stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we begin with a dramatic volcano eruption in iceland, which is sending lava spewing hundreds of metres into the sky. let s take you straight to these live pictures from south western iceland as the volcano continues to spew jets of molten lava from a crack in the earth that s now several kilometres long. the area is a volcanic and seismic hot spot not far from the capital, reykyavik. experts say the eruption could last weeks, or maybe even months. this is the moment the volcano erupted late on monday captured on webcam by the icelandic broadcaster ruv as smoke and fiery lava lit up the night sky. and look at these pictures, caught by an eyewitness from their phone as they were driving past the volcano. scientists are continuing to monitor the explosion from the air and land. they had predicted an eruption after detecting intense seismic activity over the past few weeks, butjust didn t know exactly when it would happen.
give up its secrets. rebecca morelle, bbc news. the time is 10:30pm and darren is here with the weather. hello, i want to touch on the flooding in italy first of all. this is just another example of severe weather becoming more severe and happening more often. it wasn t too long ago that this part of italy was in drought, but there has been six months of rain in the last couple of weeks which has certainly changed all that. this programme contains repetitive flashing images there s more analysis of the days main stories on newsnight with victoria which is just getting under way the site of the former redcar steelworks is at the centre of a furious row between the conservative mayor of tees valley and labour. truly shocking. industrial scale corruption on teesside. a huge site acquired by the public body south tees developments limited for £12 million, in 2019. what s going on then? we ll talk live to the conservative mayor who s facing labour claims of cronyism, corruption
following allegations of inappropriate behaviour made by four women. clashes break out following last night s match between west ham and az alkmaar when fans of the dutch side tried to attack people in the guest area for west ham. welcome to bbc news. it is a day of two important summits with the war in ukraine being the common theme. at the g7 gathering injapan, world leaders met to discuss a new round of sanctions against russia. while at the arab league meeting in saudi arabia president zelensky made a surprise visit, urging those attending, to support ukraine. he told the gathering injeddah that on this, the asoth day of the war the world needed to fight the virus of aggression from moscow stressing kyiv would not give up any sovereign territory to achieve peace. also making the headlines at that summit president assad of syria the first time he s been invited to the arab league since the devastating civil war, that s blighted the country. here he is
protesters calling a dystopian nightmare. if liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they don t want to hear. are you worried about that rate going ahead? the shape of things to come? it is not whether the protesters were right or wrong, it s about the right to protest in the way they did, and is perfectly possible to think that the coronation was the most marvellous magical thing you ve ever seen but also to be extremely worried about this, or are they walls that divide us just too tall these days? are we to polarise? the protesters, the old dell have said sorry, is the hardest word are the easiest word the old bill. in moscow, hong kong, tehran, we want to know what it looks like to you, macclesfield, tonbridge, many other places. or is this all a bit hysterical? nothing to see here, move along? the police were ultra cautious, perhaps overcautious? now they are sorry. get in touch. here is your news. scotland yard says it has regrets about th