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this is bbc news. we ll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment but first our top stories. the england and tottenham footballing legend, jimmy greaves, has died. he was 81. the government says it s confident there s no risk to energy supplies for customers, amid soaring gas prices and warnings more businesses could go bust. sir ed davey says only the lib dems can deprive borisjohnson of a majority, at the next election, and he urges activisits to reach out to voters, in traditional tory heartlands. the presidents of france and america are to speak in the coming days to try to ease tensions caused by a new security pact involving the us, the uk and australia. the actorjohn challis, best known for playing boycie in only fools and horses has died, at the age of 79. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me is sian elvin, assistant news editor at metro.co.uk and iain anderson, who s executive chairman o ....
after a great night for all the home nations in world cup qualifying, england hit eight against north macedonia in serena wiegman s first game in charge. there were also wins for scotland, wales and northern ireland. and for many of us, today brings the mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers. but for some, a very different feel to proceedings or tomorrow. very different feel to proceedings ortomorrow. i ll very different feel to proceedings or tomorrow. i ll be back with all the details. it s saturday 18 september. our top story: holiday companies say they expect a surge in bookings after the government announced rules around international travel in england were being eased. the traffic light system has been replaced with a single red list, but there has been some concern that scrapping pcr tests for people who are double jabbed will impact the country s ability to monitor coronavirus variants. simonjones reports. half term holidays abroad look set to become simpler an ....
hello and welcome. wildfires in the american state of colorado have destroyed hundreds of homes and prompted the evacuation of 30,000 people in two towns north of denver. the national weather service described it as a life threatening situation and ordered the residents of louisville and superior to leave. here s the sheriff of boulder county, joe pelle, at an earlier news conference. it has been a harrowing day in boulder county with two significant fires fuelled by dry conditions and very high winds. we seem to have lost the sound forjoe pelle. we will try and get that later. christina sanjuan is a meterologist in colorado. she told me more about the situation on the ground. the latest update from officials have told us that they believe this fire was actually caused by a downed powerline. however, we have very strong wind gusts right now and the wind actually got up to about 110mph earlier this afternoon and it doesn t look to let up, really as we head into the overn ....
for the james webb space telescope as it starts to unfold its tennis court sized sunshield. a woman who gave key evidence in the trial of ghislaine maxwell has spoken publicly today saying she hopes the guilty verdict will bring some solace to other survivors. annie farmer the only witness to use her real name during testimony said the case demonstrated that no one was above the law. maxwell was found guilty yesterday by a jury in new york of grooming underage girls to be abused by her friend jeffrey epstein. her lawyers say they will appeal against the verdict. this report by our correspondent, aleem maqbool, contains some flashing images. good morning america. guilty. good morning guilty, i a long awaited verdict. the downfall of the british formersocialite, now a convicted sex trafficker, has been headline news here. and one of the four women brave enough to testify to put her behind bars, who was abused as a teenager, has been giving her reaction. ....
reporting on the cdc s decisions to relax guidelines as cases hit record numbers. plus, we ll have the renewed questions of what constitutes being fully vaccinated. good morning, welcome to morning joe, it s thursday, december 30th, i am willie geist, with us the host of way too early, jonathan lemire and susan docille. good morning, guys. first, the verdict of the trial of jeffery epstein s long time associate, ghislaine maxwell found guilty yesterday. reporter: the jury found maxwell guilty including five charges and sex trafficking of minors and carries 40 years behind bars. today justice has been done. reporter: prosecutors called two dozen witnesses. four women who say they were recruited and groomed and lured by maxwell when they were teenagers so they can be sexually abused by epstein. epstein was able to sexual abuse young girls because maxwell was the key to the whole operation. jurors were reminded that she lived with him for years and referred to th ....