princess diana to the united nations ahead of his performance tomorrow with welsh met so soprano katherine jenkins at the royal albert hall possible coming up in today's going on the ground a 1st after tomorrow's u.k. general election let alone the fallout from the u.s. inspector general's report into obama corruption in the usa will come christmas when millions of people of the book all around the world look to bethlehem in palestine to celebrate the birth of jesus christ but is what is happening in bethlehem arguably just as political as the major international stories we have covered on this program this year we can go now to bethlehem in palestine joining me is bethlehem forman vera babu and thanks so much vera for coming on to if you could just paint as a picture of what beth them is like this year because obviously there's a wall is the aida. banks the woman in black the woman in black jewish women's organization protesting israeli occupation tell me what it's like this year it's christmas the spite all the challenges and christmas this year was. very beautiful very light and the christmas t

soprano katherine jenkins at the royal albert hall howard thanks for inviting us into your studio we can talk too much about tomorrow's general election in britain because of reporting restrictions and let's hear about your performance tomorrow with the legendary soprano katherine jenkins of the royal albert hall yes i'd like. to be asked to do it i did it a couple of years ago. on the spur of the. because. i have an idea friend musical director antony inglis he said you know my bit they found for you to come along and conduct walking in there would you do so he said you only live next door so a minute wouldn't be too difficult to get. over the albert hall have you been surprised about how successful it is i think you're saying when you choose hundreds of millions of hits millions of hits very surprised indeed and in fact the week off to the film came out it was nominated for an oscar quiz you have famous for many other things not just on a christmas composition but on the snowman i understand it was one of channel 4 the british read 3 new t.v. stations 1st ever films and you said it

restrictions and let's hear about your performance tomorrow with the legendary metzer soprano katherine jenkins at the royal albert hall yes i'd like. to be asked to do it i did it a couple of years ago. on the spur of the moment because. i have a dear friend musical director and he said you know my bit of fun for you to come along and conduct walking in there would you do so he said you only live next door so the minute would be too difficult to get to the other faltering albert hall and me being surprised when i was successful it is i think you're saying when you choose hundreds of millions of hits millions of hits very surprised indeed and in fact the week after the film came out it was nominated for an oscar but of course you have famous for many other things not just going to christmas composition but on the snowman i understand it was one of channel 4 the british brands we knew t.v. stations 1st ever films and you said it should be your music row. other than any dialogue a friend of mine a. film director had come over from canada jerry patterson and he said i'm just going to pop into this

diana to the united nations ahead of his performance tomorrow with welsh myths of the brother of katherine jenkins at the royal albert hall all of the more coming up in today's going on the going to 1st of tomorrow's u.k. general election let alone the fallout from the u.s. inspector general's report into obama era corruption in the usa will come christmas when millions of people of the book all around the world look to bethlehem in palestine to celebrate the birth of jesus christ but is what is happening in bethlehem arguably just as political as the major international stories we have covered on this program this year we can go now to bethlehem in palestine joining me is bethlehem former mayor vera baba and thanks so much vera for you coming on gee if you could just pages a picture of what beth them is like this year because obviously there's a wall is the aida refugee camp bank seizo tell the woman in black the woman in black jewish women's organization protesting israeli occupation tell me what it's like this christmas this christmas despite all the challenges and christmas this here was a ver

katherine jenkins was on her way to a rehearsal on wednesday afternoon when she witnessed an elderly was charged with robbery and assault on police after an incident on kings road in chelsea. they're calling it europe's first eco—mosque, a purpose built centre in the uk that will cater for thousands of muslim worshipers. shabnam mahmood from the bbc asian network reports from cambridge. ten years of planning at a cost of over £20 million. the new cambridge central mosque has officially opened its doors for the city's 6,000 muslim worshippers. it provides a modern place to worship, designed by the team who created the london eye. this mosque is said to be the first eco—friendly mosque in the whole of europe. it boasts a zero—carbon footprint by generating its own electricity and harvesting the rainwater. the project to build the mosque was funded by more than 10,000 donations, both local and international. among them, cash from charities in turkey. hundreds of people were at the inauguration, including the founder and patron of the mosque, yusuf islam, formerly known as singer cat ste

the opera singer katherine jenkins has been mugged after she intervened in a street robbery.earsal in london on wednesday afternoon when she stepped in to help an elderly woman being attacked — and was then mugged herself. two 15—year—old girls have been arrested on suspicion of robbery. that is a summary of our main news so that is a summary of our main news so far. back to you, joanna. thank you, see you later. a conservative candidate has been heckled after sharing an article saying employers should be able to pay people with learning difficulties below the minimum wage because some of them "don't understand about money. sally—ann hart is standing for election in the hastings and rye constituency and made the comments when asked to defend an article she shared on her facebook page. she said she wants to help people with learning disabilities get into work "as it's about the happiness they get from working". there was loud booing and shouts of "shameful" from the audience. rubbish! you are a bigot! you are a disgrace! as you saw that was a heated hustings. sally—ann hart ag

a 15—year—old girl has been charged after opera singer katherine jenkins was mugged in south west londonhe teenager was charged with robbery and assault on police after an incident on kings road in chelsea. ajury in the united states has cleared the billionaire elon musk of defaming a british man involved in the rescue of a group of thai boys from a flooded cave last year. vernon unsworth took legal action after mr musk called him a "pedo guy" on twitter. from los angeles, dave lee reports. elon musk entered court on friday for the fourth and now final day of this trial. what has surely been the most intense, not to mention expensive, examination ever of a single tweet. how many of you? that tweet, sent in july 2018, came in the midst of the miraculous rescue of 12 thai boys and their football coach from a flooded cave. vernon unsworth, a british man who lived nearby, was instrumental in advising that effort. elon musk also travelled to the region with a specially designed mini—submarine. in a tv interview, mr unsworth called it a pr stunt, prompting mr musk to snap back, using the phras

most read, number one, the singer katherine jenkins has app.an arrest in that case. number two, the story from india we were telling you about a little while ago about police killing four suspects in the rape and murder of a young indian effect. that story is coming up. a woman revived after six—hour cardiac arrest. going down to the most watched, the story number one for a little while, beautiful pictures, two british pilots touched down on home soil afterflying two british pilots touched down on home soil after flying around the world in a restored spitfire. that was steve brooks and mattjones, the two pilots, it took them four months to circumnavigate the globe in the rather wonderful looking spitfire. that is it for today's morning briefing. another story doing well on the news app... firefighters in australia say they're tackling about 100 fires across the state of new south wales, nearly half of them uncontained. they say several of the most serious have combined to create what they describe as a mega blaze north of sydney. the city has b

the opera singer, katherine jenkins, has been mugged after she intervened in a street robbery. attacked — and was then mugged herself. two 15—year—old girls have been arrested on suspicion of robbery. lots more coming out 12, we have more on angler merkle's visit to auschwitz, we will be at the climate change summit in madrid, analysis layer on what is happening to stop once more on the election campaign, we will be covering all angles. but right now, we lose viewers on bbc two and will go to the winner assignment. we have a much milder start the day that i may have had in a recent mornings, temperatures currently at double figures. it comes with more cloud and rain, we assume that moving eastwards this morning, showers behind it pushing up from the north—west, spreading 30 south—east. brighter skies developing in between the showers, maybe one or two rainbows to catch. mallard ayr for many of us, it pushing up from the north—west, spreading 30 south—east. brighter skies developing in between the showers, maybe one or two rainbows to catch. mild airfor many of us, towards the n

the opera singer katherine jenkins has been mugged after she intervened in a street robbery.eather. she fell unconscious as temperatures plummeted. this rescuer said she was completely immobile, unconscious, and rigid, with clear signs of hypothermia when they found her. her husband feared the worst. i thought she was dead, because i was trying to feel for a pulse, trying to feel for... my fingers were also numb. so i wasn't sure if it was also my fingers. but couldn't feel her breath, i couldn't feel her heartbeat. once in hospital, it was this machine that saved her. used here with a medical dummy, it took her own blood, infused it with oxygen, and then reintroduced it. her heart was eventually restarted with a defibrillator and she left hospital 12 days later with only minor problems in her hands. it feels really incredible that i survived it and just really lucky to be here and be able to get on with my life. i'm just happy! audrey describes her survival as a miracle. she is the woman who died for six hours and yet lived to tell the tale. andy moore, bbc news. an earthqua