rory stewart has said he is willing to ta ke rory stewart has said he is willing to take on all of thatlic and his own party because he believes it is a debate he needs to win. the standoff between president trump and members of the us congress over funding for a wall on the mexican border, has now resulted in a record—breaking government shutdown. the row has entered its 22nd day, leaving hundreds of thousands of government workers unpaid as politicians argue over budget. david willis has the latest from washington. at the white house, they prayed. among them, a president caught in a crisis so seemingly intractable, it might take divine intervention to solve. a government shutdown that started with museums closed and rubbish piling up in national parks has now seen hundreds of thousands of government workers go without pay. and following protests across the country, that shutdown has now set a dubious record as the longest in american political history. cheyne was among those watching. when she and her family moved to the farming community of nokesville in virginia, she was looking for

thanks a lot, rory. >>> next we're going to talk to afua hirsch. she is a writer. she's a social commentator. she's the author of "british on race, identity and belonging." afua, welcome to the program. you've been listening to rory stewart put on the best face on what is an untenable situation. he would be a tory moderate. >> absolutely. >> and he's trying to kind of knit the country together again. but behind him you heard these bells. this is now the protesters deciding that this is their latest tactic, to shut down any debate with the press by any mps who are not hard lines brexiteers. what's your comment on that? >> it's a difficult climate. we have got a surge in protests at the moment. i think tensions are extremely high and the stakes are getting higher the closer we're getting to the debate we're meant to be withdrawing from the eu. it's very difficult to draw a line between legitimate protests, which is something that we value as a constitutional principle, part of our parliamentary democracy, and which can be annoying like the bells we heard behind rory

fighters were killed so let's check in with worry chalons in moscow things running a bit behind time rory i think we'd hoped to hear from them. by then but what can we speculate in the meantime about what deal or what agreement they might try to find. well these are both leaders of course have invested heavily in the syrian conflict and they both have different things that they want from it and at the moment the main points of difference are to do with the it live area and to do with the area up in the north where syria borders turkey now what erdogan would like is to have some sort of buffer zone set up there under control that the turks could use to counter what they see as a threat from groups like the s.d.f. which are dominated by kurdish fighters the turks consider the kurdish fighters to be terrorists the russians are not particularly keen on that idea because they don't want the turks to be in syria long and ultimately they would like the kurdish areas to be brought back under government control they would also like it live to be brought under government control but remember there

varada rory thanks for joining me thanks for having me so. i didn't know you could be protesting for sustainable environment and also have a pocket square but your opponent off so well done thank you and i'm glad you noticed the pockets were actually has symbolic significance if you like oh yeah oh please go. yeah this for me symbolizes something significant related to extinction rebellion if you're familiar with american working class history the term redneck comes from coal miners strikes in appalachian they would wear red bandanas around their necks and so for me the green bandana on which this is cut from represents working class solidarity but also environmental ism. ok the green bandanas so that's kind of i know that's kind of the symbol of the extinction rebellion. so you know i i've been fascinated with their protests in britain and now some people like you are trying to get extinction rebellion rolling here in the us but we've got it endless already of protests against climate change there's been you know marches in new york the big

nothing gives back to rory like the right of cup., as it is for a not the europeans, it is made for him. he will not miss out. he will be there, front and centre, one of the leading lights of ourteam. nine times world rally champion sebastien loeb won tuesday's second stage of the dakar rally from pisco to sanjuan de marcona in peru. it was a day of near misses for some while overnight leader nasser al—attiyah plunged to eighth in the overall standings, with south africa's giniel de villiers, the 2009 champion, now out in front with the event running until the 17th of january when it ends in the peruvian capital of lima. mikaela shiffrin was denied a record—equaling eighth consecutive fis world cup slalom win by petra vlhova on tuesday. shiffrin had led after the first run but vlhova set a testing target — the slovakian was more than second faster than the rest of the field. and when it came to the double olympic champion's final run, the american‘s advantage gradually slipped away and she was beaten for the first time in eight event

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rory joins me live now from moscow really does have a lot to talk about on syria but all the luck of the strike some kind of deal do you think. well i think that's the big question i mean obviously there was this deal that they did over the last year which staved off a government offensive on the province on the rebel stronghold there which would have been supported by russian air power russia has always said that that was a temporary situation anyway but with turkey looking now to the north east and to its kurdish problems there is perhaps a potential for a new deal to be done between russia and turkey that's what syria watchers like europe barmen who you heard in my reports think might be on the cards basically russia and turkey saying to each other ok turkey you can have a buffer zone in the northeast we don't particularly like it the you can have that if russia and the syrian governments are allowed to do what they want with africa with it which is basically to take it over and finally crush h.t.s. once and for all returned it to government hands so we'll have to wait i think and

and rory joins me now from moscow i mean really so much to discuss these the those who want really to defend their respective positions as well as that assets and their allies in syria. yeah it is a very complicated patchwork within the syrian conflict has always been complex to say the least i mean what's beriah syria watchers are guessing at the moments including yuri barmen who you have from in my report that is whether there might be some kind of deal that russia and turkey might be in the process of striking as we heard russia does not really want. that turkish buffer zone to be set up on the turkey syria border it would like ultimately for all of those zones particularly the kurdish ones to be handed over to the syrian government but there could be something that he could offer russia to make that more palatable for them so he could say to russia or perhaps we will turn a blind eye or look elsewhere when russia and the syrian government might decide to push in to it labe and finally take that over take that over for for the syrian government so we'll have to watch what happens f

in moscow rory how seriously are russian officials taking the possibility of playing the mediator here. well the signs coming out of moscow the moment they are looking at this pretty seriously now the indication so far is that they're not trying to lead this process at least that's not what they're saying on the face of it what they're saying is that they are willing to participate in an international format to settle the situation in venezuela that's what lavrov for saying earlier on we are ready to participate in international efforts in those formats that will be acceptable to the venezuelan parties of course any mediation initiatives should be impartial he says the russian position is that the opposition has to come to these talks if and when they occur with no preconditions no ultimatums no demands in some respects this is similar to what the russian position has been with regards to the syrian negotiations as well it always said that the opposition parties the rebels in negotiating with president assad have to drop all of their preconditions and all of their demands only then cou

here again was a ferocious fast bowler, kemar roach was too much per rory burns.ba i rstow got much per rory burns. no wonderjonny bairstow got his eyes checked. they would still perceive him as 12 he was given his own elbow. england continued to be betrayed by their anatomy, nxt joe continued to be betrayed by their anatomy, nxtjoe root‘s leg before wicket. england were 114—11, they have been here before. back to kemar roach, ben stokes was lbw for zero, next bull moeen ali's first and he chose to attack but not spotting joseph in the field. they used to call this calypso colla pso joseph in the field. they used to call this calypso collapso and joseph in the field. they used to call this calyps the llapso and 2559; if j 5— , joseph in the field. they used to call this calyps the llaps victim 44:44— :j j 5— , like old times. like aid timest the like aid times. the iskiimzlies roach. like old times, the windies fast bowlers - away the rest, fast bowlers blew away the rest, england 77 all out, humiliated on throwback thursday. so here's the sorry tale of england's

nothing gives back to rory like the ryder cup.e for him, as it is for a lot of europeans, it is made for him. he will not miss out. he will be there, front and centre, one of the leading lights of ourteam. nine times world rally champion sebastien loeb won tuesday's second stage of the dakar rally from pisco to sanjuan de marcona, in peru. it was a day of near misses for some, while overnight leader nasser al—attiyah plunged to eighth in the overall standings, with south africa's giniel de villiers, the 2009 champion, now out in front, with the event running until the 17th of january, when it ends in the peruvian capital of lima. mikaela shiffrin was denied a record—equaling eighth consecutive fis world cup slalom win by petra vlhova on tuesday. shiffrin had led after the first run, but vlhova set a testing target. the slovakian was more than a second faster than the rest of the field. and when it came to the double olympic champion's final run, the american‘s advantage gradually slipped away and she was beaten for the first time

nothing gives back to rory like the ryder cup. he loves the golf course and the adrenaline.r him. he will not miss out, he will be there, front and centre, a leading light of ourteam. front and centre, a leading light of our team. full-back has already missed six months with concussion after suffering a blow to the head against australia in november. and now it has been revealed he has been riven —— ruled out for anotherfive weeks after seeing a specialist. wowsers first match will be against france in paris on february one. —— wales. and england gold cup medallist returns to the squad. she was a core member of the side that defeated australia to take the title and after three months out with a knee injury she has returned for the series that starts on sunday. england will take on australia,. that is all the sport from us for now. time now for a quick look at the weather. today in eastern parts of england, a few spots of a little bit of coastal flooding. a combination of coastal flooding. a combination of high tides and strong wind. as we go into tomorrow, the wind in easter

the prisons minister rory stewart has described these short sentences in a newspaper interview as longh to damage you and not long enough to heal you. adding that those jailed even for a few weeks can lose their home, theirjob and their family and be set on a course to more crime. the ministry ofjustice says that prison is meant to protect the public from dangerous people, reduce crime, and also reform prisoners. but could it be our overcrowded jails are instead turning one—time offenders into career criminals? since the 1990s the prison population has doubled from 40,000 to 80,000. in 2017 86,275 people were jailed. and more than half of them received sentences of six months or less. we should not be imprisoning these people. we should be turning their lives around and giving them support, dealing with their drug addiction, their homelessness, and getting them to make amends for the wrong they've done. that's good for victims and it's good for the taxpayer and it will ease pressure on the prisons. abandoning such short prison sentences in england and wales is stilljust a proposal. leg

all right rory challenge in moscow. plenty more still ahead in the news hour including voters in the southern philippines cast their ballots in a referendum aimed at ending a decades long conflict. u.k.'s prime minister gets ready to reveal her plan before briggs it and its board find out why this tennis player lost his cool at the australian oh. it's been a day to remember for millions of votes in the southern philippines referendums been held on a new law aimed at granting greater autonomy to the island of mindanao the vote follows decades of war by muslim rebels against government rule from manila the result is expected in a week's time if the vote passes the b.-o. l. or bangsamoro organic law will create a new autonomous region the lore is the result of a comprehensive agreement when decades of fighting between muslim separatists and the philippine army the war identifies the bangsamoro people as native or the original inhabitants of mindanao it also paves the way for the creation of the bangsamoro government led by

rory, thank you.retary, michael gove, has told farmers that theresa may's brexit deal will provide certainty for them if it's approved by mps. speaking at the oxford farming conference, he admitted the agreement wasn't perfect but said leaving without a deal would cause farmers "considerable turbulence". the national farmers union is calling for a new law to ensure there is no lowering of food standards after brexit. phil mackie reports. farmers face uncertainty over brexit, just like everyone else. they worry about who will pick the crops and work machinery if there are tougher immigration rules. and they fear cheap imports could undercut british goods and mean poorer quality food on supermarket shelves. this is what it's all about, the best of british produce grown and raised to the very highest standards. michael gove today told farmers that there would be opportunities once britain has left the eu, but he also warned of the dangers if we leave in less than three months without a deal. the turbulen

can i ask you about one other thing rory before we go to ma one and that is and this was mentioned over and over again constitutional committee the formation of it in fact if i check my notes president erdogan said it's very important its completion is urgent can you remind us all what is the constitutional committee why is it so. so there was a summit held in sochi. not so long ago whereby. russia and turkey and opposition groups and iran came together and the outcome was that there would be a constitutional committee formed of all stakeholders basically in across the syrian political firmament from government through to opposition that would be responsible essentially for steering a new constitution its feeds into the un security council resolution twenty two fifty four and what many people hope is going to be ultimately the political solution for the syrian conflict but it was quite clear this has not been done yet this constitutional committee has not been formed now the russians have long been saying that essentially the folder for that lies with the opposition groups who can all c

the prisons minister rory stewart has described these short sentences in a newspaper interview as longamage you and not long enough to heal you, adding that those jailed even for a few weeks can lose their home, theirjob and their family and be set on a course to more crime. the ministry ofjustice says that prison is meant to protect the public from dangerous people, reduce crime, and also reform prisoners. but could it be our overcrowded jails are instead turning one—time offenders into career criminals? since the 1990s, the prison population has doubled from 40,000 to 80,000. in 2017, 86,275 people were jailed and more than half of them received sentences of six months or less. abandoning such short prison sentences in england and wales is stilljust a proposal. legislation would be needed and politicians know promising to send fewer law—breakers to prison is rarely a vote winner. but a similar scheme in scotland has beenjudged a success and is being extended to sentences of 12 months. it could be that ending short sentences will benefit criminals, and the community, in the long term.

rory burns went first and wilted. england's openers keep closing early.y on debut, age 32, will know that he should have left this one alone. joe root had no such choice as the delivery was so fierce this just to get hold of that. butler followed, and england will have been shaken. having seen thatjohnny knew he might not last long. so batting with the freedom of the condemned man, he smashed 52 before he got one but his name on it. on this pitch, there are plenty of unanswered questions. gabriel gave stokes one to ponder six down. still, there are worse places to watch englandbatting collapses. he responded to be down in the deep and with some energetic paddling. he carried his team upstream but chosen a risky choice. it was a chance that it might end like this. the rest was a woozy whirl. getting bold, jimmy anderson moved out the way entirely. 187 all outs. so england went into the field in the evening looking for danger, but found things strangely peaceful. england remain in trouble in paradise. former england captain alistair cook is part of the bbc

our team and that is now in the shower in london our senior political analyst and also rory chalons in moscow. for you first as i said lots to discuss there and i know these sorts of news conferences a very orchestrated but even so you saw two people there being very friendly very complimentary to each other and two men who are technically on the other sides or on different sides of this conflict. you know these are two men that have talked together so many times over recent months and years of course they have their problems when the russian plane was shot down over the turkey syria border a couple of years ago but things have got better between them since then and of course the joints roles they have and the start of formats as brought them together again and again and again now they have differences of course they have differences in what they want to see happen in the syrian conflict and they have different interests relating to different parts of the syrian conflict right now now that the turks to one specific me wants to have some sort of buffer zone set up in the north to help p

the prisons minister, rory stewart, says he'll quit if levels of violence don't come down by august.those marks. spin around and face me. just place one hand on to that. using x-ray technology, making prisons safer. this is the first body scanner to be installed as part of the government's programme to reduce drugs and violence in ten of the worst affected prisons in england. it can detect packages hidden inside a prison's volley. this is an image of an inmate found with concealed drugs on the first day the device was deployed. you can see the straight edges, which shouldn't be inside the human body. the scanner operates in a similarway to human body. the scanner operates in a similar way to a standard hospital x—ray machine. but the level of radiation is 400 times lower. leeds is one of ten prisons being given in best and to reduce drugtaking and violence by next summer. —— given investment. but it is a difficult task and there is no guarantee it will happen. there is also a concern some of the ten prisons could reduce assaults simply by moving violent offenders to otherjails. that

he also set up tries for rory scannell and this one in the second half for andrew conway.qualifying from pool two for the next round. let's take a quick look at some of today's other stories now. england and bath forward sam underhill is set to miss the six nations which starts next month. the 22—year—old has had surgery after picking up an ankle injury in a club match last month. liverpool's virgil van dijk and jurgen klopp have been named the premier league's player and manager of the month respectively for december. van dijk is the first defender to win it since tottenham's jan vertonghen in march 2013. he played in all eight of liverpool's matches when they were unbeaten in december. that is all for now. but we will leave you with the special moment. with andy murray. good evening. commentator: will not the waiting is over! —— andy murray is the wimbledon champion! hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are are the broadcaster, john stapleton, and the political correspondent at the evening standard, kate proctor. we

our team and that is no one to share in london our senior political analyst and also rory chalons in moscow. to you first as i said lots to discuss there and i know these sorts of news conferences a very orchestrated but even so you saw two people there being very friendly very complimentary to each other and two men who are technically on the other sides or on different sides of this conflict yeah these are two men who have talked together so many times over recent months and years of course they had their problems when the russian plane was shot down over the turkey syria border. a couple of years ago but things have got better between them since then and of course.

in speaking to a russian news agency what morsi been saying rory. well he has been talking about the negotiations he's been saying yes he's willing to sit down with the opposition he wants various countries the have expressed an interest in dialogue and he seems let me see here mexico year ago i believe you know russia the vatican and some european governments that he says they've all supported dialogue so he says he's going to send official letters to them and that this dialogue can happen where they want when they want and whatever form they want i think as we heard earlier on he said no to a new presidential vote the last ones that place less than a year ago he won it's therefore there's no need to revisit that he is saying perhaps yes to a new parliamentary of votes a vote in the national assembly remember of course that it's one guy who is the leader of the national assembly if there were to be a snap parliamentary election then perhaps that could be used so we can why don't my knees also you are asked about whether there are any russian mercen

that was rory stewart.ments to northern ireland and its integral place in the united kingdom, which sets out the domestic reassurances we can provide. as the prime minister has said, these are one aspect of our strategy to reassure the house. i also want to reassure colleagues that whatever the outcome of this debate we will respond rapidly, recognising that we must provide parliament with as much security as possible. labour‘s shadow brexit secretary sir keir starmer criticised the government‘s decision to delay the original vote on mrs may‘s deal, warning it has increased the risk of a no—deal brexit. that is to suggest that the customs arrangements under the backstop are the same as the customs arrangements we currently have. and they are not. they are not. i have read it in detail. i have read it a number of times in detail, and i know what the customs union that we are in looks like. and i know that the one with the backstop is fundamentally different. and it is fundamentally different to the amendment

rory chalons is standing by for us in moscow first let's cross over to a sound a binge of aids use in gaza and temple give us more details on those strikes and so some of what exactly was hit give us an idea of the extent of sort of iranian presence in that area. where according to the israeli military it hit specific targets of belonging to iranian forces which have been instrumental part of the bashar al assad government's fight against isis and rebel fighters the israeli military says that they hit a mission step forward hit an iranian military target closer to damascus international airport we know from the russians that the international airport has received some damage the i.d.f. also says that it had an israeli so it's in iranian intelligence headquarters as well as a military training camp as well so if you look at it from the israeli side it thinks it seems to say that it was very successful in hitting these specific targets despite the a syrian defenses going up and if you look at it from the perspective of the city and government the state media in syria seems to be saying

it is made for rory mcelroy, no way you will miss out on the ryder cup.lfel black —— wales fullback leigh halfpenny is likely to miss the six nations after suffering a blow to the head against australia in november he has already missed six months. the coach has revealed that halfpenny has been ruled out for a further 3—5 weeks after seeing a specialist. wales's first match in the six nations is against france in paris on the ist of february. 0ne the six nations is against france in paris on the ist of february. one of england's gold—medal winners from april's common wealth games returns for the last test before the world cup later this year. she looked eight or member of the side that beat australia to take the title, and after three months out with a knee injury she is back for the quad series starting on sunday. england will be taking on australia again along with new zealand and south africa. serena got three captains the site as the previous captain is still injured. that is all of the sport for now. you can find plenty more on those stories on the b

he also set up tries for rory scannell, and this one in the second half for andrew conway.t to miss the six nations which starts next month. the 22—year—old has had surgery after picking up an ankle injury in a club match last month. a professional footballer from japan has extended his career for another year. nothing strange in that, you might think, but that means kazuyoshi miura will still be playing for second division side yokohama fc at the grand old age of 52. miura started his career back in 1986, at the age of 18. does he look 52? he does not. he won the last of his international caps forjapan some 19 years ago. two years ago, aged 50, miura became the oldest professional to score a goal, breaking the record held, since 1965, by sir stanley matthews. the thing is though, as we all know, mid—505 now is the equivalent of mid—30s. i totally agree. i spent a full 90 minutes running around like a spring chicken the other week. age is completely different now. the parameters. i am going to be nice. i thought i was going to get a mega special there. i think he has them d

rory loves it, he has morphed into the playing captain of the team room. the bus, it is made for him, as it is for a number of europeans, there is no way he is going to miss out on the ryder cup, he is going to be there, front and centre, one of the leading lights of ourteam. tottenham host cheslea at wembley this evening in the first leg of their league cup semifinal. our reporter katie gornall is there for us. the one constant criticism of mauricio pochettino at tottenham is he hasn't won a trophy yet. how much does that add to the importance of this game? a lot of plaudits come his way for his style, but the chelsea manager has not won a major trophy yet so that adds an interesting subplot. maurizio sarri was asked about that enveloped the press conference and he implied there was more pressure on pochettino because they had been at spurs forfour years. on pochettino because they had been at spurs for four years. some mind games playing perhaps. but i think the more immediate concern for it is your salary will be that his side atone for their recent def

countries including argentina chile colombia and guatemala we have three correspondents on the story rory chalons will join us from moscow in a moment we have diana easterbrook in washington for the point of view from their terrorism pose in born and brought osiris she begins our coverage so as we're saying there is a countries now seem to be choosing sides but despite this there was a real political crisis in the country just bring us up to speed with what's going on there. well most definitely after the massive demonstrations that abend on wednesday it's not clear yet whether they will continue there are reports that for a third consecutive nights there's been looting and clashes between security forces and protesters many of this protest are happening in poor neighborhoods something that was unheard of and still several of until since two thousand and seventeen when the last massive protests really happened in venezuela president nicolas mother would've said on wednesday that he was breaking relations with the united states gave the diplomatic mission to leave the country seventy two h

he also set up tries for rory scannell, and this one in the second half for andrew conway. starts next month. the 22—year—old has had surgery after picking up an ankle injury in a club match last month. india have suspended cricketers hardik pandya and lokesh rahul and ordered them to leave the tour of australia while they investigate comments they made about women on a tv show. india's captain virat kohli said the comments were not supported by the rest of his players. these are actually individual opinions on something, as i said, which is in an inappropriate space and we definitely as the indian cricket team do not support views like that and that has been communicated and that is that. a professional footballer from japan has extended his career for another year — nothing strange in that, you might think — but that means kazuyoshi miura will still be playing for second—division side yokohama fc at the grand old age of 52. but his old for football, isn't it? —— that is old for football, isn't it? miura started his career back in 1986 at the age of 18. he won the last of

play hot potato, rory made four straight shots from downtown this one went all the way from kelson hally friends in the usf. ricky had 18, donte 183-61. good clean fun at byu and the cougars were hosting st. mary the gaels did not have an answer for joey childs. it was a low down low, wcc scoring leader at 23 points and 11 rebounds, byu wins 71- 66. out of the break after the break the nfl's best players in san jose. 1997.. back then tony granato en nolan represent >>> well, the nhl all-star game is back in the bay area for the first time since 1997. back then tony coronado and evan nolan represented the sharks at the tank. 22 years later fred burns, joe podolsky and eric karlsson. tonight in downtown san jose , all three players were injured entered into all-star media night. this is karlsson's time as an all-star in the first with the sharks. i think he looks exactly like val kilmer in the movie tombstone. here, right? >> in tombstone but not real life. >> so i had a chance to ask him about that tonight. eric, i'm sure you've gotten this before but who is your favorite actor? >> my fa

that they are perfectly happy to keep on controlling forever and ever is it some sort of impetus now rory given that we are talking about an unresolved treaty of more than sixty years. well i think you know this is this is basically our baby's baby he would like to get this peace treaty signed and he would like to get control back over at least some of these islands inside russia obviously surrendering territory to japan is not a particularly popular thing with the population at large and adds to that the fact that these islands the archipelago kind of seals off the sea which russia would like to basically keep as a status quo it doesn't want any more of those islands falling into the western sphere of orbit so basically this is a status quo that russia is quite happy with it doesn't necessarily mind that much about a peace treaty because let's face it the absence of a peace treaty has not stopped russia and japan doing business with each other diplomatically economically etc and so for a domestic audience this matters much more i think to sions our bay he would like to get this signed of

it wants citizens and the world to believe that such a thing would never be allowed to happen again rory schilens al-jazeera sin petersburg formerly leningrad. the afro jazz legend known as the son of africa has been laid to rest at a state funeral in zimbabwe all over could see died on wednesday at the age of sixty six from complications resulting from diabetes from his hometown in months earlier howard tasa has the story. saying goodbye to zimbabwe's and one of africa's iconic musicians the bass way they know how the song and dance. all of them were to could see officially known as to who died on wednesday after a four decades long career doing what he loved one of my favorite things that he said was that he wants to tell stories and he's a poet is telling those stories and the music is just an accompaniment to telling those stories by. all of them were to get he started performing in one thousand nine hundred ninety seven singing protest music during the war to end a white minority rule more than forty years and sixty seven albums later his knees it inspired generations around the wor

long enough to damage you but not long enough to heal you, that's how the prisons minister rory stewartibed those serving sentences of six months or less in today's telegraph newspaper. right now, that's around 30,000 prisoners in england and wales, who have committed crimes like burglary or shoplifting. even a short spell behind bars could mean the loss of their home, job and family. we should not be using prison for these people. we should be turning their lives around and giving them support, dealing with their drug addiction, their homelessness, and getting them to make amends for the wrong they've done. that's really good for victims, it's good for the taxpayer and it will ease pressure on the prisons. in a statement, the ministry ofjustice said it's exploring potential alternatives and is yet to reach any conclusions. overcrowding in prisons like this one is a big problem in the uk, and the worry is, according to the government, that rehabilitation and reform won't happen. in fact, these prisons will turn one—time offenders into career criminals. this idea would need legislation t

stay in saudi and that is so serious that some artists at least appear to have friends in high places rory chalons al-jazeera moscow. now many parts of the world it's already twenty nineteen a spectacular fireworks displays in major cities saying in the new year nineteen barbara has been watching the pyrotechnics. party in the indian capital new delhi as midnight arrived in twenty eight turned into twenty ninety i was the celebrations really started thousands of kilometers away in oakland harbor in new zealand thousands of people watched brightly colored fireworks shooting into the night sky. city with or to say the show is a story tower standing three hundred twenty eight meters tall is the highest fireworks display in the southern hemisphere. a couple of hours later it was the turn of australia's largest city sydney i i. disappoint from the storms on one day both of the billion people were at the waterfront watching aged a half tons of fireworks go off the biggest display the city's ever seen i. said behold the bridge was the focal point for a show including a tribute to soul singer rita

there's plenty more on the bbc sport website, including details of rory mcilroy three shots off the leadthank you. that is it, have a very good night. hello, this is bbc news. donald trump says that the partial us government shutdown, now entering its third week, could last months or even years. democrats are refusing to fund mr trump's wall along the border with mexico. officials from the white house and congress are meeting again now. mr trump says he is considering declaring a national emergency in order to build the wall — without congressional approval. amy pope is associate fellow at the us and americas programme at chatham house — she says president trump's threat to extend the partial shutdown is not credible. pa rt part of the government that are shot down now are responsible for things like processing federal tax, income tax, right? that means millions of americans won't get their tax refunds and when that happens, the political pressure on the resident to act will ratchet up considerably. soi to act will ratchet up considerably. so i don't see it as a real threat. we are heari

dave lee is there and rory cellan—jones is there. headache, the drones at heathrow airport. iwould imagine headache, the drones at heathrow airport. i would imagine anyone heading to heathrow yesterday and hearing this on the radio would have thought, what a nightmare. that is because of what happened at gatwick not so long ago. that which was effectively close for 36 hours. it caused absolute mayhem. fortunately with this one heathrow was only close between five and six last night, so thankfully not so bad, but a big worry. plenty of tweets about this. i am very worried, the drone incident at gatwick took place just one week before i flew to london. i have got another flight in february, snow, and already very worried. when does this ever end? the challenge is when does it end and when is the response quick enough to prevent it happening? in the news today the investigation has started by the met police. we would all hope that that investigation would lead to a response which ensures that these drones cannot get anywhere near these

he also set up tries for rory scannell, and this one in the second half for andrew conway.t ends gloucester‘s chances, of qualifying from pool 2 for the next round. australia have beaten india, by 3a runs in the first one day international in sydney. the hosts reached 288 for 5, from their 50 overs, after winning the toss. peter handscomb, top scored with 73, there were also half centuries for usman khawaja and shaun marsh. rohit sharma hit 133 off 129 balls as india tried to stay in the contest. it was also a landmark day for ms dhoni, who became only the 5th indian player to go past the 10 thousand 0di run mark. those efforts were in vain though, with india only reaching 254 for 9 and allowing australia to take a i—0 series lead. that's all the sport for now. don't forget you can keep up—to—date on all the stories on the bbc sport website. the latest score from west ham, arsenal, has just website. the latest score from west ham, arsenal, hasjust kicked off, it is 0-0. it ham, arsenal, hasjust kicked off, it is 0—0. it is now time for click. this week the big hitters for 2

indeed and we'll come back to a for more now listen when we hear what they have to say for the moment rory thank you. which of the police know where cattle zamir shake to mean bin hamad otani says he supports sudan's unity and stability as he met sudan's president omar al bashir in doha the president's visit comes joining the longest anti-government protests of his time in office bashir is facing the daily demonstrations calling for an end to his thirty year rule sudan's a foreign minister says the protests weren't a focus of discussion for a while bashir shaikh to me been how middle tony blair would be and it's important to point out that the visit by president bashir to qatar comes in a much wider and complex content than passing crises personally i've been a party in the organization of this visit from an early stage way before this crisis of and regardless of this i can tell anyone who's wondering about the timing of this vicinity it is not extraordinary for one to seek a dialogue with friends and brothers only when there is a crisis or economic pressures to find solutions to these cri

children, but there is help on hand in the form of a new teaching aid, as our technology correspondent, roryor coding and now there is a way they can do it together. a system where theyjoin up together. a system where theyjoin up these pods to build a programme. jelena and we need to loop all of that. at the moment, many children start learning coding with a simple visual programme called scratch but that doesn't really work if you are visually impaired. -- and we need to lea p visually impaired. -- and we need to leap all of that. and it do coding before all of that went along because the class was doing scratch andi because the class was doing scratch and i wasn't able to join because the class was doing scratch and i wasn't able tojoin in. because the class was doing scratch and i wasn't able to join in. how interested a re and i wasn't able to join in. how interested are you? very interested! this coding language will now be available to schools around the world. it has taken four years to develop in the microsoft research in charge of the project had a very personal reason the getting p

the prisons minister rory stewart has described these short sentences in a newspaper interview as longamage you and not long enough to heal you, adding that those jailed even for a few weeks can lose their home, theirjob and their family and be set on a course to more crime. the ministry ofjustice says that prison is meant to protect the public from dangerous people, reduce crime, and also reform prisoners. but could it be our overcrowded jails are instead turning one—time offenders into career criminals? since the 1990s, the prison population has doubled from 110,000 to 80,000. in 2017, 86,275 people were jailed and more than half of them received sentences of six months or less. abandoning such short prison sentences in england and wales is stilljust a proposal. legislation would be needed and politicians know promising to send fewer law—breakers to prison is rarely a vote winner. but a similar scheme in scotland has beenjudged a success and is being extended to sentences of 12 months. it could be that ending short sentences will benefit criminals, and the community, in the long term

while lara made 400, rory burns made format.ly. 0n debut, joe denly will know that he should have left this well alone. joe root had no such choice, as the delivery was so for some, four builderjust to get hold of it, they bounce a lot less predictable than a lot of england's batting. jos buttler also was slept, jonny ba i rstow knew buttler also was slept, jonny bairstow knew he would not last long, so he smashed 50. he could make runs, but not high, no escaping this one from right after lunch, because even when the umpire reprieved jonny bairstow, the technology brew tyre blew his cover. clinging onto ben stokes' edge, after gabriel, but there are most at oui’ after gabriel, but there are most at our worst places, and moeen ali responded to being thrown in the deep and with an energetic paddling. 50, but that must only be the start, if england are to find their way out of trouble in paradise. they are just off the tee in day one in antigua. england, with moeen ali have got themselves with 172—6. 55 and not out. so, as ever, th

going to be a busy week here as usual rory davos indeed is a household name a world renowned economic forum that attracts political leaders and business trendsetters from all over the world every year since it started back in the seventy's now thousands of delegations from countries all over the world for fun hundreds of sessions and indeed some glamorous mixing and mingling here in switzerland followed by crowds of journalists who try to detect what the next biggest headline is going to be but it seems this year quite unusually the big story is also who isn't here rather than who is here because we see key western players having to stick around back home to deal with domestic issues those of course include u.s. president donald trump who just last year was the center of attention here in davos indeed this year he had to cancel the trip because of the longest running shutdown in u.s. history also british prime minister theresa may sticking around back in london to figure out brags that she has little time to do it so she's working on that we have the french president imagine runyan mi