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alerta por peligro de tsunami para las costas del mar caribe como cuba, honduras, mÉxico, islas caimÁn y jamaica. siguen incluidos san andrÉs, costa rica, panamÁ y nicaragua. segÚn estos se eliminÓ el estado de alerta. en honduras anoche hubo una vigilancia permanente en las lanchas, en las costas del caribe hondureÑo. estuvieron en la materia, el terremotopuede provocarlo. los cuerpos de bomberos se desplazaron a las playas para observar el comportamiento del mar caribe zona del caribe. satcha: hay que estar pendientes por posibles tÉrminos de réplicas del movimiento telÚrico que se registran honduras, gracias por brindarnos esos detalles. seguimos con mÁs en "despierta amÉrica". karla: seguimos con otras noticias. satcha, vamos a ciudad juÁrez, donde se encuentra nuestra addis. alan: nos tienes tres bombazos, como siempre. addis: [risas] tres burritos me voy a comer mÁs adelante. les tengo que platicar amigos, sobre esto que sucediÓ que no nos esperÁbamos. dio declaraciones la es cosa de cristian castro. un matrimonio que durÓ mÁs de lo que me van a durar los burritos a mÍ, ve

. >> mexico, cuba, jamaica, china bad and tobago to not look to u.s. control of the caribbean. what china is attempting to do would be to take territorial control and make it a territorial sea. the analogy breaks down because of the chinese desire. it's fair to say it's reasonable for us to believe china ought to have significant influence in asia. that makes sense. the wish that look at territorial control over an enormous body of water. i think the historical analogy they pulled that was a confrontation between great britain in germany about 100 years ago. an established power facing a rising power. in established powers challenged by rising power. graham allison from harvard has done extensive analysis in 12 of the 16 situations the nations go to war. for they do not. we need to understand china, listen, exceed and cooperate where we can but confront where they push beyond the borders. if we do that i think we can avoid an open confrontation. >> -- versus a land battle. >> the ocean, the biggest thing is terrain. the oceans are flat. there are no terrain borders. you know ho

seeing some very heavy rain just around the bahamas pushing down across southern parts of cuba into jamaica right the way down into panama long line of very disturbed weather and it's still there was to go on into sunday so no great changes here for the flooding certainly a possibility so the possibility of flooding to into the east the side of the u.s. should see the serac out that's now in the process of pulling away big temperature changes on the way here eighteen celsius in d.c. on saturday it falls back twenty degrees for sunday. there with sponsored by qatar and. coveted beyond wealth. thank you very much taken them without hesitation. for to indict. our defines our. people in power investigate exposing and question the use and abuse of power around the globe. at this time on al-jazeera. this is al jazeera. hello i'm sad.

foremost we're looking at these sunday talks kicking off their crucial talks previously on the so-called jamaica coalition failed if these talks break down what is next from the macro because of the two main options available because we have to remember as well that these talks which begin on sunday only exploratory coalition talks are not even that negotiations yet so merkel would either have the option also of a minority government which she has also said that she's against so that would be quite a grueling process having to get a majority in parliament if every single piece of legislation and the other option as well would be a snap election of course that's how we found ourselves in position that we're currently in. that would have to be called by the german president from walda should die in maya and he actually called on the social democrats to go back to the drawing board and speak with merkel's conservatives in the hope that germany can finally fall misstate will government or new government ok that is the hope right now now posters in for does the amount also has german voters what they

cumplimiento de las leyes migratorias y asÍ defendiÓ el arresto de una mujer de la tercera edad de jamaica en florida y la de un activista en arizona, acciones que provocaron una lluvia de crÍticas en redes sociales, la mujer fue sacada a la fuerza de un bus y segÚn su nuera no tuvieses rÍa legal al ser interrogada, el detenido es un profesor universitario que albergaba inmigrantes sin papeles, mÁs adelante regreso con mÁs noticias pero ahora es momento de pasar con janice que tiene los detalles de las temperaturas este jueves, muy buenos dÍas. >> muchÍsimas gracias, paulina, en efecto, bueno, tengo muy buenas noticias porque las temperaturas estÁn en ascenso, asÍ que es parte de los titulares del dÍa de hoy, asi el centro de la naciÓn contarÁ con agradable ascenso en las temperaturas, tormentas para el oeste, especialmente por el norte, sin embargo, el este de nuestra naciÓn cuenta con temperaturas calmadas porque la alta presiÓn predomina, hablemos rÁpidamente de las temperaturas mÁximas para el dÍa de hoy, mire nada mÁs el centro de la naciÓn con ese agradable ascenso

esta interseccin en jamaica queens fue el escenario del accidente que protagoniz este bus escolar y que dej herido a un niÑo hispano de 11 aÑos esta maÑana. sot: 224 "yo vi un bus escolar corriendo a toda velocidad y la gente gritando que pararan, luego vi a un niÑo tirado en el piso. llego la policia, la familia y trajeron al menor aqu dentro de la estacin . aqu lo atendieron le pusieron oxgeno y luego se lo llevaron al hospital" el menor fue trasladado del elmhurst al long island jewish hospital durante lla da donde recibe atencin por daÑo en una parte del hgado, segn el reporte de la policia . el conductor del bus identificado como marc saget de 60 aÑos quien huy de la escena fue arrestado pasada las 12 del da. el informe oficial indica que el hombre quien no tiene historial criminal previo, enfrenta cargos por dejar la escena de un accidente, por manejar de manera desordenada por no ceder el paso y por no ayudar al menor cuando lo atropell. henry sierra. 254 "estaba la policia midiendo las equinas " ---vuelve el panico a una comunidad de kentuky tras un tiroteo en una escuela

. >> narrator: ...donald trump grew up in a posh suburb called jamaica estates. >> it's perhaps typical of new york's residential areas. >> the trump family had a huge house in queens that they used to refer to as "tara." it had nine bedrooms, it had columns, it was quite beautiful, but it was in queens. >> narrator: the trump family would spend 50 years building memories here. fred trump, a real estate developer, designed the house himself and raised donald and his brothers and sisters in luxury. >> it's not like he knew anything but comfort. when it rained and he had to deliver his papers, the chauffeur would take him around. >> narrator: but donald's father was tough and insisted everyone learn the family business. >> he was a guy who worked seven days a week. it's sunday-- why wouldn't you be working? and would, even on the weekends, pile the kids in the car and go to a building site, pick up old nails that weren't used. why would you waste a nail? >> fred trump was a machine. i mean, he was a human machine. he was driven beyond whatever the description of driven could ever mean. an

of jamaica west indies. so, i will be there to confront the president in a manner that i, too, am american. and i demand of him in the short time that he's served that he serve all of america, not 30%. but all of america. and i believe that dr. king, if he was here, if the question asked of him about the recskles abandonment that the president has used, i personally think dr. king would point to americans those devastated by hurricanes and the fires and first responders, all over, the fires, those right now digging out looking for those who may have been killed in mudslides, that is the greatness of america. so, i'm there to remind the president of his bad behavior. >> congresswoman, you'll be in the aisle. do you think he'll stop to talk to you? >> pardon me? >> if you're going to be in the aisle trying to talk to him, do you think he'll stop to talk to you? >> i don't be in the aisle. >> it sounded like you were going to be in the aisle to tell him something specific. up mean a message. >> no, i'll be in m

also it included jamaica and cuba and of course the coast. all the coastal areas of central america. >>> i thought we were in good shape. at 47. it seemed reasonable. it was 46 at 2:00 and then it was 51 the first time in three days. we are going up 45 tomorrow. a live look outside, 33 right now with dewpoints in the upper 20s. a fairly cold night but nothing out of the ordinary. gusting up to temperatures, 24- 36. some icy patches are possible. clouds on the increase for wednesday. chile, about average. breezy and mild on thursday and perhaps a shower late. warmer on friday with wind and rain showers and maybe a thunderstorm. that will feel like temperatures will be in the 60s. 54 on thursday. 64 on friday. temperatures will fall day and we are back in the 30s on sunday. it can't last forever it is january. 6:00 on wednesday, clouds roll in with temperatures in the 20s. 26 in billy. we are still below freezing. even 27 in fredericksburg and 28 . kind of chile by 1:00. no windchill whatsoever. 42 downtown. 41 in bethesda. by tomorrow evening,

next month jamaica will send the first women's bobsled team to the olympics in south korea. they do have high hopes having finished seventh in recent world cup race. their appearance comes 30 years after the jamaican men made their olympic debut. later celebrated on the silver screen. >>> we'll be right back. >>> let kids play video games and how much. the kids may have a better case tonight. here is mireya villarreal. >> oh, what the -- >> oh, yeah. >> aaron kim spent most teenage years on the couch playing video games. but this year the gamer that goes by screen name, bijou, signed professional contract worth six figures with the overwatch league. >> kind of laugh and say i play video games professionally. >> what's their reaction? >> what? no way. it's 201, baby. >> overwatch, a multiplayer battle video game is the latest phenomenon in the popular world of e sports. this isn't a typical arena. >> no, definitely e sports stadium, huh. >> bijou and team mate live under one roof. they have nutritionists and practice with coaches just like other professional athletes. >> i wa

. >>> jamaica is declaring a state of emergency after a sudden rise in crime. the saint james area has had seven homicides in the first 20 days of the year. the area includes the popular tourist spot of montago bay. law enforcement has additional powers to search, arrest, and suspend suspects. >>>. >> reporter: it is the first time an american vice president has spoken these words. >> it is my great honor on behalf of the president of the united states to be in israel's capital, jerusalem. >> reporter: the trump administration put highlights on the visit to jerusalem. in a speech to the parliament, they under scored the new commitment to israeli security and announced the u.s. embassy will move to jerusalem by 2019. >> the state department will immediately begin preparations to move the united states embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. >> reporter: there were two days of drills on the border responsible for transporting a third of the oil in response. iron has been trying to show its strength and committing more resources to syria. secretary of state rex tiller

china at number ten, spain at number 9, eight at jamaica. jesse: i wish i was in jamaica now. kennedy: number seven, germany, france, italy, dominican republic six, five and four, the uk number three, canada number two and the number one travel destination for people in the u.s. in 2017, what do you think it is. jesse: i was thinking all of the liberals moved to canada after trump was elected. kennedy: mexico, the number one spot people slingshot themselves over the big beautiful wall. jesse: you know they're going to pay for it soon. don't go anywhere. there's a lot of partying still to go. next hour we have much more from miami, nashville and here inside the square. kennedy: plus, keep using #foxnews2018. we're going to show your tweets throughout the night. stay with us. we're going to be back. >> we are so angelic. i am kennedy. >> i am jesse watters welcome to the party. >> you are joining us to bring in the new year we only have one hour left on the east coast in 2017 spin i get has been a trump year i can tell you that from twitter to all the drama the little rocket man

continue to give us more in the way of wet weather as we head through the next few days say force in jamaica through parts of cuba and across the dominican republic and into haiti plenty of showers here then the rains gradually turn heavier that as that system pushes down from north america and here's that system at the moment across the gulf of mexico giving a very heavy downpours. there with sponsored by qatar. this is zero. hello and welcome to this al-jazeera news out live from doha i'm martine dennis coming up in the next sixty minutes. she has liver because disease.

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por ejemplo, cosas naturales como un tÉ de tilode jamaica. eesas cosas son buenas para eliminar el estrÉs. si luego de estas cosas, hablamos con Él, tratamos de que se relaje, si el dolor de pecho continÚa, eso puede ser un signo que hay que llamar al 911 e ir a la sala de emergencia. recuerden que la presiÓn alta no puede llevar a un ataque al corazÓn o derrame cerebral. yo siempre le digo a la gente, nadie se muere de presiÓn baja, pero se puede sentir mal. en cambio, la presiÓn alta es muy peligrosa. el estrÉs te puede matar. luego de 30 minutos pueden verificar la presiÓn. hay veces que el paciente sabe quÉ hacer. tomar algÚn medicamento si ya tiene medicamentoparÁ la presiÓn. no se vayan. ya volvemos con mÁs. ♪ ♪ >>estamos en toda la redes sociales. nueva máscara x fiber, de l'oréal. uno: prebase negra. volumen extremo. dos: veinte veces más fibras. longitud extrema. ni postizas ni extensiones, ¡solo fibras! nueva máscara x fiber, de l'oréal parís. millones siguen expuestos a los peligros del humo de segunda mano

for a country that depends on tourism, the pictures of troops on the streets in montego bay, jamaica's biggest resort, isn't ideal, but the government says it is something that needs to be done. the security forces are expected and have been directed to treat citizens with respect and protect the dignity and safety of all. most of the tourists who visit montego bay and much of the north coast stay in gated or guarded all—inclusive hotels where security isn't an issue. but crime in the city has spiked. last year saw over 1,600 people murdered in jamaica. 335 of them in stjames, the area where montego bay is. most of the crime is gang—related and focused in a small number of communities. the foreign office has advised holidaymakers that they should only travel to and from the airport to their hotels and when they do take excursions, to make sure they are arranged by official tour reps. the authorities say there will be more roadblocks and vehicle searches as they go after the gangs and their guns. a similar state of emergency in 2010, in kingston, saw the murder rate drop to its lowe

the jamaica defense force says the st. james area has been especially rough with seven murders in the first 20 days of 2018. the area includes the tourist hotspot meant to go bay, the state of emergency gives law enforcement additional power to search arrest and detain suspects. tourists are advised to stay on resort property.>>> the remains of army private first class james leonard jr. have finally returned home for the bay area. leonard grew up in san francisco and ran on the track team at poly ethnic high. in 1950 when he was 22 years old he joined the army and was sent to fight in the korean war. he died five days later. his remains were never found until last year when a road construction crew found teeth, a canteen and the soul of a boot. a military laboratory in hawaii positively identified leonard and he was brought home to sfo yesterday. one cousin who remembers him as a teenager is still alive, they have always wondered if this day would come. >> after that many years, they finally did. they never gave up hope. w

misma estacin de autobuses en fort lauderdale, la mujer arrestada viajaba desde orlando y es oriunda de jamaica. sot: usuario de greyhound "yo creo que es una injusticia porque no respetan la edad, ni la condición de la persona." expertos en inmigracin recomiendan mantenerse en silencio en medio de una situacin como esta. tambin sugieren que no firme ningn documento ya que podra ser el primer paso a la deportacin. marisset veren, telemundo. --cinco personas murieron esta madrugada durante una lluvia de balas que se desat en una pequeÑa comunidad en pensilvania.. --la balacera se registr desde un establecimiento de lavado de carros al sur de pittsburg.... donde la policia encontr los cuerpos de tres hombres y dos mujeres.. una sexta victima aun estaba con vida.. --se piensa que el pistolero es uno de los fallecidos.. --el servicio nacional de meteorologa ha emitido una advertencia de inundacin para la parte sur del estado de pennsylvania... --esto debido al peligro de inundaciones a raiz de los enormes pedazos de hielo que flotan en el ro sus-que-ja-na --debido a las bajas temperaturas, este r

the national tsunami warning center warned of hume danger in puerto rico, jamaica, and the coast of central america. no reports of damage from the quake. >>> if you're a man and you want to start a family, taking a common over-the-counter pain killer on a regular basis may decrease your fertility. a new european study out today suggests regular usage of ibuprofen can reduce levels of the male hormone testosterone, can trigger bone loss and depression. it's sold in brands like advil and motrin. >>> oprah winfrey's speech trove speculation she might run for president, also made her richer. oprah owns 10% of weight watchers international. she's also a spokesperson for the company. weight watchers stock soared by as much as 13% following oprah's speech on sunday. that gained oprah about $38 million more. >>> new tonight, the orphaned mountain lion club being nursed back to health at oakland zoo after she was found on the brink of death. >> two other abandoned cubs were brought to the zoo last month. cornell bernard shows you soon the cubs will have a new habitat of their very own. >> reporter:

in a bronze medal game we lost to jamaica. we went with high hopes of winning a gold—medalfor the with high hopes of winning a gold—medal for the first time and came quite close then ended up not getting one at all, which was devastating. must have been, getting out by a single point in both matches. hopefully you can turn it around in this series to come. best of luck. we finished the evening... not long to go till the start of the winter olympics. we know downhill skiing is one of the big events, but how about taking on one of the fastest downhill skiing courses on a mountain bike. the hahnen—kamm, at kitzbull in austria, is regarded as one of the steepest, and most difficult in the world and max stockl did it on a bike. he holds the world speed record on a standard production mountain bike — both on gravel and on snow... the famous strife course has an 85% slope in places. the only modifications he had were 15 millimetre metal spikes on the tyres, and a mudguard. he clocked a maximum speed of 64 mph on his way down

even a he had all this wealth and kindred, israel fortune came from sugar slave labor plantations in jamaica. in early september 1774, massachusetts had a militia uprising that ended up with 4000 men surrounding the house of thomas alber, who had become lieutenant governor of massachusetts a few weeks before. they forced him to find a resignation, they forced other officials in town to sign resignations or apologies. everyone realized from this event in september, the royal government no longer controlled any part of massachusetts outside of boston. within a few weeks, nearly every homeowner in this neighborhood left, because they were all supporters of the world government and they wanted to be in boston under the protection of the king's army. that left a big bunch of empty buildings. in this neighborhood. [laughter] mr. bell: cindy were new england army company's camping out in these houses. the massachusetts government formally moved to take over the house in may, 1775. this is a conjecture of what it looks like at the time, the earliest paint studies say it was great. one side was a hos

so it's bought, for example, a big box industry in jamaica. it doesn't feel along with that it has to import a big bunch of jamaicans to its country. people can object to what president trump says. but it actually makes far more sense than if you look at what pat leahy said who just sent out this tweet in response bleeping that's not who we are. it's not enough to actually say that's not who we are. and, in fact, that's the response to everyone of these so-called problems. that's not who we are. they never actually say who we are. that's that's not who we're. who we are seems to be devolving into the people who say that's not who we are. everybody else, china, haiti, norway is allowed to be who we are and act as a nation in its own national interests. including on immigration policy. >> tucker: yeah. i think china could use a little more diversity. we will be pushing for that in future weeks. thanks a lot, mark. we appreciate it? >> exactly. thanks, tucker. >> tucker: senator lindsey graham had some uncharitable words for this show and anyone

further flooding as we go on through the next diodes a long line of cloud of rain pushes right up into jamaica and a good part of his spaniel. in the philippines millions live in overcrowded slums but some of found another place to call home public servant terry's one on one east meets those living among the dead at this time on al-jazeera the street is quiet the signal is given. out so it's safe to walk to school last year there are more than thirty meters in this community in one month the police say this area is a red zone one of several in some townships in cape town children sometimes a quarter in the crossfire when rival gangs fight so parents and grandparents have started what they call a walking past to try to take them from gang violence i lost my seven. years ago i also lost my there are more than one hundred fifty volunteers working for several walking busses teachers say it is working class attendance has improved the volunteers also act as security guards. all dizzy or expose prominent figures of the twentieth century and how why will receive influence the course of history beginn

she moved here from jamaica as a child, she never had beef to remain, she was seeking to stay in this country but she had no access to benefits at also she got a flat, she was in the health service but was living on hand—outs and charity from the local church. the authorities knew she was in that state, they did not really follow it up state, they did not really follow it up and there were signs... you can never blame a local authority for great child's death, chevaze mcgregor killed jeremiah, but there will have been moments in the moment before his death where if they had been more curious, carried out more investigations, they may have spotted the dangers tojeremiah before he was killed. apple has confirmed that all iphones, ipads and mac computers are affected by two major flaws in computer chips. it emerged this week that tech companies have been working on a fix for the meltdown and spectre bugs, which could allow hackers to steal data. apple said there was no evidence that the vulnerability had been exploited. it says it will issue a patch for its safari web browser in the co

there's the jamaica that most jamaicans live in, cook in, struggle to survive in, the real jamaica. then there's the jamaica which you're more familiar with. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> but tourists have been coming to jamaica for a long time. when this part of the island, particularly port antonio threatened to become an international jet set destination, legend has it errol flynn was ship wrecked in 1947 and promptly fell in love with the place. before flynn, it has been an empire of bananas, a huge industry that later became united fruit. bananas went out, tourists came in. the banana business eventually went elsewhere. when tourism shifted to the other side of the island with the construction of an airport at mond at montego bay, the northeast coast was largely forgotten. ♪ >>> it has the feel, still, of a forgotten paradise. there are those who believe that the area can come back, and it must come back, that the future is in hotels and resorts and restaurants for wealthy visitors as it once was. ♪ take this place, for instance. the try dent hotel, expensive, luxurious, best of all, i'm

nick davis, bbc news, jamaica. we can speak now to apriljackson — a former miss jamaica universe, restaurant owner and one—time candidate on the bbc‘s apprentice. she grew up in kingston and is on holiday in montego bay. how is the holiday going? i'm glad to report that my holiday is just as amazing as when i arrived on sunday last week. do you feel safe? pardon? are you feeling safe? completely safe. i think that's why i was urged to talk about it. if i was reading the headlines i have seen, i would probably be quite worried. he underground, i wouldn't know. why'd you think it is that people outside ofjamaica you think it is that people outside of jamaica are very you think it is that people outside ofjamaica are very worried, when we have spoken to two people... it looks like we have lost april. that isa looks like we have lost april. that is a shame. we were speaking to apriljackson error. she is on holiday, born in kingston. can you hear me? i can hear everything. why do you think it is that outside of ja

for a country that depends on tourism, the pictures of troops on the streets in montego bay, jamaica's biggest resort, isn't ideal, but the government says it's something that needs to be done. the security forces are expected and have been directed to treat citizens with respect, and protect the dignity and safety of all. most of the tourists who visit montego bay and much of the north coast stay in gated and guarded all—inclusive hotels where security isn't an issue. but the growing reality for people who live in the city is that crime has spiked. last year saw over 1,600 people murdered in jamaica, 335 of them in stjames, the area where montego bay is. most of the crime is gang—related and focused in a small number of communities. the foreign office has advised holidaymakers that they should only travel to and from the airport to their hotels and when they do take excursions, to make sure they are arranged by official tour reps. the authorities say there will be more roadblocks and vehicle searches as they go after the gangs and their guns. a similar state of emergency in 2010 i

last year saw over 1600 people murdered in jamaica. has spiked. last year saw over 1600 people murdered injamaica. 335 of them in st james, people murdered injamaica. 335 of them in stjames, the area where montego bay is. most of the crime is gang—related and focussed in a small number of communities. the foreign 0ffice number of communities. the foreign office has advised holiday—makers they should only travel to and from they should only travel to and from the airport to their hotels and when they take excursions to make sure they take excursions to make sure they are arranged by official tour reps, the authority says there will be more vehicle searches as they go after the gangs and their guns. a similar state of emergency in 2010 many kingston saw the murder rate drop to its lowest rate in year, a statistic that meant lives saved. in montego bay it is hoped the same will happen again. nick davis bbc news jamaica. earlier i spoke to a representative of abta. there have been some serious violent crimes in this area, so serious violent crimes

nick davis, bbc news, jamaica. we're hoping to speak to a tourist who is travelling around jamaica from the montego bay area, later in the programme, so stay tuned for that. the turkish military says it has launched new ground and air strikes in northern syria against an organisation they consider to be terrorists. the new campaign, dubbed operation olive branch, is aimed at the ypg — or kurdish people's protection units — as well as the islamic state group. it is seeking to oust kurdish fighters from the afrin region, held by them since 2012. some of these forces helped the us to fight the islamic state group. the headlines on bbc news. many government services in america have shut down after politicians failed to pass a spending bill. essential services, including national security and air traffic control, will continue. president macron says britain could get a bespoke trade deal with the eu. but, in return, the french leader told the bbc that the uk would have to abide by single market rules. carillion's au

nick davies, bbc news, jamaica. he's normally here with us in london but today simon calder has deserted us but today simon calder has deserted us for the delights of salford. simon, good morning to you, always a pleasure to speak to you, simon is the travel editor for the independent and a regular commentator on travel news. first of all, what you make of the advice from the foreign office? really unusual. normally the foreign office either says we think it is ok to go somewhere, or we think it is too dangerous, don't go there. what they have said is you can go to the montego bay area but you can only do that if you stay in your gated compound, or if you are travelling to and from the airport, or on an excursion as the report said, with official providers. something organised by your tour operator, by your hotel. it's important to say that it only applies to that specific district of saint james, montego bay city area and the resorts around it. it doesn't apply to negril in the west for places in the east but peopl

nick davies, bbc news, jamaica. the headlines on bbc news: many government services in america have shut down after politicians failed to pass a spending bill. essential services including national security and our traffic control will continue. mary lou mcdonald has confirmed as the only candidate nominated to replace gerry adams as sinn fein president. pirelli and's auditors are under fire for not raising concerns before the firm's collapse and the public conscience siovas enquiry is launched into the pension deficit. the interior ministry spokesman has confirmed that the intercontinental hotel in the afghan capital is currently under attack. by suspected militants. no indication yet as to how many people are held herself or does gunman involved in the attack. we do know the attack started at around 9pm local time, when a number of gunman attacked the hotel in kabul. earlier reports also that source is like special forces have arrived at the scene. they are engaged in a gun battle with those inside. no details yet

nick davis, bbc news, jamaica. the international olympic committee has approved plans for north korea to participate at next month's winter olympics, and agreed teams from north and south can march under the same flag at the opening ceremony. the agreement comes after months of heightened tension on the korean peninsula over the testing of nuclear weapons by north korea. imogen foulkes reports from ioc headquarters in the swiss city of lausanne. two koreas, face—to—face. such is the tension on the korean peninsula that this meeting, ostensibly about the olympics, became something much more. here in lausanne, the two sides spoke together for hours. they emerged with an agreement and the blessing of the international olympic committee. the ioc has approved the request to have their delegations marching together as one, under the name korea. for the first time, the two koreas, divided since the 1950s, will field a unified team, women's ice hockey. and the olympic committee has relaxed its strict qualification dead

those africans would be transported to english colonies in the west indies, mostly jamaica and barbados. there they would become the labor force that would work the sugar plantations that would produce sugar and molasses. newport ships would take the raw materials and transport it back to newport would be distilled into more rum and that was used for consumption and currency. the european transatlantic slave trade went on for for centuries. but in the case of british colonial north america, the system is different than what many people might have a sense of today. in fact, many people when they think of african enslavement and the slave trade, they tend to think of a west indian system or an antebellum southern american 19th century system. they tend to think of cotton fields, rice, sugar, coffee plantations. they all existed as part of the cash crop system but here in new england, we have never had temperate weather. we don't have the great soil, so we were not producing the cash crops. for the most part, the africans that came to new england generally, particularly to newport, were mo

they would be transported to english colonies in the west indies, mostly jamaica and barbados. there they would become the labor force that would work the sugar plantations that would produce sugar and molasses. those raw materials transported back to newport would be distilled into more rum and that was used for consumption and currency. the atlantic slave trade went on for 4 centuries. but in the case of british colonial north america, the system is different than what many people might have a sense of today. many people when they think of african enslavement and the slave trade, tend to think of a west indian system or an antebellum southern american 19th century system. cotton fields, rice, sugar, coffee plantations. they all existed as part of the cash crop system but here in new england we have never had temperate weather. not great soil. we were producing cash crops. for the most part the africans that came to new england generally, particularly to newport, were more involved in the urban trade skills acquired during that time. in the case of newport, we have primary rec

for a country that depends on tourism, the pictures of troops on the streets in montego bay, jamaica's biggest resort, isn't ideal, but the government says it's something that needs to be done. the security forces are expected and have been directed to treat citizens with respect, and protect the dignity and safety of all. most of the tourists who visit montego bay and much of the north coast stay in gated and guarded all—inclusive hotels where security isn't an issue. but the growing reality for people who live in the city is that crime has spiked. last year saw over 1,600 people murdered in jamaica, 335 of them in stjames, the area where montego bay is. most of the crime is gang—related and focused in a small number of communities. the foreign office has advised holidaymakers that they should only travel to and from the airport to their hotels and when they do take excursions, to make sure they are arranged by official tour reps. the authorities say there will be more roadblocks and vehicle searches as they go after the gangs and their guns. a similar state of emergency in 2010 i

we will go to jamaica, which is in the mid— 20s. temperatures. we will go to jamaica, which is in the mid- 20s. a bit wet, but at least it is warmer than this. with white, sandy beaches and temperatures in the mid—20s at this time of year, jamaica is a popular destination for holidaymakers wanting to escape the dreary january weather here in the uk. but now, the foreign office has warned tourists not to wander away from their resorts on their own. more than 200,000 british tourists visited the country in 2017. most of them travelled to the popular resort of montego bay, in the north—west of the island. but there has been a recent increase in crime. there was an average of six murders a week in the area last year. on thursday, the country's prime minister declared a state of public emergency, and sent troops out on to the streets to deal with what he called general lawlessness. we are joined by travel journalist simon calder, who knows the island well. those statistics we were talking about, this murder rates, the violence there. they are trul

from jamaica to hiroshima starting february third t w. bam. romania's prime minister has resigned a high to quit after a power struggle within the ruling the left wing social democratic party which withdrew its support on monday. had been in office for six months. techies president has content plans by the u.s. led coalition in syria to create a security force along the country's borders with chalky and iraq the force with the french territory held by the syrian democratic forces which are led by kurdish fighters speaking in ankara russia taipei taiwan calls to fifty thousand strong force a terror army and vows to quote drown it before it was. irish singer songwriter dolores o'riordan who fronts at the band to cranberries has died suddenly of unknown causes on monday the forty six year old's body was found in london where she was recording o'riordan helps leading the band to global success with hits such as zombie and lang. the stock exchange in the in the nation's capital jakarta was evacuated on monday after a walkway over the lobby area col

those africans would be transported to the english colonies of the west indies, mostly jamaica, barbados, and from there, they would become the labor force that would work in the sugar plantations that would produce the sugar and molasses. newport ships would take the materials and transported back to newport which would be distilled into more rum and that rum was used for consumption. the european transatlantic slave trade went on for nearly four centuries. america,se of colonial the system is different than what many people might have a sense of today. any people, when they think in terms of african enslavement, they tend to think of a west indian system, or it's a valium southern -- or antebellum southern american system. they tend to think of cotton field, rice, sugar plantations, which all existed and were a part of the cash crop system. in new england, we never had good weather, we don't have great soil. we were not producing the cash crops. the africans that came to new england generally, were more involved in the urban trade skills that were required and a time. in the case of ne

the central part of the caribbean island so don't expect too much the way of sunshine for kingston jamaica and cuba should be fine but again panama costa rica seen some quite heavy rain at times and that will tend to have a little bit further towards the north during the course of monday so let's head up into north america was all about the cold which is very much in place at the moment but if you focus on the colors on the maps the blues gradually just moving away further towards the northeast over the next couple of days but the price to pay for warm air is going to come in the form of some snow initially and this area of snow is going to be developing sunday through into monday so some heavy snow across the mid atlantic stage ahead of it temperatures still pretty low with new york expected to remain around freezing. sponsored by the time. so. please. finish. before. you know. we have. yes. we want to do. she gave me. this. week's edition of making good. music. and you can best coming in. here i don't just go there you wonder to me you were good so i eat the more children from want. to d

for a country that depends on tourism, the pictures of troops on the streets in montego bay, jamaica's biggest resort, are not ideal. the government says it is something that needs to be done. the security forces are expected and have been directed to treat citizens with respect and protect the dignity and safety of all. most of the tourists who visit montego bay and much of the north coast stay in gated or guarded all—inclusive hotels where security isn't an issue. but crime in the city has spiked. last year saw over 1,600 people murdered in jamaica. 335 of them in stjames, the area where montego bay is. most of the crime is gang—related and focused in a small number of communities. the foreign office has advised holidaymakers that they should only travel to and from the airport to their hotels and when they do take excursions, to make sure they are arranged by official tour reps. the authorities say there will be more roadblocks and vehicle searches as they go after the gangs and their guns. a similar state of emergency in 2010, in kingston, saw the murder rate drop to its lowest

so it's more to some very heavy rains and it's bringing us yet more at the moment mostly to parts of jamaica where we've seen flooding and through cuba and up towards the bahamas more showers are expected here on thursday and are going to stick around as we head into friday with just a few residual showers to it south. dhaka . tomorrow if you are in no doubt a need it. for to you what we're talking. you're now a very nervy body to. really know not we are you. we were told it was above most. but addictive behavior for you'll never be dinner. time down that it was going good and i. knew you got much done without. some long will you tell what do you do what she knew. to do just know. while on a drug intimate you know but i'll go by you. to download it was when you. but did you call it don't be a fiend if you warm. you are making very pointed remarks where on line the main u.s. response to drug use and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been decriminalized or if you join us on say you know you will first just wakes up over the morning and say i want to cover the world in darkness this

violence in jamaica's would have to abide by single market rules. violence injamaica's montego bay prompts the foreign office to warn british tourists to stay in resorts as a state of emergency is declared. also auditors come under fire for not raising concerns about carillion before it collapsed. mps have also begun an entirely into the way carillion‘s pension deficit has been handled. and steven sack cui’ has been handled. and steven sack cur speaks to the actor and activist ashleyjudd, that is in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. welcome to bbc news. the us national government has officially shut down, a year to the day after donald trump took office as president. senators had failed to agree a stop—gap budget — amid a bitter dispute president trump's republicans and the opposition democrats over immigration and border security. the impasse will affect hundreds of thousands of federal workers, but essential government services will carry on. the recriminations have already begun. david willis reports from

panama and colombia all the way up towards the northeast we've seen plenty of showers over parts of jamaica through parts of cuba and into haiti as well this system still with us as we head through thursday and friday and giving us the very heavy rain and for the south a quick look at rio we're expecting more shots. you know what i think they are no television chef and i believe simply to finish. very good before. i know the fifty. we have been playing see do it but it's not funny that we have a separate call me and me right yes it is definitely going to but we want to do a good way for the future then she gave me a few test frames that i'm not missing something big in your head this is mr vision and i also lived a two weeks addition to making good on a city. like new bern and we lived in many national campaign arsenal and we see t.b.s. farmers continue to do the same due to comments coming in. here i don't just go there you wonder to me you were good so i thought the more to learn from one is to do to do it and no it's become so much off says they're not doing. so sometimes their mother ne

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an action to shore jamaica has one of the world's highest murder rates per capita last year more than sixteen hundred people were killed that includes three hundred thirty five in the st james region where curfews have been imposed that's a record high and so far this year at least thirty eight people have already been killed across the islands jamaica is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world the tourism minister says that the country remains safe even during this state of emergency but the u.s. united kingdom and canada have released travel warnings the british government says travelers should limit their movements outside of resorts in the area at this time and exercise particular care if traveling at night and exercise caution if you're in the area so no surprise here that many are wondering how crime and the coverage of crime will impact tourism there claude here says it's a shame and an impediment to tourism but it's the truth let's bring it out in the open and fight it another user here says it's that he considers jamaicans more important than any tourist so

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my mom as well, she's from jamaica. i just think about all the families that could be affected by these ill decisions that are being made and it breaks my heart. >> reporter: her parents are here, rooting for their daughter on her opening night. >> serious on point, oh my goodness. i hope that's cover girl. >> reporter: some of the menu items pay homage to her family's rich heritage. do you have a signature dish here? >> i grew up eating jamaican johnnycake. >> you brought your family home cooking into the restaurant? >> oh, yeah, absolutely. yeah, whenever i can, i sneak it in there. >> reporter: but now it's time to get down to business. >> it's going to be a fun night. fingers crossed. >> reporter: for the big night. i brought along my mom and my squad of sisters and family. >> cheers. >> cheers. >> reporter: back to help me sample the delicacies. >> so we have our jamaican johnnycake. >> oh, this is the specialty. >> this is the specialty, this is my recipe. >> juicy. >> that middle one is spicy. >> try the cornbrea