exactly, that is what this election is really all about and milos zeman's challenger, jiri drahos, heal influence at all but he says that president milos zeman in his first five years really has taken this his first five years really has ta ken this country his first five years really has taken this country in a direction it should not be going, it is time to reaffirm the czech republic's place in europe, it is time to reassure the czech republic's allies in the eu. he wants to reassure the eu and provide a new, more sober, perhaps more genteel face to the outside world than the sometimes rather vulgar and indeed now ageing, world than the sometimes rather vulgarand indeed now ageing, mr milos zeman. he now says it is time for age, milos zeman. he now says it is time forage, mr milos zeman. he now says it is time for age, mr milos zeman says you have no political experience, leave it to have no political experience, leave ittoa have no political experience, leave it to a political matador, one of the last tight ends in czech politics. a fairly black-and-white political argument, but w

favored to win a second term but the latest opinion polls point to a neck and neck race with challenger jiri drawn hose. a moscow cinema says it will no longer show a band film after a police raid russian police paid a visit to the cinema a day after it screened the british satire the death of stalin russia's culture ministry has provoked permission for the movie saying it locks the country so past . turkey's president russia has revealed plans to expand an offensive against courage in northern syria despite widespread international criticism today he announced that turkish forces will head east from an enclave in syria towards the iraqi border wants to drive kurdish fighters out of the region but there's a risk of confrontation with u.s. troops stationed in the town of man bitch who are a lot allied with the kurds that the u.s. has raised concerns over the operation as turkey to limit their military actions but turkey's president appeared to brush aside the objections from washington here's what he said. we will continue operation the olive branch which is in its seventh day today until all

win a second term but it's the latest opinion polls point to a neck and neck race when challenger jiri drugs group with. german chancellor angela merkel and her conservatives have begun formal coalition talks with the social democrats the two sides stressed the need for speed in negotiations and set a deadline of february the fourth for wrapping up talks to form a government any coalition deal will still have to be voted on by s.p.d. party members. paris residents living close to the banks of the river san are evacuating their homes amid rising floodwaters the river flowing through the french capital has been swelling due to heavy rain and water levels are expected to reach their peak over the weekend. turkish turkey's president richard tire bared one has revealed plans to expand operation all of branch despite widespread international criticism well today he announced that turkish forces will head east from the enclave in syria to the iraqi border and kraut wants to drive kurdish fighters out of the region but there is the risk of confrontation with u.s. troops stationed in the town o

polls show the two candidates, incumbent milos zeman and challenger jiri drahos, are neck and neck.akers, with thousands ofjobs at the canadian firm at risk. time now to have a look at the stories that are making the headlines in media across the world. we are going to start with the telegraph, which leads with a warning from the uk‘s defence secretary that russia could cause mass casualties by crippling crucial energy supplies. gavin williamson said that moscow had been researching britain‘s critical infrastructure and how it connected to continental power supplies. the times is reporting us president donald trump‘s visit to the uk later this year has now been confirmed. it‘s believed that mr trump will come to britain this summer for a working visit likely to include a meeting with the queen. the independent‘s business pages look a comments made byjpmorgan‘s chief executive, jamie dimon, who said the investment bank may have to cut more than 4,000 uk jobs if britain doesn‘t secure a brexit deal which is close to the status quo. the guardian is focusing on american jobs and asks wh

he won with just over 51% of the vote, defeating the pro eu academic, jiri drahos.—corruption drive, has been freed. prince alwaleed bin talal was one of 200 princes, politicians and wealthy businessmen detained in a crackdown. they were held at a luxury hotel in riyadh. it's believed a financial settlement was agreed in return for the prince's release. a mural by the world famous graffiti artist banksy has appeared in hull. hundreds of people have been turning up to see it on a disused bridge in the city. the artist has appeared to confirm that it his work on social media. not everybody is happy about it — one city councillor said today, it's vandalism and should be rubbed off. matthew bone has the story. the bankside area of hull is no stranger to graffiti, but this latest addition is a little different. the artwork certainly looks like a banksy, and the artist seemed to confirm its identity on social media. it has caused a lot of interest. this is a quiet, old industrial part of hull, but ever since rumours of the banksy appeared last night, a steady stream of pe

he won with just over 51 % of the vote, defeating the pro eu academic, jiri drahos.is to resign because of its handling of the sex abuse scandal involving the former team doctor, larry nassar. the country's olympic committee had threatened to strip the organisation of its powers if the directors failed to stand down. nassar has been given a prison sentence of up to 175 years for abusing more than 150 female gymnasts. peter bowes reports. as larry nassar begins to what amounts to a life sentence, the fallout from the abuse scandal has been swift and decisive. the entire board of usa gymnastics has gone and there have been other resignations too. mark hollis was the athletic director at michigan state university when nassar worked there. he and another official have decided to quit. it's been an absolute honour to guide the athletic department for the last decade. that being said, today i'm announcing my retirement. i'm not running away from anything, i'm running towards something. comfort, compassion and understanding for the survivors in our community. togetherness,

all like like you like your mind months down but not out by jiri of vibrance head home from libya but many are still hoping to get to europe to stay with us here officer. from the clear blue sky of the doha moony. to the fresh autumn breeze in the city of love. welcome back we have a really march weather front moving southward across parts of china and through taiwan is bringing much colder air behind it now it's a weakening feature during the course of cheese that we've seen a lot of heavy rain and snow further towards the north but the temperatures really way down a couple days ago annoyed was looking at temperatures in the mid twenty's now we're looking at highs of just twelve degrees hong kong about seven or eight degrees below where it should be at this time of the year there's some recovery in temperature as we head on into wednesday but hanoi still looking chilly a lot of cloud of her with a bit of drizzle underneath his cloud as well on the northeasterly flow but the rest of indochina weather conditions aren't too bad how do you across southeastern parts of asia we've got some

the result was a blow to liberal pro— european voters who believed that jiri dahos would bring aboutrope, he not east but west, they will have to wait for the next election if the dream is be fulfilled. but how long will it be? there are concerns about president milos zeman's health, he suffers from type ii diabetes and has difficulty walking, he seemed exhausted in recent months, his doctors say he is perfectly healthy but how long will this political vetera n but how long will this political veteran continue to dominate czechoslovakian politics? elderly survivors have gathered in auschwitz in poland to mark holocaust memorial day. six millionjews and millions of others were murdered in concentration camps by the nazis during the second world war. evening prayers have been said at the former auschwitz—birkenau concentration camp, and tributes paid at the monument to the victims at the site. the entire us gymnastics board has resigned because of its handling of the sex abuse scandal involving the former team doctor, larry nassar. the country's olympic committee had threatened to stri

. >> he stated his case to the jiri. >> emily fausino passed away as a result of an accidental drowningl relate to her addiction. >> he said the only crime was emily never received the help she needed. the defense called emily's mother to the stand to show that detox at her house was at best amateur hour. >> you have no certificate or any license? >> no, i don't. >> are you telling this jury that you know all the subtleties of withdrawal? >> absolutely not. >> he tried to cast doubt on the claim that emily had gotten completely clean before she died. >> were you in denial at that time about your daughter? >> absolutely not. >> to drive home that point the dfgs called witnesses who say they saw signs emily was still abusing those pain pills and alcohol in the weeks before she died. one of them was alex's mother. >> she was argumentative, agitated and she didn't really seem to comprehend sometimes what we were talking about. >> signs, the defense said, that are evident in this video. >> what did you do today? >> it was a facetime call, alex said he recorded less than two weeks before emil

he won with just over 51 % of the vote, defeating the pro eu academic, jiri drahos.ksy has appeared in hull. hundreds of people have been turning up hundreds of people have been turning up to see it on a disused bridge. the artist has appeared to confirm it is his work on social media, but not everyone is happy. 0ne city councillors said today, it is vandalism and should be rubbed off. the bankside area of hull is no stranger to graffiti, but this latest addition is a little different. the artwork is certainly looks like a banksy and the artist seemed to confirm its identity on social media. it has caused a lot of interest. this is a quiet, old industrial part of hull, but ever since rumours of the banksy appeared last night, a steady stream of people have come here today to check it out for themselves. fantastic. are like the way that the writing on thatis are like the way that the writing on that is like on a chalkboard or a school. i like his shoes. he has got a nice pairof school. i like his shoes. he has got a nice pair of shoes on. you've got to wear a nice pai