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you're with bbc news. deed poll, to prevent criminals from hiding their identity. it comes after a bbc investigation found a 61—year—old convicted sex offender was able to pose as a millionaire investment specialist under a new name and scam his neighbour out of thousands of pounds. our reporter sara smith has more. we'd bump into each other in the hallways. we got talking, we got chatting, just really friendly. and that's how i met him. separated from family and friends during lockdown, shana, like many, found support among her neighbours. renting in greenhithe at the time, when she told one neighbour of her plans to buy her own place, he said he was a financial expert, a multi—millionaire, and could lend her some money to help. i insisted on seeing his id. he brought his bills with him, like thames water and his passport, his driving licence. and i do id checks as part of myjob. i do dbs checks for myjob, and i check id all the time. i know what i'm looking out for. and it all looked legit. i googled him

colletta smith, bbc news, sedbergh in cumbria. ending 1500 troops to the mexican border to boost security, as he moves to crack down on illegal immigration. the news came after mr trump gave his first television interview since re—entering the white house. our north america correspondent merlyn thomas has the details. mr president. thank you. welcome back. thank you very much. donald trump began his interview with fox news speaking about his favourite topic — immigration. this was a gross miscarriage of common sense to allow people to come in. this is notjust south america. this isn't, you know... we talk venezuela. that's a big abuser. but these are countries from these are iran, syria, countries that you don't even think of. the congo has emptied their prisons out into the united states. for him, it was an opportunity to repeat many of the unverified claims he's made before. it follows an announcement that the pentagon is deploying more than 1,500 troops to the us—mexico border to beef up resources, as well as providing air suppo

this is bbc news. tia is bbc news. since russia's full—scale for their loved ones continues. has been to meet one woman whose parents are amongst who have disappeared following the occupation of a vast area of the east of the country. invasion of their country. full of energy and life. the russians and disappeared. forfour months, lyudmila had no information at all. then russian soldiers dumped her mother at translation: it's just so tough to think what | they did to her and why. my mum was 51. she loved life. then everything was cut short. if, god forbid, something happens to my dad, it will kill me. when the russian army took over her town, many of siding with kyiv. lyudmila now knows her mother was charged with espionage. to her father. ukraine's police force is trying to find 0leh, and all this country's missing civilians. this officer didn't want to be identified, but he did way of finding him. but there's been no trace at all of him. three months later, he showed up in hospital — his body evidence of what he'd be

this is bbc news. scenes of celebration in the west bank, as 200 palestinians are released from israeli prisons. that prisoner release came after hamas releaed four female israeli soldiers. it's the second exchange under the gaza ceasefire deal. the four israeli women have been reunited with their families and are being checked by medical teams. their story is seen as inspiring the nation. it is an immense privilege to meet these four brave women and be part of their healing process which is part of the healing process of the entire israeli people. but — a delay in releasing another israeli hostage has prompted israel to halt the return of gazans to the region's bombed—out north. hello, i'm rich preston. there have been scenes ofjubilation in israel and the west bank, after four female israeli soldiers held hostage by hamas were released, in exchange for around 200 palestinian prisoners detained by israel. the four women — three of them aged 20 and one of them 19 — were reunited with their parents at a

this is bbc news.een released under the gaza ceasefire deal — three of them israeli and five are thought to be still alive. crowds in the occupied west bank welcomed the release that one of them will be an american citizen, but we don't have more clarity than that. a large number of palestinians who have been held in israeli jails released as well. you could see huge crowds thronging around them, it led to real anger here injerusalem, and also a pause to the release of those palestinian prisoners appears to be holding. he told me many are still not able return to north. and gaza city. that are in khan yunis. they evacuated as well and settled in khan yunis. and they are not able to go with the ceasefire. there are a lot of them, there is a no—go zone still there. and there is a lot of neighbourhoods, which is totally destroyed. so the people who are going either to the some of them, even from our colleagues who are working with us, went back and they didn't recognise their neighbourhoods. weeks since t

this is bbc news. president trump sends 1500 troops to the us—mexico border, in a move to crack down on illegal immigration. this was a gross miscarriage of common sense to allow people to come in, and i believe the number is 21 million people, and a large percentage of them are criminals. the teenager who murdered three girls in southport last summer will be sentenced later. he's also admitted attempting to murder eight other children and two adults. a fresh wildfire has taken hold north of los angeles. more than 30,000 people have been ordered to evacuate. and the world's biggest iceberg has broken away from antarctica and is approaching the island of south georgia, home to large penguin and seal colonies. coming up in business. talking trade, donald trump is set to address world leaders at davos today with the threat of further tariffs looming for america's economic rivals. hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. us president donald trump is sending 1,500 troops to the mexican border to boost security as h

sara girvan, bbc news in county down.next march, lloyds says its customers are shifting away from banking in person to using mobile services, and all staff affected including those in china, are using its work to make rapid advances in developing their own artificial intelligence programmes. the app can emulate the performance of chatgpt, apparently at a fraction of the cost. the only solution used to be a specially designed phone that but now ordinary phones can use satellites too, as zoe kleinman reports. that's somewhere with no phone signal. where it can be flaky. now there's a new plan to eliminate them. they provide most of the uk's mobile coverage and they're not going away. to its uk phone network by the end of the year. hello, margarita. the concept of notspots. there is already emergency satellite connectivity for sending text messages, but this service would enable fully a let mers satsiiitsse , what we need to think about in the future, the space environment whilst using it for the benefit of everybody back on

this is bbc news, the headlines... trains cancelled, schools shut and millions are told to stay home as storm eowynn batters ireland and the uk. we hearfrom one of the youngest suivivors from the auschwitz concentration camp in poland, as the 80th anniversary of its liberation approaches. the un has described the need for aid in gaza as "staggering," as most palestinians returning to their homes following sunday's ceasefire have found them destroyed. health authorities in gaza estimate that 10,000 people are unaccounted for. without heavy lifting equipment, gazans are forced to dig through rubble by hand, looking for what remains of the missing. fergal keane reports from jerusalem. the missing are here somewhere. at least 10,000. for the most part, the searchers have no ireland and the uk. we hearfrom one of the youngest suivivors from anniversary of its liberation approaches. the un has described the need for aid in gaza as "staggering," as most palestinians returning to their homes following sunday's ceasefire have f

chris mason, bbc news.restore government authority in the east. within reach of mining towns that supply metals and minerals such as gold, tin and coltan. and congolese army troops in and around goma. let's get some of the day's other news now. he was convicted of sex crimes in 2020, but it was overturned after a ruling said he didn't get a fair trial. in court on wednesday, of the infamous riker islands jail. former newjersey senator bob menendez has been sentenced he was found guilty for accepting gifts including gold bars, luxury cars and cash and newjersey businessmen. mrimieirieirideizidenies and says he plans to appeal the verdict. mr al—sharaa, whose islamist hts—led forces has also been authorised to form until a permanent constitution is decided. the plane was heading toward the capitaljuba and two ugandan crew members. proteins, and the molecules that form dna. here's our science editor, rebecca morelle. collected a piece of asteroid called bennu. of the space rock, and it's proved to be a treasur

this is bbc news, the headlines. israel has released 200 palestinian prisoners in return for four female soldiers held by hamas, in the second exchange of the gaza ceasefire deal. four israeli women soldiers were freed in gaza city in a ceremony tightly controlled by hamas — surrounded by dozens of armed hamas fighters. once back in israel, the women were reunited with their loved ones. the soldiers were captured in the october seventh attack 15 months ago, they were seized from an army base on the border with gaza. israel has accused hamas of breaching the terms of the ceasefire because female civilian hostage arbel yehud was not included in saturday's release — and has delayed the planned return of displaced palestinians to northern gaza. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello. yes, this is sportsday on bbc news. i'm ben croucher. great to be with you. coming up. there's another milestone for mo as liverpool cruised past ipswich in the premier league. madison finally finds the keys to grand slam glory with victory

daniela bbc news, auschwitz. susan in north london, where she now when the nazis arrived at her home in hungary and told the family to prepare to leave. the police came for us, we were ready. i was a little girl. we were so obedient. we got in, into this train, full of little children. chock—a—block full. we weren't people any more. the fear absolutely absorbed us. i saw that. babies were dying. we realised, "are we going to survive?" "don't say you are younger than 15 years old." that's what kept me alive. straight away? she was no use. that's the reason. my mind wasn't functioning. we can't retaliate against such... we were just worse than animals. in the weeks that you were at auschwitz? you had to stand naked? he had to see. it's not gone. don't forget. do not forget. auschwitz was liberated by the soviet red army, the holocaust is remembered in russia. although the focus here is not the holocaust itself, to the nazi genocide. genocide of the soviet people", shifting the focus away to present russia and russi

bbc news. president trump signs an executive order suspending the entry of migrants into the united states at the southern border with mexico in one of his first interviews since his commutation by president trump, oath keepers founder stewart rhodes speaks to the bbc. and another wildfire is rapidly growing in the los angeles area — prompting multiple evacuation orders. hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. thank you forjoining us. donald trump is ordering that migrants are barred from what's described as �*physical entry�* into the us, including by claiming asylum. the proclamation invokes article 4 of the us constitution, which obliges the federal government to protect states from foreign invasion. it comes as the us prepares to send 1,000 troops to the mexican border, after president donald trump declared the us to be under invasion by illegal immigrants. the troop movement — which was confirmed by an administration official — follows on another executive order signed by mr trump on monday. no detail

anne soy, bbc news, adre.ake your life to the scenes in— i just want to take your life to the scenes in wadi in gaza, we have just _ to the scenes in wadi in gaza, we have just had _ to the scenes in wadi in gaza, we have just had information. we havejust had information come through about something hamas has said in relation to the ceasefire, so according to reuters, in the past few minutes, hamas has said that israel was delaying the implementation of the gaza ceasefire terms by preventing displaced palestinians from returning to north of the enclave, warning that such delays could have repercussions for the subsequent stages of the agreement. now, let mejust explain, if you have been watching for the past hour or so, you will have seen that there were huge numbers of palestinians waiting there at the checkpoint crossing in wadi, waiting to be able to return to northern gaza, but they were prevented from doing so because the israeli government had said that hamas had breached the ceasefire deal by not releas

this is bbc news. president trump suspends migrants�* entry into the united states from mexico, as over 1,000 us troops are sent to patrol the southern border. this was a gross miscarriage of common sense to allow people to come in, and i believe the number is 21 million people, and a large percentage of them are criminals. 18—yea—old axel rudakubana is due to be sentenced later today. he pleaded guilty to murder after he stabbed three girls to death in southport. thailand has become the first country in south—east asia to allow same—sex marriage. a fresh wildfire has taken ablaze north of los angeles, strecthing to an area of more than 9,000 acres. coming up in business. talking trade, donald trump is set to address world leaders at davos today with the threat of further tariffs looming for america's economic rivals. hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. us president donald trump is sending 1,500 troops to the mexican border to boost security, as he moves to crack down on illegal immigration. the news came

fergal keane, bbc news, inside the gaza strip. the crisis in eastern democratic republic of the congo is intensifying, with the afp news agency reported more than 100 people have been killed in the city of goma. the fighting between rebel groups and government forces escalates. the news agency at nearly 1000 others are wounded. we are looking at pictures of armed people outside of goma's airport, which is under the control of around 23 fighters. the u.n. says hospitals in goma are struggling to handle the number of people injured in the conflict. south africa says more of its peace peak -- peacekeepers serving the mission have been killed, in addition to nine already reported. 17 u.n. peacekeepers from the not multinational mission have been killed in recent days. experts have long accused rwanda from backing the n23, something wanda denies. they called -- the you and calls on them to restart strikes. they say the international community has not done enough to stop the fighting between m23 and government forces. the embassy among t

live from london, this is bbc news.st few hours, 200 palestinian inmates have been released from israeli prisons. four female israeli soldiers were released by hamas. this has been the second exchange under the gaza ceasefire deal. the four hostages have reunited with their families. the women had been seized from an army base on the border with gaza when hamas attacked 15 months ago. iam nick live i am nick live in tel aviv where they have been celebrating the release of the four women. celebrating the release of the fourwomen. families celebrating the release of the four women. families here, though, say they won't give up until all of the hostages are home. in wadi, gaza palestinians are queuing to return to their homes. but this isn't guaranteed after hamas failed to release a civilian hostage today.

jayne mccubbin, bbc news. a community in southport trying to pull together after those unimaginable events ofjuly last year and many members of that community are inside liverpool crown court today, the families of those who were killed, those who were injured and also some of the children who were also in that dance class who were not physically injured, but will carry the mental scars for the rest of their lives. the sentencing hearing is due to get under way very shortly. you can keep across all of the developments live on the bbc news website and we will be bringing you regular updates. when the judge starts his sentencing remarks, we will carry those live here on bbc news. but for the moment, it is back to you in studio. sarah, thank you. this warning has been issued for storm eowyn, warning of gas up for storm eowyn, warning of gas up to 100 power and flying debris resulting in a danger to life. let's beat our weather presenter and taylor, parodies weather warnings being issued for? they cover the whole

we will keep across that for you here on the bbc news channel as well. about a storm thatis you some news about a storm that is heading towards the uk. a rare red weather warning covering northern ireland and scotland on friday has been issued by the met office. it wants of gusts of up to 100 mph and flying debris resulting in danger to life. all schools in northern ireland will close on friday because of the storm. scotrail has suspended services across scotland saying it will not be safe to run services because of the weather conditions.— because of the weather conditions. ., . ., ., conditions. to cover the whole of northern — conditions. to cover the whole of northern ireland _ conditions. to cover the whole of northern ireland and - conditions. to cover the whole of northern ireland and a - conditions. to cover the whole | of northern ireland and a good part of southern scotland. the geographical area and the population centres covered including belfast, edinburgh and glasgow. the whole of the republic of ireland under a red warning for similar condi

this is "the context" on bbc news, live from new york. >> mr.as embraced conspiracy theories, waxed char la tans, especially when it comes to the safety and efficacy of vaccines. >> out of all of the picks that president trump has made for his cabinet, arguably this is one of the most controversial ones, robert f. kennedy, he provokes opposition from both sides. >> he lacks any relevant government, financial, management or medical experience. his views on vaccines are dangerous and willfully misinformed. these facts alone should be disqualifying. >> i was told that i was a conspiracy theorists. that label was applied to me because i said that the vaccines, the covid vaccine, didn't prevent transmission and it wouldn't prevent infection. ♪ >> hello. you are very welcome to "the context" with me, where this hour we'll be focusing on president donald trump's second term. we're coming to you live from the u.s. all this week right now we're in new york. but over in washington, d.c., on capitol hill, robert f. kennedy jr., president trump's pick for u

justin rowlatt, bbc news.an 500 reported offences of child sexual abuse and exploitation in 2023, which took place in hotels in england and wales. the national police chiefs' council says more than 90% of the cases involved reports of physical contact with a child, and 40% were reported as rape. hotels can be used by offenders because of the anonymity they provide, and now the police are working with the hotel industry to try to help spot signs of abuse. hello? it's the police. i open the door. why have you not - answered the door to us? moments later... you're going to be further arrested on suspicion of sexual— activity with a child, 0k? in hotels over a one—year period. of potential child abuse. when they commit abuse. sexual abuse of children. the idea is to see how easy it is for a pretend perpetrator well, they did try and push to get a room, offences unreported. sima kotecha, bbc news, manchester. details of organisations which offer information call for free at any time to hear recorded information, on

this is bbc news.urvivors of this death camp lead commemorations to remember the millions of men women and children who were killed during the holocaust. where the cries and the prayers of so many desperate women permeated my soul and haunt me to this day. world leaders and european royalty mark the end of the ceremony by lighting candles at an empty train car, which was once used to carry people to the camp. and i'm sarah campbell. also coming up on the world today... as tens of thousands of palestinians move to the north of the gaza strip, there is official confirmation that eight of the israeli hostages yet to be released as part of the ceasefire deal are dead. hello, i'm lucy hockings, at the auschwitz—birkenau concentration and extermination camp — where we have just watched the most sombre and poignant ceremony. holocaust survivors — some of them very frail — have beenjoined by european leaders and royalty to mark the 80th anniversary of the camps liberation. music plays it began with the hauntin

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ed thomas, bbc news, southport.ioting in southport and across others parts of england, fuelled by disinformation. and it led to calls for changes to sentencing laws, online knife sales and the how we deal with extremists. 0ur uk correspondent daniel sandford joins me now from liverpool crown court. daniel, to what extent might this awful event lead to real change? this was a horror that took lives, destroyed lives and caused the worst riot scenes for more than a decade which led to hundreds of people being jailed and there was a debate about how we control the disinformation that because those riots and also a debate about what information the police should put into the public domain in the public interest without prejudicing the chance of someone having a fair trial, but obviously the horrors of the murders where the much more serious event of the summer and those murders, despite the huge sentence passed today, have already led to a debate about whether a whole life in order, which means someone would never be rel

finally half on bbc news. spacewalk together. since first spacewalk together. since their arrival eight months ago. take a look at pictures. removing a broken antenna. lastjune for a visit that was planned to last eight days. they were forced to stay after boeing's starliner they are due to come back to earth by april. spacewalking, logging more than 62 hours in total. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. it been a bit of a grey so farfor some of grey friday so far for some of you and damp in some places. we have already seen some brighter skies develop and more of that into the especially into the afternoon especially areas. lovely across western areas. lovely afternoon much of ireland, and wales in the scotland and wales in the south—west. sabha south—west. brighton sabha cross at the western fringes of england but central and eastern will hold onto parts will hold onto a fair amount of cloud, some patchy light or drizzle but 7 7 many 7 many will be dry. actually many will be dry. your temperature is just a

this is bbc news. the third at heathrow would unlock further growth, investment, increase boost investment, inereese and boost investment, insreese and make the uk more exports and make the uk more open and connected. kumbh mela religious festival in northern india. were trampled on. hello, welcome to bbc news now. government will support building a new, third runway at heathrow airport. she insists that the expansion has been blocked for too long and would be at the heart of government plans strict rules on noise, air quality and climate commitments. the announcements come against a backdrop of rising poltical of the economy. critics say rachel reeves's budget battered business confidence big tax rises on employers and gloomy talk about public finances. to new development. and accepted decline. new railway links to cambridge and an ambition to turn the area between a two universities into europe's silicon valley. more controversially, an idea that has been runway at heathrow airport. as our only hub a

this is bbc news. president trump says he'd like arab nations to take in a million and a half gazans — calling the strip "a demolition site" where "something needs to happen". i would like egypt and jordan to take people, you are talking about probably 1.5 million people and we just clean up that whole thing. lebanon says the israeli army has killed 11 people and wounded 83 in the country's south, as a deadline for the idf to leave expires. belarus is voting in a presidential election — with alexander lukashenko all but certain to secure a seventh term. hello and welcome. we start in the middle east and comments by president trump on gaza. he's said he'd like to see a—million—and—a—half of its residents taken in by other arab nations — including jordan and egypt. he told journalists the strip was "literally a demolition site" and suggested it be "cleaned out". israeli bombardments have reduced much of gaza to rubble. hamas says it would oppose any plan to relocate palestinians, while islamichhad says i

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this is bbc news. the headlines... the met office has issued a red weather warning covering northern ireland and part of scotland as storm eowyn approaches, warning of gusts of up to 100mph, and danger to life. the teenager who murdered three girls in southport last summer will be sentenced later. he's also admitted attempting to murder eight other children and two adults. the new eu trade chief says a new customs area could be up for discussion in future talks between the uk and eu. the world's biggest iceberg has broken away from antarctica and is approaching the island of south georgia — home to large penguin and seal colonies. the wait is nearly over. we look at some of the frontrunners of this year's oscar's nominations. hello. let's bring you more on the breaking news form the met office now. a rare red weather alert covering northern ireland and scotland on friday has been issued for storm eowyn warning of gusts of up to 100mph and flying debris resulting in danger to life. with me is our weather presenter matt

georgina rannard, bbc news.s we have coming in from liverpool crown court. —— these are the life. we are covering the expected sentencing of the southport attacker, axel rudaku ba na. southport attacker, axel rudakubana. little earlier we rudaku ba na. little earlier we had rudakubana. little earlier we had this report coming in from the press association which said that the 18—year—old had been taken to hospital in the early hours of today. these are pictures we had from a little earlier which showed axel rudaku ba na earlier which showed axel rudakubana arriving in a police van to the court. you are watching bbc news, stay with us. weather now — here's carol kirkwood. the met office has issued two rare red weather warnings for northern ireland and scotland, all in connection with storm eowyn. we could have gusts of wind at— 90 mph widely tomorrow by as much as 100 mild per hour with exposure. storm eowyn is currently forming in the atlantic, developing rapidly as it pushes across hours, not clearing the far no

announcer: and now, "bbc news" n washington. n this is "bbc world news america."nt trump signs an executive order suspending the entry of migrants into the united states at the southern border with mexico. he is threatening russia with high tariffs and sanctions if president putin does not end the war in ukraine. prince harry gets an apology and substantial damages after a five-year legal battle with rupert murdoch's newspaper. -- newspaper empire. ♪ welcome to "world news america." donald trump is ordering migrants are barred from what is described as physical entry into the u.s., including by claiming a silent care the proclamation invokes article four of the u.s. constitution, which obliges the federal government to protect states from foreign invasion. it comes as the u.s. prepares to send 1000 troops to the mexican border, after president trump declared the u.s. to be under invasion by illegal immigrants. the troop movement, confirmed by an administration official, follows on another executive order signed monday. no details have been given about the planned

ed thomas, bbc news, southport. won that story on the bbc news website. w wildfire has flared up north of los angeles, which is still counting the cost of the deadly fires earlier this month. the hughes fire has quickly taken hold of a large area near lake castaic, strecthing to an area of more than 9,000 acres. more than 30,000 people have been moved from their homes. for the latest i spoke to our correspondent peter bowes. a lot of people here had been hoping that the worst was over, but that is not the case. the strong winds that we have been hearing about for the past couple of weeks that have already flam —— fanned the flames of these destructive fires are still with us. and much of loss angeles, great swathes of california under red fire warnings, which is a warning that we can expect the worst. this perfect storm scenario a very strong winds and extremely dry brush, tendered dry like the one behind me and just behind these hills where the fire is burning, started just behind a lake which is about 60 km to the north of the centre of los angeles, just

this is bbc news, the headlines...omes in northern gaza as part of a ceasefire deal involving the return of israeli hostages. donald trump has reversed his plan to impose sanctions and tariffs on columbia after it agreed to accept deported migrants from the us. the belarus president alexander lukashenko is re—elected, lu kashenko is re—elected, winning lukashenko is re—elected, winning over 86% of the vote. the european union says the vote was a blatant affront to democracy. and the survivors of the holocaust, along with the heads of state and royalty, are gathered at the sight of the nazi concentration camp auschwitz to mark the 80th anniversary of its liberation. hello if you have just anniversary of its liberation. hello if you havejustjoined us on bbc news.

chris page, bbc news.'s exceptional winds are being driven by a phenomenon known as a sting jet — our weather presenter chris fawkes is here to explain. this has been an exceptionally powerful storm. widespread problems as we have seen. the fifth named storm of the season, and we can see it here in western scotland, the strongest wind was in the republic of ireland with a top gust of 114 mph, and the centre went off—line in the minutes recorded afterwards, maybe damaged by the ferocious winds. in northern ireland a gust of 92 mph, the strongest in northern ireland in over a quarter of a century. this is storm eowyn as it makes its way to the uk, and within the storm system we have different flows of air, with the air rising about we get the big cloud and precipitation falling from the cloud, falling into a zone of exceptionally dry air, and some of that precipitation evaporates which causes the air to cool down, and it becomes dense and very quickly it accelerates downwards to the surface of the earth and

ll is a gordon, bbc news, ll is definitely bbc news, ll is definitely not: news, ll is definitely notolar bears head for shore. through the summer. for them to truly adapt. and cubs the hardest. we can say how long that bear can go for without taking in energy, based on our understanding of how they're burning their limited energy reserves. so after around 117 days without eating, we know that the polar bears near churchill in manitoba are some of the best studied in the world. and revealed how they forage for berries and vegetation when they're on land. this scientists were able to combine their new calculations that showed that the direct link between calorie intake scientists say the findings will help them make more accurate projections about polar bear populations, in a warming world. victoria gill, bbc news. . earlier, this it said he a weatherfor said he felt like a weather for bears. let's to the hello. lovely afternoon for much of ireland, brighton sabha cross at the western fringes of amount of cloud, some patchy light rain or drizzle but above about what we should be for th

and that was about it. >> bbc news. similar question.sident has stated the cause of the crash, and what is the progress at this early stage? >> we conduct an important safety mission where we take a very careful approach. i'm sorry. the question was on speculating during investigations, which is -- which we often hear about. what i will say is, we look at facts on our investigation, and that will take some time. at some point, we will be able to provide factual information, and provide that ultimately tomorrow. >> have you been able to retrieve the black boxes? has the military decided whether they are going to release those two the ntsb? >> the black boxes are referred to as black boxes but are typically orange. we have not recovered any of the boxes involved yet. we feel comfortable and confident that we will be able to. right now, recovery of life is the most important of those that we are involved. i mean, there are still ongoing recovery efforts. we will make sure the perishable evidence is maintained. we have a great process for th

announcer: and now, "bbc news" caitrÍona: i am caitrÍona perry in washington and this is bbc "world news a judge temporarily blocks president trump's order to end automatic citizenship for babies born in the u.s., calling it unconstitutional. president trump threatens new -- tariffs. the trump administration consider sending up to 10,000 more troops to the u.s.-mexico border to stop migrant crossings. ♪ hello and welcome to "world news america." a federal judge has temporarily blocked president donald trump's order to end automatic citizenship for babies born on american soil. the judge in seattle said it is blatantly unconstitutional and barred the administration from implementing it for two weeks. the case is one of several lawsuits challenging donald trump's effort to end birthright citizenship for children born to undocumented migrants and foreign visitors. 22 states are challenging the executive order. our north american correspondent has the latest. >> this would be a difficult one for president trump to get through. for more than 125 years anyone born on u.s. soil does get automat

adina campbell, bbc news. on bbc iplayer.on. with a royal seal of approval. want to be taken off the theatre's at—risk register. ourselves from the register. it is. yeah, it is. 13 venues in the northwest have been named in the annual list, theatre. depressing. it's a really sad situation that we're in with the civic. the scale of the challenge to reopen the civic was huge to the risk register, we actually welcomed that decision. first live shows. i still go to the theatre i today, but i have to travel in fact, for the end of the week, high pressure area of low pressure. and we've got a new area of low pressure passing south of england throughout the day on wednesday. dry with some sunshine. single digits for most. northern ireland. pulling away slowly from the south east, probably the best day of the working week. its way in from the west. it will feel chilly, but at least we've got it will fizzle out as it pushes into high pressure, northern and western areas. figures across the board. and then as we move into the weekend,

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this is bbc news — the headlines.rains cancelled, schools shut and millions told to stay home as storm when but as the uk and ireland. a red danger to life warning is in force across the entire island of ireland. i'll man and also a part of scotland. rickard gus of 140 mph have been recorded. this is the scene in largs in scotland, there are reports of trees coming down. and we hearfrom one of the youngest survivors of the auschwitz concentration camp in poland is the 80th anniversary of its liberation approaches. hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. now let's focus on the top business stories — for that, it's over to tadhg enright. thank you very much. the newly returned us president donald trump has been speaking to the world economic forum in davos. in a virtual address, he warned fellow leaders that international companies must manufacture in america orface tariffs. it was a wide ranging speech he also promised to cut the us corporate tax rate to 15% for those that do "make in america". he criticised the european unio

stay with us here on bbc news.er to allow fresh flows of natural gas into europe. long—standing arrangements to type russian gas came to an end. poland's president said they should never be restored. translation: the question of extending the sanctions i is now on the agenda. i pulled the handbrake and asked european leaders to understand this can't be continued. we asked the eu to tell the ukrainians to restore the gas transit. what's closed has to be reopened. it's not a matter for ukraine. it's an issue for europe, for central europe. and if the ukrainians want help — for example, sanctioning the russians — then let's reopen the gas transit routes and allow the central european countries, including hungary, to receive the gas we need through ukraine. meanwhile, on saturday, ukraine's president zelensky said his country was prepared to transit gas from azerbaijan to europe. he has offered that as a solution to countries such as hungary and other landlocked countries such as slovakia. it's an issue that's exercisi

stay with us here on bbc news. t service because of the effects will have on the iberian peninsula, and it's called store erminia and across the uk heavy rain and strong gusty winds and weather warnings in place and this time it is the southern half of the uk that bears the brunt of the worst of the weather over the next few days so the storm has been brewing in the atlantic and there is a mass of cloud with outbreaks of heavy rain at times and further north and east through the night to hook on the rain producing potentially squally gusts of wind up to 60 or 80 mph but clearing into monday morning so this is how we start the day with perhaps some hills know as the rain curls into southern and central areas of scotland and central areas of scotland and there will be squally showers in the west and gusty winds and heavy rain pushing east from northern ireland into north west england and into southern and central areas of scotland as well, but strong winds out towards the irish sea, about 60 or 70 mph and for some wes

nyima pratten, bbc news. ers — drugged, framed and detained, on iplayer or the bbc world service youtube channel. the world's biggest iceberg has broken away from antarctica and is approaching the british territory of south georgia, home to large penguin and seal colonies. fishermen and authorities are bracing for impact. georgina rannard reports. this is the world's largest iceberg and probably the laziest. for decades, it loitered, stuck in antarctica. but one day in december, a23a finally broke free. now captured in satellite pictures, it is speeding into iceberg alley, a place where icebergs go to die. but here, right in its path lies the british territory of south georgia. i will take you out the door. ice is a way of life for sailors and fishermen there. but they can't ignore something the size of a23a. there's an iceberg over that way. you have to have a very healthy respect for the ice. because if you don't, it will get you. it can come out of nowhere and you get something the size of a23 when it comes

laura scott, bbc news. orning at the white house, for the crash victims. and claimed without evidence that �*diversity programmes' at the faa contributed to the crash. later in the afternoon afternoon, trump signed an executive order, directing the faa to assess what he care what race they are. all i am talking about is competence, and we want in that particular position, we have to have the most about lives. level as the aeroplane. the plane was at 300 400 feet, or the plane should have been stopped, or the helicopter should it was on a long track, it was the same track or turning left or turning right at a quicker time, a tragic, a tragic story. maybe the pilots fault, they should've seen it, i think they should have seen it. he appointed chris rocheleau, a us air force veteran, who has worked at the faa for 20 years. the previous faa administrator stepped down early from his five—year term on inauguration day to allow president trump to appoint his preferred appointee for the role. a democrat from marylan

in the meantime, you are bbc news. stay watching bbc news. stay with us. hello, there.nshine around, a few but it will bring a windy, cloudy, wet day to the extreme now the heaviest of the rain, the strongest winds remaining offshore, but it looks like the channel islands dry with some sunshine. it will be a chilly day, temperatures in but with skies clearing overnight, cold air mass, could be a risk of ice where showers have fallen. for thursday morning. a cold start with some mist and fog patches, too, and north east of scotland. it will feel chilly, but at least we've got the sunshine to compensate. see some sleet and snow over the higher ground of england it willfizzle qhtééfilgee.—.ee——— .; leave a legacy of cloud across eastern areas, it will fizzle out as it pushes into high pressure, leave a legacy of cloud across eastern areas, and we should see some good spells of sunshine across more northern and western areas. again, a chilly day to come with those values in single figures across the board. and then as we move into the weekend, high pressure begins to build a

kevin reide, bbc news.distress caused to the family of a man who died after suffering breathing difficulties. andrew watson died at his home in county durham, after waiting for more than an hour for paramedics in 2019. an internal report by the north east ambulance service found the 32 year old could have survived if he'd been treated sooner, but full details of his care were not originally shared with his family or the coroner. a warning this report by megan paterson is distressing from the start. in october 2019, andrew watson developed complications after suffering severe tonsillitis. struggling to breathe, he called the north east ambulance service twice from his home in langley moor after he started choking. this is the patient breathing. uh, hello. i'm trying to breathe. okay, i'm going to ask you some questions so we can get you some help. a third call for an ambulance was made after andrew watson collapsed and was unresponsive. an ambulance arrived 62 minutes after the first call, but andrew didn't