To help priced out renters find somewhere to live . In sport, theres no stopping liverpool as they hit five in europe against Sparta Prague including a stunner from in form darwin nunez. Including a stunner good morning. A good deal of dry weather on the cards today, some will say sunshine but they will be a cold easterly wind blowing. I will have all the details for today and for the weekend throughout the programme. Its friday the 8th of march. President joe biden has used his state of the Union Address to criticise donald trump his likely opponent in the election and to claim that freedom and democracy are under assault around the world. President biden also announced that the us military will construct a port in gaza to allow the delivery of more humanitarian aid to the territory. Tonight, im directing the us military to lead an Emergency Mission to establish a temporary pier in the mediterranean on the coast of gaza that can receive large shipments carrying food, water, medicine a
British armys top ira spy probably cost more lives did in the Northern Ireland troubles than he saved. During the Northern Ireland troubles. Hello, and welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. A brand new way of getting aid into gaza. A new maritime corridor should be up and running by the weekend. Lets take a look at a map and see how it will work. This maritime corridor will carry aid from cyprus, there at the top, across the sea into gaza. At the same time, the us has said it is going to be building a temporary port, a temporary pier, to help get more aid into gaza from the sea. There have been different attempts to try to get aid in air recently, but these are widely seen as a largely inefficient way of getting the amount of aid into gaza. Of course there have been crossings by trucks, especially around the rafah area, but this latest attempts to get aid in by sea, the eu as part of this arrangement and made this announcement in cyprus a li
Indias dominance on day two of the final test against england has given them a substantial lead as they look for their fourth win in the series. Good afternoon. A major independent report into stakeknife the british armys top agent inside the iras internal Security Unit has concluded that his work probably resulted in more lives being lost than saved. The seven year Investigation Called Operation Kenova examined the activities of Freddie Scappaticci during the troubles in Northern Ireland. Hes suspected of involvement in numerous murders. The Police Service of Northern Irelands Chief Constable called on the uk government to apologise to the families affected, and said the ira needs to acknowledge its actions. Sara girvinjoins us live from belfast. After seven yea rs, after seven years, nearly £40 million, and just over 200 pages, today we had the findings from 0peration Kenovas interim report and it has found an army agent operating at the heart of the ira during the 30 years of viole
Closed. all the schools, a lot of businesses as well. not because of what s already accumulated, obviously, but because of what s on the way. the skidding, the pileups, the bitter freezing cold and it s not over yet. monday s commutes were nasty. the snow and ice, snarling traffic on the ground and the air. drivers resorted to pushing their cars over slippery overpasses and bridges. the roads are in terrible shape, slippery and slidey. reporter: school closings were in seaside heights. i m panicking. it s coming into the condo. reporter: power lines covered in ice left thousands without power, putting utility crews out in full force, trying to restore service before the upcoming storm.