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attack and killing him in the early hours of this morning. this is bbc news with reeta chakra barti and chris rogers. the main suspect in the berlin lorry attack is shot dead in milan after opening fire on police officers during an id check. anis amri, who is a tunisian national, was killed in the early hours of the morning. one police officer was injured in the shootout. there is absolutely no doubt that the person who was killed is anis amri. 12 people were killed and dozens injured when a lorry drove into the christmas market in berlin. anis amri s fingerprints were found inside the truck. nephew have just nephew havejustjoined nephew have justjoined us, nephew havejustjoined us, let s bring you up to date with our breaking news. within the last hour, it has been confirmed that a man shot dead in the italian city of milan is anis amri suspected of killing 12 people when he smashed a lorry into a busy berlin christmas market. italian can to terror services say he pull ....
weekend of travel disruption. and britain braces for storm barbara with scotland expected to bear the brunt of 90 mile an hour winds and difficult travelling conditions. more now on the flight that has been hijacked. malta s prime ministerjoseph muscat said on twitter that security and emergency operations are standing by. reports say the airbus a320 of state owned afriqiyah airways has 118 people aboard. of state owned afriqiyah airways earlier i spoke to magda magri naudi, the deputy mayor for lija in malta. she gave the latest on what authorities there had heard. well, at the minute, oui’ newscasters have just issued an issue and an address from the prime minister. he said it is only a few minutes ago that he officially received a statement that a libyan airliner was landing in malta with hijackers on board. the situation was here all ready, but he is onlyjust receive the official news now. there is a meeting where a special committee are addressing the situation. ....
possibly, whenever an american leader speaks and isn t announcing policy, people hear what they want to hear. republicans will be like, we have heard it before. democrats will be saying, you were great. democrats were sitting there saying that because what their view is of what is to come is one of the biggest issues. barack obama s speech was always going to be about some of the enormous things he has accomplished in his time as residency. most notably of course being the first black president was a history making event presidency. there was a lot of focus on how well he has done, the fight against terrorism, the economy. there is no argument that of course, with the economy, there has been a huge turnaround, and such a change in eight years. and if we remember what he inherited, an economy on the verge of another great depression, and absolutely dire state. it is and just him that turned it around. it was a team effort. and the natural course of time turns things a ....
fans pay tribute to the former england and watford manager, graham taylor, who died on thursday. we ll have the details in sportsday at 5:30pm. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is warning gps they could face funding cuts, if they don t keep surgeries open for longer to meet demand from patients. the government says many people are going to hard pressed accident and emergency departments because they can t get gp appointments. doctors‘ leaders accuse the government of failing to address an nhs funding crisis. our political correspondent tom barton reports. waiting time targets missed. hospitals declaring major alerts. the news from the nhs last week wasn t good. now there s a suggestion from number ten that part of the cause is that family doctors just aren t open for long enough. a downing street spokesman said, it is increasingly clear that and so ministers are proposing withholding extra funding from gps who can t show they re offering app ....
our political correspondent tom barton reports. hospitals have faced a winter crisis like none before. unprecedented pressure in the new year, led almost half to declare a major alert doctors warning patient safety was being compromised. today the government said gp surgeries were partly at fault, failing to provide the access patients need, forcing them into accident & departments instead. the government wants surgeries to open from 8am until 8pm and open seven days a week unless they can prove there is no demand. they said they will withhold extra funding unless gps comply. i have worked as a nurse for many years in the nhs and i know every winter is difficult, but this winter in particular, i have seen the highest number ever attending a&e so we have to make best use of resources. funding is tight and if gps will not be open when the public need them to be open, the funding can be directed to other places in the nhs such as a&e. but gps say they are being made a scap ....