The couple, who announced their engagement on monday, will meet members of the public when they visit several charities. Who will england face in the world cup . The countdown to todays draw in russia is underway. Good morning. Its friday 1st december. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Royal bank of scotland has announced its to close 259 branches resulting in 680 job losses. The latest round of closures at the state owned bank follows 180 announced in march. Will come back to this story in a moment. Right now, were going to ta ke moment. Right now, were going to take you to nottingham, where prince harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle by due to carry out a Patch Programme of engagements. Their First Official visit since their engagement was announced on monday. Book ending either end of the working week with the engagement announcement on monday morning and now here they are carrying out their First Official visit as an engaged couple. And big crowds gathering in notting
Yeah, cold weather. Wisdom, maureen, good morning. Maureen, great advice. Extra layers this morning. It feels like Single Digits here in d. C. Even feels like below zero in a few of our suburbs. Well go through those. Well let you know how long the cold lasts coming up. Hey, erin. Right now roads are quiet but i cant stress enough, mike, it is cold out there. You need the boots, the layers, the scarves, the gloves. Whew. Backback to you guys. If youre just getting up were following a developing story from afghanistan. At least 35 people are dead after an attack on a news agency in kabul. 56 more people have been wounded. Local media reporting that the blast happened early this morning at the office of afghan voice news agency. Officials say a suicide bomber was likely behind the attack. Afghan journalism groups condemn the bombing. Recent reports show a surge in attacks against reporters in afghanistan. Former u. S. Senate candidate from alabama roy moore is taking his case to court. M
Air strikes follow after three rockets fired at southern israel. As people are killed in an eyesore attack on a Coptic Church an. Iranian Police Used Tear Gas and water cannon all antigovernment demonstrators protesting for the second day class. Anger on the streets and pervert the department of former president Alberto Fujimori for murder and torture. Fifty people have been injured after Israeli Forces opened fire on demonstrators thousands of palestinians across gaza and the occupied west bank took part in protests for friday the angry at u. S. President Donald Trumps decision to recognize jerusalem. Israels capital meanwhile israeli tanks and aircraft have fired on targets gaza after three rockets were fired into israel the Israeli Army Says Aerial Defense system intercepted two which were fired from the gaza strip it was panic on the ground when the alarm was raised the third rocket hit a building in the south of course and damaged part casualties malcolm webb reports now from gaza
Are. Also coming up. Protests around iran hundreds of people demonstrate against rising prices. Chinas trade practices underscores remove steel export taxes. Meet the haitian rubbish into political. Syrian rebels and their families have started to leave an enclave in southwestern syria after making a deal with the government a convoy of buses has left from beit din near damascus traveling to the regions of the capital the rebels lost to the Syrian Government and its allies off to heavy fighting this month so no one has more from beirut. It is the last rebel pocket in the southwestern countryside of damascus it is a military gain for the Syrian Government and its allies they launched a Massive Military Campaign two months ago the rebels were trapped in a small area they had no other choice really but to surrender weve seen this happen before intense bombardment and then program and forces impose a siege so the rebels have no choice but to surrender or die really but this is this the por
On. We expect travel will be difficult and dangerous with Power Outages that are possible. The system could bring up to 14 inches in places like boston after hitting tallahassee, florida the snow for the first time in nearly 30 years in tallahassee. The Energy Market and your live this morning coming up today. Future showing the stock markets will open with continued momentum. Take a look at the market went again. Dow industrials up about 70point this morning. Nasdaq, s p 500. Yet this morning major indices are also higher. Cac in paris at the percent as is the dax in germany. At 200 korea. Dk average in japan at three and a quarter after a long holiday there. Stocks in japan as well. Meanwhile intel under fire this morning after researchers find those that could unpack nearly all computers in the past decade as the company scrambles to fix it they also face questions over the ceo reporting stock sales after the company was informed about the problem prior to when they were actually di