and the australian open tennis tournament gets underway, with novak djokovic back and chasing a tenth title a year after he was deported for breaching covid rules. we begin in south asia where it sjust coming up to 9:00am in nepal, and a day of national mourning has begun for the victims of the country s worst airline disaster in 30 years. all 72 people on board a yeti airlines plane are believed to have died after it crashed near the town of pokhara, about 145km or 90 miles west of the capital kathmandu. the bbc s rajini vaidyanathan sent this report from nepal. footage thought to show the final moments of yeti airlines flight 691. first, you see the plane veer off course. then you hear it. thunderous roar a raging inferno. the twin engine plane crashed into a gorge, close to the tourist town of pokhara, minutes before it was due to land at the recently opened airport there. translation: we heard a loud, thunderous crash and raised our| heads to see what had happened. we saw
manchester united move to within a point of the champions league places after marcus rashford sent them on their way to a convincing win over nottingham forest. we have heavy rain sweeping in from the south west, pushing north east through the day. behind it we see a return to sunshine and showers but wherever you are, it will be windy. good morning, everybody. it s wednesday the 28th of december. our main story: relatives of a 23 year old man stabbed to death on the dance floor of a birmingham nightclub have described him as their best friend . cody fisher, a non league footballer and school sport coach, was fatally injured on boxing day, as greg mackenzie reports. 23 year old cody fisher was in the prime of his life, but his life was cut short, stabbed to death on a dance floor ofa birmingham nightclub on boxing day. described by his family as a best friend, the semi professional footballer and sports coach was fatally injured at the crane nightclub in digbeth. police beli
kevin mccarthy lost the vote 11 times. do not, do not just show up at the border. president biden with a message to migrants as he gets ready to see the crisis up close. and the wrong moves made by the accused idaho killer. what investigators secretly watched him do and how it helped crack the case. all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. happy friday, everybody. i m christine romans. the house of representatives reconvening again just hours from now without a speaker and no known path to picking one. lawmakers have tried and failed for three straight days to elect a new leader. the longest that has taken in, get this, 164 years. will it be kevin mccarthy in the end? he s the choice of most gop lawmakers, but even after making major, major concessions to his hard right opponents, mccarthy can t seem to lock in the 218 votes needed to win. no, no, i m not putting any time line on it. i think we have progress going on. i think we v
the vatican says benedict s condition has worsened in recent hours. and britain is on course to record its warmest year ever, after a summer of heatwaves, wildfires and drought. america has become the latest country to impose mandatory covid tests on chinese tourists, after beijing announced it would reopen its borders next week. it comes as china s covid cases surge. tighter measures have also been imposed by italy, japan, malaysia, taiwan and india. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. from the world s most populous nation, alarming scenes china s hospitals overwhelmed, covid infections soaring. the country s abrupt decision to dismantle much of its strict covid regime apparently yielding worrying results. wards full of desperately ill people. outside this hospital in chengdu, a queue for emergency services. government officials say the situation is under control. that s not what these pictures suggest. at this funeral home, one of the city s biggest, more evi
business-to-business website interface. is that the police? yes. um-huh. well, this is what happened. ryan s big project was the web site. which wasn t doing so well. so, ryan, to give the impression of sales, recorded them twice. another good term is fraud. jesse: and some of the biggest tech busts have come out of the federal government. we all remember when obama told us a website called healthcare.gov would change our lives until it crashed good luck getting the student loans paid off. biden s website crashed too. on hold because it s illegal. maybe the third time is a charm. today, biden announced he s going to solve the border crisis not by building a wall but making illegals download an app. if they are seeking asylum they can use an app. on cell phone. cbp 1. to schedule an appointment at a port of entry and make their asylum claim there without crossing the border unlawfully and have a decision determined by an asylum officer do they qualify? jesse: so,