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fans who�*d already arrived in las vegas for the opening night said they were heartbroken. others asked why the announcement had come so late. others asked why the announcement came so late. but adele received comforting words from the lead singer of the 1980s band bros, who�*s spent the last decade playing in las vegas himself. we have not been allowed, for over a couple of years now, to actually get to our audiences, and she's really fighting against all the odds, and i really feel a lot of love for her and a lot of respect that it meant that much to her, and she was genuinely... you could see she was pained by it. but i really respect that she went out and made that announcement. she didn't get a press statement. she did that herself, and that takes a lot of courage. # go easy on me, baby... adele is not the only artist to be affected by covid. bryan adams, steps and bonjovi have all had to cancel shows after testing positive for the virus. others, like katy perry, who launched her own lavish show in las vegas last month, have continued to perform without a hitch. expe

it is not to say that everything in las vegas in recent months has been postponed. there are still some very successful shows. twin baby elephants have been born in a rare event in northern kenya. the unnamed calves were discovered by guides this week in the samburu national reserve — the first twin birth to be recorded since 2006. really quite something. nothing cuter than a baby elephant. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @bbcnuala. do stay with us here on bbc news. hello again. thursday was a fairly chilly day, temperatures about 2—3 degrees below average forjanuary, but for many of us, we had sparkling blue skies for most of the day. and what a beautiful weather watcher picture this is from buttermere in cumbria. slightly less beautiful were the skies in east anglia. we had a shower stream coming down the north sea. and for norfolk and, to a degree, suffolk, quite a few showers here, but they are fading away. right now, as the winds start to change direction to more of a northwesterly, that shoves the showers over towards belgium and the netherlands. 0ther

the hollywood actor arnold schwarzenegger has been involved in a multi—car crash in la. one woman has been taken to hospital. a spokesperson for the former california governor said he was unharmed. nickjohnson explains what happened. from the sky above the la suburbs, arnold schwarzenegger's black suv flanked by tow trucks, some hours after it was involved in a multi—vehicle crash. photos taken by us showbiz news site tmz showed the body—builder, actor and politician standing at the scene talking to a police officer, with the black suv teetering on top of both a toyota prius and a porsche. police say the four vehicle collision happened on friday afternoon in the wealthy brentwood area of la. one woman was taken to hospital but it is not thought her injuries are life—threatening. well, i told tom to get a six pack. but he got a cake instead. a spokesperson for the actor confirmed the 74—year—old was behind the wheel of his car at the time but was unharmed. los angeles police department say no arrests have been made and neither drugs or alcohol were involved, but

it is not to say that everything in las vegas in recent months has been postponed. there are still some very successful shows. thank you so much. interesting to see the reaction to the cancellation coming up, no doubt as that news filters out. now, let's get some of the days of the news. in britain, downing street is facing further criticism about the way it operates — amid allegations that a number of backbench mps have faced intimidation that could amount to blackmail. the prime minister, borisjohnson, has insisted he has seen no evidence to support the allegations — and has advised colleagues who feel threatened to go to the police. the united states has charged four government officials from belarus with aircraft piracy, over the diversion of a passenger plane in order to arrest a journalist. the incident took place last may, when a ryanair plane travelling from greece to latvia was forced to divert to minsk, after the belarusian authorities said there was a suspected bomb threat. the lower house of austria's parliament has passed a bill to make covid—19 v

and adele breaks down, as she postpones her las vegas residency the day before her first show. i'm so sorry, but... ..my show ain't ready. it's been impossible, we have been up against so much and it just ain't ready. i'm really sorry. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the united states has, with the backing of its european allies, warned russia that if any of the tens of thousands of its soldiers massed at the ukrainian border invade there will be grave consequences. the us secretary of state antony blinken and his russian counterpart, sergei lavrov, are scheduled to have crucial talks in geneva later, but moscow denies planning to invade ukraine. here's our diplomatic correspondent james landale. it is notjust the russians who are conducting military exercises. these are pictures released by ukraine's defence ministry, showing their forces training close to crimea. it was annexed by russia in 2014 and the kind of incursion that ukraine and its allies are trying to deter once again. i have been absolutely clear with president putin, he has no misun

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in the brentwood area of la. 0ne afternoon in the brentwood area of la. one woman was taken to hospital, but it is not to her injuries are life—threatening. a spokesperson for the actor confirmed the 74—year—old was behind the wheel of his car at the time but was unharmed. the los angeles police department says no arrests have been made and either drugs or alcohol were involved. the investigation is continuing. nick johnson, bbc news. former olympic champion cyclist chris boardman will head up a new organisation to encourage cycling and walking in england. active travel england wants to improve infrastructure for cyclists and pedestrians. 0ur north of england correspondent fiona trott reports from york. angry shouting. it's meant to be healthy but cycling can be hazardous. that's because not all towns and cities have dedicated routes. 0ne aim of active travel england is to make sure cyclists and walkers are considered in future planning applications. you want places where your kids can walk or ride to schoo

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and thatis la clippers on wednesday night. and that is all from the bbc sport centre for now, it's back to you. the pandemic made 2021 a difficult yearfor many families — travel restrictions which meant many people were forced to live apart. but the recent lifting of some restrictions has meant airports have been the scene of emotional reunions across the world. we've been looking back at some of those special moments. all across the world, 2021 has been a difficult year, yet despite newly introduced travel restrictions there have been emotional reunions in some places. we spoke to three families reunited after covid restrictions were lifted. to surprise a family in california i had travelled all the way from dubai. i california i had travelled all the way from dubai.— way from dubai. i was literally preparing _ way from dubai. i was literally preparing my _ way from dubai. i was literally preparing my line _ way from dubai. i was literally preparing my line for - way from dubai. i was literally preparing my line for the -

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adele has postponed her entire las vegas residency, just 2a hours before opening night. the singer posted a tearful apology online, saying covid cases and delivery delays had caused major problems. i'm so sorry. it's been impossible. we've been up against so much and itjust ain't ready. i'm really sorry. i'm sorry. welcome if you are watching in the uk all around the world. the british foreign secretary, liz truss, has warned russia there will be consequences if it invades ukraine. she said the kremlin seems to be dreaming of recreating a greater russia but this would create a terrible toll in lives lost. the us secretary of state antony blinken is meeting with sergei lavrov to try to defuse the tensions. mr blinken has said that if forces try to cross the it will be met with a swift, severe response. russia has 100,000 troops at the border but denied trying to invade. president vladimir putin has issued demands, including that ukraine be stopped from joining nato. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale sent this report. it's notjust the russians who are conducting m

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with only 2a hours�* notice, adele postpones her entire residency in las vegas. # likea # like a bat out of hell, i'll be gone when the morning comes... and the singer meat loaf, who recorded one of the biggest—selling albums of all time, has died at the age of 7a. and coming up on the bbc news channel. defending champion naomi 0saka crashes out of the australian open, while the top seed and home favourite ashleigh barty marches on. hello, good afternoon. welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. in the last hour talks between foreign ministers from russia and the us over fears that russia could invade ukraine have concluded. us secretary of stake anthony blinken said there had been a "frank and substa ntive" exchange. he also warned of a swift and severe response and "massive consequences" if moscow was to invade. but the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said there are no plans to attack ukraine, adding he hoped emotions will calm down. meanwhile, the first members of a 30 strong british military team have arrived in ukraine to help train local forces to use of anti—tank weapons. bo

the funeral service for former us senate majority leader harry reid has taken place in las vegas. 82—year—old reid died nearly two weeks ago after a four—year battle with pancreatic cancer. he served in congress for more than four decades. former president barack 0bama delivered the eulogy. few people have done more for this state and this country than this driven, brilliant, sometimes irascible, deeply good man from searchlight, nevada. nasa says the james webb telescope is now full deployed in space. scientists have successfully unfolded the final mirrored part of the observatory. the telescope was sent in to orbit last month. it aims to unlock the mysteries of the early universe. later this year images will be sent back to earth. nathalie 0uellette is an astrophysicist at the university of montreal, and is involved in the james webb project. we've been talking a lot about 1k days of terror, all of these deployments going on — but really, it's all gone off without a hitch, so we couldn't ask for better. what's next, then? there are so many parts that could have gone wrong, but

as we spend time together, nick and i sat down to watch some videos from a qanon conference in las vegas. oh, my god, jim caviezel was there?! watching a hollywood actor speak about the conspiracy theory energised nick. the fact that he's talking about this stuff is just actually amazing, because of who he is, he's a huge hollywood actor. i'm with my countrymen, here in defiance of tyranny. "defiance of tyranny. " that's what this is about. here was a glimpse intojust how easily he and millions of others could potentially get pulled back in to all this. dammit, i wish i was there for that! and i'll be honest with you right now, in this moment, stephanie, i do believe wholeheartedly. stephanie hegarty, bbc news. organisers of the prestigious grammy music awards have postponed this year's annual show in los angeles, because of the renewed spread of the coronavirus in the us. the organisers said holding the show on the scheduled date of january 31 would pose too many risks. they said the health and safety of the music community, the live audience and hundreds of employees remained their top

a tearful adele postpones her entire series of concerts in las vegas, saying half her team has covid. and tributes are paid to the us rock star meat loaf, who's died at the age of 7a. and coming up on the bbc news channel. the defending champion naomi osaka is out of the australian open — beaten in three sets by america's amanda anisimova, who goes on to face ash barty next. good evening. "we have no plans to invade" — that was the message from russia's foreign minister after talks with the us about russian intentions in ukraine. his american counterpart said their discussions in geneva had been "frank and substantive" — but also warned of "massive consequences" if moscow were to attack ukraine. russia has amassed 100,000 troops near its borders with ukraine, leading to grave international concern, and to several european countries bolstering nato�*s military deployment in eastern europe. president vladimir putin has demanded that ukraine be stopped from everjoining nato. russia used to control much of the region but the military alliance of european and north american countri

people have been returning to their homes in the spanish canary islands of la palma after being forced to flee due to organic corruption. everything was covered in a deep layer of ash, burying houses and cars. the residents who were lucky enough not to have a house among the thousands destroyed during the eruption are still returning to a mammoth cleanup operation. people have been warned to wear masks while clearing bash. tributes have been pouring in for the us rock star meat loaf, who has died at the age of 7a. in a career spanning six decades, he was known for his operatic voice and theatrical stage presence. he became a household name in 1977 with bat out of hell, which remains one of the best—selling albums of all time. our arts correspondent david sillito takes a look back at his music and life. # like a bat out of hell, # i'll be gone when the morning comes...# meat loaf, bat out of hell — a sweat—drenched rock—and—roll epic that turned the man born marvin lee aday into one of the biggest—selling rock stars in the world. there have been many tributes. among them, ch

it may sound like something out of a science fiction movie — la police same the crash left one person with injuries that are thought to be non—life—threatening. arnold schwarzenegger was uninjured and the police have ruled out the involvement of drugs and alcohol. the crash is currently under investigation but you cannot blame, the terminator, by the sounds of it. there been bombing raids in the united arab emirates. 0ur correspondent has the latest. another dawn in yemen. more destruction revealed in the cold light of day. prisoners were held here by rebels. including african migrantsjust here by rebels. including african migrants just trying to transit through yemen. among the dead. in this province, they dug for survivors with their bare hands. but this was a massive air strike, the death toll is still climbing. the saudi led coalition which is backed ijy saudi led coalition which is backed by britain says it will investigate fully after night of devastating strikes, the un secretary general criticised both those who carried out an attack on monday, and the coalition. �* , ,

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it's been plain sailing for real madrid at the top of la liga this season, but they've suffered a shock 1—0 defeat away to lowly getafe. enes unal scored the game's only goal afterjust nine minutes and it means carlo ancelotti's side have missed the chance to open up an 11—point gap at the top of the league. it's been a day of action at the atp cup in sydney, with a number of fascinating encounters. the usa have made a winning start to their campaign with a 3—0 win in their clash with canada. while great britain's tie against germany went to a decider with the doubles team of dan evans and jamie murray beating kevin krawietz and alexander zverev in straight sets. great britain are next in action against canada on tuesday. and there was a big shock as australia beat the much—fancied italian team. the tie was decided in the doubles match — asjohn peers and luke saville came out on top to delight to home crowd. ahead of the fourth ashes test, it's been confirmed that england's head coach chris silverwood has tested positive for covid—19. silverwood has been isolating in melbour

the funeral service for former senate majority leader harry reid has taken place in las vegas. 82—year—old reid died after a four—year battle with pancreatic cancer. he served in congress for more than four decades. former president barack 0bama delivered the eulogy. few people have done more for this state and this country who where as driven, brilliant, sometimes irascible, deeply good man in searchlight, nevada. nasa says the james webb telescope is now full deployed in space. scientists have now successfully unfolded the final mirrored part of the observatory, but it stills needs to be latched into place. the telescope was sent into orbit last month. it aims to unlock the secrets of the early universe and will eventually send images back to earth. dr ezzy pearson is news editor of the bbc�*s sky at night magazine. this is a moment that i personally have been waiting for my entire career. when i first started studying astrophysics back in the early 2000s, they were talking about the jwst — and it has finally flown. there are people who have had entire careers waiting for this to f

an la times expose revealed that they have not had a single black voter for almost two decades, and there are accusations of unethical practices. this prompted tom cruise to send back the three golden globes he had won. the rights holders, nbc, said they would not broadcast the ceremony, and despite radical changes being introduced, hollywood en masse decided to boycott the event. this week, the golden globes announced that the ceremony at the beverly hilton hotel in los angeles will be a private event and will not be live—streamed, with winners simply being announced on social media. this prompted us talk show host conan o'brien to ask: and ricky gervais, who has hosted the golden globes five times, has even suggested there is a chance this could be the last time they are held. you're the number—one trending topic ahead of tater tots, and the pope followed you... as to who could win, when it comes to the tv categories, there could be a procession for succession. the media family drama series has the most nominations, with five. is he going to watch? could we make a note in the minute

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and we'll be live in la — after actor arnold schwarzenegger is involved in a multi—vehicle crash on sunset boulevard. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. a senior conservative mp says the uk must do more to support ukraine as russian troops mass along its border. tobias ellwood, who chairs the commons defence committee, says he thinks an invasion could now be "imminent" — and that president putin is "taking full advantage of a weakened west". russia has denied it's planning an invasion. but the us has delivered 90 tonnes of what it calls �*lethal aid' to ukraine, the first shipment since a fresh promise of assistance from president biden. james waterhouse reports now from the ukrainian capital, kyiv. the friendship of nations arch, built by the soviets to celebrate the closeness between russians and ukrainians. that crack was painted on by activists in a few that crack —— that crack was painted on by activists a few years ago as relations between the two countries deteriorated. and as talks intensify about a possible invasion, the hope is things don'

la is trying to do that. and what you're seeing is that the surge of the virus is so great that it will force, and it is forcing, some schools and school districts to go on to remote, even though everyone wants to be in person right now. there is not a teacher or parent or school administrator or union head who would not tell you that, of course, being in person is the best, and that is what we are trying to do, but the fight right now is with omicron and making sure that if people are sick, they stay home and isolate and that you have enough staff to be able to run a school and run a school safely. so vaccines, boosters, ventilation, testing, driving this week and well—fitting masks. and staff shortages, as you allude to there, is one of the key problems, notjust in the united states but all around the world in terms of teaching staff. there may not be enough of them because they are isolating or ill so there is no—one to teach the kids. part of the dilemma right now is that we have a world, the united s

people have been returning to their homes in the spanish canary island of la palma for the first time since being forced to flee from a volcanic eruption. the landscape has been transformed. everything covered in a deep layer of ash, burying cars, bicycles and houses. residents, lucky enough to have a house not amongst the thousands destroyed during the three month eruption, are returning to a mammoth clean up operation. people have been warned to wear masks while clearing the ash. one of the most successful artists in the history of rock music, meatloaf, has died at the age of 74. his intense delivery helped to sell more than a hundred million records worldwide, including his best—known album "bat out of hell". david sillito reflects on the life of a rock legend. # like a bat out of hell, # i'll be gone when the morning comes...# meat loaf, bat out of hell — a sweat—drenched rock—and—roll epic that turned the man born marvin lee aday into one of the biggest—selling rock stars in the world. there have been many tributes. among them, cher, who sang with him on dead ringer,

for giving us an insight as to how those - an insight as to how those awards did go, joining us from la. a full list and rundown of all of the winners on the website. you are watching bbc news. hello again. sunday brought us a mixed picture of weather. there was a bit of rain across northern areas. we had some lovely winter sunshine across parts of the midlands, east anglia, southern england, parts of wales for a time as well but towards the end of the day, we did rather lose the bright skies in wales, replaced it with some thicker cloud and started to lose the visibility as well. now, right now, we're seeing cloud increase from the west as a warm front begins to push its way in. that is starting to push a bit of patchy light rain and drizzle in across these western areas, but temperatures are rising hour by hour, so it is increasingly turning mild. heading into the first part of monday morning, ten degrees there in plymouth, but cold in rural aberdeenshire — some of the deeper valleys, about —5 degrees or so. through monday, this area of milder air is going to slowly creep its way

hejoins us now from la. good to see you, good to have you. there have been some mixed messages about this. what do we know? fits messages about this. what do we know? �* , ., messages about this. what do we know? ~ , ., ., know? as of right now, the early reports _ know? as of right now, the early reports came - know? as of right now, the early reports came out - know? as of right now, thej early reports came out that know? as of right now, the - early reports came out that tom brady was leaning more towards retirement and would announce his retirement in the last couple days but as of the few hours, his agent, along with his dad, thomas brady senior, came out and said tom brady has not made an official announcement yet, which more than likely will probably be coming in sometime in the coming in sometime in the coming days of this week. i cannot see tom brady allowing something as significant as the his retirement getting up before he had the opportunity to do it himself. for before he had the opportunity to do it himself.— before he had

but remember, there is a time la. 296. but remember, there is a time lag between _ 296. but remember, there is a time lag between peeple _ 296. but remember, there is a time lag between people being - 296. but remember, there is a time lag between people being infected| lag between people being infected and son ending up in hospital and the government expects a big increase in people being admitted in the coming weeks. chris is here. what is the very latest from the government on restrictions? the consistent _ government on restrictions? tie: consistent message we government on restrictions? tt2 consistent message we are hearing from the prime minister and from other ministers is that despite the fact they acknowledge that there will be this big increase in the number in hospital with covid in the coming weeks, they think as things stand looking at the data at the moment, but the restrictions in england which are more liberal than elsewhere in the uk even if they've got a little closer with the request to wear masks in secondary schools from this week, is that the measur

the funeral service for former senate majority leader harry reid is taking place in las vegas. mr reid — who died after a four—year battle with pancreatic cancer — served in congress for more than four decades. former president 0bama has been delivering the eulogy. few people have done more for this state and this country who where as driven, brilliant, sometimes irascible, deeply good man in searchlight nevada. nasa says the james webb telescope is now full deployed in space. scientists have now successfully unfolded the final mirrored part of the observatory. the telescope was sent into orbit last month. it aims to unlock the mysteries of the early universe. later this year, images will be sent back to earth. let's speak to nathalie 0uellette. she is an astrophysicist at the universite of montreal, and is involved in the james webb telescope project. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. this is pretty exciting. so far, so get a. news. this is pretty exciting. so far. so get an— news. this is pretty exciting. so far, so get a. absolutely. we have been talking _ fa

been his motto, he always has one more season left in him but i think the defeat last week against the la rams, i think that has sealed his deal, i think he wants to finish on a high. he has had a record—breaking year, he has smashed some really big records, you know passing touchdown records amongst many other records. he will be remembered as the greatest of all time. he will live on with that for the rest of his life, so, yes, this one more year never quite happened for him but year he has done a fantasticjob. aha, for him but year he has done a fantastic job. fantastic 'ob. a record-breaking career fantastic job. a record-breaking career but _ fantastic job. a record-breaking career but he _ fantastic job. a record-breaking career but he is _ fantastic job. a record-breaking career but he is only _ fantastic job. a record-breaking career but he is only 44, - fantastic job. a record-breaking career but he is only 44, he - fantastic job. a record-breaking career but he is only 44, he is l career but he is only 44, he is going to do lots more, isn't he? what do you reckon? iii going to

i will ask the taoiseach to la his thank you. i will ask the taoiseach to lay his wreath, _ thank you. i will ask the taoiseach to lay his wreath, please. - and the minister, simon coveney feels _ and christopherjackson, the deputy mayor~ _ and elected representatives, please lay your— and elected representatives, please lay your reefs as well. alaina will lay a wreath on behalf of the _ alaina will lay a wreath on behalf of the surviving wounded. representative from the bally murphy campaign. ballymurphy. and anyone else who would _ ballymurphy. and anyone else who would like — ballymurphy. and anyone else who would like to lay a wreath. that is the memorial service for the victims of bloody sunday. the 50th anniversary today. a day of commemoration. earlierthere anniversary today. a day of commemoration. earlier there was a walk along the route of the civil rights march on the 31st of january, 1972 which resulted in 13 people being shot dead and 15 others injured when members of the army parachute regiment opened fire on th

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who was part of the england side that reached the final of euro 2020 last summer, helped atletico win la liga last season. newcastle are one off the bottom of the premier league. chelsea's stamford bridge will be the venue for an historic occasion tomorrow — their match against liverpool will be the first in england to have legal standing areas since a ban was introduced in 1994, following the taylor report into the hillsbrough disaster. there's been a long campaign to allow "safe standing" to return — and the chelsea boss hopes it will give his side a lift. hopefully it will, honestly, it will give us the extra boost and to our supporters because we absolutely need them on their best level, right in this moment, and right at the very first game in the new year against liverpool. james wade is through to the semi—finals of the pdc world darts championship. the numberfour seed enjoyed a whitewash victory over mervyn king at london's alexandra palace. he'll face the winner of tonight's quarter final between defending champion gerwyn price and michael smith. emma raducanu was among th