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Rain and winds of more than 80mph to the uk. The met office has issued warnings for parts of england, wales, Northern Ireland, and southern scotland, with coastal areas expected to be worst hit. More than a thousand people in bedfordshire have already been advised to leave their homes due to flooding, as anisa kadri reports. A rise in the river levels here caused rising anxiety. 1,300 households were told to evacuate. Police said the flooding situation overrides the requirement to stay in your o...

Not as windy, but temperatures will fall to freezing or below, so where we have had all the rain, surfaces are damp, it could be quite treacherous. The same area of low pressure, the remnants of storm bella drifting south on monday, dragging the colder air south, which means there could be snow, if you centimetres in the showers over the hills. It is cold air. The showers rushing into northern and eastern areas, a colder day throughout, 4 5. Some sunshine between the showers, it is just the devi...

Upper parts of sheffield, manchester, leeds, bradford, could see a covering of snow into tomorrow morning. Away from that i see with temperatures widely below freezing. Away from that, icy with temperatures widely below freezing. Another in store. Peak district, staffordshire, towards parts of wales in the south west so another coating of snow possible for some of you. Through the afternoon mainly around coastal districts, some of you will be dry all day long but it will stay cold because we hav...

56 technology, and more accessible self driving cars are just some of whats in store. Now on bbc news, Philippa Thomas hears from people around the world about their extraordinary experiences during the pandemic and how covid 19 has changed their lives. Welcome. On coronavirus your stories, this year, we have been hearing from people around the world about some of the extraordinary ways in which covid 19 has changed our lives. On the programme, we have heard from more than 50 guests across 25 co...

Imposed by china, its been announced that up to 3 million residents could be granted rights to live and work in the uk. Nearly 400 people were arrested most for public order offences some face, potentially, a life sentence for calling for independence. Early official results suggest that voters will overwhelmingly approve Vladimir Putins push to change the russian constitution allowing him to stay in power until 2036. Russian constitution allowing him to stay in power unti12036. It suggests a 3 ...

Scientists at Imperial College in london have begun human trials for a vaccine against the coronavirus. If it works, it could be cheaper and easier to manufacture in mass quantities. There are more than a dozen trials being conducted for other possible vaccines around the world. New york and the neighbouring states of newjersey and connecticut are introducing a 14 day quarantine period for visitors from 9 other states with high rates of coronavirus infection. New cases of covid 19 in the us have...

Have the resources they need to fight the looming threat of famine in yemen, ravaged by five years of conflict and disease, and now struggling with the coronavirus spreading virtually unchecked. Coronavirus infections in the United States have passed 3 million, significantly more than any other country. Cases have risen by more than 60,000 in one day. There have been at least 133,000 american deaths from covid 19. But the Trump Administration is pushing hard to reopen schools. The president has ...

The United States has brokered a peace deal between israel and the united arab emirates. World leaders have given it a cautious welcome but the palestinian president says it is a betrayal of his peoples cause. Britain is to impose a fourteen day quarantine on all arrivals from france and the netherlands, after a surge in coronavirus cases in recent weeks. The measure will come into effect on saturday. Up to half a million uk tourists are thought to be in france at the moment. In belarus, workers...

The headlines the Afghan Government has called for a humanitarian ceasefire with the taliban as the first ever peace talks between the two sides began in qatar. So far, the taliban havent mentioned a truce. The us is encouraging both sides to reach an agreement, telling them, the entire world wants you to succeed. Police on the greek island of lesbos have fired tear gas during a protest by migrants whose camp burned down on wednesday. Efforts to build alternative accommodation for thousands of r...

The headlines the organisation that oversees us president ial debates says it will take steps to avoid a repeat of the chaotic nature of the first debate between donald trump and his challenger joe biden. There are two more debates to come. The Trump Campaign said the rules should not be changed in the middle of the game. Joe biden has condemned the president for not clearly denouncing a White Supremacist Group known as the proud boys. Mr trump said he didnt know who the proud boys were and insi...