welcome to bbc news. we start in moscow, were a court has as i expected rejected the appeal of the us match one. evan gershkovich. evan gershkovich. have a look at these images of evan gershkovich appearing in court. the russian authorities accuse him of spying, charges which he and his employer, the wall streetjournal, strongly deny. he appeared at the same court where yesterday an opponent of president putin was convicted of treason and sentenced to 25 years in prison. here s our russia editor, steve rosenberg. this was the first time evan gershkovich had been seen in public since being arrested. the wall streetjournal reporter was appealing his detention. the appeal was rejected. he s the first western journalist here to be charged with spying since the cold war, a charge that he, his newspaper and his government categorically reject. the charges against evan are baseless, and we call on the russian federation to immediately release him. a rare glimpse inside the prison wh
Of treacherous conditions in the worst affected areas. Glasgow airport reopens after snow caused it to suspend all flights. Its advising passengers to check with their airlines. At least 12 people have died including a baby after a fire at an apartment block in the bronx district of new york. Apple apologises for deliberately slowing down ageing iphones. It says the move was intended to prolong the life of the phones. Also easing the impact of excessive drinking on busy accident and emergency units. The nhs considers making mobile drunk tanks a permanent feature across england. And we investigate why africa is in the midst of a baby boom. Thats in half an hour here on bbc news. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Weather warnings are in place for parts of Northern England and scotland today after heavy snow and blizzard conditions affected large parts of the uk. Glasgow airport was closed for a few hours with flights suspended, but has now reopened. The temperature plunged to 12c a
2017 at 2. 30. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Weather warnings are in place for parts of Northern England and scotland today after heavy snow and blizzard conditions affected large parts of the uk. Glasgow airport was closed for a few hours with flights suspended, but has now reopened. The temperature plunged to 12c at Loch Glascarnoch in the Scottish Highlands overnight and forecasters say driving conditions will remain difficult for the rest of the day. Judith moritz reports. Grounded at glasgow, flights at the citys airport were suspended after snow settled overnight. The airport reopened by mid morning, but managers have apologised for the knock on disruption that was caused. Temperatures plummeted in scotland. Heavy snow fell in glasgow city centre, and in the highlands the mercury fell to 12 celsius on what the met office described as the coldest night of the year. Gritters have been covering the major routes, with everybody keeping an eye on the forecast. Conditions are
Current and former presenters look back at hardtalk over the last 20 years. Thats in half an hour here on bbc news. Weather warnings are in place for parts of Northern England and scotland today after heavy snow and blizzard conditions affected large parts of the uk. Glasgow airport was closed for a few hours with flights suspended, but has now reopened. The temperature plunged to 12c at Loch Glascarnoch in the Scottish Highlands overnight and forecasters say driving conditions will remain difficult for the rest of the day. Judith moritz reports. Grounded at glasgow, flights at the citys airport were suspended after snow settled overnight. The airport reopened by mid morning, but managers have apologised for the knock on disruption that was caused. Temperatures plummeted in scotland. Heavy snow fell in glasgow city centre, and in the highlands the mercury fell to 12 celsius on what the met office described as the coldest night of the year. Gritters have been covering the major routes,
People, including five children. It started from a young boy, three and a half years old, playing with the burners on the stove. Ben antigovernment protests spread to several cities in iran, with thousands chanting slogans against the countrys supreme leader. Funerals in egypt for nine People Killed in attacks from on coptic christians. Also in the program, this dogs injured leg was saved by scientists who grew part of a bone in a laboratory. They want to use the same technique to treat humans. Ben hello, and welcome to bbc world news. A toddler playing with the stove has sparked a fire in an apartment block in new york. 12 people were killed, five of them children. Four others remain critically injured in hospital. It happened in the bronx in a fivestory building on prospect avenue near the bronx zoo. The new york fire chief has described it as an unprecedented loss, and the citys worst tragedy since the terror attacks of 9 11. The bbcs yogita lamaye reports from new york. Yogita smok