Declaration of independence. Frenzied reaction to prince harry and Meghan Markles plans to separate themselves from royal duties and spend their time in north america. Its thursday, january 9th, 2020. We begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Iran appears to be standing down which is a good thing for all parties concerned. The president threatens new sanctions against iran. Lawmakers were briefed on the strike that killed irans general. There was not evidence presented of imminent attack. Disaster for the administrations position. Democrats fall right in line. They are in love with terrorists. Investigation continues into the cause of a plane crash in iran. Iranian officials are refusing to share the flight recorder with investigators. This is a heartbreaking tragedy. Puerto rico is still recovering after a powerful earthquake. Magnitude 6. 4 quake knocked out the islands biggest power plant. Deadly wildfires continue to rage in australia. The death toll f
Dancing on ice, is to feature a same sex couple as contestants when it starts its latest series this evening. The steps singer Ian H Watkins is teaming up with professional dancer matt evers. Our correspondent lizo mzimba reports. Dancing on ice is one of tvs most popular shows, often producing memorable moments of all different kinds. Ian h watkins and matt evers have been rehearsing for weeks and when the programme returns tomorrow night, theyll be the first same sex couple seen competing on a prime time british show like this. Its about time. If we had Something Like this when we were children, maybe i wouldnt have felt so isolated. I wouldnt have run away from home. You know, in everyday life we see gay couples and we see same sex couples. So it should be no different with what we are trying to do. It something that has already been embraced in other countries on similar shows. Israels dancing with the stars featured a same sex celebrity couple back in 2009. Last months strictly he
At the world darts championship. We have had more rain on already saturated ground. Plenty of Flood Warning and plenty of mist and fog. Essentially, a day of sunshine and showers. More detail on that in the next half hour. Its sunday the 22nd of december. Our top story the authorities in australia are warning people its still not safe to return to areas devastated by wild fires, even where the flames appear to have been extinguished. The countrys Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, who was criticised for going on holiday during the crisis, has now conceded that Climate Change could be have contributed to the fires. Our sydney correspondent, Shaimaa Khaliljoins us now from balmoral in New South Wales. Good morning. We can see behind you, these fires still have a hold on the countryside . Good morning. Balmoral has been one of the worst hit villages from saturdays fires and many people have been told it is still extremely dangerous for them to come back and you can see why. Just behind me, l
We pulled it off. We broke the deadlock, we ended the gridlock, we smashed the road block. The Prime Minister is now inside number 10 having pledged to earn the support of people who in his words may have lent him their vote. An awful night for labour losing 59 seats many of them in places the party has held for decades. Jeremy corbyn said the results were very disappointing. I want to also make it clear that i will not lead the party in any future general Election Campaign. I will discuss with our party, to ensure there is a process now of reflection. Borisjohnson pledges to work day and night to retain the support of labour voters who deserted Jeremy Corbyn as labour suffered its worst defeat since the dark days of michael foot. Jo liberal democrat leader jo swinson has quit after she loses her own seat to the snp and the party fails to improve its position at westminster. For millions of people in our country, these results will bring dread and dismay and people are looking for hope
Obviously, this is a verdict which we will respect, in charge and i think, going forward, who do you trust . I know, and we respect the judicial process. John, you have very strong opinions on this today. What do you make of i have to say, i strongly disagree the ruling . It is concerning that with what the justices have found. The ruling . It is concerning that the Prime Minister has felt like he i dont think that its right. Can get away with something so clearly unlawful. It is good it has and i invite borisjohnson, been proven unlawful. Because i get in the historic words, to consider his position. Parliament has its opinions, that cheering may be something that the prime mp5 will now return minister is getting in the way of to Parliament Tomorrow morning the process of brexit, but silencing at 11 30am and get back to work. Them is not the way about it, especially when you preach i have instructed the house democracy, which i get as an authorities to prepare not for the recall the p