Smartphones. Now on bbc news. The travel show. Im toby carr, and over the next year, im going to kayak in all of the areas of the Shipping Forecast. Now, the Shipping Forecast, issued by the met office on behalf of the maritime and coastguard agency, at 0015 on tuesday, the 11th ofjanuary. Around every corner. There s something new. Gps seems to. Be switching around where it says it is. Its kind of funny, ive been charging around this bit of sea a bit like a mad person. I thought it was a brilliant adventure that he was going on. But once i started seeing some of his reports of the faroe islands, i suddenly thought, this is actually quite scary. What hes doing is probably quite dangerous. Wind gusts the winds gone a bit crazy. The sea is mental. Probably be about six metre high waves. It looks maybe more than that. There are warnings of gales in viking, north utsira, south utsira, forties. The Shipping Forecast in the uk is the worlds first storm warning system. Southeasterly seven to
Where it says it is. It s kind of funny, i ve been charging around this bit of sea a bit like a mad person. I thought it was a brilliant adventure that he was going on. But once i started seeing some of his reports of the faroe islands, i suddenly thought, this is actually quite scary. What he s doing is probably quite dangerous. Wind gusts the winds gone a bit crazy. The sea is mental. Probably be about six metre high waves. It looks maybe more than that. There are warnings of gales in viking, north utsira, south utsira, forties. . . The shipping forecast in the uk is the world s first storm warning system. . . Southeasterly seven to severe gale nine. . . It covers an area from the south coast of iceland and mid atlantic in the west, to the danish coast in the east, right down to the north coast of africa. The funny thing about the shipping forecast is that i think so few people understand its actual meaning or relevance, but so many people love it and enjoy listening to it. Whilst i
High Profile Member of the group to be killed in the current conflict. Israel says the targeted strikes killed around ten hezbollah military commanders. The lebanese Health Ministry says 14 people were killed and more than 60 injured. Hezbollah, has called the killing of Mr Aqil a crime, and said israel will pay the price. It all comes after a week of deadly attacks in lebanon, including exploding communications devices, which killed at least 37 people and injured thousands. At a special meeting of the un Security Council on friday, the uns political Affairs Chief said there was a serious risk of a further escalation but if things continue as they are, well see conflagration that could dwarf even the Devastation And Suffering witnessed so far. Its not too late to avoid such folly. There is still room for diplomacy which must be used without delay. 0ur Correspondent 0rla guerin has been following the latest on those strikes In Beirut. Explosion. This footage captures the moment of the
right thing to do, and the right thing for the country to help it beat inflation. arrests continue in afghanistan as protests persist against the new ban by the taliban on women and girls attending universities. police in pakistan say at least two people, including a police officer, have been killed in a suicide blast in the capital, islamabad. china insists it has its current covid outbreak under control reporting fewer than 4,000 new cases and no deaths for the third day running. but forecasters warn the true number could be as much asi million, with 5,000 deaths a day. a fierce arctic winter storm has triggered emergency alerts across large parts of the united states, and forced the cancellation of more than 2,000 flights. forecasters say the cold snap could bring the coldest christmas in decades. presidentjoe biden has encouraged everyone to heed warnings and bring forward christmas travel plans where possible. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. this is
official handover today. hello and welcome to the programme. the fire department in the us city of memphis has sacked three people in connection with the fatal police beating of tyre nichols earlier this month. an investigation found two paramedics and a driver failed to provide mr nichols with adequate care. five police officers have been charged with second degree murder. two others have been suspended. a number of premature s have been held in multiple cities across america. community leaders and locals coming together to honour the life of tyre nicholls. our north america correspondent david willisjoins me now. more and more individuals now having to take the committee for what happened that night? the circle of punishment is widening in regard to the death of tyre nicholls, that s for sure and today it was announced that two more police officers from the memphis force have been disciplined in regards to their allegedly involvement in their allegedly involvement in the in