Hello again im watching the news live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next hour exodus from kirkuk thousands leave the iraqi city is the army moves in to take over parts of the kurdish run oil rich area. We cant understand this president and confusion the Spanish Government for mines cattle and leaders they have until thursday to withdraw their bid for independence. South. Also this tiny pharaoh islands crowdsourcing has its own Translation Service in a bid to get google to add it. And sport calling cabernet fights back the american football quarterback in n. F. L. Games filed a lawsuit saying he has a been hired to have played owners are colluding against him. Thousands of people are leaving the iraqi city of kirkuk as Government Forces advance on Kurdish Military positions the Iraqi Military says its forces have captured the k. One air base and the local airport which had been under peshmerga control the army and allied forces have also been moving on oil and gas
A sharp rise in young people struggling with debt with many having to borrow to meet basic living costs. Two stars on a collision course some 800 billion billion miles from earth scientists detect Gravitational Waves. And the case of gao zhisheng the prominent chinese human rights lawyer hos still missing. Well be talking to his daughter. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is the effect of storm ophelia which is causing damage across the republic of ireland and claimed the lives of three people. 100 mile an hour winds have swept across the country. More than 360,000 homes and businesses around ireland are now without electricity. Police have warned people to stay at home and not travel unless absolutely necessary. Troops have been deployed to coastal areas in whats expected to be the most severe storm to hit ireland in half a century. An amber warning for Northern Ireland, west wales, south west scotland and the isle of man is in force. 0ur correspondent ian palmer has the latest. In ireland
An impression of the scale of what is happening, we know several hundred people are missing and more than 100,000 people have been displaced and strong winds have meant these fires have blown towards towns that were previously u naffected. Towns that were previously unaffected. This is one man who has lost his time. It was completely levelled, gone, everything. My late partner and i built the house ourselves, we bought the property 2a yea rs ourselves, we bought the property 2a years ago, it took us a year and a half to clear the site and then two yea rs half to clear the site and then two years to build it. So. | so. I mean, talking about blessings, the next day i avoided barricades and police lines and i walked about amal and a half to my home and i knew i had to face it about a mile and a half. As i was walking down my road i saw some houses that were spared and others that were completely gone. My heart was in my throat. I could see that my house was gone. It was still smouldering
Northern ireland could have a very tough play off draw tomorrow. And all eyes are on todays weather. Ican hear and all eyes are on todays weather. I can hear in kent. This area was devastated during the storm is 30 yea rs devastated during the storm is 30 years ago. I will be talking about the weather today and also looking back at what happened 30 years ago. More details throughout the afternoon. More details throughout the afternoon. Thanks. Coming up on afternoon live we stay with that theme. If youre being affected by 0phelia, then tweet us your stories and pictures. And lets also have your memories of the great storm 30 years ago. Hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. Ireland has been battered by storm 0phelia. One woman has died, thousands of people are without power, and hundreds of schools have been forced to close. Whats described as a violent and destructive storm with winds of 100 miles an hour is now heading for Northern Ireland, parts of scotland, and west wales. In the
Of Amazon Studios, roy price, resigns over allegations of sexual harassment. Well find out later how much wages are going up, but with prices now rising at their fastest rate in five years it means were all likely to feel a bit worse off. In sport, the biggest away win for an english club in Champions League history. 7 0 for liverpool. Manchester city win too, while spurs draw with reigning champions real madrid. Andy carroll has the weather. Good morning. Rain today across south Eastern England. For the rest of us, quite a bit of cloud around, but equally there will be sunny spells as well. I will have more in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The nhs is failing to meet Key Performance targets in hospitals across the uk according to a major analysis of data by the bbc. The research looked at how often Health Organisations achieved targets for Cancer Treatment, accident and emergency, and planned operations. It found that nationally england, wales and Northern Ireland ha