caitriona perry life in dublin i'm caitriona perry life in dublin with two thirds of the seats in ireland's next parliament field, the two major government parties look set to return to power. and liverpool extend their lead at the top of the premier league to nine points and heap more misery on fading champions manchester city beating them 2—0. hello, i'm nicky schiller. welcome to the programme. after two years of discussions, attempts to secure the world's first ever global treaty to limit plastic production, in an effort to stop it polluting the planet, have collapsed in south korea. the world currently makes far more plastic than it can recycle, with much of it ending up in the oceans. at a week of talks, delegates from nearly 200 nations around the world could not agree on a unanimous declaration, with mostly oil—producing nations wanting to focus on waste, rather than production. it comes two years after countries agreed that a global treaty was needed to tackle the issue of plastic pollution, particularly the impacts on the marine environment — and this should be completed within tw

i am caitriona perry. thank you for watching bbc world news america.nouncer: funding for presentation of this program is provided by... financial services firm, raymond james. announcer: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ announcer: get the free pbs app now and stream the best of pbs. ♪ geoff: good evening. amna: on the news hour tonight we report from aleppo in syria's north as the city comes back to life and syrians return to their homes. geoff:

hello, i'm caitriona perry. you are very welcome.slamist rebels have made another breakthrough in their surprise offensive against the syrian government and seized a second major city, hama. the syrian army says it has withdrawn its forces there, effectively ceding control to the islamist—led rebel fighters. it comes after their surprise capture of aleppo last week. this footage shows rebels, entering the city apparently unopposed. the un says fighting has displaced more than 280,000 people in the northwest of the country. united nations secretary general antonio guterres called the reignited war "a collective failure of the international "community". speaking in new york, mr guterres called on all sides to end the bloodshed. now, this latest offensive was launched into government—controlled areas by tahrir al—sham, a group sanctioned by the security council, along with a broad range of other armed opposition groups. it has led to significant shifts in the frontlines and tens of thousands of civilians are at risk in a region already

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caitriona perry life in dublin i'm caitriona perry life in dublin with two thirds of the seats in ireland'sue to nine points and heap more misery on fading champions manchester city beating them 2—0. hello, i'm nicky schiller. welcome to the programme. after two years of discussions, attempts to secure the world's first ever global treaty to limit plastic production, in an effort to stop it polluting the planet, have collapsed in south korea. the world currently makes far more plastic than it can recycle, with much of it ending up in the oceans. at a week of talks, delegates from nearly 200 nations around the world could not agree on a unanimous declaration, with mostly oil—producing nations wanting to focus on waste, rather than production. it comes two years after countries agreed that a global

caitriona perry told us about the difficulty of distinguishing political fact from fiction. is something that keeps us all on our toes, when you are a presenter like myself doing live television or live radio, really you have to be across a whole range of subject matter so that when whoever you are interviewing says something that you know not to be the case or they are trying to presented in a certain way, that you have that information. we also co—operate quite largely with our bbc verify team who can also fact check things. we have seen a move not just here in the us, but in politics right around the world for claims to be made, i mean spin doctoring is as old as methuselah in a way, and is very important in this information age that we are able to tell our viewers, tell our audience, what is the case and what isn't the case. there has been less money available for bbcjournalism this year. the latest cutbacks include the ending of interview show hardtalk were announced in the autumn and bbc news ceo deborah tennis came on the programme to discuss them with viewer autumn p

caitrÍona perry spoke with him about his return to the white house. : what do you and trump perceive as the greatest threat to u.s. national security at this time? what will be your priority on day one? >> sadly given the feckless dilettante leadership of the last four years under joe biden we have several threats. for four years under trump we had no new war and then incomes the democrat administration, he surrenders afghanistan, putin invades ukraine, there is the slaughter of innocents in israel october 7, we had chinese military buzzing our ships and planes. we will have our work cut out for us but this will be peace through strength, the priority as clearly indicated by donald trump and michael waltz and the new borders are tom homan is to secure the sovereignty of the nation, border czar tom homan is to secure the sovereignty of the nation starting with the thousandof criminals that harris led into the country. >> you can watch that full interview in our extended addition coming up. u.s. authorities canceled a tsunami warning for coastal californ

i am caitrÍona perry. thank you for watching "world news america." that is it for today. announcer: funding for presentation of this program is provided by... financial services firm, raymond james. announcer: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ announcer: get the free pbs app now and stream the best of pbs. ♪ >> good evening. geoff bennett is a way. on the news hour tonight, fbi director chris ray announces his resignation. paving the way for president elect trump's choice to take charge. syria's uncertain future after the fall of assad raises concerns aut instability. and judy woodruff speaks with political analysts w

our caitriona perry has more from dublin.ng, but it looks at this point like the two biggest outgoing government parties, fianna fail and fine gael, will buck the global trend for incumbent government parties and will actually be returned to power. not so the case for the junior government partner, the green party, which has been almost wiped out, keeping only one of its 12 seats. fianna fail will return to dail eireann, the highest part, the biggest party with the highest number of seats, it looks at this point, and it will seek to build a coalition with fine gael. now, it's not going to make the numbers for a majority. they're going to need some support in that. and the big success stories of this weekend have been the smaller left—leaning parties — the social democrats and the labour party. fianna fail and fine gael may look to them to help them build a coalition, or indeed they may look to the support of a number of independents. now, on the other hand, sinn fein also has had a successful weekend and the leader, mary lou

i'm caitriona perry, in washington. a car has driven into a crowd at a christmas market in germany.ties say it is an attack that killed at least two people. 11th hour talks continue on capitol hill to strike a funding deal and divert a looming government shutdown. american diplomats have had their first official meeting with the new rulers of syria. hello and welcome to bbc world news america. let's begin with some breaking news. an apparent attack at a german christmas market. at least two people are dead, and more than 60 injured, local authorities say, after a car drove into a crowd at a christmas market in the eastern german city of magdeburg. officials are calling it an attack. they say all local hospitals are preparing for a mass casualty event. footage on social media which we are not showing because it is too graphic and has not been verified at this time appears to show the car hurtling at high speeds between christmas market stalls. the driver has been arrested, described as a 50-year-old man from saudi arabia who arrived in germany in 2006 and has been working there as a

let's speak to our chief presenter caitriona perry, who's in dublin for us.he president of the euro group hasjust been re—elected. he has been elected for dublin central. 0verall he has been elected for dublin central. overall though fianna fail have emerged as the first party. they will be the ones that will be the key players in government. this time, the nagar will be going in without the green party. they could possibly lose all 12 of their seats. just about a third of seats. just about a third of seats filled so far. we should have almost all of them done by 11 or 12 tonight. so may not be filled until tomorrow morning. then the negotiations will take place as to who will make up the next government. you do seven sterling _ the next government. you do seven sterling work _ the next government. you do seven sterling work there. i the next government. you do | seven sterling work there. the election is still not quite over. there was some concern over. there was some concern over dublin central. what is the latest there?— the latest there? paschal donahue

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our chief presenter caitriona perry is in dublin with the latest. it's this little bit of mixed fortunes for the government parties, though. fianna fail on course to come back as the biggest party in the dail. it's actually built on its level of support, although the minister for health has lost his seat. but the fianna fail leader, at this point in time looks most likely to be the taoiseach, to be the prime minister in the next government. the other current government coalition partner, fine gael, has had a good turnout as well. it's held on to all of its seats. some of its candidates had retired and have been replaced by new tds. so fianna fail and fine gael saying that they're best placed to put a coalition government together. now the third party currently in government, the green party, has been all but wiped out, losing all but one of its 12 seats. so fianna fail and fine gael best placed to put together a coalition. however, they will need the support of some independents or of some of the smaller left leaning parties like the social democrat

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announcer: and now, "bbc news" >> i'm caitriona perry in washington and this is bbc world news americasfer of power in syria. rebel fighters work towards a transitional government one day after they toppled bashar assad. >> there is terrific risk and uncertainty right now but there is also opportunity. >> john kirby tells the bbc the balance of power is shifting in the middle east. after a six-day manhunt, police arrest a man in connection with the killing of health care ceo brian thompson. ♪ hello. it is working to build a transitional government after toppling bashar assad's regime. one of the leaders of the leading islamist faction is expected to be appointed as the interim prime minister. syria's deposed president has been granted asylum by president vladimir putin in russia, a staunch ally of the assad regime. the rebels say their forces have established order almost over all of damascus. less than a week ago, the city of aleppo was captured in a shock offensive led by rebel forces who then went on to take the city of homs and finally damascus. the opposition was met with almost n

here's the latest from our chief presenter caitriona perry reporting from dublin. 51 seats have beenhird party in government, the third party in government, the green party, has no seats and is facing a collapse of its support, paying the price is unfortunately is their tradition in coalition governments of the smaller party. sinn fein for its part have ten seats. the social democrats have two seats. one seat fought solidarity, three seats for independent ireland. independent candidates, there is running in their own name, have seven seats so far. those smaller parties and independent candidates are essentially likely to be the kingmakers in whatever government comes next because none of those three big parties will have enough seats first of all to form a majority party on their own, but even if fianna fail and fine gael, the two big parties in government wished to form a coalition again, they will need the support of some of those smaller parties, or some of those independence as well. i am joined by someone from those smaller parties, gary gallen, you havejust smaller parties, gar

our caitriona perry has more from dublin. been an expectation — perhaps there could have been a rise an unsuccessful time of things. now, the one thing all parties do agree on is that the next stage, the horse trading, the discussions to try and build a government — well, that's not going to happen any time soon, and it's unlikely that there will be a government in place this side of christmas. let's turn to some other news around the world. the chief executive of car manufaturer stellantis, is stepping down with immediate effect. the world's fourth biggest car maker, which owns brands including chrysler, vauxhall and fiat said it had accepted the resignation of carlos tava res. last week it was announced that vauxhall would close its van—making plant in luton, putting 1,100 jobs at risk. talks aimed at negotiating a global treaty to reduce plastic pollution have failed. the negotiators from 175 countries, meeting in south korea, were unable to reach agreement on key issues, including reducing the amount of plastic produced in the first place. our environment correspondent jonah fish

with fianna fail and fine gael best placed to form a coalition government. 0ur chief presenter caitriona perrye government parties, though. fianna fail on course to come back as the biggest party in the dail. it's actually built on its level of support, although the minister for health has lost his seat. but the fianna fail leader, at this point in time looks most likely to be the taoiseach, to be the prime minister in the next government. the other current government coalition partner, fine gael, has had a good turnout as well. it's held on to all of its seats. some of its candidates had retired and have been

i'm caitriona perry life in dublin.ireland's parliamentary elections it looks like the centrist fianna fail will return as the largest party, although the exact formation of the government is still unclear. and liverpool extend their lead at the top of the premier league to nine points and heap more misery on fading champions manchester city beating them 2—0.. hello, i'm nicky schiller. after two years of discussions, attempts to secure the world's first ever global treaty to limit plastic production, in an effort to stop it polluting the planet, have collapsed in south korea. the world currently makes far more plastic than it can recycle, with much of it ending up in the oceans.

a final result isn't expected until at least the end of this weekend. 0ur chief presenter caitriona perryoral system works in ireland, of course, candidates are ranked in order of preference in each constituency. there are three, four or five seats to be allocated, so counting can take some time, first preference, second preference are allocated. some constituencies have actually finished counting for the night and will resume again tomorrow. but at this point in time, the three biggest parties are all claiming that they can form some sort of coalition government, sinn fein itself and each of those groupings looking to add some of the smaller parties come into government with them. the other party in government, the green party looks like being wiped out, it currently has 12 seats it may end up with zero orjust one or two by the end of the count. the main parties themselves have all been reelected. let's talk some more about what has happened so far. i'm joined by paul, the deputy political editor of the irish examiner. what do you make of what we are seeing so far? it is hard to read int

the counting is nearly over in ireland — let's speak to our chief presenter caitriona perry, who's int is why we are seeing a lot of seats coming through now. those talks for forming a double take place over the coming weeks. the smaller parties have made big gains, in particular, the social democrats and the labour party. the greens have been virtually wiped out. we had a dramatic moment in the last hour. we have been talking about the controversial individualjerry hutch who is a member of a gangland family. we can see some pictures now. there is flash photography in these images. he was mobbed by a gaggle of photographers and members of the media. we did not answer any of the questions. but ultimately, he was not victorious and winning a seat. a senator in the upper house won the seat. i have been speaking to the leader of the labour party, yvonne patrick. about the role that the labour party will have in being king mark kerr is in the next government.— mark kerr is in the next government. mark kerr is in the next covernment. , , ., , ., , government. this is a new story ofthe gover

let's speak to our chief presenter caitriona perry, who's in dublin for us. over to you.ng you up-to-date _ over to you. i can bring you up-to-date on _ over to you. i can bring you up-to-date on the - over to you. i can bring you up-to-date on the seat - over to you. i can bring you i up-to-date on the seat count over to you. i can bring you - up-to-date on the seat count as up—to—date on the seat count as we currently have 70 seats allocated of the 174. it sounds like 71 behind me. that is the latest count from dublin central here in the city centre. and i think marie sherlock hasjust been centre. and i think marie sherlock has just been elected, the labour party candidate, has just been elected. she was in a race against the controversial figure gerry hutch, who the special criminal court here in ireland said was heavily involved in criminal activity, the hutch family, one of the major gangland families in ireland. breaking news that marie sherlock the labour candidate has been tipped to take the fourth seat in the dublin central constituency. otherwise, fianna fail, o

caitriona perry.omises labour made ahead of the election. in a speech later this week, the prime minister will announce a number of "milestones" to be achieved before the end of this parliament which he says will drive "real improvements in the lives of working people." our political correspondent has more. i think we can essentially expect targets for the government to be measured against for its key priorities, and i think before the election we heard from labour about what they call their five missions, that they are quite sprawling, they can be a bit intangible, things like breaking down barriers to opportunity or building an nhs fit for the future, and what the prime ministers trying to do this week is i suppose but specific milestones and targets the public canjudge them milestones and targets the public can judge them by, milestones and targets the public canjudge them by, i suppose, by the time of the next election. the chancellor of the duchy of lancaster, pat mcfadden, was on the laura kuens

our correspondent caitriona perry is in dublin for us this morning. for the main players this morning? welcome to a very cold and blustery dublin city here this morning, where it is the calm after the chaos of the weekend. as it stands right now, the weekend. as it stands right now, the two main government parties, fianna fail and fine gael look like bucking the trend in that they will be returned to power, not the case for the smaller party, the green party, which is facing virtual wipe—out, holding ontojust one seat. fianna fail leader micheal martin is going to be going back into government, but he has lost his ministerfor health, steven donnelly, who has failed to hold onto seat. he will look to form another coalition government with fine gael. the difference in seat tallies between the two parties is much wider than it has been in the outgoing government. the good news story of the weekend is for the smaller left—leaning parties, the social democrats and the labour party, they have added many seats, and again bucking international trends in that t