to fight the stigma vitale has come up with an unusual idea. he wants to confront people with his illness by publicly outing himself as h. he posted. a used. up post this huge stigma surrounding a hiv positive people in russia accounts from fear and now it's hard many still think that we can be transmitted by breathing the same air that h.l.v. people should just be rounded up denounced and sense away. to the mood to mars for us to just disappear out of view it's very hurtful when it. became. vitale wants to start his campaign in his home town your criterion boruc he knows it could be dangerous his aim is to break down the barrier as it has existed between him and the build around him since he got his diagnosis. he's black artery it's i'm pose it if. me if you're not afraid. you're really not scared you know i'm a doctor with all the best to love me what shall we hark differently if you're not scared. why should i be thank you so much god simply give me your postings of course for north and see if a few more people hug me and i'm just going to c

to fight the stigma vitale has come up with an unusual idea. he wants to confront people with his illness by publicly outing himself as h. positive. a used. this huge stigma surrounding a hiv positive people in russia comes from fear when it's hard many still think that h.l.v. can be transmitted by breathing the same air that h.l.v. people should just be rounded up denounced and sense a way. to the mood or to mars for us to just disappear out of view it's very hard for us and it. became. vitale wants to start his campaign in his home town here in burke. knows it could be dangerous he's aim is to break down the barrier that has existed between him and the belt around him since he got his diagnosis. is blocked artery needs i'm i.v. pose itif hug me if you're not afraid. you're really not scared no i'm a doctor with all the best i love you what shall we hark if only if you're not scared. why should i be thank you so much gets into it with both hands of course the north and if a few more people hug me then i'm just going to cry i'm overwhelmed. thi

and then he says i don't believe she should be blamed for anything ms vital really . you got there in paris to your people who knows all there there was no under says there was a look there was no rule broken because for instance the the government or those who are responsible for it they didn't have any any. periods in which the money has to be paid back yeah this means we acted in a way it's totally legal what we did and we paid some money back so if you're looking to other parties that we now have. a head in in the bundestag mr scheuer who had was deeply involved in such fundings with mr cole. we it didn't happen to the to the f.t. if another party had done what you have done this time you did it you would be screaming or from the rooftops now notice or lynn you would be certainly not on the roof if they would have acted in our way then we wouldn't have three bitter scream from the rooftops look at freedom let's let's look at another part of your program freedom of worship the pledges its unconditional support to the freedom of faith worship and conscious unconditi

i think it is vital to understand cross—party working —— i think it is vital to understand cross-party working -- yes, we were talking cross—party. cross—party is necessary here. some would argue we have to see how this develops as the day goes on, but it is clear parliament does not have confidence in this prime minister. is it dead, she wouldn't have pulled her vote. it is clear her own party don't have confidence in her —— is it did she wouldn't have pulled the vote. it is important not to make this just about the infighting in the tory party. david cameron's referendum and their infighting is what has brought us to where we are now and mps from all parties need to work in the interest of these islands to protect jobs and the interest of these islands to protectjobs and local the interest of these islands to protect jobs and local standards the interest of these islands to protectjobs and local standards and bring us back from the brink. thank you. let's speak to our assistant political editor norman smith who is in westminsterfor us. are you in downing street? oh, no, there

and then he says i don't believe she should be blamed for anything ms vital really. you got there in paris to your people who knows all there there was no under suspicion was look there was no rule broken because for instance the the government or those who are responsible for it they didn't have any any. periods in which the money has to be paid back yeah this means we acted in a way it's totally legal what we did and we paid some money back so if you're looking to other parties that we now have. a head in in the bundestag mr sharp who had was deeply involved in such fundings with mr cole. we it didn't happen to the to the f another party had done what you have done this time you did it you would be screaming or from the rooftops now not certainly no you would be certainly in on the route if they would have acted in our way then we wouldn't have creepy to scream from the rooftops look at freedom let's let's look at another part of your program freedom of worship area fifty pledges its unconditional support to the freedom of faith worship and conscious unconditional.

and then he says i don't believe she should be blamed for anything ms vital really. you got there in paris to your people who knows all there there was no under says there was a look there was no rule broken because for instance the the government or those who are responsible for it they didn't have any any. periods in which the money has to be paid back yeah this means we acted in a way it's totally legal what we did and we paid some money back so if you're looking to other parties that we now have. a head in in the bundestag mr scheuer who had was deeply involved in such fundings with mr cole. we it didn't happen to the to the f another party had done what you have done this time you did it you would be screen or from the rooftops now knobs are linen you would be certainly not on the roof if they would have acted in our way then we wouldn't have three beautiful scream from the rooftops look at freedom let's let's look at another part of your program freedom of worship the pledges its unconditional support to the freedom of faith worship and conscious unconditional.

and then he says i don't believe she should be blamed for anything ms vital really. you got there in paris to your people who knows all there there was no under says there was a look there was no rule broken because for instance the the government or those who are responsible for it they didn't have any any. periods in which the money has to be paid back yeah this means we acted in a way it's totally legal what we did and we paid some money back so if you're looking to other parties that we now have. a head in in the bundestag mr scheuer who have was deeply involved in such fundings with mr cole. we it didn't happen to the to the f.t. if another party had done what you have done this time you did it you would be screaming or from the rooftops now nobs or lynn you would be certainly not on the roof if they would have acted in our way then we wouldn't have three bitter scream from the rooftops look at freedom let's let's look at another part of your program freedom of worship the pledges its unconditional support to the freedom of faith worship and consulates unconditi

the government says french cooperation is vital. we want to make sure we continue to work with the french so that people are prevented from leaving beaches in northern france, to make sure we are providing joint operations in terms of intelligence and policing. the numbers are minuscule compared to the millions who cross the mediterranean. —— who tried to cross the mediterranean three years ago. the numbers are rising, up to more than 220 who have made the crossing since the beginning of november alone. so why the sudden surge? in the autumn, french police intensified efforts to clear migrant camps around dunkirk and calais, leaving large numbers of people looking for ways to leave france. secret filming by the bbc a few weeks ago revealed that people smugglers have now become increasingly organised in helping migrants cross the channel. translation: a boat will cost you three or £4,000. it's border force vessels like this one that have to intercept them. there is only one on active patrol here at the moment, and some say there

saying something i don't know you're saying you were saying this is why don't you said michelle is vital and then you are going to have a totally different post and you are trying to make a connection to alice white by that and this is wrong tell me maybe ellis vital has said something in the parliament i know exactly the situation is that headscarf girls young college something cops to have made him a lesson she said and she said it really said it in the parliament and she must say i was never and and i was not happy with that yeah but on the other hand sometimes you have also to make very sharp statements just to describe what is going on where you happy when your leader alexander garland said about a black member of germany's national football team jerome boateng that he might be appreciated for his role on the pitch but people wouldn't want to someone like him as a neighbor were you happy with that no i was not happy with that because i think it's nonsense what was said and i. i don't know why liberals mr garner since your leaders to invent i mean in that case he talk nonsense becaus

for you but if you're talking about the rhetoric and the migrant rhetoric one of your leaders alice vital yeah described girls who wore headscarves as useless she was formally censured by the parliament for doing this andrew event member of parliament saxony inquired about the cost for the state of sterilizing unaccompanied refugee minors think about it you talk about your christmas and her you don't forcibly sterilizing children what you are doing this is really unfair you are saying something i don't know you're saying you're sailing for alice if i don't know said alice vital and then you are going to have a totally different post and you are trying to make a connection to alice why did by that and this is wrong tell me maybe alice vital has said something in the parliament i know exactly the situation is that headscarf girls young college something cop told me alexander said and she said it really said it in the parliament and she said i was never and and i was not happy with that yeah but on the other hand sometimes you have also to make very sharp statements just to to describe what

the government says french cooperation is vital. we want to make sure we continue to work with the french so that people are prevented from leaving beaches in northern france, to make sure we are providing joint operations in terms of intelligence and policing. the number of migrants heading here is minuscule compared to the millions who cross the mediterranean. but the numbers are rising, up to more than 220 who have made the crossing since the beginning of november alone. so, why the sudden surge? in the autumn, french police intensified efforts to clear migrant camps around dunkirk and calais, leaving large numbers of people looking for ways to leave france. secret filming by the bbc a few weeks ago revealed that people smugglers have now become increasingly organised in helping migrants cross the channel. translation: a boat will cost you £3“4,000. and when they do, it's border force vessels like this one that have to intercept them. there is only one on active patrol here at the moment, and some say there should be more. the

the government says french cooperation is vital. what we want to make sure is that we continue to work with the french, so that people are prevented from leaving beaches in northern france, to make sure that we are providing joint operations, both in terms of intelligence and policing. the number of migrants heading for these shores is minuscule compared to the million or so who tried to cross the mediterranean three years ago. but the figure is rising — up from about a dozen or so who successfully crossed the channel last year to more than 220 who have made the crossing since the beginning of november alone. so why the sudden surge? in the autumn, french police intensified efforts to clear migrant camps around dunkirk and calais, leaving large numbers of people looking for ways to leave france. secret filming by the bbc a few weeks ago revealed that people smugglers have now become increasingly organised in helping migrants cross the channel. translation: a boat, it will cost you £3,000—4,000. it is border force vessels like t

the vital question we have to ask is, can this destctive prococs be reversed? [indiststinct announcncements] 15 years ago, chinese and internanational experts wwere confident it could b be. they decided that to prevent further erosion, it was necessary to cease farming on certain key areas to allow the treeees and shrubs to grow back. but this could not happen without the consent of the farmers themselves. >> [speaking in chininese] >> they took some persuading. what eventually convivinced the local people was the assurance that they would have tenure of their land, that they would directly benefit from the effort they invested in the new project. >> [speaking in chinese] the goal was to give a hat to the hilltops, give a belt to the hills, as well as shoes at the base. the hatat meant thatat the top of these hills had to be replanted with trees. the belt meant ththat terraces had to be built to be used for crop planting, and also for trees. the shoes were the dams which we had to build so that the hills could grow back to life, and our economy, as well as ouou

subsequent visit to the consultations themselves in sweden from wednesday night to sendai for those vital last twenty four hours where i am to be instrumental in making their payments and that three i'm most grateful for his leadership mr president what we achieve exactly firstly. three forget both parties turned up on time. the government had done before but this one hour drive by the delegation from southern this was no small achievement given what we've got before many people and governments can claim credit for that every thank them but i'm grateful so to the two delegations for arriving. ready to work and sweden consisted of a day's hard work meetings with punctual the parties labored daily on texts as well as on principles what began as meeting with the formal nature became over time through engagements between people from both sides who know each other and who seek agreement over difference i wouldn't want to overstate the level of confidence reached between the two sides of this first encounter but they did business together and almost always in good spirit but then more than mere

the vital question we have to ask isis, can this destctive prococs be reversed? [indiststinct announcncements] 15 years ago, chinese and internanational experts wwere confident it could b be. they decided that to prevent further erosion, it was necessary to cease farming on certain key areas to allow the treeees and shrubs to grow back. but this could not happen without the consent of the farmers themselves. >> [speaking in chininese] >> they took some persuading. what eventually convivinced the local people was the assurance that they would have tenure of their land, that they would directly benefit from the effort they invested in the new project. >> [speaking in chinese] the goal was to give a hat to the hilltops, give a belt to the hills, as well as shoes at the base. the hatat meant thatat the top of these hills had to be replanted with trees. the belt meant ththat terraces had to be built to be used for crop planting, and also for trees. the shoes were the dams which we had to build so that the hills could grow back to life, and our economy, as well as ouou

pulling out to give peace a chance yemen's hoofy rebels hand over control of the vital port of who data. hello and welcome i'm peter w. watching al-jazeera live from my headquarters here in doha also coming up russia and turkey agreed to step up cooperation in syria as u.s. forces prepare to leave. president claims big progress in efforts to scale back the year long trade war with china after a call with the chinese president xi jinping. a call for calm by the catholic church after a violent run up to the long delayed vote in the democratic republic of congo. the rebels have handed over control of the vital lifeline port of who data to government forces the transfer as part of a peace deal reached in sweden earlier this month aimed at ending almost four years of war which has caused a humanitarian disaster hoofy and saudi backed forces have also agreed to open up aid corridors here's paul to judge them. this moment is what tens of thousands of yemenis have been wanting for years a chance to end the street to street fighting aerial bombardments diseases like of clean water and food insec

yemen's who's the rebels and control of the vital ports of her day to the navy and coast guard on the u.n. supervision. and to please the peace on the eve of the democratic republic of congo's controversial and long delayed election. welcome to the program we do begin with a breaking news story this hour has been another attack in egypt's north sinai region five members of the egyptian security forces this includes an officer of been killed in an explosion targeting the car that they were traveling in now they say happened in the city of which is the capital of north sinai so those are the details we have at the moment five members of the security forces have been killed and of course we'll bring you more details as they come into wass but of course this comes off to egyptian security forces announced that they had killed forty people jaring grades in the sinai peninsula and great a coyote area egypt's government says the dead were terrorists who were preparing attacks on government and tourism facilities as well as christian churches a statement came hours after a bomb targeted a tou

it is still that vital leader of the world, the vital partner on serious levels. just because the president tweets something unbelievably offensive about one of our allies, hopefully what happens is those countries recognize the relationship is about more than that and within the trump administration, there are a lot of people doing the opposite. this is a mixed-signal problem. i don't think there's ever been an administration with this kind of schizophrenia, one tweet one day, actually no, we didn't mean that the next. but at least there is that other. as lease there is that the permit of defense and others trying to mend those faces in trying to show a different face. maybe it is a mad scientist strategy, trump scares them and everybody else tries to make them feel better. i don't think that is the case and we would be better off if our president occasionally struck a more conciliatory tone towards our allies and potential allies for that matter. it is a problem. america is about more than who happens to be president at the moment. there is a problem but i have

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you're with al-jazeera also coming up on the program yemen's hoofy rebels start handing control of the vital port of her data to the navy and coast guard under u.n. supervision. egypt says it security forces have killed forty people they are calling terrorists following the attack on a tourist bus in giza. and russia fences off crimea causing off the peninsular alec's from the rest of ukraine. welcome to the program our top story turkey has sent dozens more tanks to itself in border with syria in preparation for a possible attack on kurdish y.p. g. forces who ankara calls terrorists at least fifty tanks arrived at a command post in a province in turkey it comes a day off to kurdish forces the syrian army to enter beach to protect the city from a turkish attack the syrian army says it did so on friday but both the u.s. and turkey say there's no evidence to support this claim just over a week ago u.s. president donald trump announced that the u.s. will withdraw its troops from syria meanwhile russia and turkey have agreed to coordinate with each other in northern syria off the withdrawal of u.

medical workers and volunteers who are at work today, and now we can speak to somebody else running a vital service at christmas time — ferry captain alice duncan. good morning, very happy christmas. tell us about your working day today. what have you got to do? good

what are the vital interests of each country and whether it's possible to compromise between the vital interests between these vital interests? and in a sense ukraine is a good example. obviously there is a disagreement, major, vital disagreement, between powers. so we have also to go back to this notion of conservative nation that is we could get rid of because of the cold war, because of the western triumph, but unfortunately we'll be obliged to do it. jonathan: maybe on the far a left about five rows back. >> thank you. kelly jane, up until four days ago from "the weekly standard." victoria: foreign policy a hiring i hear. >> i'll have to chat with you. mr. patrick, you mentioned in passing about how the migrant agreement, for example, was nonbinding. and of course the paris agreement was also nonbinding. we hear a lot of the importance of these multilateral agreements like the paris accord on climate change, but can such agreements really be effective if they are nonbinding as it often seems they are? stewart: that's a very good question. i think that for some of them the proof rem

why is it the vital pivot? the german position on the western front is supplied by his major railway. his one railway here conveys over half of all the men and material on the german side. with it, they can move five divisions every 24 hours anywhere they want. without it, they can move less than one division every 24 hours, and all of this required provisions and everything else, so it is crucial. the allies knew it. the thing is this great bulge of german occupied france and elgium narrows temptingly here above are done -- above verdun, so the allies knew if they could attack there, they could make it untenable for them to remain in france and belgium. the french had tried. they lost this ground in 1914. they tried in 1915. they tried in 1916 during the battle of verdun, and i had really heavy casualties trying to take it, so eventually, they give up, realizing the germans have carved this terrain and some really horrible defensive positions and the human cost is too high. they continue to push, but the erman

a vital entry point for humanitarian aid needed by indians yemeni. a u.n. climate change conference in poland looks set to be extended into the weekend as the go see it has remained deadlocked on key issues delegates from almost two hundred countries to agree on a room before implementing the two thousand and fifteen pounds trying to board they have clashed on financing and the creation of an international market for carbon credits. in the europa league german side i'm shocked frankfurt finished the group stage with a perfect record frank would be. two one in rome to become the first been to stick a team to an old six games in the europa league group stage but the match was overshadowed by fan violence inside and outside the stadium five frankfurt fans were arrested. just like frankfurt by leave a cruise and also top their group thanks to a five one win against naca domini cost scored twice to leave

his government is investigating the attack and trying to reassure it struggling tourism industry a vital full foreign currency revenue the country remains safe to visit. the vietnamese tourists were on their way to a light and sound show at the pyramids of giza instead they were struck by a deadly blast three of the fourteen tourists on the bus were reported killed another eleven were injured including the driver the group's egyptian guide was also killed. i was in a minibus returning from work and we heard a big noise and thought a car had fallen off the bridge. after that we saw people and taxi drivers running in saying that a bus was hit. with security forces descending on the smashed bus investigators from the scene said the bomb was an improvised device hidden next to a wall along the road which went off as the bus drove by egyptian officials noted the bus had deviated from a more secure route a claim the driver denied in local media the tourism industry vital for the country's economy has been struggling to recover from years of high profile terrorist attacks that have scared off i

the government says french cooperation is vital. what we want to make sure is that we continue to work with the french so that people are prevented from leaving beaches in northern france, to make sure that we are providing joint operations both in terms of intelligence and policing. the number of migrants heading for these shores is minuscule compared to the million or so who tried to cross the mediterranean three years ago. but the figure is rising — up from about a dozen or so who successfully crossed the channel last year to the more than 220 who made the crossing since the beginning of november alone. so why the sudden surge? in the autumn, french police intensified efforts to clear migrant camps around dunkirk and calais, leaving large numbers of people looking for ways to leave france. secret filming by the bbc a few weeks ago revealed that people smugglers have now become increasingly organised in helping migrants cross the channel. translation: a boat, it will cost you £3000 to £11000. it is border force vessels like th

items in iran and that includes vital prescription drugs. this is did of your business i'm proud of as welcome today china box forty years since its economy opened up to the rest of the world a move that ultimately turned china into the global economic powerhouse it is today second in g.d.p. terms only to the u.s. in his speech at the great hall of the people in the chinese capital beijing chinese president xi jinping vowed to press ahead with economic reforms but he also made clear that beijing will not deviate from its one constant system of take orders from any other country is comments came only a day after the u.s. and china clashed at the world trade organization needed. for more that i'm now joined by cliff it is the beijing correspondent of the irish times a newspaper to feel welcome what did you make of the speech today well we had a lot of talk today about on swerving commitment to reforms and great socialist rhetoric there it was a very defiant speech i think one aimed at telling the chinese people that china remains strong given

what are the vital interests of each country and whether it's possible to compromise between the vital interests between these vital interests? and in a sense ukraine is a good example. obviously there is a disagreement, major, vital disagreement, between powers. so we have also to go back to this notion of conservative nation that is we could get rid of because of the cold war, because of the western triumph, but unfortunately we'll be obliged to do it. jonathan: maybe on the far a left about five rows back. >> thank you. kelly jane, up until four days go from "the weekly standard." victoria: foreign policy a hiring i hear. >> i'll have to chat with you. mr. patrick, you mentioned in passing about how the migrant agreement, for example, was nonbinding. and of course the paris agreement was also nonbinding. we hear a lot of the importance of these multilateral agreements like the paris accord on climate change, but can such agreements really be effective if they are nonbinding as it often seems they are? stewart: that's a very good question. i think that for some of them the proof rema

had deviated from a more secure route a claim the driver denied in local media the tourism industry vital for the country's economy has been struggling to recover from years of high profile terrorist attacks that have scared off isidore's yesterday's bomb attack broke a period of relative calm that had seen a tenuous uptick in tourism officials were quick to try to contain the potential wider damage. sometimes attacks such as this one can occur. it may even happen again in the future. and there isn't a country in the world we can say is one hundred percent safe. haven of anything. egypt's government has pledged to find those behind the attack which no one has dust for claimed responsibility for. all right let's have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world authorities in gaza say a palestinian man has been killed by israeli gunfire during protests near the border israeli army said protesters sent flaming balloons across the border and threw stones and explosives out soldiers demonstrators have been gathering at the israeli border every week since march. moscow in l

free speech is vital and a free press is vital and you should be able to be controversial. you should be able to say, "that's insulting people." his was a slightly humourous piece, and he waited for his rights, but it's absolutely right he should be allowed to write it. it's conservatives against him who started the whole brouhaha. free speech is something to be regarded. some people, though, were rather offended at the fact that he described muslim women wearing burqas as bank robbers. eve is right. it was deliberately provocative language. to use the most rocketed inflammatory deliberately offensive language he could think of in order to a sensibly report the right people to wear whatever he wants... —— whatever they want. what he was doing was whipping up support for a certain type of demographic that isn't comfortable seeing people dressed in this way, and doing that while also showing himself to be someone while also showing himself to be someone who promotes freedom and freedom of expression. important here. it's not that he was basing this on legal grounds. it wa

more than £100 million is to be spent chartering extra ferries to bring in vital supplies in the event of a no—deal brexit. also in the next hour, more than 1,000 people are named in the new year's honours list. they include the british divers who rescued a boys football team from a cave in thailand, twiggy, who is made a dame, and michael palin, who receives a knighthood. i'm very surprised, because i've done a lot of things in my life, none of which i felt were totally worthy of such recognition. but maybe the cumulative effect is one of some kind of achievement. and coming in half an hour we'll have a full round up of the day's sporting action including highlights of rangers vs celtic — that's all coming up on sportsday. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the home secretary, sajid javid, is cutting short his holiday, to deal with the rising number of migrants attempting to cross the channel. more than 200 people have made the journey in small boats since the start of november. the immigration minister caroline nokes has been visiting dover today, following criticism of the

more than £100 million is to be spent chartering extra ferries to bring in vital supplies in the event of a no deal brexit. also in the next hour — more than 1,000 people are named in the new year honours list. they include the british divers who rescued a boys football team from a cave in thailand, twiggy, who is made a dame — and michael palin, who is knighted. i'm very surprised, because i've done a lot of things in my life, none of which i felt were totally worthy of such recognition. but maybe the cumulative effect is one of some kind of achievement. i will be looking back at a turbulent year in politics dominated by brexit, brexit, and yes, a bit more brexit, but there has been other stuff going on, as well. that is the year in politics 2018. the home secretary sajid javid is cutting short a family holiday to deal with the rising number of migrants attempting to cross the english channel in small boats. more than 200 people have arrived since the start of november. the immigration minister caroline nokes has been visiting dover today, following criticism of the government's r

observer which says delivering the uk's withdrawal from the eu is forcing the government to neglect vital domestic reforms. foreign secretaryjeremy hunt believes the uk will prosper even if it walks away from the eu without a deal and wants to be the next prime minister, according to the sunday telegraph. the online independent splashes on news of a row in the labour party over when to call a vote of no confidence in theresa may's government. the mail on sunday says that some of the bbc‘s highest—paid executives have been awarded huge annual pay rises of up to 30%. the sunday express carries warnings from a think tank which claims fathers are being left out out of parenting advice by nhs bosses. and the sunday mirror claims prince harry is set to miss the royals' traditional boxing day pheasant shoot out of respect for his wife meghan, who opposes bloodsport. boruc are clearly one subject dominating. surprise surprise, it is brexit. the times has got the suggestion that there are secret talks under way behind theresa may's act to say let's go for the second referendum idea. in the wor

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to agree on a ceasefire to be extended across yemen as soon as possible for them to be able to get vital aid delivered to yemen and they would like also to discuss the future of the city of jose which is. a crucial focal point now of the conflict in yemen the united nations would like to take control of the management of the operations it supports is a vital lifeline for the most of the imports into the country if them can manage to have some sort of what agreement on these points it would really send a signal to the yemenis that there is a potential for and to the conflict however the biggest obstacle so far is a political agreement the u.n. is hoping to bring the parties to set aside their differences and negotiate a framework that would pave the way for a national unity government and the transition to democracy however when it comes to who should run the country that's where you have problems the governor says that the president other woman so how do you who was elected in two thousand and twelve remains the legitimate leader of yemen the hopis insist the man has to go as soon as pos

some of the headlines here now to syria now who the rebels in yemen have handed over control of the vital port of david to the government's navy and coast guard the transfer was carried out under the supervision of the united nations it's part of a peace deal reached in sweden earlier this month and i was delighted today because of this decision and we want these catholic to fission and. fusion but god willing the fuse by i will haul in the situation will to live god willing the ceasefire and the data continues people need security and safety in this country voting is under way in parliamentary elections in bangladesh prime minister sheikh hasina is expected to return for a fourth term security is tight though after a campaign marked by weeks of violence and arrests of opposition supporters the first polls are about to open in the democratic republic of congo for a long delayed presidential election there these are pictures from the eastern city of goma voters are choosing a successor to president joseph kabila stepping down after seventeen years in our elections were delayed by two years

search—and—rescue forced to terminate its own vital sea rch—and—rescue work, it forced to terminate its own vital search—and—rescue work, it will avoid, result in more avoidable deaths that will go an witnessed and unrecorded. sophie long, bbc news. cuba has the lowest internet connectivity rate in the western hemisphere. now, though, people there will be able to get 3g internet access on their mobile phones, instead of using wi—fi hotspots and internet cafes. broadband's been available to state—approved clients for some time now. analysts say the new service may be too costly for many people. from cuba, will grant reports. it is a day many cubans had thought might never come. finally, after years of waiting, they can get the internet on their phones. while that might sound underwhelming in countries where such a luxury is considered normal, cuba remains one of the most off—line nations in the world. the new president, miguel diaz—canel, appears determined to change that. under the new plan, cubans can get packages of 3g data on their phones for prices ranging from $7 to

more than £100 million is to be spent chartering extra ferries to bring in vital supplies in the event of a no—deal brexit. a day after the deadly bombing of a tourist bus near cairo, egypt says a0 militants have been killed in anti—terrorism raids. also in the next hour — more than 1,000 people are named in the new year honours list. they include the british divers who rescued a boys football team from a cave in thailand, twiggy, who is made a dame — and michael palin, who is knighted. i'm very surprised, because i've done a lot of things in my life, none of which i felt were totally worthy of such recognition. but maybe the cumulative effect is one of some kind of achievement. # i #isaya # i say a little prayerfor you... and from aretha franklin, to ken dodd and tessa jowell — in half an hour, we celebrate the lives of those we lost this year, that's in review 2018: we remember. the government's immigration minister is visiting dover, following criticism of the government's response to an increase in the number of migrants crossing the channel in small boats. more than 200

scientific observations made on apollo 8 were practical and potentially vital gathering of scientific data. taking the longer view of the scientific value of the mission, comments were made by dr. leo goldberg, an astronomer. >> i believe the mission will ultimately prove to be of a enormous scientific importance, a vital step that had to be taken before men can land on the moon. when they do, exploration of the moon is a bound to give us crucial information on how the moon and other bodies of the solar system were formed. furthermore, it proved we have the capability to move large and complicated scientific equipment around in space and deploy it anywhere we wish in the space between the earth and the moon. i find this to be a very thrilling prospect indeed. no matter what happens in the future, the voyage of apollo 8 will be looked back upon as a mission that proved that we can operate in space on a large scale. burgess meredith: astronomer leo goldberg of harvard niversity. the condition of zero gravity, when you get accustomed to it, as practical applications. the command module o

had deviated from a more secure route a claim the driver denied in local media the tourism industry vital for the country's economy has been struggling to recover from years of high profile terrorist attacks that have scared off isidore's yesterday's bomb attack broke a period of relative calm that had seen a tenuous uptick in tourism officials were quick to try to contain the potential wider damage by the. sometimes attacks such as this one can occur. it may even happen again in the future. and there isn't a country in the world we can say is one hundred percent safe. haven of anything. egypt's government has pledged to find those behind the attack which no one has dust for claimed responsibility for. as i look at some of the other stories making news around the world demonstrators have taken to the streets of the sudanese capsule costume calling on president i model bashir to step down protests began earlier this month over rising prices and shortages of basic commodities amnesty international says at least thirty seven protesters have been shot dead by security forces. the e.u. commiss

it handles about seventy percent of yemen's imports of commercial goods and eight that means it's a vital lifeline for the fifteen point nine million yemenis it was suffering severe hunger in the impoverished nation of thirty million. well they are supposed to use to help him in the middle east and north africa program director at the international crisis group and brussels he says there are concerns that those who have taken over the port might still have allegiances to haiti's two he forces have withdrawn from the borders first we understand and handed over power to know who she forces meaning civilian forces those of the government of yemen. there are of course concerns that some of the people taking over are themselves in civilian clothes but i think if to the extent that this is true this is almost inevitable because there are many people in the ports who are working there in various capacities part of the public sector whose loyalties may be with either one group but who are simply trying to do their work and i think. under u.n. supervision these people should be able in and out to

assist the president and his cabinet to frame these challenges of national security and identify what vital interest were at stake to about one - - challenge those and to craft clear goals and objectives to engage with allies and leaders in the private sector and like-minded countries to integrate efforts. we made a deliberate effort to restore the strategic competence and in large measure were able to do that. with the national security strategy but underpinning that unclassified national security strategy the integrated strategy to advance and protect our interest. >> you wouldn't say one individual thing you wish you would have accomplished or succeeded or whatever word you want to use quick. >> what we emphasize is what we won't talk about those are all in progress like to denuclearize north korean or china stops unfair economic practices but that is tied with those behaviors and mercantile policies we want to stop russia's destabilizing behavior with a sustained campaign of propaganda and subversion against the united states and free and open societies in the world. we want to stabiliz

it would be hard to say vital national interest was involved to say the least but the peacemaking was complicated by the fact that it was a proxy war between the saudi's and the iranian's and the united states, being pretty much in bed with the saudis and the europeans as well in terms of selling weapons to them. the un and international community continue to play an extraordinary role with respect to humanitarian assistance in dealing with internally displaced at a time the displaced or greater in number, 68.5, or 69 million people, the difficulty is as we saw in syria as well, if the great powers, major regional powers are at loggerheads and not willing to put pressure on combatants >> as soon as the americans signaled their will to put a end to the conflict, there was a speech by secretary mattis, actually there was legalization and the united nations and that reached an agreement not only to see whether this agreement would be implemented is another problem but i think it is exactly what you said. the conflicts of the mechanism, is not able to serve the conflicts where major power

rommel was moving through north africa and threatened the vital suez canal. hitler held from the arctic circle in the north to the southern shores of the mediterranean. and to the border of the soviet union. and this instance 75 years ago he was massing more than 3 million troops on that border take invasion that would place six days later. at that moment, switzerland. polls in the spring of 1941 show that about 75% of americans thought the fall of great britain would pose a serious danger to the united states. almost 85% said that nonetheless, no americans should fight a foreign war. you can't get 85% of americans today to agree the sun rises in the east, but they were agreed no american troops in europe. now, fdr in the heat of the 1940 presidential campaign, quite bravely, instituted the draft but he also promised, and congress said of those troops that not a single american boot would go and fight a foreign war unless we were attacked. as you know, he made the united states, which congress passed, the arsenal of democracy and we began sending aid to the b

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scientific observations made on apollo 8 were a practical and potentially vital gathering of scientific data. taking the longer view of the scientific value of the mission, comments were made by dr. leo goldberg, an astronomer. >> i believe the mission will ultimately prove to be of enormous scientific importance, a vital step that had to be taken before men can land on the moon. when they do, exploration of the moon is bound to give us crucial information on how the moon and other bodies of the solar system were formed. furthermore, it proved we have the capability to move large and complicated scientific equipment around in space and deploy it almost anywhere we wish in the space between the earth and the moon. i find this to be a very thrilling prospect indeed. no matter what happens in the future, the voyage of apollo 8 will be looked back upon as a mission that proved that we can operate in space on a large scale. narrator: astronomer leo goldberg of harvard university. ♪ the condition of zero gravity, when you get accustomed to it, has practical applications. the command module

observations made on apollo 8 were practical and potentially vital gathering of scientific data. taking the longer view of the scientific value of the mission, comments were made by dr. leo goldberg, an astronomer. >> i believe the mission will ultimately prove to be of a enormous scientific importance, a vital step that had to be taken before men can land on the moon. when they do, exploration of the moon is a bound to give us crucial information on how the moon and other bodies of the solar system were formed. we haveore, it proved the capability to move large and complicated scientific equipment around in space and deploy it anywhere we wish in the space between the earth and the moon. i find this to be a very thrilling prospect indeed. no matter what happens in the future, the voyage of apollo 8 will be looked back upon as a mission that proved that we can operate in space on a large scale. burgess meredith: astronomer leo goldberg of harvard university. ♪ the condition of zero gravity, when you get accustomed to it, has practical applications. the command module on apollo