haslinda: some new headlines from carrie lam there. shse says hong kong can prioritize demands and resources of hospital authority and hong kong will start -- supplies. in the other headlines, which we saw earlier, she did say the impact of hospital services are worrying. and some hospital services are affected by the strike. to bring you back in, what kind of steps is the chinese government taking to shore up the economy? it has given no signs of debating, the government is reevaluating its economic growth targets, looking targets.en those there was already a crackdown on debt. they are considering measures including increasing the plan ned caps on the budget to gdp ratio and selling government bonds. to highlight how big the impact theor january, 2/3 of chinese economy remains closed. you also have the number of trips made in china over the lunar new year dropping by 73% big90 million trips, a shortfall from last year. even though there has been a lot of optimism over the former pharma rac-- the companies racing to develop a vaccine

and carry on. and carry on.able for the first time in almost a decade thanks to victory over bologna. they beat them 2—0 earlier. moving to the summit, helped by the factjuventus' game against inter milan on sunday has been postponed because of coronavirus. napoli are leading torino i—0. in germany's bundesliga, leaders bayern munich won 6—0 away at hoffenheim, and are four points clear at the top of the table — but the game wasn't without incident. deep into the second half, play had to be suspended for a while because some bayern munich fans held up an offensive banner about the hoffenheim owner, dietmar hopp. the bayern players and staff appealed to their own supporters to put it away. when play eventually restarted, both sides simply passed the ball to each other for the last quarter of an hour with neither trying to score, in response to what the fans had done. and in spain's top flight, just one game ongoing, that's between granada and celta vigo, it'c currently goaless. for all today's results head over t

a plane carrying britons who had been trapped on a coronavirus—hit cruise ship injapan, has landed backn the uk. the 32 british and european passengers are now on their way, by coach, from wiltshire to arrowe park hospital in the wirral to begin a m day quarantine. the met office warns the uk to brace itself for more bad weather with warnings of snow in scotland, strong winds and more rain on the way. bernie sanders warns president putin to keep out of american politics after reports that russia was trying to help the democratic presidential hopeful‘s campaign. mr putin is a thug. he is an autocrat. he may be a friend of donald trump's, he is not a friend of mine. some of england's top rugby union clubs back a new scheme being rolled out to help young boys spot the signs of mental health problems. harry and meghan will stop using their "sussexroyal" brand from spring following their decision to step back from royal duties. a surprise visitor drops in on a community in a town near los angeles — causing quite a stir. and coming up at half past two, it's bbc wales investigates where a fami

of course, that water is carrying debris which can getjammed water is carrying debris which can get jammede looking at a river spreading out into a flood plain, affecting rows and riverside properties. it is fair to say, we are aware up in the pennines yesterday and other areas that had suffered badly in the last bout of flooding from storm ciara and storm dennis function. things are dry they are but there is still are dry they are but there is still a lot to do. every time we get rain into water courses like this, there is another potential problem at its lausanne efforts to get two properties to assess damage and to work out where people go next. it is still an uncertain time, we do have some respite across the country, some respite across the country, some clearer skies. there are some occasional heavy showers, a strong wind across northern england up to scotla nd wind across northern england up to scotland and northern ireland, another yellow warning. overall improving, the river here should drop later today once all that flood water overnight has come down. maybe, just maybe, we are o

they would be people carrying handguns.his stage as though they are the people that shot the suspect dead. soon after that, you can then get the armed response officers turning up with the much larger guns that people are perhaps more used to seeing, so it looks as if, if this person was under surveillance, it was not an expectation that something terrible was about to happen but the officers were ready to deal with it when it did. that is what it looks like at the moment, otherwise you would expect more overtly armed officers to have been there from the start, as it were. again, unconfirmed reports from some eyewitnesses that there was some sort of silver canisters on this man when he was shot, maybe some sort of suicide vest but again that is not clear at the moment. one of the eyewitnesses we have spoken to is very clear that this man was wearing some sort of vest, as he put it. he did not describe the vest, he was slightly unclear about the vest but he was very clear that after the officers had shot the man, they then t

maybe in the us style definition it is where you carry a vote or carry political opinion.s always fascinating. opinion. the reason for these word is always fascinatinglj word is always fascinating.” love etymology. looking at politics on this side of the atlantic, and this rather bizarre situation where number ten downing street was trying to bar select reporters from a government briefing. well, this is the kind of thing that is parfor is the kind of thing that is par for the cause is the kind of thing that is parfor the cause for is the kind of thing that is par for the cause for the trump white house, but we don't expect to see it here. it appears director of communications decided that when these correspondence who came infor when these correspondence who came in for the technical european briefing came into downing street, the favoured journalist, the senior ones for the bbc, laura kuenssberg and others, were told to go to one side of the corridor, and reporters for publications like the daily mirror, the huffington post, the independent, were told to stand on the oth

carried out recently. a wave of protests is expected to shake several european ports this week over the rival of a saudi cargo vessel and those against the ship arriving on to you shores claim is being used to collect weapons to use in given civil war our european correspondent picks up a story. the saudi arabian cargo ship that the heriot is on a journey that human rights activists are paying extremely close attention to the ship is currently on route from bremerhaven here in germany to tilbury docks in the u.k. however what's of more interest to the likes of amnesty international is what the ship may be carrying they say the ship has been used in the past to move u.s. weapons for use in the war in yemen there's no confirmation that the ship is carrying weapons however activists were waiting for it in the port of tour a stopover that was ultimately counselled after leaving so. saudi arabia in november last year the ship arrived in houston stopover one o 4 in the us in canada before traversing the atlantic

that could have carried the virus. if you turn on the exhaust fan in the toilet, the air from the drainage system could go through that ventilation pipe. that is something they are watching out for today. also, it is good to hear more -- saw in hongee kong. based macs, toilet paper. we learned that the government -- facemasks, toilet paper. we learned that the government was trying to control by scouting, categorizing facemasks as a reserve commodity. it seems that carrie lam denied that. they said it was counterproductive. they are trying to manage increasing supply and demand here. >> from beijing, the state council is holding upper -- a press conference. we have seen more cases of coronavirus and the death toll rise in china. continues right, it to climb. 2000 with more than 42,000 cases. we are seeing a stabilization of new confirmed cases. they expected that mortality rate to come to down -- down to 1% after you take in diagnosed expected cases. so far, we have heard that hubei province has removed health commissi

it carried 78 britons, some had already been evacuated to hong kong.that the others include crew members who are thought to be staying on board. at least four of them are still injapan, they contracted the virus on the ship. two of them are david and sally abel who also had pneumonia. at first they were relieved at the care they received but today the family are anxious and angry. my father said i cannot do any more, it is like prison. we have one toilet to share and no washing facilities. we have a small window overlooking a brick wall and no natural daylight. no treatment. as the coach makes it way to the well these travellers are preparing themselves for yet another two weeks of quarantine. they may be back on uk soil but there are still far from home. our reporter corinne wheatley is at arrowe park hospital for us. corinne, can you tell us any more about the preparations that have been made for these people? well, arrangements are clearly stepping up now. there is a little bit more activity at arrowe park hospital and they are clearing expecting th

a flight carrying 32 britons and europeans who've been on a cruise ship which became one of the hot spots in the outbreak of corona virus has touched down in wiltshire. the passengers, who have spent two weeks in quarantine on the diamond princess injapan, are now on their way to a hospital in the wirral where they'll spend another fortnight in isolation. our correspondent fiona trott is at arrowe park hospital. well they are expected here late this afternoon and from what we know from other travellers who have been quarantined here before those britons would have signed a form agreeing to be in confinement and then they will be shown to their quarters. what a journey it has been for them already in the past 2a hours, they are amongst the last to leave the diamond princess and some have been critical about the way that the government has handled their repatriation. finally, back in britain. they have waited a long time for this, and their patience has been tested. after more than two weeks of quarantine on board the diamond princess, this 12 hour repatriation flight was delayed. after dis

we have had one potential statement from a witness saying that the attacker might have carried silverat kind of decisions with the police officers have been making? well, the police force in london goes through an intense period of training. it has certainly been a long time since i was in the counterterrorism, but you are aware of the amount of training that they carry out had of course the amount of equipment that they had. it is unsurpassed from what it was when we were dealing with the irish republican army. altogether different. so the officers that we are now watching would have gone to so many selective tests and training and exercises where they are put through their paces. what if it is chemical or biological, what if it is a knife, what if it is a chap with a suicide vest? the officers had to carry out very snap decisions and it is left to them sometimes on the street to make a decision quickly of do you shoot or don't shoot. it is external difficult for the officers to undertake training, and moreover when it comes to the crunch, so they had been trained, they have gone on

was he carrying a knife, some sort of knife?y were chasing him. it was for a good 30 yards from where i was standing he was chasing him. saw three plainclothes officers, not in uniform.” him. saw three plainclothes officers, not in uniform. i didn't know they were officers. and they we re know they were officers. and they were wearing a hat. police hat. and they told you to get out of the area. to evacuate. and then more police came in and then we saw a sniper because when they shot him, he was still alive on the floor. that‘s why they shouted don‘t move. and you think there were three shots fired? i heard three shots but i saw police with a pistol chasing him. and where they shouting at him when they were chasing him? they didn't shout but there were four people running, you don‘t know what is going on. and then there was a gun and it made me wonder and then they shot him. it was obvious the police andi shot him. it was obvious the police and i now know there was a bomb on him as well. what was going to your mind when all of th

carrie to go into labour.0, and you had philip rutnam running all day, and so that was the bad news, and suddenly we get good news coming in at 5:30pm, just before the six o'clock news which was quite curious. deliberate? i don't know if it was deliberate, we heard on friday the announcement was going to be made, and i spent most of the day phoning downing street asking if it was coming or not, and suddenly it drops at 5:30pm, so rumours have been going on for some time that she was pregnant. over the last week at westminster, they started becoming frenetic, which seem to be based on the fact that she had given up drinking. that could be for lent or something like that, but obviously we fiow something like that, but obviously we now know exactly the reason. something like that, but obviously we now know exactly the reasonlj remember we now know exactly the reason.” remember sitting in his chair with you a few weeks ago, and one of the stories was that boris had predicted a post—brexit baby boom. stories was th

it carried 78 britons, some had already been evacuated to hong kong.r of them are still injapan, they contracted the virus on the ship. two of them are david and sally abel who also had pneumonia. at first they were relieved at the care they received but today the family are anxious and angry. my father said i cannot do any more, it is like prison. we have one toilet to share and no washing facilities. we have a small window overlooking a brick wall and no natural daylight. no treatment. as the coach makes it way to the well these travellers are preparing themselves for yet another two weeks of quarantine. they may be back on uk soil but there are still farfrom home. there were european and uk nationals on the flight we have not been told if europeans will be treated at arrowe park hospital as well but we do know that people arriving here would have signed a form agreeing to be placed in quarantine and they will be shown to their quarters. there will be communal areas where they can chat with other travellers, but they will have to wear things like fac

the israeli military has also carried out air strikes against islamic jihad targets in damascus syrian state media is reporting that the country's air defenses have intercepted what they call hostile targets over the city islamic jihad denies it's been hit the group says it carried out the rocket attack on israel after the army opened fire on a group of palestinians killing one person 4 others were shot and injured while trying to recover the body before it was taken away by an israeli bulldozer harry forces in west jerusalem he says the israeli airstrikes came as no surprise. well certainly the strikes inside gaza are relatively standard for this kind of escalation the kind of which we've seen many times in the last couple of years certainly of rocket fire such as this is typically met with an israeli round of airstrikes inside gaza the israeli military saying dozens of targets belonging to palestinian islamic jihad have been hit also saying that they struck what they said was a rocket team in preparation potentially for a launch of the palace in health ministry inside gaza saying tha

a plane carrying 177 people has skidded off the runway at one of its temples main airports but turkish authorities say at least 120 people were hospitalized after the burning 737 crashed into a field and broke into pieces but amazingly no one was killed passengers had to be evacuated through cracks in the plane they were traveling from the turkish city of izmir to istanbul's and apple that's got to have a who's in istanbul so dramatic pictures of the crash but in the end a red people were relatively safe. dramatic pictures indeed from that plane crash and the investigators are trying now to find out what exactly happened the moment the plane was trying to touch down because what happened with a serious of spectacular events the plane veered of the runway burst into flames and then broke into pieces now they are trying to find out whether this was due to mechanical problems or weather conditions there were strong winds at the very moment when the plane was trying to touchdown. course now as you said people there back at its least alive but the majority were sent to the hospital to be tr

that i was in office the to help to carry the babies some point i had 5 babies and children and in my arms they were crying they were afraid the mothers extremely weak could holly set themselves on ofttimes rescue boat so i stopped filming and became a khaki you just made an intense and emotional experience the driver of the task best from my perspective at least an amazing job it was really tough to balance a rescue boat so that the survivors could come over from that boat to ours it's a really dangerous situation because. if you hit the boat of the refugees it can easily break in and the people being rescued could have fell and the water i was raised on is at the very end that that that that this happens because you know the rescue operation that occurred in the in the oil platform where many ships were present and didn't do anything now i mean you know as you describe very harrowing scenes i mean what have the people who have been rescued been telling you. well they came for various reasons too to. of went at both for example a couple of people today i talked to them that. they can

it was conducting or carrying out hostility. to lety works or acts in the original fall jove the spokesperson also promised that the in the coming hour or 2 hours that they will release a new fathers or for their for their for the attack on the tornado fighter jets that proves. their claim but so far we are still waiting for this voted even though that the school could be also. refuted by the other side but on the ground on the reality that we have fighter jets down on the ground and also the saudi arabia have carried out after aftermath of the attack several are numerous strikes minimally on the ridge in this and the scene at the scene of the tornado fighter jets it's it's one of out of 72 fighter jets that have been bought by the saudi arabia the. time the whole of these claims also in $20000.00 that they have downed to nato. made a fighter jet but this time they claim that they have already developed a new kind of messiah that they had to have domestically they've loved it this according to experts could prove that the whole

decided to carry out its attacks on syria under 6 months of course in damascus at. the un security council has seen heated debate over the syrian government offensive against militant forces and it led province at the emergency session damascus is on what slammed western countries for supporting terrorist groups are that the u.s. representative head back the situation in northwest syria demands an immediate comprehensible and verifiable ceasefire with whom do you want to hold the ceasefire with the entities that you agree to designate as terrorist groups in this council it is astonishing the desire of some western countries to cause terrorist groups in it live as the moderate opposition this is the russian bombs that have destroyed searing hospitals and driven syrian children from their homes we're hearing all of this criticism against russia but none of it is based on anything the sheer scale of destruction both endorsed and facilitated by russia shows that neither they nor iran nor the assad regime can be trusted to deliver a ceasefire it will be syrian territory

and, if you're suffering from carrying just a few too many, will carry them for you.d do with a softer touch, a jellyfish would probably agree. this silicon—fingered robot helps pick up jellyfish and other deep sea creatures without accidentally squishing or harming them. the handy soft bot also seems to cause less stress to the animals. and, finally, researchers at japan's osaka university have developed a robot that can feel, sense, and express pain. but, for someone unthinkable reason, they've made it look like a child. the disembodied robot is programmed to smile, grimace, and wince. it's hoped that teaching it to recognise pain will help the artificial intelligence learn empathy and so better care for humans. let's just hope it doesn't learn to feel revenge. the end of february every year is a big time for us. having painstakingly planned for months and fought thousands of other journalists for access to the big stories, we head to barcelona for the mobile world congress. it's where the big companies launch their big new phones and the small companies show off cl

these angry men are attacking these white women carrying the banners. this is a piece of cotton that those imprisoned sufferagists for obstructing traffic, they decided to create their own, embroidered signatured. it was a record or witness or testimony to the fact that they were there and this happened to them. finally on this wall, you have two photographs. one is of lucy burns in jail. she was also with alice paul, one of the leaders of this militant suffrage movement. here you see the arrest of the suffragists, they are being put into these police wagon and being carted off to get sentenced to jail. from 1917 through the end of 1919, the suffragists led by alice paul continue to picket outside of the white house. i was really interested to see images of these suffragists almost up close and personal. i wanted to emphasize these were individuals with their own lives spending their time, which we know is precious on this important cause. and so the video behind me is playing through images of them picketing. anf they kept up the pressure. by creating

hello this is bbc news with carrie gracie. terrorists are to be announced by the government — following yesterday's attack on shoppers in south london. hong kong is closing ten out of its 13 border crossings with the mainland, as china says it urgently needs protective medical equipment to help deal with the coronavirus outbreak, as the number of deaths is confirmed as 361. borisjohnson will set out his vision for a trade deal with the eu in a speech later this morning, saying there's "no need" for the uk to follow rules laid down by brussels. 1917 was the big winner at the baftas — picking up seven prizes — as prince william and prominent actors made theirfeelings known on the lack of diversity at this year's awards. let's return to the news that a man shot dead by police after he stabbed people in south london had been released from prison in january. sudesh amman was released about a week ago after serving half of his sentence of three years and four months for terror offences. let's speak to raffaello pantucci, a senior as

police check vehicles trying to enter one of the quarantine towns authorised lorries carrying essential goods and medical supplies are allowed through everyone else is turned away in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus even the venice carnival was cut short a medal that you know what i might be the fight it i never thought i would have to sign in order to shut down the venue scania i never thought we'd have to close the schools churches museums and all public places so i know i'm askin a lot from aussie thousands so i know all the way things go we can pull together well we just need to think about internally to be able to shut up inside us out of the and it's. inside the town of sterling go authorities have allowed select shops to reopen outside long lines of shoppers wearing protective masks and gloves keen to stock up all this as officials are still struggling to confirm the origin of the outbreak in italy mohammed al jazeera milla what in china where the outbreak started the riots there are signs of the rate of infection is slowing let's get more now from katrina you s

it is going to be carried across by a fast—moving jet strea m carried across by a fast—moving jet streamiving through the second half of the weekend. stormy weather. you can see it here on the pressure chart. the isobars, the white lines showing the strength of the winds. here is at the weekend is shaping up. saturday will be dry for many. the winds will pick up through the day. gales in the north and west with heavy and persistent rain moving in. that will become widespread overnight. sunday we see stormy weather. severe gales widely across the uk coupled with heavy and persistent rain. disruption as possible. today is the last of the calm weather. some good spells of sunshine in the east. claudia in the west. patchy outbreaks of rain and drizzle. the winds tending to pick up drizzle. the winds tending to pick up in the north and west. overnight tonight cloud and outbreaks of rain will push east. that rain could be quite heavy for a time for northern ireland, western part of scotland, showers feeding in. temperatures not falling quite as far as i did last night. for many on saturday the

or assaulted by him would give them enough evidence to convict on this hire charge which carried up to life in prison for weinstein and now he's still likely to do some time and he's not clear of charges either there is also charges pending in los angeles against him. as a result but so not the full verdict that prosecutors were hoping for but certainly some time behind bars is now likely for for this famous hollywood producer and also kristin interesting lee weinstein was found not guilty of 1st degree rape big guilty of 3rd degree rape was thought was an interesting outcome tell us about the complainants in this case i believe there were 2 women whose accounts were being considered in the trial. yes the 2 guilty charges relate to a an aspiring actress and a production assistant who they say were forced into these relationships. as you know and this case against harvey weinstein really prompted a national movement known as the me to move men there were countless women who came forward after reports began surfacing in the media there had been rumors about harvey weinstein being this le

and that carries its own dangers.y senior figures in the religion. the victoria derbyshire programme has spoken to two women who say they were abused — one from the age of eight. a former elder who served in the organisation for 55 years has said for the first time that he too was sexually abused as a boy. the survivors told us a "two—witness rule" — set by the main governing body of the religion — meant there had to be two witnesses to any ‘sin', in order for elders to take action. clairejones has this exclusive film, which contains some strong language. the jehovah's witnesses, a religious group that asks believers to faithfully follow the teachings of the bible. but now, we've learned that at least 20 former memebers who were sexually abused as children by members of the church are suing the organisation. the jehovah's witnesses organisation uses the bible as the basis for its teachings. each group meet in what's called a kingdom hall, and that's made up of elders, ministerial servants and then ordinary members of

his was a two hour march over eight miles carrying 25 kilos.n hour in, a soldier collapsed into a hedge. some of those on the march described it as feeling hotter than afghanistan at times. that may be hard to believe but add up the weight on your back, the lack of the wind because of the hedgerows, and the steepness of the hill sections, and the risks were beginning to mount. by half past eight, a second soldier collapsed with his eyes rolling back in his head. he was told he was lucky to have survived. the second soldier collapsing was a second opportunity to stop the march. but information was not passed on and again, signs of heat illness were not recognised. much like in 2013, there were two chances to intervene and stop the exercise. but there was a lack of training and not enough clear advice given to those in charge on the ground. the very thing the army had been warned to put right before. joshua collapsed a few hundred metres from the end of the march. despite immediate medical help, he died. the senior coroner concluded corporal hool

this security footage revealing to sight of a lone gunman carrying a heavy weapon, stalking the floors of that mall. police surrounding the perimeter. an american among the rescued. at least 20 people are dead tonight. police say the suspect has been posting on social media throughout his killing spree. we want to warn you, some of the images are disturbing. abc's julia macfarland leading us off. >> reporter: tonight a massacre at a popular shopping mall. a man identified as a a thai soldier on a bloody rampage with an assault rifle posting about the carnage on facebook. shooting and killing at least 20 people and injuring dozens more in the city of nakon ratchasima. police releasing a wanted poster and naming the suspect as jakrapan thomma. a government official says this all began with a land dispute. the thai army sergeant reportedly shot a superior officer at an army base, shoppers running for their lives as the shooter opened fire. police warning people to stay focused, hide safely, and mute mobile phones. this security camera footage revealing the chilling sight of the lone gunma

had at the on those cylinders the evidence and he used that to carry out a study but but they argue 6 months later after he left they may or may not have had additional information it was created through the misuse of incomplete confidential information by a staff member who had ceased to provide support to the f f m 6 months prior to the release of the final f f m report on duma which isn't in direct admission that he did have all the relevant information at the time in fact it was so relevant this report according to the u.p.c. w. that they all did it they needed from archives they go on to explain why they did this apparently because inspectors a and b. not whistleblowers they were individuals who could not accept that their views were not backed by evidence allegedly this study of the why is known as a view and which apparently isn't backed by any evidence actually had classified evidence in it and had to be stored in a special top security archive now we come to the icing the krish endo in this absurd story this study they never even looked at it. in the interests of transparency

carry on with business as usual.on with business as usual. not a step in the right direction7m carry on with business as usual. not a step in the right direction? it is a step in the right direction? it is a lofty ambition that we need to bite the bullet, there are no ways of curtailing aviation and nations right now that deliver right now, so the idea we should be expanding heathrow and regional airports on the back of these promises, which might not be delivered, is not the right thing to do. we had to think about how we do things other than flying, because at the moment they arejust flying, because at the moment they are just spelling out some ideas, thatis are just spelling out some ideas, that is all. doug parr, policy director at greenpeace, thank you for your time. an independent inquiry into a breast cancer surgeon who carried out hundreds of unnecessary operations will publish its findings today. ian paterson — who worked at nhs and private hospitals in the midlands — exaggerated or invented cancer risks, an

prisoners of war and forced laborers were brought in to carry out this gruesome task. the corpses were brought out of the rubble and laid out in rows in the streets to be registered 12 year old anita yon who had managed to pull herself out of the rubble now had to identify the bodies of her parents. and all my parents were lying there as though they were asleep they weren't disfigured at all. you saw in. the hall of on if their hair was a little messy and so with their clothes on join over the yvonne but i was able to identify them and that gave me some comfort. and she seemed in principle schtick they basically suffocated when a man handed me their wedding rings that was the worst experience of my life. because in that moment i knew i was all alone. crews worked quickly to dispose of the corpses not least because of the fear that disease could spread through the city. in early march troops set up huge metal grates in the district up to 500 bodies at a time were piled onto the structures doused with petrol. by mid march a total of 18375 victims had been recovered dress

been in prison for writing about the president is this also maybe about a personal vendetta being carried out by the president. on one side someone might think that they might because one might say the prison chairman 7 is a little bit distant from this but at least not his supporters. the supporters of. our cues prison jurymen 70 of using the law to go against the people. and they think. that is why when she won the case today it was more like everyone in the opposition has won because they felt that this is a victory that they have to share and celebrate together they think. they have won multiple cases and the president should know that you can't use the courts of law to go against his open it's. genius we saw there was tons of support full in the courts but just how much public support debts he had and in society. i should say he has a lot of support especially among. read and interpret. it to you it is also important to bear in mind that your gun is large in a very conservative society and some moralists really slow to embrace his unique way of activism so on one side she has very ma

out how much does the afghan military have to stop carrying out this isn't just being on the taliban soldiers all 3 components have to actually stop or reduce significantly the amount of fence of strikes against enemy targets in order for next saturday's signing ceremony to go forward and off of that if it does will go to plan what would the timescale be for for instance a reduction in u.s. troops. well that really is a political question that's already kicked off here in washington lauren and that's because there are any number of military experts who say that previous experience has shown that if the u.s. military draws down its forces too quickly or if the number of forces in a country is too low that it can lead to an outbreak of new violence of new conflict and the concern for many of these analysts is their view that the afghan military simply isn't strong enough on its own to protect against any potential attacks within its borders much less to a protect from any outside invasion or attack from another country and so a significant u.s. military presence is required in order to

else and if i come back from china stay at home for 14 days and be sure that you do not get ill and carry that i was somewhere else. that was their all ages martin's domer ahead of the i am d. laboratory in frankfurt speaking earlier to us all right let's get a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world counting is underway in iraq's parliamentary election many voters boycott of the poll after the country's guardian council barred a large numbers of moderate and reformist candidates from running the poll is likely to see hard line conservatives tighten their grip on parliament early results put them in the lead in the capital tehran. a week long partial truce has begun in afghanistan president. of the deal negotiated between the united states and the taliban came into effect at midnight if the agreement to reduce while in its holds it could pave the way to a peace deal between the islamists and the us. us democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders has warned russia to stay out of the november election he said u.s. officials told him last month that russia wa

the lawyer has just carried a life sentence. the lawyer hasjust in carried a life sentence.his is a legal reckoning for harvey weinstein. the witnesses i represent are rumbles of courage, in this case, without their willingness to be subjected to an intense and brutal cross—examination, this result would never have been one. mimi haleyi is one of the two victims in this criminal case and she is my client. her sacrifice to the right of privacy in the interest of justice. annabella sciorra the right of privacy in the interest ofjustice. annabella sciorra was a very brave witness on this issue of predatory conduct. lauren young was a witness, she is also one of the two victims in the los angeles cou nty two victims in the los angeles county criminal case against harvey weinstein, which will be prosecuted in los angeles very soon. all of my three client should be considered heroes of the women's movement and the victims rights movement. these witnesses told the truth under oath, despite what many people felt were unfair attacks on their credibility by harvey weinstein's defence

now a cruise ship carrying people who may be infected by the deadly corona virus has returned to hong kong after being denied entry to taiwan health officials say that 30 members of the crew are showing symptoms the world dream has returned to hong kong though it remains unclear whether passengers will be allowed to disembark coronavirus symptoms can take 2 weeks to surface meaning suspected carriers must remain in quarantine least that long to prevent further transmission health officials have begun testing the passengers and crew on board with confirmed cases already being sent to hospitals. ships arrival came as hong kong health workers began a 3rd day of strikes in the city but he wants a meeting with hong kong chief executive kerry lamb to discuss officially closing the border with mainland china a move a believe would hope the spread of the corona virus that has infiltrated hong kong and already killed one man. earch to solve this situation by coming out. and talk to us the world health organization has declared the virus a global emergency but not a pandemic in other words it m

passenger plane carrying 172 people has been forced to make an emergency landing in syria that after narrowly missed being hit by the countries their defenses which had reportedly been fired in response to an israeli air strike russia's defense ministry denounced israel claiming it had used civilian aircraft as a shield. only due to the time the actions of damascus airport dispatches and efficient operation of the automated traffic control system did the airbus a 320 manage to successfully land the closest alternative if eld russia's base i was on the streets when the attack happened here in damascus at about 1 12 am local time here on thursday on the sex of this month at about $115.00 local time a loud explosion was heard and that was the syrian air defenses. trying to repel what looked like an israeli attack and then later on the syrian army command issued a statement clarifying what happened saying that israeli fighter jets carried out attacks from over southern lebanon on the occupied golan heights against various syrian army military targets in damascus around damascus damascus

weapons for use in the war in yemen there's no confirmation that the ship is carrying weapons however activists were waiting for it in the port of on tour a stopover that was ultimately counseled after leaving saudi arabia in november last year the ship arrived in houston stopover one o 4 in the us in canada before traversing the atlantic to germany on its way through the suez canal towards a final destination in the u.a.e. the bihari who is expected to face demonstrations as it saw a similar journey last year against saudi actions in yemen which human rights activists claim constitute war crimes the ship's time in european waters will be the set by legal challenges protest and industrial action a court in belgium is hearing a request for an injunction to block the government there from selling weapons to the saudis while amnesty international is set to picket the docks in schauble dockers in the italian port of genoa are expected to down tools in protest to being asked to load what they call hot cargo meaning weapons bound for the conflict in yemen whose ship was carrying weapons bef

so we are expecting to have a carry-forward for 2021-22 of $1,281,000. however, with the proposed list at the end of the year, we only have $120,000 left which will be carried forward in 2022-23. but we are expecting some shortfalls in the future. there are the competitions of the budget. the annual expenditures are the personnel and other communications. down below are the well-being initiative initiatives and for transcription services. that's the annual budget that comprises the $2.9 million and $3.1 million for 2021-22. and the one-time expenditures are open enrolment communications, operations communications, well-being -- we don't have any well-being, and other communications. down below are the well-being and the additional healthcare costs. so that's the composition of the annual and one-time expenditures. and on the annual expenditures highlights a year before we did the eligibility verification audit and we are planning -- in the budget it's being planned to do it in-house. so this is a reduction in the expenditures. then we are partnering -- w

on foreign policy issues and we've been cruelly disappointed but he carries on talking the talk even if he's not walking the walk i suppose i'm afraid i'm probably guilty of letting my hopes carry away carry the day of my analysis when i say that you know one thing hopes are one things that perhaps this endless deep state conspiracy against him will come to an end 2nd it wins a 2nd and that after all after the impeachment vote. on on tuesday the. there was a bit of a purge wasn't there that you mentioned of in twins where out the bastard to the e.u. was up and so on if manages to win a 2nd term maybe he will feel strong enough to. carry the purge further or at least to implement the foreign policy that he's been talking about he was elected on but i agree it's a tough one because if and if the last 4 years of daughters are nothing it is indeed the power by the way i've said this before on cross talk it's not the deep state it's the state it's the state department the congress the pentagon it's the whole apparatus of the state not just the covert operatives in the in the cia and the o

that shot was the, the police say, carried out by the police, to disable and kill a man who had carriedthing which has been described by at least one eyewitness as being silver canisters around his chest. as one of our interviewees was explaining, that would have raised concerns in police mind that this could be some kind of explosive device and in those circumstances, it is normal practice for a police officer in this country in the uk to deal with that incident to ensure the minimum risk of loss of life or injury and that of course, means disabling and if necessary killing the person who is posing that threat. the home secretary who is in charge of policing matters in the uk, priti patel, hasjust tweeted. she says i am being kept up—to—date by the metropolitan police on this afternoon's incident in streatham, which has been declared terrorist —related. my first thoughts are with the victims, our brave police and emergency services. and their families. of course, all of this will have triggered what is in the uk, sadly, now, a very routine process of counterterrorism action. immediate