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In a dramatic fashion. Dom parsons took bronze in the mens skeleton the first briton to win a medal in the event for 70 years. Good morning. Its friday, 16th february. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Police in florida say a teenager accused of killing 17 people at a high school on wednesday has confessed to the shooting. 19 year old nikolas cruz has appeared in court charged with premeditated murder. The fbi is now investigating how it handled a warning that the teenager reporte...

And team usa feeling agony on the slopes. Two top athletes missing medals, but america seeing huge success on the rink. The young competitor making history with this move. And adam rippon, dazzling the crowd, mow in striking distance of a medal. Im adam rippon. Good morning, america and we do say good morning, america. And what a week. Its good to have you back, george, from florida where that community remembering the lives of those lost in the School Shooting. The community hit so hard. Surpri...

Some companies are saying thats bad for american business. And red gerard the youngest olympic snowboard champion ever comes to studio 57. The 17yearold Gold Medalist will talk about that historic win wearing his roommates jacket. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Are you Nikolas Jacob cruz . Yes, i am. He showed multiple warning signs. We are hurting and hurting back. President trump, we need action. These kids need this now. Authorities in Wa...

Schoolthe first thing that popped into my mind was where is the shooter and where is he going next. At least 17 are dead and more than a dozen others injured after police say shooting suspect and former 19yearold student, nikolas cruz, opened fired, as school was close to being dismissed for the day. Sot Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School studenthe knows the school layout. He knows where everyone would be at as of right now. Hes been at the fire drills. Hes prepared for this stuff. Investigato...

Sounds a bit like home yes, more of that income, a combination of heavy snow and strong winds overnight. We will also be looking further afield where gita, a cyclone, is currently hitting tonga. Thanks. Also coming up. Thats cool scientists release the first video of a giant iceberg thats broken off the Antarctic Ice shelf its four times the size of london and weighs i trillion tonnes. Well be talking to a member of the British Antarctic survey. Hello everyone this is afternoon live im simon mcc...

His statement, we have had it in just the last few minutes. The embattled South African president jacob zuma has finally said he has been compelled to resign as president of south africa. He went on National Television half an hour ago, spoke tojust on National Television half an hour ago, spoke to just about half an hour, saying i have come to the decision to resign. This has followed weeks of intense political pressure from his own party to stand down. He addressed the nation a short while ago...

With this kind of cold. Weve get up to 20s by 11 00 a. M. , and then you see the peak high around freezing with feels like temperatures, the blue line, only in the low to mid 20s. We are staying with the cold all day long. On radar and satellite, a clear picture for us for now. If we go really wide on the camera view, you see a little rain over texas. Thats going to really start to take shape in the next few hours. And by tomorrow were talking a rainy super bowl sunday. Well track that hour by h...

A tricky home game against special touch turkey. Im sumi so much content good to have you with us the United Nations say the Syrian Government must stop targeting civilians in the rebel held on klav eastern hometown. The london based syrian observatory for human rights says that Government Air raids on eastern home to close to the syrian capital damascus has killed nearly one hundred fifty people since monday hundreds more were injured in the suburbs has been under siege by Regime Forces for mor...

Justin forsyth says there were claims of inappropriate behaviour was he was out the charity save the children. The Syrian Government continues to bombard the rebel enclave Eastern Ghouta near damascus. Activists say more than 100 civilians were killed today. 127 civilians were killed yesterday. Thousands have died since the siege began five years ago. Eastern ghouta is particularly important because its the last major rebel stronghold near damascus. Those rebels hold most of it. They control ano...

Democrats for the first time in a National Opinion poll that says the s. P. D. Launches a make or break vote to enter another Coalition Government well get some analysis. And there were more medals up for grabs out the Winter Olympics thats including the ice dance competition workout of the graceful couple virtue and moir were vying for another gold will get you caught up on dale love and in the junction. Im sumi so much got it good to have you with us the United Nations says the Syrian Governme...