Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 5. 30am in the morning in kabul, where afghan Officials Say the number of People Killed when a group of militants launched an attack on the Intercontinental Hotel has risen to 18. All of the gunmen also died, but it took the Security Forces several hours to bring the situation under control from kabul, Zia Shahreyar reports. The final moments of a fight that had lasted all night. Gunfire and explosions, as Afghan Special forces battle to regain control of the Intercontinental Hotel. One soldier throws a grenade. He moves away, then the explosion. The room is soon on fire. Evidence of the struggle that had taken place. The Afghan National flag waving from the roof, proof that the building has been reta ken. We are in the area. You can see the Hotel Intercontinental on the hill in kabul, and as you can see, it was burned, part of the hotel was burned. And black smoke has blackened the southern part of the hotel. More than 150 people, including som
And friends pay tribute to the actress and author Carrie Fisher. The Hollywood Star best known for her role as Princess Leia has died at the age of 60 after suffering a Cardiac Arrest. The five time olympic gold medal winning cyclist, sir Bradley Wiggins, has retired from the sport. Wiggins, who also won the Tour De France in 2012, issued a statement via his Facebook Page saying he had been lucky enough to live a dream. With me is our sports news correspondent Richard Conway. Earlier our sports news correspondent Richard Conway told us more about sir bradleys statement. A reflects on 2012 when head much success a reflects on 2012 when head much success but a said 2016 is the end of the journey. He reflected on the success he has had over his career. He is one of britains most decorated olympians, eight medals, five of which are gold, the first briton to win the Tour De France. He is one of the countrys most decorated sportsman but he has now decided this is the end of the road for him
In north west england are told not to socialise with anyone outside their household to stem coronavirus infections. A 15 Year Old Girl has died and several passengers on a boat have been injured after a collision in the marina near southampton california struggles to contain huge wildfires burning forests and homes and causing thousands of residents to flee good evening and welcome to bbc news. The captain of Manchester United, Harry Maguire, has pleaded not guilty and has been released from Police Custody in greece, following a disturbance at a bar on the island of mykonos. The england defender was one of three men arrested on thursday. The police say the accusations against the three include bodily harm and the attempted bribery of an official. Ollie foster reports. After two nights in Police Custody, Harry Maguire, seen here at the rear in the light blue shirt, based the regional prosecutor on the island of cirrus today. He is now free to return to the uk but his legal team are due
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