down. video circulating online showing smoke rising near the plant, where authorities today confirmed a fire. president biden speaking to president zelenskyy, voicing concerns, and what experts fear about the possibility of a reactor meltdown. britt clennett on the ground in ukraine. the flash flood threat moves east. millions on alert in the deep south. from eastern texas to the florida panhandle. parts of mississippi and alabama seeing two to three inches of rain per hour. a day after record-breaking downpours turned roads into rivers. forcing evacuations from an assisted living facility in mississippi. trevor ault in the storm zone. rob marciano timing it all out. a major move on climate change by california. banning the sale of new cars powered only by gas by 2035. the first state in the nation to do so. is this the beginning of the end for the combustion engine? the fallout from the firing of the controversial uvalde school police chief. pete arredondo now fighting
showing smoke rising near the plant, where authorities today confirmed a fire. president biden speaking to president zelenskyy, voicing concerns, and what experts fear about the possibility of a reactor meltdown. britt clennett on the ground in ukraine. the flash flood threat moves east. millions on alert in the deep south. from eastern texas to the florida panhandle. parts of mississippi and alabama seeing two to three inches of rain per hour. a day after record-breaking downpours turned roads into rivers. forcing evacuations from an assisted living facility in mississippi. trevor ault in the storm zone. rob marciano timing it all out. a major move on climate change by california. banning the sale of new cars powered only by gas by 2035. the first state in the nation to do so. is this the beginning of the end for the combustion engine? the fallout from the firing of the controversial uvalde school police chief. pete air don know now fighting his termination. john quino
Officially, in a few hours, a north korean official, whos under international sanctions, has been allowed by the Un Security Council to travel there. Choe hwi will be attending with the sister of north koreas ruler her presence is seen as a significant diplomatic move in itself. The hope is that all this could help reduce tensions on the peninsula. Well, not so much of a thaw quite yet, on thursday pyongyang put on a massive parade, a show of military might and missiles. The bbcs Stephen Mcdonnell is in pyeongchang. Imean, you i mean, you can imagine the excitement in pyeongchang, after all these years of reparations, finally it is Opening Ceremony day and that means we are going to have elite athletes competing in these mountains and, of course, this hugely significant geopolitical clash playing out in the games. We heard that president moonjae in will be hosting a Cocktail Party with vips. The american Vice President p is there. And lets introduce you to kim jong uns sister, how are
Remembering the life and work of sir terry pratchett. A new exhibition that shows where he created his fantasy discworld. Ed sheeran and stormzy among those battling it out to win this years prestigious Mercury Prize, well be live at the ceremony coming up in sportsday on bbc news Arsenals Europa League match against cologne at the emirates is delayed with 20,000 german fans in london, but only 3,000 have tickets. Good evening. Exactly three months after a fire devastated grenfell tower, in west london, killing at least 80 people, the Public Inquiry has opened with a minutes silence for those who died. The retired judge heading the inquiry, sir martin moore bick, described the blaze as a tragedy unprecedented in modern times, as he promised to get to the truth. He said the inquiry would examine the cause of the fire and how it spread. It will look at whether the design, construction and refurbishment of the tower block complied with building regulations, as well as the response of the
Without advance notice, and was a provocative action that raised regional tensions. South koreas military said the missile was launched towards the east, from sunan near the north korean capital pyongyang. It flew 3700 kilometres over the island of hokkaido and crashed into the Pacific Ocean about 2000 kilometres east of cape erimo. The Un Security Council is to meet in emergency session later on friday to discuss the crisis. This is the First Response from south north korea since the latest round of sanctions. The south Korean Military has estimated that it travelled 3700 kilometres across japan and into the Pacific Ocean. Here in seoul the national Security Council is meeting as we speak and there has again been global condemnation of north korea. Certainly in this part of the world. For example, the japanese Prime Minister has said that his country will never tolerate these types of provocations. The us secretary of state has said that this will further increase north koreas isolati