in south london. mm! and be there five days a week and just have a great time., like, once a week. nice. i like it. but i'd host it and there'll be the best cats in town, come down and just play. and it would just be thriving and be great. because i think ronnie's is so beautiful and so important. and we have loads of little nice jazz venues. but i think we need a south london... amazing reaction to my first body of work. but the bar is, like, yeah. so a long way in the future, actually, i was thinking about this today, i really would love to open a jazz club. 0oh! you know? in south london. mm! and be there five days a week and just have a great time. are you performing there? yeah, maybe i'll sing, like, once a week. nice. i like it. but i'd host it and there'll be the best cats in town, come down and just play. and it would just be thriving and be great. and we have loads of little nice jazz venues. but i think we need a south london... yeah. i would love to do that in the future. but yeah. i need to make a couple more albums first. build my repertoire a bit

the moment hassan sentamu is arrested in south london... ..less than half an hour after killing a teenage 17—year—old had blood on his hands and trainers. urgent assistance, king henry's drive, near the park. unmarked. i've got this male detained. the victim was elianne andam, who was 15 and had dreams of becoming a lawyer. she was a close friend of hassan sentamu's ex—girlfriend, and in her last snapchat video, talks about their recent split and how he failed to return herfriend's possessions, including a teddy bear. and it's in that meeting when elianne decides to intervene, running off with a bag belonging to him. the chase is captured on cctv before she was cornered and repeatedly stabbed in the neck, legs and shoulders. one eyewitness, a bus driver called samuel sinclair, told the jury that he had heard screaming and had rushed over to help elianne andam in the final moments of her life. he broke down in tears while giving evidence. hassan sentamu had been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. his defence claim this led to diminished responsibility. he's admitted manslaughter, but

for others it can be a very lonely and isolated time so i have come to one pub in wimbledon in south londonristmas day dinner to anyone if alone. what do three of this year's olympic gold medalists get

in south london. mm! and be there five days a week and just have a great time.like, once a week. nice. i like it. but i'd host it and there'll be the best cats in town, come down and just play. and it would just be thriving and be great. because i think ronnie's is so beautiful and so important. and we have loads of little nice jazz venues. but i think we need a south london... yeah. i would love to do that in the future. but yeah. i need to make a couple more albums first. build my repertoire a bit more...and yeah. but i would really love that. yeah. cool don't know why i told you that, but yeah. i like it! future dream. i'll be there. yeah. i'll be there. raye, thank you so much for speaking to 100 women. thank you. thank you so much for having me. hello there. thousands of homes are still without power, particularly across northern ireland, thanks to storm darragh over the weekend, and with all the rain that fell over the weekend and for the past few weeks, the ground does remain saturated, river levels running very high, so we have dozens of flood warnings s

in south london. mm! and be there five days a week and just have a great time.n town, come down and just play, and it would just be thriving and be great. because i think ronnie's is so beautiful and so important. and we have loads of little nice jazz venues. but i think we need a south london... yeah, i would love to do that in the future. but, yeah, i need to make a couple more albums first. build my repertoire a bit more and, yeah — but i would really love that, yeah. cool don't know why i told you that, but yeah. future dream. i'll be there! yeah. i'll be there! raye, thank you so much for speaking to 100 women. thank you. thank you so much for having me. hello there. there's going to be a lot of wet, windy and cold weather to come over the new year, but the focus today remains on this amber rain warning that we have from the met office, and within this area, there are already a number of severe flood warnings on rivers. it's been very wet in scotland, some snow melt adding to that, as well. the rain turns more showery in mainland scotland. some wetter weath

in south london. mm! and be there five days a week and just have a great time.n town, come down and just play, and it would just be thriving and be great. because i think ronnie's is so beautiful and so important. and we have loads of little nice jazz venues. but i think we need a south london... yeah, i would love to do that in the future. but yeah, i need to make a couple more albums first. build my repertoire a bit more and yeah — but i would really love that, yeah. cool don't know why i told you that, but yeah. i like it! future dream. i'll be there! yeah. i'll be there! raye, thank you so much for speaking to 100 women. thank you. thank you so much for having me. hello. the good news is, for those of you still to do some pre—christmas travel, the weather is looking fairly benign for christmas eve for the vast majority. a fair bit of cloud around, admittedly — we saw that roll in on monday — and much, much milder than it has been. temperatures on monday afternoon, li—s celsius for quite a few, a good 8—10 celsius warmer for tuesday afternoon on christmas eve

in south london. mm! and be there five days a week and just have a great time.ere'll be the best cats in town, come down and just play. and it would just be thriving and be great. because i think ronnie's is so beautiful and so important. and we have loads of little nice jazz venues. but i think we need a south london... yeah, i would love to do that in the future. but yeah, i need to make a couple more albums first. build my repertoire a bit more and yeah — but i would really love that. yeah. don't know why i told you that, but yeah. i like it! future dream. i'll be there! yeah. i'll be there! raye, thank you so much for speaking to 100 women. thank you. thank you so much for having me. hello. thursday was a very grey, gloomy day, really — a lot of low clouds, some mist, some hill fog and some drizzle. in fact, during thursday, we actually had a weak warm front that moved across england, introducing some more humid air — and that's what resulted in the drizzle. at the moment, the computers are underdoing the amount of drizzle out there as well. it's pretty exte

setting, he was on a video link in my sitting in a room on his own, in belmarsh prison, which is in south london grey sweatshirt and grey sweat pants. he was able to hear the proceedings but he did not speak during the hearing. he rocked his body from side to side during the proceedings. he faces 16 charges in total, three of murder and eight of attempted murder, possession of a knife, and two other charges relating to the offence on the 29th ofjuly, this summer in southport, and pleas of not guilty were entered in all the charges although he did not speak, and those charges were put to him and the police were put to him on his behalf. he was charged with the murder of bb king, six years old, elsie dot stancombe, and alice sylvia agua mark was nine. eight more charges eight more charges —— eight more children were at the dance class in southport when the incident took place, when the deaths happen, and five of the children were critically injured, he was charged with the attempted murders of all of them, and the attempted murder of two adults who were there as well. they suffered from critical i

has been hearing how a 17—year—old stabbed a girl to death as she was on her way to school in south londonu, who went on trial for her death today, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denies muder. adina campbell is outside court. i , the court heard that elianne andam was a close friend of hassan sentamu's ex girlfriend but the pair had recently split up and had recently met up to exchange possessions but hassan sentamu had turned up to that meeting empty—handed and batters when elianne andam decided to intervene and take back a plastic bag the ex—girlfriend was planning to give to him —— that is when she decided. witnesses said they saw hassan sentamu chasing, cornering and then repeatedly stabbing elianne andam, who died at the scene. a bus driver who died at the scene. a bus driver who gave evidence today said he tried to save her life and was with her in the final moments before she died. he became visibly upset and broke down in tears. thejury died. he became visibly upset and broke down in tears. the jury was also shown police body cam footage showing the moment hassan sentamu wa

has been hearing how a 17—year—old stabbed a girl to death as she was on her way to school in south londonmber last year. hasan sentamu, who went on trialfor her death today, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denies muder. adina campbell was outside the court. while the court heard that elianne andam was a close friend of hasan santam's ex—girlfriend, but the pair had recently split up and had arranged to meet up to exchange their possessions. but hasan sentamu had turned up to that meeting empty handed, and that's when elianne andam decided to intervene and take back a plastic bag that the ex—girlfriend was planning to give to him and run off with it. but that's when eyewitnesses say that they saw hassan sentamu chasing, cornering and then repeatedly stabbing elianne andam. she died at the scene. a bus driver who gave evidence today said that he tried to save her life and was with her in the final moments before she died. he became visibly upset and broke down in tears. the jury was also shown police body cam footage showing the moment hasan sentamu was arrested. he had blood on his

lancashire, he appeared on a video link, sat in a room, in video link room one in belmarsh prison in south londone was able to hear proceedings but he didn't speak during the proceedings and rocked from side to side. he faces 16 charges in total, three of murder, eight of attempted murder, eight of attempted murder, possession of a knife and two other charges, all relating to events on the 29th ofjuly this summer in southport. pleas of not guilty were entered on all charges, although he didn't speak. those pleas were put to him, the charges put to him and the plea is entered by the judge on charges put to him and the plea is entered by thejudge on his behalf. to the charges in full, he was charged with the murders of their bacon, he was six, elsie dot stancombe, who was seven, and alice da silva aguiar, who was nine. at the beginning of the summer holidays in southport, there was a dance class, when an incident took place, when their deaths happen. eight of the children... five of the children... five of the children were critically injured. he was charged with the attempted murders of all of the

gray and herfriend leanne miles being attacked late at night by nasen saadi, who's 20 and from south londonw what it would be like to take a life". here's duncan kennedy. amie gray lived for football and family. head coach, team leader, inspiration. she'd never met nasen saadi, but in may this year, he decided he wanted to find out what it was like to kill someone. he randomly went to bournemouth beach and is seen here lurking near amie and herfriend, leanne miles, chatting by a fire. saadi first goes past them, then turns back, and then went over and stabbed them, killing amie and seriously wounding leanne. saadi's planning for this took on incredible detail. he researched how police dealt with dna evidence, whether hotels in bournemouth had cctv cameras, and whether it was easier to run across pebble beaches or sandy beaches. in police interviews, saadi had denied any involvement. i'm only accused of mistaken identity. today, saadi was found guilty of murder and attempted murder. a police officer gave amie's family reaction. amie will never be forgotten. she touched the lives of so many.

he was a criminology student at the universes of greenwich london south london he even asked his selector deal with dna in their research in their investigations and the lecturer had asked him, you're not planning to carry out a murder, are you? to which he replied, no he's looking for a research paper but he did research paper but he did research on line how police deal with the dna, do hotels in bournemouth have cct cameras and even researched whether it is possible to run a walk across pebble beach is and sandy beaches and this may turns up randomly in bournemouth, skulked around looking for victims and this night, amie gray and leanne miles had a campfire chat and cct footage shows him walking past them and he turns back and stabs them repeatedly, amie gray described as dead at the scene and leanne miles with serious injuries he told please afterwards that it was not him and it was a case of mistaken identity but a massive circumstantial evidence but by the prosecution during the course of this trial in the last ten days or so has convinced the juryjust in the past couple of hours tha

hugh pym is outside a hospital in south london. so hospital bosses are sounding a warning?han ever at this time of year. winter has come early essentially is what they are saying. and those four viruses are causing concern, particularly nodal virus, the winter vomiting bug in hospitals, that has gone up a lot, and flu, four times more cases in hospital than this time last year. covid cases are relatively stable but on the increase as well. the worry about flu, is this an early flu wave which might subside byjanuary when it normally takes hold out is it the beginning of something more sustained, like two years ago when they were really big increases in flu, causing pressures in december. health chiefs are saying given how busyit health chiefs are saying given how busy it is right now they are concerned, occupancy levels in hospitals are about 95% which is quite high and they are urging anyone who is eligible for a vaccination for these viruses to go out and get it done. it�*s thursday. it�*s question time — here�*s fiona with what�*s coming up. tonight. tonight we have the l

he was sat in a room on his own in video link room 0ne in belmarsh prison, which is in south london.the proceedings and the court checked that he could, but he didn't speak at all during the hearing. he rocked his body from side to side throughout the proceedings. he faces 16 charges in total — three of murder, eight of attempted murder, possession of a knife and two other charges. all relate to events on the 29th ofjuly this summer in southport. now, pleas of not guilty were entered on all the charges, although he didn't speak, and those charges...those pleas were put to him...those charges were put to him and the pleas were entered by the judge on his behalf. so let's get to those charges in full. he was charged with the murders of bebe king, who was six years old, elsie dot stancombe, who was seven years old, and alice da silva aguiar, who was nine. now, eight more children were at the dance class right at the beginning of the summer holidays in england, in southport in north—west england, when an incident took place, when their deaths happened. eight of the children were... five

but i think we need a south london... yeah, i would love to do that in the future.ld you that, but yeah. i like it! future dream. i'll be there! yeah. raye, thank you so much for speaking to 100 women. thank you. thank you so much for having me. hello, again. last night, temperatures actually rose rather than fell. it's been an exceptionally mild start to the day today, and it's going to continue that way, as you can see from the yellows and ambers on this chart. the wind direction coming from the south—west, so it's dragging in a lot of cloud from the atlantic. and there's some drizzly bits and pieces, some murky conditions with that, particularly so in western areas, some hill fog. we've also got some showery conditions across western parts of scotland, the north—west seeing windy conditions. but it should brighten up across north—east scotland, north—east england, parts of north—east wales and the west midlands, with temperatures widely 11 to 1a degrees, possibly 15 somewhere in north—east scotland or north—east england. now, through this evening and overnight, w

hugh pym, bbc news, south—west london.of their sexuality are to receive competition. the government is putting aside £75 million for the scheme, veterans could also have their rank restored. here is more from her lgbt reporter). it was illegal to be gay in the petition for treatment until the year 2000, and those who are gay or even perceived to be gate were thrown out and in some cases imprisoned. and it's less than like sleeping with a criminal record. i sleeping with a criminal record. ., ., ., , record. i got a “ob and they did a terminal _ record. i got a job and they did a terminal records - record. i got a job and they | did a terminal records check record. i got a job and they - did a terminal records check on people. i was called into the managing directors office, and he explained that the results had come back and i was a convicted sex offender, so i was instantly dismissed, i was escorted off the premises in front of everyone, and people put two and two together and come up with five, eight accused me of that —

dean grew up on a council estate in south east london and was made homele55 twice.l black british people. theo legggett has been talking to dean about what it took to get there. i think my background, which for sure is not typical of a person in my role or in my situation, is actually the most helpful thing to me in my career. and i've said this, you know, many, many, many times. number one, in the transformation or turnaround environment, among many things that you need i5 resilience, right? becau5e especially at the beginning, you're having more bad days than you're having good days. so i've been kind of built in an environment, i grew up in an environment where resilience was was a survival mechanism. it wasn't about developing your career or making money. it was about staying alive. that's why you needed to be resilient. so my resilience is built in a very different kind of factory than most of my counterparts. so that's helpful, especially in transformation. and then there's the fact i've lived most of my life without very much so to be in this situation now wi

a jury has heard from the ex—girlfriend of a man accused of murdering a school girl in south london.efore the attack. 15—year—old elianne andam was stabbed to death near a bus stop in croydon in september last year. hassan sentamu, who s 18, has admitted manslaughter but denies murder. our uk correspondent adina campbell is at the old bailey. adina, what's the latest from court? ina in a pre—recorded police interview, played to the jury, hassan sentamu's ex girlfriend said she knew something was wrong when he turned up something was wrong when he turned up to a meeting wearing black gloves. she said she felt scared and noticed he was getting angry, saying he didn't want to hurt her. the couple had recently split up and had arranged to meet to exchange possessions. elianne andam had also attended that meeting to support her friend. but he turned up to that meeting empty—handed and that's when elianne andam decided to intervene, taking back a bag belonging to him and running off with it. his ex—girlfriend, who cannot be named because of her age, said she did that as a joke. she said th

south-west of england. which is one of the major rail helps. - midlands, the north and london as well as south wales.s between bristol and cardiff have been delayed, or now cancelled the most of the rest of the day. specific lines themselves, no trains gwr says between plymouth and penzance until at least one o'clock today. between bristol temple meads and portsmouth, no services because of debris on the line near westbury. those delays are likely to get worse as we hear about more blockages on the line in the next few hours, gwr, the operator which runs trains throughout this area, has been persistently saying passengers should wherever possible try to rearrange their travel plans ought not to at all. we have spoken to people who are hoping to keep their plans this weekend, one a man who hasn't seen his daughter in many months and is trying to get to swindon today but doesn't hold out much hope in getting their and is worried about the journey back this evening even if he does make it there. we spoke to someone else who is trying to see their daughter at university in london, their trains have been

south. live from london. this is bbc news. a new dawn for syria.the post—assad regime era. this is the scene in the capital damascus right now. the syrian opposition flag is raised at the embassy in moscow. russia has given bashar al—assad and his family political asylum and they are believed to be in the city. relief and delight across the country following the downfall of a dynasty that ruled for more than half a century. a historic moment in every sense of the word. abu mohammed al—jawlani here for the first time in the great mosque. and rapperjay—z is accused of raping a 13 —year—old girl. he's named with sean �*diddy�* combs in a civil lawsuit. both deny the claim. hello, i m lucy grey welcome to bbc news now. we start with the extraordinary events in syria over

and this week, a festive concert at the greenwich and bexley community hospice in south london.t, i think, isn't it? yeah. you love music? yeah. how does it make you feel inside, the music? incredible. beautiful. and then a surprise. the global superstar lang lang has sent a video performance from china. hello, everyone. it's lang lang here. he tells the audience that his charity foundation is going to work withjoe to bring music to more hospices around the uk. i truly hope these performances will bring you moments ofjoy, i and i would love to send a lot of love to you all right now. l what do you think your mum would have made of this afternoon? ijust kept thinking of her. it'sjust, ijust... ijust have no words. and this is for her. and this is for every family that has ever experienced palliative care. for more than 20 years children at one primary school in fife have been entering a competition to design their town's christmas lights — with the winner's version then made a reality, thanks to one of the world's most renowned decoration manufacturers. 0ur scotland correspondent

hugh pym, bbc news, south—west london. question time will be looking at the problem tonight.looking at the problem tonight.— problem tonight. here is fiona bruce. problem tonight. here is fiona bruce- as _ problem tonight. here is fiona bruce. as the _ problem tonight. here is fiona bruce. as the nhs _ problem tonight. here is fiona bruce. as the nhs braces - problem tonight. here is fiona| bruce. as the nhs braces itself problem tonight. here is fiona - bruce. as the nhs braces itself for another tough winter we have a health secretary wes streeting, nigel huddlestone and former newspaper editor turned tv presenter piers morgan. we are in beckenham on iplayerfrom nine and on bbc one after the ten o'clock news. specialist teams searching for the missing former england rugby player tom voyce have found a body close to where the a3—year—old was swept away as he tried to drive across a flood—swollen river in northumberland. the water level was particularly high at the weekend when storm darragh lashed the uk. our sports correspondent olly fosterjoins me now. what more can you te

the blaze in catford in south—east london spread quickly.y firefighters. an inquest into the death of broadcaster dr michael mosley has not been able to determine a cause. the 67—year—old science journalist went missing injune on the greek island of symi after going for a walk. the coroner said the cause of death, while unknown, was most likely heatstroke or an undiagnosed health condition. to boxing now, and britain's tyson fury and urkaine's oleksandr usyk have been weighing in ahead of tomorrow night's world heavyweight title in the saudia arabian capital, riyadh. here's our sports reporter ade adedoyin. the last time these two faced each other, it was a fight for the ages — a brilliant and brutal contest under a heavy barrage of punches, fury wilted, his unbeaten record and air of invincibility gone. usyk has accomplished everything in boxing, so why continue? it's not easy. it's hard. boxing is a hard sport. it's a tough sport. when my phone alarm talked to me, "hey, oleks, oleks, wake up. "please wake up! "time for training!" you know,

hugh pym, bbc news, south—west london.rashed. the 55 metre ride failed, dropping to ground level. her injuries are not thought to be serious. 11 others were treated at the scene in the city centre. west midlands police say the area remains sealed off. specialist teams searching for the missing former england rugby player, tom voyce, have found a body close to where the 43—year—old was swept away as he tried to drive across a flood—swollen river in northumberland. the water level was particularly high at the weekend when storm darragh lashed the uk. high at the weekend formal identification is yet to take place, but mr voyce's next of kin have been informed. the head of nato has warned that the alliance isn't ready for the threats it will face from russia and called for a shift to a wartime mindset. in a speech in brussels, mark rutte said future spending would need to be considerably higher than the current target of 2% of national wealth. katya adler is in brussels. is this in any way a realistic ambition? well, clive, ma

. 327 million for the north west, north east and yorkshire and humber. 322 million for the south east and londont of england. a lot of people are going to be driving home for christmas this weekend, many roads are a bit like an obstacle course with potholes and roadworks, and so it's really critical that we get on and change people's experience of the roads and give people some hope that, this time next year when they're going home for christmas, the roads will be in a better state. but such is the scale of the problem, the backlog in repairs could cost more than £16 billion, and a quarter of the extra money will be held back until councils show they are getting on with the job. we will keep pressing for the fact that, you know, you've allocated the local authorities a particular sum of money. let's have it, let's get on and give us that assurance and certainty that we can start investing. because we can't keep continuing patching. the rac said the potholes are the number—one issue facing motorists. i don't think there's any question that 1.6 billion will put all our roads right, but it's a ques

south—west of england. from here, rail services down to devon and cornwall, the midlands, the north and london as well as south of those services between bristol and cardiff have been delayed, or now cancelled the most of the rest of the day. specific lines themselves, no trains, gwr says, between plymouth and penzance until at least one o'clock today. between bristol temple meads and portsmouth, no services because of debris on the line near westbury. those delays are likely to get worse as we hear about more blockages on the line in the next few hours, gwr, the operator which runs trains throughout this area, has been persistently saying passengers should, wherever possible, try to rearrange their travel plans or not to travel at all. we have spoken to people who are hoping to keep their plans this weekend, one a man who hasn't seen his daughter in many months and is trying to get to swindon today but doesn't hold out much hope in getting there and is worried about the journey back evening, even if he does make it there. we spoke to someone else who is trying to see their daughter at university in london, th

i'm on london's south bank where people are gathering to see the fireworks mark the beginning of 2025storm warnings put paid to many of the outdoor celebrations. fans of 70s, johnny walker with you until five o'clock. tributes are paid to the veteran bbc radio dj johnnie walker who has died at the age of 79. from number 10, to the silver screen. former prime minister borisjohnson bags an unlikely cameo — in a ukrainian christmas film. hello and welcome to bbc news. in the past couple of hours, new year celebrations have been getting under way across much of asia. this was the spectacular fireworks display in hong kong.

i'm on london's south bank where people are gathering to see the fireworks mark the beginning of 2025. but there's disappointment in some parts of the uk as yellow storm warnings put paid to many of the outdoor celebrations. fans of 70s, johnny walker with you until five o'clock. tributes are paid to the veteran bbc radio dj johnnie walker who has died at the age of 79. from number 10, to the silver screen. former prime minister borisjohnson bags an unlikely cameo — in a ukrainian christmas film. hello and welcome to bbc news. in the past couple of hours, new year celebrations have been getting under way across much of asia. this was the spectacular fireworks display in hong kong. taipei also put on quite the show to welcome in 2025. here's the celebrations in sydney. as always a fireworks bonanza focused on the harbour bridge. this one went on for 12 minutes. and this was new zealand with a spectacular fireworks display at the auckland sky tower. we'll bring you plenty more of those celebrations in the hours ahead — as 2024 ticks to an end. across the many time zones it will take us

south. live from london, this is bbc news.e and refugees, and confirms the uk is in contact with the country�*s rebel leaders. hts remains a proscribed organisation, but we can have diplomatic contact and so we do have diplomatic contact, as you would expect. over 13,000 migrants have been removed from the uk since labour took power — but the government admits the rate of illegal channel crossings is still too high. and thousands gather for mass in corsica, as pope francis visits the island for the first time. hello and welcome, i�*m samantha simmonds. it�*s feared that thousands of people may have been killed by cyclone chido in the french archipelago of mayotte in the indian ocean. a local official has been quoted as saying that the death toll may be in the thousands. residents have spoken of apocalyptic scenes in mayotte. the mayor of the capital, mamoudzou, said nothing had been spared. houses have been destroyed, along with schools and the hospital. french emergency personnel are now on mayotte to assist and the first aid

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south west. live from london. this is bbc news.tates the french indian ocean territory of mayotte. survivors speak of apocoloyptic scenes. translation: | screamed, - "we need help, we need help!" i was screaming because i could see the end coming for me. german chancellor olaf scholz faces a confidence vote this is the scene live in damascus as regional and international powers step up engagement with syria's new rulers. those displaced begin returning home and with a hope to rebuild. many have already crossed the borders from different borders to come back and settle here, but for this to be rebuilt, it needs international support, not the syrian one only. the archbishop of york apologises for not acting sooner in a sex abuse case — as pressure grows for him to resign, days before he's set to take temporary charge of the church of england. hello, i'm lucy hockings. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction.

a london—based ugandan runner has completed a journey of more than 8,000 miles on foot. he ran and walked from souths seas or avoid the war in sudan. along the way, he faced racism in europe, and a spell in a south sudanese jail. deo hoped to use the journey to bring awareness to, and to protest racism. you're live with bbc news. russia's president vladimir putin has vowed to bring more destruction on ukraine, in retaliation for a drone attack on the central russian city of kazan on saturday. mr putin accused ukraine of carrying out a massive assault that struck a luxury apartment block located more than 1,000 km miles from the ukrainian border. earlier i spoke to michael bociurwik, a seniorfellow at the atlantic council. thank you forjoining us here on the programme. i would like to start with the comments from the russian president, putin, is pledging retaliation after ukrainian children struck residential buildings in the city of kazan in russia. what are people in ukraine anticipating, will it deter those ukrainian strakes that we have been seeing is russia? i don't know but psychologists would

south. live from london. this is bbc news.p vulnerable people and refugees, and confirms the uk is in contact with the country's rebel leaders... hts remains a prescribed organisation but we can have diplomatic contact and so we do have diplomatic contact, as you would expect. over 13,000 migrants have been removed from the uk since labour took power — but the government admits the rate of illegal channel crossings is still too high. and thousands gather for mass in corsica, as pope francis visits the island for the first time. hello, i'm samantha simmonds. it's feared that thousands of people may have been killed by cyclone chido in the french archipelago of mayotte in the indian ocean. a local official has been quoted as saying that the death toll may be in the thousands. residents have spoken of apocalyptic scenes in mayotte. the mayor of the capital, mam—oud—zou, said nothing had been spared. houses have been destroyed, along with schools and the hospital. french emergency personnel are now on mayotte to

london. political turmoil in south korea after the president yoon lifted marshall lohr. liquidity and emmanuel macron says the government can survive and he will not resign, 55th record of the year, the kospi down as they had for the close. the korean yuan reverses losses, data load from the u.s. and durable goods crossing later, gold dating, the yellow metal. aniline of their but says -- bearber made remarks ahead of nato ministers, focus will be on speeding up military aid rather than a possible peace process. i'm joined by someone who has deep expertise, pascal, ceo of a french aerospace firm. is the sector ramping up supplies to ukraine? >> good morning, ukraine represents less than 1% of revenues and will not be affected. it is true we see defense spending growing in it is one of the markets where we enjoyed strong demand with cyber and digital, i mean aerospace. what we see is a decade of goals regardless of ukraine. david: what -- what -- what level of spending are you modeling? >> you know, we have seen most countries growing their spendings, meeting the requirem

a london—based ugandan runner has completed a journey of more than eight thousand miles on foot. deo kato ran and walked from south had to cross seas or avoid the war in sudan. along the way, he faced racism in europe, and a spell in a south sudanese jail. deo hoped to use the journey to bring awareness to racism. you're live with bbc news. a new path forward is being sacked after spending deals. the takedown act would require websites to report content including ai generated deepfakes within 48 hours or face federal penalties. the bill was passed unanimously in the senate and was set to pass into law as part of that deal handed out on friday to avoid the government shutdown but it was cut from the spending package and last—minute talks. the ceo of the sexual violence prevention association, one of the organisation supporting that. we spoke earlier. we were outlining that none of the bills addressing that sexual violence were passed. figs bills addressing that sexual violence were passed. as both a victim of no _ violence were passed. as both a victim of no explicit _ violence were passed. as both a victim of no ex

central certainly south of scotland. central london new year's celebrations. the fireworks displays centred along the river thames and our correspondent greg mckenzie is there. ragged, how are you? you're wrapped up warm, but the weather is looking good. the weather is _ the weather is looking good. tie: weather is pretty mild down here in the south, so we are very lucky, and there was some talk of some rain. we've only seen a few drops also as for the 100,000 people who have now gathered here along the river thames to either side of me, just behind this camera, they are gathered, in prime position, because at midnight, that london i will light up with 4000 fireworks. it is the biggest fireworks display in europe, a 12 minute spectacular, and also synchronised music, music tracks and speeches will play. —— the london eye, 12,000 euros. we heard from king charles, and commanded the nhs, the police, the fire service. we are expecting more that this year although we don't until midnight, but ultimately, 100,000 people got tickets to be he

south. live from london. this is bbc news.nce labour took power — but the government admits the rate of illegal channel crossings is still too high. and santas on the run! the mexican capital comes alive as hundreds of father christmases speed through the city! houses have been destroyed along with schools in the hospital and personnel are there to assist.

further south, it stays sunny but, for all, friday another cold day. live from london... south korea'sjeju air says it will "strengthen" safety measures after one of its planes crashed on sunday killing almost everyone on board. the ambulance service in wales declares a critical incident live from london... this is bbc news medics in gaza say six newborn babies have died from hypothermia in a two week period. south korea'sjeju air says it will "strengthen" safety measures after one of its planes crashed on sunday killing almost everyone on board. the ambulance service in wales declares a critical incident after an increase in demand causes significant delays. severe weather warnings across the uk , stormy weather has already led to the cancellation of edinburgh's famous new year outdoor hogmanay events. and 2025 kicks off in auckland, as new zealanders celebrate the new year.

south pole. this government in london empties penalties. suffer the crushing defeat, cleaning just 28 states once again, making logic fled to england. the socialist and the communist block 1394 states. resulting in a communist dominated provisional published government. the both of us, the company i used to just go to find the bill of most of them using the google symbol. so it's actually just kind of a device or some of any both canceled up here. so basically, so the plugin of you now is if you message them, you understand what the, the, on april, the 21st 1945 the us as a concluded, a treaty of friendship, mutual assistance and post will come up the ration with the provisional toners government it was fundamentally important some months ago to have a strong and frenzy strength donate to weston bona. the for the allies took a very different stance. is up in the envelope for joe because craig boisterously on a be 3 on yeah. he was bored from us. a lot of some with colorado total and the trim knowledge hold. know right now in june 1945, the issue of poland post will vote. as was a key points addre

south of us, some bring it a bit further north. it does bring the threat of some very heavy rain and potentially some strong winds. live from londonent of south korea declares marshall law, he says, to protect the country from north korea's communist forces. israel's defence minister says if the lebanon ceasefire collapses, its army will no longer differentiate between lebanon and hezbollah. the taliban bans female students from midwifery and nursing in afghanistan — the only remaining forms of higher education, they can participate in. and — the eu downgrades the level of protection for wolves. why — and what are the implications? hello. let's start with that breaking news of the last hour — the president of south korea — has declared martial law. in a sudden late night television address, president yoon said, the move was necessary to protect the country from north korea's communist forces, and to eliminate anti—state elements. with more on this, here's our world service asia pacific editor, michael bristow this came as a total surprise. we are talking about south korea which is a liberal democracy. for decades, it has been very

in south korea against the acting president just days after suspending the elected president's powers. correspondent stephanie bennett is following that story and what it means for the u.s. from london. >> south korea's leadership crisis hitting another flash point with chaotic scenes inside the country's opposition controlled national assembly. where lawmakers voted to impeach acting president sue with a vote of 192-0. lawmakers from former president yoon and hans people power party crowded around the speaker's chair in protest and boycotted the vote. hon was prime minister before taking over impeached by parliament following failed attempt to impose martial law earlier this month. causing protest and clashes with police. the plan to impeach hon was announced thursday night after he refused to appoint three justices to fill vacancies at the constitutional court ahead of its ruling on yoon's impeachment. >> why didn't he appoint the constitutional courts justices and why did he drag this out? they should get this going so they can stabilize the situation. >> by law, the finance minister will become the next interim president. today he ordered the military to step up vigilance north

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last friday's picture full celsius in edinburgh. 7 celsius, the full london push for the south ridge of attains a full right lot of cold weather across northern, this central pos in particular as it goes for the next couple of days. just look how it does to should we say less cold for now. but in by somebody let themselves us in london and also in edinburgh matching the temperature that we do have in row . i'm all the way aggression pushing across gemini and also into a pilot. and at the moment that was decided as quite as cold as grey. we're all going to see it, the lot the thing drive i for the time being with what the weather will coming to the northwest them. whether should we say full friday? plenty. yes. i was across central parts of the mediterranean, southern areas are friends with some snow that pushes a little further east with as we go one through sas day. is that model way coming into the northwest. it also it has what to, to the se. the unique perspective, what could my community be gaining if we weren't spending money on all of those bonds killing innocence. and as i sa

london square. hundreds of south bay, first responders today helping about 200 kids also get into the holiday spirit7th annual shop with a cop event in silicon valley started with a breakfast in downtown san jose and then, well, it was off to do a little shopping at target, so each child had a $250 gift card to spend on themselves. or perhaps buy gifts for family and friends. those gift cards are donated by target local businesses as well as individual donors, also making contributions. organizers say events like these really help to foster meaningful connections between officers in uniforms and the community. >> retired police officer. and it was important to me to make those connections with the youth, as well as adults, so we can have trust in the community because the police are the community and the community are the police. >> the 200 children are from title one schools, which receive federal funding to support students from low income families. not only did these kids get a shopping spree, they also got a day off from school. not bad. thank you so much for joining me tonight for the news at 7

london. this is bbc news. southnt after only a few days in the job. han duck—soo confirmed he will step aside to avoid more turmoil. people living in the south of sudan's capital, khartoum, have welcomed the first convoy of food aid since civil war broke out last year. israel warns its "just getting started" against the houthi rebels in yemen after airstrikes kill at least six people. and we'll hearfrom a project to get more children to school in nigeria. hello, i'm ben brown. we start in south korea, where the political crisis has deepened in the last few hours after mps voted to impeach the acting president.

samsung shares listed in london lost 7.5% after the headlines on martial law. it was listed in the u.s. with south as much as 7%. the etf's, the shares of korean companies listed in london to have lost so much but they have paired some of those losses in the last couple of hours since the statement came out. i think they're just looking for details and hoping for a lot of support. that is what you can expect in those situations. caroline: in while samsung electronics, there has been added concerned about these are key exporters for a nation dependent on these technology companies and exports will be under risk of new tariffs from the united states. this is a lock for the korean government to be trying to navigate. is this what sparked it all and his tariffs what you're hearing is a key concern for investors? maria: it has been. it is part of the so-called trump trade. you are bullish u.s. dollar and bearish asian currencies. even if it is not a direct threat of tariffs for korea because we hear trump mentioning china or mexico more often than he does korea, it would cause the region to slow down e