Southern ukraine following the collapse of the dam yesterday. Ukraine and russia are accusing each other of being responsible for blowing it up in an act of wartime sabotage. A romanian wartime sabotage. A romanian people trafficker has been jailed for his part in an operation to smuggle dozens of afghan nationals into the uk. Inside a coffin sized wooden boxes, Adrian Constantin was extradited back to the uk to stand trial after fleeing the country. He was sentenced to country. He was sentenced to three years and two months in prison at Birmingham Crown court today, after pleading guilty to conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration , 35 afghans, immigration, 35 afghans, including children as young as two and a person with physical disabilities , were screwed into disabilities, were screwed into purple built hides and smuggled into the uk in the back of vans. And lastly, pope francis is recovering from a three hour long operation on an abdominal hernia. The vatican said there hernia. T
Lots of showers, some of which will be wintry. We have is turning colder. This band of rain staggering its way eastwards. Behind it more of us its way eastwards. Behind it more of us getting into brighter skies. Wintry have a high ground in scotla nd wintry have a high ground in scotland and there is temperatures actually coming down as the afternoon goes on. To this evening the rain pushes into the far south east but look at lv showers racing in. Heavy with hail and thunder. Some of the showers will be wintry and some snow mixing into relatively low levels. The new week sta rts relatively low levels. The new week starts on a chilly note with some snow and ice for some but certainly not all of us. Turns briefly dry amid then milder again and unsettled towards the end of the week. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines the death toll from the coronavirus in china rises to 56 officials warn the spread of the virus is accelerating and the country faces a grave situation. It seems that the
Of more patients at the biggest hospital in west england. Southmead in bristol is already thought to use the most robotics in the nhs. Now its teaming up with the bristol robotics laboratory, at the university of the west of engand. Matthew hill went to see how they work. These tablets shouldnt be taken on an empty stomach. Meet pepper, the latest in a long line of robots designed at the university of the west of england. Pepper is programmed to make sure that patients are taking the right medication. With an ageing population, the gap between the care required and the carers available is going to get wider and wider, so thats why academics here are looking to intelligent robots like pepper, working alongside Smart Sensors in peoples homes, even social robots, to try to fill that care gap. Hi, its tim from Southmead Hospital. How are you today . Surgeons here are now working with uwe on a mobile two way video screen to allow doctors to communicate with patients who have just been disch
From the tip of cornwall, through wales and western parts of scotland. Through the course of the day, that weather front will reach other areas, so a weather front will reach other areas, so a wet first half of the day for some of us, but sunshine in the second half of the day, for example in liverpool. The other way round in the east. Only 5 degrees in the lowlands of scotland and around 10 degrees in london. Hello. This is bbc news with geetha guru murthy. The headlines the death toll from the coronavirus rises to 41 authorities in china struggle to contain the outbreak as millions travel for the lunar new year. The virus has now spread to europe the French Health minister confirms three cases in france. At least 21 people have been killed and more than 1,000 injured in a powerful earthquake in eastern turkey. A charity Offering Mental Health support to military veterans says it cant take on new cases because of a funding crisis. Now on bbc news, the travel show goes to San Sebastian
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