Gbs most successful Winter Olympics ever. Billy morgan bagged bronze in the big air snowboard event with the jump of his life. And coming until econ test thinking, im shooting for a medal, you are ready for it. But ijust didnt. And Great Britain could win, medal number six today, the Womens Curling Team, playjapan for the bronze medal, later this morning. Almost here this morning, taking a stand. Big Companies Cut ties with 5555 e5 25355555 541155 313 nra, after last weeks mass the nra, after last weeks mass shooting at a Florida School. Fresh revelations of misconduct by aid workers uk Charity Plan International admits to six cases of sexual abuse and exploitation of children by its staff and associates. As britain braces itself for an arctic blast, well be getting some top tips on how walkers can stay safe in the snow. And philip avery has the weather. And i morning. Y has the weather. And i morning. Dry 5 the weather. And i morning. Dry and 5 weather. And i morning. Dry and bright 1
Of the finery. Furniture, pottery, wooden coffins. Its only the beginning. Hello, and welcome to world news today. After days of delays, the United Nations Security Council has unanimously agreed on a ceasefire in syria. The hope is the resolution will allow some respite for civilians in the rebel enclave of eastern ghouta, who have been bombed by russian backed syrian forces. The resolution calls for the ceasefire to last 30 days and begin without delay, but we are already hearing reports from activists that jets are still overhead and air raids are continuing. More than 500 people have been killed in the last seven days in eastern ghouta. There is a desperate need for humanitarian assistance. Heres Us Ambassador to the un, nikki haley. The Syrian People should not have to die waiting for russia to organise their instructions from moscow. Or to discuss it with the syrians. And why did the council allow this . There is no good reason we shouldnt have done this wednesday, or thursday, o
Im nkem ifejika, and this is bbc world news. Thousands of people in florida, including survivors of wednesdays mass school shooting, have taken part in a rally to demand tighter gun controls in the United States. The event took place outside the Court Building in the city of Fort Lauderdale, a short distance from the school where a former student, nikolas cruz, killed seventeen people. Laura westbrook reports. Chanting no more outside the federal courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, this was the message to lawmakers. Among the protesters was emma gonzales, who took cover on the floor of her schools auditorium as a gunman started shooting. She had this to say to donald trump. If the president wants to come up to me and tell me to my face that it was a terrible tragedy and how it should never have happened and maintain telling us how nothing is going to be done about it, i will happily ask him how much money he received from the National Rifle association. What shes referring to is the million
Three Russian Companies have also been named in a lengthy indictment. The charges include conspiracy to commit wire fraud and identity theft, with false social media accounts created to spread misinformation. Russia says the claims are absurd. Our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. The result of the 2016 president ial election is still the subject of much debate and rancorous dispute. Now a finger is firmly pointed out outside interference, with 13 russian citizens accused of trying to affect the outcome. The defendants allegedly conducted what they called Information Warfare against the United States. With the stated goal of spreading mistrusts towards the candidates and the political system in general. The indictments, said the defendants used fictitious online personal accou nts used fictitious online personal accounts and posted political m essa 9 es accounts and posted political messages in social media that impersonated real us citizens. They had forjoint Bank Accou
Misconduct by aid workers. Uk charity, Plan International, admits to six cases of sexual abuse and exploitation of children by its staff and associates. A cold weather alert as britain braces itself for an arctic blast from russia dubbed the beast from the east. Philip will tell us more. Good morning. Dry and bright and sunny this weekend for all of the British Isles. A bit chilly. Next week, things get much more cold. We could seei real return of winter. I will see a real return of winter. I will have more information injust 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Team gb is celebrating its best ever Winter Olympics, after billy morgan won bronze in the mens snowboard big air. Taking them past the four won in 192a and 2014. The Womens Curling Team faces japan in a bronze medal match later this morning. At the age of 28, morgan was the oldest snowboarder competing in the final, and fell on his first jump, but came back with two good runs to finish less than one point from silv