In the morning in yemen where the former president , ali Abdullah Saleh, has been killed just days after abandoning an alliance with a rebel group at the centre of the countrys civil war. The Current Crisis started in 2015, when Houthi Rebels believed to be backed by iran took control of parts of the country. A Coalition Led by saudi arabia then began a campaign of airstrikes to try to oust them. Saleh ran the country for more than 30 years and had been seeking talks to bring back the internationally recognised government. Our middle east editor jeremy bowen reports. Ali Abdullah Salehs house has been destroyed by his former allies, the houthis. They might not be able to break the power of salehs extended family, and the Tribal Network that helped him hold power in yemen for 30 years. A houthi tank crew near the house celebrated. A fighter, abu ahmad, said, thank god for the great victory and the end of the most corrupt leader in the islamic world. Houthi fighters killed saleh as he tr
Here snow continues to fall in many parts of the uk, causing power cuts, School Closures and travel disruption. Coming up, how the bbc is sending journalists into schools to tackle fa ke journalists into schools to tackle fake news. Join us at 7 45pm on bbc news. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Stage one is done, next stop the beginning of talks about our future relationship with the eu, including trade. After through the night negotiations, a deal was struck first thing this morning between the uk and the eu on key areas including the irish border and the divorce bill, which downing street says will amount to between 35 and 39 billion pounds. Now, the uk can at last move on to the next stage of talks. But the head of the European Commission sounded a warning so much time has been devoted to the easier part of the negotiations, he said, now comes the hard part. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg has more. While most of us slept, when hardly a soul was stirring, the residents o
Good morning. A wintry weekend for all, with plenty of sunshine in the forecast. Cold frosts, a few snow showers, and the potential of some significant snowfall some people tomorrow. Join the later for all the details. In sport, another off the field incident for england on their ashes tour. Its just been revealed why batsman ben duckett was been dropped from englands ashes tour match today it follows an incident ina match today it follows an incident in a perth bar. And the extreme riding skills of the mounted police. Ive been seeing how what they learn for their dramatic display, helps them cope with whatever is thrown at them on patrol. Good morning. First, our main story. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is due to arrive in iran shortly, where he will express what he describes as grave concerns over the imprisonment of the british iranian woman, Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe. The aid worker has been held prisoner in the country since april 2016, accused of trying to overthrow the i
Alongside obama youre watching aljazeera life my headquarters here in there are also coming up. They kill my father killed my mother i feel skiing i dont want to go back to me in. The million mark tragedy we revisit your survivors who have become the target of a brutal crackdown which began six months ago. Also South Koreans protest against the arrival of the north korean delegation for the closing ceremony of the pyongyang chang the Winter Olympics. And democrats in the u. S. Are finally allowed to release a memo rebutting a republican dossier claiming f. B. I. Bias against trump election campaign. Welcome to the program after days of heated negotiations the u. N. Security council has unanimously adopted a resolution demanding a month long truce in syria it comes after a week of government led strikes on the rebel held enclave of Eastern Ghouta which is killed more than five hundred civilians the resolution calls for an immediate end all still ities for thirty days is meant to allow a
The other two supports wspects stolen car were arrested. Were not told if they fought the arrest or how that happened. Heavy Police Presence in the area. People in the neighborhood were being told to shelter in place. At this time three people were arrested. They were in a stolen car. Just a few moments ago i asked the police chief do we have the bank robber in this case. He said he cant confirm that. Right now all they know is that they arrested three people in a stolen vehicle. He says right now theyre being questioned separately to make sure they cannot get their stories straight. Its an active investigation to figure out if all three were linked to the bank robbery, maybe one or possibly even none. But likely the chances are one of the bank robbers has been arrested. Were told all three are in custody. But the reason that they still have this area blocked off is by protocol. Theyre going to be checking the apartment come plex that one of the suspects was in to make sure there was n