A look at the increasingly hostile conditions refugees and Asylum Seekers are facing in their desperate journey from greece into central europe. Clo our top story this hour talks on a prominent ceasefire in libya and on monday without any breakthrough but russias foreign minister says Good Progress is being made the warlord 25 to has asked now until shes day morning to consider signing a formal till hes in moscow for those talks along with the head of libyas un recognized government following a fragile truce brokered by russia and turkey over the weekend that was in reports from moscow. The aim of mondays meeting in moscow was to formalized a cease fire that started in libya on sunday 24 hours earlier russia and turkey invited fired outside ratch Prime Minister of the un backed government and warlord tali for hafta to sign a more permanent truth thats aimed at paving the way towards formal negotiations to end the vs 9 year long civil war but after 7 hours of talks one signature remains
Democrat nancy pelosi in which he claims shes cheapened the importance of the very ugly word, impeachment. Australia has experienced its hottest day on record with the National Average temperature reaching a high of 40. 9 celsius. Hundreds of thousands of people will have to wait months to have their faulty and potentially dangerous washing machines repaired or replaced. And bulls eye. Fallon sherrock becomes the first woman to win against a man at a major darts World Championship. Good morning 7 and welcome to the bbc news at 9 00am. Former Prime Minister tony blair is warning that labour will be replaced as a serious Political Force if it tries to in his words whitewash the scale of its election defeat. Speaking this morning, mr blair who led the party to three general election victories, says labours problems go far deeper than its brexit stance, or the unpopualrity ofJeremy Corbyn in some parts of the country. Mr blair has unveiled research which he says shows that the party faces
Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 56, the nays are 38. The nomination is confirmed. The senator from missouri. Mr. Blunt mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that with respect to the mcfarland nomination, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be immediately notified of the senates action. The presiding officer without objection. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of Anuraag Singhal of florida to be United States district judge for the Southern District of florida, signed by 17 senators. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate o
Tamara ecclestone the daughter of former formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has had a reported £50 million worth of jewellery stolen from her london home. After his performances in englands world cup win and his heroics in the ashes, ben stokes wins the bbc Sports Personality of the year. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9 00am. The Prime Minister, borisjohnson, will welcome more than a hundred new conservative mps to westminster today as he aims to deliver on his election promise to get brexit done. Parliament wont officially open until thursday, so what can the new intake expect from their first week in westminster . Today, therell be a minor Cabinet Reshuffle to replace ministers who lost their seat or didnt stand for re election. Tomorrow, the speaker will begin the process of swearing in mps, who are required to take an oath of allegiance to the crown. On thursday, the queen will formally open parliament with a shorter than usual speech, which focuses on delivering brex
We call to order. Thank you to my colleagues for attending, and for our collection to look at. Were glad to have you and several two people, but im confident you will be able to be the man at the microphone here. This is your First Official appearance before the senate rules committee, im grateful to have you with us. It is historic and a number of ways, the first African American secretary to lead the smithsonian institution, as well as the first Museum Director who was later appointed secretary and around 74 years. Hes a historian, something i really enjoy, and he really understands, so its a great combination of things. This is the fourth position the secretary has had at the smithsonian, something i dont believe any of your predecessors could claim. In 1978, he began his smithsonian career at the national air and space museum. 11 years later, he joined the National Museum of American History, at the most recently served as the founding director of the National Museum of African Ame