Calm after the storm, lucy . It certainly is. A quieter day on the cards. But there are heavy showers to look out for. Ill have more of the detail also on extreme weather temperatures across the globe. Also, water on tap plans to set up thousands of free water refill points in a bid to cut the number of plastic bottles that we use. Hello everyone, this is afternoon live. Im simon parole board coy. Just a couple of hours ago in a bbc interview theresa may said the uks relationship with the United States was as strong as it ever has been and right now, shell be finding out if thats true as she talks to donald trump for the First Time Since their transatlantic twitter spat over extremism. Theyre both in davos in switzerland for the World Economic forum. Shes just finished a speech there telling her audience that britain is at the forefront of Digital Business and ai. She also told the Big Tech Companies to clean up their act. We need to go further, she said, to prevent the spread of harmf
President assad is getting control over syria. This is the culmination of this dreadful civil war that has been taking place since march 2011. Seven years. They still have the kurdish part in northern syria, is is in retreat, other rebels are in retreat, but the brutality has been terrible. Women and children amongst the casualties. It is awful to read. There is a report in the independent about some of the injuries to children. The picture on the front of the guardian is traffic enough. Apparently some of the images coming out of syria are too horrible to print. The front page of the independent on the same story. Massacre in syria. Another very dramatic front page. Somebody racing away from another explosion with a child in his arms. People probably do not want to read any more about this. There is a fatigue about this. But it is important that we do Pay Attention to this. I do not know what can be done. The civil war has been going on for so long that if the west could have interven
Ive got new rules, i count em. And dua lipa the 22 year old whose career began on youtube is now leading the way at the brit awards tomorrow. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. Why barcelona have chelsea manager Antonio Conte awake at night as the two sides prepare to meet in the last 16 of the Champions League. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Oxfam has revealed that its investigating 26 more cases of alleged Sexual Misconduct after it emerged that some of its former staff had paid women for sex in haiti when they were dealing with the aftermath of the earthquake in 2010. Bosses from the charity were questioned by mps in the commons today. They said the scandal had prompted 7000 people to stop making regular donations to oxfam. 0ur Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale reports. In 2010, haiti was flooded with aid workers, most there to help the country workers, most there to help the cou ntry recover workers, most there to help the country recover from the earthq
Airguns. And they can leave cats maimed, or even dead. What pleasure can anyone possibly get from going out, and shooting an animal . I cant believe that someone would actually physically do it, you know, attack someone elses pet. I want to find out what compels anyone to shoot a cat. And what can be done to stop it. Georgie people just see you as a cat, but youre mummys special baby boy, arent you . This is george the cat at home near gloucester, after spending the last week in intensive care. George went out on boxing day morning, for his usual runaround. After about 15 minutes, he came back in, he was crying quite a lot. When he didnt improve, his owner, helen, took him to the vet. They gave him a shave, and thats when they saw that he had been injured. Reseller, has he been bitten by something . They said, its a pellet. So, the vet tells you your cats been shot . We werejust gobsmacked, we were like, sorry . It was just. It was such a shock, we just couldnt believe it. George had a
Mecca for Technology Innovators and aficionados. A destination where the cult of geek reigns supreme. Everyones got that billion dollar idea here and Everyone Wants to save the world. The ethos of nothings impossible runs in the veins and twitter feeds of every twentysomething zuckerberg wannabe. Now Silicon Valley is taking on lifes biggest challenge, death. Dave lee has been looking at how Silicon Valley is trying to help us all live longer. This will be my last mealfor 36 hours. Like a growing number of people in Silicon Valley, im about to try fasting, something some here believe could contribute to extending our lifespan. My advice to you, just sleep in really late so you dont have to deal with it Kristen Brown is a biotechnology journalist. She tells me living longer is becoming something of an obsession for many techies. We do tend to see people notjust thinking of their body as a machine but talking about it metaphorically as a machine. Are they actually making any progress . I