Page 7 - Ago News Today

including a look ahead to the nail—biting final day of the english premier legaue season. hello and welcome to bbc news, live in istanbul with me, anna foster. with a key strategic position, a growing regional influence — and difficult economic times — the future of turkey is today being decided in the run—off round of the presidential election. around 64 million people are eligible to vote — turn out in the first round was closing in on 90% — and they have a choice between...

cloudy in the west, brighter towards these, but ill have all the details for the day and the all—important christmas forecast on bbc breakfast. good morning. its saturday the 23rd of december. a day of national mourning is being held in the czech republic, following thursdays mass shooting at a university in prague. david kozak killed 1a people at charles university before shooting himself as police approached him on the roof of the faculty of arts building. our foreign correspondent...

meanwhile, his opponent, kemal kilicdaroglu, said it was "the most unfair election in years" and that he felt saddened by the "troubles" awaiting turkey. our senior international correspondent, orla gerin, reports from the turkish capital ankara. the recep tayyip erdogan juggernaut rolls on. and tonight in the turkish capital, the streets belong to his supporters, who have stuck with him through thick and thin and hyperinflation. translation: we are blessed that our president _ is lead...

lava start to erupt from the ground like a fountain. then the icelandic coastguard then flew over the area in a helicopter capturing these amazing images of the lava erupting and spewing across the landscape. of the lava erupting and spewing the authorities have already evacuated the nearly 4,000 inhabitants of the fishing town of grindavik. the area is a volcanic and seismic hot—spot south—west of the capital. and these are the live pictures at just after 10am local time in icelan...

he doubled down, no ifs, no buts, a lot of ifs and buts: taking back control, we are in control of legal migration, we grant the work visas, study visas, are you worrieded this is unsustainable, driving down wage, straining public services? are you encouraged, pleased we have the people we need the worker, the students keeping the great academic institutions solvent. migration, if we need it, we need it. and ukraine and hong kong are very much part of the mix here as well. we have top ...

where well bring you the top stories from around the world. police in london have arrested a man after a car crashed into the gates of downing street, the home of the uk prime minister. the man was detained on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving. there are no reports of injuries. in the last hour police said that the incident is being dealt with by local officers in westminster and isnt currently being treated as terror—related. what you can see here is a white car whi...

to go round, and if anything it is set to be a warmer day with temperatures more widely across england and wales reaching the low 20s and peaking at around 23 celsius. and yes, as sophie hinted, the fine weather is set to last through sunday and into bank holiday monday. temperatures might come down a degree or two, but it will still feel warm in the may sunshine. a degree or two, but it will still feel warm in the may sunshine. and thats it from _ feel warm in the may sunshine. and th...

a paralysed man is able to walk again using brain and spine implants. well have a special report. hello, im matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. lets start with what is happening in wales where in the last hour or so, a police chief has insisted no police vehicles were following two teenagers in a crash and cardiff where the children were killed. the police watchdog is to independently investigate the inci...

house. the country is now just ten days out from a potentially historic default on its debt. joe biden and kevin mccarthy is still not reached a deal that would break this -- over the debt limit. tonight, they did meet one-on-one in the oval office, hours after the treasury secretary janet yellen issued a another stark warning. yellen says it is, quote, highly likely the treasury were no longer be able to satisfy all the governments obligations if there is no resolution by june 1st, me...

they have a range of up to 560 kilometres —about 350 miles — and can only carry conventional warheads. the move prompted an instant response from the kremlin saying it would require in adequate response from our military. in december i informed the house that i was developing options to respond to a russias continued aggression in a calibrated and determined manner. today i can confirm that the uk is donating storm shadow missiles to ukraine. storm shadow is a long—range, convent...