Its tuesday 19th december. Im ben brown. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The royal navys new £3 billion Aircraft Carrier, hms Queen Elizabeth, is leaking. The navys future flagship, which was commissioned by the queen earlier this month, has a problem with one of its propeller shafts. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports. Earlier this month, amid much fanfare, the royal navys largest, most expensive warship was being commissioned into service by the queen. I name this ship Queen Elizabeth. Hailed as the most powerful capable warship ever to raise the white ensign. But what the navy did not say at the time was that she was leaking. According to the sun newspaper, a fault with a seal around one of the ships propeller shafts has left her taking on up to 200 litres of water every hour. The problem was first identified during her sea trials earlier this year. A royal Navy Spokesman insisted the fault was now scheduled for repair and that it would not prevent the 65,000 tonne wars
Zero live from london coming up. Non braces for Tropical Storm tembin after it cuts a destructive path across the southern philippines two hundred people are known to have died. Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny calls for voters to boycott next years president ial election after hes banned from taking part. And suspends all Emirates Airlines flights after several tunisian women a barred from entry to the u. A. E. But a Roman Catholic church has used his traditional Christmas Day message to call for peace for jerusalem and dialogue between israelis and palestinians its the second time pope francis has spoken out since u. S. President donald trump formally announced his government would recognize jerusalem as israels capital speaking to square the pontiff acknowledged the growing tensions in the region and called for a negotiated solution to end the Israeli Palestinian conflict. If. We see jesus in the children of the middle east who continue to suffer because of growing tensions
Missing mh370 plane . Malaysia sends investigators to find out. Robin adams with the sport the latest from the third ashes, and the Worlds Toughest foot race enters the final stages. We are in california later in the programme the verdict in the retrial of three al jazeera journalists in egypt has been postponed until august the 2nd. Mohamed fadel fahmy, Mohammed Badr and peter greste were accused of colluding with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. Charges they and al jazeera deny. Al jazeera journalists say justice has been delayed again. Mohammed badr and Mohamed Fadel fahmy arrived at a cairo court hoping to hear a verdict reflecting the truth that they are not guilty. Instead, they were told that the case has been postponed for a week. Its disponting what happened. Reporter their colleague peter greste who has been tried in absentia says they victim come to expect delays. They hoped there would be closure at this stage. The only thing that defines us is the verdict. Reporter Mohamed
Ashes blasted into space. We report on japans booming funeral industry. The verdict in the retrial of three al jazeera journalists in egypt has been postponed until august the 2nd. Mohamed fadel fahmy, Mohammed Badr and peter greste were accused of colluding with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. Charges they and al jazeera deny. We have more. Al jazeera english journalists say justice has been delayed again. Mohammed badr and Mohamed Fadel fahmy arrived at a cairo court hoping to hear a verdict reflecting the truth that they are not guilty. Instead, they were told that the case has been postponed for a week. Its disappointing what happened. Which were specting a verdict today. Reporter their colleague peter greste, who has been tried in absentia says they victim come to expect delays. Che allowed themselves to hope there would be closure and a positive outcome at last. The only thing that defines us is the verdict. Reporter Mohamed Fadel fahmy and peter greste, and Mohammed Badrs troub
Valley runners in the ultra marathon face soaring temperatures. The Afghan Taliban has confirmed to al jazeera its spiritual leader mullah people mar is dead. Its elected his replacement. The Afghan Government announced yesterday it had enough evidence to suggest mullah omar died in hospital two years ago. The taliban refused then to comment. Its now confirmed reports of his death but hasnt said when he died. Well get the latest from kabul in a couple of moments. First, this report. Mullah people mullah omar was the leader of the afghanistan taliban. The f. B. I. Offered millions of dollars for information on his whereabouts. Communications from him came through the talibans website usually on holidays or anniversaries. It was never cheer if they were really his words. As a young man, he was a meteorologist. Has dean fighter battling the soviet army. The taliban chose him because he had people and weapons to use. The second reason, he was famous person. His 30 fighters became thousands