our correspondent, steve rosenberg, has been at the demonstration in pushkin square in central moscowssia's most prominent opposition voice, opposition leader. he's also the most vocal critic of president putin, and he has been barred from running in the presidential election which takes place in march. the reason? a suspended prison sentence he says, and his supporters say, is politically motivated. now we were standing right next to mr navalny earlier this afternoon when he was detained. it was quite dramatic. he was walking up the main street in moscow, towards pushkin square, then a group of russian police moved him, grabbed him, bundled him into a police van, and he was driven away. so quite dramatic, and when his supporters on pushkin square heard he had been detained, they were shouting "freedom to navalny, down with the kremlin" and "putin is a thief." the russian authorities maintain this was an unsanctioned protest, that the navalny supporters didn't have the right to be on pushkin square. now they maintain they don't need to get special permission to come out and express th

he was walking up the main street in moscow, towards pushkin square, then a group of russian police moved bundled him into a police van, and he was driven away. so quite dramatic, and when his supporters on pushkin square heard he had been detained, they were shouting "freedom to navalny, down with the kremlin" and "putin is a thief." the russian authorities maintain this was an unsanctioned protest, that the navalny supporters didn't have the right to be on pushkin square. now they maintain they don't need to get special permission to come out and express their opinion and denounce the presidential election. the kremlin maintains this election in march is free and fair, and that voters will have a choice of candidates to vote for, but i think it is important to say, in the system of power which vladimir putin has constructed over the last decade—and—a—half or so, it's often referred to as managed democracy. here we have a managed election. it is vladimir putin who dominates air time on russian tv. he is the face you see most of. and only those candidates who don't pose a risk to vladimir

know unfortunately only knows that he was on his way to pushkin square which is right behind me until about five minutes ago there were a lot of protesters here they've only just moved on as they say they want to go towards the kremlin and i knew was on his way here apparently he was shouting. that putin is the thief when he was arrested and in a way that's not surprising because as i walked here along to a sky a street which is the street that he wanted to have these protests on. where the protests have been taking place there was police every five meters so it seems that they were perhaps ready for him at any point along this main street. now as you said the protest was just there and they're moving now towards the kremlin what can you tell us about the situation are things tense or are they under control. well. things were tense up until about a half an hour ago i would say because along this main road which is just to the right of me there were huge police vans lining the road police standing there and there were huge crowds of people on pushkin square now as you see people have s

he was walking up the main street in moscow towards pushkin square. bundled into a police van and driven away. quite dramatic, and when his supporters on pushkin square heard he had been detained, they were shouting "freedom for navalny, and putin is a thief. they maintained the supporters didn't have the right to be on pushkin square. they may say they don't need to get special permission to come out and express their opinion and denounce the presidential election. the kremlin maintains this election in march is free and fair and that voters will have a choice of candidates to vote for but i think it's important to say that in the system of power which vladimir putin has constructed over the past decade and a half or so, it is often referred to as managed democracy. here we have managed election. it is putin who dominates airtime on russian tv, and also only those candidates who don't pose a risk to vladimir putin's power have been allowed to take part in this collection. —— election. more than 100 people are now confirmed dead — and 230 injured — in

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determined young people were there was a lot of police in the streets around to our square square and pushkin square protesters knew that she not only was arrested in the afternoon they did not back down they showed no sign of fear today's protests were small compared to some anti-government protests that russia's saying in the past do not only supporters have a chance of actually inflowing this upcoming influencing say this upcoming presidential election. or the polls were much what you mean by influence not only and it's just will be able to change the result we know that president putin is going to win the next christiane szell actions approximately seventy maybe eighty percent of russians are going to go through here but corruption is a big issue here in russia that resonates very strong and you shouldn't forget that the vast majority of russians make now less money than a couple of years ago and just this is not going to change and we will have a discussion of the weeks to come. more sanctions coming from america so if their nationals nation situation here russia is going to deteriorate if peop

young people were there was a lot of police in the streets around to our square our square and pushkin square as protestors knew that alexy not only was arrested in the afternoon but they did not back down and they showed no sign of fear. and one is expected to be charged for violating a law against calling public demonstrations what more can you tell us about that both or it is a milestone to be just refused to give permission to the protest served today nevertheless nobody asked his supporters to demonstrate not only in other cities were it was about to demonstrate but also in moscow and st peter's square and death for another only broke the law and i think police want you to really see him today or even in the days to come i think he may stay in jail for the next two or maybe three weeks and this is in the end a political decision made by the kremlin we will definitely see more demonstrations in the week center weeks to come yes today's protests are a small compared to some anti-government protests that russia's seen in the past do not only supporters have a chance of actually in flowing t

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moscow got its first taste of western fast food as mcdonald's opened their biggest restaurants in pushkin square a big mac costs half a day's wages for the average russian. >> welcome back. you're watching "bbc news." the latest headlines. president trump has defended his policy of america first but said he accepts open trade as long as it's reciprocal. and the entire board of the u.s. gymnastics authority is to resign in the wake of the scandal involving the sexual abuse of 150 female athletes by the former team doctor larry nassar. it's more than a month since iraq's prime minister declared victory in his country's fight against the mill tans of the islamic state. but the battle is far from over with attacks on iraqi soldiers on a daily basis. much of the fighting is on the pour royals board with syria. our reporter traveled to where the i.s. invasion of iraq began and continues to this day. >> -- has seen many battles pass through. the invasion of iraq, the fight against coiled, and two months ago -- al qaedaa, and two months ago. one of the stands of the militants. this station was an americ

moscow got its first taste of western fast food as mcdonald's opened their biggest restaurant in pushkin square, with a big mac costing half a day's wages for the average russian. you're watching the briefing. our headlines: donald trump makes his first state of the union address with a call for the american people to set aside their differences and unite as one family. the british prime minister, theresa may, has arrived in china for a three—day visit to boost trade and investment after brexit. a government employee who caused panic in hawaii when he sent out a false alert for an imminent ballistic missile attack earlier this month, has been sacked. his boss, the head of the state's emergency management agency, has resigned. officials said the employee had mistaken a practice drill for a real attack and had made the same mistake twice before. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. for 30 minutes, the people of hawaii feared the worst— an official warning telling them a ballistic missile attack was imminent but it turned out to be a false alarm and now the man who pressed the wrong button has lost his j

moscow got its first taste of western fast food as mcdonald's opened their biggest restaurant in pushkin squarea big mac costing half a day's wages for the average russian. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl, in singapore. i'm babita sharma, in london. our top stories: one of japan's biggest crypto currency exchanges, refunds half a billion dollars after a hacking attack. chanting: navalny, navalny! thousands rally in support of the russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, who's been released after being detained by police in moscow. new york's chief prosecutor says the state is opening an investigation into a firm that allegedly sold millions of fake followers to social media users. the company, devumi, stands accused of stealing real people's identities, which it denies. that story is popular on bbc.com let's take a look at some front pages from around the world: the japan times is among a number of papers to feature improving ties between tokyo and china. it carries a photo of the two countries' foreign ministers ahead of a two—hour meeting in beijing. the pair agreed to resume

moscow got its first taste of western fast food as mcdonald's opened their biggest restaurant in pushkin squareued up today will not find it cheap, with a big mac costing half a day's wages for the average russian. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: aid groups in yemen say new fighting in the port city of aden has made an already bad humanitarian situation worse. at least ten people died in fighting on sunday. there is new doubt surrounding the security of so—called cryptocurrency exchanges, which handle digital cash systems like bitcoin. 0ne ofjapan‘s biggest exchanges, coincheck, has offered to refund $500 million in currency stolen by hackers on friday. japan is one of the world's most enthusiastic traders in cryptocurrencies. this report by rhodri davies contains flash photography. as many as 10,000 businesses injapan are said to accept cryptocurrencies. this virtual heist is bound to increase concerns about their security. at the centre of this, tokyo—based coincheck, one of the largest digital currency exchanges injapan. it said on friday it had been hacked, resulting in the loss of

moscow got its first taste of western fast food as mcdonald's opened their biggest restaurant in pushkin squareay will not find it cheap, with a big mac costing half a day's wages for the average russian. you're watching the briefing. our headlines... president trump's set to give his keynote speech — promoting us trade — at the world economic forum in davos. casey affleck has pulled out of presenting an award at next month's oscars. he's been under pressure over claims of sexual harassment, which he denies. polling booths are due to open shortly in the czech republic for the second round of the country's presidential election. the incumbent, milos zeman, is seeking a second five—year term, his challenger, jiri drahos, says that he no longer has anything to offer his country. the bbc‘s rob cameron joins us now from prague. this would perhaps be billed as a david versus goliath sort of a challenge, but it is very close, i understand? it is extremely close, it should be remembered that the czech republic is a parliamentary democracy and the post of czech president is in theory a ceremonial one bu

moscow got its first taste of western fast food as mcdonald's opened their biggest restaurant in pushkin squarees queued up today will not find it cheap, with a big mac costing half a day's wages for the average russian. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the entire board of the usa gymnastics authority is to resign in the wake of the scandal involving the wake of the scandal involving the sexual abuse of 150 female athletes by the former team doctor larry nassar. and president trump has defended his policy of america first and says he accepts open trade as long as it is reciprocal. donald trump made that statement at the world economic forum in davos. among world leaders attending the summit was the irish prime minister. last year he became the first openly 93v last year he became the first openly gay person to hold the post and in march he will be in washington to celebrate st patrick's day at the white house. what will his discussions be like with vice president mike pence, whose views have come under criticism from lgbt communities? that's the question we asked him. yeah, well, you kno

moscow got its first taste of western fast food as mcdonald's opened their biggest restaurant in pushkin squareued up today will not find it cheap, with a big mac costing half a day's wages for the average russian. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: aid groups in yemen say new fighting in the port city of aden has made an already bad humanitarian situation worse. at least ten people died in fighting on sunday. afghanistan has been observing a day of national mourning. more than 100 people are now known to have been killed in saturday's suicide bombing in the capital, kabul. the river seine in paris has risen still higher on sunday, though the authorities believe the city will now be spared really major flooding. still, the waters are six metres higher than usual and the clean—up job will take weeks. kevin connolly is in paris. predicting extreme weather is always problematic, of course. the river is continuing to rise here, but the maximum point it's expected to reach is now not as high as it was a couple of days ago, and it's not thought likely to reach the levels we saw, for example, in

moscow got its first taste of western fast food as mcdonald's opened their biggest restaurant in pushkin squarep, with a big mac costing half a day's wages for the average russian. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: a number of people killed in a taliban bomb attack in afghan capital of kabul has risen to 95. president trump has called for decisive action against the taliban. an investigation‘s been launched into the conduct of officials at michigan state university, where the former usa gymnastics doctor, larry nassar, who was convicted of sexual abuse, was based. one of the world's richest men, prince al—waleed bin talal has become the latest high—profile figure to be released in saudi arabia after a major anti—corru ption drive was launched in november. a saudi official has said that prince al—waleed was released after a settlement was approved by the state prosecutor. our arab affairs editor sebastian usher reports. that is the dining room. just hours before his release, prince al—waleed bin talal gave his first interview from the gilded cage of the ritz carlton hotel. and these

moscow got its first taste of western fast food as mcdonald's opened their biggest restaurant in pushkin squareind it cheap with a big mac costing half a day's wages for the average russian. you're watching the briefing. our headlines: a veteran us diplomat has quit his role advising myanmar on the rohingya crisis, saying aung san suu kyi lacks moral leadership. the board of usa gymnastics are facing mounting calls to quit over the sexual abuse of young athletes by former team doctor, larry nassar. let's get more on that. our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan spoke to kyle stephens, one of larry nassar‘s victims, about what happened to her and what it was like seeing him in court. he never scared me, he was in this big prestigious doctor, he was never like that to me. at home he was kind of lame is the best way to put it. so going in there, i already felt, like, powerful over him so seeing him and him not even able to look at me for most of my statement was more empowering. how angry do you feel about the fact that not only did he sexually abuse you but he sexually abused you when you were so v

moscow got its first taste of western fast food as mcdonald's opened their biggest restaurant in pushkin square who queued up today will not find it cheap, with a big mac costing half a day's wages for the average russian. this is bbc world news. russian opposition leader alexei navalny has been released without charge after being detained at a rally in moscow calling for a boycott of the presidential elections. and ingvar kamprad, the brains behind the ikea furniture empire, has died at the age of 91. a day of mourning has been taking place in the afghan capital, kabul, for more than 100 people killed in saturday's bomb attack. the attack, using an ambulance packed with explosives, was the worst to hit the city in months. 0ur correspondent secunder kermani reports from kabul. hospitals across kabul have been at full stretch, trying to treat the huge number of wounded. this taxi driver was just metres away from the explosion. translation: there was smoke, shrapnel and burning smell everywhere. everyone looked terrified. there were dead bodies and injured people covering the street. the taliban

moscow got its first taste of western fast food as mcdonald's opened their biggest restaurant in pushkin squareho queued up today won't find it cheap, with a big mac costing half a day's wages for the average russian. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the head of the cia has been telling the bbc about the threat from russia in this yea r‘s mid—term elections, and defending president trump's mental faculties. after years of argument, the irish government has agreed to a referendum at the end of may on whether to reform the republic's near—total ban on abortion. after years of talks between the vatican and beijing about who runs the roman catholic church in china, details are emerging about a possible deal. the authorities want all unregistered congregations to join the state—approved official church, and they want the right to appoint bishops. the pope seems willing to consider these demands, and that is drawing criticism from china's most respected cleric. david campa nale reports. unregistered church congregations like this one are a thorn in the side of china's communist party. the chur

moscow got its first taste of western fast food as mcdonald's opened their biggest restaurant in pushkin squareueued up today will not find it cheap, with a big mac costing half a day's wages for the average russian. nassar this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president trump has defended his policy of america first but says he accepts open trade as long as it is reciprocal. the entire board of the us gymnastics authority is to resign after the sexual abuse of 100 athletes by the former doctor larry nassar. it's more than a month since iraq's prime minister declared victory in his country's fight against the militants of the islamic state but, despite that, the battle is far from over, with attacks on iraqi soldiers taking place on a daily basis. much of the fighting occurs on the porous border with syria, where is fighters are able to take refuge. bbc persian's nafiseh kohnavard travelled to the station of al-qaim, where the is invasion of iraq began and continues to this day. al-qaim station has seen many battles pass through, the invasion of iraq, the fight against al-qaeda, and two month

moscow got its first taste of western fast food as mcdonald's opened their biggest restaurant in pushkin squarewill not find it cheap with a big mac costing half a day's wages for the average russian. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: america's disgraced olympic gymnastics team doctor, larry nassar, has been jailed for 175 years for molesting young gymnasts. there's been a week of harrowing testimony from nearly 160 people. earlier we spoke to one of the victims about what happened and what it was like seeing him. the never scared me, he was in this big prestigious doctor, he was never like that to me. at home he was kind of lame is the best way to put it. so going in there, i already felt, like, powerful over him so seeing him and him not even able to look at me for most of my statement was more in powering. how angry do you feel about the fact that not only did he sexually abuse you but he sexually abused you when you were so vulnerable? children just don't understand, you know? they don't understand, you know? they don't understand what's going on and he doesn't understand that not onl

moscow got its first taste of western fast food as mcdonald's opened their biggest restaurant in pushkin squarees queued up today will not find it cheap with a big mac costing half a day's wages for the average russian. top stories: donald trump is world economic forum in davos. he said that the us. eight to the palestinians unless they take part in peace talks with israel. atomic scientists say the word is at a greater threat of nuclear catastrophe that at any point during the. they have set the doomsday clock at two minutes to midnight. and 50 cents has discovered that he isa and 50 cents has discovered that he is a bitcoin millionaire. years ago he accepted bitcoin as payment for an album he recorded. he forgot about it. today, it is worth between seven and eight million dollars. this is popular on bbc.com. wherever you are watching from around the world right now, it is either the 26th of january it will be seven, and that means one thing for australia: is the country's national day of celebration. it marks the anniversary of when british settlers arrived on australian shores for the first

moscow got its first taste of western fast food as mcdonald's opened their biggest restaurant in pushkin squared up today will not find it cheap, with a big mac costing half a day's wages for the average russian. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president trump has defended his policy of america first but says he accepts open trade as long as it is reciprocal. the entire board of the us gymnastics authority is to resign in the wake of the sexual abuse of 100 athletes by the former doctor larry nassar. the indian premier league auction this year is likely to be the biggest ever. top players on the option list, including star players joe root, chris gayle, mitchell sta rc joe root, chris gayle, mitchell starc and sing. joining me from mumbai is our correspondent. how does this work? unlike other major sporting leagues in the world, it is different in terms of buying it started ten years ago and every tea m it started ten years ago and every team is allowed to keep a player for a maximum of ten years after which the players have to come back into the players have to come back into the centr

moscow got its first taste of western fast food as mcdonald's opened their biggest restaurant in pushkin squaret cheap, with a big mac costing half a day's wages for the average russian. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the afghan government is blaming a taliban—linked group, said to be backed by pakistan, for a suicide attack in kabul that has left more than 90 people dead. the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, has said he will campaign for ireland's abortion law to be liberalised in a referendum on the issue. a vote is expected this summer on whether to repeal an amendment of the irish constitution which in effect bans terminations. mr varadkar was at the world economic forum this week, where he took a break from trade talks to set out his plans to the bbc‘s mishal husain. as i've said on many occasions, i believe ireland's abortion laws are too restrictive and need to be liberalised. we do however, unlike other countries, have a constitutional ban on abortion, in our constitution. and the only way we can change our constitution is by referendum. so we'll have that referendum hopeful

but the hundreds of muscovites queued up in pushkin square will not find it cheap with a big mac costing latest headlines: america's disgraced olympic gymnastics team doctor, larry nassar, has been jailed for 175 years for molesting young gymnasts. donald trump has said he'd "love to" be questioned under oath about allegations of russian meddling in the presidential election. the new president of zimbabwe, emmerson mnangagwa, has told the bbc he will ensure transparent elections byjuly and will respect the result if the opposition wins. the election will be the first big test of his legitimacy since he took power after the military ousted robert mugabe. he was speaking to mishal husain at the world economic forum in davos, his first tv interview since the inauguration. let's talk about zimbabwe's relations with other countries. now, president trump is on his way to davos, i wonder what you thought when you heard about his reported comments about some african countries being s***holes?. yes, i have my foreign minister somewhere here, he informed me about that but he has also told me that

anti-corruption activist alexei navalny was detained as he made his way to a protest in moscow's pushkin square. the demonstration was one of several going on across the country responding to navalny's exclusion from running against president vladimir putin in russia's march 18th election. putin is widely expected to easily win his fourth term. just hours before his arrest, officers raided navalny's moscow headquarters, and broadcast it live. navalny faces 20 days in jail for organizing the unsanctioned protests. he was previously convicted of embezzlement in a case widely seen as politically motivated. florida senator marco rubio has fired his chief of staff after receiving reports of "improper conduct" with subordinate staffers. rubio's office did not provide details of the accusations, but says it is notifying the appropriate congressional and senate administrative offices. in a statement, the florida republican said: "i had sufficient evidence to conclude that while employed by this office, my chief of staff had violated office policies regarding proper relations between a supervisor and th

moscow got its first taste of western fast food as mcdonald's opened their biggest restaurant in pushkin squareueued up today will not find it cheap with a big mac costing half a day's wages for the average russian. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the un warns one and a half million people are on the brink of famine in south sudan. president trump has been accused of leading the middle east towards chaos, after he warned the palestinians he'd cut aid unless they cooperated with the us. now to some breaking news, at least 31 people are reported to have been killed in a fire at a hospital in south korea. dozens more have been injured and officials say they expect the number of dead to rise. the fire is thought to have started in the emergency room of the hospital in the city of milyang in the south east of the country. about 100 patients are believed to have been inside the building. we will bring you more as soon as we can confirm it. a group of mostly us scientists has moved the hands of its so—called doomsday clock — a measure devised to illustrate concern over the world's destruction,

moscow got its first taste of western fast food as mcdonald's opened their biggest restaurant in pushkin square with a big mac costing half a day's wages for the average russian. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the afghan government is blaming a taliban linked group said to be backed by pakistan for a suicide attack in kabul which has left many dead. paris remains on high alert as water levels continue to rise. the river seine is expected to reach six metres above its usual level. the irish prime minister has said he will campaign for ireland's abortion issue to be liberalised. much is expected this summer on whether the irish constitution segment banning abortions will be repealed. he spoke to us. as i've said on many occasions, i believe ireland's abortion laws are too restrictive and need to be liberalised. we do however, unlike other countries, have a constitutional ban on abortion, in our constitution. and the only way we can change our constitution is by referendum. so we'll have that referendum hopefully this summer, and we shall be in a position to make a decision on that in gov

street and this square that you see behind me is pushkin's because square it's one of the main squares that's on that big street and people here have assembled behind me and they're shouting slogans like the thief with the czar these aren't elections and we are the power here so people have assembled here and then on the other side along the street there are police police vans police cars assembled and as you can hear maybe behind me at the moment the police is asking people to move on to let people past and to clear the square. looking at pictures of police and also lots of people gathering there right now how are the authorities handling the protests in moscow. well ahead of the protests as you said offices his anticorruption fund were searched several people there were arrested and ahead of these protests all over the country there were searches in the offices. as well now here in moscow the police presence now on the day of the protests is is huge as i said i was walking along this main street where the protests were were are being held and they were really there's a police man eve

moscow got its first taste of western fast food as mcdonald's opened their biggest restaurant in pushkin squareued up today will not find it cheap, with a big mac costing half a day's wages for the average russian. this is bbc news. the latest headlines. the un warns one and a half million people are ‘on the brink of famine' in south sudan. more than 40 people have been killed in south korea — after a fire sweeps through a hospital in the southern city of miryang. the oscar—winning actor, casey affleck has pulled out of this year's ceremony, where he was expected to present the academy award for best actress. he won best actor last year, for manchester by the sea, but has settled out of court claims of sexual harassment by two female crew on his mock documentary, i'm still here. he has always denied the claims. i spoke earlier to the entertainment journalist kj matthews, in los angeles, and asked her what she made of casey affleck pulling out. i will be honest, many people in hollywood were not surprised that casey affleck did not want to do this. in the last two months we have had all of these

moscow got its first taste of western fast food as mcdonald's opened their biggest restaurant in pushkin squareill not find it cheap, with a big mac costing half a day's wages for the average russian. you're watching the briefing. 0ur headlines: gunfire and explosions have been heard at a military academy in kabul. it's the latest in a series of attacks in the afghan capital. parisians are urged to use "extreme caution" as water levels in the river seine continue to rise after days of torrential rain last year there was condemnation around the world on reports that gay men were being detained and tortured in the russian republic of chechnya by the regime of a controversial figure and an ally of president putin. now human rights campaigners who have been trying to investigate the allegations say they are being targeted. 0ur correspondent travelled to chechnya and obtained exclusive access to this issue. this isa exclusive access to this issue. this is a report. this is ramzan kadyrov, whose security forces are accused of abduction and torture, with gay men among their recent targets. here in che

moscow got its first taste of western fast food as mcdonald's opened their biggest restaurant in pushkin squareup today will not find it cheap, with a big mac costing half a day's wages for the average russian. welcome. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: donald trump has told the world economic forum in davos that he's putting america first, but that doesn't mean america alone. aircraft manufacturer bombardier has won a trade case in the us, overturning a decision to impose an almost 300% tariff on imports. britain's future relationship with the european union is again causing tensions in the country's governing conservative party. the chancellor of the exchequer philip hammond had suggested the relationship post—brexit might only be a little different from now. that sparked an angry reaction from those in the party who want a clean breakfrom europe. the minister in charge of brexit has denied a split, and today outlined plans for the transition period after britain leaves the eu. alex forsyth reports. in teesside today, the brexit secretary was trying to calm troubled waters. surrounded b

moscow got its first taste of western fast food as mcdonald's opened their biggest restaurant in pushkin squarebig mac costing half a day's wages for the average russian. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: america's disgraced olympic gymnastics team doctor, larry nassar, has been jailed for 175 years for molesting young gymnasts. donald trump has said he'd love to be questioned under oath about allegations of russian meddling in the presidential election. north korea's ice hockey players have arrived in south korea ahead of next month's winter olympics. they're taking part in joint practice sessions for the first time as part of a unified team at the games. laura bicker reports from seoul. the north korean hockey players will inspect the venues. this is just an advanced party, this isjust an inspection, but the decision to merge the two teams has proved to be controversial here in south korea. there's a feeling here they may be jeopardising their own medal chances to engage with the north, however, they will go ahead and they'll play their first friendly match against sweden injust over a

moscow got its first taste of western fast food as mcdonald's opened their biggest restaurant in pushkin squared up today will not find it cheap with a big mac costing half a day's wages for the average russian. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the un warns one and a half million people are ‘on the brink of famine' in south sudan. president trump has been accused of leading the middle east towards chaos — after he warned the palestinians he'd cut aid unless they cooperated with the us. emergency services are helping evacuate victims of flooding in areas around paris — as the seine's rising levels continue to cause havoc and inundate parts of the french capital. the river isn't expected to peak until the weekend, as reged ahmad reports. this is an area east of paris. suburbia submerged. fields, streets and parts of houses underwater. emergency services and even soldiers have been enlisted to rescue residents. this is just one area hit. the misery is being caused by the river seine which goes through the capital of paris. record rainfall has pushed it and other rivers over their banks acro

if you've been here an hour ago this square pushkin square in central moscow would have been absolutely pants with protesters shouting the slogans that you hear time and time again at these demonstrations putin is a thief russia will be free now as you say there have been numerous arrests in various cities across this vast vast country in moscow there seems to be a much lighter touch no arrests there i could see here in central moscow although in the last thirty minutes or so most of the young people who were here are headed down tools of kremlin which is that way and i did see in a fair few police vans following down there were lights flashing so we might start to see some arrests here in moscow of course the big exceptions that lightness of touch that i just mentioned is when it comes to no volume so he turned up at this rally earlier on the day it was spotted very quickly. by police and bundles quite roughly into the back of a police van now he says his detention doesn't matter it's all because all the people are turning out across russia he says are turning out not to protest for hi

hours pass. of the entire republic of uganda. as mcdonald's opened their biggest restaurant in pushkin squarees for the average russian. good to have you with us. this is bbc news. mentalfaculties. near—total ban on abortion. details are emerging about moves towards a possible deal. to join the state—approved official church. and they want the right to appoint bishops over them. criticism from china's most respected cleric. david campanale has more. to china's communist party. are many like it which are independent and protestant. in the world. control. complying with communist demands. one of these — an official catholic church. or accept demotion in favour of beijing—appointed leaders. they have not done so yet. the vatican expects to win out in the end. the goal of pope francis is a majority church. he wants a stake, and the stake is all china. consequence of the economic development. in china, will need relgion. to communism, and asked for a different approach. cardinal zen has shown he can be outspoken. vatican reaching a deal. david campanale, bbc news. the bbc did ask the vatican to re

hours pass. of the entire republic of uganda. as mcdonald's opened their biggest restaurant in pushkin squarethe average russian. who's chair of canada's family planning research council. thank you for being on the programme. why we are in this position in ireland. done the same thing. regulations in the medical profession and within hospitals. profession and within hospitals. in fact, our abortion rates have been coming down. been coming down. the current system should be changed and reformed. and reformed. what you think the outcome will be? i have medical expertise. expertise. who are unable to get safe care have lost their alliance in ireland. lost their alliance in ireland. better safety and better reproductive outlooks. reproductive outlooks. a question of a new law coming into place. place. what is the best outcome for women in terms of a new law? women in terms of a new law? time and space are children and to reach our own goals. reach our own goals. her in reaching the health orfamily that she desires. that she desires. well—connected, they can always access the best care. access the