And in a bbc news special, the french president Emmanuel Macron talks to andrew marr about brexit and frances relationship with the uk. hats at 11. 30. 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 reports. The Intercontinental Hotel in kabul at dawn on sunday morning, blackened and smoking after an 11 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 f
Sixty minutes turkeys president promises to crush kurdish fighters as military continues its air and ground operation in Northern Syria. To shut down but dont get a lot more from all. A lot work. Today would be a good day to end u. S. Senators hold talks in a bid to end the government shutdown. More than a Million People gather as pope francis holds a final boss in peru ending his controversial tour of latin america. Fighting between police and im t. Government protesters in democratic republic of congo has killed at least six people. The u. S. Is urging turkey to use restraint in its operation against kurdish fighters in Northern Syria turkey soldiers have entered the on klav awfully in part of assault to drive out Kurdish Peoples Protection units or why p. G. Turkeys president is vying to crush the group which he views as a terrorist organization Stephanie Decker reports. The border echoes with the sounds of war turkeys offensive on africa is now well under way the ground operation s
Of the chilean maestro with a carefully orchestrated video on their social media tonight, the rest of the game left to marvel at a deal the like of which british football has never seen before. You know, the money side of it is absolutely humongous. Its absurd in some peoples eyes. Are footballers worth this . Arsene wenger a couple of days ago said it would not be long before a player earns £1 million a week. With midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan heading to arsenal as part ofa swap deal, united may have avoided paying a transfer fee for sanchez. But, with his agent reportedly pocketing £50 million, the full cost of the signing could turn into a staggering £180 million. Jose mourinho made clear his admiration earlier this month. The only word i can say is the same with everybody says, hes a phenomenal player. Apart from that, arsenal player. Not anymore. Mega rich Manchester City have been the favourites to sign sanchez, but even they were scared off by the money involved. Instead, uni
Their prey become more agile so they can escape at the last minute. And does this womans face look familiar . It turns out the basel mummy is a distant relative of borisjohnson. Good morning. Its january the 25th. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Official figures show that recorded crime in england and wales rose by 14 in 2017. In the 12 months to last september, knife crime rose by 21 , sex offences by 23 and robbery by 29 . Knife crime rose by 21 . However, the separate crime survey based on interviews with 35,000 households suggests that crime continued to fall. Lets speak to david jamieson, the police and crime commissioner for the West Midlands. Thank you forjoining us. The figures in the West Midlands, 431,000 total recorded crimes, and thatis 431,000 total recorded crimes, and that is an increase in line with whats happening across the country. What do you put it down to . Crime has risen in the West Midlands in accord with the rest of the country. We have lost over 2000 of our uni
The official title of the 169 athletes who have arrived to compete in this months Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in south korea as so called neutral athletes. It is a result of last yea rs neutral athletes. It is a result of last Years International Olympic Committee ban on russia that followed a long investigation into what they concluded was an unprecedented systematic manipulation of the anti doping system at the 2014 sochi Winter Olympics. A whistleblower from the head of the anti doping laboratory in russia revealed how dirty samples had been swapped for clean ones. But today the court of arbitration for sport has reopened the issue, upholding 28 appeals and partially upholding 28 appeals and partially upholding the remaining 11. The arbitrators unanimously found that the evidence moved forward by the ioc in relation to this matter did not have the same weight in each individual case. This does not mean that these 28 athletes are declared innocent, but in that case due to insufficien