Mission with a difference hunting for the honey bee eating asian hornets in devon. In meet the author this week, an american novelist as well as telling stories right about the arts, sex and the mind. In her book of essays, and the mind. In her book of essays, a woman looking at men looking at women. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The latest round of brexit talks have ended with somewhat different interpretations of how theyve gone. The brexit secretary, david davis says thereve been decisive steps forwards. His eu counterpart, Michel Barnier, agreed that theresa mays earlier keynote speech on brexit in florence had created a new dynamic but hes still warning that it could be months before theyre ready to discuss a future trade deal. From brussels, ben wright reports. The british ministers car is the same. Ajag, of course. But the tone of these brexit talks has changed. A month ago, it was fractious and frosty. The divides were wide. But today, reporting back on the weeks negoti
The violence in myanmar has become the worlds Fastest Growing refugee emergency. As he was seeing in these words, they have confirmed at least 30 Rohingya Muslims have drowned because their boat capsized, all women or children. We have talked about this place a lot in recent weeks, where thousands of Rohingya Muslims have gone. It is in bangladesh. Let me play you more of what has been said. The devastating humanitarian season is not only a breeding ground for radicalisation but it puts young people at risk of criminal elements including trafficking. We have received bone chilling accounts from those who have fled, mainly women, children and the elderly. These testimonies point to excessive violence and serious violation of human rights including indiscriminate filing of weapons, the presence of landmines and sexual violence. This is unacceptable and must then immediately. The Us Ambassador to the un has been speaking. The time for well meaning diplomatic words has passed. We must now
Also tonight after the latest round of brexit talks both sides say progress has been made but the eu warns it could be months before trade talks begin. After images are published of a fight in bristol the cricketer ben stokes is told he will not play for england until further notice. The un says its the worlds Fastest Growing refugee emergency the Rohingya Muslims fleeing to bangladesh from the violence in myanmar. And after the death of playboys hugh heffner a debate over his claim to have pioneered sexual liberation. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news, well tell you if saint helens can stop carter for tigers for reaching the first grand final in Rugby League Super league. Good evening. Ryanair is facing increasing criticism over its plans to cancel thousands of flights and its been accused by the Civil Aviation authority of persistently misleading passengers about the kind of compensation they can claim. The caa has now given ryanair until 5pm tomorrow afternoon to correct its co
Fastest developing refugee emergency and a human rights nightmare. More than 500,000 rohingyas have now fled to bangladesh. Around 90 of the population of myanmar is buddhist but a million Rohingya Muslims, who are denied citizenship, live in rakhine state. The latest violence broke out in august, when rohingya militants launched attacks on security forces. The bbcsjonah fisher has seen internal un documents outlining concerns about the way the conflict and the crisis have been handled. In the months since Rohingya Muslims first began fleeing into bangladesh, the United Nations has been at the forefront of the response, delivering aid and making robust statements condemning the burmese authorities. The situation remains, or seems, a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. But could and should the un have done more before the killing and burning started . Really disturbing to think that some of this could have been prevented. Caroline vandenabeele is a lawyer and aid worker and between 20
Glor good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im jeff glor. The new congress was sworn in today with republicans again in control of both the houses. But first there was a fire to put out. It started when House Republicans attempted to weaken an ethics panel over the objections of their own leaders, and it turns out the president elect. Conditional correspondent nancy cordes is on capitol hill. Do you solemnly swear. Reporter the first controversy of the 115th congress came even before members were sworn in. House republicans voted to gut the office of congressional ethics only to reverse themselves 19 hours later in the face of bipartisan condemnation. Virginia republican dave brat. Part of it is the headlines were we were backing off on ethics. Thats not a good headline. Reporter the white house called it revealing. Thats not draining the swamp. Reporter the final straw came in the form of a social media tweet from donald trump, who usualed the party to focus on tax reform, health care an