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Also coming up this hour, bad news for man u fans. Their midfielder has banged up his knee. We will look at the personal and political fallout from resident Francois Hollandes rumored affair with from president Francois Hollandes rumored affair. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry is continuing his diplomatic push on syria. He met with Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov today. Talksre pushing for peace to take place between the government and opposition later this month in geneva. John kerry just gave a press conference at the u. S. Embassy in paris alongside the Russian Foreign minister. We talked today about the possibility of trying to encourage a ceasefire, maybe a localized ceasefire beginning with aleppo. Both of us have agreed to try to work to see if that could be achieved. Has alreadyon agreed that if the assad regime were willing to declare that, they would live up to that. They are prepared to do that. We also discussed the possibility of prisoner exchanges. We have disc
Hello and welcome. President Alexander Lukashenko of belarus is defiant despite another weekend of huge demonstrations against his disputed re election, which protesters say he rigged two weeks ago. They are demanding that he stand down. From the capital minsk, our correspondent Steve Rosenberg sent this report. A warning it contains images you may find distressing. They poured onto the streets. Long live belarus, they cried. A sea of protesters flooding the centre of minsk. Resign, they shouted. A message for this man, alexander lu kashenko. For 26 years, hes been the president , but look how the people have turned against him. On independence square, they accused him of stealing the election and of violence against the people of belarus. Our aim is to show the government that we are not their slaves. We are here to show that we never elected him and that we want the change. That we want the new country with a new president. In belarus, people are making their voices heard like never
In switzerland have giving their backing to quotas on immigration in a referendum that appears to have let the country down the middle. 50. 3 supported the proposal with 30,000 vote splitting the two sides. The result, the impact could be huge, especially on relations with the European Union. There was cheering at the headquarters of the swiss peoples party, the right wing s dp persuaded 30 of voters to limit immigration from eu states. The swiss government is required to issue immigration caps in three years. It shows how divisive the immigration debate has become. More people looking for work than there are jobs. I think the swiss economy needs all these people coming from abroad. And thats one part. In the second part, of course, it will be very bad to europe. But it may have said switzerland on a collision course with leaders in brussels. And its just what opponents have pretty good. Have predicted. It is painful because we do not know what the future will bring. We will have to wo
Since the Global Financial crisis of 2008 as fears over the impact of the coronavirus continues to worry investors. As concern mounts over violent escalations on the turkey syria border, turkish Officials Say the country is lifting border controls to allow refugees to try to travel to the eu. The competition and markets authority says its found troubling evidence of home owners potentially being mis sold Leasehold Properties. Coming up. Scientists have detected evidence of a colossal explosion in space five times bigger than anything observed before. Well be taking a closer look. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im carrie gracie. The first case of coronavirus has been confirmed in wales, and a further two in england, bringing the total number of uk cases to 19. The patient in wales had recently been in nothern italy. The chief medical officer there has warned its only a matter of time before the infection spreads. It has been confirmed in the last half hour that the Prime Mi