Welcome to newsday. Im kasia madera in london. The headlines Queen Elizabeth agrees to harry and meghans plans to step back from being senior royals, but theres still a lot to work out. The bbc is given access to al asad in iraq, one of the american airbases ta rgetted by iranian missiles last week. This is the crater from one of five missile barrages. Look at the enormous blast, enough to force over these concrete barriers. Im mariko oi in singapore. Also on the programme these are images of lightning swirling around a volcano in the philippines, which has started spewing lava, triggering a mass evacution from the area. And the nominations for this Years Academy awards are in. Joker is leading the pack, but could a film from south korea also capture the limelight . Announcer live from out studios in london and singapre. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 9am in singapore and 1am in the uk, where whats been dubbed as the sandringham summit has taken place. During which Queen Eliz
This is bbc news im lukwesa burak. The headlines at 8pm ten more patients have died in england after testing positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths in the uk to 21. President trump is extending his ban on flights from europe to include the United Kingdom and ireland. The president has made a decision to suspend all travel to the United Kingdom and ireland, effective midnight monday night. Eastern standard time. The Spanish Government is reportedly set to put the country into lockdown in an attempt to control the virus. Jet2 cancels all flights to spain, the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands with immediate effect. Some European Union countries say they will close their borders to most
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This is bbc news. The headlines at 2pm. Plans to ban Mass Gatherings are being drawn up to curb the spread of coronavirus. The whole approach has been, what does the science tell us . What is the guidance were getting from the chief medical officer and the other experts around him, bringing in behavioural science so we that take the right steps at the right time. Jet2 cancels all flights to spain, the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands with immediate effect. Some European Union countries are to close their borders to most or all foreigners as spain prepares to put the country into lockdown. Us President Donald Trump declares a National Emergency, releasing £40 billion in federalfunds. Many sporting bodies have already cancelled events, including professional football leagues. And in half an hour well bring you highlights from the winning entries of this years bbc young reporter competition. After new to you and welcome to bbc news. The government is drawing up plans to ban Mass G
After a summit of the top royals in britain, the queen agrees to harry and meghans plans to step back from being senior royals and to split their time between the uk and canada. The queen admitted she would have preferred the couple to stay on as full time working royals, but was entirely supportive of their plans. Fears of an imminent explosion continue over the taal volcano in the philippines, which continues to spew ash and lava. Thousands of people have had to leave their homes. Generating a lot of excitement on our website are the oscar nominations. The story of the comic book villianjoker leads with 11 nods. The Internet Streaming Service netflix also received 2a nominations. Thats all. Now on bbc news its stephen sackur
with a special episode of hardtalk. Welcome to a special edition of hardtalk from the workshop studio of britains best known, most successful sculptor, sir Antony Gormley. Now even if you dont know his name, you may well have seen his work, because his monumental
Good morning, welcome to breakfast with Naga Munchetty and charlie stayt. Our headlines today growing anger in china as authorities forcibly detain people suspected of having the coronavirus. Thousands of passengers confined to their cabins onboard the diamond princess. More than 60 people are infected with the virus. Six senior conservative mps try to pressure borisjohnson into rethinking huaweis involvement in the uks sg telecom networks. Good morning. We have two huge home nations clashes in the six nations coming up, including rugbys oldest trophy, the calcutta cup, its scotland against england at murrayfield. Good morning. The weather is likely causing disruption over the weekend as storm tube is approaching. Strong winds today in scotland and Northern Ireland storm keebra. Destructive winds, large rain around the coast and heavy rain large swells. More details later. Its saturday the 8th of february. Our top story authorities in china have been forcibly rounding up people suspect