Africas Parliament Passes a motion to take private land without giving any compensation. Causes outrage telling a young girl she would be on it if she were martyred for turkey. South korean prosecutors demand thirty years in prison for former president bargain hay. And a german court give cities the green light to ban diesel cars to help reduce air pollution. The russian president s call for a five hour ceasefire for the besieged syrian neighborhood of east and has failed to stop the bombing a pause was designed to allow civilians to leave the rebel held suburb of damascus the u. N. Says a thousand sick or wounded people need to be evacuated but after a brief lull which allowed people to venture out residents say government planes resume strikes so hard to reports from beirut. Some emerged from underground shelters to buy food and water others returned home to collect whatever is left of their belongings the relative calm gave the people of eastern some respect a five hour pause in the
Sevenoaks, south east of england, notably kent. Sevenoa ks, and around south east of england, notably kent. Sevenoaks, and around maidstone, a lot earlier. Snow coming and going through the rest of the day as well. And through the rest of the week. More Severe Weather to come, more weather warnings from the met office, more travel disruption, significant wind chill. If you think it is called now, wait until tomorrow. The winds from siberia, the beast from the east, heading our way. These are the snow showers we have seen over the past few hours. Temperatures barely above freezing in most areas. The snow in wales should move away. The snow pushing west. Overnight, more eastern areas seeing more frequent snow showers. Some further west but also clear skies as well. The snow easing in the south east of england, heading through the English Channel to parts of devon and cornwall later in the night. Other widespread frost. Of devon and cornwall later in the night. Otherwidespread frost. Down
For tighter regulations. Well have the latest on the Severe Weather thats causing disruption across the uk. And well hear why king penguins could be forced to move from their natural habitats, or face a bleak future. Thats all ahead on bbc news. Hello and welcome to sportsday im damian johnson. Ahead on the programme swansea boss carlos ca rvalhal looks to dump his old Club Sheffield wednesday out of the fa cup at the second time of asking. Venting their anger at wenger arsenalfans continue to rage against the manager after their league cup after their League Cup Final surrender. The football authorities are close to agreeing a mid winter break which would do away with fa cup fifth round replays so tonights between swansea and Sheffield Wednesday may be a bit of a collectors item. Swansea boss Carlos Carvalhal is looking to knock his old club out at the second time of asking but also has an eye on premier league survival. Conor mcnamara is in place at the liberty with his co commentato
A coward by donald trump actions after the president says he would have tried to help even without a weapon i think i would have tried to have helped. And American Media giant, comcast, puts in a bid for sky challenging an existing offer from Rupert Murdochs 21st century fox. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im reeta chakrabarti. Heavy snowfall is hitting parts of the uk, causing road and rail disruption in many areas. Police say driving conditions are treacherous in places as a band of wintry weather and very low temperatures sweeps westwards. Hundreds of trains are cancelled, many schools are shut and forecasters say some Rural Communities may be cut off. 45 children were led to safety after a bus crash near Deeping St James in lincolnshire though no injuries are reported. The met office has issued amber warnings for large parts of the country as cold air sweeps in from the east. Up to 10cm of snow is expected today and as much as 20cm is predicted in some parts of Eastern
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