catherine burns, bbc news. hello. it's another cold, wintry day out there today.o linger all day, particularly across parts of northern scotland. but for most of us, thankfully, it is going to be another dry day. still plenty of flood warnings out, but they're starting to reduce in number now. so high pressure driving our weather at the moment. quite a few isobars in the south. this is where we've got the breeziest conditions. breeze coming in from the east or north—east for southern england and wales too. still some wintry showers down towards the channel islands into the afternoon. also some snow flurries for the likes of dartmoor, for instance, as well. one or two light showers could come out of this cloud across north—east england and eastern scotland, but most places dry. plenty of sunshine for central parts of england, wales, northern ireland. temperatures only three to six degrees on the thermometer, but add on the wind chill and it's going to feel typically about minus two or minus three, especially towards southern england and the channel islands. into th

catherine burns, bbc news.tervention of a passer—by was nothing short of life—saving. maddie had gone for a walk intending to take her own life, but david spotted her in distress, and struck up a conversation. they've stayed in touch since, but never seen each other in person until now. our reporter kathryn stanczyszyn went to meet them. maddie is nearly 18, enjoying college and looking forward to the rest of her life. but a few years ago, things were very different. i was going through a lot. i was struggling with myself, with everything in my head — my mental health. and then it got to august time, and that's when i basically hit rock bottom. i woke up and everything felt different. i didn't feel like myself. i felt severely depressed. i said to my mum — i said, "mum, i'm going out." i said, "i'm going on a walk." i said, "i'll be back soon, don't worry about me and i'll be back." i didn't expect to come back. and then it got to a location of me ending up on the opposite side of a bridge. i noticed that there

catherine burns, bbc news.g free breakfast clubs for primary—aged pupils. a fifth of children in england missed at least 10% of school last year , twice as many as before the covid pandemic. shadow education secretary bridget phillipson set out the proposed measures today, which also include increased funding for early speech and language intervention — and better mental health support for students. a coroner has confirmed that the singer sinead o connor died of natural causes. the irish musician was found unresponsive at her home in london injuly. she was best known for her hit single nothing compares to you, which brought her worldwide fame. she was 56 years old. the us secretary of state has said palestinians in northern gaza must be allowed to return home as soon as conditions allow, now that fighting there has eased. speaking in tel aviv, antony blinken insisted that although israel had washington's resolute backing, civilian deaths in gaza were "far too high". our international editor jeremy bowen is here

catherine burns, bbc news.the results of the 2020 presidential election. the case is significant, because unlike many of the other charges the former president faces in various courts, his efforts in trying to thwart joe biden�*s victory took place while he was still in office. mr trump claims he has absolute immunity from any prosecution while serving in the white house. gary 0�*donoghue is live in washington. and that is at the heart of mr trump�*s�*s defence, isn�*t it, gary, and it is what is pivotal to this case? . �* , and it is what is pivotal to this case? . �*, . and it is what is pivotal to this case? . h ., case? yeah, it's a huge case, clive, not 'ust case? yeah, it's a huge case, clive, notjust for— case? yeah, it's a huge case, clive, not just for donald _ case? yeah, it's a huge case, clive, notjust for donald trump _ case? yeah, it's a huge case, clive, notjust for donald trump and i case? yeah, it's a huge case, clive, notjust for donald trump and for. notjust for donald trump and for the shape

catherine burns, bbc news.s from tel aviv because we are waiting from tel aviv because we are waiting from that news conference at from a antony blinken it is set through the course of the afternoon but this is his fourth visit to israel since the war began on october the 7th. he has met for the course of today the israeli president, prime minister and the defence minister. we think at the next 5—10 minutes he will be at the next 5—10 minutes he will be at that podium giving his latest thoughts to the media. so as soon as it starts we will obviously carry it life. he says he wants people earning low incomes to keep more of their wages incomes to keep more of their wages in both people today to pay more tax. you set out as economic ideas in a speech in cardiff and our wills corresponded spoke with the plaid cymru leader and began by asking about the position of the party ahead of the general election. it's clear that they is an appetite to get rid of the self—serving government get rid of the self-serving govern

catherine burns, bbc news. into force by 2027, aims to end the centuries—old practice of humans eating dog meat. our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie reports. the breeding and sale of dogs for their meat is to become reared and slaughtered for their meat. on this farm, more than 1,000 dogs are kept like this — eventually to be used in the centuries old dish of dog meat stew. but the meat was already falling out of favour. this alleyway is one of the few places you can still come to eat dog meat here in seoul — in one of these specialist restaurants. dog meat is considered a delicacy among some older koreans, but it's far less popular now with young people. many of them never eat it now or have never even tried it... translation: more i people have pets today. dogs are like family now, and it's not nice to eat our family, so i think it's best to get rid of it. ..though older diners were less enthusiastic about the ban. translation: we've eaten this since the middle ages. - why stop us from eating our tradition

of 3 years, she condemned about 600 protestants, calvinists and huguenots, many of whom were burned. catherinef catherine de' medici, her son charles ii, the event of the night of st. bartholomew on august 24, 1572, later than the infamous night of st. bartholomew. during it, and the many days of massacre that followed, the huginots were destroyed. more than 30 thousand people, the truth is of no interest to anyone, all the time duplicity exists in all forms towards us, well , for example, what the secretary of defense of the united states, lloyd austin, says, putin’s war is not a result of nato expansion, but a reason nato expansion. damn, just excuse me, my dear friend, nato expansion began in... in 1990, when putin’s war began, as you say, and so on all the time, here’s an amazing example, here’s a ranking of the 100 best cities 2023, it was prepared by an agency called resonance consultency, this is an authoritative canadian organization, it publishes ratings, this year a rating of the 100 best cities was published. where is it better to live, where is it cleaner to live, where is it safer

catherine burns, bbc news.ian stephens, whojoins us now. good morning. he was a legend of the game. what was it that set him apart from so many other brilliant players wales is produced? it from so many other brilliant players wales is produced?— wales is produced? it was his talent. wales is produced? it was his talent- it _ wales is produced? it was his talent. it is _ wales is produced? it was his talent. it is a _ wales is produced? it was his talent. it is a shock _ wales is produced? it was his talent. it is a shock to - wales is produced? it was his talent. it is a shock to us - wales is produced? it was his talent. it is a shock to us all. wales is produced? it was his i talent. it is a shock to us all that jpr has passed. a great loss to us. but he was so brave, so committed. he was a pleasure to play with. he had no fear, you have no fear of the ball being kicked over your head because jpr was ball being kicked over your head becausejpr was there to take it. he was a fully committed player. you have a

burns, thank you. now to that double health care for the royal family. catherinee princess of wales, is in a london hospital tonight where she is recovering from what is being called a planned abdominal surgery. cbs's imtiaz tyab reports buckingham palace also announced that king charles will undergo a procedure next week for enlarged prostate. >> reporter: the last time both king charles and princess katherine were seen in public, they were the picture of health, as they attended the royal family's annual christmas day church service. a palace source told cbs news, it was the king himself who wanted to make the details of his diagnosis public, to encourage other men who may be experiencing symptoms related to an enlarged prostate to see their own doctors. less than a year after his lavish coronation, the 75-year-old king is doing things decidedly differently than his late mother, by being more open about his health. the announcement came shortly after it was revealed his daughter-in-law, the princess of wales, was recovering from a successful planned abdominal su

involving severe burns and gunshot wounds that police strike on wednesday over a pay cut escalated into violence. large crowds of people are seen looting and rioting. let's bring him catherine wilson. she's an independent gym this covering the pacific islands, including papa new guinea joins us live from sidney. catherine, good to happy with this one more details and briefly have you been hearing about how these 15 people are killed and, and why these protests 10, so deadly. so quickly, yes, one of the fact i have spoken today to witness authorizing the most b d k, the various elements we've done, i'm just wanting to be a concentration of one of which i actually choosing the people successful with the fact that it's not did have guns, and that's where the shooting usually has gone. there were some police who was the head dog, but there was also another elements and that was private security guards who strongly ease to protect supermarkets and public buildings. they are on any way. and apparently they were seen awesome with the judy. so in fact, it could have been any of those elements. ok, that's probably what caused the fatalities. and catherine this latest outbreak of vol

catherine. coming up, more layoffs hitting the bay area. how many workers at paypal? we're going to be cut from the we're going to be cut from the company. my dry eye's made me a burning, stinging, 5-times-a-day,... ...makeup smearing drops user. i want another option that's not another drop. tyrvaya. it's not another drop. it's the first and only nasal spray for dry eye. tyrvaya treats the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease fast by helping your body produce its own real tears. common side effects include sneezing, cough, and throat and nose irritation. relying only on drops? not me. my own real tears are my relief. ask your eye doctor about tyrvaya. several large companies now, including one based right here in the bay area, san jose based paypal says it is trimming about 2000 full-time employees. >> from its total workforce, the digital payments company says that those cuts are going to happen over several weeks with some of its organizations being more affected than others. not clear which ones paypal is the parent company of venmo honey, zoom spelled and among other brands. ups is laying off 12,000 employees across the country just last year. union members at u

burns, thank you very much. i have to say, i can completely sympathize with catherine there, happy to talk about what she knows and what she is doing, but completely unwilling to be a pundit. i understand. i know the feeling. nicely done. i am told and i may be wrong, but i am told and i think i understand we have some of the first results coming in. steve, is that correct? >> from two cities here. one, the third largest in the state, concord, where the state capital is. remember how we said we would be monitoring the results as they come in. i have, i'll show you again on this map, these are benchmarks, numbers we think that nikki haley needs to be hitting in each one of these cities and towns. these are basically what you would call tie, toss-up numbers. if she's hitting them consistently, it probably means the state-wide vote is a toss-up. that's what we were kind of looking for in putting the benchmarks together. so, what do we have in concord so far? not all of the vote, but a chunk of the vote in, in concord right now. haley is running at 57.5%, with what we have in. what is the target based on the demograph

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