i happen to know a man who has room up i happen to know a man who has room up there for a mammoth, up there on the balcony, philip avery. that would look good on the balcony. you don t know what to say about that! i have have wish to be upstaged. i know my place! good afternoon. i put of put up any number of spheres. that s quite an important line of activity because to the north and east, bright enough, cold enough, further to the south and west, it is milder, but there is not a lot of sunshine on offer. bits and pieces of rain and maybe something wintry. 0vernight the demarcation is still there. this blue indicative of a widespread frost and fog. towards the south and the west, and increasingly towards the north west of scotland, milder air in place and it will become more extensive this stuff in the north because it is tied in with weather fronts. cloud, wind and rain will be yours, scotland, northern ireland and increasingly in the north and the west of england and wales
people having to be seen in rapid time, including the firstjob finding out who is most seriously injured, that was established very quickly. four men in one of the cars we re quickly. four men in one of the cars were all thrown out of the vehicle. three of them died at the scene, the fourth man is in a critical condition in hospital. a man and a woman travelling in a third car which was badly damaged survived with relatively minor injuries. this photo shows the aftermath as those first to arrive tried to save lives. a devastating scene with debris strewn all over the road. the crash happened on a section of the belgrave middleway, a busy road in the heart of birmingham. the vehicles collided before the entrance to the underpass at the junction of bristol road. police say the dual carriageway will probably stay closed for the rest of today. three other cars were also involved in what ambulance crews called an extremely distressing and complex crash scene. tragedy on one of bir
in half an hour, join me as i take a look back to the photocall held here at addington palace which introduced prince harry s bride to be meghan markle to the world s media. kensington palace. we re getting reports that four british nationals are among six people who died when their plane crashed into a river in australia. the plane went down in the hawkesbury river near cowan, which is around 31 miles north of sydney. the single engine aircraft is known to be a sydney sea plane which was carrying five passengers and the pilot. police say all six bodies have been recovered. unconfirmed reports say an 11 year old boy is among those killed. we have just had a statement from police investigating this crash, confirming six people on board. it went down around 3:10pm local time. police divers are on the scene, and six bodies have been recovered from the wreckage. police say they will work with the australian transport safety bureau as enquiries into the crash continue. no inf
it s 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 9am in seoul where south korean government negotiators meet shortly for talks with their north korean counterparts for the first time in more than two years. the two sides are expected to discuss the possibility of pyongyang sending a delegation to the winter olympics being held in south korea next month. let s go live now to the bbc‘s sophie long in seoul. and all eyes will be on the dialogue between north and south korea and what may be discussed apart from sports and is meeting? good morning, rico. yes, that is right, a lot of focus on these talks, the first government level talks between the north and south korean governments in more than two years. we know now that the south korean delegation led by the unification minister has left seoul, just over one hour ago and the convoy has crossed unification bridge on the way to the demilitarised zone, and there and panmunjom they meet with a delegation from north korea, and they w
donald trump broke with long established diplomatic convention by recognising jerusalem as israel s capital. his recent tweets on the israeli palestinian conflict have been music to the ears of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. so what do the palestinians do now? my guest today is mahmoud zahar, co founder of the islamist movement hamas, which controls gaza and has been at loggerheads with the palestinian authority in the west bank for more than a decade. are the palestinians staring defeat in the face? mahmoud zahar, in gaza, welcome to hardtalk. most welcome. i have to begin by asking you about your frame of mind, your spirit at the beginning of this new year, 2018. i look at the diplomatic, the political and the economic situation in gaza and i can barely imagine anything more bleak. is that the way you feel too? first of all, i d like to address that this is one of the most important points in our history. yes, our life is very miserable, not because of bad manag