Kyle edmund beat italian Andreas Seppi to reach his first grand slam quarter final. And how to get out and stay out of debt. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Afghan Security Forces have seized control of a luxury hotel in kabul, 12 hours after it was stormed by militants. Fierce battles raged through the night as special forces fought the gunmen as they moved around the six storey Intercontinental Hotel. Six civilians were killed as were all the militants. 160 guests and staff were rescued including 41 foreigners. The taliban has now claimed responsibility for the attack. Andrew plant has the latest. The Intercontinental Hotel in kabul, blackened and smoking after an ii hour siege that has seen at least five People Killed and several more wounded. The shooting started after nightfall on saturday, several gunmen armed with grenades and automatic weapons. Translation at first, i heard some gunfire and then, after 15 minutes, a worker from the hotel approached and said that suicide a
Banned bitcoin purchases on its credit cards it says people need protecting from debts they may never be able to repay. Donald trump provokes another row claiming the nhs is going broke and not working but ministers say theyre proud of the health service. And cold and freezing fog disrupt travel as temperatures are set to fall sharply across the uk this week. Its five oclock. Our main story is the latest stage of the brexit negotiations, taking place in london today. The European Unions chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, has warned that trade barriers for goods and services are unavoidable for the uk once it leaves the eu if it leaves the Single Market and Customs Union as planned. Mr barnier was in downing street where he said the time had come for the uk to make a choice. The talks followed days of public squabbling among conservative mps on the desirability or otherwise of staying inside a Customs Union. Our Political Correspondent leila nathoo reports. On his way to london, the eus
Chancellor are numbered. As in football the second round of the german cup has concluded in the brewing fashion with another outstanding performance by a wayside by our labor crews that hi go ahead next team knocked five unanswered goals past gladbach as they advance into the third round. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program German chancellor Angela Merkel is in kiev today for talks with her ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko her visit comes as the country prepares to mark the fifth anniversary of the my don revolution which began with demands for closer ties with the e. U. Five years on has ukraine moved any closer to europe didnt use Nick Connelly takes a look. This is how it all started with a handful of people taking to modern square protesting against president coachs decision to abandon a long awaited dissociation deal the much to fear of angering moscow within weeks the protests a ground to tens of thousands of people europe wasnt the only issue but the european flags were
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