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to and from the uk to be operated by the airline have been cancelled. at 10:00 we will be here with a full round up of the day s news. first, our world: the hunt for the superyachts. for years, many russian billionaires enjoyed lavish lifestyles in the west. they bought the most sought after villas and holidayed on their beloved superyachts. but with russia s invasion of ukraine, theirfairytale came to an abrupt end. western sanctions sparked a game of cat and mouse between some of the world s most powerful nations and some of russia s richest men. there was a real frenzy around the world between democracies to see who could sanction the most people the most quickly, who could sanction the biggest yacht. we got stopped because this is a big, blue, easily visible, high profile target. for the first time, the head of the us kleptocapture task force reveals how they caught a superyacht. we saw it scrambling out of waters where we would normally be able to seize it. securit ....
good morning. it is a fairly cloudy start for money. some drizzle in the west, some heavier rain in scotland. that will push north eastwards through the day, with brighter skies in central and eastern areas. details later in the programme. good morning. it s thursday, 2nd february. british gas is facing an investigation after using debt collectors to break into the homes of vulnerable people and forcibly fit pre payment energy meters. the tactic which results in someone s heating being cut off if they don t have the cash to top up their meter is only supposed to be used in homes where there are no young children, pensioners or other vulnerable people. but an undercover reporter from the times newspaper found the meters were being fitted in homes which should be protected. aru na iyengar reports. hello? british gas, your gas supplier. we re here with a court warrant. can you please open the door? otherwise we will have to open it for you. this is the exciting bit. i ....
the uk s prime minister, rishi sunak, is flying to san diego for talks on defence with the us and australian leaders. it s understood they ll discuss ways of dealing with any security threats posed by china in the asia pacific region at the meeting of the aukus group. coming up is sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday here on bbc news. ireland are on for the grand slam in the six nations, overpowering scotland at murrayfield. another test passed with flying colours for arsenal, who restore the five point advantage at the top with victory at fulham. and england collapse in bangladesh the hosts taking the t20 series with a match to spare. also coming up on sportsday. cameron norrie s in third round action as the brits march on at indian wells. and the chase is on can tommy fleetwood catch the leaders at the players in florida, the pga s flagship event? set hello there. will come along to sportsday on bbc news. ireland proved just why they re the world s number one ....
for most parts of the uk, with temperatures well on into double figures. now, overnight tonight, outbreaks of rain develop and move across the country. it s going to be quite a windy night as well. the winds coming in from a south westerly direction. for most of us, it s mild with temperatures into double figures, but cold for the far north of scotland, where there ll be a bit of frost and a few icy patches around for monday morning. monday, the worst of the rain clears through. it ll be followed by a day of sunny spells and blustery showers. very windy, though, gusts running into the 50s miles an hour for england and wales. so gales developing quite widely. temperatures for the most part still into double figures, but it s getting colder in scotland. and here we ll see more hill snow developing through monday, some accumulating snow above 200 metres elevation, some of the higher hills, you could see 5 to 10 centimetres. and then through monday night, as the colder air ....
hello, welcome to the programme. the white house says there is no evidence a cyberattack was behind the computer glitch that led to the grounding of every domestic flight this morning that was not already in the air. it caused huge disruption across the united states, with thousands of delays, as the federal aviation authority attempted to reboot it. the problem was discovered within the notice to air missions system. known as notam. it alerts pilots to important safety information that could affect the flight. closed runways, hazards around airfields, air shows, parachute jumps that sort of thing. the faa said flights that were already in the air were able to land as normal. not the same system that tracks aircraft in the sky and keeps them from colliding. but it has never happened before, and so an urgent investigation is under way. now that the system is up - and running our primary focus is to determine that root cause and i have directed the faa to figure out - exactly ....