on nomination because he was very concerned one that shanahan who had no prior government experience or any experience with foreign policy was perhaps ill equipped to have the number two spot at the pentagon and he was also very concerned that because of shanahan's long career at boeing which is by the way the number two defense contractor here in the united states would have multiple conflicts of interest well of course mr mccain passed away earlier this year but there are many other senators who have shared concerns about mr shanahan and the big question daryn is going to be whether he can be an independent voice an advocate for the needs of the pentagon but also try to restrain some of the president's impulses impulses which notably the former department of state secretary rex tillerson noted he had to convince the president that there were things he wanted to do that frankly were illegal compact rick shanahan to stand up to the president that is something people want to see very very quickly all right charles in jordan thank you well the turkish president spoke with president tru

well there's been a number of stories up published on sunday suggesting that mr shanahan who does not have any prior government experience or any prior involvement in foreign policy per se is seen perhaps as someone who has done a good job of cultivating a relationship with the president that he has echoed the president's concerns about how much the defense department spends on equipment and on personnel which might lead to a reason why the president recently said that after approving the largest defense budget in some decades that he's now calling for a cut in the defense budget but let's also not forget mr shanahan came from boeing which has a very robust relationship with the u.s. government in terms of providing military equipment aircraft and materiel and so while he might be perceived as someone who is in sync with the president's thinking he also comes from a culture that is very much dependent on the defense department for much of its income so whether or not he's going to be a check or whether he's actually going to be someone who just goes along to get along.

the secretary lost that fight and now come new year's eve he is out of a job and what about patrick shanahan the man that is to have to replace joe madison how do we expect him to run the department. well there is concern and there was concern raised when he was first nominated to be the number two at the pentagon because patrick shanahan did not have any actual frontline military experience either as a civilian administrator or as a member of the military.

well one presumes that that will be the case this is patrick shanahan he's a former senior vice president for the boeing corporation another example of somebody in the trumpet ministration who has worked for the industry before working for the government often a government agency that regulates that industry in this case from that buys from that industry so shanahan is somebody we don't know a lot about yet because madison is profile has loomed so large over that agency but the pentagon is apparently satisfied with the move just minutes ago putting out a statement saying the secretary of defense serves at the pleasure of the president the department remains focused on national security meaning in other words that the department will go on doing business as usual and in just the last few minutes since i sat down here the president has tweeted yet again pointing out that he just had a long and productive call with president erdogan of turkey he said we discussed isis our mutual involvement and syria suggesting he has doubled down on his decision to pull u.s. forces out of syria and that of

the secretary lost that fight and now come new year's eve he is out of a job and what about patrick shanahan the man that is to have to replace joe madison how do we expect him to run the department. well there is concern and there was concern raised when he was first nominated to be the number two at the pentagon because patrick shanahan did not have any actual frontline military experience either as a civilian a minute straighter or as a member of the military he didn't have any foreign policy experience but what he did have was a lot of years working at boeing which is the number two defense contractor in the united states the aircraft company not makes not just aircraft but it also makes a lot of other military equipment that can be used during wartime apparently he had been working very closely with mr mattis but he also had made overtures apparently to the president indicating that he shared donald trump's concerns about overspending at the pentagon and so there is some question about whether he will one be able to be that independent willingness to speak to power voice that many in co

and on top of this is on jazeera live from london also coming up patrick shanahan is appointed as donald trump's new defense secretary after james mattis leaves earlier than planned. sudan on rest doctors join protesters on a fifth day of demonstrations that have led to ten deaths. and painting with pride we visit the world's largest outdoor mural in south korea's incheon where locals a challenging the image of the city. and tsunami in indonesia has killed more than two hundred twenty two people and injured more than eight hundred forty others it happened in the sindar straight between the two popular tourist islands of java and sumatra water crashed into land destroying homes hotels and roads the current swept away people and vehicles scientists say the tsunami was triggered by undersea landslides following the eruption of the volcano on a truck a truck a tower the site had been on a watch list because smaller eruptions have been recorded throughout the year and a thomas is near the disaster zone as this report. by the into these important band seventeen western java thanks to an abrupt

defense secretary two months earlier than expected donald trump says deputy defense secretary patrick shanahan will now take a vote on january fest. come to the end of february john hendren has the details. for president donald trump james mattis couldn't leave quickly enough the defense secretary resigned thursday in protest over trump's decision to pull all two thousand u.s. troops out of syria but he wasn't due to leave till late february then came the outcry first on capitol hill we count on him to be there and to stop this president from his worst impulse i think general mattis has put his finger on where the president has views that are very very distinct from the vast majority of republicans and probably democrats alike that and an elected then from american allies themselves when one of this is you please and i very deeply regret the u.s. decision on syria and i would like to pay tribute to general mattis and what he wrote in his resignation that i have witnessed over the last year and a half how reliable general mattis has been that he has a west tries to meaning of what being allies

president has announced his deputy defense secretary patrick shanahan will take over from james mattis on january first resigned on thursday in protest over donald trump's sudden decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria. the protests in sudan have entered a fifth day forcing schools and universities to shut down across the country the protests. triggered by bread price rises doctors have also gone on indefinite strike keeping more pressure on the government. millions of people across the democratic republic of congo should have been voting on sunday to elect a new leader the polls are in place president joseph kabila has been for a week claimed on a fire that destroyed voting machines and. there have been protests over the latest with the election already two years behind schedule and so is in the capital with more on the logistics needed to hold the election those four million people men who are there are in the country now which is a big relief to many people the voting machines that had been recalled from the different province is told are already here technicians are reprogrammi

defense secretary two months earlier than expected donald trump says deputy defense secretary patrick shanahan will now take over on january first james mass as was due to work until the end of february john hendren has the details. for president donald trump james mattis couldn't leave quickly enough the defense secretary resigned thursday in protest over trump's decision to pull all two thousand u.s. troops out of syria but he wasn't due to leave till late february then came the outcry first on capitol hill we count on him to be there and to stop this president from his worst impulse i think general mattis has put his finger on where the president has views that are very very distinct from the vast majority of republicans and probably democrats alike that and on a like that then from american allies themselves when one of the soon please and i very deeply regret the u.s. decision on syria and i would like to pay tribute to general mattis and what he wrote in his resignation that i have witnessed over the last year and a half of how reliable general mattis has been that he has a west tries to

and orange taylor this is al jazeera live from london also coming up patrick shanahan is appointed as donald trump's new defense secretary after james mattis leaves earlier than planned. sudan on rest doctors join protesters on a fifth day of demonstrations that have led to ten decks. and the campaign to free our jazeera journalist mahmoud hussein has now spent two years behind bars in egypt without trial. and heard tsunami in indonesia has killed more than two hundred twenty two people and injured more than eight hundred forty others it happened in the sunda straight between the two popular tourist islands of java and sumatra which crashed into land destroying homes hotels and roads the current swept away people and vehicles scientists say the tsunami was triggered by undersea landslides following the eruption of the volcano and that krakatau the side had been on a watch list because more eruptions have been recorded throughout the year and to thomas's near the disaster zone and has this report. by the into these important than seven western java thanks to an abrupt wind waves from t

well roger shanahan is a research fellow at the lowy institute for international policy he joins us live on skype from sydney rodger we've seen quite the whirlwind of troop withdrawals and now comments potentially in afghanistan to where just seven thousand u.s. soldiers could remain present danny is saying it doesn't change the security situation there but in your mind are afghan troops ready to shoulder all that added responsibility when they're already losing ground to the taliban well i mean this is a question about the timing and the nature of the withdrawal if there is such a thing i think we also have to understand. as far as were the least there's been no directions you. withdraw u.s. forces there are certainly planning options being you need to remember so until we know exactly what kind of downsizing of u.s. forces if it actually is that it's very difficult to argue to what on is a state that's going to have a plan to build it yet again national army. to send afghanistan's borders roger were also saying withdraw from the white house with damascus as departure and he was reporte

president has announced his new defense secretary patrick shanahan will take over from james not just on january first but has resigned on thursday in protest over donald trump's sudden decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria. protests in syria donavan to the fifth day forcing schools and universities to shut down across the country the protests were triggered by bread and fuel price rises and doctors have gone on indefinite strike keeping more pressure on the government. millions of people across the democratic republic of congo should have been voting sunday to elect a new poll to replace president has been for a week then down a fire that destroyed voting machines and ballot papers there have been protests over the latest with the election already two years behind schedule. in the capital with more on the just six needed to holds the election those four million ballot papers meant for the are in the country now which is a big relief to many people the voting machines that had been recalled from the different province is told are already here technicians are reprogramming them n

president has announced his deputy defense secretary patrick shanahan will take over from james not. resigned in protest over donald trump's sudden decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria. protests in sudan have entered a fifth day forcing schools and universities to shut down across the country the protests were triggered by bread and fuel price rises doctors have also gone on indefinite strike keeping more pressure on the government. millions of people across the democratic republic of congo should have been voting on sunday to elect a new leader the pole to replace president has been pushed off for a week blamed on a fire that destroyed voting machines and ballot papers there have been protests over the latest delay with the election already two years behind schedule catherine so is in the capital kinshasa with more on the logistics needed to hold the election. four million people are meant for the our country now which is a big relief to many people the voting machine that had been. holed up in. a technician programming them now working material meant for. the country are in

patrick shanahan is appointed as donald trump's new defense secretary after james mattis leaves earlier than planned. don on rest stop has joined protesters on the fifth day of demonstrations that have led to ten deaths. and the campaign to free under their journalist mahmoud hussein who's now spent two years behind bars in egypt without trial. and i'm peter stone is in doha with all your sport of talk of hotspur through six two in the english premier league better more on the way later this news hour. a tsunami in indonesia has killed more than two hundred twenty two people and injured more than eight hundred forty others it happened in the sundar straight between the two popular tourist islands of java and sumatra water crashed into land destroying homes hotels and roads the currents swept away people and vehicles scientists say the tsunami was triggered by undersea landslides following the eruption of the volcano krakatau aside to being on a watch list because smaller eruptions have been recorded throughout the year under thomas's near the disaster zone and sent this report. a concer

months earlier than expected to present donald trump has named deputy secretary of defense patrick shanahan as the man to succeed mattis what's more on this let's not speak to lawrence korb who's a former assistant secretary of defense and a senior fellow at the center for american progress he's via skype from alexandria in virginia very good to have you with us on al-jazeera again so what do you make of jim matheson leaving his post earlier than expected what's behind this you think well i think you're curious number one resident who is not happy with our writers this resignation letter was march you know for the usual usually people leave they said we don't want to spend more money. than the other is that it would have made matters in georgia florida to take their troops out of syria now not to stand in line drawn probably was going to learn you know would be really you know carry out those orders so patrick shanahan is the incoming defense secretary in an acting position what can you tell us about him well his views you think be better aligned with those of truck. well he is a bowling ex

in some decades that he's now calling for a cut in the defense budget but let's also not forget mr shanahan came from boeing which has a very robust relationship with the u.s. government in terms of providing military equipment aircraft and materiel and so while he might be perceived as someone who is in sync with the president's thinking he also comes from a culture that is very much dependent on the defense department for much of its income so whether or not he's going to be a check or whether he's actually going to be someone who just goes along to get along that is another area of concern back to both republicans and democrats are expressing and what can you tell us about the phone call that president trump held with the turkish president arroyo on. well the president did tweet out that he did have a conversation with the president of turkey that they agreed that there needed to be a very methodical and carefully orchestrated pullout of the u.s. forces some two thousand troops that have been in northeastern syria to fight eisel but the turkish government said that it was very appreciati

patrick shanahan has assumed office is the new u.s. defense secretary replacing james mattis on january the first president trump announced the change in a tweet pushing masses from office two months earlier than planned mattis resigned on thursday of a trump's decision on syria for a judge today headlines outfront next. getting to the heart of the matter how can you be a refugee after a while it borders between five safe countries facing new realities the pain starts from the very beginning of the school year providing context housing is not just about four walls and a roof hear their story and talk to how does iraq. it's been fifteen years since the united states and its allies invaded and occupied iraq millions of refugees and hundreds of thousands of dead later some supporters of the war still believe there's nothing to apologize for in an op from special challenge the u.s. military's former chief spokesman in iraq retired general mark kimmitt. mark kimmitt thanks for joining me up front as brigadier general use as the deputy direc

president has announced the deputy defense secretary patrick shanahan will take over from james mattis on january the first donald trump announced the change in a tweet pushing madis from office two months earlier than planned mattis resigned on thursday over trump's decision to pull u.s. troops out of syria when jordan has more from washington d.c. . there was already a lot of consternation on capitol hill both from democrats and from republicans that jim madison even decided to walk away and leave his post when the resignation was announced on thursday this is not going over well because there is raising a very real concern that the administration may be taking the united states into a place where the u.s. perhaps does not want to be and that national security interests may be jeopardized as a result meanwhile trump says he has discussed the slow and highly coordinated with drawl of u.s. troops from syria with his turkish counterparts trump and wretched tell you berta won agree to prevent a power vacuum in northern syria after the us troops leave well a partial u.s. government shutdo

two months earlier than expected president donald trump has named deputy secretary of defense patrick shanahan as the man to succeed madness and they've been more demonstrations across sudan for a fifth day in a row now many people are angry at the rising cost of food and fuel at least ten people have died since the bodies began on when you say schools and universities are closed in at least five states. now millions of people across the democratic republic of congo were due to vote this sunday in a long delayed presidential election to replace joseph kabila but the election has been delayed by a week now and the vote is b. is due to be held in a week's time one of the most powerful players calling for change is congo's catholic church. has more from st joseph's church in kinshasa. in the democratic republic of congo the catholic church has clout. nearly half of those eighty million people go through its church services like this one in the capital kinshasa with president joseph kabila didn't step down at the end of his second and final constitutional mandate the church stood up journalist joh

patrick shanahan will take over as the new u.s. defense secretary replacing james mattis on january the first president trump announced the change in a tweet pushing masses out of office two months earlier than planned mattis resigned on thursday of the president's decision on syria the u.s. treasury secretary has been speaking with top executives from the country's six biggest banks following major losses on the stock market stephen says the banks confirmed they have enough liquidity to respond to sudden changes in the market wall street saw its worst losses in a decade as investors reacted to the past the government shutdown ongoing trade tensions with china and concerns of slowing economic growth those are the headlines . on counting the cost two thousand and eighty the year the u.s. and china by trade tariff poca gregg's it could be used to everyone and quit opec will review the year that was as new dynamics to shaping the global economy. counting the cost just zero. zero zero. zero. the other he'd live among nothing. more than

president has announced that deputy defense secretary patrick shanahan will take over from james masses on january first donald trump announced the change in a tweet pushing messages from office two months earlier than planned but has resigned on thursday over trump's decision to pull u.s. troops out of syria meanwhile says he's discussed the slow and highly coordinated withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria with his turkish counterpart tweeted that russia has about to eradicate what's left of iceland syria has begun sending its army to the syrian border to words as journalists are back in court in myanmar to appeal against a jail term hundred down in september while onan choice so who were given seven years behind bars for breaking the official secrets act they've been investigating the killing of ten range of muslims in rakhine state their lawyers say the pair was set up their convictions have been globally condemned with their trial regarded as a sham un observers have arrived in yemen's port city of her data to monitor a cease fire deal between the saudi backed government and the rebe

president has announced that deputy defense secretary patrick shanahan will take over from james madison on january the first donald trump announced the change in a tweet pushing matters from office two months earlier than planned modest resigns on thursday over trump's decision to pull u.s. troops out of syria meanwhile trump says he's discussed the slow and highly coordinated withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria with his turkish counterparts trump and. agreed to prevent a power vacuum in northern syria after u.s. troops leave ankara has been begun sending armies sending its army rather to the syrian border sudanese police have fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of anti-government protesters who blocked a road in the capital hard to him the protesters gathered in the center of the city after a soccer match several cities are under emergency rule as protesters demand a change of government millions of people across the democratic republic of congo's should have been voting this sunday to elect a new leader the poll to replace president joseph kabila has been put off for a week blamed on

president's foreign policy of withdrawing troops from syria the deputy secretary of defense patrick shanahan is now due to assume the role at the start of twenty nineteen. sudanese police are reportedly fired tear gas to disperse protesters thousands of taking to the streets across the country on the fifth consecutive day of demonstrations rising food and fuel prices the country's doctors say they'll go on an indefinite strike. papers for the democratic republic of congo's long awaited presidential election arrives in the capital kinshasa up to four million papers were due by saturday to replace those destroyed by a fire last week the base also damaged more than eight thousand voting machines the presidential poll which was origination year old for sunday has been pushed back by a week. it's been two years since al jazeera journalist mahmud hussein was arrested and detained in egypt without being charged with a crime his imprisonment has been repeatedly extended despite international calls for his immediate release there's the top stories do stay with us next up it's talk to al-jazeera of mo

does that worry you now that james not is says out and you have an ax and secretary of defense patrick shanahan i mean how is this a transition periods going to affect. hotspots in the middle east where the u.s. is involved in like iraq. i don't think it really well there's an entire u.s. command central command in tampa that is devoted to paying attention in the middle east there are literally thousands of people there working on middle east issues every day there is going to be considerable continuity douglas ollivant we thank you for speaking to us on al-jazeera thanks very much.

shanahan is a research fellow at the lao institute for international policy he joins us now live via skype from sydney good to have you with us what's up what's the prime minister up to here does this announcement have any significance whatsoever no not really it's talking about moving the embassy after the final status agreements which is always. the case restraint policy that hasn't changed and he said it straight recognizes west jerusalem as the capital of israel on the hustings in a byelection he not to be talked about recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel so he's backed back significantly from what he said at a by election several months ago after cooler heads had not changed to actually look at the implications of his thoughts so what was what was the point in the.

shanahan is a research fellow at the la institute for international policy joins us now live via skype from sydney good to have you with us what's up what's the prime minister up to it does this announcement have any significance whatsoever no not really it's talking about moving the embassy after the final status agreements which is always. the case for restraint policy that hasn't changed and he said it straight recognizes west jerusalem as a capital of israel on the hustings in a by election year not to be talked about recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel so he's back back significantly from what he said at a by election several months ago. cooler heads have not changed to actually look at the implications of his thoughts so what was what was the point in doing all of this in the first place. well very good question he's a new prime minister. a few months before a general election during a by election in sydney you know traditionally conservatives say that are being held by the government for decades that is unusual in that it's got. the largest or second largest jewish po

president's foreign policy of withdrawing troops from syria the deputy secretary of defense patrick shanahan is now due to assume the role at the start of twenty nineteen. sudanese police have fired tear gas as hundreds of protesters gathered in khartoum following a football match comes after thousands took to the streets across the country on the fifth consecutive day of demonstrations of the rising food and fuel prices. ballot papers for the democratic republic of congo's long awaited presidential election arrived in the capital kinshasa up to four million papers would you by saturday to replace those destroyed by a fire last week the blaze also damaged more than eight thousand voting machines the presidential poll which was originally scheduled for sunday has been pushed back by a week. it's been two years since i was there a journalist was hussein was arrested and detained in egypt without being charged with a crime is imprisonment has been repeatedly extended despite international calls for his immediate release there's a top stories do stay with us next stop it's witness thanks very mu

does that worry you now that james madison is out and you have an ax and secretary of defense patrick shanahan i mean how is this transition periods going to affect. hot spots in the middle east where the us is involved in like iraq i don't think it really well there's an entire us command central command in tampa that is devoted to paying attention in the middle east there are literally thousands of people there working on middle east issues every day there's going to be considerable continuity douglas ollivant we thank you for speaking to us on al-jazeera. thanks very much russell says there are strikes by israel in syria and danger to passenger planes moscow's syrian air defenses destroyed fourteen of the sixteen israeli missiles syrian state media reports several missiles were shot down your damascus before they could hit their targets and israeli security officials confirm the airstrikes the associated press saying they hit iranian storage on logistic targets being used to transfer weapons to hezbollah. and it will be highly emotionally we are not prepared to accept the iranian military e

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ones which can no longer be used the us president has announced that deputy defense secretary patrick shanahan or take over from james mattis on january the first donald trump announced a change in a tweet pushing matters from office two months earlier than planned masses resigned on thursday over trump's decision to pull u.s. troops out of syria and just about an hour ago donald trump tweeted about that withdrawal saying president of one of turkey has very strongly informed me that he will eradicate whatever is left of isis in syria and he is a man who can do it plus turkey is right next door our troops are coming home to reuters journalists about to appeal against a jail term handed down in september while. given seven years behind bars for breaking the official secrets act they've been investigating the killing of ten range of muslims in iraq state their lawyers say the pair was set up their convictions have been globally condemned with their trial regarded as a shadow. sudanese police have fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of anti-government protesters who blocked a road in the capital k

and now the president is pushing maddest out two months earlier than expected tweeted that patrick shanahan will become acting defense secretary on january first it signals an acrimonious and to trump the mattresses relationship especially u.s. envoy to the anti eisel coalition brett mcgurk also resigned in protest against bringing the troops home. so the turmoil in the white house and fears about parts of the u.s. government being shut down are weighing on the world stock markets and fact the dow jones industrial has lost another true percent after opening on wall street not long ago several u.s. departments don't have any many top rate because of a deadlock in the senate over funding president trump's mexico border wall he's demanding more money be released to build it little rivals in the democratic party refusing to allow that the shutdown is likely to drag on until early january so the u.s. treasury secretary has been on the phone with the bosses of america's six largest banks checking that all of them have enough cash to see out a period of market turmoil they told him they do stephen

president trump says mr edwin informed him he will eradicate whatever is left of isis in syria and patrick shanahan will assume office is the new u.s. defense secretary replacing james mattis on january the first president trump announced a change in the tweet pushing matters from office two months earlier than planned inside stories next. on counting the cost two thousand and eighty the year the u.s. china trade tariff gregg's it used to everyone quit opec will review the year that was new dynamics shaping the global economy. counting on the. world headlines for weeks but almost three months on the west still waiting for answers who killed him at the consulate in istanbul and who gave the order as the prime suspect. got away with murder this is inside story. hello there and a warm welcome to the program i'm laura carlisle the mother of saudi jamal khashoggi shocked the world and drew international outrage while they just demanded answers from the saudi kingdom with turkey leading the calls president wants eighteen saudi suspects extradited to istanbul to stand trial and says he is determined to fi

he will be replaced by his deputy, patrick shanahan, on january 1. and elon musk‘s spacex company has launched a fork and nine rocket into orbit. it took up an ultra precise navigation satellite for the us air force which could eventually improve domestic gps as well. now on bbc news, the summer's world cup in russia saw england make a memorablejourney to the semi—finals. the bbc‘s 0lly foster was there and reports on the highs

patrick sha na han is patrick shanahan is a former bowling businessman. —— boeing. he has a very different background to general james mattis, who was a general in the us marine corps, and was called mad dog mattis at one stage. so it will be a very different person who ta kes will be a very different person who takes up this acting post, and the president has not said how long he will be acting in that role for. but we believe there will be some continuity, because he was working below continuity, because he was working beloinm mattis. you get the sense that president trump wants to appoint somebody who, first of all, he believes in, but secondly, will listen to him on key issues. it is clear that the president is following this isolationist policies as opposed to some of the thingsjim mattis was very clear about in his resignation letter. for example, jim mattis is concerned allies are not being kept on board, relationships are not being maintained in the way they should eat. he believes very strongly, but frankly there should bea strongly, but frankly there shoul

he will be replaced by his deputy, patrick shanahan, on january first. billionaire elon musk‘s space—x company has launched a falcon 9 rocket into orbit. the craft took up a new ultra—precise navigation satellite for the us air force, which could eventually improve domestic gps systems, too. now on bbc news, it's time for dateline london, where our panel take a look back at the big global stories

patrick shanahan will take over from generaljames mattis, who resigned on friday. jeanette kwachi has all the sport. we've had the seasons highest scoring premier league match this afternoon. tottenham are nowjust two points behind second place manchester city with spurs completing a comprehensive 6—2 win over everton at goodison park. mauricio pochettino's side ran everton ragged and tottenham and are nowjust two points behind second place manchester city. harry kane scored twice as did son heung min, while dele alli abnd christian eriksen added the other two. very pleased, i think the performance was fantastic. difficult to talk to much. i'm very proud of all my players. they deserve all the credit. that performance after playing on wednesday, i think was to show that quality was fantastic. we scored one goal first. we scored the second goal first. the referee didn't give it. i don't know why. and afterwards, the game wasn't finished. we have to keep our organisation, keep strong. after the mistake at 1—1 they were stronger than us, faster. it is something we

he will be replaced by his deputy, patrick shanahan, on january the first. police in britain have released without charge a 47—year—old man and a 54—year—old woman who were questioned in connection with the drone disruption at gatwick airport. they're no longer considered suspects. separately, police say they've found a damaged drone, which forensic experts are examining. the uk is being inundated with fake designer goods on a scale never seen before, that's according to the trade body,

president trump has promoted the deputy us defence secretary patrick shanahan to replace his boss james mattis on an acting basis. general mattis announced his resignation last week after the president's decision to withdraw american forces from syria. he had said he would stay in his post until the end of february, but mr trump has announced that mr shanahan would take the job from the new year. the uk is being inundated with fake designer goods on a scale never seen before — that's according to the trade body, that's according to the trade body the anti—counterfeiting group. an undercover investigation by the bbc has discovered vast quantities of fake or replica clothing, trainers, perfumes and electrical goods being sold from living rooms, car parks even high street shops across the uk. trading standards says it is linked to serious organised crime and is costing the treasury millions in unpaid taxes every year. our special correspondent colin campbell has the story. black market britain is booming. we've got two left. they're fake, are they? everything's fake, mate. i'm in manch

president trump has promoted the deputy us defence secretary, patrick shanahan, to replace his boss, james mattis, on an acting basis. general mattis announced his resignation last week after the president's decision to withdraw american forces from syria. he had said he would stay in his post until the end of february but mr trump's announced that mr shanahan would take the job from the new year. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come: singing announcing the arrival of christmas at prague's main train station. the world of music has been paying tribute to george michael, who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums over a career spanning over three decades. the united states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon said that it's failed in its principle objective to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but t

president trump has promoted the deputy us defence secretary, patrick shanahan, to replace his boss, james mattis, on an acting basis. general mattis announced his resignation last week, after the president's decision to withdraw american forces from syria. he had said he would stay in his post until the end of february, but mr trump's announced that mr shanahan would take the job from the new year. the uk is being inundated with fake designer goods on a scale never seen before, that's according to the trade body, the anti—counterfeiting group. an undercover investigation by the bbc has discovered vast quantities of fake or replica clothing, trainers, perfumes and electrical goods are being sold from living rooms, car parks even high street shops across the uk. trading standards says it is linked to serious organised crime and is costing the treasury millions in unpaid taxes every year. our special correspondent colin campbell has the story. it's christmas and black market britain is booming. we've got two left. they're a fake, are they? everything's fake, mate. i'm in manchester,

he will be replaced by his deputy, patrick shanahan, on january the first. police in britain have released without charge a 47—year—old man and a 54—year—old woman who were questioned in connection with the drone disruption at gatwick airport. they're no longer considered suspects. separately, police say they've found a damaged drone, which forensic experts are examining. the uk is being inundated with fake designer goods on a scale never seen before, that's according to the trade body, the anti—counterfeiting group. an undercover investigation by the bbc has discovered vast quantities of fake replica clothing, trainers, perfumes and electrical goods are being sold from living rooms, car parks even high street shops across the uk. trading standards says it is linked to serious organised crime and is costing the treasury millions in unpaid taxes every year. our special correspondent colin campbell has the story. it's christmas and black market britain is booming. we've got two left. they're a fake, though, yeah? everything's fake, mate. i'm in manch

. —— general mattis was pierced to be replaced by his deputy, patrick shanahan, on the first of january. a court in pakistan is inspected to rule shortly noor ‘s sharif. he was indicted on holding sources —— assets beyond is known sources of income in 2017. now it's time for one of our highlights of the year —

he will be replaced by his deputy, patrick shanahan, on january first. billionaire elon musk‘s space—x company has launched a falcon 9 rocket into orbit. the craft took up a new ultra—precise navigation satellite for the us air force, which could eventually improve domestic gps systems, too. now on bbc news, it's time for dateline london, where our panel take a look back at the big global stories of the past 12 months. hello. welcome to dateline. for the last two programmes of the year, we're in a seasonally reflective mood. next weekend, we'll look forward to what 2019 may bring. today, though, a reminder of the things we've loved and loathed about 2018. if there's a theme, it's leadership and why it's been lacking. with me to discuss the year almost gone, the usjournalist stephanie baker from bloomberg news, suzanne lynch, washington correspondent for the irish times, back from the us capital, marc roche, belgian—born british resident writing for france's le point, and the uk political commentator steve richards. a warm welcome to you all. than

. —— general mattis was pierced to be replaced by his deputy, patrick shanahan, on the first of january. a court in pakistan is inspected to rule shortly noor ‘s sharif. he was indicted on holding sources —— assets beyond is known sources of income in 2017. now it's time for one of our highlights of the year — a special programme about the unique choir who played their part in celebrating the royal wedding of harry and meghan. trish adudu presents the royal wedding singalong. the marriage between harry and meghan has put smiles on faces all over the world and inspired gospel singer sandra godley to come up with an idea to find volunteer singers to form an amateur choir and record a charity single as a wedding gift to the happy couple. but it's no ordinary choir. all her singers are facing up to physical or mental difficulties in their lives. # if you need me, call me... and the age of four, i was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. the doctors said i wouldn't live to see 16. we looked for people with all sorts of abilities and backgrounds and, boy, have we got them. for sandra an

president trump has announced that the deputy secretary of defence, patrick shanahan, will replace his former boss, jim mattis on an acting basis from january—the—first. when general mattis resigned last week he said he would stay in office until february. mr trump did not explain why his departure had been brought forward, but he has reacted angrily to the criticism provoked by his change of policy in the war against the islamic state group. when donald trump announced that he was withdrawing us troops from syria and afghanistan, it caused grave concern amongst some allies. there are fears the president's decision may have a negative impact in the fight against the so—called islamic state — and militants in afghanistan. the bbc‘s martha kearney has been to kabul — where she spent time with british forces, who may now have to work without us help. british helicopters over a military base in kabul, but how much longer can they rely on us allies, after reports that 7,000 american soldiers are to be sent home in the coming weeks? especially since it seems that security is wors

president trump has announced that the us deputy secretary of defence, patrick shanahan, will replace his former boss, jim mattis, onjanuary the 1st. general mattis resigned last week over mr trump's plans to withdraw us troops from syria. the french president, emmanuel macron, has criticised mr trump's decision to pull out us troops, saying an ally should be dependable. speaking after visiting european troops in chad, mr macron said he deeply regretted the move and paid tribute to general mattis. other us allies have also voiced their concern. two people arrested in connection with flying drones at gatwick airport in the uk have been released without charge. and now on bbc news: our world, a tale of two swedens. music sweden. for decades, people have been coming here to try to learn the secrets of this country's multiple success stories. in openness and transparency, innovation and new technologies. in healthcare, welfare, and gender equality. but lately, there has been a growing chorus of sweden's sceptics. you look at what's happening last night in sweden... sweden. malmo is now th

a new face at the pentagon — patrick shanahan will be acting us defence secretary from january, after president trump brings forward the departure ofjim mattis. and in the premier league, tottenham brush aside everton 6—2 at goodison park, moving them two points behind second—placed manchester city. hello and welcome to world news today.

president trump has announced that the deputy secretary of defence, patrick shanahan, will replace his former boss, jim mattis on an acting basis from january 1st. general mattis resigned last week over mr trump's plans to withdraw us troops from syria, but had said he would stay in office until february. mr trump did not explain why his departure had been brought forward, but he has reacted angrily to the criticism provoked by his change of policy in the war against the islamic state group. the uk is being inundated with fake designer goods on a scale never seen before, according to the trade body, the anti—counterfeiting group. an undercover investigation by the bbc has discovered vast quantities of fake, replica clothing, trainers, perfumes and electrical goods being sold from living rooms, car parks and even high street shops across the uk. trading standards says there's a link to serious organised crime and the treasury is losing millions in unpaid taxes every year. our special correspondent colin campbell has the story. it's christmas and black market britain is booming. i'm in

president trump has announced that the us deputy secretary of defence, patrick shanahan, will replace his former boss, jim mattis, onjanuary 1. general mattis resigned last week over mr trump's plans to withdraw us troops from syria. the french president, emmanuel macron, has criticised mr trump's decision to pull out us troops, saying an ally should be dependable. speaking after visiting european troops in chad, mr macron said he deeply regretted the move. two people arrested in connection with flying drones at gatwick airport in the uk have been released without charge. flights were suspended for more than 36 hours when a device was first spotted close to the runway on wednesday night. now on bbc news, the first of our special programmes looking back at 2018. and it's a year in which britain's farmers have faced unusual weather and tough conditions. our correspondent danny savage takes a look at a challenging 12 months for the countryside in review 2018: the rural year. it was the year which had a summer to remember, long hot days basking in glorious sunshine. long before that came

he will be replaced by his deputy, patrick shanahan, on january 1. and elon musk‘s spacex company has launched a fork and nine rocket into orbit. it took up an ultra precise navigation satellite for the us air force which could eventually improve domestic gps as well. now on bbc news, the summer's world cup in russia saw england make a memorablejourney to the semi—finals. the bbc‘s olly foster was there and reports on the highs and lows of the tournament in review 2018: football fever. france, champions of the football world! this is the stuff of brilliance. absolutely extraordinary! he has only gone and done it! blast in by musa! coutinho! 0h! modric. great goal! oh, it's a scorcher! saved by pickford. dier does it! world cup '18 has exploded with surprises. a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. that was churchill's russia 80 years ago. vast, impenetrable. what of russia in 2018? a country criticised for its human rights within its borders, and strained political and sporting relations around the globe. entrusted with the 21st fifa w