Christiano ronaldo has been named the worlds best player. He pips messi and neymar to the ballon dor. And the winner is. Coventry a night of celebration for the city, after its awarded the next uk city of culture. And snow has been falling overnight. Warnings of disruption later in the day. Carol has the full forecast. Snow has been falling in the north and west of the uk and in the midlands. That will continue through today. Some snow showers getting into eastern areas and there is ice to watch out for first thing. A cold day as well and windy, but not as windy as yesterday. A full forecast in15 windy as yesterday. A full forecast in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Theresa may has just arrived in brussels after intense negotiations which continued throughout the night to try to break the deadlock over the irish border in brexit negotiations. We can talk now to our Political Correspondent chris mason whos in westminster. You are really where the story began ina you are
Im bex, and im nearly 24. Im actually 23. But i do not like odd numbers because they bring bad luck. So i am nearly 24. I love cats. I have got bipolar as well. And borderline personality disorder. I forgot about that then. It is quite a long list, actually, what i have been diagnosed with. We will just stick to the two. Well, it is three, actually, because i have ocd as well. That is an odd number, hang on. I started off always overweight from being a young child. When i got to about 16, when i was going to college, i decided to lose some weight. It just sort of snuck up on you. It is not like one day i woke up and i thought, im an anorexic. But i suppose i started getting the thoughts that it was out of control when i realised that i couldnt eat without feeling guilty. I couldnt eat without the compulsive need to exercise. I hit rock bottom on the 20th of november 2016. And i will remember that date, because it was the day i went to sleep and it was the first time that i felt that i
Good evening. Lets bring you more on one of our main stories that tougher restrictions have been imposed in bolton in Greater Manchester after a sharp rise in coronavirus cases there the town now has the uks highest infection rate. Restaurants, pubs and cafes have been told they can only do takeaways from today and they must close by 10pm. The rise in cases across the country is being largely driven by a big increase in cases among 18 to 30 year olds. It comes amid a continuing rise in new cases and a jump the latest government figures show there were 2,460 new confirmed coronavirus cases reported across Great Britain in the latest 24 hour period. That means the average number of new cases reported per day in the past week was 2,199. 32 deaths were also reported of people whod died within 28 days of a positive covid 19 test. That means on average, in the past week, 12 deaths were announced every day. That takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 41,586. Our Health Edito
Welcome to bbc news, im simon pusey. Our top stories President Trump defends the killing of irans top military commander in an airstrike. The us says general Qasem Soleimani was actively plotting an attack, and their decision saved hundreds of american lives. We took action last night to stop a war. We did not take action to start a war. As iran vows revenge, tens of thousands of iranians take to the streets in protest. In other news safe at last, relief as the Australian Navy rescues a thousand people whod been trapped on the coast by bush fires. Iran has vowed severe revenge against the United States after the killing of Iranian Military commander Qasem Soleimani. He was blown up outside Baghdad Airport in the early hours of friday morning, on the orders of President Trump. Us Officials Say the general had been plotting to kill americans in the region. Iranian leaders have called the killing an act of International Terrorism. The pentagon is sending an extra three and a half thousand
Today at 5pm, us troops kill a top iranian general in an air strike a major escalation in tensions between the United States and iran. Qasem soleimani was irans most powerful military commander, and tehrans strategic mastermind. He was killed as his convoy left Baghdad Airport. Iran has promised what it calls harsh vengeance for his death. President trump said Qasem Soleimani was planning attacks to kill or injure thousands of americans in the middle east. The President Trumps decision to remove Qasem Soleimani from the battlefield saved american lives. There is no doubt about that. He was actively plotting in the region to take action, some big actions he described that would have put dozens if not hundreds of american lives at risk. We will be analysing what this attack could mean for the future of the middle east. The other stories on bbc news at 5pm. Relief for around a thousand people as Australian Naval ships rescue them from the countrys bush fires. A judge rules that ethical ve