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frank gardner, bbc news, tunisia. time now for all the sports news in sport today. this is sport today live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: j°y joy to jamie anderson in the snowboarding. eden hazard scores twice for chelsea as they move fourth in the premier league beating bottom of the table west bromwich albion and you see an opportunity and you take it — we've got a wonder goal from the asian champions league. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the winter olympics with tuesday's action underway in pyeonchang seeing the mixed curling bronze medal contest kicking things off. but on monday it was the outdoor events suffering with strong winds impacting on many athletes‘ performances. those winds really affected the women's slopestyle snowboarding final, an event that was run as a straight final after winds forced the cancellation of the qualifiers.
frank gardner, bbc news, tunisia. time now for all the sports news in sport today. this is sport today live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: j°y joy to jamie anderson in the snowboarding. eden hazard scores twice for chelsea as they move fourth in the premier league beating bottom of the table west bromwich albion and you see an opportunity and you take it — we've got a wonder goal from the asian champions league. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with...
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frank gardner, bbc news, tunisia.arching for a scottish man who's gone missing in hamburg after a stag party. liam colgan was last seen in the early hours of saturday morning, in a bar in the city. he'd organised the trip for family and friends, ahead of his brother's wedding next month. catrina renton has the details. liam colgan, on the right, doing what he loves, music with his band. on friday, he and 17 friends were out in hamburg celebrating his brother eamonn‘s stag weekend. liam is the best man and had organised it all. his friends last saw him at 1:30am in the reeperbahn area of the city. we knew that his phone battery had died on friday evening so we might not have just heard of him overnight. but it was really strange when he didn't turn up the next morning and we became increasingly concerned when he didn't turn up for the 5—a—side football match that we had planned for one o'clock on saturday afternoon. that's when we really knew something wasn't right. some of liam's family and friends have stayed in the
frank gardner, bbc news, tunisia.arching for a scottish man who's gone missing in hamburg after a stag party. liam colgan was last seen in the early hours of saturday morning, in a bar in the city. he'd organised the trip for family and friends, ahead of his brother's wedding next month. catrina renton has the details. liam colgan, on the right, doing what he loves, music with his band. on friday, he and 17 friends were out in hamburg celebrating his brother eamonn‘s stag weekend. liam is the...
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frank gardner, bbc news, tunisia.is of an agreement to restore power—sharing in northern ireland soon. she and the taoiseach held talks at stormont in an attempt to end the deadlock over key issues including the status of the irish language. 0ur island correspondent has the latest. the prime minister began her visit to belfast at a place that was recently the seed of an unexpected victory. hundreds of jobs had been under threat at the aircraft manufacturer bombardier. they are safe now after winning a trade dispute against boeing in the us. theresa may came to northern ireland looking for another win. talks to restore stormont are at a critical stage. i have urged the parties to make the final push to see if we can get an executive up and running. i believe there is the basis of an agreement and it should be possible to see an executive in northern ireland very soon. she was joined by the taoiseach, who shares her optimism. the differences that exist between dup and sinn fein are not insurmountable and we are hopeful
frank gardner, bbc news, tunisia.is of an agreement to restore power—sharing in northern ireland soon. she and the taoiseach held talks at stormont in an attempt to end the deadlock over key issues including the status of the irish language. 0ur island correspondent has the latest. the prime minister began her visit to belfast at a place that was recently the seed of an unexpected victory. hundreds of jobs had been under threat at the aircraft manufacturer bombardier. they are safe now after...
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our security correspondent frank gardner has just returned from tunisia with this exclusive report. tunis by night, and a national guard unit prepares to raid a suspected terrorist hideout. since two devastating attacks in 2015, this country has found to stamp out terrorism and make tunisia safe for tourists. well, they've just gone into a house here. we can hear some shouts. we're in a tiny little backstreet, and they're looking for members of an isis cell that has been in libya, they suspect, so the whole street is flooded with these armed national guard soldiers. three years ago, on this beach near sousse, an isis gunman shot dead 38 people, 30 of them british. now, tunisia is getting training from royal navy instructors in maritime security, while met police detectives have been training up hotel staff. at four key airports, british aviation experts have installed new screening equipment. so i asked britain's ambassador, how safe is it now? well, no country is 100% safe, as we saw with the tragic attacks in london and manchester last year. but it is safer here than it was in 201
our security correspondent frank gardner has just returned from tunisia with this exclusive report. tunis by night, and a national guard unit prepares to raid a suspected terrorist hideout. since two devastating attacks in 2015, this country has found to stamp out terrorism and make tunisia safe for tourists. well, they've just gone into a house here. we can hear some shouts. we're in a tiny little backstreet, and they're looking for members of an isis cell that has been in libya, they suspect,...
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flights from manchester and birmingham will be operated by thomas cook. 0ur security correspondent frank gardnerusive report. tunis by night, and a national guard unit prepares to raid a suspected terrorist hideout. since two devastating attacks in 2015, this country has found to stamp out terrorism and make tunisia safe for tourists. well, they've just gone into a house here. we can hear some shouts. we're in a tiny little backstreet, and they're looking for members of an isis cell that has been in libya, they suspect, so the whole street is flooded with these armed national guard soldiers. three years ago, on this beach near sousse, an isis gunman shot dead 38 people, 30 of them british. now, tunisia is getting training from royal navy instructors
flights from manchester and birmingham will be operated by thomas cook. 0ur security correspondent frank gardnerusive report. tunis by night, and a national guard unit prepares to raid a suspected terrorist hideout. since two devastating attacks in 2015, this country has found to stamp out terrorism and make tunisia safe for tourists. well, they've just gone into a house here. we can hear some shouts. we're in a tiny little backstreet, and they're looking for members of an isis cell that has...
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frank gardner, bbc news, tunisia. it is your assessment of the situation? the tunisian authorities have been saying for over a year asking when the british are coming back, we are safe. we have to be guided by the foreign office advice. until lastjuly, guided by the foreign office advice. until last july, they were guided by the foreign office advice. until lastjuly, they were unhappy with the state of security. personally i would head back to tunisia tomorrow and i would take my family. there are risks, more pervasive in tunisia than some other countries, but overall the risks of being harmed are extremely low. we saw in the report the extreme security measures that are being taken in this very important and delicate matter of getting british tourists back to tunisia, somewhere they have not been able to go to for nearly three years. the more the tourists go back there, the more it is an attractive target for terrorists. there is a lot to be said for that argument. however, there is a counterargument that says there
frank gardner, bbc news, tunisia. it is your assessment of the situation? the tunisian authorities have been saying for over a year asking when the british are coming back, we are safe. we have to be guided by the foreign office advice. until lastjuly, guided by the foreign office advice. until last july, they were guided by the foreign office advice. until lastjuly, they were unhappy with the state of security. personally i would head back to tunisia tomorrow and i would take my family. there...
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frank gardner, bbc news, tunisia.ssion were among the mourners who attended. msjahangir — who died on sunday — campaigned for women's rights throughout her career. bbc urdu's henna saeed was there and sent us this report. hundreds of people came out here at the gaddafi stadium in lahore today to pay tribute to the prominent human rights activist and lawyer asma jahangir. asma had a great fan following in pakistan, especially with women, because she was a voice for women who were suppressed here. she fought for the rights of women, and got them justice. a large number of such women, her friends, family, co—workers, they all came to her house today to see her for the very last time, then they formed groups and came here as they walked to the stadium in lahore where they offered the final funeral prayers. for the first time in pakistan, men and women stood side by side in the funeral prayers. never has this country seen this scenario, and this is what asma jahangir wanted in her life, to see men and women stand by togeth
frank gardner, bbc news, tunisia.ssion were among the mourners who attended. msjahangir — who died on sunday — campaigned for women's rights throughout her career. bbc urdu's henna saeed was there and sent us this report. hundreds of people came out here at the gaddafi stadium in lahore today to pay tribute to the prominent human rights activist and lawyer asma jahangir. asma had a great fan following in pakistan, especially with women, because she was a voice for women who were suppressed...
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here is frank gardner.g training from royal navy instructors in maritime security, well met police detectives have been training up hotel staff. at 40 airports, british aviation experts have installed new screening equipment. i asked the ambassador how safe is no? no country is 100% safe as we saw with the tragic attacks in and manchester.m safe as we saw with the tragic attacks in and manchester. it is safer here than it was in 2015 because the tunisians's capability has improved. in this resort town of thomas cook is taking the first returning british tourists, i asked the hotel manager what precautions he is taking. we have around 60 cameras all around the hotel. the exterior cameras are all monitored 24 hours behind the screens. but tunisia sits in a dangerous neighbourhood, across the sport libya is in chaos and isis has basis. the manchester bomb are trained in libya and so did the tunisia gunmen. back in the capital tunis, a raid yields results. suspects are arrested and will now face trial. tunisia
here is frank gardner.g training from royal navy instructors in maritime security, well met police detectives have been training up hotel staff. at 40 airports, british aviation experts have installed new screening equipment. i asked the ambassador how safe is no? no country is 100% safe as we saw with the tragic attacks in and manchester.m safe as we saw with the tragic attacks in and manchester. it is safer here than it was in 2015 because the tunisians's capability has improved. in this...
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year, and the foreign office is still warning of potential attacks. 0ur security correspondent frank gardnernisian capability has improved. here than it was in 2015 because the tunisian capability has improvedm the resort town of work thomas cook is taking the first returning british tourists i asked the hotel manager what precautions he is taking. we have around 60 cameras around the hotel. the exterior cameras are all monitored by 24 hours person behind the screens. you can see changes have been made. we're joined now by 0livia leathley, who was in that hotel in tunisia when the gunman attacked. thank you for coming back to talk to us, you have talked to us quite a lot, i am sure people will remember. tourists are going back. what do you think? good on them, i think. the main reason i wanted to come and speak today was on behalf of the staff and all the workers at the hotels, they have families, they need to support them, it's notjust the people who have lost people that it has devastated, its families over there as well. their lives have been ruined and it must have been incredibly diffic
year, and the foreign office is still warning of potential attacks. 0ur security correspondent frank gardnernisian capability has improved. here than it was in 2015 because the tunisian capability has improvedm the resort town of work thomas cook is taking the first returning british tourists i asked the hotel manager what precautions he is taking. we have around 60 cameras around the hotel. the exterior cameras are all monitored by 24 hours person behind the screens. you can see changes have...