welcome to bbc news. police in australia say they ve foiled an islamist inspired plot to bring down an aircraft with an improvised device. the prime minister, malcolm turnbull, said the plot appeared to be elaborate , rather than planned by a lone wolf. phil mercer reports. investigators in australia say they had information about a plot to blow up an aircraft involving the use of an improvised device. four men have been detained following raids across sydney by heavily armed police and members of australia s domestic spy agency. it is reported the operation was not planned, but a rapid response to a tip off. the prime minister, malcolm turnbull, said the authorities have foiled what appears to be an elaborate conspiracy. i can report last night that there has been a majorjoint counterterrorism operation to disrupt a terrorist plot to bring down an aeroplane. the operation is continuing. four people have been arrested and a considerable amount of material seized by police. u
with every day that passes right now, it is becoming clearer that scotland s voice cannot and is not able to be heard within the uk on this question. we will have the latest on this landmark ruling and the reaction to it. in other news: president trump meets us car makers and tells them to keep manufacturing on american soil. the widow of a man killed in the tunisia terror attack tells an inquest how she played dead as the gunman killed 38 people. # city of stars, are you shining just me. and la la land tops the oscars race with a record equalling 14 nominations including best picture. it s five o clock. our main story is that ministers will present a parliamentary bill within days to start the process of leaving the european union following a ruling by the supreme court. the judges decided that ministers did not have the right to trigger the process of leaving without the approval of parliament. labour says it will not block the brexit process, it wants what it calls a mea
wednesday 25th january. welcome to bbc newsroom live. president trump has promised a significant day ahead on national security, including an announcement about his plans for a wall on the mexican border. he tweeted: big day planned on national security tomorrow. among many other things, we will build the wall! building a 2,000 mile wall along the mexican border was one of trump s key election promises. he s said the wall would cost $8 billion and will be up to a0 feet high. the new president is also expected to approve immigration restrictions on seven mostly muslim countries in the middle east and africa: iraq, iran, libya, somalia, sudan, syria, and yemen. and trump wants to make all us cities co operate to deport illegal immigrants a move aimed at so called sanctuary cities like san francisco, where local police do not help with most deportations. our washington correspondent david willis has more. we re going to have our borders nice and strong. we re going to buil
13 degrees. overnight tonight the wind picks up and we see cloudy skies spreading across much of the country. with that we could have some hill fog across the tops of the pennines and some drizzle falling. another cold night for england and wales and even some frost possible in scotland but northern ireland stays frost free. the coldest temperatures again in the countryside, a possible minus six degrees in the north of scotland. on thursday we begin with a lot of cloud again, thick enough for some drizzle. and brightening up through the day but the brisk wind drag in some cold continental air. that will make the weather feel below freezing in places. heading on into friday, a su btle in places. heading on into friday, a subtle change in way the wind is coming from. starting to come up from the bay of this guy so mild direction. and eventually across western and southern areas we should see temperatures rising. some rain in the west. they ve biscay. up to 10 degrees towards
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has backed down in the commons after pressure to publish the government s plans on how the uk will leave the european union. theresa may now says the government will publish a formal white paper on brexit for parliament s scrutiny. it will be separate from the legislation mps will vote on, which will trigger the process of leaving the eu. here s our political correspondent, carole walker. off to the house of commons. are you war worried. yesterday the supreme court ruled against the prime minister, forcing her to consult parliament before starting brexit negotiations. that was not enough for some mps, who complained about a lack of vision in the government s plans. questions to the prime minister. today, she sought to seize the initiative. i can confirm our plan will be set out in a white paper. a white paper formally setting out the government s approach was a central demand of the opposition and the labour leader st