lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow.n west yorkshire this evening as the first event to mark bradford's status as the uk's city of culture for 2025 will go ahead, despite the icy temperatures. the open—air event, titled rise, has been co—created by the bradford—born magician steven frayne, formerly known as dynamo. more than two—hundred performers will take to the stage at city park. let's speak to our media and arts correspondent david sillito who's in bradford .. i'm glad to see you have taken your big coat! it i'm glad to see you have taken your his coat!— your big coat! it is -2 at the moment. — your big coat! it is -2 at the moment, and _ your big coat! it is -2 at the moment, and when - your big coat! it is -2 at the moment, and when we - your big coat! it is -2 at the i moment, and when we arrived your big coat! it is -2 at the - moment, and when we arrived it was 41 — moment, and when we arrived it was 41 it — moment, and when we arrived it was 41 it is _ moment, and when we arrived it was —11. it is nippy! bradf

lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow.eme court will hear closing arguments today in a case over whether tiktok should be banned in the country, if it doesn t separate from its chinese owner bytedance. the split is required by a biden administration law which says it's necessary to protect national security. tiktok and some its content creators have argued the ban would violate their first amendment rights to free speech. tiktok says it's used by around 170 million americans. the new law is set to take effect in nine days time. 0ur north america technology correspondent lily jamali has more. well, congress passed that law in april on national security grounds. lawmakers expressed concerns that tiktok�*s chinese ownership, bytedance, means that the data of millions of americans could be compromised, and that they are also prone to manipulation by china's communist party. tiktok has consistently denied those allegations. they have expressed confidence that they will get the outcome that they seek from the supreme court. pres

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south—east, which could see the last cold night here, but double figure values, as you can see, for glasgow belfast, so a lot milder here. tuesday, variable cloud, breezier conditions in scotland and northern ireland. i think it will be mostly dry apart from a bit of drizzle across western hills. could see a little bit of mist and fog across england and wales where we'll have lighter winds thanks to that area of high pressure, but a milder day, less cold for all. 8 to 13 celsius from south to north across the uk. as we head through wednesday, thursday, friday, that area of high pressure continues to bring similar conditions. these weather fronts always grazing the far north—west, where it will always be a bit breezier and it will always stay milder here as well, as you can see, from the darker orange colours. further south, we're closer to the seasonal norm, but still less cold than what we've had of late. so there's the outlook, then. a lot of fine weather around, bit of mist and fog in england and wales. mildest for the north and the west where there'll be a little bit of rain at times. t

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glasgow and carlisle will have a limited service, with rail—replacement buses running between carlislelackpool, edinburgh, stoke on trent and macclesfield will have no ava nti west coast services whatsoever. both sides say they're open and willing to negotiate but have criticised one another. the rmt general secretary mick lynch accused avanti of paying its own senior managers extortionate rates for working on their days off, while those who are union members were paid lower rates. avanti said it was disappointed by the strike action and thanked passengers for their patience and understanding. it said customers with tickets for strike days were strongly advised to travel on alternative dates, or they could claim a full fee—free refund. after doctors found that baby luca's spine wasn't forming properly in the womb, his mum was faced with a remarkable treatment option — effectively giving birth to him twice. he was removed from the womb at 27 weeks for an operation to help reduce his spina bifida. baby luca was then born naturally atjust under nine months. leanne rinne has the story. mee

but increased their advantage over their glasgow rivals.er game finished goalless. france manager didier deschamps has said he will step down from the role after next year's world cup. he's the nation's longest—serving coach and since taking over in 2012 he's guided france to the world cup in 2018. as well as two other major finals in tournaments. becoming only the third man to win it as both player and a manager. his former team—mate zinedine zidane is the early favourite to take over. the belgian grand prix at spa has secured its place on the formula one calendar until 2031 but in a first deal of its kind, the circuit has agreed to only host races in four of those next six years. f1 is seeking to find ways of accommodating new events in an already crowded calendar with a maximum of 25 contractually allowed. so spa has agreed not to have a grand prix in either 2028 or 2030, with its slot going to another race. zara lachlan is aiming to become the first woman, and, at 21, the youngest person to ever row across the atlantic solo and unsuppor

widespread and sharp frost. 0verall, temperatures similar to what we had last night, minus seven in glasgoware still into the cold air, another day of sunshine and wintry showers, the showers was continuing to run around coastal areas where, towards the coast itself, you might see rain and sleaze but inland, more accumulations of snow possible. icy conditions lasting into the day. temperatures are really struggling, 2—3 celsius. the sky is clear on thursday night for much of the country and we are looking at a very cold night indeed. difficult to know exactly how low temperatures will go but part of scotland and northern england will be plumbing the depths, lows between minus 15 and mean that mike may be minus 20. into friday, freezing fog patches clearing. some slightly less cold air starts to move its way in. temperatures up to 7 degrees in plymouth. into the weekend and next week, we are going to see some milder winds pushing ends of the story is, through the weekend it will turn less cold, mild air arriving into next week with temperatures returning into double figures for many. live fr

, but also to shannon — heathrow, glasgow, but also to shannon in the west of ireland, a couple — shannonest of ireland, a couple of planes also went to dublin — a couple of planes also went to dublin. the other problem that manchester is their high number of flight — manchester is their high number of flight cancellations. we are now up— of flight cancellations. we are now up to 60 cancellations. some — now up to 60 cancellations. some of— now up to 60 cancellations. some of those, like emirates to divide. — some of those, like emirates to divide, cathay pacific to hong kong, — divide, cathay pacific to hong kong, are due to the fact that the plane _ kong, are due to the fact that the plane was way out of position— the plane was way out of position after the diversions. many— position after the diversions. many of— position after the diversions. many of them, for instance we -ot many of them, for instance we got 26 — many of them, for instance we got 26 cancellations in and out on easyjet, that is simply due to the — on easyjet, that is simply due to the first wave of flights being _ to

british airways to destinations like barcelona as well as domestic flights to newcastle, edinburgh and glasgowls coming into heathrow has to slow down. it relies in order to fly the published schedule on being very busy at all times, they have said because of the forecast adverse weather, they are going to take some time out and the squash racquet is always british airways because it dated the majority of flights, it takes hit. now, london is out of the very serious amber warning area and manchester airport is just on the edge and leeds and bradford is quite clearly inducted but at the moment, the airport seem to be functioning fairly well. we've got some delays in belfast international, birmingham and in aberdeen but they appear not to be related to be severe weather. to be related to be severe weather-— to be related to be severe weather. ~ ., ., m weather. what about roads? as we've been _ weather. what about roads? as we've been hearing, _ weather. what about roads? as we've been hearing, lots - weather. what about roads? as we've been hearing, lots of - we've been hearing, lots of warning

overall, temperatures similar to what we had last night, minus seven in glasgow.the showers was continuing to run around coastal areas where, towards the coast itself, you might see rain and sleet but inland, more accumulations of snow possible. icy conditions lasting into the day. temperatures are really struggling, 2—3 celsius. the sky is clear on thursday night for much of the country and we are looking at a very cold night indeed. difficult to know exactly how low temperatures will go but part of scotland and northern england will be plumbing the depths, lows between minus 15 and mean may be minus 20. into friday, freezing fog patches clearing. some slightly less cold air starts to move its way in. temperatures up to 7 degrees in plymouth. into the weekend and next week, we are going to see some milder winds pushing ends of the story is, through the weekend it will turn less cold, mild air arriving into next week with temperatures returning into double figures for many. live from london, this is bbc news. two people have been killed and others seriously injure

reluctance to compromise with the residence of the rebellious regions the, to the conflicts escalation of glasgow while the 3 vehicles which it was supposed, letty add them in this is roy, you see being able to see if it's supposed to do a medical is not the m. c. c. you have one of these levine, bruce line codes sub a has finally realized in whose interest from as early as the 16th century they created and supported the project to establish an anti russian state in today's ukraine, and how it might end for its residence. the, the train, not the car enough to district the middle of the street. the same all as a new be useful model all the while it was the selling 1000000, the be more useful boy the month to month. yeah, going to show me this long to go, but i will say overall, if i also, if we just turn it off and yeah, start typing show you how to set that off and seen your but this channel's a few months, a prospect favorable or the like. 400 years ago, there was a battle of a language in sites and ukraine. a wall, a ways russians kill other russians. the western project ukraine is not russia b

edinburgh — and reduced services between london, the west midlands and manchester — with routes into glasgowuston station. what's the situation there this morning? as well as being very cold, which adds to the misery for commuters here at euston station, there is a very well publicised strike action today but also two days ago. at the heart of this strike action is a dispute over who is paid what are working overtime, notjust working overtime hours but for being called in to work those hours on what would be a rostered day off, a rest day, a working arrangement, if you will. the two sides to this argument would that be of avanti who say it is very disappointing for passengers to face those disrupted timetables, as you have pointed out. blackpool, parts of north wales, edinburgh facing no service. the situation here at euston station is there is only one train an hour, 11 car carriages we have been hearing on the announcement here, going to various places, including wolverhampton. there are trains to crewe as well. avanti is a if you have bought a ticket for today, you can use that until the

and south—east which could see the last cold night here but double figure values as you can see for glasgow mostly dry apart from drizzle. a little bit of mist and fog where we will have lighter winds thanks to that area of high pressure but a milder day. less cold for all. 8-13 milder day. less cold for all. 8—13 from south to north across the uk. wednesday, thursday, friday, that area of high—pressure bring similar conditions. grazing the far north—west where it will be a bit breezy and it will always stay milder here as well as you can see from the darker all orange colours. less cold than what we have had of late. there is the outlook. a lot of fine weather around. mist and fog. mildest for the north and the west where there will be a little bit of rain at times. take care. live from london. this is bbc news. the number of people killed in the los angeles wildfires rises to 16, with firefighters battling to contain the two biggest blazes. an aerial attack on the enormous palisades fire, which is menacing brentwood, one of la's most exclusive neighbourhoods. in the uk — a police officer

in february, i came here to the new victoria hospital in glasgow, where the test results revealed a shockingiagnosis. in patients who've got liver conditions, we try and exclude other types of problems such as autoimmune, viral, hereditary conditions, and these were excluded. and we also did another test called a fibroscan test. so a normal score should be less than seven, above 12 or so it would feel to be cirrhosis. your score was 10.2. so it did show quite severe significant scarring present. to understand what had caused my level of scarring, what conclusion did you come to? in your case, we worked out, we felt this was most likely to be alcohol and, if you continued to drink, then i was worried that you were going to go on and develop cirrhosis of the liver. so the most important thing for you at that time was to stop drinking. i had been diagnosed with arld, alcohol—related liver disease. it had been caughtjust below the threshold for permanent damage. i remember walking through this park and feeling shellshocked and quite numb. i was 31, a young professional with a good job, a good ca

el miércoles, la página oficial de la liga anunció que el delantero japonés del celtic de glasgow, kyogoer la página oficial de la mls no se entiende cómo pudo pasar eso, porque bueno, al final de cuentas los traspasos les llegan a ellos antes que a todos y vamos a cerrar en la nba, donde según varios reportes, el entrenador en jefe de los angeles lakers, jj redick, perdió su casa en el incendio paliza el martes en la noche. el coach habló sobre la situación de los incendios y dijo que toda su familia y la familia de su esposa había tenido que evacuar el área y hoy confirmó que la casa en la que estaba viviendo fue una de las estructuras que se perdió en este incendio. los incendios, además, han aplazado todos los partidos que estaban supuestos a jugarse desde este jueves en el área de los Ángeles y haciendo un poco relación a la primera historia. mucha gente se le olvida a veces que también los deportistas y la gente que está involucrada son personas y tienen que pasar también por estas situaciones, no? entonces, para toda la gente de los Ángeles, para todos los equipos que están en esa

as a result, the links which had also originated from the glasgow, came divided him up on the present day system in much time still. but i've heard, there's also a more mystical version of events. what can you tell me about that? no i think i did it again. this is yeah, there is also a legend. that's right. yeah. let me tell you what it said. there was a lot of spiritual legit noise who had a daughter to either will just bear it's one of whom was the method of getting those that i wanted to hand in marriage to and aquinos arisen there was the 1st to propose but was turned down. they also had better luck. the canals are as good angry with tons to his lake and blocked the road with a huge bold as it made sense then, like i knows that a has been separated from the other leg was earlier. this than yes, now, is the guy i told you about the geological history of this place. but as we both down the water shed is the story and rel, between the water spirits is clearly a bell and 2 lakes to seize and 2 oceans. yeah, it will. yeah. la city, just how many lakes all the in this national park is y

and temperature wise, freezing in glasgow, to about 7 in plymouth, under that veil of cloud.ont comes in from the atlantic, followed in hot pursuit by another one. isobars tell their own story at times. it is going to be windy. but the wind coming in from the south—west means that it's not going to be as cold as it has been this week. so, you can see how the temperatures rise, initially across northern ireland and western scotland. but by the time we get towards the end of the week, more of us are seeing higher temperatures than we have done. this is bbc news. the headlines... new wildfires break out across los angeles. five people are confirmed dead. more than 130,000 have been evacuated. the pound tumbles as government borrowing costs surge to their highest level since the 2008 financial crisis. latest figures show more than 5,000 people are in hospital with flu in england each day — and the number's rising. new analysis reveals the major housing increase councils are facing to meet government targets. welcome. some breaking news concerning _ welcome. some breaking news con

south—east, which could see the last cold night here, but double figure values, as you can see, for glasgowe mostly dry apart from a bit of drizzle across western hills. could see a little bit of mist and fog across england and wales where we'll have lighter winds thanks to that area of high pressure, but a milder day, less cold for all. 8 to 13 celsius from south to north across the uk. as we head through wednesday, thursday, friday, that area of high pressure continues to bring similar conditions. these weather fronts always grazing the far north—west, where it will always be a bit breezier and it will always stay milder here as well, as you can see, from the darker orange colours. further south, we're closer to the seasonal norm, but still less cold than what we've had of late. so there's the outlook, then. a lot of fine weather around, bit of mist and fog in england and wales. mildest for the north and the west where there'll be a little bit of rain at times. take care. this is bbc news, the headlines: the death toll from the los angeles wildfires rises to 16. at least another 13 people

i was well aware of maybe like i bring up in glasgow. um, you'll see what it means. well, let me pull, denied high flying, nodding, and for us, the chance to close the gap on their opponents. premier league leaders fall back to draw 11 at city ground, 2nd place for us to been the surprise package the season. they're on their way to an 8th street. when in the leave, chris would gave them the lead after just 8 minutes live, work their way back is some student j over a job to score just 22 seconds after coming on to make it 11. a well or point for us, but it keeps them 6 points, a drift of for his lot side. we have competing very well. i keep assisting and this is the approach and the mentality till the squads. it's about playing, competing, improving, realizing what we charge strains, and we charge our weaknesses and getting to know our sales better, can only make us compete the future and in a better way. um, you know what i think about the table for now is not important of the 20 games. you can judge the tables much better than in the 1st for 56789 to 10 games. and i

. # when it comes to being "simply the best" in glasgow, there�*s only been one winner recently.rox delight as he fired rangers into an early lead. and they so nearly extended it — vaclav czerny agonizingly close as the hosts dominated the first half. after the break, celtic did briefly stir — kyogo thought he had equalised, but not for long, the offside flag summing up theirfrustration. and rangers duly romped to victory. robin propper made it 2—0 before, with his very first touch, substitute danilo rounded things off in style. oh, it�*s come to...danilo! the title may well still be celtic�*s, but today at least belonged emphatically to rangers. andy swiss, bbc news. cardiff city had a few problems yesterday — their match against coventry city was delayed — because they didn�*t have enough referees. in the end, a call went out over the tannoy in the packed stands to see if anyone could help. dale randall stepped forward, even though the crowd was a little bigger than he was used to. he has been talking to tomos morgan. yesterday, i was supposed to be refereeing at goytre united

that because the was just a little said coming in the from the atlantic last i really can get to glasgow eyes coming through farther south to cling onto the sunshine for london a little longer at 9 celsius here. quite a scotch into central, possibly little band of sleet and snow in the cold f, a central areas of your patrols thing for the south west quad. so to the southeast, that'd be guy with a shout was gathering, which was that western side of the met some showers that just pushing their way into at eastern side of spain. much of spain and portugal. that's it, fine. and right, let me finish. i was to just cutting the final all of africa and all of them them are okay. pushing across into algeria as soon as you move on to what to where the possible for southern areas of algae area all the way down to sierra. yeah. are the, is there any sign of the lead to the millions of palestinians in gaza for now stuck between an outgoing fighting administration and an incoming trumpet industries. now that americans have decided to put form back in the white house. what kind of country in the world

i was well aware of maybe lot i bring up in glasgow. um you'll see what it means to the latest livable to 1. 1 would not to him for us on tuesday. second place for us that had been the surprise package of the season. it looked to be on the way to an 8th straight when in the deep course. what's going on? so just 8 minutes fuck livable his back. thanks to substitute joe pool is the school. it's just 22 seconds off to come in on the 4th day 6. points behind on the slow side we are competing very well, i keep assisting and this is the approach and the mentality till the squads. it's about playing competing, improving, realizing what we chow strains and we charge our weaknesses and getting to know our sales better can only make us compete the future and in a better way. um, you know, what i think about the table for now is not important. now that the delta vision carlos outside us have stayed on course to meet and the quote of finals of bill straightening open. the power of both when is in melbourne on wednesday with joke of its setting. yet

their services from manchester airport in particular through to glasgow, also through to leeds.e not running and they are saying they are unable to put on road transport, so, basically, there is no service. they are saying that you can try and use other providers but the trans— pennine express also have issues and there are a of council services when i looked out of leeds. lner also have delays and they have said to passengers that there tickets for today will be valid for services tomorrow. there are also issues on scotrail and down into the south west on gwr. the rain is continuing here and the area that i am in still has this humbert warning for snow that is through until midnight tonight. we are not out of the worst of it. there could be more. we have already seen 16 centimetres of snow falling in bingley in west yorkshire and even higher in high areas of the pennines. elsewhere in the country, the temperatures have risen, so the snow that fell last night down in bristol and gloucestershire and somerset is melting. there are issues there that may be causing flooding and ther

good see last cold night here but double figure values which you can see for glasgow and for belfast.uld be mist and fog across england and wales, later went up england and wales, later went up as of high pressure. milder day and has cold 48—13 from south to north across uk. as we head to through 30 on friday, similar conditions, weather fronts always grazing the far north—west where it will always be a bit breezy and will always stay milder here. you can see from the darker orange colours further south. close it a the seasonal norm but still colder than what we have had. but of mist and fog was in and i was, myjust north and west weather. a little bit of rain at times. take care. this is bbc news, the headlines: the death toll from the los angeles wildfires rises to 16. at least another 13 people are missing. winds are expected to pick up again — strengthening the flames — and a further 166,000 people have been warned they may have to leave. the uk's prime minister has been urged to sack anti—corruption minister tulip siddiq after she was named in a corruption investigation in bangla

that perspective, a rock from the 1st i'll reply to my was well aware of maybe lot i bring up in glasgow. um you'll see where what it means by elaborate using one. they're 7th game in a row as they move back to within one point a. when does legal leaders buying munich? a free cake decided it says alex grimaldo squared the crucial winner in the 2nd half of the 9th one now also now 15 games on beaten men leaving the fire and still have a game enhance. former liberal pool manager you're getting caught. meanwhile, has described expanded cub broke up as a waste of time pop was talking at his 1st official appearance as rebels had a global soccer, the company always comes in jeremy, the united states, brazil, japan, and austria. redbull salzburg qualified for $32.00 teen club, woke up which kicks off in june 1st. they, it's working public. i think it's, it's use with doesn't help if you have you have no summer break. i don't know. it needs both. some players would play to broke up or whatever like yours and call them every time i've ever in the last year in a place where this summer winter tour

destinations like barcelona and rome as well as short—haul domestic flights to newcastle, edinburgh and glasgowthrow has to slow down. it is the busiest two—runway airport in the world and it relies, in order to fly the published schedule, on being very busy at all times. but because of the forecast adverse weather, they will take some flights out and it is pretty much always british airways, given that it has the majority of flights there, that takes the hit. they are all on routes where people should be booked on other flights. london, very much out of the really serious amber warning area, manchester airportjust on the edge, leeds and bradford quite clearly in that. but at the moment, the airports seem to be functioning well. we have some delays in belfast international, in birmingham, and in aberdeen, but they appear not to be related to the severe weather. a reminder before we go — as new yellow and amber warnings for snow and ice come into force across much of england and all of wales — you can continue to follow the latest developments on the bbc news app and website, where we're running

part of the glasgow financial alliance is cochaired by the chair of bloomberg inc.nd michael bloomberg, parent company of bloomberg news. i mentioned we have to factor into the oil price, chinese economic recovery. we got the pmi numbers from caixin earlier this morning, the weakness factoring into chinese stocks as well. the csi 300 down 0.3%. indeed, this supplements the data, the official numbers we got earlier in the week. we saw some strength for services. we are in, on the growth side of 50 but it is weaker than expected on manufacturing. factor in the tariff story, the uncertainty around that and also the question of what stimulus we can expect from beijing in 2025. the president-elect coming up, his progress -- his return to the white house is dominating wall street predictions. from u.s. assets to bond vigilantes, we will discuss with the finance world is expecting in 2025. do stay with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> looking at 2025 being the year of the great pipit. -- the great pipit. china is likely to outperform the u.s. and uncertainties abound. >> it is

services between london euston and glasgow via manchester will be affected. future, one month after the collapse of the assad regime. david lammy is expected to offer british help in organising humanitarian efforts during the talks in riyadh with the new syrian authorities, as well as arab countries and european allies. after doctors found that baby luca's spine wasn't forming properly in the womb, his mum was faced with a remarkable treatment option — effectively giving birth to him twice. he was removed from the womb at 27 weeks for an operation to help reduce his spina bifida. baby luca was then born naturally atjust under nine months. leanne rinnee has the story. meet cheeky little luca. he's just turned two and his favourite thing to do is play peek—a—boo. again! his parents were told early on during pregnancy that luca had spina bifida, which is when a baby's spine and spinal cord doesn't develop properly in the womb. at first, they thought terminating the pregnancy was their best option. 0n the day that we were going to go through with termination, ins

glasgow. willy wonka experience, please pay homage.t is a to the double-a. >> that is a drag martha stewart. okay, that's a drag queen. and then that is the sad oompa loompa. the oompa loompa. didn't you see the glasgow oompa loompa experience? no. oh my god, it was so sad. it was like terrible. that was the joke of it. it was very sad. okay, okay. there. that was the. that's the oompa loompa experience in glasgow. thank you darling. it was very sad. that's the joke. oh, no. >> loompa in glasgow charged money and it was terrible. >> that was. it was a sensation. i'll tell you. in to the news. >> who was charging money in glasgow to see oompa loompa? you're in the weeds, sweetie. >> you're in the weeds. right. >> so our next contestants, gentlemen, please, please control yourself. our next contestant, the ever gorgeous, the ever sweet, the ever wonderful mudang, the baby hippo and baby reindeer from the hit program. please, baby reindeer and moody i love it. >> oh, they're coming over to us. i knew you were going to like this. i knew yo

, temperatures somewhat of what we have last night, -7 somewhat of what we have last night, —7 in glasgownto the day. as we go through thursday night, the sky is clear for much of the country, and we are looking at a very cold night indeed. difficult to know exactly how low temperatures will go, but parts of scotland and northern england will be plumbing the depths. we could see somewhere between —15 and —20 in the very coldest locations. intifada, mist and freezing fog patches or storm, but more cloud and south—western areas as some slightly less cold air starts to move its way and come at a temperatures up to seven celsius in plymouth. otherwise, another cold day. into the weekend and next week, eventually we are going to start to see some mild south—westerly winds push in. through the weekend, starting to turn less cold, milder air arriving into next week with temperatures returning to double figures for many. live from london, this is bbc news. firefighters are battling through the night in california to contain wildfires in and around los angeles. these are the live pictures. a state

insurgency, not just in the middle east but we've seen repeatedly in europe with the bombings recently in glasgow and then throughout europe. the threat is real. the enemy is out there and we can decide whether were going to continue to fight them with the right -- i wouldn't be here this morning it was a same strategy that was years while i was in iraq. i wouldn't be here defending that policy. that was a failed policy. >> what would you be say? >> it's probably time to adjust strategy. we need to change strategy. [inaudible] >> mccain has voiced this. it's that with continued losing american lives as a fill strategy. either adjust strategy or pull the troops out. i totally agree. if there was up late to adjust rank i would be jumping on the table saying get our servicemen and women out because they are not on the winning track. the reason i'm here is because we are on track. the minute we stop wishing that and i'll stop saying we need to keep fighting but i really believe and history and counterinsurgency principles support the approach we're finally taking with more troops in baghdad and iraq.

just in the middle east but we've seen repeatedly in europe, with bombings that were thwarted in glasgow and throughout europe. the threat is real, the enemy is out there and we can decide whether we will continue to fight them -- i wouldn't be here this morning if it was the same strategy used when i was in iraq. i wouldn't be here defending that policy, it was a failed policy. host: what would you be saying? guest: it's probably time to addressed strategy, -- adjust strategy. mccain has voiced this very well, it's not worth continuing and losing american lives with a failed strategy. if they weren't willing to adjust strategy i would be saying it servicemen and women out of there because they are not on winning track. the reason i'm here today as we are on that track. the minute we stop pushing that i will stop saying we need to keep fighting this, but i really believe and history and counterinsurgency principles support the approach we are finally taking with more troops in baghdad and iraq. host: our next call from wisconsin, republican line. caller: good morning, thank you for being

what's it like in glasgow? >> hello. good afternoon.ere in glasgow, i believe. >> not quite as bad an outlook as it is south of the border, but certainly very, very cold. in fact, some parts of dumfries and galloway. the mercury fell to minus five overnight and a little higher here in glasgow. it was about minus three when i got up this morning. but it's certainly an issue up here is that it's a consistent. so this is about the third fourth morning in a row where that temperature has been so, so low. and of course that builds and builds and it makes for a very uncomfortable new year for a lot of people up here in scotland. if you look quite far north, well, in fact, some of the train lines have been closed north of inverness due to landslides and flooding, and scotrail saying that, you know, transport is going to be an issue. and indeed even the met office jumping on as well and saying if you're planning on journeying anywhere, then think ahead and plan for extra time for those journey delays because scotland today just has a yellow war

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in the east end of glasgow, a place where people recovering from addiction can get a warm drink, foodugs. talking about like heroin and that. i started taking like 14, 15 a day and just get worse. it just progresses. you're smoking it one minute and the next minute you're jagging it and then in the prison, for years. been very lucky to come out of the overdoses. and what i see with a consumption room is so many people are dying on the streets. and what we need to remember is that's somebody's son or daughter or uncle. you need to remember that and give these people a chance. around 100 people every month are dying from drug misuse in scotland, and the issue is most acute in glasgow. preventing deaths is one of the aims of this new facility, which will be the only one of its kind in the uk. that area is a using space. they'll speak to nurses about the equipment they're going to use today, and they'll be given a clean set of equipment. do they bring in their own drugs or do you provide the drugs? no, they have to bring in their own drugs — it must be purchased off—site. we've got very s

they later married in july 2010, in glasgow.a statement posted to instagram stories, she wrote with a heavy heart, i am confirming that peter and i have decided to end our marriage. miss sturgeon unexpectedly announced she was stepping down as scotland's first minister and snp leader in february 2023, after taking over from alex salmond following the independence referendum in 2014. and former heavyweight world champion tyson fury has announced he is retiring from boxing. in a video posted on social media this afternoon. the 36 year old lost his second fight with current titleholder oleksandr usyk last month in saudi arabia. fury had previously said he had no intention of retiring after his defeat to usage in december. those are the latest news headunes those are the latest news headlines for now. more from me in half an hour. >> now. huge breaking story this past 30 minutes and sarah champion, the labour mp for rotherham, an area significantly impacted by grooming gangs, has announced her support for a national inquiry into tho

glasgow and carlisle will have a limited service, with rail replacement buses running between carlislering work. and north wales, blackpool, stoke—on—trent and macclesfield will have no avante coast services whatsoever. —— avanti west coast. both sides save our open and willing to negotiate, but have criticised one another. the general secretary, nick lynch, accused avanti of paying its own senior managers extortionate rates are working on their days off, while those who are union members were paid lower rates. avanti said it was disappointed by the strike action and bank passengers that their patience and understanding. it said customers with tickets for strike days were strongly advised to travel on alternative dates, or they could claim a full fee free refund. the government will unveil a new artificial intelligence plan tomorrow, aimed at driving more innovation. ministers say they will attract more ai companies to the uk by shifting away from what they're calling the former conservative government's "overbearing focus on safety." the foreign secretary travelled to saudi arabia for

on bbc news, will it be more old firm misery for rangers this afternoon as celtic travel across glasgowt lead in the scottish premiership. people—smuggling suspects could face travel bans and social media blackouts under new laws aimed at cracking down on organised immigration crime. it comes after new figures showed the number of migrants who crossed the english channel in small boats to arrive in the uk was up by a quarter in 2024 compared to the previous year. our home editor, mark easton, has more. 2024 was the deadliest year for those migrants trying to cross the channel in small boats. the french authorities say around a third of the 77 who lost their lives last year were children, including a 17—month—old baby. now, the refugee council is calling on the home office to make saving lives a priority for its border security command. alongside the measures to disrupt the smuggling gangs, the agency wants the uk to support improved search and rescue operations along the french coast. our message is very clear. there is a role for enforcement, but enforcement and disrupting the gangs an