Us citizens quarantined for days on a cruise ship injapan are leaving, after america sends two planes to take them home. And coming up in half an hour on sportsday. England completes the second highest t20 run chase in their history to win the series. Good evening. Parts of south wales and england have endured flooded homes and streets and landslides after storm dennis brought heavy rain and strong winds to much of the uk. Hundreds of flood warnings and alerts are in place across the country. Scotland was affected and Northern Ireland partly too by the weather, but south wales has borne the brunt of the storm with a Major Incident declared by police. Hundreds of people were moved from their homes in the village of nantgaru near cardiff, from where tomos morgan sent this report. A consequence, a landslide, south wales bearing the brunt of the latest firm to hit the uk. In nantgarw just north of latest firm to hit the uk. In nantgarwjust north of cardiff, many of the residents here will
Are seeing more high frequencies of Freak Weather events. Itv says its devastated by the death of love island presenter caroline flack. The broadcaster says tonights episode of the reality series wont be aired. Thousands of passengers face major disruption at Heathrow Airport after a systems failure affects all terminals. The airport says its experiencing technical problems. Now calling only those american guests from emerald deck. Us citizens quarantined for days on a cruise ship injapan are leaving, after america sends two planes to take them home. And coming up in half an hour on sportsday. England completes the second highest t20 run chase in their history, to win the series. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Parts of south wales and england have endured flooded homes and streets and landslides after storm dennis brought heavy rain and strong winds to much of the uk. Hundreds of flood warnings and alerts are in place across the country. The adverse weather has affected scotland
Frequency of these sorts of Freak Weather events. Itv says tonights episode of love island wont be aired, out of respect for the family of former presenter caroline flack. The broadcaster says its devastated by her death. Thousands of passengers face major disruption at Heathrow Airport, after a systems failure affects all terminals. The airport says its experiencing technical problems. Now calling only those american guests from emerald deck. Us citizens quarantined for days on a cruise ship injapan are leaving after america sends two planes to take them home. And in half an hour here on bbc news, the travel show goes to sri lanka, where electric tuk tuks are taking to the road as part of measures to tackle air pollution there. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Parts of south wales and england have endured flooded homes and streets and landslides, after storm dennis brought heavy rain and strong winds to much of the uk. Hundreds of flood warnings and alerts are in place across the
Hello and welcome to world news today. Around 400 people from the us have been evacuated from the quarantined cruise ship, the diamond princess, near tokyo, which has been hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus. A us Health Official says a0 americans have tested positive for the virus and will stay in hospital in japan. But its not clear if they are newly detected cases. The evacuated americans and their families left the yokohama port on buses, headed for the airport where two Us Government chartered planes were waiting for them. Earlier, the japanese authorities said a total of 355 people who were on the ship have tested positive for the virus. From yokohama, Rupert Wingfield hayes reports. Now calling only those american guests from emerald deck. For the americans, at least this is the moment that for many could not come soon enough. On the dockside, the buses lining up, ready to take them to tokyo airport and an evacuation flight home. In the last two days, there has been a stea
Britains david and wendy abel are among them. In this video posted this morning, they spoke of their growing anxiety. And now, especially, every single time there is a knock on the door, your stomach flips. Yeah, you just dont know whether theyre going to come and say, ok, lets go, and youre going to be taken off to a medical centre. Hours later, that is exactly what happened. For the britons still on board tonight, there is better news. The quarantine will officially end, and the 2,000 or more passengers still on board who have tested negative will be allowed to start leaving the ship. They can walk out of this gate, hail a cab, get on a bus. But what happens then is much less clear. The British Government says it is sending a plane to pick up the british passengers. But it hasnt yet said when, or whether they may face further quarantine when they get back to britain. 0ne japanese expert today told me he thinks they should be, because the quarantine on board the diamond princess has c