for the country. hundreds of protesters have beeen gathering in central london to show their solidarity with anti government demonstrations in iran. president biden will visit the us border with mexico for the first time since taking office today. record numbers of migrants have crossed over recently. in his latest television interview, prince harry talks of the death of his mother princess diana, and the strain as a child of showing no emotion in public. china has reopened its borders to international visitors for the first time since the start of the pandemic. people entering the country will no longer need to quarantine but will need to provide proof of a negative covid test, and chinese citizens are once again allowed to go overseas. there have been emotional reunions at airports and the mainland s border with hong kong. this latest lifting of coronavirus restrictions coincides with the country s busiest travel season marking the lunar new year. our correspondent martin
spells and temperatures slowly creeping up after that cold start. the lighter wind away from scotland may not feel quite as cold. by friday the showers are going at a north sea coastal areas. all of the snow has been in the north and west, but it will be a dry and clear and sunny day once the fog clears away. into the weekend, that is when the temperatures will be edging up in the north and west. fort william on sunday, warmer than it will be in buckinghamshire. increasingly foggy y fogg . ly |ng e increas hir . s ham king buc by buckinghamshire. increasingly foggy by sunday as well. that s the bbc news on the 18th of january. more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight which is just getting under way right now on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one and it is time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. good night. thank you, sophie, and welcome to bbc london. the latest on another
nations reduce their dependence on fossil fuels. good afternoon. police say the firebombing of a migrant processing centre in dover last sunday was motivated by an extreme right wing terrorist ideology. 66 year old andrew leak from buckinghamshire threw up to three devices at the site. he is believed to have later taken his own life. the government has been facing widespread criticism for its handling of overcrowding at an immigration centre nearby. joining me now is our correspondentjon donnison. we correspondentjon donnison. are hearing more det what we are hearing more details about what happened in dover. what we are hearing more details about what happened in dover. what have the olice what happened in dover. what have the police said? what happened in dover. what have the police said? this what happened in dover. what have the police said? this was what happened in dover. what have the police said? this was an - what happened in dover. what have the police said? t
and viva new south wales the australian festival celebrating the king of rock and roll. hello and welcome. we begin int the us where the house of representatives has adjourned for a second day without electing a speaker, extending the paralysis at the heart of american politics. president biden said having a congress that can t function is embarrassing for the country. republican kevin mccarthy has been stopped six times so far by a group of hardliners within his own party who refuse to back him. our north america correspondent peter bowes says the deadlock shows no signs of letting up. after six rounds of voting where he is found to be elected speaker. 20 members of his own party on the right to the party were consistently voting against him and at the end of the day, on wednesday, with an adjournment, he gave the republicans an opportunity to meet behind the scenes, a private meeting, kevin mccarty and some of those in the group of twenty who have been holding up of twent
the number of new cars registered in the uk last year was the lowest for 30 years, but sales of electric vehicles continued to grow rapidly. welcome to bbc news. prince harry reportedly claims he was physically attacked by his brother william during a row over his marriage to meghan. the guardian has obtained a copy of spare, the highly anticipated book from the duke of sussex, days before it s due to hit the shelves. aru na iyengar reports. there is stringent prelaunch security around this book but the guardian has published extracts of a copy of spare it has viewed. in the book, prince harry describes a meeting in 2019 at his home in london with prince william to discuss their faltering relationship. a furious row broke out, according to the book, during which prince william, now the prince of wales, described meghan, the duchess of sussex, as difficult, rude and abrasive. harry accused his brother of parroting the press narrative about his wife. the row escalated, and then