administration in reykjavik. iceland is a country that is remarkably well prepared for these sorts of disasters. in the last few hours. frederik the tenth has become the new king of denmark. as he assumed the throne he was greeted by tens of thousands of people who gathered in the danish capital, copenhagen. you can see him here as he stepped out to greet crowds from the balcony of christiansborg palace. after being proclaimed by the prime minister, he was then joined by his australian born wife queen mary. the crown passed to frederik x after his mother, queen margarethe signed the instrument of abdication after more than 50 years on the throne. queen margrethe, who s 83, has now left christiansborg castle and is the first danish monarch
we are getting from the town in iceland, grindavik. it is getting darker, but you can still see the eruption of a volcano, and in the south west town of grindavik. seismic activity has intensified overnight. all the people living in that area have now left. hello there. it s been a very cold week, pretty much wherever you are, but things are set to turn even colder for this upcoming week, thanks to arctic northerlies, which will feed in plenty of wintry showers around all coastal areas, particularly ones facing the north, especially northern scotland, and nights will be very cold with severe frost and ice to watch out for. those arctic northerlies are already across northern scotland feeding in snow showers and will continue to extend southwards as we move through the rest of sunday to the first part of monday. it is going to be turning colder
but this time it s much closer to the town. thankfully, people living in homes nearby have already left the area. the local authorities have declared an emergency. grindavik lies some a0 kilometres from iceland s capital, reykjavik. with more on this, let s speak to our reporter meghan owen who is following in the story. we ve seen the pictures there, buildings on fire, how wise is the extent of the spread of the molten lava? what more do we know about damage caused? lava? what more do we know about damage caused? yes, the pictures are incredibly striking, damage caused? yes, the pictures are incredibly striking, it damage caused? yes, the pictures are incredibly striking, it has damage caused? yes, the pictures are incredibly striking, it has been - incredibly striking, it has been more and more turbulence throughout the day, so we have been following this from around 8am, when eight fissure started to erupt. actually, what more concerning was a second fissure which develops or
eruption last month. several houses have been set on fire and the local authorities have declared an emergency in the area which is around a0 kilometres from iceland s capital, reykjavik. 100 days after hamas attacked israel triggering war in gaza, relatives of the hostages taken on that dayjoin a rally in tel aviv. the head of the un s agency for palestinians has described the death and destruction since 7th october as a stain on our shared humanity. now on bbc news, talking business. hello and welcome to talking business from las vegas with me, michelle fleury. let s take a look at what s coming up on the show. we re at the consumer electronics show, the world s biggest tech convention, to explore how the top trends are affecting the world of business. i ll be taking a look at farming and food security withjohn deere and getting behind the virtual wheel of an autonomous tractor
of iceland, which is a country that was created by lava flows. iceland sits right on top of the mid atlantic rift, meaning there is two different tectonic plates, the giant underpinnings of the earth. they come together and the reason why items created is that lava comes out through the cracks in the tectonic plates. we were reporting earlier that people have been evacuated from their homes is it likely that as the molten lava potentially school breaks, there will be more evacuations? have been more warnings to people in the area? no, there aren t any more people, really, in the area, grindavik is the largest town in that area, of 3,700. most of the people have already left, many of them are living in reykjavik, or near the airport in keflavik. even the schools have moved, the schoolchildren are going to schools in reykjavik. the city administration has moved to reykjavik. you have the city