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good morning. stormy across the northern half of the country which could lead to severe disruption, but it will be a windy day wherever you are. its thursday the 21st of december. a judge will today consider naming two teenagers who murdered 16—year—old brianna ghey in a ferocious and pre—medidated stabbing. the pair, who were 15 when they attacked brianna in february, were convicted of her murder at manchester crown court yesterday. today mrsjustice yip will deal with an applica...

junior doctors have taken to picket lines. this latest round of industrial action has seen concern from charities and nhs leaders that patients could end up stuck in hospital over the festive period and that patient care will suffer in whats a very busy time for the health service. butjunior doctors say measures are in place to ensure their strike action poses no danger to patients. as weve shown with our seven previous rounds of strike action this year, we can do it safely with the co...

on the suspension of hostilities in gaza. meanwhile, separate talks are understood to be continuing to arrange another exchange of hostages held by hamas, for palestinian prisoners detained in israel. egypt and qatar are thought to be trying to broker a deal and the leader of hamas, which is considered to be a terrorist organisation by the us and many other countries, ismail haniyeh, has travelled to egypt, to meet the countrys intelligence chief. hes already held talks in iran, which ...

been evacuated this year, because of concerns about fire safety or cladding panels. in the wake of the grenfell tower disaster in london, almost 4,000 tower blocks are under scrutiny. phil hendry reports. all wrapped up for christmas, and the hammers ring out. for residents of these south london flats, a white christmas takes the form of protective plastic sheeting, while their cladding panels are stripped and replaced. as first—time buyer sitara sorts out her presents, theres anothe...

thejudgment also the judgment also says that the super league would not necessarily be approved, but the european court ofjustice also said that it is not qualified to make a judgment. and that competition organisers, whoever they may be, whether it is super league or someone else, should be allowed to go away and come up with competitions on their own, and clubs could be allowed to take part in them without the threat of sanction coming from uefa and fifa. this is a huge ruling and ha...

this was prague a short time ago — you can see the police presence there well into the night. our correspondent sarah rainsford has more from there. this mass shooting took place just across the bridge from where i am, the building went up there, the arts faculty is where the gunmen shot so many people wounding and killing many. deep shock here in prague and across the czech republic in a meeting is taking place of the cabinet and the president that parliament and the minister is tal...

>> freedom is not free. the united states and the freedom for which it stands, the freedom of which they died, must endure and prosper. their lives remind us that freedom is not bought cheaply. it has a cost. it imposes a burden and just as they whom we commemorate willing to sacrifice so to must we. in the last final less heroic way willing to give of ourselves. yeah i remember him. americans coast to coast will commemorate more than 1 pngts 1 million brave men and women who have died...

1991 and 2011. the high court has ruled prince harry was the victim of phone hacking and has been awarded more than £1a0,000 in damages. the mirror group newspaper has issued a statement today. it said the group apologises unreservedly for where historical wrongdoing took place, and prince harry by his lawyer has said today is a great day for truth as well as accountability. lets get more now on charities warning that millions of people might need to borrow to pay essential bills duri...

found in france, after he went missing six years ago — will return to the uk in the next few days. possums, yes, its me, dame edna, and arent i looking gorgeous? and remembering the late barry humphries — king charles and sir eltonjohn are among those paying tribute at a state memorial in sydney. and coming up on bbc news, we will hear how englands women are heading for defeat in mumbai — almost 500 runs behind india in their one—off test. good afternoon. prince harry has won h...

the global monetary pivot — that was what some commentators were declaring on wednesday, after the us federal reserve said it had probably finished raising interest rates, and signalled it was planning to start cutting them next year. but clearly, neither the european central bank nor the bank of england got the memo. they left their rates on hold and said it was too early to talk about cutting them. in fact, here in the uk, three members of the bank of england monetary policy commit...