good in less than ninety minutes. morning. thousands o through good morning. thousands of women go through ivf fertility treatment every year, but many say they are treated unfairly at work during it. we will look at why and what your rights are. in sport, a first all manchester fa cup final as united pipped brighton on penalties to set up a showdown with rival scott city in wembley in june. good morning. under clear skies are some of us were lucky to see the northern lights last night. the starting to clear skies, wintry showers across the north and east, driven in in a strong wind, rain in the south and west and in between, some sunshine. all the details later in the programme. it s monday 24th april. our main story. the government has insisted it s doing everything it can to keep british nationals safe in sudan where hundreds of people have died in more than a week of fighting. british diplomats and theirfamilies have been airlifted out of the country but uk nationals
tell the bbc they feel abandoned the government says it s doing all it can to help those still there. more than £200 million of money earmarked to help children catch up after covid lockdowns hasn t been spent the finding of a bbc investigation. and the aim was to receive 105 cards for his 105th birthday but this world war two veteran who now has more than 4,000 and counting. and coming up on bbc news, the latest from the world snooker championship. robert milkins and jack lisowski aim to follow in the footsteps ofjohn higgins and secure their place in the next rounds. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc s news at one. the former strictly come dancing head judge len goodman, has died at the age of 78. he had been diagnosed with bone cancer and passed away on saturday at a hospice in tunbridge wells in kent, surrounded by his family. the dancer and choreographer became a judge on the first show in 2004 and continued as head judge until his final appearance in 2016.
Mentioned now, it does not exist. How can you do the job better than what you have done in iraq with thousands of troops . Secretary ernest the forces in syria been different because the conditions in syria and iraq have been different. In iraq, one of the Biggest Challenges is ensuring that they are under the command of a unified government. That is not something that had been in place until relatively recently went the Prime Minister to power and sought to govern that country in a much more inclusive way. That more effective and Inclusive Leadership have made the Security Forces more effective. The situation in syria is a lot different. Opposition forces there are not affiliated with the Central Government. They are more loosely organized. Yet, despite the loose organization, the United States and Coalition Partners have been able to effectively help them. The situation in kobani is a good example of this. There is this war between turkey and syria that is almost completely secure. T
Typically receive from American Military personnel that remain in afghanistan. Drawing thism analogy is because it is consistent with the broader strategyerrorism that the president laid out, i believe in his west point speech, in which you said that the United States needs to develop more capability when it comes to enhancing the capacity of local forces around the world to prevent extremists and terrorists elements from establishing a toehold in their country. We have talked about how this is an important part of our relationship inside afghanistan building the capacity of Afghan National security forces. A long debate about the situation in yemen. Previously, before that country was assumed by a civil war, the United States was able to partner effectively with your many yemeni National Security forces to take strikes, or at least mitigate the risks posed by opposition forces, operating in yemen. It has been diminished because we do not have a Central Government with whom we can orde
Good evening everybody. Happy friday. Before we begin, let me begin with a short readout. The president spoke today by telephone with the iraqi Prime Minister to discuss the situation in iraq and underscore the United States and during support in iraq against isis. The president commended recent progress forces have made and noted that the United States in partnership with the Iraqi Government will intensify support in these efforts. The president also voiced support for Prime Ministers leadership in battling corruption and reforms. Critical to promote promoting iraqs progress. The two leaders in for size to that both the United States and iraq are fully committed to partnering with the International Community to degrade and ultimately destroy isil. They also reaffirm their commitment to the Strategic Partnership between the United States and iraq. This is part of the discussion part of this discussion was some of the efforts that the United States will begin to undertake to intensify