and in sports english premier league giants manchester united have sacked coach. the decision follows the clubs were started to a season in twenty eight years with united trailing league leaders and fierce rivals liverpool by nineteen point. zero i'm terry martin welcome to the program trade unions in hungary have been threatening to press ahead with nationwide strikes if the right wing government of viktor orban does not revoke controversial new labor laws or one says the laws are crucial to address the shortage of labor in hungary's manufacturing sector but the laws have drawn thousands of protesters onto the streets late monday they returned to show up and shout their support for opposition m.p.'s who've been trying to get their concerns heard by the state broadcaster. m frustration. on the streets of budapest again it's the big issue of opposition to the country's leadership in years. outside the state t.v. headquarters riot police moved to despair protesters furious that their leaders were dragged from the building by armed guards. was the leader of this oppos

also coming up in sports english premier league giants manchester united fire coach jersey morning new york the football club pulled the plug on the controversial manager after the worst start to the season in nearly thirty years and thousands of anti-government demonstrators in budapest rallies for a fifth night in a row the protesters want controversial overtime waiver loss drops in a return to an independent state media. thank you so much for your company everyone china's president xi jinping has told rivals to respect beijing's growing role in the world in a speech marking forty years of market reforms she warned the west beijing would not be dictated to even as he tried to play down fears of china trying to become the world's dominant superpower while i was a defiant message at a time of heightened tensions with major trading partners like the united states. it was an impeccably choreographed event designed to showcase china's transformation from an inward looking farming based society to the economic giant it is today. the country's president xi jinping credited forty years of co

banning sports english premier league giants manchester united have sacked coach joe. decision follows the club's were stars through a season in twenty eight years with united trailing league leaders and fierce rivals liverpool by nineteen points. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us today trying to marks forty years since its economy opened up to the rest of the world a move that ultimately turned china into a global economic powerhouse second in g.d.p. only to the u.s. forty years ago china was producing goods and services worth around one hundred fifty billion dollars but by nine hundred ninety seven g.d.p. had hit the trillion dollar ma. arc by last year its gross domestic product had grown to more than twelve trillion dollars in his speech marking the anniversary of chinese president xi jinping to press ahead with economic reforms but he also made clear that beijing would not deviate from its one party system or be bossed around by any other country. it was an impeccably choreographed event designed to showcase china's transformation from an inward look

and it is for english premier league giants manchester united fire coach jersey moreno the football club pulled the plug on the controversial manager after the worst start to the season in a new league thirty years. on well iraq it's a pleasure to have you along everyone a judge in washington is set to decide just moments from now whether to send donald trump's former national security adviser michael flynn to prison for lying to the f.b.i. clinton has pleaded guilty to deceiving the f.b.i. in. about his contacts with russia's ambassador to the u.s. in january twenty seventeen clinton originally said he had not met the vaster who in fact he had a lying to federal agents can carry a five year sentence the case is linked to special counsel robert muller's investigation into possible illegal links between the truck campaign and russia was believed and that sentencing is about to take place just moments from now in the meantime joining us from washington is. major good evening my remind us briefly just who is michael flynn and why is this case so significant. you know it's easy to lose track

and in sports english premier league giants manchester united fire coach sure was a marine a football club pulled the plug on the controversial manager after the worst start to the season in nearly three decades. thank you so much for your company everyone a judge in washington is about to decide whether to send donald trump's former national security adviser michael flynn to prison for lying to the f.b.i. clinton has pleaded guilty to deceiving the f.b.i. about his contacts with russia's ambassador to the u.s. in january twenty seventeen when originally said he had not met with the ambassador when in fact he had lying to federal agents can carry a five year sentence. the case is linked to special counsel robert muller's investigation into possible illegal winds between the trump campaign and russia. all right as we hate and as we wait to hear what the verdict will be we can now talk or to our correspondent in washington you. schrader my o'flynn is the man we know him who led donald trump supporters in chance of lock her up about hillary clinton what else can you tell us about michael

journalism daring to tell the truth no matter the call plus in sports english premier league giants manchester united fire coach josie marine the football club pulled the plug on the controversial manager after the worst start to the season in nearly three decades. i'm brink off it's good to have you with us tonight we know that u.s. president donald trump's former national security adviser will not be going to prison at least this year today a federal judge in washington post poll the sentencing of michael flynn the disgraced former general had pleaded guilty to deceiving the f.b.i. about his contacts with russia's ambassador to the u.s. . in january twenty seventeen just days before trump became u.s. president clinton originally said that he had not met the ambassador when in fact he had the judges said by doing so flynn arguably sold out his country now lying to federal agents carries a five year prison sentence flynt is the highest profile culprit so far in special counsel robert muller's investigation into links between trump's election campaign and russia are joining us now from washington is o

some big news breaking this morning in the world of football english premier league giants manchester united have parted ways with manager joe samaria new with immediate effect the club released a statement thinking him for his work and wishing him success in the future sacking all those manchester united's. three one defeat to liverpool at the weekend leaving them with just twenty six points after seventeen premier league games it's the club's worst points tally at this stage of the season since one thousand nine hundred ninety one. here to talk about this bombshell of news chris harrington from sports good to see it's chris maureen new under pressure he's been under pressure quite some time went wrong well he actually predicted a shaky start to the season because he complained they were weak at the back now as you mentioned their worst start in nearly three decades you know marino was somewhat handcuffed in but it heads with the man says united brass because he wanted more control in terms of spending he needed the center defender the board said no you're not going to spin deal with what y

well we've got big news for you in the football world now english premier league giants manchester united have parted ways with manager joe say marino with immediate effect a club released a statement thanking him for his work and wishing him success in the future the sacking follows manchester united's three one defeat to liverpool that week and leaving them with twenty six points after seventeen premier league games that's the club's worst points tally at this stage of a season since nineteen ninety. well here to talk about merinos departure and his legacy evra cambridge from d.w. sports. so under pressure for some time now he's finally gotten the boot what went wrong well i think to be quick it's a run for what went right this was a disastrous as much as united manager i think the first start we would be results this was manchester united's worst starts to a premier league campaign for the twenty eight years they find themselves nineteen points off the top spot he's not even christmas yet so that alone would be enough to see most manchester united manager sacked but it's compounded by

plus in sports, english premier league giants manchester united fire coach jose mourinho. the football club pulled the plug on the controversial football manager after the worst start to the season in nearly 30 years. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. it's good to have you with us. tonight, we know that donald trump's former national security advisor will not be going to prison, at least this year. a federal judge today in washington postponed the sentencing for flynn. the disgraced former general pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about his contacts with russia's ambassador to the u.s. in january 2017, just before trump became u.s. president. flynn originally said that he had not met the ambassador when, in fact, he had. today, the judge said that by doing so, flynn, quote, arguably sold out his country. lying to federal agents carries a five-year prison sentence. flynn is the highest profile culprit so far in special counsel robert mueller's investigation into links between trump's election campaign and russia. joining us now from washington is our correspondent maya shwayder. ma

bit of breaking news now from the world of football english premier league giants manchester united haverted ways with manager joe say marine yo with immediate effect club released a statement thanking him for his work and wishing him success in the future the firing follows manchester united's three one defeat to liverpool at the weekend leaving them with twenty six points after seventeen premier league games their worst tally at that stage since the one thousand nine hundred ninety one season. i know some people smiling just now not sure if it's fair but i know some people smiling just now not me i'm not. taking sides in these things monica you are taking a smiling look to china exactly the land of smiles terry and today china marks forty years since its economy opened up to the rest of the world a move that ultimately turns china into a global economic powerhouse second in g.d.p. only to the united states now forty years ago china's g.d.p. hovered around only one hundred fifty billion dollars annually now nearly twenty years later nine hundred ninety seven it broke through the trillio

properties in the occupied west bank and has a marine years been sacked as the coach of english giants manchester united. fans come into effect in the yemeni city of her data there have been reports of sporadic fighting in and around this strategic port but reports now say there is an uneasy calm the fighting was between saudi and new way back government forces and rebels the warring sides had agreed to a truce said peace talks held in sweden last week international observers are now due to arrive to monitor the cease fire that a day there is a vital entry point for food and aid to a country where millions of people are on the brink of starvation. there yemen was already the poorest country in the region before the war but now yemen is a suffering the world's worst humanitarian crisis around eighteen million that seventy percent of the population don't have enough to eat at least eight million are on the brink of five in almost two million children are acutely malnourished now that's the stage before starvation day there is the gateway for eighty percent of food and humanitarian aid the port has been be

plus is sport english premier league giants manchester united fire coach jersey marino the football club pulled the plug on the controversial manager after the war start to the season in nearly three decades. and on international migrants day people were counted abuse at the hands of the libyan coast guard while libya says it's just doing its job holding back those trying to flee to your. thank you so much for your company everyone a federal judge in washington has delivered harsh criticism against donald trump's former national security advisor michael flynn saying he had arguably sold out his country the disgraced former general had pleaded guilty to deceiving the f.b.i. about his contacts with russia's ambassador to the u.s. in january twenty seventh flynt originally said he had not met the ambassador when in fact he had on lying to federal agents can carry a five year prison sentence the judge has postponed said to say now the case is linked to special counsel robert muller's investigation into possible illegal links between the trump campaign and russia already conducted by a room s

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in football, liverpool will take on german giants bayern munich in the champions league last 16, while manchester unitede been drawn against paris saint—germain. and at 11:30pm, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, former pensions minister baroness ros altmann, and broadcaster and journalist mihir bose. stay with us for that. good evening. labour leaderjeremy corbyn has tabled a motion of no confidence in the prime minister after announcing that a vote on her brexit deal would now be held in the middle ofjanuary. labour had been pushing theresa may to bring the vote back to the commons this week. the prime minister earlier announced that parliament would resume its debate on the deal in the week of seventh january, with a vote to take place sometime in the week of january the 14th. theresa may told mps she was still talking to the eu and trying to get reassurances about the terms of the deal, specifically the so—called backstop guarantee to prevent the return of a hard border between northern ireland and the republic. however, this evening the government has said it won't a

and in football, liverpool will take on german giants bayern munich in the champions league last 16, while manchester united drawn against paris st—germain. and, coming up, we'll have the first of our special programmes looking back at 2018, as we examine a challenging 12 months for the british countryside in review 2018: the rural year. hello, good evening. the prime minister has told mps that the meaningful vote on her brexit deal will happen in the third week of january. in a statement in the commons, theresa may said parliament will resume its debate on the deal in the week of january 7th, with a vote to take place sometime in the week of january 14th. she ruled out the case for another referendum, saying it would "break faith with the british people" and do "irreparable damage to the integrity of our politics." the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has told the commons he is tabling a motion of no confidence against the prime minister for her handling on the brexit deal vote. let's just cross now to westminster and speak to our correspondent ben wright, who's been following events in the commons. we can get t

dust at manchester united certainly one way to put it so manchester united have thanked jones a very near for his work during his time at the club and wish him success in the future english giants sacked at the portuguese as manager following the club's worst start to a season in twenty eight years united were beaten three one by liverpool on sunday which left them sixth in the table lee willing that takes a look back at what went wrong for marino when jos a member in your arrived at manchester united in twenty six steyn fans were hoping he would prove he was still the special one but he's going to old trafford was not special instead it will be remembered as a disappointment for his sullen defensive and argumentative approach you know what these men three knew but also mean. three premierships and i wanted more premierships alone then the other nineteen managed to get. sri for me it's all for them receiving respect and respect for respect i think it was clear there was a problem between the reality star players mainly paul pogba a hero for france in their world cup win but failing to produce he's best form for united and outspoken against his boss on social media and united so

just a marine who is sacked by manchester united portuguese point sway with the english giants so after they would start to a season in twenty eight hughes. fellow un brokered ceasefire in the yemeni city of her data appears to be holding despite reports of sporadic fighting in the area the country's warring sides agreed to a truce at talks in sweden last week how data support is the main entry point for aid and food into yemen and who the rebels have been fighting the internationally recognized government backed by a saudi america coalition for more than three years mohammad on june reports. as the ceasefire officially began on tuesday night sporadic fighting was reported to have continued for a time in and around the besieged port city of data as the hours passed the situation appeared to become calmer but it remains fragile some worry that could block much needed aid from getting in this is one of the problem of this we didn't agreement because it has actually linked to the flow of humanitarian aid with the security situation and the data to be honest they should have actually heard

about pietersen with all the sports shows that marino is second by manchester united the portuguese paul swain's would be english giants of their worst store to a season in twenty eight. thank you for joining us of three key power brokers in the syrian conflict have failed to agree on the make up of a committee that would draft a new constitution and pave the way for elections the foreign ministers of russia iran and turkey met in geneva but as smith was saying and has this report. the best of the foreign ministers of turkey russia and iran could come up with was a commitment to agree to take efforts aimed at convening the first session of the syrian constitutional committee here in geneva early next year but there is still no indication on exactly who the hundred fifty members of that constitutional committee are going to be because of this meeting these three countries overlooked by the u.n. special envoy stephan to restore it when i were unable to agree on the final fifteen members of the committee there are fifty from the syrian regime fifty from opposition groups but these other fifty there's a been a lot of haggl

i'm pitas them as with all your sports chosen marine units sacked by manchester united the portuguese parts ways with the english giants of the bay will start to a season in twenty eight. will begin in yemen where a un record ceasefire is largely holding the key port city of data despite some reports of sporadic fighting the rebels say one civilian has been killed in a district by coalition forces who say three civilians have been killed by whose shelling into hate a district yemen's warring sides agreed to a truce for how data peace talks held in sweden last week by mage of june reports. as the ceasefire officially began on tuesday night sporadic fighting was reported to have continued for a time in and around the besieged port city of her they'd as the hours passed the situation appeared to be. calmer but it remains fragile some worry that could block much needed aid from getting this is one of the problem of the. agreement because it has actually linked the flow of humanitarian aid with the security situation and. to be honest they should have actually or they'd up all this would allow food and medicine first come i

giants by munich real madrid play i.x. and pass alone to face leon manchester united will take on passenger man man city have drawn shelter roma will be up against porter and brasil dortmund will do battle with tottenham the first legs will take place on twelve and thirteen february our correspondent lee willie has more for us. well before the champions league begins each season and certainly when we get to the knockout stage we wonder if this will be the year that the two richest clubs in world football manchester city or paris and you mine if one of them can actually lift the trophy or the very least reach the final manchester city will be pleased with the draw that had coming out against struggling in the bundesliga those certainly feel that they should get through that and they'll certainly feel that this is the year under pep guardiola to go all the way power said i will play manchester united who are struggling at the moment but will united still be in that position when we get to february when the first exaction applied this model plane to the hands of around madrid the trophy holder is doing better under sun's jag

manchester united have thanked there's a marine year for his work during his time at the club and wish him success in the future thanks giants sacked the portuguese manager following the club's worst start to a season in twenty eight years and he wanted his takes a look back at what went wrong for marina when josey marina arrived at manchester united in twenty sixteen fans were hoping he would prove he was still the special one but he's going to old trafford was not special instead it will be remembered as a disappointment of a his sullen defensive and argumentative approach you know what these men three knew but also me i'm sorry premierships and i want more premierships alone then the other ninety minutes of together. this is really for me and it's all for them receiving respect and respect for respect i think it was clear there was a problem between the radio would stop players mainly paul pogba a hero for france in their world cup win but failing to produce his best form for united and outspoken against his boss on social media and united suffered their worst start with things in the nearly thirty years but it was with r

prospect of taking over a giant watt today with all the expectations ago with it my proof of very tempting one. we have say what happens in the future but that is a day many manchester united the line at old trafford. thank you very much. what does the future hold forjose mourinho following his dismissal after two and a half years at old trafford. sunday times football writer duncan castles has no doubts that the portuguese still has what it takes to succeed at the top. i have seen a lot of articles today asking whether he is finished as a top—level manager and that just seems ridiculous. with that cv, even with his recent track record, looking at a earlier there, look at the last four seasons, mourinho has won four major trophies. mauricio pocchetino is the favourite is the cover has ten trophies in his entire managerial career. jurgen klopp has zeroed trophies in that same period. ido zeroed trophies in that same period. i do not think there is any question that there will be clubs and major clubs offering him jobs in the near future. while things go from bad to worse at old trafford, manchester city are still flying high. they're through to the semi—finals of the caraba

giants by munich real madrid play i.x. and boss interface neon manchester united will take on paris and to man man city of the one shell roma will be up against porto and boadicea dalton's will do battle with tottenham the first legs will take place on twelve and thirteen february but i think it's an interesting draw you know where two teams are fantastic history in the champions league you know a lot and the thing when my first game was against by moon in the semifinal european cups of i think four personally it's very interesting to me i think two teams are. great in the history you know in the champions league. are all they be looking forward to us it's got some great attacking talent. demario play for us of course. it's a challenge but as i said there was no easy game in there and we're looking forward to really our. correspondent takes a closer look for us now at that champions league drawl. well before the champions league begins each season and certainly when we get to the knockout stage we wonder if this will be the year that the two richest clubs in world football manchester city or paris and your man if one of the

there is no letup on the pressure on manchester united after being drawn on paris st germain in the champions league quarter—finals. liverpool will take on german giantry with the return fixture is in march. in the europa league... i know a lot of our fans will look and think the drop has been pretty good for us. there are some big sides we steered clear up but we treat every side who have earned the right to be in the quarter—finals. i think all in all, probably a decent day. it was all a bit of an anti—climax in the championship this evening as the east midland derby played out a goalless draw. despite that, it was pretty tense and physical. the championship top scorer had one of the best chances of the game but could not quite apply the finishing touch. floros move one point outside of the play—offs. plenty of goals for konta jennings as rovers on 2—0 in an fa cup second round replay. spurs could be infora cup second round replay. spurs could be in for a tough testjudging by the quality of these. a wonderful volley for his first. the second half strike was pretty special as well as the confirmed their place. ian anderson will be missing the island

that set lazika madrid vs eventis liverpool have drawn german giants by munich round the grid play i.x. and barcelona face leon manchester united will take comparisons to man man city have drawn shall go roma will be up against porter and received altman's will do battle with tuchman first legs will take place on twelve and thirteen february but i think it's an interesting draw you know where two teams are fantastic history in the champions league you know a lot and i think when my first game was against by moon a kid in the semifinal european cups of i think thought personally it's very interesting to me thing two teams. in the history you know in the champions league are all they be looking forward to it it's got some great attacking talent. there. demario player for us of course but it's a challenge but as i said there was no easy game in there and we're looking forward to really our. correspondent takes a closer look for us now at their champions league draw. well before the champions league begins each season and certainly when we get to the knockout stage we wonder if this will be the year that the two richest clubs in wo

manchester united winning 5—1 against cardiff. and in half an hour, we look at how the social media giants came underfire in review 2018: the mediaear. it's just been announced that the former liberal democrat leader, lord paddy ashdown, has died at the age of 77. mr ashdown began his career in the military as a royal marine and then went on to lead the liberal democrats for 11 years from 1988. in november this year, lord ashdown revealed he had been diagnosed with bladder cancer. we can speak to the current leader of the liberal democrats, sir vince cable, who is on the phone now. thank you forjoining us. very sad day for the party and no doubt for yourself personally. yes, very sad and something of a surprise. only three months ago, he was buzzing with energy and ideas at our party conference. i think many of us knew him and remember him as a very fine leader and mr action man, he was the love energy, dry, commitment. he built the party up from a very low base when he took over as leader at the time of the merger. to a point where in the mid to late 90s, we we re where in the mid to late 90s, we were a very formidable force and

giant down that's been more than forty years in the making and english football's two greatest rivals meet in the premier league file be here to tell us what happened when liverpool hosted manchester united. persons of people have braved the cold to protest in hungary capital buter pass it's the fourth demonstration this week against prime minister viktor orban and controversial lost by his right wing government the new labor legislation which critics have dubbed the slave law hikes the maximum annual overtime hours employees can demand from two hundred fifty to four hundred dollars they're also angry about new measures which set up administrative courts to oversee sensitive cases involving elections and public procurement say this could lead to greater government interference in justice matters many are already concerned that prime minister will ban is eroding the legal system and press freedom rory chalons reports. for the fourth day now protesters have been on the streets of the hungary and capital budapest recent changes uproot foundations of people out to denounce prime minister viktor right wing government has been the lone voice i think that this content is growing and with fish n

giant after an executive was arrested in canada. do you the full story in a couple of moments. and a football story that‘s travelling far beyond the back pages — jose mourinho sacked as manager of manchester unitedet about that. more acrimony between china and the us over the arrest of top huawei executive. meng wanzhou is currently on bail in canada and is awaiting possible extradition to the us on charges of trying to evade sanctions against iran. canada says her detention was simply the law in action. china sees it differently. translation: this is no different to a modern version of the emperor‘s new clothes. no matter how they dress their excuse with a legal overcoat, their blindness to fact and their contempt for rule of law is written for all to see in capital letters. it only makes people sneer at them. 0ne commentator in beijing described that as tantrum diplomacy, saying the official chinese reaction is one of "leveraging nationalist outrage to achieve diplomatic goals". bear in mind that last week, two canadian businessmen were arrested in china. we talked about this a lot on the programme. it is not clear whether those arrests are connected but plenty of people think they are. zhaoyi