bring us up—to—date with what we know? a horrific situation. bring us up-to-date with what we know?, the scene is terrifying. if you look at the aerial shots, we have wreckage strewn across a wide area. it is interesting that the front of the train is still intact on the track, but many carriages have come com pletely track, but many carriages have come completely off the track and one is hanging over the freeway, the interstate five which goes the full length of the west coast of america. more than 70 people have been treated in hospital. there are reports of several fatalities. we are still seeking confirmation on that. as for the cause of this derailment, we don't know. there is a lot of speculation locally that speed of the train might have had something to do with it. this was a new route for this train, day one. it was a new route designed to be faster on a railway previously used forfreight trains, faster on a railway previously used for freight trains, but improvements had been made to make it possible for passenger trains to follow this route. so that is clearly one of the

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so thank you so much, senator fischer and our guest for bringing us up to date on the latest on boys town. mr. president, i understand there's a bill at the desk due a second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the second time. the clerk: s. 2199, a bill to authorize appropriations for border infrastructure, construct, and so forth and for other purposes. mr. mcconnell: in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule 14, i would object to further proceedings. the presiding officer: objection having been heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. mcconnell: so, mr. president, in addition to our important work on tax reform and to fund the government, this week the senate is continuing our efforts to confirm president trump's nominees to his administration. soon the senate will consider the nomination of joseph balash to serve as assistant secretary of interior for land and minerals management through his career in both state government and as the alaska commissioner of natural resources and his service here in

bring us up-to-date with turkey's response to trump's announcement. what kind of action can we expect? first of all, the turkish parliament has unanimously passed a resolution, saying it rejects this dangerous attempt in absolute and unquestionable terms. the presidential spokesman has called this null and void. we also had the turkish foreign that one country simply cannot declare jerusalem as the capital of israel. we had a statement from the foreign ministry condemning it and calling on the united states to review this announcement. statement that said, by this announcement, mr. trump has sent a message that he does not respect the international law. furthermore, he called it a provocation and said that the whole world must condemn it and this is immoral and shameful. also, president erdogan has spoken to nearly a dozen world leaders. and now, the oic summit has been called in istanbul. that will be deciding on the course of action. president erdogan has earlier said that this announcement could have an impact on the diplomatic relations between tu

to junk, while moody's is keeping itjust abovejunk status, but on review. lerato mbele joins us from johannesburg. it's good to see you. bring us up to datee said, it's down to these final two candidates. what can we expect to hear later? it has been an evening of voting and early hours of voting for delegates at the anc conference. a short while ago we were told that one more region was due to cast their votes and then counting would begin. it is a slow and arduous process but hopefully by the mid—afternoon we should be hearing who the new president of the anc will be, along with his five officials who will lead the organisation in what many expect to bea organisation in what many expect to be a new era. of course, as you are suggesting, there is a lot of speculation as to who is likely to win ina speculation as to who is likely to win in a two horse race between n kosaza na win in a two horse race between nkosaza na dlamini—zuma and win in a two horse race between nkosazana dlamini—zuma and cyril ramaphosa. all bets, it seems, are on cyril ramaphosa winning and to that end we have seen the south african rand recovering by nearly 70% ove

you will keep us up to date. the un's. .. witnesses. you will keep us up to date. the un's...argaining chip. a further 30 people are due to leave the area today. mr excellent said he believed police had agreed to capture government workers in exchange for the safe passage of critically ill children. he believes this time of deal balance the rights of youngsters. if it has been an exchange, i feel this problematic. it is wonderfulfor the exchange, i feel this problematic. it is wonderful for the families, wonderfulfor the it is wonderful for the families, wonderful for the children that have their lives saved but it is not good for the people, who have been used ina for the people, who have been used in a terrible situation. yesterday, here, medical evacuations should happen at any time... civilians have the right to so—called islamic state said it was behind the attack. helena lee has the latest. the force of the explosion is courtesy. among the rubble, but it is desperately searching for loved ones. there was little left behind. the bomb went off inside this building, a cultu

just bring us up—to—date with the latest? yes. i've come inside from the snow.his is much better and it's giving me the opportunity to get an overview of how the roads are looking across this part of the world, yorkshire and the north—east and kim taylor i’u ns and the north—east and kim taylor runs the control centre here. first of all, look taggart monitors and around the region, it feels to me that the disruption that we'd feared really hasn't been as bad as it was threatened? yes, absolutely, that's fairto threatened? yes, absolutely, that's fair to say. we have not had any snow related accidents or incidents on the strategic road network in yorkshire and the north—east so that's been great. it's something you have had to monitor closely and i know that you work with other agencies as well to try to make things work as one. so for example the gritters, the met office, talk me through how that system works? it's a collaborative approach that we ta ke it's a collaborative approach that we take to dealing with severe weather or threatened severe weather. we hav

but i'll be able to tell you next time around when those elections are over thanks for keeping us up to date mechanicals now for us there in hanover. the u.s. senate has narrowly approved a sweeping tax overhaul that will slash payments for business and the rich lawmakers voted by fifty one to forty nine to back the package of them takes president trump and the republicans a step closer to their biggest lessons those of when the year it's been suggested the bill will nearly one and a half trillion dollars to the u.s. national desk democrats say it's a giveaway funded by the taxpayer. un investigators looking into possible collusion between the campaign and russia now have the president's inner circle at the white house in their sights the president's son in law is one of a number of people likely to call under renewed scrutiny after former national security adviser like a message to lying to the f.b.i. unconfirmed reports suggest it was closer he ordered flynt to make contact with the russian ambassador. michael flynn leaving court in washington d.c. to cries of lock him up from protesters.

to say all right excellent that's lisa lewis she's reporting from barcelona thanks for bringing us up to date. a group of international artists have come together in germany to create a new exhibition made entirely of ice around two hundred seventy tons of it was used to carve iconic landmarks and famous faces in the statue of liberty to go americal this year is will need to wrap up warm the exhibition hall near berlin is being kept at a chilly negative seven degrees celcius. definitely something to check out over the holidays and don't forget you can always get your news on the go just download our out from google play or from the apple store that i give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can even use the v.w. app to send us your photos and videos. and that's the news at this hour i'm sara harmon in berlin thanks for watching we'll see you again at the top of the hour for more by now. the whole g w o one. for the global insights the news out for local euro.

council has just wrapped up a meeting on the north korean nuclear crisis we can cross live to our t's keep up and he's been following developments for us in new york just bring us up to date with the latest i believe that session is just over not very long ago yes the meeting just ended at the u.n. security council chamber here in new york city at the u.n. headquarters now at the meeting we heard from u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson now he opened up the possibility kind of floating the possibility of talks between the united states and north korea however in his remarks he did call on russia and china to put more pressure on north korea this is rex tillerson the u.s. secretary of state we particularly call on russia and china to increase pressure including going beyond cool implementation of the u.n. security council resolutions. now under the united nations rules north korea was able to address the security council meeting because the meeting directly concerned them and was regarding their own activities so we heard from a representative of north korea and north korea blamed the united states for the crisis on the korean peninsula and said that their nuclear weapon

obviously all right excellent that's lisa lewis she's reporting from barcelona thanks for bringing us up to date . a major power say they've agreed to hold talks on syria next month turkey russia and iran say the meeting will involve both rebels and the syrian government that has rights groups warn of a fresh humanitarian crisis in syria they said the government and russian forces have been pounding rebel forces near the capital damascus among the worst hit areas eastern. human rights watch has released these pictures showing the attacks it says have killed dozens of civilians. were earlier we spoke to sara coyote from the human rights watch organization she says there's a new humanitarian emergency in eastern canada a year to the day since aleppo fell during situation in eastern is cut the area has been under siege since twenty three thousand and now we're talking about close to half a million civilians innocent people who are triscuit starvation and dying because of the lack of medical supplies and refusal of medical evacuations the reports that we have been receiving from the ground is that t

kramer bringing us up to date from jerusalem many thanks indeed. now the winners of the twenty seventeen nobel peace prize have been presented with their award at a ceremony in all slow the group i can was recognized for its work towards banning nuclear weapons the group's director beatrice been issued a stark warning saying that a single moment of panic could lead to widespread death and destruction she also expressed concern over recent tensions on the korean peninsula. and today is human rights day a chance to look at both the progress and the challenges still facing much of the world our next report takes us to uganda to meet a group of rights activists they're helping victims of the deadly conflict between the government and the lord's resistance army rebels. st joseph's hospital in northern uganda here some two hundred patients are receiving treatment of the wounds they sustained during the lord's resistance army insurgency millions were massacred mutilated tortured in sleeves and raped in the conflict between the l r a and government troops

simple as cathedral where service for them is going on thank you very much big boss for being us up to date live from london. and we stay in news from the u.k. britain's prime minister tourism is heading to a summit in brussels today after she suffered a setback in her own parliament over brags that she and other unit is expected to endorse a from the states deal on the terms of gregg's that we stay agreed on last week but ms defeated could undermine her party in brussels m.p.'s voted that parliament rather than discipline minister and a cabinet must have the final say on any brags that agreement before the deadline in march two thousand and nineteen. there says the move to resume ease way first said majority was exposed. the ice to the right three hundred nine the nose to the left three hundred five. eleven of whom m.p.'s rebelled against her to demand that the british parliament gets a say in the final breaks if. this is the architect of her latest humiliation for the present time is it time for everybody to stand up and be counted churchill said he's a good party man he puts the party be

thank you for bringing us up to date. third test gets under way in the early hours of tomorrow morning at a ground england have not won in since 1978. 2—0 down in the series, england must avoid defeat to have any chance of retaining the famous urn. andy swiss is in perth for us. welcome to the waca, where england and australia have been fine tuning their preparations ahead of what is potentially a decisive test match in this series. england now that defeat here and the ashes hopes are over. they have hardly had the ideal build—up. yet another disciplinary controversy involving lions batsman ben duckett. suspended after tipping a drink ofjimmy anderson's head in abba last week. despite that, joe root was an upbeat mood as he spoke earlier. he says he believes england can find earlier. he says he believes england canfind a earlier. he says he believes england can find a way back into the cds. earlier. he says he believes england can find a way back into the cdsm is an opportunity to create history and a real chance to flip t

up but they are probably courting for. ok i think we're having some technical issues there on the line to strasburg catherine martin at the european parliament thank you very much for bringing us up to date on the latest discussions going on there over bragg said news now from the world of sport and tour de france and spanish winner chris froome has allegedly recorded an abnormal drug test result the incident took place during his victory in this year's spanish race samples reportedly showed a high level of when asked my drug that he was taking froome who has asked the massiveness statement that his symptoms got worse during the spanish road race and that he opted to stayed within the recommended guidelines the thirty two year old briton made history in september when he became the first rider to win the world at the tour de france in the same year. you're watching the news coming up ahead the do. modest fashion week wrapped up recently we catch up with a german designer who hopes to make a big with the own killed including fashionable. from a business desk we'll have that story coming up shortly. coming to you live from. migration to sign him seekers remain hot topics in europe with eur

they going to take on in this whole process our id dudley's correspondent tanya kramer bringing us up to date from jerusalem many thanks indeed . trump's announcement on jerusalem has been followed by days of protests and deadly clashes in the palestinian territories and israel tens of thousands of people have also protested in muslim and arab countries including jordan turkey pakistan and malaysia several of those demonstrations focused their anger on u.s. embassies things turned violent in the lebanese capital beirut where security forces fired tear gas and water cannon at protesters meanwhile tens of thousands of moroccans demonstrated in the capital robot. now the winners of the twenty seventeen nobel peace prize have been presented with their award at a ceremony in austin low and the winners were the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons also known as i can the group's director beatrice finn issued a stark warning saying that a single moment of panic could lead to widespread death and destruction she also expressed concern over recent tensions on the korean peninsula. and tod

melinda cried out welcome bring us up to date what more can you tell us. apparently this object that has now been defused was placed in front of an apothecary a pharmacy very close to the christmas market in the city of potts it's very close to berlin and a pharmacy employee noticed it there some media are reporting that that employee then proceeded to open the package saw something resembling a can with some wires coming out of it and quickly alerted the police that however has not been confirmed by the police at any rate the police were then informed about this package they sent in special forces they cordoned off the nearby christmas market they evacuated that area of the city of potsdam and they've even created an emergency shelter for people who live nearby the police are saying that they have now defused this object apparently with a controlled explosion and they're calling it an unconventional explosive which basically is the equivalent of an i.e.d. an improvised explosive device we're not hearing anything yet from the police about whether they have

they going to take on in this whole process are id doubly is correspondent tanya kramer bringing us up to date from jerusalem many thanks indeed . now protests have taken place across the middle east since trump's announcement with several demonstrations focusing their anger on u.s. embassies things turned violent in the lebanese capital beirut where security forces fired tear gas and water cannons at protesters meanwhile tens of thousands of moroccans demonstrated in the capital robot. the winners of the twenty seventeen nobel peace prize have been presented with their award at a ceremony in austin the group i can was recognized for its work towards banning nuclear weapons the group's director of beatrice then issued a stark warning saying that a single moment of panic let me read death and destruction she also expressed concern over recent tensions on the korean peninsula. now today is human rights day a chance to look at both the progress and the challenges still facing much of the world our next report takes us to uganda to meet a group of rights activists there helping victims of the dead

studio: thank you for bringing us up to date.alex hales has been told he won‘t face criminal charges over an incident outside a bristol nightclub in september, and is available for immediate selection. hales is a specialist in the one—day format of the game, so is unlikely to play any part in the ashes, but could join the squad for england‘s odi and t20 matches against australia. hales, of course, was with ben stokes, who was arrested on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm in that nightclub incident. he wasn‘t arrested, but was interviewed under caution by police. hales could still be punished by the ecb. the draw for the third round of the fa cup has taken place this evening and the pick of the games is a merseyside derby between liverpool and everton at anfield. the two sides last met in the competition in the semi finals at wembley back in 2012 when liverpool won 2—1. hereford, one of the lowest ranked team left in the competition, will play leicester if they win their second round replay against fleetwood town tomorrow ni

bring us up to date. >> reporter: 75 passengers were aboard and five crew members were aboard going from portland. this happened south of tacoma where the train derailment happened. a bit more about what kind of train this cascades train is. it seats about 250 passengers. the train was relatively empty at the time. only 78 people were aboard. the baggage car, two first class coach, seven standard cars and a cafe car, lounge car and the service car that provides the electricity for the train. 78 people aboard. five crew members according to amtrak. andrea. >> there's a lot of questions but we were talking to a mayor of a nearby community who has been objecting to this train because they were repurposing some very old freight rails passages that would run ten miles an hour and turning into a high speed rail. it was 79 miles an hour. do we know anything more about what kind of test runs they may have had. this is the very first run of this rain. >> generally when the fra is classifying tracks, federal railroad administration, they will have it rated on what it's going to carry. if you're up

thank you for keeping us up to date. moving on to some sports news and that is going to say the action there was another defeat for beleaguered city. dortmund they lost two one at home to strugglers they are brave men that is a games with has a win in the lake for dortmund and the pressure is a very much on coach bosh it is buying in one one at frankfurt's every live sake were held to two by minds gladbach then drew one one a child while hamburg jew with volves on friday then laver coups and one to nail. that's it for me for now you're watching news from or the more coming again at the top there.

under sancho's thanks very much for bringing us up to date on that a passenger ferry going down from manila thanks very much. well we have some sports now in there was a blockbuster german cup match on wednesday night with table toppers by a new nick hosting informed door and here's the best of the action from the last sixteen clash. dortmund beat by a long route to winning the cup last season i did win two in a row and a new coach. but winning at the audience arena is tough for any team. and but i made a fast start in the twelve minute nicklaus soothers headed to turn to the drone pilot in the rebound it was his first ever could go and get by and it deserved lee . but dortmund almost levelled on thirty five minutes when the bull run through to under ya malenko but cleared off the line. soon after though by and doubled their lead when a well move was expertly fitted through most of. the fine fans knew they'd seen something special that a rough time in front of goal in the last two seasons but you wouldn't know it's. been pulled one back midway through the second half for young milenk

we know that there are multiple fatalities after that terrible incident, bring us up—to—date with whatat more than 70 people were taken to hospital. there are reports of multiple fatalities, perhaps six people have lost their lives and we know from what the police are saying that the scene that all of those people who lost their lives were on the train as opposed to in vehicles on the motorway underneath the overpass. the scene from the aerial shots we are looking at, quite devastating, multiple carriages coming off the line, skewed in all sorts of different directions. the question now is what caused this and investigators are heading from the national transportation safety board, which looks into any transportation accident of this nature, they are heading from washington dc to washington state. later on today they will start their investigation looking at the potential for human air and looking at the speed of the train and looking at the infrastructure and president trump referred to it earlier, and also in his speech saying that in his view, this shows that the crumbling infrastru

keep up—to—date on our website. stay with us up—to—date on our website.ooming out to the atlantic, 15 hours ago storm dylan didn't exist, but since then, this area of low pressure has formed and it has explosively deepened as it has been racing towards the british isles. this nasty hook of cloud is characteristic of a very deep area of low pressure indeed and that will bring severe gales to the northern half of the uk and a high risk of disruption here as we get into new year's eve. the met office have already issued an amberwind warning for the strong winds that are going to affect northern ireland and scotland as we go through new year's eve morning. gusts of 70—80 mph. now, aside from that, many will start off with rain, mild in the south and a bit of mountain snow in scotland but it is the winds that takes centre stage. initially, the strong wind was with us in northern ireland before swinging across into scotland. we could see peak gusts of around 80mph, enough to blow down trees, cause transport disruption and any trees falling down could bring powe

simon, thank you for keeping us up—to—date. that isa you for keeping us up—to—date.te. let us do a reminder and explainer in more detail about what it is. yes, it is something of a mystery. it isa yes, it is something of a mystery. it is a virtual currency invented by a man called some years ago, we don't know who he was, its a piece of software, and it is created by a process called mining which involves com pletes process called mining which involves completes solving ever more complex mathematical problem, that process, was causing a lot of concern at the moment, that process of creating bitcoin is using vast amounts of electricity, as enough as the whole of ireland uses in a year, so, it is a complex process and and it is also the focus of a huge amount of excitement. first of all from a group of libertarian people who thought this was the money of the future that nobody could control, thatis future that nobody could control, that is what they liked about it. now it has become something where people are rushing in to speculate about. and that is driving the price

john, thank you for bringing us up to date. finished. all the results on our website as well as the rest of the day's sports news on the bbc website. that's all the football for now. we had a full round—up of matches in the scottish premiership today celtic have stretched their lead, rangers could have moved up to to second with graeme murty now in charge fulltime until the end of the season but they lost 2—1 at kilmarnock. vicki—jane edwards reports. it has been a december to remember for kilmarnock, going into the game for matches unbeaten this month. away from home, rangers have been impressive themselves and with a manager until the end of the season started, good to go. sorted, they're good to go. but it was kimnarnock who casued the most problems in the first half until a strike allowed him to celebrate his first permanent contract with rangers in style. blink and you'll miss it, two goals in two minutes, who else but kris boyd giving kilmarnock what they deserve against his former club? it tough first game for graeme mur

thanks for bringing us up to date, john. we‘ll talk to you in about an hour and we john. and we can bring up all the rest of the premier league results for you. one more to come later on today, manchester city clear that the top of the table, manchester united must win this evening if they wa nt to united must win this evening if they want to keep up their opponents. the late kick—off is at 7:45pm. that‘s leicester. jamie vardy and riyad mahrez are likely to be recalled as leicester chase down a europa league spot for next season. antonio valencia is injured for united, but the players mourinho rested for their league cup defeat by bristol city during the week are expected to make a return. if the top teams perform, it is very difficult for them to have the same dream orto difficult for them to have the same dream or to reach the same incredible title, but i think they‘re doing well. they‘re co mforta ble, they‘re doing well. they‘re comfortable, in a comfortable position, no drama, no fears. can the fight to reach the europa league spot? yes, they can. you‘re up to date

as you ve and he's in the rest as i already said but that's all we know so far he to herman for us bring us up to date with the latest live from melbourne thanks very much. we're turning now to spain where catalonia heads to the polls today for a hotly contested election seen as a gauge of support for independence now this comes two months after the region declared independence following a referendum opposed by madrid spanish authorities responded immediately with a crackdown arresting separatist leaders and calling snap elections the ones we're seeing today madrid hopes today's vote will put an end to the political crisis. you know about his companion for the independent catalonia the pianist and her friends think that madrid stands for spain of the past. and got. the independence movement in catalonia really wants to change things for the better than people in the rest of spain don't necessarily agree with that parliament for example approved giving people the right to receive gas and electricity even if they can't afford it but the central government then overturned the law but we don't have a comm

obviously all right excellent that's lisa lui she's reporting from barcelona thanks for bringing us up to date. of more on this and joined now by car may lend a great issue to spanish journalist based here in berlin you've been following the story let's start at the beginning didn't moron or a horse decision to hold a referendum backfire here yes probably yes because he said to to people in spring we will lose this crisis this big crisis that this bond if they will get the. dice is like this since the beginning of their them were going to be in didn't i mean these are seven we would loose it because we will make then we will see what. we see what happened yeah not so good is the same for madrid right certain where do we go from here. of course we don't know where where we were on. the idea of. media say if somebody's going to say do you. do what would happen you yes run away because. no one knows what you're saying of course no and of course not but it's clear this intuition was the same as before or even worse. in societies completely the divided gun say. for all independence or not in the bi

thank you very much for bringing us up to date. that is the latest on boris johnson's trip to iran.is, has said the breakthrough deal reached by theresa may with the european union in brussels on friday, is "conditional on getting a transitional and trade agreement". meanwhile, labour's shadow brexit secretary, sir keir starmer, has insisted that the uk must stay close to the single market. our political correspondent susanna mendonca has been giving me more details. when david davis was asked whether 01’ when david davis was asked whether or not their work impact assessments being done at that time he said the government was looking at the impact on 58 different sectors. however, last week that the select committee he was asked again about it and he said basically there were no impact assessments at all being done. today he was challenged about that on the andrew marr show and he was i suppose it was more about the terminology. he was saying it was not impact assessments in the sense of looking at whether or not there would be a cost for us is leading the eu, instead he was talking

when it comes to taking these these measures against the polish government ok terry schultz bring us up to date thanks so much for that terry and thanks to the entire brussels staff for giving us some perspective on this this morning now for some of the other stories making the news around the world austria's new chancellor has assured leaders that his government supports the block in brussels bossy and quote said austria remained pro european that despite a euro skeptic party joining government kurtz's conservatives joined a coalition with the far right freedom party this week european commission's claude younger told quotes the austrian government would be judged by its deeds. political parties in spain's catalonia region have held their final rallies ahead of thursday's election prime minister mariano rajoy campaigned on behalf of the pro-union popular party while the ousted seven his leader carlos bustamante spoke to pro independence supporters via video link from brussels to snap polls called after catalonia as parliament was disbanded by madrid following an independence bit . a bus crash

of the votes and just how close it is in indeed and it's a good point that thanks for bringing us up to date martin roberts local journalist reporting from spain. and the turnout is expected to be as high as eighty percent nevertheless many are frustrated that they've had to turn out yet again. they'll deal that got us now more i feel bad because in the first we were very excited about the referendum but now we see the spanish government has imposed elections on us that are not the elections that we want to vote in and yet somehow we have been forced to vote because they have ousted a regional government and we want our form of government to be restored and not to be changed. university of barcelona economics professor policia told us that voting has been painful for people from catalonia remembering all the violence that occurred on referendum day it's been a sad the election in a sense because it's been done and they're very very sad succumb stances and. there are there are. not. very quiet conditions between the two blocs and these elections have been organized under our very extreme circ

fire engines are at the scene. 0n the line is our news correspondent mark edwardson just bring us up—to—dateor to joiner street, in the northern quarter of manchester, and fire element here is not i money with this part of town, it is the northern part of the city centre, just behind the cute ambo centre, and an area which was dilapidated but many years, but is now very up—and—coming. this place has taken place in what looked like a relatively new block of flats on joiner street, and just a few moments ago, there was a large crane up moments ago, there was a large crane up there with firefighters on top, and they were pumping water into the apartment, which i presume was up latest afternoon. we have added three, greater manchester fire and rescue service saying that everything is now under control, which is good news indeed, but church street remains closed in the city centre, with a dozen fire engines and dozens and dozens and dozens engines and dozens and dozens and d oze ns of engines and dozens and dozens and dozens of firefighters dealt on stand—by. dozens of firefighters dealt on stand

this path and finding more divisions between poland and the european union teri schultz bring us up to date from brussels thank you very much for that or for now for a look at some of the other stories making the news today austria's new chancellor has assured leaders that his government supports the bloc in brussels a boss in court said austria remained pro european up despite a euro skeptic party joining government courts as conservatives formed a coalition with the far right freedom party this week european commission's john clarke younger told courts that the austrian government would be judged by its deeds the political parties and spain's catalonia region have held their final rallies ahead of thursday's election prime minister marianna campaigned on behalf of the pro union popular party while the ousted separatist leader carlos bustamante spoke to pro independence supporters via video link from brussels the snap poll was called after colonias parliament was disbanded by madrid the following in independence bit. a bus crash on mexico's yucatan peninsula has killed at least twelve peop

york city all right an ongoing investigation thanks very much carson vaughn naaman for bringing us up to date here's a look now at some of the other big stories playing out in the world right now russia's president vladimir putin has ordered a partial withdrawal of russian troops from syria he made the announcement on a surprise visit to an airbase in the country where he met with syrian president bashar al assad russia has been the syrian government's main backer during the country's six year long civil war and then travel to cairo where i met with egyptian president down town to see the two leaders signed a deal to advance plans for a russian built nuclear power plant the two countries recently approved a draft agreement to allow russian warplanes to use a gyptian military bases. saudi arabia is set to end its thirty five year long ban on cinemas the first one will open early next year the move is part of changes that are being introduced in the conservative country by mohamed bin salmond the powerful saudi crown prince. and the e.u. member states have overwhelmingly agreed to formally wide

internet like some are saying well that of course remains to be seen yes indeed it does bring us up to date with the vote a little bit earlier a few hours ago and i thank you for this. or let's move on to the russian president and you'll q. and a from earlier in the day. close to four hours of nonstop pretty diverse questions from the media our correspondent lisa tranquil was there. but the things that are particularly stupid out for me this time is that the share of questions that you might want to call challenging for white america about corruption about the silencing of political opponents in russia was perhaps a bit larger this time then previously he was indeed grilled about the lack of competition in russian politics and one question came from perhaps his direct opponent a person who wants to become a presidential candidate in russia in twenty train a subject that's a major issue for those who want to represent that norm since the opposition here they have to offer not a short lived and good shrill agenda but a real one trick why visited. maybe because many are frightened the fact com

grand then stability is granted in other scenarios it's simply unclear ok oversell of course bring us up to date as that key meeting gets underway here in berlin today thanks very much all over now for a look at some of the other stories making the news at this hour argentina's navy says it has given up all hope that the forty four man crew of a missing submarine will be found alive efforts to locate that vessel will continue our burn the ocean off argentina's coast it's believed an explosion on board caused the submarine to sink about two weeks ago. riot police in honduras have clashed with supporters of the main opposition candidate in the presidential election after he accused the electoral court of fraud delays in releasing results from sunday's election have raised suspicions of vote manipulation with ninety three percent of all ballots counted the incumbent president won or lost over none does holds a slim lead. a panel chaired by japan's prime minister shinzo ave has agreed to a date for the country's emperor to abdicate akihito will step down on april the thirtieth twenty nineteen with h

words putting the money where her mouth is counted was in frankfurt thank you very much for bring us up to date now this weekend was the first sunday off advent and that means that here in germany christmas season is in full swing germany is of course the home of the christmas market where the first ones appeared as early as the late middle ages and those hundreds of years they've grown to become a seasonal economic factor and they are regulated as is one of its most popular products here in the center of cologne locals and visitors are getting into the festive spirit for many that means indulging in a thief no drink or two food quality tester all of our miami has come here to check they're up to scratch. i'm i would assume ok for the boiling point of alcohol is seventy eight degrees is so mulled wine shouldn't be hotter than last. and don't go together my own hole but evaporation and that would reduce the quality. when it comes to drinks there's no competing with mulled wine in the four weeks before christmas a store like this one can expect to bring in a rant one hundred sixty thousand euros.

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and as we damage shape will be bringing us up to date with the other great political drama the one being played out across the atlantic is for the first time in pitch print of donald j. triumph a genuine possibility the first year semesters let's hear what you have to say anyway it says a cracking show today the interview of mr macaskill was subject matter which still fascinates even to this the meanest talking about the lockerbie case of course but on the same subject what hearsay is in view of the contradictory statements both alex salmon and kenny macaskill of made about the lockerbie case when enemy out of office i'm left baffled by the respective position. my view of lockerbie has been governed by the scottish criminal keith review commission report first published an abridged form in two thousand and seven and later after years of fighting in its fool form and people want to know if you read that report and it tells you two things first that the forensic case that was bill is hugely impressive that's the one that leads the trail to malta and to libya but there dent the case and evi

just bring us up to date. yes, well, 500 metres of wires were downed.morning, and there have been no services in or out of the station here. that is affecting trains operated by virgin, london midland and london overground. that's our main arterial routes which include places like birmingham new street, manchester, glasgow and liverpool. i have just had a message manchester, glasgow and liverpool. i havejust had a message in manchester, glasgow and liverpool. i have just had a message in the last few minutes to say that we do now have the all clear. those repairs have the all clear. those repairs have been finished. that does not mean disruption will end. a lot of services have been cancelled or they are being delayed and people are being told they can use their tickets to travel tomorrow. but i have been told that they expect there will be no cancellations or problems for the rush hour in the morning. but still, this is a busy weekend. around 40,000 passengers go through this station every day, and coming up to christmas there are a lot of shoppers. th

bunch of what he's saying fit a lot of open questions thank you very much for being us up to date on that story from. let's arctic look at some other stories making news around the world poland's conservatives have named a moderate ski as the country's new prime minister the former finance minister replaces beata should walk in the post critics say the leadership shake up is meant to distract from a vote on friday on laws that would give the ruling party significant power over poland's judicial system. argentina's former president cristina fernandez tickets now has said christian charges against her are politically motivated that's after a judge in argentina called for lawmakers to drop immunity to arrest she's accused of allegedly covering up iranian involvement in a nine hundred ninety four bomb attack on a jewish center in bahrain as i this. official say massive wildfires tearing through southern california have destroyed hundreds of homes the blazes have now forced tens of thousands of people to flee for safety measures state highways have been closed as hot desert winds fanned t