we re prepared with europe for a swift and calibrated and great united response. also today, a new intelligence report from the uk says there is a plot to remove the government in ukraine and replace it with a pro-moscow puppet regime. a charge the russians are denying. all this comes as a new shipment of u.s. military aid arrived in ukraine this weekend that included ammunition which ukrainian troops could potentially use fighting on the front lines against invading forces. cnn s chief international correspondent clarissa ward is in ukraine. white house correspondent arlette saenz is in washington and also jill dougherty. she s also a former cnn moscow bureau chief. good to see all of you ladies. clarissa, you first. antony blinken s rhetoric may be getting tougher, but is that going to resonate at all in ukraine or moscow? well, it certainly resonates well in ukraine. after that sort of hiccup in the middle of the week where president biden had implied that potentially
after complaints of shortages. relieved and grateful the victims of ghislaine maxwell have been speaking after she was convicted of grooming girls to be abused byjeffery epstein her family say they can t accept the verdict. good morning. ending the so called loyalty premium. new rules means existing customers will pay the same price or car and home insurance as he once and it could save them billions over the next few years. manchester united ring out the year with a win. their unbeaten run under ralph rangnick continues with victory over burnley at old trafford. and with temperatures 15 degrees in parts of the uk, it is set to be the warmest temperature on record. more in 15 minutes. it s friday, the 31st of december. our main story. the prime minister has urged people to take a covid test before attending new year s eve parties this evening. no new restrictions have been introduced in england, but in scotland, wales and northern ireland tighter rules are now in place
european politicians introduce a raft of new covid restrictions as nations struggle to combat a coronavirus surge and vaccine hesitancy. president biden welcomes the verdict of a court in the state of georgia after three white men are found guilty of murdering a young black man, ahmaud arbery. # get back to where you once belong and the beatles are back. unseen footage of the most successful band of all time, is rescued from the vaults after almost 60 years. hello and welcome. the british prime minister borisjohnson and the french president, emanuel macron, have agreed to take urgent action to stop people smugglers after at least 27 migrants drowned in the channel while attempting to reach the uk. the two leaders spoke last night, hours after the dinghy sank. it s the deadliest incident since the channel between england and france became a major route for migrants. jon donnison reports. along the northern french coast the search for the missing went on long after da
train traveling from seat toll chicago. images of the scene show toppled cars and people gathered around the tracks. authorities say eight out of the ten cars were derailed. the crash happened in a remote area near joplin, montana. that is about 30 miles from the canadian border. let s goat cnn aviation and transportation correspondent pete munteen. a team of federal investigators headed to the scene to figure out what happened. what do we know so far about some of the condition surrounding this derailment? reporter: the big question is why did this happen? a tragic end to what was supposed to be a beautiful trip, only about half over. amtrak is deeply saddened three people died in this incident. 141 passengers on board and 16 crew, and amtrak now says passengers and crew were among the injured. this all happened about 4:00 p.m. mountain time on saturday. two locomotives, ten cars in all, about eight of those according amtrak derailed up from the original five that was
won t open next week, parents are asking why the warning was so last minute. it is a bit frustrating because it just seemed to be last second that they decided to say the building is not safe. this school in south london has been partially closed. i have two children, one of my children is in key stage two so her building is this one here which will be closed, and she will be relocated to another site about 20 minutes that way. my son is in year two so he will stay in the building that is still safe and usable. i will have a double drop off and pick up. the government says it is acting now because the guidance changed after a raac beam collapsed in a school last week. the beam had previously been thought safe. raac was used in public buildings from the 19505 to the mid 1990s because it was quicker to manufacture than traditional reinforced concrete and easier to install. as you can see, it is fairly lightweight and you can probably see the air bubbles through the concrete its