laura bicker, bbc news, beijing. money and food, very important they are.rector of public affairs at hungrypanda. thank you so much forjoining us. many people will be having reunion dinner is tonight. can you tell us about some of the commonly featured dishes and what they symbolise? £31 dishes and what they symbolise? of course. you know, in china, and lunar new year is all about delicious food and family reunion. the most important and symbolic dish that i can think of is definitely dumplings, especially in the northern part of china. the dumpling is shaped like the chinese... therefore it resembles wealth and prosperity that we long for in the new year. the pronunciation of dumpling sounds very similar to the translation of new year replacing the old year. at 12 o'clock at midnight, meaning the better is coming. so that's definitely the number one dish every chinese table during the lunar new year. another thing that i think is very important is a fish dish, on new year dinner table because in china, the word fish sounds similar to surplus, abundance, wh

laura bicker, bbc news, beijing. the lunar new year there in china.an see, the volcano, which is its second eruption since this year. those are pretty spectacular pictures there. good pictures to leave you there. that is all for me. matthew will take you through the next three hours. do stay with us here on bbc news. thanks forjoining me. the weather has been so unpleasant for many of us today. heavy rain, a dismal picture out there and of course we have had snow across the hills of northern ireland and it's been snowing in northern parts of wales, northern england as well and into southern scotland. this is the radarfrom earlier on. come not exclusively. we have a wet covering of snow on lower ground as well but let's focus on the amber warnings from the met office which is valid from this afternoon across northern parts of wales and into this evening across the pennines so some of the higher roots could get as much as 25 centimetres of snow, the trans pennine routes can be tricky so take it steady during the rush hour. on top of that we have strong

laura bicker, bbc news, beijing. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello there.h colder feeling airfurther north. there was some snow, particularly over the peak district and over the pennines too — here's hebden bridge in west yorkshire. most of the snow came over the high ground. but misty, mild conditions further south. plenty of heavy rain, too. you can see that on the radar picturejust piling into the south of england and south wales earlier on through the night. lots of flood alerts in place here. there's the snowfall further north, most of it over the high ground, but some of the snow towards the south just turning back to sleet and then to rain with that milder feeling air. but still the risk of some travel disruption as we head into friday with an ice risk from northern england northwards and still some falling snow over the very highest peaks as well. the snow riskjust transferring into central southern areas of scotland, too, and some brisk easterly winds. so perhaps some more problems over the high routes in particular with drifting snow. this is how

laura bicker, bbc news, beijing. to the already damaged town of grindavik. our science editor rebecca morrelle has been looking at why these eruptions keep happening. a fiery start to iceland�*s day, but these spectacular fountains of lava are causing more disruption on the reykjanes peninsula. a pipeline supplying heat and hot water to 30,000 people has been engulfed by molten rock, and a road to the blue lagoon tourist attraction is now cut off. it�*s the third eruption since december, but scientists knew it was coming. now that these eruptions are appeasing themselves, are repeating themselves, the scientists now have a much better idea of where there is a breaking point for the magma to come through the ground, so they�*ve been tracking how the ground is inflating as magma is coming up from deep, and now they can tell with a lot more certainty when to expect the magma to start breaking through to the ground. iceland sits on the boundary of two tectonic plates which are pulling apart from each other at 2cm a year.

laura bicker, bbc news, cambodia. street character elmo has become the internet�*s therapist... after posing a casual question on x — formerly known as twitter — asking how is everybody doing? that was enough to prompt thousands of people to unload their woes on elmo... saying they weren't ok at all. our reporter, courtney bembridge, has more from the newsroom. it's a simple question, but it's hit a nerve online. almost 180 million people have seen this post on x from elmo, and thousands of users have unleashed their grief and despair on the small red muppet, as the new york times put it. elmo asked an innocuous question. elmo was not expecting to open a yawning chasm of despair, and someone else posted this image with the caption elmo after seeing the replies. but there has been an overwhelmingly positive response to elmo asking about everyone's emotional well—being. the un posted... and nasa said... even the us president has weighed in, saying... elmo's co—stars on sesame street have also weighed in. cookie monster,

laura bicker, bbc news, cambodia. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. stories_ bbc news, bringing you different stories from _ bbc news, bringing you different stories from across _ bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the _ bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. - bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. the i stories from across the uk. the seafront and — stories from across the uk. seafront and beaches in bude stories from across the uk.- seafront and beaches in bude are stories from across the uk- seafront and beaches in bude are at the heart of the community but parts of it are under threat because of climate change. we of it are under threat because of climate change.— of it are under threat because of climate chance. ~ . ., ~ ., climate change. we are talking about our own home _ climate change. we are talking about our own home town, _ climate change. we are talking about our own home town, part _ climate change. we are talking about our own home town, part of - climate change. we are tal

laura bicker, bbc news, beijing. i want to show you some dramatic pictures in iceland.oting out of the ground. it is in south—west iceland and it is not clear if the outbreak will effect an area nearby where a000 residents were evacuated previously. those are live pictures. to stay with us here on bbc news. the 0scars race is heating up and one of the most talked about contenders in the best international film category is society of the snow, a feature from spain, based on a real—life plane crash in the andes more than 50 years ago. i am sure you are familiar with that story, it was a harrowing tale, or some of the passengers resorted to cannibalism to survive. it isa it is a famous story of miraculous survival and now an 0scar—nominated movie. howi6 men survival and now an 0scar—nominated movie. how 16 men travelling with friends and family from your by —— uruguay for a rugby match in chile were rescued in 1972 after spending 72 days in a remote part of the andes. theirflight had crashed, killing some of the a5 people on board. the horror of it is those who survive had

laura bicker, bbc news, beijing.e arguments currently being heard, it is an unprecedented case there, supreme courtjudges are looking at a case that potentially could bart donald trump from being able to stand in the 2024 election. that is what it is all about. we have had about 60 minutes of the argument so far. another 20 expected. we are expected to hear from donald trump in the next hour. we are also going to be talking to the anti—war campaigner boris nadezhdin. he was hoping to stand against vladimir putin but today he has been blocked and he will speak to us live in a few minutes' time. stay with us. hello, thanks forjoining me. the weather's been so unpleasant for many of us today. heavy rain, a really dismal picture out there and, of course, we've had the snow across the hills of northern ireland. it's been snowing across northern parts of wales, northern england, too, and into southern scotland. this is the radarfrom earlier on, but it is mostly hill snow, at least where it's falling heaviest, but not exclu

laura bicker, bbc news, beijing. you are watching bbc news from washington. a wide range of temperatures on thursday with mild air towards the south, much colder feeling airfurther north. there was some snow, particularly over the peak district and over the pennines too — here's hebden bridge in west yorkshire. most of the snow came over the high ground. but misty, mild conditions further south. plenty of heavy rain, too. you can see that on the radar picturejust piling into the south of england and south wales earlier on through the night. lots of flood alerts in place here. there's the snowfall further north, most of it over the higher ground, but some of the snow towards the south just turning back to sleet and then to rain with that milder feeling air. but still the risk of some travel disruption as we head into friday, with an ice risk from northern england northwards and still some falling snow over the very highest peaks as well. the snow riskjust transferring into central southern areas of scotland, too, and some brisk easterly winds. so perhaps some

laura bicker, bbc news, beijing. now it's time for your questions answered.een covering, new evidence from the eu's climate service, copernicus, highlights that for the first time, the world was 1.5 degrees warmer than pre—industrial levels for a whole year. scientists say a combination of greenhouse gas emissions and dramatic sea temperature rises are to blame. you've been sending your questions and we have an expert panel here to help. we are rejoined alive by our climate editorjustin rowe that, hello, justin. we also have a professor at the department of environmental sciences and policy at the central european university and vice chair of a un panel european university and vice chair ofa un panel on european university and vice chair of a un panel on climate change and finally, we have the deputy spanish prime minister and ministerfor prime minister and minister for ecological transition. prime minister and ministerfor ecological transition. thank you so much to all of you for taking time to answer questions. we have a lot of questions and it's an issue p