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a huge night ahead, as the 70th edition of sports personality of the year is held here in salford. whose name will follow beth mead s on that coveted trophy? good on that coveted trophy? morning. a wet start acro: england good morning. a wet start across england and wales. match range slowly clearing south east through the course of the day leaving brightest guys behind with a few showers. it will be wintry on the tops of their heels in scotland. the hills in scotland. it s tuesday the 19th of december. we start this morning with some extraordinary pictures. after weeks of intense earthquakes, a large volcano has erupted in south west iceland. the met office says huge quantities of lava are now spewing out of a two mile crack near the fishing town of grindavik, which was evacuated last month. louisa pilbeam reports. it s a breathtaking sight. the volcanic eruptions on the reykjanes peninsula transformed iceland s night sky. 0ne witness took this video, as they were driven ....
the government of switzerland says that the country s biggest bank, ubs, has taken over its troubled rival credit suisse in an emergency measure designed to protect the swiss economy. credit suisse has seen its value plummet over the last week due to fears about the company s financial health. regulators in switzerland had spent the day trying to pave the way for a deal to be struck before the financial markets open tomorrow. here s the swiss president alain berset speaking at a press conference earlier. on friday, the liquidity outflows and market volatility showed that it was no longer possible to restore the necessary confidence, and that a swift and stabilising solution was absolutely necessary. this solution is the takeover of credit suisse by ubs. it is supported by the federal council following several meetings with the swiss national bank, with our regulator, with credit suisse and ubs. the federal council welcomes the takeover and is supporting it by guaran ....
people sing classical music # hallelujah #. it s very bad. # hallelujah #. the weekend is just around the corner, let s see how the weather is looking for most of us it s not looking for most of us it s not looking bad at all. we have plenty of dry weather on the way with a few sunny spells but it s going to be chilly. high pressure is set to establish itself across the uk and will stick around, not just establish itself across the uk and will stick around, notjust over the weekend but for most of next week. so here are the details and starting with the satellite picture from earlier on this morning it actually was quite bright in some areas but then the cloud came and we ve seen this weather front, a weak weather front across the country, it did produce a bit of rain but the skies are starting to break across the western and north western areas. the temperatures are about 9 12 which is above the average for the time of the year, but it feels quite a bit colder because ....
Well have to wait until the effects of Climate Change become really tangible before the world recognises that it needs to take action. I think weve got to that point. Even back at the start of this year, the problem that weighed most heavily on ukraines president zelensky was will his western allies stay the course . I remember how frank he was about the need for ukraines counteroffensive to go well. Well, it certainly hasnt gone badly but its never produced the major victory that ukraine needed and that its supporters prayed for. Explosion now, hungary is deeply sceptical about backing ukraine. An openly pro russian politician has just topped the poll in the elections in slovakia. The polish government, with an election coming up, has chosen to criticise ukraine. And most serious of all, the political infighting in washington means that its hugely valuable aid to ukraine cant be funded as before at least for the time being. So, w ....