President donald trump to end the nations second Government Shutdown in just three weeks time. The death toll from the death toll from a syrian airstrike surges past 200. Meanwhile, france 24 goes to the north of the country as Kurdish Coalition fighters prepare against turkish fighters for a new era of the syrian war. Molly thanks for joining us in the newsroom. I am molly hall. We start with the moment that athletes have been waiting for. The 2018 Winter Olympics have ,fficially begun in pyeongchang south korea. You see images from the Opening Ceremony. Over the next few weeks, athletes will battle it out for olympic glory. An Opening Ceremony is settled titled piece in motion. There are unique circumstances with tensions between north and south korea as well as the United States. For more, lets bring in our correspondent who joins us from the capital of south korea. Clovis, what more can you tell us . S a very lively and impressive demonstration, marching to the socalled kpop music
As the tears flowed, she tried to make sense of her seemingly endless misfortune. I know its short track and i know im supposed to be prepared for this, but it still hurts, you know. Obviously, its still almost a week until my best distance, so thats the positive. I dont know, right now i just cant see living with this feeling, you know. I just. But, i mean, its out of my control, i got knocked over and thats that. Commentator christie. Oh, theyve gone down those memories of sochi four years ago, though, may now prove hard to erase. She crashed in the same final there, but her team are urging her to stay positive. I think you could all see she tried to put everything out there to try and get gold. She wasnt going for anything else. You know, thats the nature of the sport. You know, crashes do happen, unfortunately. The question now, though, is whether britains biggest medal hope can pick herself up again on a desperate day of deja vu. Andy swiss, bbc news, pyeongchang. Here on bbc one
This is a new life in london coming up in the program the u. S. State Department Designates hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh a global terrorist and announce sanctions against him. Donald trump signed an order to keep the Guantanamo Bay prison camp open and possibly send eisel fights is that. A judge says usa gymnastics dont tell larry nasir is now known to have sexually abused two hundred sixty five girls. And the triple tree gazes as parts of earth see a blue moon super moon and a total new clips rolled into one. And im. With all your sports as arsenal sign gap a nice strike a medic obama young for a club record seventy nine Million Dollars that and more transfer deadline news coming up later in the program. So the u. S. State department has designated the political leader of hamas as mohammed a global terrorist and slap sanctions on him it means any u. S. Based assets he holds will now be frozen amasses the palestinian faction which is de facto ruled the gaza strip since two thousand and
The document suggests the uk wont be able to sign trade deals without permission. Now on bbc news all the latest Business News live from singapore. Federal reserve, minutes out of. Will the central bank take a more hawkish approach on Interest Rates . And a global tech consultancy shows businesses how to play their cards right in the year of the dog. Good morning asia, hello world. Glad you could join us for this exciting edition of Asia Business report, i am rico hizon. We start off with the us and Federal Reserve has released minutes, giving an upbeat assessment of the economy and inflation, changing expectation about Interest Rates have created more volatility in the markets, just like what happened on wall street yesterday, opening on the plus side but closing in negative with the dowjones down by 167 point. As for asian markets, currently open and it is a mixed bag. The nikkei up and the all ordinaries down the. Earlier i put the question to our reporterjoe miller in new york. If
Low and welcome to this aljazeera news hour live from. This coming up in the next sixty minutes the u. S. Puts hamas leader Ismail Haniya on a global terror list the Palestinian Group calls it a dangerous develop. Donald trump signs an order to keep the Guantanamo Bay prison open. The children orphaned by somalias palmas how some of the worlds poorest a struggling to help fifteen hundred bereaved youngsters. And the triple trees a blue moon a super moon and a total eclipse all in one. But first the u. S. Has designated the political leader of hamas Ismail Haniya a global terrorists and impose sanctions against him the state Department Says any u. S. Based assets he holds will now be frozen hamas is the palestinian faction thats ruled the gaza strip since two thousand and seven until it handed over power to the Palestinian Authority in december its already considered a terrorist organization by the u. S. The group says the u. S. Decision is a violation of International Law. That is me i