And they was chatty, and they played a game of darts. And more than 70 years later, it turns out that Norton Disney truly is disneyland. Colin paterson, bbc news, lincolnshire. Lets see if there is a fairy tale with the weather. Heres sarah keith lucas. It was crisp and pretty this morning with the frost and it was scarves and gloves, but i think we will swap them for the wellies and the waterproofs later in the week. Fine and fairly quiet out there for the next couple of days, but a week of two halves. From midweek onwards, it turns increasingly windy with heavy rain. In fact, turns increasingly windy with heavy rain. Infact, we turns increasingly windy with heavy rain. In fact, we have had the second storm of the season named by the met office. You can see it on the met office. You can see it on the Satellite Image not far from the canary islands. Store babette, sweeping northwards, crossing the Bay Of Biscay and heading to the uk and bringing wet and windy conditions. Met by another
Alshabab ambush here. Im [ inaudible ] with the sport, including. [ applause ] athletics governing body chooses its new president as it grapples to restore its image in the wake of doping allegations. We are going to start this news hour in turkey. There has been an explosion in istanbul. Eight soldiers were killed on the boarder of the country, and the president is now talking about the country swiftly heading towards early elections. Lets go to Bernard Smith who is our correspondent live in istanbul. So many things going on at the moment, bernard. And always a political background to it. Tie it all together, if you will. Reporter first of all, we have had eight turkish soldiers killed this afternoon in a bomb explosion in southeastern turkey. One of the biggest losses of life the Turkish Military has suffered in the recent campaign against the pkk. The soldiers were in a patrol that hit a roadside bomb that seemed to be detonated remotely. And in istanbul a couple of shots were shot
Refugee family making the precarious crossing from turkey to the greek islands. Well have all the days sport including. [applause] the new president as the sports struggles in its wake of doping allegations. Hello, we start this news hour in yemen. A country described by the u. N. s Children Agency one of the most terrifying places in the world to be a child. In the latest alert unicef say that children are dying every day. Those who survive live in constant fear of being killed. Since the war escalated in march, 398 children have died, and 605 have been injured. Children are also being forced to fight in the war with unicef confirming that 377 have been recruited as child soldiers. Children are going hungry with 1. 8 million expected to suffer malnutrition. The worlds food program said that a fifth of yemens population is severely food insecure, and fending on urgent help to survive. Once their playground these streets are now a battleground. For the children of yemen, war means being
Including i cant save athletics on my own. He is saddened by the doping claims surrounding his sport as he prepares for the World Championships in beijing. Europe is facing its biggest refugee crisis since the second word war. From the English Channel to the aid dree attic sea, they are grappling with challenges. Macedonia has declared a state of emergency on its border with greece. It will allow it to deal with the thousands of people crossing into the country on their way north. Germany says it expected to receive a record 800,000 people this year. Britain and france have agreed tougher security measures at the port of calais, including more police and higher fences. 5,000 people are living in appalling conditions in makeshift camps. Lets go live to julie mcdonald, our correspondent who has been following developments today. First of all tell us about this agreement that has been long and coming, hasnt it, between britain and france as the interior ministers got together today. Tell
Plus. Im in kuala lumpur where an ancient river is getting a new leash on life. Fears of a slow down in the worlds second biggest economy china are continuing to spook markets across the globe and shares plunged across asia and europe and currency is also falling. Chinas shanghai complex went down 8 wiping out the entire gains for the year and its the biggest oneday fall in years and beijing deployed the billion dollar fund to pump up the market with 400 billion of assets to buy stocks failed to stop the decline, from malaysia to brazil oil and commonty exporting nations have seen their currencies hit multiyear lows and as chinas economy slows its not importing the Raw Materials to power its factories and sent the bloomberg Commodity Index to its lowest level since 1998 and neglect in crude sent Oil Prices Tumbling to 44. 55 a barrel, the lowest since march of 2009 and more from adrian brown in beijing. Reporter the share shell off began within minutes of the Shanghai Stock Exchange op