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president obama and japan s prime minister shinzo abe have laid wreaths at the site of the japanese attack on pearl harbour, where nearly 2,500 americans died, in1941. the attack brought the us into the second world war. it s the first visit by a japanese leader while still in office. mr abe pledged that the horrors of war must never be repeated but stopped short of apologising. here s our tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield hayes. it has taken 75 years but today the prime minister of japan and the president of the united states stood side by side in silent contemplation, at the spot where the pacific war began. they threw flowers into the water where the wreck of the battleship arizona still lies. more than a thousand us sailors died when the arizona exploded under a rain ofjapanese bombs. in all, more than 2,400 americans were killed in the surprise 1941 attack. today, prime minister abe spoke of his profound sadness that so many young lives were suddenly ended witho ....
president obama and japan s prime minister shinzo abe have laid wreaths at the site of the japanese attack on pearl harbour, where nearly 2,500 americans died, in1941. the attack brought the us into the second world war. it s the first visit by a japanese leader while still in office. mr abe pledged that the horrors of war must never be repeated but stopped short of apologising. here s our tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield hayes. it has taken 75 years but today the prime minister of japan and the president of the united states stood side by side in silent contemplation, at the spot where the pacific war began. they threw flowers into the water where the wreck of the battleship arizona still lies. more than a thousand us sailors died when the arizona exploded under a rain ofjapanese bombs. in all, more than 2,400 americans were killed in the surprise 1941 attack. today, prime minister abe spoke of his profound sadness that so many young lives were suddenly ended witho ....
i ve been to meet the boss of one of them to see what s going on. good morning. in sport, swansea city sack bob bradley afterjust 11 games in charge. the swans are second bottom of the premier league. milder winters and wetter summers have caused a drop in numbers of butterflies and bees according to an audit of our wildlife by the national trust. and carol has the weather. good morning. it is a cold and frosty start to the day. there is patchy fog around, some of which will be slow to clear, if at all. we have some sunshine in the forecast and some rain coming in across the north west. i will have more details on all of that in 15 minutes. thank you, carol. we will see you then. good morning. first, our main story. middle aged people are putting themselves at risk of serious health problems unless they take action to change their lifestyles, according to health officials. public health england says 80% of 40 to 60 year olds are overweight, drinking too much and not ge ....
but too many of us are ageing with a number of chronic diseases. the reason why we are seeing these increases in chronic diseases, such as cancers, stroke and heart disease, is in a large part because of behaviours which are adopted during our a0 to 60 year old age period. for example, still smoking, or not getting enough physical activity, or perhaps drinking too much alcohol. the big impact, of course, is that this is going to put a huge burden on health services. to get the message across, in march, public health england launched a health quiz as part of its one you campaign. it says more than a million people have now taken the quiz and now have a route map to change their lives. robert pigott, bbc news with us now is penny henderson, who took the quiz on that website and she says it turned her life around. what brought your attention to the fa ct what brought your attention to the fact that you thought you had a problem? i didn t think i fact that you thought you ....
good morning and welcome to bbc news. news just newsjust coming into news just coming into us at the bbc that there has been a multiple crash on the a40. details are scarce but what we do know is that we are getting reports that there has been four accidents within a mile and a half stretch on the a 40, with multiple casualties, we understand. a40. the multiple casualties, we understand. a40. the road is closed due to these accidents in both directions. between the b4047 and the a415. i don t know exactly where these accidents happened but the road is closed in both directions, we understand there is four accident is within this mile and a half stretch, and there is multiple casualties. three ambulances are on their way to the scene, we are getting reports that there are some very seriously injured people involved in this accident. it is not yet known how many. we are getting reports that up to 20 vehicles are involved. the details that we have got at the moment. t ....