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This is bbc news with the latest headlines. as details of lockdown parties in downing street continue to emerge, some conservative mps say theyre being inundated with messages from angry constituents. labour leader keir starmer says its now in the national interest for borisjohnson to go. we are witnessing every day the broken spectacle of a prime minister mired in deceit and deception, and unable to lead. lawyers for the woman accusing prince andrew of sexual assault want two people based in th...

Other warnings throughout most of the day. only lifted 24 hours after the initial eruption from the volcano. more than a day after the volcano erupted in tonga, its known. here in japan tsunami warnings were lifted several hours after the eruption. people were asked to evacuate from their prefecture. this is what people heard this morning. now in the hours that followed, several communities reported 2 to 3 foot waves. they saw waves as high as 9

Difficult about them is its really hard to predict. there is no warning system, you know, you take the winter storm that were tracking right now. we tracked it since early this week watching it go across the country, with hurricanes you can watch it go across the atlantic. with tsunamis there is no warning system in place, so we had that underwater volcanic eruption. it was huge. we saw those satellite images, really just amazing and mind boggling and the sound that they heard there too. what ha...

The underwater eruption caused metre—high walls of water to crash into tonga and fiji. heres our reporter russell trott on how the volcano sent shock waves around the world. the tsunami left a trail of destruction across tongas archipelago. many parts are completely covered in ash. with communications down, neighbouring countries are frantically trying to make contact. we need to finely balance the need to get there quickly and to make sure that we get the people and resources they need there,...

And inundation as a result of the eruption. people definitely were taken by surprise, even though there had been small eruptions happening over the past six weeks or couple of months. really this was unexpected, and especially the short period of time between the massive blasts and also the first tsunami waves that began to inundate the islands. that was a shock to people. so we do hold some concerns for those outer islands and are very can to hear from people. cricket — australia have won the...

But the question now is whether all these exercises might soon become the real thing. if you want to know more about whether russia is preparing to invade ukraine. just go to our website — where there is more analysis and answers to the main questions about this developing story. the first plane loads of aid have arrived at tongas main airport after saturdays volcanic eruption and tsunami cut the pacific island nation off from the outside world. more flights and several ships are on their way,...

Deported from australia. lawyers for virginia giuffre want two people in the uk to give evidence in her civil case against prince andrew. the dukes legal team argue ms giuffre "may suffer from false memories". prince andrew has repeatedly denied allegations of sexual assault. the eruption of a giant underwater volcano near the island nation of tonga has triggered tsunami waves across the southwestern pacific. ill be back at the top of the hour. sportsday will be coming up shortly. before that, t...

Would make a huge difference. but i think this kind of underlines the importance of the relationship and trying to have a united front against russia. but i dont think it makes that much difference, but it would obviously — president biden has a relationship with prime minister borisjohnson. prime minister boris johnson. they prime minister borisjohnson. they trust each other, they have known each other for years, and so that helps them really rally the west against russian aggression.- really...

Out. several countries are rushing aid to tonga, including desperately needed water. while international phone service knocked out by the eruption slowly coming back online. blake essex is monitoring he joins me from tokimyo. blake, its day six since the eruption. talk us through where things stand in that recovery effort. >> reporter: well, you know, isa, one of the big things to develop today is the main communication lines for the island nation, which are still a few weeks away from being res...

Read your entire article does. you know, i found it really powerful and everyone i know did, as well. and people had different perspectives coming into it. so i really appreciate your time. thank you so much. >> thank you so much, erin. >> all right. and next, the before and after images as we are seeing new pictures of the aftermath of that deadly and massive volcanic eruption. with endless views of snow-covered peaks. (laughter) a stove that inspires magnificent hot cocoa. and a perfect ski-...