tom symonds reports.fewjobs attract as much public support as they enjoy. and the number of urgency is they deal with has been falling steadily, at this, the rest, worse residential fire in living memory showed disasters can still happen. spruik firefighting firmly in the spotlight. meanwhile, the system for inspecting fire services has been revamped. chedjou of a is one of 1a services to be scrutinised as part of the new system. it got a good rating. for its emergency service and the fire safety checks it carries out. but today's report says when it comes to protecting the public by a inspecting buildings, eight out of 1a fire services required improvement. in fact, the number of safety audits carried out by fire services across england has fallen by 42% in eight years. ifa fallen by 42% in eight years. if a fire services don't know where their high—risk premises are, and if they haven't been and done safety audits of those high—risk premises, then there's clearly a danger that there are risks that aren'

tom symonds, bbc news.et with strong criticism. mr trump made the announcement yesterday, asserting that the islamic state group had been defeated. but major allies, including senior republicans and foreign powers, have disputed the claim and say the move could lead to a resurgence of is. 0ur diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley is here. like many things from president trump, this came out of the blue. like many things from president trump, this came out of the bluem certainly seems to have taken many people by surprise. during his presidential campaign he promised to bring us troops home but still the decision shocked his own officials and allies, he announced it in a tweet, he said is had been defeated and the announcement came a day after the state department said the battle had not been won, so many people are up in arms. it's been called gift to is. it came against military advice. listen to the response of the republican senator, marco rubio. the decision to withdraw an american presence in syria

steve valdez—symonds from amnesty.ling in the administrators. the move affects more than 2000 staff at 125 stores across the country. sales at the music and film retailer have been hit by online competition and streaming services. it‘s the second time in five years that hmv has hit serious financial trouble, as our business correspondent rory cellan—jones reports. there‘s some flash photography coming up. from david bowie... ..to eltonjohn... ..to take that. they all chose the most famous name in high street music to launch an album. but that was then. now, hmv has collapsed into administration for the second time in five years. the main reason? people are finding other ways to get music and movies. netflix or spotify. i don‘t ever buy anything. no, i don't buy any. i download everything. i like movies but i'm not bothered about having them on dvd all the time and stuff like that. so it won't be that bad for me, to be honest. hmv‘s current owners bought it out of administration five years ago. but today they said an ex

steve valdez—symonds from amnesty, thank you forjoining us tonight.ind out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers — our guests tonight are — political commentator, giles kenningham and the defence editor of the evening standard, robert fox. three people have been killed in an explosion on a tourist bus in egypt. two vietnamese tourists and an egyptian tour guide were killed near the pyramid complex at giza, just outside the capital city cairo. authorities say ten vietnamese tourists and the local driver of the coach were also injured in what the egyptian interior ministry has described as a blast caused by an improvised explosive device. a woman has been charged with murder following the deaths of two children in margate. samantha ford, who is 37, was arrested yesterday after two young children were discovered at a property in the middle of the night. they were taken to hospital where they were confirmed to have died. samantha ford is due to apear at canterbury magistr

the militias carry on without further restrictions it could cause even more insecurity here andrew symonds al-jazeera hockey if you create. the u.s. and mexico are holding today talks on migration and washington the u.s. government is hoping to sign a deal to allow a group of central american asylum seekers to stay in mexico that's while their u.s. applications are being processed some of the asylum seekers a tier one as border have gone on hunger strike they're hoping their protest will put pressure on us all parities to hear their case for asylum and draw attention to their plight meanwhile mexico's new president has signed an agreement with his central american counterparts aimed at tackling migration that comes as al-jazeera has been told by asylum seekers that they're being illegally pushed back into mexico after reaching u.s. soil how does or castro reports from tijuana. from duras needs young people such as x.l. beneath this to stay at home if the country is ever to improve but the twenty two year old university student who was studying international law in sun poodle is instead her

nomination and would reduce moscow's influence russia is strongly against the more let's speak to andrew symonds who is in ukraine's capital kiev for us so does this move by the ukrainian president will have any bearing on the current political situation the current tensions with moscow. doesn't have a direct bearing right now in terms of developments with this crisis it is a decision that's been made on religious grounds it has to be said they patriarch of constantinople back in october however it was petro poroshenko who was really pushing along this move by church leaders orthodox church leaders remember the russian orthodox church going back to solve it times had full control right across all soviet states and really it goes back centuries in terms of the churches in ukraine having control of the russian orthodox church through the patriarch of constantinople now what's happened is this the case of constantinople decreed that ukraine could break away and form its own independent church that's what's been announced now on december the fifteenth in so sophia cathedral there will be moves to el

opponents are demanding a general election without those calling for another referendum on rex's andrew symonds looks back on a mental state in british politics the result of think about it. this evening is that the poll of interest policy does have confidence. it was a convincing win two hundred votes against a hundred and seventy. the secret ballot behind closed doors in westminster was because of tourism aides handling of bricks it but she struck a compromise with the conservative party in order to ensure keeping her job a promise not to stand in the next election but she made no reference to such a compromise when she emerged after the. so here is a new mission delivering the bricks it people voted for bringing the country back together and building a country that truly works for everyone but some of those who voted against being irreparable damage. has divided the conservative party and divided the conservative party from. this means. we don't have a majority to govern the country earlier in the day there had been high drama the tension easing only slightly when conservative m.p.'s publicl

ante in banning russian males between the ages of sixteen and sixty from entering his country andrew symonds reports from kharkiv in one of the flashpoint border regions. this is the latest message sent from ukraine to russia via social media a miniature video packed with action drills said to be taking place nearly as all seemed intended to show off the cranes defensive capabilities. within your ground so of your joint forces operation is full of air defense weapons that are able to stop the aerial aggression of the russian federation. and as the live fire exercises were playing out on the world wide web president petro poroshenko decided to ban all russian mail policy holders aged between sixteen and sixty from coming in or going out of ukraine. just outside hockey here of one of the main board oppose any.

the militias carry on without further restrictions it could cause even more insecurity here andrew symonds al-jazeera hockey few create this week marks eighty is since the fast train that save jewish children from the nazis left germany in the months before the second world war britain took in around ten thousand children in an operation known as the kinda transport we spoke to one refugee who made that journey. my name is harry bring i was born in vienna on the twenty six of december nineteenth twenty five i spent exactly twelve months to the day the nazi rule for my father's shop was reduced destroyed and after that it was decided that we would need to emigrate and so this for that reason i came to england on what is now no good as a kid to transport. the us up to another fifty three hundred children boarding to strain with parents who probably knew much more than the children as to if or when they would see their kids again and i was relieved to mention those crying and screaming my big barrios most couldn't speak a single word of english refugees who have been given shelter with in the

militias carry on without further restrictions it could cause even more the security here andrew symonds al-jazeera hockey for ukraine. the us president says relations with china have taken a big leap forward donald trump says the chinese government has agreed to reduce import tariffs on american cars as part of their trade war truce and china's president xi jinping met at the g twenty summit in argentina over the weekend they agreed to try to resolve their differences over the next ninety days i was also delayed boosting tariffs on chinese goods in january the world bank says it's doubling its funding for poorer countries to prepare for climate change in outspent to boost the funding to two hundred billion dollars comes as leaders meet in poland for un the talks known as the conference of the parties and tackling global warming officials representing nearly two hundred nations including the u.n. secretary general antonio terror's have two weeks to agree on the details of the twenty fifteen paris climate accord we are in trouble we are in deep trouble with climate change climate change i

tom symonds has more.s, the worst residential fire in living memory, showed that disasters can still happen. it has put firefighting firmly in the spotlight. meanwhile, the system for inspecting fire services has been revamped. cheshire fire and rescue is one of 1a services to be scrutinised as part of the new system. it got a good rating for its emergency service, and for the fire safety checks it carries out. but today's report says when it comes to protecting the public by inspecting buildings, eight out of 1a fire services required improvement. in fact, the number of safety audits carried out by fire services across england has fallen by 42% in eight years. if fire services don't know where their high—risk premises are, and if they haven't been and done safety audits of those high—risk premises, then there is clearly a danger that there are risks that aren't being addressed, and therefore, the public are at risk. the reason it's not happening, she says, is funding. fire services have prioritised the em

amnesty international's steve valdez symonds: >> so the fact is, unless and until there is a direct response to people's urgent needs, i'm afraid people will continue to taking these risks. >> reporter: some are middle-class iranians, fleeing because newly reimposed american sanctions have driven down iran's economy and its standard of living. the british are not sure what to do. some say they should deploy more rescue ships to keep desperate refugees from drowning. others, like immigration minister caroline nokes, who visited the area today, say that could actually make it worse. >> it's really appropriate to make sure we have the correct left of response out there. it's feasible if we were to put additional craft, it might act as a magnet encouraging people to make the dangerous crossing. >> reporter: in some ways, it's like what's happening on america's southern border-- desperate people making dangerous journeys in hopes that life will be better if they can somehow just get to another country. reena. >> ninan: barry petersen in london. thank you, barry. security preps are underway in new

i'm joined via webcam by steve valdez—symonds do you think there should be more border force staff andto be more vessels in the channel to rescue people in very dangerous circumstances at sea, that is a result of years and many months of ignoring the plight of these people in northern france but that seems to be the reality now. the concern is if you provide any sort of welcome you will only encourage more to attempt the journey. we have seen too many of these nonsense arguments over the past years, both now and previously for a long time in the mediterranean, every time search and rescue has been withdrawn and reduced, we have simply seen many more people die at sea, the fact is, people's lives are at risk in those lives should be saved and we can then get on with the issue of dealing with people's welfare, asylu m dealing with people's welfare, asylum claims, and determining if people have rights to asylum which they are entitled to exercise. you would urge the government to provide the welcome and care for people but you don't accept the argument that that will encourage others to m

prepared to continue their protests let's go live now to paris our correspondent there is andrew symonds andrew tell us what's going on around you. well not seen it's been a pretty mixed morning really really impressive thing you see here is really the volume right now of a spread of the protesters there all the way down the shelves in lee's a let me start taking you around literally around the shows of these a you can see everyone's dispersed there's no real massive anger here whatsoever the police have had varying tactics initially they were holding them right by the uk to trail then they sealed off all the streets around and brought the demonstrators into an area which they sealed off would let them out let them in and then different varying tactics but the conclusion to it all is that the numbers are dramatically down compared with last week and what is the reason for that could it be micron's concessions his ten big billion euro package of tax concessions and also an increase to the minimum wage of one hundred euro a month furthermore christmas bonus recommendation to all employers

taxes but it's now grown into a much wider movement against president emanuel macro himself andrew symondsis a correspondent he's live in paris and andrew tell us what you can see around you in the mood of those people who turned out for a fifth consecutive weekend. not say they're going to give you a quick update quite a lot to be happening in the past twenty minutes on right down the charles elisei now you can see like the trail behind me the yellow versus. marched all the way down the shown sillies some confusion i was saying that look at us just take you over here while i'm talking because things are moving as i speak suddenly the vest a turning round and walking back they didn't know just twenty minutes ago they were going to plus the opera which is where there was another gathering of yellow vests the police didn't seem to turn up the troll there was even traffic driving down the shelves elisei however they're now nearly a lease a palace area which is a big security cordon and they can't go any further so there's no trouble right now it is quite a peaceful atmosphere but it has to be

says his navy acted within international maritime law he was speaking to andrew symonds at ukraine's main naval base and the course of the day. this is a naval force that's one of the strain twenty four of his men who set out from a desa port more of a fortnight ago being detained by russia. says russia has no right to put them on trial. is not this they have to admit that they took prisoners of war not some criminalize involved in contraband or illegal fishing. genco dismisses moscow's charge of ukrainian provocation and if. no one recognizes then accession of crimea and even if we did cross the twelve miles only we're not to fight the f.s.b. border service we're passing according to our agreements through the strait of curch we are sure the tactical decisions were not being taken by the commanders of the russian ships. to say it was clear when russia sees the ukrainian boats the orders were political a claim denied by russia he says the blocking of the strait was due to the accidental grounding of a tanker but was a deliberate act by russia using tugs these are identical sister boa

tom symonds, bbc news.d inpector of her majesty's inspectorate of fire and rescue services. we appreciate you coming in today. why has there been such a dramatic drop—off in fire safety checks over the last seven years? we have seen since the start of austerity are 42% reduction in fire safety checks, which is of vital importance to the public. we need them to know that building that they are staying in, like hospitals and hotels, i say. and fire and rescue services told us that at the beginning of austerity they looked to where they needed to make reductions, and the first place they looked to was in fire prevention. 0bviously stripping away services from emergency services is not a good idea, so they took away qualified staff from health and safety tea m qualified staff from health and safety team to do these audits. there has been a gradual decline and we are concerned by what we have found. you are talking about people going to check whether fire exits are blocked and whether doors open properly etc? ye

i'm joined via webcam by steve valdez—symonds from amnesty international. thanks forjoining us.ster is visiting dover this afternoon. the home secretary is in south africa. what is your view of the government's response? i'm afraid they appear to be on exactly the same track as it has been on for years, which is concerned about stopping people making journeys as opposed to addressing their real needs and providing safe journeys where they need to make them. the situation in northern france has been desperate for thousands of people for several yea rs for thousands of people for several years now. and the real incident or emergency is a long—standing one, it is not what has happened in the last few weeks, certainly not in terms of government responsibilities. it is extremely worrying that people are making these incredibly dangerous crossings but the fact is that to address that their needs, they need to be able to make safe asylum claims and safety where that is merited, that should be the priority, and if it isn't, smugglers and traffickers will continue to exploit them. not al

our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has more.firefighters — fewjobs attract as much public support as they enjoy. and the number of emergencies they deal with has been falling steadily. but this, the worst residential fire in living memory, shows that disasters can still happen. it has put firefighting firmly in the spotlight. meanwhile, the system for inspecting fire services has been revamped. cheshire fire and rescue is one 01:14 services to be scrutinised as part of the new system. it got a good rating for its emergency service, and for the fire safety checks it carries out. but today's report says, when it comes to protecting the public by inspecting buildings, eight out of 14 fire services required improvement. in fact, the number of safety audits carried out by fire services across england has fallen by 42% in eight years. if fire services don't know where their high—risk premises are, and if they haven't been in and done safety audits of those high—risk premises, then there is clearly a danger that there are risks that ar

tom symonds has more. the latest glimpse of what might be the rogue drone.t seen it up close. the last time it was spotted over gatwick was 10pm last night. the vulnerability of this major international airport is now stark. result — the government is under pressure. this is an entirely new kind of threat and we are going to have to move very quickly. one of the things i intend to do very quickly indeed is convene discussions across all of our airports. there are some systems now beginning to be introduced in some airports around the world that can have an impact on this, but there is no single, simple solution, off the shelf, deliverable very quickly. we have had to assemble a variety of different measures around that airport to make sure it's safe. the police won't say what systems they are using to protect gatwick airport, which isjust over there. some are high—tech. 0thers, well, less so. this officer has been placed here as a spotter, looking for incoming drones. he's one of a number dotted all around the airport. we've been told systems capable of brin

general election while others according to another referendum on rex's in the festival reports andrew symonds looks back on the men to stay in british politics. the result of. deceive is that the parliamentary party does have confidence here. it was a convincing win two hundred votes against one hundred seventeen. the secret ballot behind closed doors in westminster was because of tories a maze handling of bricks it but she struck a compromise with the conservative party in order to ensure keeping her jaw a promise not to stand in the next election but she made no reference to such a compromise when she emerged after the vote so here is a new mission delivering the bricks it that people voted for bringing the country back together and building a country that truly works for everyone but some of those who voted against her say there's been irreparable damage she brought back an agreement that has divided the conservative party and divided the conservative party from. this means we don't have a we don't have a majority to govern the country earlier in the day there had been high drama the tensi

our home affairs correspondent tom symonds is at gatwick. you have been hearing from the police.t just in the last few minutes, assistant chief constable steve barry from sussex police as they are continuing a pretty big investigation into what has happened here over the last few days. they have leads, they have persons of interest, is what he said, and they are attempting to build a picture as to who was responsible for it. one of the things they want to do is they want people living in this area who may have seen drones landing and taking off to get in touch. anyone who might have pictures of the object as it flew over the airport, which might help them identify what it is and where it came from. also, the police officer who had spoken he had accepted there were lessons the police and the airport have to learn from the response to the drone appearing over the runway here and causing so much disruption. it took some time, he said, to get the equipment they needed to provide certainty that they could keep aircraft safe, to get it on site, to get it so people could use it and they

tom symonds has more. the latest glimpse of what might be the rogue drone.t seen it up close. until tonight's suspected sighting, it hadn't been spotted above gatwick since 10pm last night. the vulnerability of this major international airport is now stark. result, the government is under pressure. this is an entirely new kind of threat and we are going to have to move very quickly. one of the things i intend to do very quickly indeed is convene discussions across all of our airports. there are some systems beginning to be introduced in some airports around the world that could have an impact on this, but there is no single, simple solution off the shelf, deliverable very quickly. we have had to assemble a variety of different measures around that airport to make sure it is safe. the police won't say what systems they are using to protect gatwick airport, which isjust over there. some are high—tech, others, well, less so. this officer has been placed here as a spotter, looking for incoming drones. he is one of a number dotted all around the airport. we've be

tom symonds has more. the latest glimpse of what might be the rogue drone.e last time it was spotted over gatwick was 10pm last night. the vulnerability of this major international airport is now stark. result — the government is under pressure. this is an entirely new kind of threat and we are going to have to move very quickly. one of the things i intend to do very quickly indeed is convene discussions across all of our airports. there are some systems now beginning to be introduced in some airports around the world that can have an impact on this, but there is no single, simple solution, off the shelf, deliverable very quickly. we have had to assemble a variety of different measures around that airport to make sure it's safe. the police won't say what systems they are using to protect gatwick airport, which is just over there. some are high—tech. 0thers, well, less so. this officer has been placed here as a spotter, looking for incoming drones. he's one of a number dotted all around the airport. police elsewhere have shotguns. we've been told systems capa

tom symonds has more. the latest glimpse of what might be the rogue drone.haven't seen it up close until tonight's suspected sighting, it hadn't been spotted above gatwick since 10 pm last night. the vulnerability of this major international airport airport is now stark. result, the government is under pressure. this is an entirely new kind of threat and we are going to have to move very quickly. one of the things i intend to do very quickly indeed is convene discussions across all of our airports. there are some systems beginning to be introduced in some airports around the world that could have an impact on this, but there is no single, simple solution off the shelf deliverable very quickly. we have had to assemble a variety of different measures around that airport to make sure it is safe. the police won't say what systems they are using to protect gatwick airport, which isjust over there. some are high—tech, others, well less so. this officer has been placed here as a spotter, looking for incoming drones. he is one of a number dotted all around the airpo

last month russian three ukrainian ships and their crew after a confrontation and war crimea andrew symonds reports for. it was a collective outpouring of emotion as relatives of the twenty four detained ukrainian servicemen came together president petro poroshenko tried to reassure the gathering that he was doing everything possible to get the men freed the meeting took place nine days after the twenty two sabers and two counter intelligence officers were detained by the russians in what crane says was a totally unjustified attack the president told the relatives that russia had no legal right to detain the man in charge that there's no truth no justice no russia he said of the crew of men three of whom were injured treated as prisoners of war covered by the geneva conventions. i gave an instruction to the foreign minister to contact the international committee of the red cross and to neighbor thirteen as possible to send a special mission to check on the condition of our boys as the president was making his latest attack on russia there were some movements of shipping to and from the ukra

advantages the public seems to be of a loss about what those advantages can mean for them andrew symonds out zero london . well speaking before her meeting with e.u. leaders to resume a confirmed she would quit as leader of the conservative party before the next general election will take place in twenty twenty two. i've said. in my heart i would love to be able to leave the conservative party into the next general election but i think it is right that the party feels that it would prefer to go into the last election with really tough people start to talk about dates what i'm clear about is the next general election is in twenty twenty two and i think it's right there's another party leader takes us into that general election my focus now is on ensuring that i can get those assurances that we need to get this deal over the line because i genuinely believe it's in the best interests of both sides the u.k. and you to get the deal over the line to agree a deal i recognize the strength of concern in the house of commons and that's what i will be pushing to colleagues today joining us here in

will find out on wednesday night if may can surprise her critics and survive the move against andrew symonds al-jazeera. london. in the past couple of hours mrs may face in question time in the house of commons miss may pushing back against calls for another general election which she said would not be in the national interest the opposition labor leader jeremy cotton demanding that was his name and whose vote on her breaks it deal. mr speaker the time for days very young to live by this government is. the prime minister has negotiated her deal she's told us it's the best and only deal available there can be no more excuses no more running away put it before parliament and let's have the vote then whatever happens with her conservative leadership vote today it is artillery irrelevant to the lives of people across our country. he should be honest with people about his position he couldn't care less about rex what he wants to do is bring down the government creates uncertainty so division and trash our economy. the biggest threat the biggest threat to people and to this country isn't leaving t

has also been meeting with relatives of those sailors who were captured a man held by russia andrew symonds has more on that here. it's now nine days since this crisis started and we're really seeing some of the role emotion pouring out from the relatives of the twenty four servicemen wanting to know more about what's happened to their loved ones one woman in particular needed cohn's soling by president poroshenko she was really beside herself it has to be said also that there is concern about the treatment of the men the international red cross has been asked to try to get access to them and poroshenko reassured the relatives that everything possible was being done to get their release he said that the geneva convention was being breached by the russians and these were prisoners of war with rights and they should not be put before a russian court it had no real joys diction on them he assured them one case in particular is of concern for syria so rocor he is twenty seven years of age and he was an officer with the counter intelligence service his father was representing him much concerned

the militias carry on without further restrictions it could cause even more insecurity here andrew symonds al-jazeera hockey if you create a several thousand supporters of georgia's main opposition party have been protesting the results of the presidential election the governing party's candidate . won by a large margin in a second round runoff but the opposition wants new elections robin foresty a walker has more. the united national movement georgia's main opposition party believes georgia's presidential election was marred by serious violations including violence and mass vote buying its leaders want electoral reform and early parliamentary elections they say president elect salah made zurabishvili has no legitimacy. thanks elements of his feeling is not our president was should never be our president thanks for this rally is a message that was designed to show to governments that the united national movement still is a force to be reckoned with despite having performed disappointingly in the second round. from europe party chief and former president mikhail saakashvili addressed a loya

have more on the family's meeting with the president on the ports opening from al-jazeera andrew symonds who's in kiev in just a few moments but first let's join the club in brussels. what's been happening there at nato today natasha. well we heard a short while ago from the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei or who is here in brussels making a rather wide ranging speech on american foreign policy talking about how and the trumpet ministration america hopes to try and create a new global world order by pulling the us out of things like the climate deal the paris accord and the iran deal he will later come here to nato headquarters might compare to joint other nato foreign ministers where one of the top talking points one of the main points on the agenda will most certainly be the crisis between russia and ukraine we heard a bit earlier from yen stoltenberg and it really seems the key word is going to be really deescalation how to diffuse this crisis between russia and ukraine and make sure that it doesn't end up in some form of military conflict now stoltenberg said that he is calling o

speaker: nick thomas-symonds. mr speaker, i speaker: nick thomas-symonds.rs last month it has been reported that the attorney general said in respect of the backstop arrangement the protocol would endure indefinitely if trade talks broke down. now, today in his statement to the house the attorney general has talked about political factors that might, in his view, make the backstop temporary. but the reality is that is not the legal position. perhaps he can confirm the legal position is as it was in the letter, that it will endure indefinitely if the trade talks break down. now, mr speaker, on 13th november in this house my right honourable friend the shadow brexit secretary and i were both very clear that what was the sort was the final and full advice provided by the attorney general to the cabinet on any completed withdrawal agreement made available to all mp5 withdrawal agreement made available to allmps in withdrawal agreement made available to all mps in good time for the vote on the deal. offers short of that, including the attorney general's statemen

will find out on wednesday night if may can surprise her critics and survive the move against andrew symonds al-jazeera. london. well in the last series a may face question time in the british parliament mrs may push back against calls for another general election but she said it would not be in the national interest the opposition labor leader gerry corby demanded that mrs may let and penes vote on her deal. this is fake or the time for dancing and to live by this government is. the prime minister has negotiated good deal she's told us it's the best and only deal available there can be no more excuses no more running away put it before parliament and let's have the vote yes whatever happens with her conservative leadership vote today it is our chile irrelevant to the lives of people across our country. he should be honest with people about his position he couldn't care less about breaks is what he wants to do is bring down the government create uncertainty so division and crash are one of. the biggest threat to people and to this country isn't leaving the e.u. it's a corbin government. ok l

insists his navy acted within international maritime law in speaking to andrew symonds at ukraine's naval base in our death. this is a naval force that son of the strain twenty four of his men who set out from a desa port more of a fortnight ago of being detained by russia. says russia has no rights to put them on trial. is not this what they have to admit that they took prisoners of war not some criminalize involved in contraband or illegal fishing. for in genco dismisses moscow's charge of ukrainian provocation and. no one recognizes that of crimea and even if we did cross the twelve miles only we're not to fight the f.s.b. border service we're passing according to our agreements through the strait of curch we are sure the tactical decisions were not being taken by the commanders of the russian ships. goes on to say it was clear when russia sees the ukrainian boats the old as well political claim denied by russia he says the blocking of the strait was due to the accidental grounding of a tanker but was a deliberate act by russia using tugs these are identical system boats of two of the

date when that court case comes about and the men are tried thank you for the update there andrew symonds at same jersey or on twitter if you want to connect with anything he have for us now after weeks of outrage and violent protests across france a decision to increase taxes on phil has been put on hold in a live t.v. address the prime minister edward felipe said the suspension of the proposed rise would last for six months it was slated to go into effect next month in the past three weeks of course we've seen angry parisians in particular burning cars and losing shops angry at the prospect of paying more fuel taxes. horsemen for more than three weeks tens of thousands of french people have been expressing their anger on roundabouts tollgates near shopping areas in the streets of many french towns this anger has deep roots it's been brewing for a while it often stayed quiet out of price today it is being expressed with force and in a collective way one has to be deaf or blind not to see it or hear it it will have a chaytor has been following these events these protests in paris and now

our correspondent who's there in the heart of paris you can see the up the trail behind him andrew symonds so what sort of turn out to expect today this will be week five wouldn't it. it certainly is much seen fun five weeks now since these extraordinary protests began and they've moved into a much more dangerous political machine for the government it's hard to tell how to gauge right now what sort of numbers you see observers saying right now something like ten times the number of yellow vests here assembled compared with this time last week but it's very early on a saturday morning here in paris and the atmosphere how to gauge very difficult to gauge but there is a colossal operation going on in the streets around me by the security forces armored vehicles involved the police deploying and all the cross right there right around the central districts the metros close most public buildings closed. desperately important to businesses here they've had to build up their windows as well so really a sense of what's anticipation possibly that could be a reduction in numbers that will be a polit

in the capital with one hundred arrested after protesters clashed with riot police there is andrew symonds reports now from paris . lots of power is once again flowing will click with us but there are some differences from all this happening most of the day has been peaceful with much more control. to avoid violence and rioting real people on the streets as well. the police have been using different tactics as well particularly at one of the main focal points of protest the arc de triomphe and. most of this was crowd dispersal not riot control and that varies from previous protests that had been much more emphasis on passive resistance and some strong imagery these women styled as money and the symbol of the french republic facing off the police in riot gear and the setlist this week had seen a major attempt from president emanuel mccrone to quell the protest movement with tax concessions on the increase in the minimum wage it may have had some effect but the people here say the numbers may be down for a variety of reasons but momentum is still strong you know much more job to be just like

tom symonds, bbc news.s two sons, his fiancee and her 11—year—old daughter. the canadian pilot also died. authorities are yet to release their findings on what caused the crash. hywel griffith reports. today's report has helped us understand a lot more detail as to what happened, but very little in terms of findings and why it happened. we know that on new year's eve last year, richard cousins, his two sons, his fiancee and her daughter all boarded the seaplane a few miles north of sydney, all planning to take a sightseeing tour to bring them down to the harbour here. their pilot, gareth morgan, had carried out similarjourneys several times that day using the plane. there were no known mechanical faults, but within a few minutes of taking off, the plane veered off path and it came down — we understand from an eyewitness — almost vertically, nose first into the water, and sunk upside down. the investigators were able to find a digital camera on—board which they believe belonged to one of the passengers sat b

our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, has more. actually we are going to leave that report.ese are being flown illegally and anyone endangering an aircraft could face up to five years in prison. this incident has illustrated the frightful ease with which drone users can inflict massive damage on our safety, security and economy. it is christmas and thousands more drones will find their way as gifts into the hands of untrained and unregistered users. i asked the honourable lady, the minister, to ask if she will introduce proper, stringent controls on drones early in 2019 and we know the government is very busy with brexit but this illustrates the importance of other aspects of our national life, i can see the last whether the police now consider this incident to be an act of terror or simply of criminal irresponsibility, and whichever of those two it is, all airports are now clearly at risk. what steps are being taken to prevent a repeat copycat attack? i entirely agree with the noble lady that we absolutely need to make sure that we introduce new rules to ensure that drones