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The governments decision to build a third runway at Heathrow Airport is ruled unlawful by the court of appeal. Green campaigners have celebrated the ruling but Business Leaders say the runway is essential for the uks future success. Well, its a fantastic result for friends of the earth and plan b and for the climate. I mean, this is a great day for anybody who is concerned about Climate Change. Whats needed now is for the Prime Minister and the secretary of state to show a little bit of leadersh...

21 passengers on board a cruise ship of california have tested positive for coronavirus. The ship was denied entry to San Francisco and will now sale to a non commercial port were all 3500 passengers and crew are expected to have tests. No warplanes have been reported to have been flying over the syrian province of idlib as a ceasefire appears to be holding for now. On the ground there have been some classes, 15 people are reported to have been killed in fighting between Government Forces and is...

Youre watching bbc news at 9 with me, rebecca jones. The headlines psychiatrists and campaigners call for social Media Companies to be forced to hand over data to universities for research into the potential harms of using the technology. We asa we as a world, notjust a country, would better understand the sort of pressures and problems being forced upon young people by social media platforms. Irans Supreme Leader, ayatollah ali khomenei, leads friday prayers in the capital tehran for the first ...

You re watching bbc newsroom live. Its 10 am and these are the main stories this morning. A state of emergency is declared in part of australia as tens of thousands of people are ordered to flee, amid forecasts of ferocious bushfire conditions. The Prime Minister calls for calm. I understand the frustration, i understand the anxiety, i understand the fear, but what i also understand is the need to allow the professionals and the experts who plan and operationalise these responses to do theirjob....

Hello, im ros atkins, this is 0utside source. Governments around the world are tightening restrictions as the coronavirus continues to spread. The uk advice avoid social contact, dont travel, this is bbc news, im clive myrie. Dont go to the pub. The headlines at eight oclock. Borisjohnson said the measures the Prime Minister outlines drastic new measures to combat the spread of coronavirus. Were tough but necessary all essential contact and travel should be stopped. I believe they are overwhelmi...

The first human trials in the uk for a Coronavirus Vaccine are expected to get underway. Scientists at Oxford University plan to test it on 500 volunteers by mid may if successful, it would then be given to thousands more. I benefit too, you know. Its not a selfless act. I am part of the community. And if we find a vaccine, then we all benefit. But englands chief medical officer has said a drug is unlikely to be available this year. Also this lunchtime 20,000 households in england are being cont...

This is bbc news. The headlines at 4pm. Bushfires have killed at least eight people in south eastern australia since monday and destroyed more than 200 homes. We have a very real challenge at the moment with a couple of isolated communities, where weve got reports of injuries and burn injuries to members of the public. We havent been able to get access via roads or via aircraft. Two men and a woman are killed after a lorry collides with a car in stanwell in surrey on new years eve. The mother of...

Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will seek parliamentary immunity from prosecution in three cases in which hes charged with bribery and fraud. The immunity request could delay Legal Proceedings against him for months. Protesters demonstrating outside the us embassy in iraq have pulled back from the area after a tense standoff. For two days the embassy has been targetted by crowds angry over deaths caused by us airstrikes. Police in hong kong say theyve arrested 400 people du...

Rage from doing permanent damage to oui rage from doing permanent damage to our republic. The framers built the senate to keep temporary rage from doing permanent damage to our republic. Mr president is that we will do when we in this president breaking impeachment. I hope we look back on this note and say, at this busy day the fever began to break. I hope we will not say, is just the beginning. Call of the chair. Senator Mitch Mcconnell theyre wrapping up his closing and talking almost the same...

President trump has signed into law a 2 trillion emergency spending package to relieve the impact of the coronavirus on the us economy. It is the largest such programme in modern american history. The us has now reported more than 100,000 cases of the virus. More than 900 people have died in italy as a result of coronavirus in a single day, pushing the number of dead to more than 9,000. Pope francis has spoken of the thick darkness that has enveloped italy as it is stricken by the pandemic. The ...