Perhaps a sign of declining support for me aljazeera pietermaritzburg south africa a yemeni official has told aljazeera that u. A. E. Forces and their separate us allies have given control of aidens airport to the saudi military its part of efforts to reach an agreement between the Yemeni Government and separatists in the south there are talks of giving separatist fighters roles in government as a way of uniting against the whole thing is in sun up. The European Union says reaching a breakfast deal this week remains possible but the chances are becoming increasingly slim lead negotiator Michel Barnier made the assessment during a meeting if you ministers in luxembourg on tuesday politicians in the u. K. And in brussels are trying to reach a deal by the end of the week as the october 31st deadline approaches the leaders will be meeting for a 2 day summit from thursday. Reaching an agreement. Obviously any agreement must work for everyone. Of the United Kingdom and the whole of the Europ
A marathon in under two hours, Kenyas Brigid Kosgei shatters Paula Radcliffes 16 year old world record, quick stepping up the leaderboard, well catch up with mike after his highest strictly score. Good morning from the wellington downs whether king street by getting ready for the procession later on at parliament. The weather is not looking so great. Rain and showers in the forecast today. We will see some dry conditions. More details in 15 minutes. Its monday the 14th of october. Our top story. The first queens speech of Boris Johnsons premiership will be unveiled today with promises to introduce tougher sentences for foreign offenders, tackle violent crime, and invest more in the nhs. But events in brussels could still overshadow the Prime Ministers parliamentary plans with significant work still to do in brexit labour has called todays speech an uncosted wish list, which the government has no intention of delivering. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley reports. Today, there wil
August. One of britains two most notorious paedophiles has been stabbed to death in prison. We have all the spot. Another big night of football. Gareth southgate is going to be looking for a big response from his england players. They were awful against the Czech Republic last friday. They can qualify for next summers euros. Looking at the weather. It is looking difficult here. We have some very wet weather this afternoon across england and wales. Particularly concerned with the south east of england and Eastern England as we had to the sea bed where we could see some torrential downpours as thunderstorms come packing in. If you are taking to the roads expect some problems. We could see some public transport disruption. Coming up, the offerand public transport disruption. Coming up, the offer and is believed to be british missing after an iis camp was overrun. They are and safe with aid workers in syria. This is afternoon light. I am simon mccoy. The queen in the last two hours has unv
energy bosses warn that the government s plan to cap the price of electricity produced by older renewable facilities is risky. hello and welcome to bbc news. ten people are now confirmed to have died, after a huge explosion at a petrol station in county donegal in ireland. a search operation is continuing, as some people are still thought to be missing. eight people were also taken to hospital. police say the cause remains under investigation, but are describing what happened as a tragic accident . the explosion happened at an applegreen service station, in the village of creeslough, yesterday afternoon. from there, our ireland correspondent chris page reports. a rescue effort has now become a recovery operation a sad sign that the emergency services don t expect to find anyone else alive. blown out walls, a crumpled roof, and tonnes of rubble showed this was a lethal explosion. the blast triggered a wave of devastation and desperation. local people hurried to what was lef