And the bodies of 11 ukrainian citizens who died when a passenger plane was accidentally shot down by iran are returned to cuba. So lets begin in berlin where libyas warring sides and World Leaders have agreed on a final communique at a un backed peace conference it was announced by the german chancellor Angela Merkel she hopes that 12 World Leaders including the president s of Turkey Russia and the u. K. They agree to extend the temporary truce in libya in the hope that it will develop into a full ceasefire Angela Merkel emphasized the need for a political solution to end years of conflict. We all believe that a political solution will be necessary i think it has become very obvious over the past few weeks and months that it cannot possibly be a military solution to this conflict this will only increase the suffering of the libyan people. Well jim is in berlin and joins us now live. Chancellor they really emphasizing of course political solution not a military one what further detail
Live coverage here on cspan 3. Congressman walker, we are on the record so i will repeat what i said previously, because our friend who is injured because he tried to wrestle me, he has made the decision to briefly pause his career in Public Service and i dont believe it is the last chapter by any sense of the word, but to say so definitively on the record has been one of the greatest honors of my life, serving on this subcommittee with m mr. Walker and i look forward to serving with you in many different capacities for many years to come, sir. So this subcommittee is meeting today to receive testimony on confronting the rise in antisemitic domestic terrorism. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the subcommittee in recess at any point without objection, members not on the Committee Shall be permitted to sit and question the witnesses. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. And i will make it quick, because im very eager to hear the testimony of the experts b
A haze over sydney as a mega bushfire forms near the city and about 100 otherfires are raging in the australian state of new south wales. In a few hours, forbes will reveal its latest annual rankings for the worlds best paid musicians, but is it streaming, merchanise or touring that make them their money . Weve had black friday and cyber monday. Now, get ready for Small Business saturday. Does that sound a little more worthwhile . Well speak to the woman whos urging us to shop small this christmas. And you can be part of the conversation too. Everyone seems to be sharing their most listened songs of the past year right now. What was top of your list . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcworklife. Hello and welcome to worklife. We start with the ride hailing firm uber. The frim says it received 3,000 reports of Sexual Assaults related to its trips in the United States in 2018, out of roughly 1. 3 billion rides. Uber is under pressure from regulators in many cities over safety and securi
At the age of 80. The Chinese Government has announced it would take firm countermeasures after President Trump has signed into law a bill that backs pro democracy protesters in hong kong, despite objections from beijing. The bill approved by Congress Last week requires the state department to certify every year that hong kong has significant autonomy from the rest of china. That will decide whether hong kong retains the favourable trading terms with the us that have helped maintain its position as a world financial centre. The bbcs nick beake is in hong kong. Nick, first of all, this bill signed by the president overwhelmingly approved by congress, what is actually new here . What difference will it make . Well, mike, it will make a difference in that every year they will have to be. I tell you what, as i talk, letsjust walk this way, because we are on the campus of the trashed polytechnic university, and what is happening behind us, you will be able to see that there are emergency te
With ukraine what is a whistleblower and what about ukraine lets call in rally a retired f. B. I. Special agent and former Minneapolis Division Legal Counsel she was a whistleblower about the f. B. I. s preening 11 failures testifying to the joint Intelligence Committee inquiry the Senate Judiciary committee and the Inspector General staff of the department of justice she was named along with 2 other corporate whistleblowers as time magazines 2002 persons of the year colleen how uncomfortable did it get for you when you have followed your conscience by speaking out about 911 failures where yes shunned. Well actually in my case it took 4 senators. Grassley lazy and our 2 minnesota senators to. Begged the attorney general and the f. B. I. Director not to fire me and so i did i was able to hang on to retirement and a pension but thats about what it takes it takes a lot because when youre standing alone revealing fraud waste and abuse the classic case of. Telling truth to power the classic