and for more on this i'm joined now in the studio by 5 in kashmir has been based in beijing and fabien nice words from these leaders what chances of any kind of change in the situation where there won't be any major breakthrough i mean you said it nice words it was a symbolic message an important message that you know all will work together towards peace and denuclearization and they want to increase the communication towards north korea however north korea's not really looking towards communication they've been really silent towards any diplomatic off or what they want this really key they want economic concessions they want to sanctions against them lifted and that's something that the u.s. and also the international community the u.n. security council can provide because absent from the table is the united states which is really the big source of the conflict in american want north korea to denuclearize north korea wants americans to stop sanctions. with nobody giving ground what chance is there of any kind of deal or forward movement i mean right now it looks very bleak but just a

storm elsa swept in from the atlantic on wednesday and was closely followed by a second storm, fabieny. spain has been the hardest hit with severe flooding reported in many areas. seven people are thought to have died there including a fisherman who was swept off rocks into the sea in the catalonia region. at least two people have also been killed in neighbouring portugal, where some towns have been submerged due to flash flooding and winds reaching speeds of over 100kph the storms have only exacerbated the situation in italy, which has been dealing with the effects of bad weather for weeks. 12 people were stranded in this merchant ship after it hit rocks off the coast of sardinia and couldn't be rescued until conditions improved. there have been widespread power cuts in southern france and some rail services were cancelled due to the likelihood of trees falling on the lines. this has only added to transport chaos in france, due to ongoing strikes that have seen hundreds of trains and flgihts cancelled, and roads gridlocked. the worst of the storm fabien is expected to pass by sunday

portuguese authorities have now issued a red weather warning for a new threat, storm fabien.y coastal areas are likely to get a battering from the incoming weather front. five of the deaths this week have been entered spain where the authorities are also standing by for fresh turmoil. the national weather office has put the the entire coast of galicia and the neighbouring region of asturias on red alert — the highest level warning due to strong winds and high waves. david campanale, bbc news stay with us on bbc news. still to come, liverpool can officially call themselves "champions of the world" after winning the fifa club world cup in extra time against flamengo of brazil. the world of music has been paying tribute to george michael, who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states‘ troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it's failed in its principle objective to capture noriega and take him to the united st

the disruption is all the result of two weather systems, storms elsa, and now storm fabien.he bbc weather centre, has more on what's in store. the weather has been very unsettled, very stormy across western parts of europe for a few days now. this is a storm fabian here as it was slamming into the coast of france, also the coast of portugal as well. in some areas, winds are gusting 120, 140 kilometres per hour and through the course of early sunday, the storm will track deeper inland, bringing bad weather to areas deeper in france and eventually germany, spain as well, to the south, this whole portion of europe are basically is infor portion of europe are basically is in for some really rough weather and on top of that, we have heavy snow expected in the alps, so yes, it may be very stormy around the coasts here, and structural damage from the winds, but that hour of bad weather will spread across other parts of europe in the lead up to christmas, which is what we do not want. 60,000 people have packed into tokyo's new national stadium, to celebrate its opening, ahead of nex

portuguese authorities have now issued a red weather warning for a new threat, storm fabien. as inland cities, they say coastal areas are likely to get a battering from the incoming weather front. five of the deaths this week have been entered spain where the authorities are also standing by for fresh turmoil. the national weather office has put the the entire coast of galicia and its neighbouring region on alert. and its neighbouring region on red alert. the highest level warning due to strong winds and high waves. let's get some of the day's other news: the cuban president has appointed the country's first prime minister in more than forty years. the post was scrapped by the late leader of the cuban revolution, fidel castro, in 1976. it has now been reinstated and awarded to the tourism minister, manuel marrero cruz. he's overseen a major boost in tourism to the island over the past sixteen years. the american secretary of state, mike pompeo, has condemned russia and china for blocking a un resolution that would have kept humanitarian aid flowing to millions of syrians. the

portuguese authorities have no issue to a red weather warning for a new frate, storm fabien.cities, they say that coastal areas are bound to be in the path. in spain, authorities are also standing by for fresh spain, authorities are also standing by forfresh turmoil. spain, authorities are also standing by for fresh turmoil. the national weather office has put of the entire cosa glacier and the neighbouring area of mysterious under alert. britain's prime minister boris johnson has defended the decision to approve a £a billion takeover of the british defence company cobham by an american firm. speaking as he visited british troops in estonia, mrjohnson said he was satisfied the deal didn't raise national security issues. lady nadine cobham, part of the family which set up the uk firm, has criticised the decision. our business correspondent katy prescott reports. one of the uk's oldest defence companies, a pioneer of air—to—air refuelling, critical to the uk military, providing high—tech engineering jobs at their headquarters. for the last six months, the government has been gr

political correspondent fabiana fun a democrat with me in at the studio good to see you fabien firstly what can you tell us then about these new leader as well both certainly not from the 1st row of german politics they are both have a disc distinct left wing profile within the social democrats so i suggested she's a back bencher in the bundestag expert digitalisation know about wagner borden's the regional politician is the former finance minister of north rhine-westphalia and earned kind of a reputation as a robin hood because the fall of the texas invaders pretty hard and they both were supported heavily by the youngsters in the social democratic party by the use those for the left wing stands back benches they may be but they both certainly have been critical of the current government could we see that and the end of the coalition which chancellor merkel. this is certainly the most important question now will they stay in the coalition with i'm glad american conservatives they both were critical as you said and they said that they want to renegotiate the coalition treaty the coalit

let's get more on this now with schmidt from science department he joins us from bond good to see you fabien talk to us about the ethical issues at play here. you know basically the issue is this john couey did a intervention what's called an intervention in the germline which means that basically he changed the genetic composition of the embryo before it was conceived before the. egg and the sperm basically came together and that means that the genetic manipulation that conduct it will be carried on on future generations and this was something that was never done with humans before and that most. medics and bio ethics exam for it's in talk talk leakers demo the 4th and it looks like china was a bitch caught off guard mrs darcy is there for now or tries to. to set as kind of symbolic and it was a scandal by jailing the junk. do we know what happened to the children. the mutation that he. many pure later does cause a c c r 5. mutation it's something that will or he hopes at least will make babies of the children immune against the h r v virus however 1st it's not clear whether this will actua

a strengthening storm, given the name fabien, is expected to bring downpours and strong winds to parts of western europe. tokyo's olympic stadium has officially been opened. sixty thousand people were given a glimpse of how the 2020 opening ceremony might look, with traditional drummers and a parade of dancers in vivid colours. the first sporting event to be held at the national stadium will be the emperor's cup soccer final on new years day. one of itv‘s most popular shows, dancing on ice, is to feature a same—sex couple as contestants, when it starts its latest series this evening. the steps singer ian "h" watkins is teaming up with professional dancer matt evers. our correspondent lizo mzimba reports. dancing on ice is one of tv‘s most popular shows, often producing memorable moments of all different kinds. ian "h" watkins and matt evers have been rehearsing for weeks and when the programme returns tomorrow night, they'll be the first same—sex couple seen competing on a prime—time british show like this. it's about time. if we had something like this when we were children, maybe i w

a strengthening storm, given the name fabien, is expected to bring downpours and strong winds to partsf western europe. one of itv‘s most popular shows, dancing on ice, is to feature a same—sex couple as contestants when it starts its latest series this evening. the steps singer ian h watkins is teaming up with professional dancer matt evers. our correspondent lizo mzimba reports. dancing on ice is one of tv‘s most popular shows, often producing memorable moments of all different kinds. ian "h" watkins and matt evers have been rehearsing for weeks and when the programme returns tomorrow night, they'll be the first same—sex couple seen competing on a prime—time british show like this. it's about time. if we had something like this when we were children, maybe i wouldn't have felt so isolated. i wouldn't have run away from home. you know, in everyday life we see gay couples and we see same—sex couples. so it should be no different with what we are trying to do. it something that has already been embraced in other countries on similar shows. israel's dancing with the stars featured a same

a strengthening storm, given the name fabien, is expected to bring downpours and strong winds to parts of western europe. martin peters, one of the all—time greats of english football, and one of the goal scorers in the world cup—winning side of 1966, has died at the age of 76. peters won 67 caps for england, and made over 700 appearances for clubs throughout his career. west ham, the club he first joined as a 15—year—old, said he passed away peacefully after a long and courageous battle with illness. his fellow world cup winner sir geoff hurst said martin peters was one of the all—time greats and a close friend. our sports correspondent natalie pirks looks back at his life. with all eyes on hurst, the danger from martin peters went unnoticed. commentator: and a chance on goal! peters! little wonder they called him "the ghost." there's martin peters, the man who scored the goal which could well win the world cup for england. it didn't, of course. geoff hurst claimed that accolade. but though many called peters‘ strike the forgotten goal, he had a different take. if i hadn't scored, we

god the nasa held a news conference a short while ago fabien schmidt from our science desk was the following that joins us now welcome what did nasa say then about the reasons for this glitch. yeah basically the point is is that the starliner took off very well on an atlas 5 rocket and everything went quite fine until about 31 minutes into the flight and then as the thrust didn't ignites a stressed is basically another 2nd rocket that is supposed to carries the module to the i s s why didn't it ignite because as jim children from boeing said that the mission elapsed time somehow was set to the wrong time which means this is not a manned mission it's the 1st mission of this airplane the many missions were supposed to come later this year or a still probably supposed to come later this year and because it's a robotic mission as a robot has to know what it's supposed to do now obviously it was on the wrong time schedule and so it didn't ignite in time and then to control such an aircraft or airplane craft a spacecraft from the from the earth is a bit difficult because you have the communication

however, a second storm, fabien, has followed closely behind — bringing with it more flooding and powerwaterfront in southern france is battered by waves and high winds. 0ne battered by waves and high winds. one of several places to feel the effects of two powerful storms in recent days. storm also swiped in from the atlantic on wednesday and was closely followed by a second storm, fabian, which made landfall on saturday. spain has been the ha rd est on saturday. spain has been the hardest head with a severe flooding reported in many areas. seven people of thought to have died there including a fisherman who was swept off rocks into the scene does back into the sea in the catalonia region. at these two people have been killed in neighbouring portugal we re been killed in neighbouring portugal were some towns have been submerged due to flash flooding and winds reaching speeds of over 100 kilometres per hour. the storms have over the —— only exacerbated the situation, they been dealing with the effects of bad weather for weeks. 12 people were stranded in this merchant ship after it hit ro

on fabien of what bush i will many are all glad today the victim was the daughter of our societies that we have all gotten justice from now on whenever someone even thinks of doing such a thing they will think long and hard before doing it as a lesson learned 3 year authorities say the men were brought to the suspected crime scene to reenact their alleged killing police say the suspects then tried to seize their weapons and escape the officers responded by opening fire for the family of the victim who cannot be named for legal reasons justice has been served. for them i would like to thank and congratulate the regional government police and all those who supported me i hurt my daughter so it's now in peace. with. one of the men were suspected of raping murdering and burning the body of a 27 year old woman last week she was found under a bridge the next day. but not everyone is celebrating the suspects deaths family members of the accused men were distraught at the news. the 4 men had not been formally charged with any crime opposition groups accuse police of taking the law into their ow

a strengthening storm, given the name fabien, is expected to bring downpours and strong winds to partsnd people were given a glimpse of how the 2020 opening ceremony might look, with traditional drummers and a parade of dancers in vivid colours. the first sporting event to be held at the national stadium will be the emperor's cup soccer final on new years day. now on bbc news, it's the clickmas special with bags of seasonal tech fun. we hear from tim peake on the year in space and pitch man against robot to see who's the fastest driver around an f1 circuit. ohohoh merry clickmas! anyway, this festive week we have cars, dogs, astronauts, and lots and lots of singing furbies. # oh christmas tree... # your leaves are so unchanging...#

however, a second storm, fabien, has followed closely behind, bringing with it more flooding and powerstrong reports. a waterfront in southern france is battered by waves and high winds. one of several places to feel the effects of two powerful storms in recent days. storm elsa swept in from the atlantic on wednesday and was closely followed by a second storm, fabian, which made landfall on saturday. spain has been the hardest hit with severe flooding reported in many areas. seven people are thought to have died there, including a fisherman who was swept off rocks into the sea in the catalonia region. at least two people have also been killed in neighbouring portugal, where some towns have been submerged due to flash flooding and winds reaching speeds of over 100kph. the storms have only exacerbated the situation in italy, which has been dealing with the effects of bad weather for weeks. 12 people were stranded in this merchant ship after it hit rocks off the coast of sardinia and couldn't be rescued until conditions improved. there have been widespread power cuts in southern france an

a strengthening storm, given the name fabien, is expected to bring downpours and strong winds to parts of western europe. now on bbc news, it's dateline london. hello, and welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week... it's almost christmas — a moment to examine religion and politics across the globe, starting with the citizenship bill that is triggering huge demonstrations in india. it's also the week donald trump became only the third american president in history to be impeached. does that energise or damage his campaign for re—election? my guests: catherine pepinster, commentator on religion and politics, french—algerian journalist nabila ramdani, stephanie baker of bloomberg news, and political writer and broadcaster jonathan sacerdoti. on 25th december, christians celebrate a life story that began with the birth of a baby in a stable and ended with his execution as a common criminal. the point being that god is often closer to the weak than to the mighty and christianity, like the world's other great faiths, preaches compassion and tolerance. but for 2000 years polit

portuguese authorities have now issued a red weather warning for a new threat, storm fabien.ay coastal areas are likely to get a battering from the incoming weather front. five of the deaths this week have been entered spain where the authorities are also standing by for fresh turmoil. the national weather office has put the the entire coast of galicia and the neighbouring region of asturias on red alert — the highest level warning due to strong winds and high waves. david campanale, bbc news this is bbc news. the headlines: the australian prime minister cuts short his holiday as devastating bushfires continue to rage across three states. 60,000 people packed into tokyo's new national stadium to celebrate its official opening before japan hosts next year's summer olympics and paralympics. martin peters, one of the all—time greats of english football, and one of the goal scorers in the world cup—winning side of 1966, has died at the age of 76. peters won 67 caps for england and made over 700 appearances for clubs throughout his career. west ham, the club he first joined as a 1

but mild weather sweeping through a little quieter across western parts now that storms alpha and fabien have made their way out of the way clear skies coming back into the upper peninsula at least for a time west weather now making its way away from southern italy through greece and heading over towards turkey where it's looking pretty poor across at least the sort of the mediterranean choppy waters some strong winds battering through here very wet weather to snow with the turkish mountains some snow to around the generic outside and across the alps as well wherever you are over the next couple days it does look likely to stay on the mild side so if you're looking for a white christmas little chance of that unless you're over the high ground even in moscow temperatures getting up to 3 degrees celsius which is around 7 degrees above the seasonal normal see temperatures around donald 10 celsius there for london and paris the next area clad in way that's waiting in the wings and that will push into western parts of europe as we go on into the latter part of the week the latter part of the