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Hello, youre watching afternoon live im simon mccoy. Today at 2 a week long state of emergency in australia with a warning that a heatwave forecast for the weekend could make the bushfires worse. There are fears of fuel shortages thousands take to their cars to flee the areas under threat. Australias Prime Minister Scott Morrison cuts short a visit to one devastated community as people there heckle him. How come we only have four trucks to defend our time . We dont have much money. Delays and ca...

Hello, youre watching afternoon live im simon mccoy. Today at 2pm. A gp practice in brighton is shut temporarily after a staff member tests positive for coronovirus. The number of confirmed cases in the uk has now reached eight. Storm ciara continues to cause chaos across britain, with severe travel and power disruption one man has been killed by a falling tree. Id like to know where the Environment Agency is. We have seen nobody today at all. Nobodys been round. A bbc investigation uncovers fur...

Hello, this is breakfast with Rachel Burden and ben thompson. Its 8 31am. Heres a summary of this mornings main news. The queen will host a meeting with senior royals at her sandringham estate tomorrow, to discuss how the duke and duchess of sussex step back from their roles. The talks, which also be attended by Prince Charles and Prince William, are aimed at finding the next step in the process. A number of options are to be discussed with prince harry. Iran was in breach of International Law w...

Youre watching beyond 100 days. The day after the New Hampshire primary the democrats have two front runners Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg. But wait. If only it were that simple. Amy klobuchar had a good night too and Mike Bloomberg the third man is still waiting in the wings. The candidates now head south to more diverse states where the field could well scramble again before democrats finally choose a candidate to take on trump. The white house meanwhile is scrambling american justice the ...

Birthday. He is prince andrews birthday. He is described as a disgraced duke and says the government will not fly the union flag on state loadings for the occasion this year. But as the headline points out, Westminster Abbey will stick to its tradition and ring it spells when he turns 60 later this month. Finally an mp caused controversy here in the uk when she wore an off the shoulder dress in parliament. The website she brought it from her since sold out and she is now auctioning off the item ...

Have a miles an hour. The met office have a various weather warnings in place. This one is for wind and an amber weather warning in place towards the south and east. Wherever you are, stay across the forecast. This is bbc news, the headlines. As alan steele, who was on his honeymoon, is one of 61 the number of people infected with people now being treated. Thousands of remaining passengers are being held in quarantine on board. Things are happening. Literally every hour, something is changing. I...

Showers in makes it feel cool but first up on this weeks travel show, simon platts heads to europes most High Pressure building in from the active volcano on the italian west and that means for most it is set to turn dry from tuesday onwards. A few showers in northern and eastern parts of the Country Island of sicily. Through Tuesday Morning and they will ease away. Long sunny spells with temperatures down and windchill good morning. To go with it. Still at levels above welcome to breakfast with...

Welcome to bbc news, im mike embley. Our top stories tens of thousands of germans attend vigils for the nine people murdered by a far right extremist. Donald trumps former adviser gets a three year sentence for lying to congress, but the president is already talking about a pardon. An exclusive report, how a prisoner and her guard fled north korea. They tell us about their remarkable escape. And we speak to the actor Daniel Radcliffe about his new film, based on a true story of Political Prisone...

And it looks as the deeper the air and it looks as if towards the beginning of the next week we could have Stormy Weather as well. Lots of detail to fill you in on over the next few nights. For mid week it looks drier. Rain starts to return for the weekend and potentially Stormy Weather next week. Hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. First the headlines the government says it will introduce emergency legislation over Early Release...

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....