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good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. after weeks of intense earthquake activity in the south west of iceland, this volcano finally erupted late last night. the length of the crack you can see here is more than two miles long. the eruption is close to the fishing town of grindavik, which was evacuated last month, though so far the lava seems to be flowing away from it. for now, the eruption is not expected to halt international air travel as it did in 2010. our correspondent nick beake joins us from near the town of vogar at the edge of the exclusion zone now. sophie, it s absolutely freezing here, but you can see that the volcano tonight is illuminated, and all through the day, we got a glimpse of the power of this force of nature. as you say, there is no immediate risk to life. that is certainly what the authorities are saying here today, and the direction of the lava seems to be moving away from the built up areas, but certainly they are not taking anythin ....
a huge night ahead, as the 70th edition of sports personality of the year is held here in salford. whose name will follow beth mead s on that coveted trophy? good on that coveted trophy? morning. a wet start acro: england good morning. a wet start across england and wales. match range slowly clearing south east through the course of the day leaving brightest guys behind with a few showers. it will be wintry on the tops of their heels in scotland. the hills in scotland. it s tuesday the 19th of december. we start this morning with some extraordinary pictures. after weeks of intense earthquakes, a large volcano has erupted in south west iceland. the met office says huge quantities of lava are now spewing out of a two mile crack near the fishing town of grindavik, which was evacuated last month. louisa pilbeam reports. it s a breathtaking sight. the volcanic eruptions on the reykjanes peninsula transformed iceland s night sky. 0ne witness took this video, as they were driven ....
of a volcanic eruption. and a royal gun salute to mark the 75th birthday of king charles. some breaking news about the actor and comedian russell brand. the bbc has set a total of five complaints have been made about his behaviour while he hosted radio shows between 2006 and 2008. two of these complaints have been made in the last two months, that is since a review of his time at the bbc was launched and it is understood those complaints relate to his workplace conduct and are not of a serious sexual nature. the other three were made before he was publicly accused in september of rape and sexual assault. he denies those allegations. 0ne relates to a previously reported allegation of misconduct first made in 2019 while on bbc premises in los angeles in 2008 in the final two allegations a list of incidences. peterjohnson is looking into russell brand s behaviour at the time and weather managers knew about any allegations and what action they took. earlier this year, the ....
prime minister after the brexit referendum. other notable changes include a new health secretary, victoria atkins, and a new party chairman, richard holden, who takes overfrom greg hands. earlier richard holden had this to say. i think there s two points he was making there. one, you can see with people like me from the north of england being promoted, people like laura trott from the south of england being promoted as well. you re seeing a broad coalition of people, that broad church of the conservative party, being refreshed. but i think there are some things, this is one of the points the prime minister made in that speech in manchester, was that there are some things the conservative party has done very well over the last 13 years, which is delivered real transformation for life chances for people. and one of those, which i know was a major driver of david cameron s time in government, was around education. we saw two thirds of kids attending good or outstanding sch ....
hello, i m lucy hockings. welcome to bbc news now. the head of gaza s biggest hospital says nearly 180 people are being buried in a mass grave there after it ran out of fuel. fighting between the israeli military and hamas continues around the al shifa hospital. that s prompted growing international concern, with president biden saying he wants less intrusive action . medical staff at al shifa say the lives of 36 premature babies are hanging in the balance. this is an image of some made public by the hospital on sunday. it said they had been placed on a bed after the fuel ran out to power the generators to keep their incubators going. their current condition is not known, although a hospital spokesperson on monday said three of the original 39 babies had died. israel insists it is only targeting hamas, and that their command centre is in tunnels beneath the hospital. it has also released these images, which it says are of incubators which it is offering to supply to ....