head to greece, to help battle wildfires on evia, the country s second largest island. more questions for david cameron, after documents obtained by the bbc suggest he made around £7 million from the failed finance company greensill. scientists begin trials of an artificial intelligence system that may be able to diagnose dementia in a single day, rather than the many months it often currently takes. london s tower bridge has reopened to traffic overnight after becoming stuck due to a technical problem. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a woman from the us has filed a civil lawsuit in new york, accusing prince andrew of sexual abuse. in a statement, virginia roberts giuffre claims she was trafficked to the prince by the convicted paedophilejeffrey epstein, when she was 17. the duke of york has consistently denied the allegations. in november 2019, newsnight s emily maitlis spoke to prince andrew about ms giuffre s allegations. do you remembe
we start with the travel industry. it s been welcoming changes to the uk s covid travel rules which come into force on sunday. as you have been hearing france a major destination for british tourists is to be brought into line with other amber list countries. those coming from france to england, scotland and northern ireland will no longer need to quarantine, if they are fully vaccinated. seven europen countries including austria and germany willjoin the green list. and india and the united arab emirates are among those moving from red to amber. dfds which operates ferries between the uk and france is among the companies welcoming the changes. in terms of the amber plus rules, we saw a dipping in bookings. people were booking for the next few days and people who really had to travel. we saw a surge in booking when travel looked to be reopening. we know how many people visit our website and looking for prices. we expect that will pick up sharply and people will have more c
live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s 6am in the morning in singapore and 1am in the morning in lebanon, where a day of remembrance for the victims of the huge explosion in beirut s port a year ago has descended into violence. the deaths of more than 200 people were commemorated at a multi faith event in the shadow of the ruins where the blast happened. relatives of those who died observed a silence, and each of the victim s names was read out. but a little later, near the parliament building in the centre of beirut, angry crowds gathered to voice their frustration at what they see as a lack of accountability for the disaster and failures in government. security forces fired tear gas, and several fires were started. by nightfall, the situation had worsened. more tear gas was used, and police equipped with riot gear were trying to disperse the crowds. more than 50 peo
large swathes of southern and central states are hit by unprecedented snow and ice. yemen is one of the most dangerous places on the planet, its population suffering from a civil war that s lasted for six years. but the city of taiz is one of the most dangerous places to be a child. human rights workers say more than a50 children have been killed or wounded by houthi rebel sniperfire. the houthis deny it. taiz, in yemen s south west, is home to one of the longest running battles of the conflict. it s under virtual siege, divided between yemeni government forces, backed by a saudi led coalition, and the iranian backed houthis, who still control most of the population. our international correspondent orla guerin, cameraman goktay koraltan and producer claire read sent this report from the so called city of snipers . a warning, some of you may find the report distressing. in taiz, city of snipers, a family on the front line. ruwaydah saleh is eight years old. her big brother am