Girds and he is threatening to sell them. And a parasite destroying entire colonies of honey bees and the effect it could have on global Food Supplies. Gunfire has broken out at a camp in afghanistan where survivors of a landslide have been sheltering and happened when desperate villages started to get supplies. As a result some aid agencies are reported to have been pulling back from the area for security reasons at least for now, 250 people are confirmed dead from the landslide and many more are still missing in northeast afghanistan. Our correspondent is live in the province and it sounds like a pretty desperate situation there. Any clue as to who was firing these gunshots . Reporter a very volatile situation indeed and very tense situation. We were only a few meters away from this Aid Distribution Center when the gunfire ur erupted and followed scuffles of Security Forces and people getting aid and up to Ten Police Officers guarding this Aid Distribution Center were beaten up and s
Nigeria. Im felicity barr. The vatican faces more claims of child abuse. A Vatican Committee against torture. A pro russia rebels have shot down an eastern ukrainian helicopter, the crew survived but their condition hasnt been released. Earlier 4 Ukrainian Police officers were killed april a shootout. In that same city. Nick spicer reports. The Army Operation to dislodge prorussian militia, push past the roadblocks which ring this staunch separatist town and push on towards the center. There was gun fire and multiple explosion. Brought down by heavy machine gun fire, crashing into the towns river. The ministry of defense said the two pilots survived and evacuated to a military hospital. Braved the cross fire to bring the injured to the towns hospital. By midday the fight was over. The tactics of Ukrainian Army changed over the morning, prowrgprorussian elements are l in evidence. We were told the army had cornered a group of separatist fighters. Translator from the 25 of us that went i
As something of a surprise, the fact there was going to be such a long term state of emergency. Presumably, making that announcement he must be pretty confident that he has got the political backing in the parliament in madrid to actually get this through because he has had one confrontation already with the Regional Government in madrid, he has got the opposition pp party or pepe saying, we dont like this because of the economic damage and we should be allowed to do things that are strictly at a regional level. So he must be quite confident to say, look, this will be a state of emergency and it is going to last for six months . Yes, thats right. I mean, he has acknowledged that he can only introduce the state of emergency for two weeks initially, then after that he has to go to parliament to get approval for an extension and obviously this is a very long extension. Now, as you pointed out there, earlier in the year when he was. He extended the state of emergency during a lockdown ever
The winds are easing a bit compared with the daytime today, staying quite blustery. Temperatures generally between four and 10 degrees. For tomorrow, a blustery day, a mix of sunny spells and heavy showers. Showers most plentiful gcioss showers. Showers most plentiful across western areas, so through western scotland, Northern Ireland, north west england, wales and the south west, some will blow in the English Channel, further north and east, north east england in eastern scotla nd east, north east england in eastern scotland may well avoid most of the showers and stay predominantly dry with some sunny spells. Call with top temperatures between ten and 1a degrees. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. South yorkshire is the latest region to move to englands top level of restrictions. Local leaders in sheffield call for an exit plan. The question is, at what point will come out of tier 3 . No ones able to answer that question. Even the mayor is asking that question and, well, the mayo
Need to employ thousands of Foreign Workers to pick fruit and vegetables next year despite the pick for Britain Campaign to recruit more people from the uk. The National Farmers union says this summer only 11 of the workforce were uk residents and the government needs to do more to help the industry after brexit. Jon kay reports. Its cold and early. But in the cotswolds, they are hard at work. This farm advertised for more british pumpkin pickers this year, but everyone here is from romania. Were quite happy to have british workers, we will invest in them in their training and being able to do thejob, but theyjust dont come and apply for the jobs. Theyjust dont come down the road. Is there more you could do as an industry, in terms of pay or conditions, that might attract more . Well, a lot of the work we do is on bonus, so its above minimum wage. Im not really sure what we could do. Pick fruit, pick veg. This government backed campaign aimed to recruit thousands of home grown workers