And, officially, only men can become monks in thailand. But that didnt stop these women we visit their all female temple live from our studios in the london and singapore. In london and singapore. This is bbc world news. You are watching newsday. Its 8am in singapore and one in the morning here in britain, where investigations are continuing into the deaths of 39 people whose bodies were found in the trailer of a lorry, about 30 kilometres outside of london. Its not known who they are or where they came from, one was a teenager. The lorry driver whos from Northern Ireland, has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Our special correspondent ed thomas has this report. Just before 1. 40am, paramedics call police. The doors of the lorry container had been opened. Inside, 39 bodies. 39 lives. People with hopes and ambitions. The youngest was a teenager. Thats tragic. Absolutely terrible. Yeah, such a shame. Obviously trying to get over here for a better life. It is heartbreaking for me. Fee
Now on bbc news live to singapore for Asia Business report. Zuckerberg grilled on the hill. Us lawmakers challenge facebooks boss over his crypto currency plans. The rise of the robots. What they be helpful mechanical friends or just steal ourjobs . It isa it is a thursday. Good morning asia and have a world. Glad you could join us for this exciting addition of Asia Business report. I am rico hizon, lets start with critter currency because Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg has tried to reassure sceptical us lawmakers over the safety of their proposed Digital Currency libra. At a testimony in congress, us lawmakers attacked plans for the pay system warning it could be abused by criminals and terrorists. He told the hearing he understood the reservations about libra but was determined to persevere. The idea behind libra is that sending money should be as easy as sending a message for some it will be a global Payment System fully backed by a reserve of cash and highly liquid assets. And i believe
And, officially, only men can become monks in thailand. But that didnt stop these women we visit their all female temple its 7am in singapore and midnight here in britain, where investigations are continuing into the deaths of 39 people whose bodies were found in the trailer of a lorry, about 30 kilometres outside of london. Its not known who they are or where they came from, one was a teenager. The lorry driver whos from Northern Ireland, has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Our special correspondent ed thomas has this report from the town of grays. Just before 1. 40am, paramedics call police. The doors of the lorry container had been opened. Inside, 39 bodies. 39 lives. People with hopes and ambitions. The youngest was a teenager. Thats tragic. Absolutely terrible. Yeah, such a shame. Obviously trying to get over here for a better life. It is heartbreaking for me. Feels very sorry for them. Its horrible. Its quite difficult to believe thats happening quite close to the place whe
Towed away a suburban a few moments ago. Behind us, it appears to have skbroos crashed into the power pole behind us. Two cherry pickers trying to repair the pole. They have to stabilize it and remove. It does not appear any power is jeopardized to the area here. You can see why traffic is closed in the area of eastwest highway between riggs and also New Hampshire and why both lanes are congested at this time with this crash response. That is the latest live. Justin finch. Back to you, melissa. Good to see whats happening there from the ground. Eastbound 70, 85 e street. Two right lanes blocked by a crash. Inbound east capitol, near rfk, truck blocking the center of the road as well. This is what chopper was over a short time ago in the sunoco gas station parking lot and the outside area there. Northbound road. No major problems. As far as your travel times, 66 inboubd is fine. 95 north is also looking good. Top of the beltway rolling along. Listen to wtop 103. 5 fm when you hop in you
Surface temperatures dipping close to freezing. Lets get to Veronica Johnson. The National Weather service issuing Winter Weather advisories as we get ready to get the first snow of the season. Calverto stafford and under the advisory. It starts at midnight and runs through 4 00 saturday. We could see one to two inches of snowfall. The high is 42. We will have more, coming up. On the roads, lanes are open. This crash is gone as you approach powder mill road. Delays are improving quickly for those traveling out of laurel. All lanes are open. Ride virginia, a 19 minute on the northbound side. The earlier crash we had southbound in dumfries has cleared. To the update the ride west on 66 in 10. Yournna we are always on side with traffic alerts. Get the latest sent to your phone. Inria a massive response just the. More than 50 firefighter more firefighters are putting out flames at a hotel. It was put out quickly. No one was hurt. Adrianna we are watching the developments in the fight again