We ask you all to take your seats if you will. Today we hear from deputy secretary of state John Sullivan on the proposed reforms that he and secretary tillerson are working on for the state department and for the agency for international development. I dont think there are many that question the need to improve the operation of both agencies. A more efficient and effective state department in u. S. A. Id would better promote our National Security and our many other interests around the world. So i have welcomed the administrations undertaking. Secretary state Rex Tillerson has started a process here as those that state will tell you where hes focusing on listening to the diplomats and listening to the employees. Our Foreign Service officers. I think this is very commendable. He has sought feedback from the bottom up. Many employees, he reports, have asked, and i think this speaks volumes, theyve asked for more responsibility and in turn more accountability for their performance. They
The pooh so much . After the war there was so much sadness. Then winnie the pooh came along and happiness came out. Goodbye christopher robin, rated pg. In select theaters friday. Now bbc world news. This is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington. Held hostage for five years by the taliban in afghanistan a north American Family is finally free. Cities turning to ash in california, 26 people have lost their lives still missing in the hundreds deadliest wildfire in history. Aipac a problem that is clogging the sewers in london. Welcome to bbc world news america. A couple kidnapped by the taliban in afghanistan five years ago has now been released. A canadian and his american wife were freed by the Pakistan Security forces. Along with their three children who were all born in captivity. President trump describes the rescue effort as a positive moment for the diplomatic ties. We have the full report. Over five long years since these people have been seeing and were released by t
The pooh so much . After the war there was so much sadness. Then winnie the pooh came along and happiness came out. Goodbye christopher robin, rated pg. In select theaters friday. Now bbc world news. This is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington. Held hostage for five years by the taliban in afghanistan a north American Family is finally free. Cities turning to ash in california, 26 people have lost their lives still missing in the hundreds deadliest wildfire in history. Aipac a problem that is clogging the sewers in london. Welcome to bbc world news america. A couple kidnapped by the taliban in afghanistan five years ago has now been released. A canadian and his american wife were freed by the Pakistan Security forces. Along with their three children who were all born in captivity. President trump describes the rescue effort as a positive moment for the diplomatic ties. We have the full report. Over five long years since these people have been seeing and were released by t
A televised address calling for peaceful resistance to madrid imposing direct rule on the region. Spains government has dissolved the Regional Parliament independence. In madrid several thousand people held a rally, waving spanish flags and calling for national unity. Our correspondent James Reynolds reports from barcelona. This is the first full day of direct rule from madrid. And no ones yet sure quite what to make of it. Catalan organisations have told people here to carry on as normal. Right here, its hard to tell that anything has changed one way or another. Local Catalan Police officers still guard this, the catalan political headquarters. And separatist leaders, who have technically been sacked by madrid, are now trying to work out their next move. Carles puigdemont, the catalan leader, featured on todays front pages, refuses to accept that he has been fired. Translation we do not deviate. We continue persevering in the only way that can make us winners. Without violence, withou
Been sacked by madrid, are now trying to work out their next move. Carles puigdemont, the catalan leader, featured on todays front pages, refuses to accept that he has been fired. Translation we do not deviate. We continue persevering in the only way that can make us winners. Without violence, without insults, in an inclusive way, respecting people, symbols and opinions. Many here are worried about what may come next. Antonio and pilar, here queueing up for lottery tickets, just want a fresh start. Elections, elections, elections, he tells me. And over in madrid, demonstrators have come out to support the imposition of direct rule in the catalan region. Why do they want to break up spain . There is no sense. It is a problem that is not only affecting catalonia. It is affecting the whole of spain. It is affecting the whole of europe. And we cannot just stay and see what happens, all sing viva espana tonight, catalans may wonder who exactly is running their lives. Theyre ruled directly b