dandan, did you see your girlfriend today?deal for the future of the uk, some british families feel like time is running out for them too to make a decision on their futures. olivia crellin, bbc news. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. disruption continues at gatwick airport after another drone siding near by this lunchtime means that flights remain grounded. almost 600 homeless people died in england and wales last year — a rise of 24% over five years according to official figures published for the first time a surprise jump for retail sales last month, driven mainly by black friday promotions and shoppers buying household goods. now the business news. the bank of england keeps interest rates on hold as it frets over the possibility of a no—deal brexit, and growth is forecast to be 0.2%. signs of growth? retail sales bounce back in november — as black friday promotions keep the uk tills ringing. but britain has twice as many shops as it needs, according to the man officially tas

dandan, did you see your girlfriend today?ing out for them too to make a decision on their futures. olivia crellin, bbc news. the usjustice department has indicted two chinese men accused of hacking into the computer networks of companies and government agencies in western countries. these are justice department documents. they allege the two men were part of a hacking group affiliated with china's main intelligence service called advanced persistent threat 10. another name it went by was stone panda. they're alleged to have targeted 12 countries, including the us, the uk, france, australia and japan. here's the us' deputy attorney general. the activity alleged in this indictment violates the commitment that china made. that was a commitment they made to members of the international community, to the united states, to the g20 and to apec. now, we want china to cease in illegal cyber activities and honour its commitment to the international community. but the evidence suggests that china may not intend to abide by its promises.

tom shelton has been living apart from his wife annie and adopted son dandan for almost a year now.ed someone outside of the european economic area, and are unable to satisfy home office minimum income requirements for a visa. it's taken a toll on his mental health. after three months of separation, i was often breaking down in tears when i saw families together or hear music with, you know, references to families of children. for me, that shouldn't be happening to me, you know? families like tom's keep in touch online, earning the nickname skype families. it means dinners over facetime, constant whatsapp messaging. 0ne father even taught his baby daughter to learn how to crawl over video messenger, and we could be about to see thousands more after brexit. at the moment, non—european economic area citizens wanting to join their british partner orfamily in the uk can do so via the surinder singh immigration route. this involves a british partner moving to the eu for at least six months, where, thanks to europe's rights of free movement, non—eea family can join them. they can move to