this time, it s much closer to the fishing town of grindavik. people living nearby have already left the area and local authorities have declared an emergency. jessica parker has this report. this was a worst case scenario that s now unfolding in front of the world s eyes. a wave of molten rock is carving its way into what was a thriving fishing town. grindavik s been evacuated, again, but abandoned homes and businesses lie in the path of an overwhelming natural force. this, it appears, was the first house to fall. translation: while this is a bit surreal to watch your family - homejust disappear, i m still realising what s happening. trucks building defensive barriers against the lava suddenly found it surging towards them. fiery liquid burst out into the open on sunday morning. another fissure then tore up through the earth. tonight, iceland s president addressed the nation. translation: today is| a black day for grindavik and a black day for iceland. but the sun will rise
white house is expected to brief shortly and will likely face a lot of questions about hunter biden s art dealer who is right now speaking behind closed doors. that is happening with lawmakers today. the deposition before the house oversight committee is part of a larger investigation into the biden family business dealings. john: they came to hear from the soho gallerist, who has featured things from the first son in at least two shows. we will ask what was learned today coming up. this indictment of the administration s attitude toward public disclosure and toward full transparency. there s just a lot we need to know and frankly, there s a lot that our enemies are noticing about our lackadaisical attitude toward the chain of command. i can t find anyone to tell me what was wrong and how ill he was. was he sedated, was he under was he unconscious. sandra: key questions at this hour as just a short time from flou we will now we will hear from pat ryder, the first br
but a complicated answer, i suspect. who s winning? clive murray, there, presenting the news at ten from ukraine, where he was all last week. the weary response of mike mckinnon. well, we asked bbc news, not for the first time, why it was felt necessary to send news presenters off on location in that way. they told us. do let us know your thoughts on anything we re covering in this programme or on any aspect of bbc news. there will be details of how to contact us at the end of the programme. you have already been letting us know your views on our new studio, as invited, and here are a couple of comments about, well, this sofa. first, john telfer. and irene mackinnon wondered. we can reassurejohn that this is actually a different, though admittedly rather similar sofa to that used for breakfast. and in answer to irene, i am very much hoping to have some guests to share it with in the coming weeks, and besides, several other bbc programmes use the studio as well. now, for a lon
than 200 million people learned weather warnings with temperatures dropping to 45 celsius in some places. china continues to grapple with major covid 19 outbreaks following the lifting of restrictions in to bring questions about the governments official death tally. and george: who was part of england s 1966 world cup winning england s1966 world cup winning team has died aged 83. more and support later in the bulletin. we ll tell you what you need to know about travelling ahead of christmas day. clashes have erupted after a fatal shooting at a kurdish centre. three people were killed in the incident and three others injured. possible racist motive is being investigated and when angry demonstrators gathered in the tenth near the kurdish centre. some carrying banners and pushing towards a line of police, projectiles were thrown and right please respond with tear gas. the clashes began shortly after the interior minister spoke to the media at the scene. he said the 69 year old