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weekend of travel disruption. and britain braces for storm barbara with scotland expected to bear the brunt of 90 mile an hour winds and difficult travelling conditions. more now on the flight that has been hijacked. malta s prime ministerjoseph muscat said on twitter that security and emergency operations are standing by. reports say the airbus a320 of state owned afriqiyah airways has 118 people aboard. of state owned afriqiyah airways earlier i spoke to magda magri naudi, the deputy mayor for lija in malta. she gave the latest on what authorities there had heard. well, at the minute, oui’ newscasters have just issued an issue and an address from the prime minister. he said it is only a few minutes ago that he officially received a statement that a libyan airliner was landing in malta with hijackers on board. the situation was here all ready, but he is onlyjust receive the official news now. there is a meeting where a special committee are addressing the situation. ....
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 ....
a two and a half year deal replacing alan pa rdew. and the science of santa. if you ve always wondered how father christmas can travel so far injust one night, we ll hear from a science professor who can explain all. and nick has the festive forecast for us. good morning. storm barbara may be pulling away from the uk but it remains windy today, tomorrow and into boxing day. the latest on the blustery christmas forecast coming up. good morning. first, our main story. extensive railway engineering works are starting across britain today, with 200 different projects being carried out over the christmas break. passengers in london, manchester and cardiff are expected to be the hardest hit by the works, which may cause delays, diversions and cancellations. our reporter jane frances kelly is at ealing broadway station for us. there s a very good reason that you are there. explain why. good morning. yes. a lot of gw are passengers are going to have to come here because padding ....
demanding baby, woken up all hours and nick has the festive forecast for us. good morning. storm barbara may be pulling away from the uk, but it remains windy today, tomorrow, and into boxing day as well. the latest on the blustery christmas forecast coming up. good morning. first, our main story. extensive railway engineering works are starting across britain today, with 200 different projects being carried out over the christmas break. passengers in london, manchester and cardiff are expected to be the hardest hit by the work. one of the biggest stations in the capital, paddington, is closed, with passengers being told to go to ealing broadway. it s where our reporter jane frances kelly is for us this morning. good morning. it s going to be a good deal busier there than normal. yes, it is going to be busy. i have seen people turning up with quite heavy suitcases and that is because trains to paddington are terminating here. that is because paddington will be closed fo ....
translation: 14 votes in favour. voting that they had become a serious threat to a viable peace deal with the palestinians. it was that conviction which led the us to withhold its customary protection of israel at the council, although not without much soul searching. because there are important issues that are not sufficiently addressed in this resolution, and because the united states does not agree with every word in this text, that the united states did not vote in favour of the resolution. the israelis had managed to delay but not prevent the vote. they felt betrayed by their ally, especially angry about condemnation of their construction in occupied eastjerusalem. who gave you the right to issue such a decree, denying our eternal rights in jerusalem? israel has long pursued a policy of building jewish settlements on arab land captured during the 1967 war. it insists it has the legal right to do this, but most of the world disagrees, and the un resolution will make ....