Equipment to try to find 8 people missing in california since the devastating mudslides on tuesday. 17 people are known to have died when a torrent of mud carrying boulders the size of cars smashed through the town of montecito. At least 500 homes have been damaged or destroyed. Turn around the flash floods right there, the flash floods right there get out of here, go this was the moment it began. Oh, my god, mom and then panic. It was a million miles an hour, in slow motion, if that makes sense. I clicked into survival gear, survival mode. Wake dad up every second, its just roaring and banging against the house, and the most vicious, violent sounds youve ever heard. Montecito is onlyjust beginning to grasp the scale of the disaster which will bear its name. For this idyllic little town ofjust 9,000 people, recovery will be long and hard. People walk their dogs through here, theres trails, my kids have grown up riding their bikes. Noelle strogoff fled with her three children just befor
Just emerged and been confirmed. President trump has cancelled his planned visit to london in february. The bbcs north america editor says british sources have expressed disappointment. President trump would have been in london for the opening of the new us embassy. But its understood that he felt the building at nine elms in london was a legacy of obama and he didnt want to have anything to do with it. The building is over budget and over time. British sources say other options are being looked at later in the year. It looks likely there may have been large scale it looks likely there may have been la rge scale protests. Our north america editor understands that plans had been made for him to see the queen for lunch at Buckingham Palace on the first day of his visit. None of that of course will now happen. Rescuers are using helicopters, search dogs and thermal Imaging Equipment to try to find eight people missing in california since the devastating mudslides on tuesday. 17 people are
Coming up in the next sixty minutes signs of progress after months of deadlock in talks to form a new grand Coalition Government in germany but more hurdles remain. President donald trump is expected to decide on the u. S. Position on the Iran Nuclear Deal an agreement still firmly backed by the e. U. And russia also this hour more violent protests in tunisia over the governments austerity measures more than three hundred people arrested last. One hundred thomas floating through a jungle in Papua New Guinea but ill be explaining how rainforests like this have been decimated i would just the last seven years on the profits. Of someone from abroad. Thank you for joining us and to months of Political Uncertainty in germany looks like its on the horizon with significant progress made in talks to form a Coalition Government politicians say an agreement spain reached to move forward with negotiations between chancellor Angela Merkels Christian Democratic Union and the social democrats the pa
To bbc world news. President trump is embroiled in a row about whether hes a racist after being forced to deny making derogatory remarks, including the use of an expletive, about african countries. Hes been accused of making the comments in the white house, during a meeting about his plans to overhaul the immigration system. A democratic senator, who sat next to mr trump, insists the president did use the phrase, repeatedly. The African Union is demanding an apology, and a un spokesperson has accused the president of making racist comments. From washington, nick bryant reports. This is a great and important day to Martin Luther king. The forces of American History seemed to collide at the white house today. Donald trump signing a proclamation in honour of the civil rights leader, Martin Luther king, at the moment he stands accused of using a slur directed at african nations. Here though he stuck to his script. Today we celebrate doctor king for standing up for that self evident truth a
The mistaken alert triggered paddick among many hawaiians who scramble to find shelter the Emergency Management agency there to confirm it was a false alarm Patty Culhane looks at how the mistake happened. U. S. President donald trump and north koreas leader kim jong un have been trading claims about who has the Bigger Nuclear button so you might expect the u. S. State of hawaii in the middle of the pacific would be on edge i was the first place theyre going to drop a bomb its crazy you know living here its awesome but the same time you know feeling you know like secure all the time that might explain why when this alert was sent out to every cell phone on the island people panicked the warning a Ballistic Missile was coming seek shelter this is not a drill so people just are its starting around time to get into that room so there was a sense of oh girls are eating and some kids are crying and nobody really knew what to do people on twitter found out about ten minutes later from emerge