within the past hour it s been announced that the veteran actress, debbie reynolds has died just a day after the death of her daughter, carrie fisher. she was rushed to hospital after being taken ill at her son s house in beverly hills. earlier our correspondent david willis in los angeles gave us some detail about the relationship between mother and daughter. absolutely, although they were not speaking for quite a while, mike, there was a 10 year period in which they didn t communicate very much at all, and then they refound each other, if you like, and were very close towards the and of carrie fisher s life. but, you know, terrible news coming just 2a hours after we heard about the death of carrie fisher, now we are able to report that her mother, debbie reynolds, a hollywood icon, 84 years of age, has herself passed away. looking at what carrie fisher said about her mother in that interview in november on npr, in fact, she said, very few women from her generation worked li
than 20 people dead and cars transport chaos. hello. in a moment we ll be joining viewers on bbc one for a roundup of all those stories, that s with mishal husain. but first, the former president of iran, akbar rafsanjani, has died at the age of 82. he was one of the country s leading moderates and his death comes four months before iran s presidential election. mr rafsanjani was president from 1989 to 1997. well, kasra naji from the bbc‘s persian service, told me a little earlier, about the impact he made on iranian politics. he was an influential figure in he was an influentialfigure in iran since the revolution in 1979, the islamic revolution. he was a close confidant of ayatollah khamenei who was the founder of the islamic revolution. during the iran iraq war, toward the end, he was a major figure who convinced i had to accept a ceasefire and end this year war. ever since then, he was elected twice as president, twice as speaker of parliament and all along has been a ve
attacker who drove a lorry into a crowd injerusalem. 17 others were injured before the driver was shot dead. the israeli government has said he was inspired by the islamic state group and by similar attacks in berlin and nice. this report from yolande knell contains images you may find distressing. a hazy view ofjerusalem. this is what israeli soldiers on a training course had come to see. security camera footage shows two groups. the one in the background hasjust got off a coach when this happens. look at the top left of the screen. the lorry drives at the soldiers at high speed and hits them. then it backs up quickly, apparently trying to crush more people before the driver is shot dead. he is said to have been a palestinian from a nearby area of eastjerusalem. witnesses who saw the bloody aftermath spoke of their shock. i just saw the truck going from the road onto the sidewalk. it took some time to understand it was a terror attack. those who died were all in their 20s. m
and create 2000 newjobs in the us. steeling themselves for a fall australia s government warns the price of iron ore is set to slump with weaker demand from china. benjamin neta nyahu says all the signs are that a man who killed four soldiers injerusalem was a supporter of the so called islamic state group. but the israeli prime minister did not outline evidence to support the claim. a palestinian man rammed a truck into a group of israeli soldiers, killing four of them and injuring seventeen others, before he was shot dead. funerals are due to be held for the soldiers. this report from yolande knell contains images you may find distressing. a hazy view ofjerusalem. this is what israeli soldiers on a training course had come to see. security camera footage shows two groups. the one in the background hasjust got off a coach when this happens. look at the top left of the screen. the lorry drives at the soldiers at high speed and hits them. then it backs up quickly, apparent
here in the uk nearly one and a half million signatures. the petition calling for the uk government to abandon donald trump s proposed state visit to britain is growing but theresa may is having none of it. i have issued that invitation, the invitation to president trump to the united kingdom and that protest stands. the protests are beginning in london tonight. the foreign secretary says uk passport holders and dual nationals will not be affected by the ban. hello and welcome to 100 days. i m katty kay in washington and christian fraser s in london. week two of the trump administration and already there are legal challenges to one of the president s key election pledges the introduction of a temporary ban on refugees and visa holders from seven majority muslim countries, including iraq and syria. today european governments have been seeking further clarity on who is banned, and who is not. but mr trump makes no apology for the way the ban was implemented, as nick bry