Almost as high as the devastating floods of 2015. Other headlines love island will air for the first time tonight following the death of its former host Caroline Flack. Hundreds of americans are on their way home after being quarantined on a coronavirus hit cruise ship off japan, raising questions over whether the british passengers will be taken off too. Amazon is forced to withdraw unsafe car seats from its website after a bbc investigation multiple noncompliant products for sale. A leading Cancer Charity launches a campaign to ban sunbeds in england. And coming up in sport former Manchester United goalkeeper harry gregg, who survived the 1958 munich air crash, has died at the age of 87. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. Communities around britain are facing another day of flooding and travel chaos as storm dennis continues to batter the country. Almost 300 flood warnings are in place including five severe warnings in worcestershire, shropshire, and herefordshire, whi
From his limousine to a prison van, from the red carpets of hollywood to the notorious Rikers Island jail in new york, a me too message, especially to men of power that wealth and menace offer no immunity from prosecution. Nick bryant, bbc news, new york. A member of the British Armed forces is understood to have been killed in rocket attacks on a military base in iraq. It it has been confirmed that a member of the British Armed forces has been killed. A us official confirmed that two americans were also killed in the attacks which were launched on camp taji near baghdad this evening. Taji is where uk, us and other Coalition Nations have been training Iraqi Security forces. Prime minister Boris Johnson Prime Minister borisjohnson called the attack deplorable. In tonights Champions League, holders liverpool have been up against Atletico Madrid for a place in the quarterfinals. It went into extra time. Natalie pirks was watching. Their own league in spain might have gone into lockdown bu
Billions of pounds, what ever it needs, what ever it costs, we stand behind our nhs. The disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is sentenced to 23 years in prison by a judge in new york, after being convicted last month of Sexual Assault and rape. The coronaVirus Outbreak has been declared a pandemic. Heres the who earlier. We are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alarming levels ofan severity and by the alarming levels of an action. We have therefore made the assessment that covid i9 can be characterised as a pandemic. This is the first pandemic caused by a coronavirus. And we have never before seen a pandemic that can be controlled at the same time. You will see coverage on the bbc news website of this announcement. There are various definitions of pandemic the bbc says the term describes a disease that is spreading in multiple countries around the world at the same time. But what does this change in categorisation mean . Heres the bbcs ph
The National Trust has described the find as astonishing. What further secrets will it now reveal . Jon kay, bbc news, salisbury plain. Time for a look at the weather. Thats with tomasz schafernaker. Loveit love it or loathe it, a heatwave is on the way this week and temperatures, at least across england, are expected to widely reach 30 celsius by wednesday. And you can imagine, the heat coming from the south and spreading across much of europe, notjust us but many other countries will be feeling the heat and the hot air will also reach scandinavia where in the last couple of weeks temperatures have been very high, approaching 30 degrees. Talking of the northern climes, this is not the only area in the far north where we have been experiencing high temperatures. All the way across the other side of the globe in siberia recently, temperatures have got up to 38 celsius, making it a record, within the arctic circle, these extreme temperatures. Its not completely unprecedented to get high
Normal things they do day to day. Probably because they are thinking about where the next meal is going to come from for their kids. China cancels more than 1,000 flights into and out of beijing as a spike in virus cases continues. New zealands Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, puts the military in charge of quarantine facilities after two british women who were allowed out early later tested positive. Its the day football fans have been waiting for the premier league is back after a 100 day absence because of the pandemic. And having fun at a social distance how leisure and cultural attractions are working to be covid secure for when they re open. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Hello and welcome to bbc news. The World Health Organisation has hailed the discovery of a potential treatment for coronavirus as a lifesaving scientific breakthrough. A cheap and widely available