No more. No more than 18 months. U. N. Led to a preliminary role for libya aimed at ending a decade of violence. Also this hour as Coronavirus Infection soar last year of the World Organization warns against lifting receptions quickly and a controversial plan to turn a World Heritage site in indonesia into a Jurassic Park style tourist attraction. Forces golds mosque is finally gets underway for a 7 month delay. All eyes are on big number who is aiming to win back to back mages out driving his opposition. Thank you very much for joining us. We begin this news hour in ethiopia, where the Prime Minister says military gains have been made in the northern teague, a region where the federal government is battling local forces. But the conflict is raising fears of a humanitarian crisis. Phone lines are cut off and transport has been halted in and out of the region. If the opium Prime Minister abu ahmed says the military offensive had, quote, liberated the western part of to gray. And the reg
The World Health Organization says that could lead to another resurgence in infections and transforming a World Heritage site into a tourism hot. Well look at indonesias controversial plan to bring Jurassic Park to life. Im going to go with sports after a 7 month delay. The opening round of golf small says tournament is hit by bad weather. But all eyes are on big hitting brysons schomberg, who is aiming to win back to back me just by out driving his opposition. Thank you for joining us. Ethiopias military says its making gains in the northern Tigray Region where the federal government is battling local forces. The offensive began last week after i made accused a Regional Government of attacking a military base aid agencies are warning they cant bring much needed supplies into the region because of the fighting. Thousands of people have fled, many to neighboring. So don, that speaks to joins us about mohammed of course, very difficult to know whats happening and to great because access
Advised her to prorogue to suspend parliament . Absolutely not. The number of people investigated for rape who go on to be convicted has fallen to its lowest level since records were first compiled more than a decade ago. A baby boy who died after being pulled out of a river in Greater Manchester has been named locally as the kari bennett. His father has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Five people have been arrested in response to proposed plans to illegally fly drones near heathrow airport. New figures have been revealed that the cancer survival rates in the uk remain below those of other high income countries. Sports day is in a moment, but first a quick look at what else is coming your way this evening here on the bbc news channel. And lets take you through what we have following the publication of the operation Yellow Hammer documents. We will be talking toa hammer documents. We will be talking to a Crisis Management consultant about no deal brexit contingency planning. That
Is at its highest level for five years the vast majority were women. And, in the film review Downton Abbey on the big screen. See what mark kermode thinks of it, and the rest of this weeks releases, at quarter to six. The former Prime Minister David Cameron says a second referendum on brexit cannot be ruled out. In an interview with the times mr cameron breaks his silence about his controversial decision to call the Eu Referendum three years ago. I think about this every day. Every single day i think about it, the referendum and the fact that we lost and the consequences and the things that could have been done differently. On the possibility of a second referendum he says im just saying that you cant rule things out right now because youve got to find some way of unblocking the blockage. I think there are certain things you shouldnt do to unblock the blockage. In his book David Cameron says Boris Johnson and michael gove behaved appallingly and on his relationship with them now he say
For her part in the Us College Admissions scandal. We all know the impact of Carbon Dioxide emissions on global warming, now the bbc has learnt of the damage being caused by a far more potent gas used in electrical devices. Frolicking foxes, naughty penguins, and dancing lions. We reveal the finalists of the comedy wildlife photgraphy awards. Hello and welcome to world news today. Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he is cautiously optimistic of getting a brexit deal. Hell travel to luxembourg on monday for his first meeting since taking office with the European Commission president , jean claude juncker, and the eu chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier. But for his part, mr barnier said he did not have reasons to be optimistic. Mrjohnson faced heckling as he spoke at an event in Northern England, as our deputy political editor, john pienaar reports. The names boris, borisjohnson. Trust me. It looks like campaigning, and it is, for future votes and for trust that hes the one