my mother received a call from my neighbour on new year's eve morning and the neighbour asked how mye in new zealand on holiday, why are you asking? and they said, because you've lost everything, and my mum said, you're kidding? 0ur everything, and my mum said, you're kidding? our house just went up everything, and my mum said, you're kidding? 0ur housejust went up in fla mes kidding? 0ur housejust went up in flames and it is all gone. what did your neighbour say about how the fire started and how the fires approached your family home and what happened? we had some friends staying in the house and they were told to evacuate early in the morning, and my neighbours decided to stay, and protect their property. it wasn't long, it was only a couple of hours before embers started flying from the nearby fire, and then all of a sudden may neighbour says that the palm trees started catching on fire and the next thing you knew she could just see our house go up in flames, so there were other sheds on the street that were also lost as well, and houses in the nearby area as well were lost. it is

earlier, real madrid went top with a 3—0 win over their neighbours, getafe.et, england have the edge over south africa after day two of the second test in cape town. the hosts slipped from 157—3 to 215—8 at the close of play, and it was ben stokes again who was the star of the show with four superb catches. 0ur cricket correspondent, jonathan agnew, was watching. this is what happens when you have fragile batting line—ups up against top—class bowling attacks. both england and south africa, their batting is so unpredictable, eve ryo ne batting is so unpredictable, everyone is crucial, you get these colla pses everyone is crucial, you get these collapses and it is exciting but frustrating if you love your test cricket and you want to see real flowing batting techniques but it makes for exciting cricket. a four—day test matches have been talked about a lot recently. if the batting will be like this, you can see why some people are arguing that four—day test cricket is the way to go. the england today, it was all about the oldies, james anderson, stuart broad tak

we are ok. 0ur neighbours are not so. we've had terrible fires.s eve. the fire came to within 100m of our home, but sadly a number of our neighbours and farming properties very close to us have been devastated. we are relatively well off, but very apprehensive because these conditions are something we've not seen before fourjanuary. january/ february are the normal worst months and here we are in december/ january and disaster has struck. pretty scary. and there looks like they could beam more bad stuff to come? well, yes. these fires are uncontrollable. they are burning in remote country. the consensus is it will take four inches of rain to have an influence, and that's just not going to happen. there's no rain other than a few millimetres here and there on the horizon. i think we are in for the long haul and we are all very well prepared and we just don't know where it's all going to end. take us through it. i have friends near sydney as well. i'm sure you, like many people, have this emergency app. i guess for you on new year's day it bings and

rescuers carry sui’vivoi’s was felt in neighbouring countries.survivors out from the rubble. the 6.8 magnitude quake sent buildings crashing to the ground and residents rushing into the streets. more than 30 people are feared trapped and more than 500 people have been reported injured. the exact moment the earthquake struck, captured live on turkish tv. amid the inky darkness and ruined buildings, screams rang out, as more than 400 rescue teams rushed to help survivors. than 400 rescue teams rushed to help sui’vivoi’s. dozens than 400 rescue teams rushed to help survivors. dozens of after—shocks followed the main tremor, which was also felt in neighbouring syria, lebanon and iran. the region, 550 kilometres east of the capital ankara, is remote and sparsely populated, so the true extent of the damage and fatalities could be slow to emerge. turkey lies on fault lines and is prone to earthquakes. around 17,000 people died in 1999. gareth barlow, bbc news. day four of donald trump's impeachment trial in the senate is under way. democrat prosecutors

qasem soleimani was assassinated in neighbouring iraq, on the orders of president trump. was one of the most powerful figures in iran. he directed operations in the middle east, and his killing marks a major escalation in tensions between washington and tehran, with wider implications for the entire region. iran's allies in the middle east include iraq, and general soleimani had influence over a number of militias operating there. but concerns about iran's growing influence was also one of the main drivers of mass protests in iraq last year. 0ur middle east editor jeremy bowen is in baghdad tonight with the latest. we canjoin him now. thanks very much. there is a bit of mystery and confusion here tonight. first of all, a leaked letterfrom the americans, seemingly suggesting that they were planning to move their troops out, perhaps by helicopter. at the same time, a lot of unusual helicopter activity in the skies above me. the americans say it was a d raft, above me. the americans say it was a draft, and it is not happening. for supporters of the assassinated general, thou

but what we do see in the worst of times is those communities coming together, neighbours helping neighboursontinuing to throw their hands up to go and assist. we are extraordinarily fortunate here in the rural fire service, that we've got those 70,000 volunteers that continue to roll out to help their local communities and try to tell them to take a stand, or take a rest while there is the risk to the community is really, really hard to do. so until that time, we do get that rain we are going to be on edge a little bit. we are going to continue to see fire spread through this landscape and it's such a huge area now that we are dealing with. let 5 get some of the day 5 other news. china has sacked the official in charge of relations with hong kong, six months after large—scale anti—beijing protests began in the territory. rumours had been circulating about wang zhimin‘s departure in recent weeks, amid reports that china was dissatisfied with his office's handling of the crisis. mr wang has been replaced by luo huining, formerly communist party leader in the northern province of shaanxi. 14 p

emergency powers are in force, in both victoria, and neighbouring new south wales.eastern australia isself for a weekend heatwave with more extreme conditions and strong winds that will further fan the flames. our correspondent shaimaa khalil reports. a state of emergency has now come into effect in new south wales. this gives the rural fire service the power to mobilise resources on a federal level across the country but also to evacuate people. the commissioner said these conditions are going to be just as bad, if not worse, on saturday. a mass exodus from the devastation on the southern coast and a race to escape the dangerous fire conditions to come. thousands of holiday—makers have been given 48 hours to escape the blazes before conditions worsen, but it hasn't been easy. families have heeded the calls to evacuate, but, because the conditions on the road are still very dangerous, there have been closures in different directions and now they tell us they feel stranded having evacuated those fire—raged towns, now unable to get home. you kind of have a feeling that you can't go forwa

emergency powers are in force in both victoria and neighbouring new south wales dozens of people haven evacuated from buildings injakarta after the heaviest rain in a quarter of a century caused flooding and landslides. conservationists have declared a 5—year trial to re—introduce beavers to the river 0tter in devon a success, and it turns out it's good news for the environment too. the animals were hunted to extinction in the uk hundreds of years ago. the beavers play a part in protecting communities from floods because the way they build their nests can slow down rivers after heavy rains. jon kay has more. beavers are back. hunted to extinction 500 years ago, this mother, her kittens and up to 50 more are now thriving here in east devon. and here's the evidence. we've got a poplar tree here that's been felled probably over the last couple of days. professor richard brazier has been studying the impact of beavers. he says they may be known as furry vandals but the dams they build at night here are actually a good thing, preventing flooding by slowing down the flow of water in winter

the quake was strong enough to be felt in neighbouring countries.esident trump in his impeachment trial arguing he abused his power and obstructed congress. they warned that mr trump is a threat to democracy and would abuse his power again if he was not removed. mr trump denies any wrongdoing and describes the impeachment as a hoax.

they are not a normal neighbour.f the economy. that may have ended tonight. i do expect violence but the guys that could do it the best are no longer alive. really interesting take on that, live from arlington in the us. huge news, still a lot to be confirmed but thank you very much for giving us your initial thoughts. the united states has announced a nationwide ban on some e—cigarette flavours, amid concerns about vaping among teenagers. the ban applies to mint and fruit flavours that are offered in ca rtridge—based e—cigarettes. menthol and tobacco flavours will still be allowed, as well as fruit flavours delivered in other ways. laura trevelayan reports. flavoured e—cigarettes are very popular with teenagers, but many pa rents a re popular with teenagers, but many parents are concerned about the impact these products could have on their children's health. so the trump administration has banned the kid friendly mint and fruit flavours, but will still allow those flavours, but will still allow those flavours to be

on the lookout for noisy neighbours. fans on the lookout for noisy neighbours.anted to increase security following fans on the pitch could once more grab attention. manchester city were entitled to 7000 tickets here at old trafford but the last time the two sides met, there were a number of incidents including the alleged racist abuse of midfielder fred by a city supporter and because of that, both clubs got together and decided to dramatically reduce their occasion. officially, just 3000 city supporters were inside old trafford and before long they were the ones making all the noise. according to united's manager, city have raised the bar under pep guardiola. and here they were at their brilliant best. bernardo silver with a derby classic after only 16 minutes. city had no out and out striker in their starting 11 but it turns out they didn't need one. goal number two. united were anything but. once more in the first half, their defence was overwhelmed by a dizzying swell of blue. in old trafford, this was difficult to watch for some but this city defence will a

our neighbour had 50 odd cows, he's got three left.there is no doubt this crisis is so severe in part because australia has been getting hotter for the past century. that shift is caused by global climate change which in turn is caused by human behaviour not least emissions from fossil fuels. and those fossils fuels are worth a lot to australia. it's the third biggest fossil fuel exporter in the world. coal exports were worth more than $47.8 billion us in the last financial year. and the industry provides around 50,000 jobs. the governing coalition, led by the liberal party, is seeking what prime minister scott morrison calls "a balance" between reducing emissions and supporting the industry. the then resources minister argued there was a "moral case" for exporting coal to developing countries. the governing coalition — led by the liberal party — is seeking what prime minister calls ‘a balance' between reducing emissions and supporting the industry. for the liberals that means a number of things including the government signing off a n

when david cameron were famously very close, not just cameron were famously very close, notjust neighbours0 and 11 at downing street but he trusted your advice. he told him it was a bad idea but if you said to him look, this is the most important decision facing us in the country since the second world war, and i cannot go along with this and if you insist on the referendum i am out of here, that may have made a difference? i don't think it would have, honestly. the train was leaving the station, the political train towards referendum inside the conservative party, inside the conservative media and other elements of the political spectrum don pyke but you never tested the proposition. my resignation would not have made a difference and if anything once a decision was made, i thought i was someone he may be able to influence the outcome, i was the finance minister and set out the consequences of leaving and that did not work. then i had the responsibility to make the argument and make sure the country knew what it was voting for a new the consequences. you were it was voting for a new the c

i asked her if it works to antagonise such a poweful neighbour?se. potentially very dangerous. they believe that she is actually manipulating public opinion by not presenting the reality which is that beijing actually has never asked her to accept a one country two system formula. it simply asked her to accept the 1992 consensus which was that one china concept. the prior president was able to use that concept to define that one china is simply the republic of china which is taiwan's official name. she refuses to do that because her party ultimately wants to create a new country called simply taiwan with no links to china. her critics say this is very dangerous and she is pursuing her party's own agenda when the majority of people here want the status quo and only less than 30% want formal independence. you would have to see how she plays this out but right now, it is looking like a very dangerous game because after all, china spends more than ten times as much as taiwan on military and it has 1,000 missiles targeted at taiwan to warn it against d

you wouldn't think anything had happened, and yet right next door the neighbour parliament house, two, while the government has received a lot of witticisms for its handling of the crisis, the firefighters, the men and women who have been tackling these blazes, they have received universal praise. we have been to talk to one of them, a volunteer firefighter who put his life on the line. some of these fires arejust too big now. all we can do is just keep protecting homes as best we can, keep protecting life as best we can without losing our own lives at the same time. i've been keeping my gear here with me... tristan lees has been a volunteer firefighter for more than two decades. so, yeah, these are it. . .jacket, pants. this has seen a lot of service this bushfire season? this has. self—sacrifice runs in the family. his late father, as well as mother and brother, also served. the current crisis, the sternest test. terrible. in 21 years i've been in, i've never seen it this bad. it'sjust phenomenal. yeah, i don't know what else to call it, to be quite honest. and there's a guilt. 0oh,

a lot of the focus is on some of the big fires so we are seeing in the neighbouring state of victoria the worry that some fires will merge into one massive inferno and some people have been evacuated from the town of muller kuta. they use naval ferries to get to safety and images of that evacuation have beenin and images of that evacuation have been in the papers. there are three emergency warnings across the state of victoria now. can you imagine being a resident in one of those small towns, getting a phone call to say, you need to leave right now, before it is too late. most people listening to those warnings and leaving their homes. a lot of people telling me they have been ready to go for days. the constant state of fear, ready to pack up and leave. when you see the devastation around us, it feels like the entire south—east of the country is alight with fires. i will hand back to you in london, but i hope you can stay here with us because we have a special report from the nation's capital canberra because the pollution has been so thick in the past few days, it has been one of the

it has struck schools and brought trade with the afghan neighbours to a halt.ather is common and seasonal for this region, the area's embattled status and poverty means the heavy snow comes with a heavy toll. 0livia crellin, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: why wildfires such as those in australia could become common in other parts of the world by the end of the century if global temperatures continue to rise. day one of operation desert storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attack since the second world war. tobacco is america's oldest industry and one of its biggest, but the industry is nervous of this report. this may tend to make people want to stop smoking cigarettes. there is not a street that is unaffected. huge parts of kobe were simply demolished, as buildings crashed into one another. this woman said she had been given no help and no advice by the authorities. she stood outside the ruins of her business. tens of thousands of black children in south africa have taken advantage of laws passed by the coun

emergency powers are in force in both victoria and neighbouring new south wales.tens of thousands have been evacuated from buildings injakarta after the heaviest rain in a quarter of a century caused flooding and landslides. the australian fires are having a detrimental effect on glaciers that are as far away as new zealand's south island. the japan times has new details on what we were reporting on, how former car boss carlos ghosn escaped prosecutors. the paper says he had two french passports and was allowed to keep one while out on bail before fleeing to lebanon. the straits times carries a heartbreaking photo of a toddler being rescued during the catastrophic flooding in jakarta. being rescued during the catastrophic flooding injakarta. as you can see, a really heartbreaking photo and we've been hearing about the torrential rainfall over the new year has triggered landslides and severe flooding, which has killed over 20 people. that brings you up—to—date with some of the papers. we've been talking about the australian is and the devastating impact it is havin

hello, my neighbour blue skies to the uk, the story for the next few daysis the uk, the story for thether. a lot of low cloud drifting across the uk or dense patches of fog. high pressure stays with us throughout the week ahead but it was not to rotate itself. that plumbs us into some moist airfrom rotate itself. that plumbs us into some moist air from that at the dead. but the first thing tuesday, fog is a definite concern across a large swathe of southern britain. the m4 corridor across madden southern counties as far north as the m5 and into a good part of east anglia. patchy fog as well which is all the more dangerous. for tuesday, asi all the more dangerous. for tuesday, as i said it's a pretty great prospect for the majority of us. the best of brightness across east scotla nd best of brightness across east scotland with shelter and to the east of the pennines. brain heading into argyle. my eldest brother to the north of the uk, temperature and double figures, and sevens further south and colder weather fog sticks. overnight tuesday into wednesday start to impart more moisture ac

dozens of aftershocks followed the main tremor, which was also felt in neighbouring syria, lebanon andities could be slow to emerge. turkey lies on major fault lines and is prone to frequent earthquakes — around 17,000 people died in a massive quake in 1999. gareth barlow, bbc news. two people have died in a house fire in hull, including a young girl. humberside fire and rescue were called to wensley avenue this morning. a man was pronounced dead at the scene, while the child died in hospital. the cause of the fire is unknown. harry dunn‘s mother has urged the united states to show "humanity" and extradite the woman accused of causing his death. the teenager died after his motorbike collided with a car outside raf croughton in northamptonshire in august. the us government has rejected the uk‘s extradition request for anne sacoolas, who left the country under diplomatic immunity. the business secretary andrea leadsom is the family‘s local mp — she met the us ambassador yesterday. the prime minister is very much on the side of the family in their desire to see justice done for harry, and

louisa, have you been impressed by the resilience of of your neighbours and the australians that haveyou? absolutely. it is the australian spirit. the amount of support we've had has been incredible. it'sjust of support we've had has been incredible. it's just amazing. incredible. it'sjust amazing. it's been amazing. overwhelming. iwant to say to everybody, australia isn't burning, it is little pockets. we all need the support of tourism, as with any natural disaster, and hopefully we can get people coming to kangaroo valley and the south coast. is that the impression that people have, the whole country is on fire? it is a lot of national parks burning and it has come close to residences and there has been loss of life and tragically loss of buildings but tourism will pick up again. i hope everyone can come to kangaroo valley and the south coast. it is heartbreaking to your property now, i hear the generator but the sound of silence when i arrived, it's not just sound of silence when i arrived, it's notjust the buildings and the forests by the animals that lived here. that's right. it

they will now play neighbours real madrid in sunday's final.s raised $1 million australian dollars, $500,000 us dollars, after his baggy green australia cap was sold at auction. test cricket's second most successful bowler wore the cap throughout his 145—test career, where he took 708 wickets. the money will go to the bushfire charity to help with the crisis, which has been now been going on in australia since september. 27 people have died. warne has said on social media that he was blown away by the generosity and the final figure was way beyond my expectations. meanwhile, the 6—time formula 1 world champion lewis hamilton says he's donating more than $500,000 us dollars to support the fire service and animal welfare charities, that have been affected by the situation in australia. he says: friday is the first day of competition at the winter youth olympics in lausanne, switzerland, with four gold medals up for grabs. thursday's opening ceremony marked the start of the third winter youth games. over the next 13 days, a record number of 1,872

cup after beating neighbours united 3—2. twice as city became the first side to earn a place in the remaining tires of this round, which ta ke remaining tires of this round, which take place tomorrow afternoon. rafael nadal is through to the fourth round of the australian open. he beat fellow spaniard pablo carreno busta in straight sets. he is still on course for a first title in melbourne since 2009, and will face nick kyrgios next. a couple of surprises in the women's draw, as karolina pliskova, the second seed, went out, as did the fifth speed, elina svitolina. she was beaten by two—time grand slam champion garbine muguruza. simona halep is through. and that is all this bought from us for now. —— the sport. the uk's leading mental health charity for military veterans, combat stress, says it is unable to deal with new cases because of in funding. the charity, which helps treat servicemen and women suffering from complex mental health problems, has lost millions of pounds of support from nhs england. they're known as tough

a warship's been sent to help people trapped in neighbouring victoria.risis. protesters in baghdad have pulled back from the us embassy, after attacking the compound for the second day running. the crowd were supporters of a militia, backed by iran. their protest was against us air strikes last week inside iraq, which killed 25 militia members. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said he'll seek parliamentary immunity from prosecution in three cases in which he's charged with bribery and fraud. the request could delay legal proceedings against him for months. mr netanyahu, who denies any wrongdoing, says the charges against him are politically motivated.

emergency powers are in force in both victoria and neighbouring new south wales.he indonesian capitaljakarta, after the most intense rainfall in 2a years. we have been reporting on the australian players and the devastating impact they are having there, but they are also having a terrible effect on glaciers as far away as new zealand. instead of the normal white that you'd expect a glacier to be — many have now turned brown from the smoke coming across the tasman sea. south island settlements have been covered in a thick haze that has turned the skies orange and obscured the once white glaciers. andrew gutsell is a tour pilot and has just flown over the region. i have just arrived i havejust arrived back i have just arrived back from a flight i have just arrived back from a flight in the helicopter in the head of the tasman glacier and what we are seeing there is a huge visual impact on the national park. the glaciers here are usually pristine and white, but today after two days of heavy smoke engulfing the national park we have seen that there is quite a brown tin

headlines: huge crowds gather in iran to mourn the general killed by us forces, as tensions rise in neighbouring iraq. i'm lucy hockings, live in wandandian in new south wales, where firefighters are in a race against time with hot, windy weather forecast for later in the week. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: an indonesian man, declared the worst serial rapist in british criminal history has been jailed for a minimum of 30 years. disgraced movie producer harvey weinstein faces charges of rape and sexual assault, and notjust in new york. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where the trump administration has been forced to deny it plans to pull us troops out of iraq, as demanded by the baghdad parliament. it follows the emergence of a leaked letter that the us defence secretary has called "misleading." all this, prompted by the us killing of an iranian general in iraq. the funeral of qasem soleimani in tehran has attracted huge crowds, thought to be in the millions. our middle east editorjeremy bowen reports from baghdad. tehran‘s broad

it came after iran fired missiles at us airbases in neighbouring iraq overnight.e no casualties and mr trump said he believed the iranian authorities were standing down. iranian state television has released this video of what it says is the attack, ordered in response to the killing of the military commander qasem soleimani in a us drone strike. the ballistic missiles were launched from the western kermanshah province. two bases in iraq were targeted. al—asad airbase in iraq s anbar province was hit 17 times, including two missiles that failed to detonate. according to the iraqi government, a further five missiles were targeted at a base in the northern city of irbil. both the uk and american governments have said none of their citizens were killed or injured. our middle east editor, jeremy bowen, is live in the iraqi capital, baghdad for us this evening. thank you. i get the feeling, looking at what both sides are saying, that in a sense leaders are trying to take a bit of a step back, a face—saving step back if they can and this has been a very dangerous few da

emergency powers are now in force in both victoria and neighbouring new south wales. the mallacoota medical centre. she's staying in the fire ravaged town to provide emergency care. thank you very much forjoining us april on the programme, what are you seeing? what is the experience on the ground ? seeing? what is the experience on the ground? at the moment we are organising mass evacuation, prioritising the evacuation based on medical need, aged people who are frail, young children and babies who are at risk of respiratory problems from the very smoky post— fire conditions, and obviously the ongoing risk of fire with this weekend, and encouraging our visitors at the town to vacate so that we have an allocation of resources to those most in need. and pictures have been beamed across the world of a small child struggling to breathe. it is very much the sick, elderly, and women with children who are the priority at the age? that's correct. we have a lot of families that we have kept together, so we have been able to evacuate just on 1000 people today, so the ship is jus

i find neighbours on foreign policy in the future.ture. i find it hard to see how in a short space of that is going to be sorted out. the question then is, what happens from the 1st ofjanuary next year? the honest answer for every business up and down the country is, we don't know. the thing that businesses hate is uncertain. they know how it works today, they know how it will work in the transition, but they do not yet know how it'll work for the start of next year. i would expect, as the year unfolds, to see businesses, people who make goods, export services, saying increasingly loudly to the government, please tell us what you are asking for and what we are likely to get because we have to be able to plan for the future. which is why this process is not terribly good for the british economy. many thanks for your time, hilary benn. let's turn our attention to some of the celebrations taking place up and down the country. my colleague, martine croxall, is in the northamptonshire town of kettering, where they're having a brexit day ce

neighbours i tried to read the alarm but it was already too late.dead at the scene, his tenure daughter taken to hospital. she later died. there was banging on the windows, trying to get attention but there was nothing. when the fire brigade came, they banged the door down. so... you never expect things like this, do you? those three fire engines, a lot of smoke coming out of the house, it's quite shocking, you know, the cliches you never think it is going to happen to you or down the street but it has taken me and my wife up. firefighters wearing breathing apparatus had come into the house on the hopes they could say those inside. no investigators are —— now investigators are —— now investigators are —— now investigators are trying to work out what caused the blaze. specially trained dogs have also been at the scene. the dogs assist our fire investigation offices and our police collea g u es investigation offices and our police colleagues in trying to detect any presence of something that might have contributed to the fire's development, but it is

if you don't do it for yourself, do it for your neighbour, do it for your children, do it for whateverr armando iannucci, who's famous for his comedy writing, from alan partridge to his political satire, came on our programme last week to talk about his the personal life of david copperfield, based, of course on the charles dickens classic. when i reread the book about eight or nine years ago, i was impressed by how modern and fresh, and original, it's a funny, funny book. i think, yeah, we do have this image of dickens as being a fusty, dark, victorian novelist who writes about mud and fog and street urchins and depression, and yes, there is that, and yes, there is that, and, you know, there are themes in the film that touch on that, but he's also very very funny. he was really about the age of 21, 22, he was the like the most famous writer in the world, and he was, he was famous for his funny comedy, really, and he was like the precursor to charlie chaplin in a way, in how international his fame was, and ijust remember reading the book and thinking a lot of the themes, you know, the

cases of the virus have been reported in neighbouring countries such as japan, thailand, south koreaases in the united states. here's our medical correspondent, fergus walsh. ten days from now on this waste ground in wuhan will be a brand—new hospital. the extraordinary pace of building a sign of how seriously china is taking the threat from the new coronavirus. the prefabricated building will have 1000 beds. it is urgently needed because hospitals in wuhan are overwhelmed with potential cases. the symptoms include cough, fever and breathing problems. and down like a dozen cities have now been quarantined, affecting more than 30 million people. as you see, nobody here, it is absolutely empty. this should be the busiest time of yearfor this should be the busiest time of year for travel and for hotels, but this one in wuhan is deserted. in downing street, borisjohnson hosted a reception to mark chinese new year. the government's emergency cobra committee also met to discuss the risk to the uk, which is considered low. we think that there's a fair chance we may get some cases over time.

dozens of aftershocks followed the main tremor, which was also felt in neighbouring syria, lebanon andt of the capital ankara, is remote and sparsely populated so the true extent of the damage and fatalities could be slow to emerge. turkey lies on major fault lines and is prone to frequent earthquakes — around 17,000 people died in a massive quake in 1999. gareth barlow, bbc news. iraqi security forces have fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the centre of baghdad. police moved against the main anti—government protest site, near the capital's tahrir square, removing concrete barriers. several people are reported to have been injured. the violence comes just a day after huge crowds took to the streets of baghdad, to demand the expulsion of us troops from iraq. two people have died in a house fire in hull, including an 8—year—old girl. humberside fire and rescue were called to wensley avenue this morning. a man was pronounced dead at the scene, while the 8—year—old girl died in hospital. the cause of the fire is unknown. lawyers representing president donald trump, are due to begin

in the first couple of years that i was chancellor, almost all of our near neighbours had fiscal crisis forget now — ireland, portugal, greece, spain — whole set of other countries with much smaller deficits had problems. in the end, there are two proofs of the pudding, the first is now we can look back on the last decade, britain had the strongest recovery from the financial crash of any major advanced economy of the world over the last 10 years. we now see it over the last 10 years. we created more jobs in the government then any british government has created, or created conditions for those jobs. and, finally, missing is this central fact, which is that in 2015, the country got a chance to vote again on what you call this fetishistic economic policy and they embraced it and re—elected david cameron and the conservatives. and their anger and alienation poured out the year later in the referendum. that‘s a specious theory because, clearly, they were voting, you‘re saying they voted for one set of politicians and nine months later they changed their mind. no, what i‘m suggesting also i

the magnitude 6.8 tremor also damaged buildings, and was felt in neighbouring countries.have sent teams to the affected area. the prince of wales has called for "unity and tolerance" among different faiths on his first formal visit to the occupied palestinian territories. during a speech in bethlehem, prince charles said he would pray for "a just and lasting peace" in the middle east. he has also held talks with the palestinian president mahmoud abbas. 0ur royal correspondent jonny dymond has this report. a palestinian welcome for the prince. this is the first time he's set foot in the occupied palestinian territories. a diplomatically delicate day started at the only mosque in bethlehem's old city. "charles," he wrote, in english, then in arabic. after the mosque will come the church of the nativity, and it's the proximity of the two that brings charles here, part of his decades long effort to bring faiths together. inside the church, a chance to hear first—hand the struggles of christians in the middle east. we are doing our best to survive, to fight against every diffi

on the lookout for noisy neighbours.pitch good once more grab unwanted attention. manchester is were entitled to 7000 tickets here at old trafford. by the last time the two sides met, there we re last time the two sides met, there were a number of incidents, including the alleged racist abuse of united midfielder fred by city supporters. both clubs decided to get together and reduce the allocation. officiallyjust 3000 city supporters were inside old trafford, and before long, they were the ones making all the noise. according to united's manager, city have raised the bar under coach pep guardiola. how good is that? and here they were at their brilliant best. bernardo silva with a derby classic after only 16 minutes. city had no out and out striker in their starting xi. turns out they didn't need one, as silva achieved goal number two. united were anything but, as once more in the first half, their defence was overwhelmed by a dizzying swirl of blue. for the majority at old trafford, this was difficult for watch. but this

the 6.8 magnitude quake caused buildings to collapse, and was felt in neighbouring countries.. rescuers carry survivors out from the rubble. the 6.8 magnitude quake sent buildings crashing to the ground and residents rushing into the streets. the exact moment the earthquake struck, captured live on turkish tv. amid the inky darkness, among ruined buildings, screams rang out as more than 400 rescue teams rushed to help survivors. dozens of aftershocks followed the main tremor, which was also felt in neighbouring syria, lebanon and iran. the region, 550 kilometres east of the capital ankara, is remote and sparsely populated so the true extent of the damage and fatalities could be slow to emerge. turkey lies on major fault lines and is prone to frequent earthquakes — around 17,000 people died in a massive quake in 1999. gareth barlow, bbc news. the uk's leading mental health charity for military veterans, combat stress, has told the bbc that it's unable to deal with new cases because of a funding crisis. from monday, former service personnel in england and wales will be re—direct

dozens of aftershocks followed the main tremor, which was also felt in neighbouring syria, lebanon andast of the capital ankara, is remote and sparsely populated so the true extent of the damage and fatalities could be slow to emerge. turkey lies on major fault lines and is prone to frequent earthquakes — around 17,000 people died in a massive quake in 1999. gareth barlow, bbc news. democratic prosecutors in the us senate have finished setting out their case against president trump in his impeachment trial, arguing he abused his power and obstructed congress. mr trump denies any wrongdoing and describes the impeachment as a hoax. his legal team will open defence arguments later on saturday. chris buckler reports from washington. after three days inside the senate, the democrats concluded their long and detailed argument that donald trump abused the power of his position with a plea. they told the senators, who act as jurors in this deeply political trial, that it wasn't about allegiances or their personal view of the president, it was about his actions in office. i implore you, give am

prepares to go it alone, we'll be asking what lies ahead for our future relationship with our european neighbourscan they do it again? wales start their campaign to defend their six nations title, as the tournament kicks off tomorrow. coming up on sportsday on bbc news, we are live in cardiff on the eve of the six nations. how will the defending champions wales get on with the new man wayne pivac in charge? good evening. two members of the same family have tested positive for coronavirus in the uk — the first confirmed cases here. they're being treated at a specialist centre in newcastle. the virus outbreak, which started in the chinese city of wuhan, has seen at least 213 people die in china, and almost 10,000 people infected nationally. there have been at least 100 cases in 19 other countries. today, 110 britons and foreign nationals were evacuated from china. they're being taken to arrowe park hospital on the wirral, where they will be quarantined for two weeks. here's our health editor, hugh pym. a day of high drama, a plane landing early afternoon at raf brize norton in oxfordshire, bringing

we believe we should work with her closest international neighbours to tackle the global climate crisischildren and families from 1940s london to 21st—century syria. i am honoured to represent my fellow residents here in parliament, and ifully intend to honour our traditions and values during the months and years ahead. hear, hear! as a graduate of english literature him to lead to my constituency has such strong literary connections. charles dickens stayed at the swan in on the high street. and stafford has been home amongst others to the playwright richard sheridan and our former poet laureate dame carol and duffy. i was amused to learn that my predecessors and sister was a lost love ofjane austen. on whom she based her most famous character of mr darcy. it is just over 560 years ago to the day on december 30 1460 that richard neville, duke of york, and his son thomas met their deaths at the battle of wakefield. led by lord clifford, defeated the york guests and would suffer a major reverse months later a site just down the road. wakefield became yet another battlefield almost 200 yea

that is not the case in neighbouring victoria where there are a couple of big fires burning there.least here in new south wales, people are waking up without the feeling of panic. we have some coverage here on bbc news coming up. my colleague clive myrie is here with me on the south coast of new south wales. he's been speaking to victims who were forced to flee their homes and seek refuge. look at that road. this bushfire season is like no other in modern australian history. i mean, this is unprecedented, what we're having here. i mean, the whole country is alight. within half an hour it was, "get out, it's too late to leave." you know, "you should seek shelter." this is a thousand times worse. this is catastrophic. like, all the fires up the coast are catastrophic. worry etches the faces of those who fled to this hotel from the small town of bundanoon. their homes encircled by two monster fires. the smell of smoke is present even here. by 9:30, i thought i was ok. judy coverdale is one of those who escaped with her life. it was just like a volcanic plume, just growing and growing,

neighbours had tried to raise the alarm but it was already too late.ten—year—old daughter taken to hospital. she later died. i tried to break the door down, but them composite doors are a bit strong. i was banging on the windows shouting, shouting through the letterbox, banging on the window to try and get some attention, but there was nothing. then the fire brigade came and obviously they broke the door down. so... you never expect things like this, do you? there was three fire engines and a lot of smoke coming out the house. it's quite shocking and cliche, you never think it's going to happen, do you? down this street or, you know... but it's shaken me and my wife up. firefighters wearing breathing apparatus had gone into the house on wensley avenue — a quiet, family street. they'd hoped to save those inside. now, investigators from humberside police and humberside fire and rescue service are trying to work out what caused the blaze. specially trained dogs have also been at the scene. the dogs assist our fire investigation officers and our police col

neighbours say they tried to break the door down but couldn‘t get in.s. neighbours had tried to raise the alarm, but it was already too late. a father pronounced dead at the scene, his ten—year—old daughter taken to hospital. she later died. scene, his ten—year—old daughter taken to hospital. she later diedlj knocked taken to hospital. she later died.|j knocked at the door, and the composite doors are a bit strong, i was banging at the window, shouting, shutting through the letterbox and then on the window, to try and get some attention, but there was nothing. and the fire brigade came, obviously. they knocked the door down. you never expect things like this, do you? those three fire engines, and a lot of smoke another house, and it's quite shocking. the cliche, you never think it is going to happen, do you? down this street, oi’... to happen, do you? down this street, or... but it has taken me and my wife up. firefighters wearing breathing apparatus had gone into the house on wednesday avenue, a quiet family street. they had hoped to save those inside.

in neighbouring syria he's the one who came up with the strategy that helped president bashar al—assad the killing is controversial for many reasons including the fact that general soleimani actually supported the us in theirfight against the taliban by handing over military intelligence in 2001. well, as we have reported, the american action was taken at the direction of president trump. he hasn't directly commented yet — but tweeted this image of the american flag, an image which he has pinned to the top of his twitter feed. this morning the us state department have said that due to "heightened tensions in iraq and the region, we urge u.s. citizens to depart iraq immediately". there has been more reaction, both in iran and in the us. iran's foreign minster mohammad javad zarif has commented. on twitter, he said the killing of mr soleimani was, "an extremely dangerous and foolish escalation." he added that, "the us. bears responsibility for all consequences of its rogue adventurism". and this morning, a twitter account which publishes regular updates and news about ayatollah seyed ali

tremors were also felt in neighbouring countries.ans, but combat stress, which receives more than 2,000 referrals every year, has questioned whether the health service will be able to cope with the additional demands. people who commit fraud currently operate with impunity, according to a review by police in england and wales. the report says forces have not kept pace with a sharp rise in cases, and thatjust 2% of crimes involving fraud are detected. the home office said it would look carefully at the findings. the un is calling for international help to fight huge swarms of locusts that are causing havoc across east africa. the organisation said ethiopia, kenya and somalia are struggling with an "unprecedented" and "devastating" infestation. scientists say the swarms, which pose a big threat to crops, have flourished in extreme weather conditions. an adult locust can travel up to 93 miles — and eat its own weight in food — injust one day. and now the sports news. ben is here. in the first test against south africa, ben stokes, someo

china's neighbours tighten their borders. airlines suspend services.nd governments bring their citizens home. the world health organization urges all countries to take action. we are at an importantjuncture in this event. we as who believe these chains of transmission can still be interrupted. it's official. the european parliament votes to approve the brexit withdrawal deal — before the uk leaves the eu on friday. the uk is bid farewell with this musical sendoff. singing. a rendition of auld lang syne is sung by meps. with the future relationship still to be negotiated, the eu insists the hard work is still to come. we have a special report from antarctica — where doing science in one of the most extreme environments on earth — isn't easy. china's coronavirus continues to spread. authorities say the outbreak could peak in 10 days. there have now been 132 deaths, almost 6000 cases and 16 countries outside china with confirmed cases. and you can see how the number of cases has spiked over the past week. wuhan is the the centre of the outbreak. china's t