For Britains National Health Service during the first uk lockdown is being treated in hospital after contracting coronavirus. Hello and welcome. Soldiers are on the streets of myanmar as the armed forces confirm that they have carried out a coup, and intend to hold power for at least a year. They say theyve responded to a fraudulent election won by the National League for democracy. Its head, and the countrys de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and other seniorfigures in the party, have been arrested. State radio and television are off air, and phone and Internet Connections have been cut. Lets speak to our South East Asia correspondent jonathan head. What more can you tell us . No more than what more can you tell us . Fir . More than that really, we only information from the military information from the military in main city areas, and things are pretty calm, people are focusing on trying to get food and money out of atm machines would seem to have stopped working nothing from the pol
Land ever in the world, typhoon haiyan, struck in 2013, leaving more than 6,000 people dead. Today, as a country rebuilds, the red cross warns it could take weeks to bring back power and running water. Not only that. Many people are still missing. James waterhouse, bbc news. The home office says 49 migrants were rescued in the English Channel in the early house of this morning, when four small boats were spotted travelling towards the coast of kent. Two Border Force Vessels intercepted them. The migrants who said they were iranian, iraqi and afghan, are being interviewed by officials. Police say a man shot dead on Christmas Eve was attacked in front of his family after a night out. 36 year old flamur beqiri, who was a swedish national, was killed in battersea in south west london at about 9pm. Neighbours described hearing multiple gunshots followed by a woman screaming for help. The seychelles, off the coast of east africa, is setting itself up as a hub for marine preservation. The fir
Watched Christmas Day programme of the decade. And in half an hour well look at some of the best of the travel show from 2019. Good evening. Spanish police have named a british holidaymaker and his two children, who drowned in a Hotel Swimming Pool on the Costa Del Sol on Christmas Eve. On the Costa Del Sol gabriel diya who was 52 and from london died with his 16 year old son praise emmanuel, and his nine year old duaghter comfort, at the Club La Costa world resort, near fuengirola. An investigation into what happened is underway. The owners of the hotel have described it as a tragic accident. Helena wilkinson reports. This is gabriel diya, the 52 year old father who died trying to rescue his daughter. Here he is with nine year old comfort, on a family holiday when on Christmas Eve she got into difficulty in this Hotel Swimming Pool. Despite her fathers efforts, she also died, as did her 16 year old brother, praise emmanuel, who also tried to help. Postmortem examinations confirmed tha
Welcome to the program a huge blast has killed and injured dozens of people in somalia billons official says 76 have been killed and many more casualties are feared the car bomb blast in the capital mogadishu was now a security checkpoint during morning rush hour and some reports say as many as 90 may have died including turkish engineers that were working nearby tossers been following events for us from nairobi in neighboring kenya and that death toll is slowly rising and there were real fears it could be quite high. But we know that dozens of people theyve been killed and dozens of people have been injured and officials are saying that that number would likely rise because with such a huge explosion we know among those killed include some Somali Police up. And some civilians what happened was it happened at a security checkpoint in the Early Morning and people used this checkpoint to come in to mogadishu so it was very busy they were going to work we were told University Students are
Of a rare eclipse from the middle east to asia people have been marvelling at the ring of fire. Hello and welcome to world news today. Voting has now ended for the leadership of israels governing likud party which, for 20 years, Benjamin Netanyahu has led with an iron grip. Mr netanyahu and his rival made last minute appeals to likud members for their support. More than 100,000 Party Members were eligible to vote on whether the veteran Prime Minister should lead them into the next election. Barbara plett usher reports from jerusalem. The man who would be king. Gideon saar has issued the most serious challenge to the party in a decade. Translation i feel a great awakening on the ground. People understand that a change has to come today. With the help of god, together we will make that change today. He wants Party Members to vote for change because he says the Prime Minister failed to form a government after two general elections and has no chance of doing so in a third. There is a growi