And london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where the latest tweet from donald trump is grabbing attention around the world. The President Elect wrote that the United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability. He said that process would continue until the world came to its senses. However, a spokesman has said mr trump was actually referring to the need to prevent nuclear proliferation. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports. America and russia still hold more than 90 of the worlds nuclear stockpiles, both able to deliver destruction on a massive scale, by ground, sea or air. For a quarter of a century, they have been reducing their nuclear arsenal. But the question now, is the arms race about to resume . Tonight, President Elect donald trump tweeted it caught many by surprise, including the obama administration. I cant speak for what the President Elects nuclear views, or his policy g
Condemning israeli settlements on palestinian territory. It happened because the United States changed its usual veto policy and abstained in the vote. Well, israels ambassador to the un said that it was a shameful move, but the us said it had long argued against settle m e nt it had long argued against Settlement Building. The resolution specifically calls for an end to settle m e nt specifically calls for an end to Settlement Building in the west bank and eastjerusalem, settlements that are considered illegal under international law. The us and israeli ambassadors to the un responded soon after the vote. Today the Security Council reaffirmed its established consensus that settlements have no legal validity. The United States has been sending the message that the settle m e nts sending the message that the settlements must stop, privately and publicly, for nearly five decades. By publicly, for nearly five decades. By voting yes, in favour of this resolution, you have in fact voted iio
To his home in oxfordshire shortly before 2pm on Christmas Day. Theyve confirmed he was found dead at the scene. Its being treated as unexplained but not suspicious. George michael shot to fame in the 1980s with the group wham, and went on to have a hugely successful solo career. Andy moore looks back at his life. Well, i hadnt seen your face around town a while, so i greeted you, with a knowing smile. He burst onto the scene in the early 1980s when he formed wham with andrew ridgeley. The duo had number one singles around the world. They even conquered china, becoming the First Western pop band to perform there. George michael loved fame but never became used to it. To be obviously a part of peoples lives as an artist, thats what i dreamed of and thats what im still grateful for. But my god, i wish i could cope with the other stuff the way other people do. I wish id been born with that particular suit of armour, you know, because i wasnt. You know not everybody has got a body like you
To his home in oxfordshire shortly before 2pm on Christmas Day. Theyve confirmed he was found dead at the scene. Its being treated as unexplained but not suspicious. George michael shot to fame in the 1980s with the group wham, and went on to have a hugely successful solo career. Andy moore looks back at his life. Well, i hadnt seen your face around town a while, so i greeted you, with a knowing smile. He burst onto the scene in the early 1980s when he formed wham with andrew ridgeley. The duo had number one singles around the world. They even conquered china, becoming the First Western pop band to perform there. George michael loved fame but never became used to it. To be obviously a part of peoples lives as an artist, thats what i dreamed of and thats what im still grateful for. But my god, i wish i could cope with the other stuff the way other people do. I wish id been born with that particular suit of armour, you know, because i wasnt. You know not everybody has got a body like you
americans in 1975. the former fijian army colonel sitiveni rabuka has been confirmed as fiji s prime minister, after a coalition of parties voted to support him, ending frank bainimarama 16 years in power. the appointment ends ten days of uncertainty in fiji, when the election delivered a hung parliament. rabuka accused the outgoing government of stoking fear and chaos to derail his return to power. ethiopian investigators have completed their final report into an ethiopian airlines crash nearly four years ago which led to the worldwide grounding of boeing 737 max aircraft. all 157 people on board were killed. the nairobi bound plane came down minutes after take off from addis ababa. the investigation concluded that a software failure was to blame. the french president, emmanuel macron, has condemned a shooting at a cultural centre in paris as an odious attack on the country s