This is bbc news im simon mccoy. The headlines at 103m thousands of people seek refuge on the beach and in boats to escape bush fires in Australia Military helicopters and the navy are deployed to help them. Nothing prepares you for that bearing down of a fire front, charging at a community. I mean, were talking massive walls of fire, coming straight at you. Former nissan boss carlos ghosn flees to lebanon, despite being under house arrest in tokyo on financial misconduct charges. The National Living wage is to rise in april by 6. 2 four times the rate of inflation. Heterosexual couples in england and wales will be able to enter into Civil Partnerships from today, giving them similar rights to people who are married. Meet the seal that commutes between the isle
of man and cornwall as record sightings of whales, dolphins and seals are reported in british waters. Coming up in half an hour, we bring you some of the highlights of the Victoria Derbyshire programme from the last year, includ
Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with Charlie Stayt and sally nugent. Our headlines today the Royal Australian navy is evacuating around 1,000 people from a ring of fire on the victorian coast, with more extreme fire conditions forecast for the weekend. Us forces kill the head of the Iranian Revolutionary guards elite quds force with an airstrike in iraq. Who was to blame for the blackout . Millions of homes were left without power, and chaos was caused on the trains in the summer. The Energy Regulator will deliver its verdict on what went wrong and whether it should have been stopped. First illness, now injury hits the england cricket camp. Rory burns is out of the test series in south africa, after he was injured playing football in training. After the tv star, ricki lake posted a picture of herself with a shaved head talking about the quiet hell of hair loss. Well look at the impact it can have on womens confidence. And it is a wet but mild start for many in england and wales this
Youre watching bbc news at 9 with me, rebecca jones. The headlines psychiatrists and campaigners call for social Media Companies to be forced to hand over data to universities for research into the potential harms of using the technology. We asa we as a world, notjust a country, would better understand the sort of pressures and problems being forced upon young people by social media platforms. Irans Supreme Leader, ayatollah ali khomenei, leads friday prayers in the capital tehran for the first time in eight years. Were in glasgow for our series our planet matters. The city has committed itself to become the first net zero emissions city in the uk. Im Annita Mcveigh here in the city, well be answering your questions about how glasgow might achieve its objective and all environmental matters juat after half past. Rebecca long bailey and Emily Thornberry set out their visions for the labour party, as they launch their rival bids to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as leader. In sport, englands cric
This is bbc news. The headlines at 4pm. Bushfires have killed at least eight people in south eastern australia since monday and destroyed more than 200 homes. We have a very real challenge at the moment with a couple of isolated communities, where weve got reports of injuries and burn injuries to members of the public. We havent been able to get access via roads or via aircraft. Two men and a woman are killed after a lorry collides with a car in stanwell in surrey on new years eve. The mother of the british teenager found guilty of lying about being raped in cyprus backs calls for tourists to boycott the country. In their new year messages, the Prime Minister says brexit will mark a new chapter for the uk, while the archbishop of canterbury urges people to heal the divisions of recent years. I was getting kind of used to being someone you loved. For the first time, more than 100 billion music tracks are streamed online in the uk in a single year. Join us, the brexitcast gang, in halfan
Hello, youre watching afternoon live im martine croxall. Today at 2. 00 iran strongly denies it shot down a ukrainian passenger plane in tehran killing all 176 people on board. Including access to the crash site, so we can get the truth the Iranian Regime must open up to the international community, including access to the crash site, so we can get the truth as quickly as possible, to give the families of the victims an understanding of what happened to their loved ones. Bbc presenters samir ahmed wins an employment tribunal. The duchess of sussex goes back to canada amid talks to try and find new roles for her and prince harry. An assault on prison staff by two inmates wearing fake suicide belts is being treated as a terrorist attack. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport with jane latest on harry kanes injury. Thank you very much, and helen has all the weather. Climate statistics available for australia. Yes, and we will talk about that in the next hour. And what is heading into