Helped foil a terror attack. Russian agents raided a flat allegedly used as a base to plan an attack on the kazan cathedral in St Petersburg. The officers seized explosives and weapons. Seven people were detained on charges of being members of so called Islamic State. The suspects were reportedly planning to carry out a Suicide Attack at the kazan cathedral in St Petersburg on saturday. President putin has thanked the us for its help. The bbcs david willis has more from washington. He says this isnt the only recent call between the leaders. It appears to be a telephone conversation, the second between these two leaders in the space ofjust three days, in which Vladimir Putin thanked donald trump and asked him to convey russias thanks to the cia and to its intelligence officials for the information that was needed to foil this attempted attack, or alleged attempted attack, on St Petersburg, on the cathedral there, an iconic cathedral, and other parts of the city which are known to be of
Hands on the award. I didnt imagine i was ever going to win this. Come so close in 2012, but i guess anything can happen. Also in sport rain delays australias hopes of regaining the ashes, but bairstow has gone this morning, and the aussies now need just five more england wickets to reclaim the urn. Good morning from this cream cracker factory in liverpool. Uk shoppers are predicted to spend over £4 billion on groceries this week, so it is the start of the busiest week of the year for Food Retailers and manufacturers. Im live at this cracker factory in liverpool to find out how they cope. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Well, it is a frosty start to the new working week but mostly dry and sunny day to day. On the move, for that could be a big problem. I will tell you why in 15 minutes. Detectives in lebanon are examining the possibility that a British Embassy worker whose body was found bya Embassy Worker whose body was found by a motorway was sexually assaulted. It is underst
Risk anyway. We will hear from those who use steroids and those who sell them. There are those who abuse steroids and it damages their help. Thats their choice. Damages their health. The full newsbeat report before ten. And senior government ministers are meeting in half an hour or so to discuss in detail for the first time what the uks future relationship with the eu should be. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11. It is christmas week throughout the programme this morning well bring you the latest breaking news and developing stories. A little later well hear from liam allan the 22 year old student whose rape trial collapsed after detectives failed to disclose vital evidence to the defence. Hes told this programme he wants an apology from police and the cps. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Theresa may is due to meet he
In the third test in perth. Massive win. Good morning. Its monday 18th december. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A review into building regulations following the Grenfell Tower fire says there should be a culture change to ensure that safety is prioritised over cost. Dame Judith Hackitt, who is carrying the review for the government, makes a series of recommendations to simplify the rules and change the way they are overseen. In her first report out this morning, she also says regulations are confusing and open to interpretation. The interim report tells us that what we have in place today is a system which has evolved over a number of years. It is overly complex and that complexity does not lead to it being as effective as it needs to be. What sort of things specifically are we talking about . Were talking about a system where there is too much prescription, where there is a very heavily layered system of guidance currently, which is not helpful in terms of leading pe
Police out in force to try and stop the referendum happening. Gavin lee oui the referendum happening. Gavin lee our correspondent is at a polling station, gavin, what is the story . Then, what i find fascinating, one of the polling stations that shouldnt be a polling station, the government and police saying they will remove ballot papers, babel, here, a suburb of barcelona, middle class, suburban district, people coming out in their hundreds, possibly 1000 year, queueing since 6am this morning. The ballot boxes broaden on the back of motorbikes and hourago, broaden on the back of motorbikes and hour ago, huge broaden on the back of motorbikes and hourago, huge cheer broaden on the back of motorbikes and hour ago, huge cheer went up, here is for discovering on. Here the police came at 6am, took some names of volu nteers police came at 6am, took some names of volunteers organising this particular community centre, they walked away but they have come back and have since said alert boxes