that includes the gatwick express, the great western railway service between gatwick airport and readingices. if you have ever been to gatwick airport you will know all of those are the main train operators that operate into the gatwick airport terminal. they are not stopping while the police to deal with this security incident. we're also hearing that local buses are also affected and are unable to run it to gatwick airport. the advice from the national rail is to avoid travelling to the station whilst the incident is ongoing. they are saying that the disruption on the train services is going to last at least another hour and 15 minutes. that a provisional 1230 uk time for the disruption to continue and tell. we heard from gatwick airport that they were dealing with a suspicious package... actually, a security incident, not a suspicious package, that was me saying that incorrectly. they have evacuated as a precaution while a security incident is investigated. passengers may be able to access the south terminal while this is ongoing. the safety and security of our passengers and staff is

airport, those are some of the scenes there at gatwick.urn dramatically milder over the weekend, along with some very severe weather indeed from storm bert. it's a very deep area of low pressure, pushing northwards and eastwards through the weekend. strong winds, some very heavy rain and also some more snowfall, particularly heavy over the hills towards the north. there could be blizzard—like conditions with those strong winds as we head through saturday morning in particular, along with some very heavy rain coupled with the snow melt out towards the west. this is where it could be at its worst, could lead to some flooding. there will be widespread gales too across the uk, but towards the irish sea coast, some north sea facing coast, gusts of wind of 60 to 70 miles an hour. if you're travelling on saturday morning, do take care. the storm out towards the west then, as we head through the rest of this afternoon and the satellite picture, it's a fairly quiet afternoon of weather. there have been some wintry showers around this morning, but t

gatwick airport...s been partially evacuated following the discovery of a prohibited item in a piece of luggage. the airport said its south terminal, one of two, has been evacuated while it investigates the incident, adding that passengers are currently being prevented from entering the building. train services to the aiport are not stopping. we'll bring you more on that as we get it. su55ex sussex police covers gatwick airport and has issued a statement: thati5 that is the latest from the police regarding the evacuation of gatwick airport. donald trump has nominated the veteran prosecutor, pam bondi, as his new attorney—general after his previous nominee, matt gaetz, withdrew from consideration for the role. pam bondi was one of mr trump's defence lawyers during his first impeachment trial in 2020. a long—time ally of the president—elect, she previously served as attorney general of florida. for more on this we can speak now to cbs correspondentjarred hill. tell us more about her and why we think donal

just to bring you news coming into us about that gatwick incident.th terminal was closed because of a security alert. london gatwick�*s spokesperson now saying the earlier security alert has now been resolved and cleared by police. the south terminal is reopening to staff and will be open to passengers shortly. trains will also start calling at gatwick airport once the terminal is fully reopened. we would like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding while the situation was resolved, safety and security is always our top priority. there are some delays and cancellations, passengers should contact their airline for any updates on flights. gatwick airport then just saying that the security alert has now been resolved and south terminal is reopening after quite a long spell when it was closed. you can see some of the queues of people and passengers that built up, slightly chaotic scenes there at gatwick, but the good news is it is reopening and people should still though check with their airline for updates on their flights. also new isjus

gatwick is the uk�*s second busiest airport.d out. roughly half of them using the south terminal, which is where we have the problems at the moment. this is the original airport with the railway station built in. we know that sometime after nine o�*clock this morning somebody passing through the security check at gatwick had an item which raised very serious security concerns. as a result of that is, the entire south terminal landside, so before the security check, was closed. that includes the railway station, which is built into the south terminal, and the shuttle which runs to and from the north terminal. the south terminal predominantly services british airways, air malta, ryanair. easyjet has a small presence there, but ryanair. easyjet has a small presence there, but easyjet mostly is from the north terminal. as you say, flights are still landing. if they�*re going to the site terminal, people are going to the gate as normal bots are not getting on the air bridge and walking into international arrivals, that has been close

nickjohnson, bbc news, gatwick airport.l of powerful storm bert. northern ireland is expected to get hit first, so let's talk to chris page who's in county antrim. chris, how bad is this expected to be over the weekend? northern ireland is set to be the first part of the uk to feel the full force of storm bert. the first weather warning, yellow warning, will take effect in under two hours from now at midnight. that is for rain and snow. it means they could be disruption, especially for travel. people are being asked if they have to go out at all to take particular care on the roads. at five o'clock in the morning a second yellow warning kicks in. that is for wind. that indicates there could be some damage to buildings. in the republic of ireland there is a red warning, the most severe possible for counties galway and cork. sandbags are being put out beside homes and businesses to try to protect them from potential severe flooding. across saturday and sunday, numerous warnings set to come into effect for england, the north,

chaos at gatwick airport, after one terminal was evacuated for hours, on a day that tens of thousandsting to fly. and as storm bert approaches, we'll be telling you where and when the snow, wind and rain is likely to hit the uk. and on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, ruben amorim lays out his manchester united master plan as he prepares to take charge of his first match this weekend. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. two men have pleased guilty to running a vast people—smuggling operation from a car wash in south wales. dilshad shamo and ali khdir, from caerphilly, moved hundreds of people from iraq, iran and syria into the uk using cars, lorries and boats. they were arrested last year by the national crime agency, who told the bbc that they ran their business like a travel agency and even advertised their services, like a tripadvisor for smugglers. wyre davies has the story. from this innocuous and otherwise legitimate car wash, ali khdir and dilshad shamo ran a prolific people—smuggling operation that brought thousands of migrants to europe. five, six, seven,

of course, we'll keep a close eye on the situation that i'd london's gatwick airport and bring in more information as and when we have it, no worries. thank you very much for speaking to us and we hope that you can get on your flight and that can be safe of course, as well as you and the other passengers there. thank you very much for your time. the best move on to have an use of at least 50 people, including a mother and child has been killed in a shooting and northwest spot. hassan gunmen opened fire on a convoy travelling to pasha. why the capital of kind of fun to performance? local media? see the passengers where she and most things, no one's gains responsibility for the attack. i local brian show vi. so in the pockets tie, tiny buys alliances of on goes operate in the area, way of violence has increased in recent months. come on, hide, it has more from his arm about a deadly attack on a gun. why of $200.00 weight goes traveling from florida to an ard. this is the administrative gap or does of gord, i'm agency one, spot, guest on drive and region. it does the history of sectarian

let's bring you up—to—date with what is happening at gatwick airport.uth terminal was evacuated while a security incident is being investigated. passengers are being prevented from entering the building. sussex police has issued this statement. police were cold to the south terminal at gatwick at 8:20am after the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage test security safety of passengers and staff. an ordnance disposal team is being sent to the airport. this is causing significant disruption and roach are the south terminal have been closed. we would advise people to avoid the area if possible. there is a statement from easyjet on the bbc news website. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. good afternoon. well, it's still very cold today, but the air will turn dramatically milder over the weekend, along with some very severe weather indeed from storm bert. it's a very deep area of low pressure, pushing northwards and eastwards through the weekend. strong winds, some very heavy rain and also some more snowfall, particularly heavy over th

a security alert at gatwick has ended after hours of disruption, delays and cancellations continue, weill bring you the latest. and... we'll show you the ancient forests that lurk beneath this sinkhole in china. hello. let's start with breaking news that two men from south wales have pleaded guilty to being part of a vast people smuggling operation — bringing thousands of migrants to europe. they ran their business like a travel agency and advertised their services — described, as like trip advisor for smugglers�*. the bbc can also reveal that dilshad shamo and ali khdir exploited an informal, and virtually untraceable, banking system to finance their operations across several countries. wyre davis has this report. from this innocuous and otherwise legitimate car wash, ali khdir and dilshad shamo run a prolific people smuggling operation that brought thousands of migrants to europe. five, six, seven, eight. business was booming as they advertised their services on social media. thank you so, so much. migrants shot videos promoting their experiences, described as like a travel agency fo

the police in london has sent an explosive disposal team to gatwick airport. they're investigating officer what's been described as i suspected prohibited items was found on luggage. gatwick south terminal has been evacuated on the security quarter, and as in place lawrence campbell coast, as a passenger of the airports, we will have went through that with launch keys. we thought nothing of it an hour and a half way. i'm sitting in chris. so having a coffee. and suddenly this stuff went up to us and say, you put it back to a good like right now. and there was tons of money into the evelyn was rushing, having to be got stuff together. we're running across the terminal. and if you go to the back right now, and we luckily robin being removed from the apple, like i know some people think we will move towards the departure gate. so we're sitting here with no news, whether we'll take off or not. we have no idea when they're going to leave. i'm we just being held that one thing about the right from the plane. yeah. or this ball. so we just lay things and no one knows

thousands of passengers had flights delayed or cancelled — after gatwick airport was shut for severalacuated after a suspected prohibited item was found in luggage. two people were briefly detained. the airport has since re—opened. queen camilla will miss the royal variety performance on friday as she is still recovering from a chest infection. earlier this week, the queen returned to public duties — receiving an honorary doctorate from the university of london. however, doctors have advised that she prioritise rest to fully recover. the king will attend the show as planned. the texas education board approved a controversial new, bible—based, curriculum for students at public schools in the state. the curriculum follows republican led efforts to give religion more of a presence in public schools. the materials would be optional for schools, but if they use the lessons in the classroom they will receive additional funding. in the us the first amendment protects freedom of religion and the separation of church and state. opponents of the bill say children would not be able to tell the d

london gatwick airport says a large portion of southern terminal evacuated as a precaution as they investigateecurity incident there. we will keep you up to date as we learn more on both of these situations. a caravan of 1500 migrants is marching through southern mexico in homes of reaching the u.s. southern border before president-elect trump takes office. the caravan is made up of mostly men, women and young children from central and south america and the journey takes around 16 days without strong. trump says he plans to seal the southern border as soon as he gets back into the white house. now to pennsylvania where democrat bob casey has finally conceded to dave mccormick over two weeks after election day. and the senator elect says it should not have taken this long. >> we're excited to have this resolved, finally. yeah, mathematically it was clear from election day on that the election was over. there was just not a path to victory. we need to step back and look at what happened in this election and make sure it doesn't happen again. the other thing we need is voter i.d., because we are

this is a live look at london gatwick airport.arge part of the south terminal has been evacuated and flights have been halted as explosive alerts respond to a suspected prohibited item discovered in luggage. this happening as the u.s. embassy in london is on lockdown. officials continue to investigate a suspicious package there. london metro police say reports of a loud bang near the embassy was caused by a controlled explosion after officials discovered that suspicious parcel. wow. and check out this wild video of a volcano in iceland roaring back to life spewing molten lava blue lagoon on wednesday. this marks the seventh eruption this year before then the volcano had been silent for the past eight centuries. wow. dozens of homes in the area have been evacuated. those are your headlines, that's like something that brian could go see on the weekend and not tell us. [laughter] >> carley: going to iceland, saw a volcano. >> lawrence: lava coming out next to you? >> brian: lava for the longest time. meanwhile this: a fox news alert.

but the chagossian community, who live in crawley, right next to gatwick because they hope they're going back home soon, which is extraordinary. after all these years, they've not even been consulted. they want to go back. they accept diego garcia, they'll set up, you know, home on the neighbouring islands. but they want to live under british rule rather than mauritian rule, because the mauritians have been actually quite racist towards them . and haven't labour got them. and haven't labour got this horribly wrong? >> i'm not going to say that labour have got this horribly wrong. i mean, i do have concerns in hearing some of this stuff about, you know, that they're more aligned with the chinese, which i think, you know, you know, i think there are that is concerning. and i think it is important, isn't to it, have military bases in strategic locations. however, at the same time, i think, you know, you know, if it's there, if it is their land, if it is part of their country, you know, mauritius have never had a legal claim over the islands. >> well, this this is a bad deal for britain, a b

in other news, two people who were detained over a suspect package which led to the closure of gatwick airport today have now been released. sussex police says the package reported has been made safe by officers from a bomb disposal team, and the airport has now been handed back to its operator. the two people who were detained have been released and allowed to continue their journeys. thousands of airline passengers were delayed after gatwick airport south terminal was evacuated because of the security alert. travellers were unable to check in for more than four hours due to the incident earlier today. and donald trump has been granted permission to seek dismissal of his hush money criminal case, in which he was found guilty earlier this year. it comes in light of his victory in the november 5th us presidential election. the judge presiding over his trial has also agreed to delay the sentencing, which was scheduled for next week . those are the for next week. those are the latest gb news headlines. more in an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news

police were called to the south terminal at gatwick airport at 8:20 am.n friday, the 22nd of november, following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage to ensure the safety of the public, staff and other airport users, a security cordon has been put in place while the matter is dealt with as a precaution. an explosive ordnance disposal team is being deployed to the airport . deployed to the airport. elsewhere, foreign secretary david lammy has vowed to continue supporting ukraine. that's following threats from vladimir putin to strike the uk . vladimir putin to strike the uk. the russian leader confirmed the country had tested a new intermediate range weapon in response to ukrainian missile strikes earlier in the week. he also added that russia are entitled to strike those countries who support ukraine. earlier, a member of the ukrainian parliament, kira rudik, told gb news how important it is for the west to continue in their support. >> the only thing that russia is good at is terrorising peaceful cities with the missiles and they are n

two people who were detained over a suspect package which led to the closure of gatwick airport today have now been released. sussex police says the package reported has been made safe by officers from a bomb disposal team and the airport has now been handed back to its operator. the two people who were detained have been released and allowed to continue their journeys. thousands of airline passengers were delayed after gatwick airport's south terminal was evacuated because of the security alert. donald trump has been granted permission to seek dismissal of his hush money criminal case, in which he was found guilty earlier this year. it comes in light of his recent victory in the november 5th us presidential election. the judge presiding over his case also agreed to delay the sentencing scheduled for next week . and the scheduled for next week. and the king has accepted flowers on behalf of the queen during his arrival at royal albert hall for the royal variety performance tonight. king charles received the flowers meant for camilla from eight year old iris king taylor as he arrived a

two people who were detained over a suspect package which led to the closure of gatwick airport todayave now been released. sussex police says. the package reported has been made safe by officers from a bomb disposal team and the airport has now been handed back to its operator. the two people who were detained have been released and allowed to continue their journeys. thousands of airline passengers were delayed after gatwick airport's south terminal was evacuated because of the security alert. travellers were unable to check in for more than four hours due to the incident today, and donald trump has been granted permission to seek dismissal for his hush money criminal case in which he was found guilty earlier this year. it comes in light of his recent victory in the november 5th us presidential election. the judge presiding over his trial has also agreed to delay the sentencing, which was scheduled for next week. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to miriam for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go

two people who were detained over a suspect package which led to the closure of gatwick airport today have now been released. sussex police says the package reported has been made safe by officers from a bomb disposal team and the airport has now been handed back to its operator. the two people who were detained have been released and allowed to continue their journeys. thousands of airline passengers were delayed after gatwick airport's south terminal was evacuated because of the security alert. donald trump has been granted permission to seek dismissal of his hush money criminal case, in which he was found guilty earlier this year. it comes in light of his recent victory in the november 5th us presidential election. the judge presiding over his case also agreed to delay the sentencing scheduled for next week . and the scheduled for next week. and the king has accepted flowers on behalf of the queen during his arrival at royal albert hall for the royal variety performance tonight. king charles received the flowers meant for camilla from eight year old iris king taylor as he arrived a

let's bring you up—to—date with the situation at gatwick. have warned passengers that queues may be longer today after the south terminal was shut yesterday because of a bomb scare. thousands of passengers have had their flights delayed or cancelled after the building was closed for more than four hours. it re—opened at around 3pm after a security alert was cleared by police. flights are now operating from both terminals. the laos government says it's �*profoundly saddened' by the deaths of six foreign tourists, suspected of having suffered methanol poisoning in the town of vang vieng. 28—year—old simone white from kent and two friends from australia, holly bowles and bianca jones, have been confirmed among the dead. 0ur correspondent nick marsh has more. it isa it is a right for the for thousands of young people. from home on one of the most beautiful and welcoming parts of the world. the past few days have revealed a more dangerous side to southeast asia. so for six people from four different countries have lost their lives to methanol poi

it comes after the closure of gatwick's south terminal and a controlled explosion at the us embassy yesterday . football now embassy yesterday. football now and there was a shock win in the premier league for tottenham hotspur in the evening kick off as they smashed four goals past manchester city at the etihad. it is the champions fifth loss in a row. in the early game, chelsea beat leicester city two one and in the 3:00 matches there were wins for arsenal, brighton and wolves, aston villa and crystal palace and everton and crystal palace and everton and brentford all drew keeping with sport , and two tennis with sport, and two tennis rivals have come together. novak djokovic has appointed his rival andy murray as his coach. the brit said i'm going to be joining novak's team in the off season, helping him to prepare for the australian open . the for the australian open. the serb added i am excited to have one of my greatest rivals on the same side of the net as my coach. those are the latest gb news headunes. those are the latest gb news headlines. i'm those are the latest gb news headlines

it comes after the closure of gatwick's south terminal and a controlled explosion at a us embassy yesterday and the first grey yesterday. and the first grey seal pup of the season has been born at the former weapons testing site along the suffolk coastline. the birth marks the fourth year in a row of seals breeding there. it began there following reduced visitor access dunng following reduced visitor access during the pandemic. the national trust has said more than 130 seal pups were born there last year, with the breeding site now being described as a brilliant wildlife success story . very wildlife success story. very cute. those are your latest gb news headlines. i'm joe caspar. more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign up to news your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news .com. >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> good afternoon. it's fast approaching seven minutes after 3:00. that was joseph's first time for good. i'm nana akua welcome. so coming up, storm babetis we

the people, the chagos islanders themselves, who for some reason most of them seem to live around gatwick't want chagos to be given to mauritius or wherever it is. it's not a mauritius rumour. yeah. but. and also also trump doesn't want it. i mean , trump doesn't want it. i mean, it seems like a geopolitically terrible thing to do. i don't know how it serves us. >> how does it serve the uk? >> how does it serve the uk? >> really? absolutely. nobody. nobody wanted it. they're also saying gen z. >> gen z spends up to six hours a day online. i mean, who would have guessed? >> i mean, of course, those antidepressant unboxing videos aren't going to watch them. they aren't going to watch them. they are great. >> and i watch all of them. >> and i watch all of them. >> oh yeah. sertraline and the whole thing. yeah. i mean, young people are spending increasingly times online. >> yeah. of course. i mean , that >> yeah. of course. i mean, that doesn't seem like. yeah. >> and they don't answer the phone. >> yeah. very, very. that's coming up later. >> okay. >> okay. >> no spoilers. >> no spoilers. >>

gatwick's south terminal is reopening for passengers after a security alert was cleared by sussex policecomes after the terminal was evacuated today to investigate sussex police have confirmed that they were called to the airport this morning following a suspected prohibited item being found in some luggage. they also added that an explosive ordnance disposal team has been deployed to the airport as a precaution . to the airport as a precaution. foreign secretary david lammy has vowed to continue supporting ukraine following threats from putin to strike the uk . the putin to strike the uk. the russian leader confirmed the country had tested a new intermediate range weapon in response to ukrainian missile strikes earlier in the week. he also added that russia are entitled to strike those countries who supported ukraine. earlier, member of the ukrainian parliament kira rudik told gb news how important it is for the west to continue in their support . support. >> the only thing that russia is good at is terrorising peaceful cities with the missiles and they are not even good in defending th

the people, the chagos islanders themselves, who for some reason most of them seem to live around gatwickut they don't want chagos to be given to mauritius or wherever it is. it's not a mauritius rumour. yeah. but. and also also trump doesn't want it. i mean , trump doesn't want it. i mean, it seems like a geopolitically terrible thing to do. i don't know how it serves us. >> how does it serve the uk? >> how does it serve the uk? >> really? absolutely. nobody. nobody wanted it. they're also saying gen z. >> gen z spends up to six hours a day online. i mean, who would have guessed? >> i mean, of 1517 00:08:2