on public health grounds. a british woman is missing in tonga after being washed away in the tsunami which hit the island. the amount of damage it s caused is still unclear. coming up the travel show at 8.30. the team s in paris to find out about its competing bids for unesco world heritage status. the family of the briton who s been identified as the man who took four people hostage at a synagogue in texas have confirmed that he has died in the incident. malik faisal akram, who came from blackburn, was named as the hostage taker by the fbi earlier this evening. according to federal law enforcement officials, he was 44 and arrived in the us about two weeks ago. his family said they were devastated, didn t condone any of his actions and apologised to those involved. all four hostages were freed unharmed after a ten hour stand off between the assailant and police. here, counter terror policing north west has confirmed that it s helping the us authorities with the investigatio
but i think he s done a lot - of good things as well. also tonight. the australian open is about to begin without the defending men s champion. novak djokovic has been deported from australia after losing his bid to stop his visa being cancelled. serbia says he s the victim of a witch hunt. the culture secretary says the bbc licence fee will be abolished in five years time. how our roads are becoming more dangerous, as the number of dedicated traffic police declines. and another batting collapse as the ashes end with england losing the fifth test. good evening. the labour leader accused the prime minister today of presiding over industrial scale partying in downing street and of breaking the law. sir keir starmer said there was no need to wait for the report into a series of alleged rule breaking events. the conservative party chairman says this is not a resigning matter for borisjohnson, but that the culture in no 10 should be addressed. here s our political correspondent
live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 5pm in dallas, where a man who took four people hostage at a synagogue and held them for ten hours has been identified by the fbi as ali year old british citizen malik faisal akram. the four hostages were freed by police the hostage taker died at the scene. us presidentjoe biden has called the siege an act of terror . the family of the hostage taker in the uk have released a statement saying they do not condone any of his actions and they apologise to all the victims involved. sophie long has this report from texas. this is the moment the three final hostages ran for their lives, more than ten hours after their ordeal began. a successful but nonetheless terrifying end to the delicate day long operation involving negotiators and heavily armed police. negotiators and heavily the man, now identified as malik faisal akram, a 44 year old british citizen originally from lancashire,
calling out sick. we have the business. we don t have the staff. and so that s really frustrating. and there s new clients that want to come in that we have to turn away. and in chicago, families are caught in the middle, trying to plan their lives as the standoff over covid safety protocols heats up between teachers and the country s third largest school district. and it s a showdown between one of tennis biggest stars and the home of one of its biggest events. all because of covid regulations. as novak djokovic s lawyers try to argue that he should be allowed to play in australia. a hearing just hours away. there was a ton of either miscommunication or people being misled purposefully. and at the center of this is the number one tennis player in the world. a very good morning to you on this sunday, january 9th. i m cory coffin in for lindsey reiser. let s break it all down. we re going to begin in this new week with the party that controls the white house in both
i was always very slowly to, we re in very faction. it everybody was suspect. then, a break. tips from other women who had been targeted to. he wanted to get me in there, and i didn t budge. all of the bills we re going. off i jumped in my car and took off. i felt i dodged a bullet. the who was frightening, but the why, much worse. in my wildest dreams, i never imagined that something like this could even exist. he had a motive. yes we. did it was afternoon of november 15th, austin texas, 4 pm. there was something ominous in the air. suddenly, the smell of it. the similar storm coming. something big. they did tell us on the news, if you don t have to go out tonight, don t, because we are going to get relentless. rains and in the sky overhead turned dark, like midnight in the afternoon. and when, it gets a bit like that it s pitch black you have fear for tornadoes. sure enough, so the announcers on tv. twisters has been spotted, headed towards par