvenience but said safety was its foremost priority. 10,000 passengers have been affected with many facing long delays. 760 flights were due to use the airport today (ani) gatwick is the uk s second busiest airpot with 45 million passengers a year. wets 73,000 of them are due to depart on sunday. the volume of passengers at the airport has been steady for the last few years. 0ur correspondent navtej johal is at gatwick airport for us now. there must be so much frustration there. absolutely, there is frustration and i think a level of understanding from passengers
seven and 11 degrees. this evening the showers will continue, they will eventually fade away. we ve got this next frontal system on the march. by the end of the night is pushing in from the south west, arriving into northern ireland and northern england, mild and win near the south, chilly further north. there could be a touch of frost across north east scotland. tomorrow, the frontal system becomes marooned across parts of the uk, noticed the wavefront stretches quite a long way out towards the west. it s going to sit around across parts of northern ireland, northern england, fringing into southern scotland at times, so we ll see some cloud and patchy rain. early rain in the south will clear away. we ll see some sunshine. we it will be windy but miles, 14 degrees in london. why we have the cloud and patchy rain in northern england and northern ireland, more like 8 degrees. even in northern scotland, 6 8 at best. valley like winds in the north but windy in the south, particul
the centenary of the armistice sunday november the 11th marks 100 years since the end of the first world war. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. debenhams has announced plans to close up to 50 stores across the uk, putting around 4,000 jobs at risk. the retailer says it s acting to strengthen its business after posting a massive annual loss of almost half a billion pounds. the closures will take place over a 3 5 year period. our business correspondent emma simpson has been speaking to debenhams chief executive, sergio bucher, about the company s plans. our business presenter victoria fritz is here. how significant are these losses for the retailer? it is not a surprise to our customers that customers are shopping list and our stores are more online. we are shift in the industry. our plan is very simple, we wa nt industry. our plan is very simple, we want to have fewer but better stores, improve our shopping experience, grow our own business and we do that in a way