Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. Prince andrew has said he did not see, witness or suspect any behaviour of the sort that subsequently led to the arrest and conviction of disgraced financierjeffrey epstein. The Prime Minister has said he will urge President Trump at the g7 summit not to escalate a trade war with china. The state of global trade, i am worried about the way it is going. The uk thrives mightily on the open, outward looking free trade negotiation it will be promoting. Ahead of the summit the Prime Minister has been warned against forever being known as mr no deal over brexit. Donald tusk also said the eu will not co operate with leaving europe without an agreement. I still hope that Prime Minister johnson will not like to go down in history as mr no deal. Brazils president has bowed to International Pressure and ordered the armed forces to tackle a Record Number of fires raging in the amazon forest. Tens of thousands of British Airways passengers could be affected a
Cut earlier this month. And is this dramatic new evidence of Climate Change two kayakers get the shock of their lives. The Eu Council President donald tusk has rejected borisjohnsons fresh demand for the irish backstop to be removed from any brexit deal. The backstop would keep the uk in the Eu Customs Union preventing the return of border checks between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. It comes as the government annouces that British Government officials will no longer go to most eu meetings from the ist of september. In a statement, the department for exiting the eu says the decision to unshackle officials from these eu meetings is to enable them to better focus their talents on our Immediate National priorities. The brexit secretary Stephen Barclay said officials will only go to meetings that really matter, reducing attendance by more than half and saving hundreds of hours. Heres our Political Correspondent iain watson. No roadblocks any longer on the irish border, but how t
And jon sopel is in washington. Seven years into the Syrian Civil War the battlefield grows ever more complicated. Turkey has made incursions in the north, russia and iran are fighting with the regime, and the us has sided with kurdish militias that helped to defeat Islamic State. The rebel territory that once spanned the country has now shrunk to small pockets in the north west, the south, and the Eastern Ghouta region just oustide damascus. This week over 200 people have been killed in Eastern Ghouta, its the deadliest period of fighting in syria in three years. Today the United Nations called for an immediate ceasefire. Our middle east editor jeremy bowen reports. This could be the beginning of the end of a rebellion in Eastern Ghouta that began in 2012. All the other smaller rebel held enclaves around damascus have been starved and bombed into submission. Explosion. Now, it looks to be Eastern Ghoutas turn as the regime pushes for decisive victory around the capital. All the other
Britains elise is disqualified from the 1,000 metre speed skating heat ending her 0lympic dream. Good morning, it is tuesday the 20th of february. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. 0xfams chief executive has apologised to mps this morning over the way the charity handled claims of Sexual Misconduct by its staff in haiti. Mark goldring said he was sorry for comments in which he appeared to downplay the seriousness of the allegations. The International Development committee has called an urgent questions have been asked about how 0xfa m questions have been asked about how 0xfam handled their staff. He was asked by the Committee Chairman if he would apologise for the actions of the charitys workers in haiti and his comments in a newspaper which appeared to downplay the seriousness of those allegations. appeared to downplay the seriousness of those allegations. I do apologise. I was thinking under stress. I had given many interviews. I made many decisions to try and lead 0xfams response. I was
Happiness is considered sinful at least fifteen years in this country. Smiley who was targeted by controversial british happens campaign to out a needle in a car the welcome to our seats and while hes going for months at kindy action. Top story now. A probe into the killings of civilians in afghanistan hasnt rolled onto the glass for peace to cooperate. American special forces are suspected of the month is that investigations had been refused access to them the ten thousand and one is changing us reason to be honest i was able to harness the clinic said the twenty twelve and cranberry twenty sixteen and giuseppe it embodies what makes this comment to seven hundred meat is an american men each day the less nutrients as if trips with milk today and im in a knowledge of the token is a gem this month he had this and finds months investigating the incident and in great stead magazine claims to have seen evidence proving the guilt of american soldiers on cbc campaign of how the chiles dollar