In to at concerts. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme too much reading, or nearwork makes children short sighted, there is a new epidemic of myopia in young people. Parents are now advised to make sure their children get at least 2 hours of play outside daily. What do you think . Has too much nearwork impacted your eyesight . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing the British Government will make another attempt today to win the backing of parliament for borisjohnsons brexit deal. But its thought the house of Commons Speaker may not allow another so called meaningful vote. Ministers will also bring forward detailed legislation to implement the Brexit Agreement but the bill can be amended and the opposition could press for the uk to remain in a Customs Union with the eu. Gareth barlow reports. On saturday after hours of debate, mps thwarted the governments attempt to hold a vo
Short of a majority the conservatives make gains and the far right talks party surges into 3rd look at the latest from madrid also coming up. Hes big and yellow and 50 years old big bird and the rest of the cast of sesame street celebrate hanukkah century of the educational t. V. For kids. Im Rebecca Ritters welcome to the program olivias embattled president evo morales has announced his resignation weeks after an election by claims of fraud an element prompted sames of celebration with thousands of bolivians taking to the streets andean capital saw 3 weeks of unrest following the election in october which morales claimed hed won pressure had been mounting on morales to step down with bolivias military chase the latest in a line of say new figures calling on him to go. Took to National Television to announce his decision. I resign my presidency why did i decide to resign so that opposition leaders missa to come up show do not continue to persecute my Brothers Union leaders i mean that
Oi even severe gales, gusts of 60 mph or more in the north west of scotland, blowing in a lot of showers also, potentially thundery. Showers and to england and we are is but the main weather front sneaks towards the south east and produces rain. We see the back of that weather front from the south east of england. Low pressure still sitting to the north of scotland. Still some windy weather here. This weather front getting drawn up from the south. That wind should ease later. This rain pushing northwards through the irish sea. That rain is a bit slower now. Colder air to the north of that, warmer air to the south. This is where we start to see those temperatures rising across southern parts of england and wales. That warmeraircoming in parts of england and wales. That warmer air coming in behind that weather front there. That is bringing that rain which continues to push slowly northwards into the start of the weekend. A wet start to the weekend, not just start of the weekend. A wet st
To win a second term in office . And after the duke and duchess of sussex admit theyre struggling to cope with press scrutiny Prince William says hes worried. Life from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. It is newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 8am in tokyo where World Leaders and foreign royalty are gathering to attend the enthronement of Emperor Naruhito. The ceremony officially marks the emperors ascension to the chrysanthemum throne, after his fathers abdication earlier this year. My colleague mariko oi is in tokyo for us. He became japans new emperor in may . So what is todays ceremony about . That is right. He became the 126 emperor of japan on the 1st that is right. He became the 126 emperor ofjapan on the 1st of may in the new era started then. It is not unusual though for these events to ta ke not unusual though for these events to take place over several years actually, especially because a new emperor usually takes t
News, its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Alongside the humanitarian fallout from turkeys invasion of northern syria, there are grave security concerns. Not least, what will happen to the thousands of so called Islamic State militants imprisoned by Syrian Kurdish forces . My guests today, john letts and sally lane, are the parents of one such prisoner british born jack letts. He left the uk in 2014 to live in the so called is caliphate. Since then hes had his british citizenship revoked and his parents have been convicted under uk anti terror laws for sending him money. What will become what should become ofjack letts . Sally lane and john letts, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Thank you, stephen. You are in a very difficult situation right now because your son jack is, as far as we know imprisoned, held by Kurdish Forces in northern syria. Those forces currently under attack from the turkish army. What is the latest information you have about what is happening to you