various small are towns scattered across the reykjanes peninsula. the town of volga is just north of the eruption, and the plumes of fire are very visible during night time. the eruptions glow could also be seen from the capital reykjavik, which is only a 45 minutes drive from the eruption site. by the autumn of 2023, southwest iceland was experiencing increasing earthquake activity. come november, emergency precautions commenced. this is grindavik, the small town in iceland, which has been evacuated over fears of a volcanic eruption. thousands of tremors have rocked the region in the last few days, like this one. you need to stay tough in these situations and that part is pretty much exhausting. there s no relaxing now. translation: this is| a very strange feeling. i ve been tearful. it s been a long 2a hours. even though it s been a very difficult time, it s heart warming to see the solidarity in times like this. this is an unprecedented situation. since the 25th of octobe
iam in i am in stroud, where it is snowing. it may not be real but it is probably as close as many of us will get to a white christmas. a cloudy and damp day, murky in the west, rain crossing the north of the country. tonight and tomorrow the wind becomes a feature. details later. good morning. it s wednesday, the 20th of december. junior doctors in england are about to start a three day strike in a dispute over pay. they ll walk out from seven o clock this morning, after five weeks of negotiations failed to reach an agreement. this time of year is traditionally one of the nhs s most busy periods. our health correspondent sharon barbour has the details. hospitals across england, already struggling with the pressures that winter brings, are bracing themselves, as tens of thousands ofjunior doctors walk out for three days. whose nhs? our nhs! dr greenhaus, a surgical registrar. he s already qualified to undertake major knee and hip surgery. every time that i go and see a patien
tuesdays vote was delayed. nearly 20,000 people are now reported to have been killed in gaza. 240 were taken hostage when hamas attacked israel on the 7th of october. we mentioned the un security council. the text has just been released of a draft resolution on the wall. it is going to be put to the un security council in a few hours time. it is all about the wording. the draft is very long, but the keys section talks about extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the gaza strip for a sufficient number of days to enable full rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access. it remains to be seen if this wedding will be accepted to the knighted states. an extended humanitarian pause, and corridors throughout the gaza strip. no mention of a ceasefire, do you think that means it will be acceptable to the united states? nice to be with you. like based on the language that you have just read out, one would hope that because the word ceasefire is no longer in this curre
newsroom, i m jim acosta in washington. good evening. we re following some breaking news out of florida right now, during the busy holiday shopping season, law enforcement officials say multiple people were injured at a mall in 0 call that, north of orlando. the mall is being evacuated, but add there is no longer a threat in the area, and that the suspect has fled the scene. moments ago, police holding a news conference, said one person was killed in this shooting, one person was seriously injured in this shooting. and they say at this point, the shooting appears to be a targeted act of violence. we are closely following this story, we ll bring you any new developments that come in throughout the evening, so, stay with us, but in the meantime, just want to reiterate, police just held a news conference in ocala, florida, they are seeing one dead, one injured as a result of a shooting at this mall. of course, this very busy holiday shopping season taking place across the count
just days before ballot papers arrive with tory members, rishi sunak and liz truss set out new promises on health and education. the chair of the public inquiry investigating the post office scandal has called for the process of compensation for victims to be sped up. now on bbc news, it s the film review. hello, and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. and taking us through this week s cinema releases is, as ever, mark kermode hi, mark. so we have an interesting week. we have thirteen lives, which is a real life rescue drama. ..we have dc league of super pets i mean, pretty much does what it says on the tin. ..and fire of love, a volcanic love story. quite a mixture. yes, so let s start with thirteen lives. this is a dramatisation by the director ron howard of the thai cave rescue of 2018, about which there was a documentary recently that we discussed. yes, not that long ago. that s right. ajuniorfootball team and their coach, 13 of them trapped in a cave