Five people are sentenced to death in saudi arabia for the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi. We will bring you some of the highlights of the Victoria Derbyshire programme over the last year, including election highlights and an interview with the new zealand Prime Minister lucinda ahern. In the last half hour, five people have been sentenced to death by a court in saudi arabia for the murder of government critic Jamal Khashoggi in istanbul last year. Three more have been givenjail sentences totalling 2a years. The prosecutor said saoud al qahtani, an important aide of crown Prince Mohammed bin salman, had been investigated but not charged and was released. The country faced International Condemnation for mr khashoggis murder in the Saudi Embassy in turkey last year. Saudi arabia blamed it on what they called a rogue operation. We hope to have more on that in the next few minutes. We hope to have more on that in the next few minutes. There are calls for a government inquiry into
Mexico takes a dispute with bolivia to the International Courts of justice. And 15 years after a devastating tsunami killed hundreds of thousands of people of many across asia many of those survivors are still struggling to deal with their loss. A fair warm welcome to this hour of news libyas internationally recognized government has made a formal request for Turkish Military support thats according to the Reuters News Agency turkeys president has already said that he would be willing to send soldiers to tripoli politicians and ancora could fall within the next fortnight on whether to approve that deployment well Turkish Forces would be tasked with fending off isis loyal to warlord holly for who began a military offensive to capture the libyan capital in april after is backed by the u. S. Egypt russia and jordan and in the past 3 hours egypts president has ours u. S. President donald trump. To use his influence to end what he called quote illegal foreign interference in libya often tri
Business tycoon taking on georgias government but will voters saying to his team. And our people step in doha with a lot of support a busy fist of 6 journalist and the premier league with little built on up a point lead in the title race. Hello welcome to the program our top story this hour iraqs president has submitted his resignation after refusing to back the man whos been nominated to take charge as the countrys new Prime Minister assad a dunny the governor of the oil rich buster profits is supported by a parliamentary bloc that is closely linked with iran but present barham saleh says dani will not satisfy the demands of protest as for an independent Prime Minister salah now says he will step down to avoid bloodshed and protect peace since october more than 450 people have been killed in demonstrations led by people who say iraqs political system is profoundly corrupt dosage of by reports now from the iraqi capital baghdad. A political maneuver with potentially far reaching conseq
Mikel arteta, as their next manager. It is so easy to leave me all alone with the memory. One of Andrew Lloyd Webbers most famous musicals transfers to the big screen today well ask why so many critics have their claws out for cats. Iamat i am at Somerset House. Indoors enjoy the sights of the gingerbread centre. Outdoor, rain, particularly in Eastern England. Yourforecast coming up. Its friday the 20th of december. Our top story the Prime Ministers brexit divorce deal will be put before Parliament Later. It comes in a year where theresa may, then mrjohnson, wrestled with mps over their plans. Today is expected to feel very different as the government now has a strong majority. Officially known as the eu Withdrawal Agreement, it is the legislation needed to make brexit happen. This week, it was announced that the government would add a clause to rule out any extension beyond december 2020, ending what Boris Johnson calls years of deadlock, dither and delay. Now, with a majority of 80,
Authority Andrew Bailey is named as the next governor of the bank of england. Without question, he is the right person to lead the bank as we forge a new future outside the eu and level up across our great country. Trains and road travel is severely disrupted on one of the busiest travel days of the year gatwick services are affected and theres disruption in devon and cornwall. Australias pm apologises for going on holiday while the countrys bushfire crisis worsens , fire continues to ravage parts of the country. And the us moves closer to putting its astronauts back into orbit as boeing prepares to launch its new starliner capsule. Good morning and welcome to bbc news live from westminster. Mps will vote on the Prime Ministers brexit plan this afternoon which will take the uk out of the eu by the end of january. Its thought the Withdrawal Agreement bill will easily clear its second reading in the house of commons with the conservatives having won an 80 seat majority at last weeks gene