a third runway at heathrow could be given london's heathrow airport could be given the go—ahead thisansion as part of plans to go "further and faster" in growing the economy. addressing concerns about increased pollution rachel reeves said a third runway at heathrow "will mean that instead of circling london, flights can land", as simon browning reports. after a week of speculation, the chancellor inched closer this morning to backing a third runway at heathrow. rachel reeves told the bbc that sustainable aviation and growth can go together and that she'd reveal more in her speech on wednesday. a third runway will mean that instead of circling london, flights can land at heathrow. a lot has changed in aviation, and sustainable aviation and economic growth go hand in hand. but we're an open trading economy. we need to bring investment in. demand for travel is growing and heathrow is almost at capacity. but opposition to heathrow�*s expansion is well established, with recent objections reaching the courts. it's a long time since we last had a proper economic analysis of what heathrow e

but a decision on heathrow is expected on wednesday.ses for it, unlike other airport expansion schemes, and they will take a long time to achieve — that alongside conflicts with environmental and climate targets. simon browning, bbc news. rachel reeves has also been speaking about the role of social media companies in the wake of the conviction of the southport murderer axel rudakubana. the chancellor said social media sites have a moral duty to take down harmful and illegal violent content. she was commenting on a letter the home secretary, yvette cooper, has written to x, meta — which owns facebook — tiktok, google and youtube, calling on them to act. here's our political correspondent damian grammaticas. the shocking deaths of bebe king, elsie dot stancombe and alice da silva aguiar — violent and extreme material had been accessed online by axel rudakubana before he committed his crimes. videos, terror training manuals. the biggest tech companies have been asked to take the material down, but it's still available, so the government h

but a decision on heathrow is expected on wednesday.unlike other airport expansion schemes, and they will take a long time to achieve — that alongside conflicts with environmental and climate targets. simon browning, bbc news. authorities in the democratic republic of congo have blocked access to the airport in the eastern city of goma and cancelled flights as rwandan—backed rebels advance on the city. the m23 rebels have issued a statement saying they had closed the airspace over the city. civilians have been fleeing their homes in goma, some towards the rwandan border. the un security council has been holding an meeting to discuss the escalating conflict, which has so far displaced 400,000 people and killed hundreds, including 13 un peacekeepers. now it's time for a look at today's sport with gavin. we'll take a look back at the tennis, and the culmination of the australian open in a moment. first to the premier league, and the problems continue to pile on tottenham and manager ange postocoglou. they were beaten at home by strugglers

some in her own party _ land at heathrow. some in her own party including _ land at heathrow.e mayor of london are against expanding heathrow and some opposition politicians are circling.- politicians are circling. there is no economic— politicians are circling. there is no economic case - politicians are circling. there is no economic case for- is no economic case for expanding heathrow and we know how damaging it would be to the environment and the noise impact it for people living across south west london. economic growth matters because it can help fund public services, without the need for further tax increases, but the rate of growth has been glacial so some members of rachel reeves party are now worried that they and unpopular spending cuts could be on the horizon and some labour mps are concerned that the government's green agenda would be downgraded in the pursuit of allusive growth. the chancellor insists there should be no conflict between boosting the economy and protecting the environment. the conservative leader says labour does not have a can —— credible plan fo

but a decision on heathrow is expected on wednesday.for it, unlike other airport expansion schemes, and they will take a long time to achieve — that alongside conflicts with environmental and climate targets. simon browning, bbc news. now it's time for a look at today's sport with gavin. we start with football and the premier league. four fixtures on sunday, two of which are under way. tottenham are hosting leicester with both teams in desperate need for three points. spurs are without a league win in six, leicester have lost their seven. it is currently to leicester. -- 2-1. crystal palace are also taking on brentford right now. it is currently goalless in that one. very soon, aston villa take on west ham in a repeat of graham potter's first game in charge, while in the later kick off, ruben amorim takes his manchester united side to face fulham. plenty of interesting games happening across europe on sunday too. earlier in scotland, rangers beat dundee united. they trail celtic by 10 points. in serie a, ac milan's hopes of a top four f

the big one here, though, is heathrow, where the airport wants to build a third runway., building a tunnel under a motorway. there's all sorts of other things that need to be done. it's a £10 to £20 billion project and it has always been controversial because it is opposed by local authorities, it is opposed by environmentalists, and different governments have weighed in one way or another with their own support, so that one is the most controversial. it's also likely to be the one that takes the most time to get to fruition. that is your business today. see you very soon. goodbye.

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the third runway will mean instead of circling london, flights can land at heathrow.ding heathrow and some opposition politicians are circling. so there is no economic case for expanding heathrow and we know how damaging it will be to the environment and the noise impact on everyone living all across west and south—west london. economic growth matters because it can help fund public services without the need for tax increases but the rate of growth has been glacial so some members of rachel reeves�*s own party are now worried big and unpopular spending cuts could be on the horizon. and some labour mps are concerned that the government's green agenda will be downgraded in the pursuit of elusive growth, but the chancellor insists there should be no conflict between boosting the economy and protecting the environment. the conservative leader says labour doesn't have a credible plan for the economy. your hearing announcements, not plans. when you say what people want to hear without saying how you will deliver it, then you run into trouble after you win. the chancellor ho

the big one is heathrow where the government wants to build a third runway.ng 700 houses, built in a tunnel undera demolishing 700 houses, built in a tunnel under a motorway. it is old ways been controversial because it is opposed by local authorities, environmentalists and different governments have weighed in one way or another with their own support. that one is the most controversial, also likely to be the one that takes the most time to get to fruition.- time to get to fruition. thank ou. let's turn now to the uk economy now because markets have upped their bets on an interest rate cut next month from the bank of england on more signs that the jobs market here is weakening. britain's jobless rate ticked up to 4.4% in the three months to the end of november, according to the office for national statistics. wages though are still creeping higher, raising fears about stubborn inflation. average weekly earnings were 5.6% higher over the three—month period compared to last year. michael stull, uk managing director of recruitment giant manpowergroup, says they

if we start . at the airports, we've had when he cancellations in and out of london heathrow, the uk'sitish airways to destinations like barcelona as well as domestic flights to newcastle, edinburgh and glasgow. the reason that happens is that the circle flow rate of arrivals 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

she was then arrested by police while she was at heathrow airport before attempting to board a flight, and i think we're going to head back to you.— this year, and i think we're going to head back to you. nick, we will ull awa to head back to you. nick, we will pull away from — to head back to you. nick, we will pull away from our _ to head back to you. nick, we will pull away from our composition i to head back to you. nick, we will l pull away from our composition that we need to going out to the house of commons, the home secretary yvette cooper for that statement we were expecting. half a million children every year expend some form of child sexual abuse, violence and sexual violation in the home, or repeated rapes or know that encounter in that cell, know that encounter was recorded by another prisoner in the same cell. that was then, that footage was then shared widely and went viral and very quickly on social media will stop as a result, linda de sousa abreu was identified by staff at wandsworth prison only a couple of days later. she was then arrested by police while she was a

and it seems like you're re—evaluating heathrow and gatwick.hose airports. i'm not going to comment on speculation, but this government is determined to bring in trade and investment into britain. and we will look at all plans to bring infrastructure to bring investment to britain. you said you had four tests about heathrow and they were mainly environmental. are you saying that the growth argument now trumps the three tests on the environment? well, look, i'm not going to speculate on, on tests for something that we haven't, you know, set policy on. we need to be a magnet for global talent. and our great british businesses need to be able to trade and invest around the world to. around the world too. growth is flat. borrowing is up. there was a spike in borrowing costs that for growth this year for the uk, and forecast that we will be the fastest major european economy in terms of economic growth this year. but have we got to go further and faster in delivering that growth and those improvements in living standards? absolutely. necessary, if t

the big one here, though, is heathrow, where the airport wants to build a third runway.d it has always been controversial because it is opposed by local authorities, it is opposed by environmentalists, and different governments have weighed in one way or another with their own support, so that one is the most controversial. it's also likely to be the one that takes the most time to get to fruition. and finally, back to davos, where uk chancellor rachel reeves will be arriving on a quest to attract investment. before that, though, one of britain's best known sporting exports has been flying the flag in the swiss alps. david beckham is making his debut at the world economic forum — he was awarded a humanitarian award for his work with the un childrens' fund unicef — and spoke to our economics editor faisal islam. there's very powerful people here that can make change — leaders in business, leaders in economics, leaders in life, and they can make changes for children. for me personally, to have been part of unicef for so long and met so many incredible children over that ti

uk chancellor rachel reeves hints a third runway at london's heathrow airport could get government supports part of plans to grow the economy. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanthan. tens of thousands of homes in northern ireland remain without power as the aftermath of storm eowyn is still causing chaos across parts of the uk. the majority of the rail network in scotland remains closed with network rail dealing with around 400 separate incidents. david wallace lockhart is in glasgow for us and told us about the impact there. a 19 year old man has died after his car was struck by a falling tree in east ayrshire last friday. shortly before that red warning came into force. and the disruption is still being felt here in scotland. i'm in glasgow central train station, one of the main train stations in scotland. very quiet for this time of day and if you look at the departures board behind me, you can see why. around 20 trains on that and the vast, vast majority of the scheduled trains cancelled, including trains going down to london and manchester. around 20,000 homes in scotland without power current

the chancellor also hinted the government would support a third runway at heathrow airport. down growth and business confidence. our political correspondent damian grammaticas explained what rachel reeves has been suggesting. she's been outlining what is essentially part of the core sort of part of the government's approach mission, it says, to create growth. now, what she's talking about today is ways to free up the planning system so more big projects can be built. that means streamlining the environmental impact assessment process, reducing the number, or potentially looking at reducing the number, of organisations that would have to be consulted about big projects. so things like environmental inspectorates, historic inspectorates, people who would have a view on planning and all of that, she says, is designed to try to speed up the process. one big issue that she was asked about is the potential for a new runway at heathrow airport. she didn't quite go as far as saying that she would be complaining. she said a decision on that is coming soon. this is what she said. a lo

expanding london's airports and building a third runway at heathrow would be incredibly irresponsiblen the midst of a climate emergency, flying in the face of the climate change committee's the prime minister clearly knows is because he and seven cabinet colleagues voted against the third runway at heathrow in 2018. so can the prime minister confirm what is his position now? >> mr. speaker, i'm not going to comment on speculation. he knows that as a government we are committed to growth, we are committed to the aviation sector and to our lyman obligations. but i'm not going to take lectures from those who talk about climate change but oppose vital renewable infrastructure in our own constituency. >> thank you, mr. speaker. in swindon north we have the pennington park development, it's one of the largest employment development in europe and it's got massive potential for growth. will the prime minister joined me in acknowledging the site or boosting economic growth in not only my region but the country, and really come and visit with me? p.m. starmer: mr. speaker, at the heart of our p

considering backing plans to increase capacity at the uks airports , including a third runway at heathrowes, is expected to make an announcement in a speech on economic growth next week. those who oppose airport expansion say it would damage the environment. the start of prince harry's trial against the publishers of the sun has been delayed, after it emerged that the two sides are involved in settlement talks. the duke of sussex alleges he was unlawfully targeted byjournalists and private investigators working for news group newspapers. the company has always denied unlawful activity at the sun. we have an emergency. we have to get this stuff built. so they have to produce a lot of electricity and will make it possible to get that production done very easily at their own plants if they want. joining me live is our north america technology correspondent lily jamali. how significant do you think this investment is? i how significant do you think this investment is?- how significant do you think this investment is? i think it is significant. _ this investment is? i think it is significant.

the reason that happens is the so—called flow rate of arrivals coming into heathrow has to slow down.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 a live page. with the entries from our colleagues in areas affected but also are experts at the bbc weat

mostly to places like birmingham, heathrow. also it to shannon in the west— heathrow.nd also to dublin — the west of ireland and also to dublin. the other problem at manchester is the very high number— manchester is the very high number of flight cancellations. we are — number of flight cancellations. we are now up to 60 cancellations. some of those, like emirates, to divide, and cathey— like emirates, to divide, and cathay pacific to hong kong are due to — cathay pacific to hong kong are due to the fact to the plane that— due to the fact to the plane that was— due to the fact to the plane that was way out of position after — that was way out of position after the _ that was way out of position after the diversion but many of them, — after the diversion but many of them, for— after the diversion but many of them, for instance, we have got 26 cancellations in and out in an easyjet and that is certainly due to the first wave of flights _ certainly due to the first wave of flights being unable to get out as— of flights being unable to get out as normal. so that included c

saying that it has had to make was small number of adjustments to due to air traffic control at heathroway state funeral of america's 39th president, jimmy carter, will begin shortly. jimmy carter served as the 39th us president from 1977 to 1981, and is being remembered with a national day of mourning and state funeral onjanuary 9. a number of tributes will take place before then, starting today with a funeral procession from his home town of plains, georgia to the state's capital, atla nta. thank you so much for being with us. it is going to be almost a week of commemorations. just talk and see what is expected today. today, the casket burying the remains ofjimmy carter will move from a military base in america's georgia about 15 minutes up the road back from planes, —— plains, georgia where they lived their entire life with his wife. he he called it his home. he died at his modest home there and they will take the casketjust outside of planes to the farm where jimmy outside of planes to the farm wherejimmy carter was raised and they call it a park site, owing much to visit, they quit

, glasgow, but also to shannon — heathrow, glasgow, but also to shannon in the west of ireland, a couplenon in the west 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

could heathrow be part of the play for your? neil: able always be lowest cost wins and efficiency. somewhere like heathrow would be needing to turn around aircraft in 25 minutes which is a big ask. it is one of the few airports in europe we don't flying into but we are keen to see more growth, more capacity. i do feel the plan to add capacity while putting passenger taxes is contradictory. if you really want airlines to grow in the u.k., then you need to bring down the taxes on the passengers arriving and leaving from the country. i would call on the government first and foremost reduce apd then start looking at the capex. i would encourage as much competition and growth as possible. tom: you have pushed back on that tax increase previously. the u.s. government, do you think trump in power changes the flying dynamics of european flyers? more domestic flights versus to locations like orlando. does it change at all? neil: people are still traveling across the atlantic in numbers. equally with strong dollar we will see an influx of u.s. tourists into europe this summer keen to get goo

if it continues we could well see disruption at the uk's two busiest airports, heathrow and gatwick.as we have been hearing, northern ireland and scotland, extreme destruction. no public transport whatsoever in northern ireland. —— extreme disruption. all scotrail trains cancelled, and from here you cannot travel further than newcastle, well within england, and on the west coast main line, you are advised not to try to travel north of preston, which is basically about half way from london to glasgow. elsewhere, at the airports, we are seeing hundreds of cancellations in edinburgh and glasgow. the two belfast airports in particular i am counting well over 250 cancellations and some of those are long haulflights cancellations and some of those are long haul flights to and from places like dubai and doha in qatar so it will from places like dubai and do

considering backing plans to increase capacity at the uks airports, including a third runway at heathrow chancellor, rachel reeves, is expected to make an announcement in a speech on economic growth next week. those who oppose airport expansion say it would damage the environment. the start of prince harry's trial against the publishers of the sun has been delayed, after it emerged that the two sides are involved in settlement talks. the duke of sussex alleges he was unlawfully targeted byjournalists and private investigators working for news group newspapers. the company has always denied unlawful activity at the sun. we have more on that story on our website. you're watching bbc news. following an inauguration ceremony on monday, he delivered on his promise to immediately sign a blitz of executive orders. one of the first pardoned more than 1,500 people convicted or charged in connection to the 2021 capitol riot. president trump commuted the sentence of another 14 people — meaning their sentence will end but convictions will remain on record. several have already been released from jai

it's been suggested they could include support for a third runway at heathrow airport.ions. but the chancellor has pointed to advancements in sustainable fuel, and says it could mean planes spend less time circling over london. you're live with bbc news. donald trump has made removing unlawful migrants from the us a cornerstone of his immigration policy. raids by immigration, customs and enforcement agents are under way in multiple sanctuary cities across the us from los angeles to chicago. the white house says 538 undocumented immigrants have been arrested so far. on sunday, vice presidentjd vance defended a move to raid schools and churches as part of a crackdown. speaking on cbs's face the nation programme, jd vance said he hoped the policy would have a "chilling effect" on undocumented workers coming to the us. i spoke with alderman raymond lopez, a city council member in chicago, for more. thank you for taking the time here. we are hearing these reports of immigration actions and we want to hear your reaction and what you are hearing from the community? we have hea

we're also hearing now of some flights cancelled at heathrow airport in london.lyholme. the information we haveis ballyholme. the information we have is that the red weather alert for northern ireland has come into effect at 7am local time. we will continue to follow developments or in storm eowyn here on bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. on monday, the world will mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz—birkenau. 0pened by the nazis in occupied poland in 1940 as a concentration and labour camp, it ulimately became the most notorious extermination camp. more than a million people were murdered there, the majority of them jews. the 27th january also marks holocaust memorial day to remember the six million jews killed during the second world war. lucy hockings has been speaking to tova friedman — and american author and therapist, and one of the youngest auschwitz survivors. tova survived the german extermination camp at the age ofjust six years old. originally from poland, she moved to the us with her parents. lucy sta

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britain considers building new airport capacity, including new runways at heathrow and gatwick, but howy david beckham, who tells the bbc what it means to mix with the world's top bosses. there are very powerful people here that can make change — leaders in business, leaders in economics, leaders in life. global trade is very much on the agenda at the world economic forum in davos this week as donald trump settles into the oval office in washington. speaking in davos, the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, said europe has entered a new era of harsh geostrategic competition, with president trump playing a protectionist game. last night, the president suggested 25% tariffs on the united states' neighbours canada and mexico. he also confirmed the us will pull out of the global paris climate agreement. ms von der leyen criticised the move. the criticised the move. paris agreement continues to the paris agreement continues to be the best for all humanity. so europe will stay the course and keep working with all nations that want to protect nature and stop global warming. le

yes, and it seems like you're re—evaluating heathrow and gatwick, key investors here at davos that owntermined to bring in trade and investment into britain. and some helpful backing from the man who controls the biggest state fund on the planet, the trillion— pound norwegian oil fund. ijust love the uk. we are invested in great companies in the uk, we have great managements running those companies. so you see the growth story, there's a new government in place. we heard what they say and we are, we continue to be invested there for the long term. the chancellor's new sales pitch is laser—guided at important investors like that norwegian executive and his counterparts in gulf nations and it is significant. it will mean that growth trumps environmental concerns about runways, that it trumps migration concerns, in terms of visas for scientists and entrepreneurs and in terms of big tech investment, it also trumps concerns about competition. we've effectively fired our chief competition regulator. now, what message does that send? the chair of the competition and markets authority resigned

shovel—ready project at gatwick, where they want to convert a runway, but there is also the idea that heathrowtion said there were four tests that had to be met if they were to go with that, but the investors that have been backing both of those projects and lots of other projects in the uk are here in davos and they are wondering what the direction of policy is, and when the chancellor arrives here, she will certainly have questions to answer and some convincing to do. but there are some people willing to listen about britain's growth prospects, important as they are not just to the economy, but for the whole of britain. south korea's suspended president yoon has made his first appearance at his impeachment trial, where he denied ordering the arrest of lawmakers during his attempt to impose martial law. parliament voted to impeach yoon last month, and last week the constitutional court began a trial to decide whether to permanently remove him from office. 0ur correspondent in seoul, jean mackenzie has the latest. security here in seoul today has been incredibly tight, as mr yoon has had to be

the police then arrested her at heathrow airport, before she was planning to board a flight to madridde sousa abreu previously pleaded guilty to misconduct in a public office and at that earlier hearing, the prosecution described the offence as a shocking breach of the public�*s trust and sentencing. linda de sousa abreu today to 15 months in prison. thejudge, martin edmunds kc, said that a brew compromised said that abreu compromised her role as a prison officer. he said she undermined discipline in the prison and put officers, especially female officers, at risk. he said, "the consequence of your behaviour becoming known within the prison has been that female officers at wandsworth have been subject to abuse and harassment from prisoners". he said, "female officers have reported being subject to sexual approaches and say they have become seen as fair game now". as fairgame". linda de sousa abreu remains tearful throughout the fairly lengthy sentencing, and we've just had a statement from the ministry ofjustice as well, which says "while the overwhelming majority of prison service st

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it's been suggested they could include support for a third runway at heathrow airport.but the chancellor has pointed to advancements in sustainable fuel, and says it could mean planes spend less time circling over london. you're live with bbc news. the election in belarus ? which is widely accepted to have been rigged ? has allowed the man often described as europe s last dictator to continue his 30 year rule. an exit polls claims to show alexander lukashenko winning by nearly 90% of the vote. while byelorussians were casting their ballots, he held a four hour news conference — where he said he had no regrets about helping russia invade ukraine, claimed some of the political opponents he jailed had chosen to be in prison, and announced any successor of his had to be a man as — in his words — a woman could not be a dictator. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg, questioned lukashenko at that conference — and sent this report from the capital minsk. alexander lukashenko could afford to smile in a stage managed election. he was guaranteed victory. this you'd expect to see at

probably also approving the runway at heathrow, which i'm sure she will not want to say tomorrow morningthat. so rachel reeves is with us. kemi badenoch, the tory leader, is also with us for her first the next in our series of leaders interviews for the beginning of 2025. although it might be the end of 2025 by the time we get them all done. but yes, so we have rachel reeves, kemi badenoch and sir paul mccartney on the telly at 9:00 on bbc one tomorrow. how will you get them to talk? i don't know, shy, retiring wallflowers. thank you for listening to this and for improving it. and we'll be back tomorrow. goodbye. newscast. newscast from the bbc. live from london. 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 thes

considering backing plans to increase capacity at the uks airports — including a third runway at heathrowuton. the chancellor, rachel reeves, is expected to make an announcement in a speech on economic growth next week. those who oppose airport expansion say it would damage the environment. the start of prince harry's trial against the publishers of the sun has been delayed, after it emerged that the two sides are involved in settlement talks. the duke of sussex alleges he was unlawfully targeted byjournalists and private investigators working for news group newspapers. the company has always denied unlawful activity at the sun. you're live with bbc news. dealing with the millions of undocumented migrants that crossed the southern border is donald trump's number one priority. 18 states have filed a lawsuit against his executive order to end birthright citizenship, claiming it violates the 14th amendment of the constitution. there will be other legal challenges. local law enforcement in chicago said they would not be joining federal immigration officials on a targeted roundup of illegal mi

asked about is the potential for a issue she was asked about is the potentialfor a new runway at heathrowte go as far as to say she would be to turn the decision would be to turn the decision would come soon and this is what she said. fix, would come soon and this is what she said.— what she said. a lot has changed _ what she said. a lot has changed in _ what she said. a lot has changed in aviation - what she said. a lot has changed in aviation and | changed in aviation and sustainable aviation and economic growth go hand in hand~ — economic growth go hand in hand~ we _ economic growth go hand in hand. we are an open training academy— hand. we are an open training academy and we need to bring investment in but i believe —— an open— investment in but i believe —— an open trading economy. i believe _ an open trading economy. i believe reducing carbon emissions is good for economic growth — emissions is good for economic growth and we can do the above. and that — growth and we can do the above. and that decision we will have to wait and see —— we and that decision we will have to wait and see

chancellor rachel reeves hints a third runway at london's heathrow airport could get government support

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i was on the bus back with the band from heathrow to london and our saxophone player was called eltonave that. middle names are quite useless. no one uses them, do they? >> stephen: lee harvey oswald. [laughter] >> elton: hercules was a horse on a program, very famous program so i chose hercules. >> stephen: didn't change you as a person to have a new name? >> elton: absolutely. it really did. but the sad thing about it was my 1975 when i was elton hercules john, there was still a lot of reg. i craved to find that little boy i used to be. i became elton john the superstar. i paid the price for being so famous and not having, i don't know, not having that foundation. it took over my life. fame is a very weird thing. i enjoyed every single minute of it until i realized that the only thing in my life was fame. i didn't like it. i got very unhappy. my mood shifted. i started doing drugs. and i just thought, where am i? who and why? what have i become? all that changed in 1990 when i did get sober and refound my old to find that little boy again.- but fame is a really incredible business.

shovel ready project at gatwick, where they want to convert a runway, but there is also the idea that heathrow tests that had to be met if they were to go with that, but the investors that have been backing both of those projects and lots of other projects in the uk are here in davos and they are wondering what the direction of policy is and when the chancellor arrives here, she will have questions to answer and some convincing to do. but there are some convincing to do. but there are some people willing to listen about britain's growth prospects, important as they are not just to the economy, but for the whole of britain. . , ., britain. faisal islam in davos, thank yom — the actor pauline quirke, best known for her role in the long—running comedy—drama birds of a feather, will be stepping back from acting, as she is living with dementia. her husband, steve sheen, announced that she has made the decision, following her diagnosis with the disease four years ago. our reporterjessica lane has more. put the magic back in your marriage. i don't think paul daniels could put the magic back into mine