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[sirens] [applause] good evening to all of you. [applause] [applause] i am beginning to recognize the fact that nothing is true. nothing. it is all down to perception. my immediate family is gone, but that is life. it s the same thing with every family, that somebody will be left in the end. and this time in life i have fantastic memories, but everybody s memory is different so they re just my memories, you know? i know that morris and robin would ve had a different kind of memory. i remember barry saying that when they were going to be really famous. and we said oh yeah, he s a big brother, you know? we kind of saw ourselves as triplets, rather than me and maurice being twins. where the same polls growing up, then it became impossible to see each other as normal brothers. my night christmas there was an acoustic guitar at the end of my bed, and robin and morris started to collaborate and producing with me. we started doing gigs as a teenage act. ....
welcome to bbc news. the authorities in the philippines say more than 180 people have been killed in floods and landslides triggered by a major tropical storm. scores of people are missing and tens of thousands have been forced to leave their homes. the country s second largest island, mindanao, was worst affected. local officials say many residents had ignored warnings to leave vulnerable coastal areas. 0ur correspondent andy moore has the latest. clinging to the neck of his rescuer, a young boy is carried across the floodwaters. there was little sign of official help here, just villagers doing their best to rescue each other with fragile ropes. in a country used to devastating storms, this took many by surprise. the authorities said too many people had ignored warnings to leave coastal areas and river banks. many of the casualties were on the main southern island, mindanao. this man said houses were getting flooded but people couldn t escape, so they got caught in the ....
but a 70 mph in exposed areas right now. as that clears through, don t be lulled into a sense of security across the far north of scotland. here, the wind will strengthen even further. this is not the wildest weather that the north of scotland has ever experienced. let s put it into context. but it is enough to cause significant disruption, possibly some power outages with winds of 80 and possibly 90 mph, hence the amber warning from the met 0ffice. be prepared for storm barbara through this evening. gales blowing as we head into the early hours of christmas eve. it turns colder, sleet and snow down to quite low levels, a lot of snow for highland areas of scotland. quieter further south. but we will start christmas eve on a chilly note, wherever you are. there goes barbara. we are into a run of strong, westerly wind. chilly westerly wind through christmas eve. pledge of sunshine across southern areas. here, a brightand pledge of sunshine across southern areas. here, a b ....
as the christmas getaway combines with the end of the working week. and there are difficult travelling conditions and power cuts across parts of scotland as storm barbara starts to hit. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. we begin with the latest on the plane hijacking, the plane which was meant to land in libya but was hijacked and landed in malta. let s get the latest on what is happening. here are the shots we have from valletta airport, the maltese capital. we understand that it has now ended peacefully. our correspondent is with me and has been following developments throughout this afternoon. the most recent news is that the hijackers have surrendered? the prime minister of malta has tweeted that the hijackers have surrendered, have been searched and have been taken into custody. there has been a big question over this what is their motivation, and what requests did they have? was it met? there are different rumours but nothing yet verified. there was a sugg ....
being questioned over certain events. once this interrogation process is completed over the next few hours, arrangements will be made to send the passengers and crew members back to libya with another aircraft. i would like to thank all those involved in the successful resolution of this crisis, namely the commander of the armed forces of malta, who was our chief negotiator. i will take a number of questions. we were clear that we were not willing to negotiate unless there was surrender. until now, they have made no demands. obviously, they are not ina made no demands. obviously, they are not in a position now to make demands, but we were clear that we we re demands, but we were clear that we were not negotiating. so far, no, there have been no requests for political asylum. the commander confirmed to me that during his negotiations, the maltese government s position was crystal clear, so no demands were made. in the last few minutes, noda no demand has been made. th ....