and local authorities have declared an emergency. grindavik lies about a0 kilometres from iceland s capital, reykjavik. charlie rose has the latest on this for us. in the dark icelandic winter, liquid rock spews angrily into the night sky. residents here have been told to flee these apocalyptic scenes. as the fishing town of grindavik, their home, slowly becomes a living hell. translation: we were just at home, and unlike before, we did construction workers just managed to save their trucks from this fresh onslaught. translation: we were just at home, and unlike before, we did what we were told this time. but i m flabbergasted that an eruption is possible under the town. it s something i can t believe. with temperatures reaching up to 1000 degrees celsius or more, this merciless lava is wiping out everything in its path. what is maybe more serious is the location. this is closer to grindavik and lava is flowing towards grindavik then that is a pretty serious situation. th
about a kilometre long. the fissure. it is happening closer to the town than a similar eruption last month. a number of people who d returned to grindavik have been evacuated. the local authorities have declared an emergency in the area. grindavik lies some forty kilometres from iceland s capital, reykjavik. authorities have said that there is no impact on flights going in and out of recce of, the international airport. with more on this let s speak to our reporter meghan owen who is following the story. some dramatic pictures we are seeing from iceland. some dramatic pictures we are seeing from iceland- from iceland. dramatic pictures. those night-time from iceland. dramatic pictures. those night-time pictures - from iceland. dramatic pictures. those night-time pictures were | those night time pictures were dramatic enough but as the sun has started to rise is we have seen how close that ladder is to the town of grindavik. the coastguard was sent with a helicopter in t
area. with more on this let s speak to our reporter meghan owen who is follwing in the story. dramatic pictures coming in. against that dark night sky backdrop we saw a couple of hours ago, that was dramatic. ~ . a couple of hours ago, that was dramatic a couple of hours ago, that was dramatic. ~ . , ., , dramatic. what we re seeing now is how close is dramatic. what we re seeing now is how close is to dramatic. what we re seeing now is how close is to the dramatic. what we re seeing now is how close is to the north dramatic. what we re seeing now is how close is to the north and - dramatic. what we re seeing now is how close is to the north and the i how close is to the north and the most northern houses of the fishing town. it has been spewing since atm this morning, around 100 residents were evacuated overnight. not many are staying there because the whole town was evacuated during november and december. but there are already some start differences about this
work for ronnie o sullivan to do to get back into this masters final. he trails ali carter at ally pally. and things are hotting up in the nfl playoffs, even if the weather s doing precisely the opposite, as the chiefs progress to the next round. welcome along. a busy sportsday coming up for you this sunday. all the news to come from the opening day of the australian open, but first let s bring you up to date on the day s football. at old trafford, its just finished between manchester united and tottenham. all the details of that to come. but lets start with the early game, where aston villa missed the chance to jump back above manchester city, and into second place in the premier league, after they were held to a goalless draw by everton at goodison park. it was villa boss unai emery s first 0 0 in the premier league in nearly 100 matches in charge, an indication of how free flowing his side have been. villa thought they had the lead in the 18th minute, courtesy of alex more
would take charge of rebuilding the territory. neighbouring egypt would also have an unspecified role to play in the plan. and the document adds that as gaza residents are palestinian, therefore palestinian bodies will be in charge, with the condition that there will be no hostile actions or threats against the state of israel. fighting in gaza continued alongside the plan s publication, with dozens of people killed in the past 2a hours, according to the hamas run health ministry. us secretary of state antony blinken is due back in the region this week. he is expected to meet with palestinian and israeli officials. that visit comes after a top hamas leader was killed in an explosion in a suburb of beirut on tuesday. thousands of people attended the funeral of saleh al arouri in the lebanese capital on thursday. crowds carried banners with his picture and waved palestinian and hamas flags through the streets. hezbollah, a powerful paramilitary and political group in lebanon, b