British and the other librarian. Let the liberian goal. The military said it has stepped up patrols over. Lauren blanchard with the latest from washington. Reporter the tankers operated by British Companies received in international waters. While one would able to go another remains under iranian control. Is only goes to show what i am saying about iran. Trouble. Nothing but trouble. The company that manages one of the tankers saying the vessel is no longer under the control of the crew remains on contactable. Irans revolutionary guard allegedly ship was seized and taken to an iranian fort for noncompliance with International Maritime laws and regulations. President trump saying u. S. Officials plan to work with britain. And the uks foreign secretary saying while they are not looking at he added if the tanker and its crew are not returned quickly there would be serious consequences. This is completely acceptable. Must be maintained. Reporter iran is denying the u. S. To doubt one of th
The fight to buy the tv network. And coming up in the sport on bbc news. Women and men will play together at a European Tour golf event for the first time later this year as the new golfsixes event is launched. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Heavy snowfall is hitting parts of the uk, causing road, rail and flight disruption in many areas. Police say driving conditions are treacherous in places three people have died in lincolnshire after a crash involving a car and a lorry. Many schools are shut, and forecasters say some Rural Communities may be cut off. The met office has issued amber warnings for swathes of the country as cold air sweeps in from the east. Up to 10cm of snow is expected today, and as much as 20cm is predicted in some parts of eastern england, scotland and Northern Ireland. The transport network has been badly affected, with many cancellations and delays. Robert hall reports. The east coast had time to prepare but the snowfall sweeping in from europ
And the film director Lewis Gilbert the man behind bond films like you only live twice has died at the age of 97. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. No old boys routine for swansea city boss carlos ca rvalhal, as he looks to knock his former Club Sheffield wednesday out of the fa cup. Good evening. Snow and freezing temperatures have caused major disruption across many parts of the uk today with forecasters warning that there is much worse to come this week. More than 560 schools have been closed across england, wales and scotland. Driving conditions were treacherous in some places in lincolnshire there were 20 accidents in the space ofjust ofjust three hours, including one which left three people dead. Thereve been big problems on the railways, with more than 300 cancelled by southeastern and greater anglia. Dozens of flights were cancelled too. In a moment well hear from danny savage in North Yorkshire but first this from robert hall from ashford in kent. The warnings had been c
Being forced to choose a number of bad options. It is not like we have a good thing or bad thing. Those choices were made a long time ago. It is between good and good. Needed and needed. Best structure to balance readiness and modernization is a tough thing. What elements of the structure recommendould you retaining if you have the Budget Authority to do so . Is a mission of great concern. What others have similarly impactful consequences . The greater shortfalls we have related to the requirements every year are isr and fighter squadrons. Those are the two things we cannot meet the demands on more frequently than anything else. In the isr category, i would include command control platforms. Isr is clearly the first category that i would maintain capability in. As we do best more, we will not meet them by a wider margin. We have to be careful about the vesting our fight too much because we are at a requirement today. We are going to go seven squadrons below the requirement with this bu
Vulnerable children and their families. And it will support victims of modern slavery. An experimental drug is authorised by us officials for emergency use on severely ill coronavirus patients. And how authorities are attempting to tackle coronavirus myths and speculation during the pandemic. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. The uk government is studying proposals, aimed at getting the economy restarted, including easing some the measures of the lockdown. The Prime Minister will set out plans next week, but today the communities secretary said the risks still remained high. Elsewhere, the Spanish Government has relaxed Strict Lockdown measures allowing people outside for the first time in seven weeks. From monday, face masks will be compulsory on public transport throughout the country. Rolls royce has warned it may have to cut thousands ofjobs from its uk work force after