For just a few hundred dollars in an exclusive report we speak to the nigerian migrants whose dream of a new life became a nightmare in libya. A looming environmental disaster off chinas east coast air a fears an oil tanker thats been burning for more than six hours could explode and north and south korea for about telfair first high level talks in more than two years. Story Government Forces in syria are stepping up their offensive against opposition fighters and the largest remaining stronghold and live is supposed to be a deescalation zone set up last year with the backing of russia iran and turkey but the deal appears to have crumbled president assad backed by russia is bent on taking back control of the area to cement his grip on power for civilians. In freezing winter conditions. Its. A sound all too familiar to many syrians as the war enters its eighth year the concern in italy province is just how large the scale of the death and devastation could be syrians here remember what
Environmental disaster in the East China Sea there are fears an oil tanker thats been burning for more than thirty six hours could explode. They say good things come in small packages well tell you about the tiny homes that could solve a big problem in the United States. Im going to guess youre off to in doha with the days top stories including freed could teen years signs on to start his new multimillion dollar contract at spanish giants barcelona. Syrian Government Forces backed by russia are advancing on the largest remaining rebel held territory in the countrys north forcing thousands of civilians to flee toward the border with turkey in freezing winter temperatures at least twenty four civilians have now been killed in the latest as strikes of the countryside it live province is home to around two point six Million People that includes more than one point one million who were moved there off to fleeing fighting elsewhere in the country opposition activists say assads forces will t
A declaration to that effect but suspended it to allow for talks. Now it is time for our newspaper review. Harvey weinsteins fall from grace is continuing to dominate the headlines around the world. The Philippine Star reports on the growing number of female actresses who have spoken out against the hollywood producer whos accused of sexual assault. There was a blackout on that story. It was supposed to be the philippines start. Apparently we cant show you what is going on in terms of graphics so we have the philippines start, we also have the guardian. The guardian is reporting on the International Monetary funds half yearly fiscal monitor. This is a high tech here. If we have a look at the japan times story, they are focusing, because of a scandal around the still company, they are wondering if the company and its reputation as a world leader is being marred by scandals. That is the line being taken by the japan times. Now, hopefully the new york times. Now, hopefully the new york ti
If they begin their careers in towns and villages which struggle to attract Family Doctors. In sport, england all rounder ben stokes has been dropped by one of his sponsors following his arrest outside a bristol nightclub, and then an ill judged online video, for which he has apologised. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Yes, got details on whats coming up today after a day of flooding in parts of north west england, dry and bright for many. Details on hurricane 0phelia, what that means for us and why im here in the beautiful surroundings of 0sterley house. See you in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The government is expected to announce a cap on Energy Prices for 12 million households later this morning. The business secretary greg clark will publish a draft bill which gives the Energy Regulator new powers to limit customers bills. Sean has more. Its been a big political potato, energy bills, of late. So, consumer groups have been saying for quite a while that c
Heres phil avery. A mini heatwave coming . You are getting excited, arent you . Your word. It was a glorious and a start, as yet again evidenced by one of our more artistic weather watchers and thursday are always was going to be one of the more better days of the week, with regard to the amount of dry weather and the amount of sunshine on offer. Thats not to say that its sunshine all the way. Its quite breezy across scotland and come the latter part of the afternoon there will be enough cloud around for there to be just a gaggle of showers running through on that rather noticeable breeze and you will lose the sunshine late on gcioss will lose the sunshine late on across the western side of northern ireland. Those are the exceptions to a drywall. A fresh appeal to today compared to yesterday. Will still make 18 somewhere. Then we will push the weather front cover which we seen the first sign of the cloud, there comes the rain again, and pretty strong winds. Theres a gale to be had acro