In global news, business and sport. Donald trump has switched on the Christmas Tree lights at the white house. Yes, it is december the 1st, and you can be part of the conversation. So do you think its too soon to be talking about christmas . Tell us what you think. Just use the hashtag bbc the briefing. The pope is leading an open air mass for tens of thousands of people in the bangladeshi capital, dhaka. He first went over to myanmar. We have a live scene coming up in a moment from Suhrawardy Udyan park. People had been queuing for hours to get a glimpse of pope francis. There are a tiny number of roman catholics in bangladesh. They make up just 0. 2 of the population, but significant numbers have turned out to see him. Joining me now from dhaka is our correspondent yogita limaye. Obviously an historic visit. It doesnt come very often the pope comes to this part of the world, but with so much political resonance to it. Thats right. Im just outside that park where the mass is taking pl
Where later today the us senate plans to vote on the biggest reform of the tax system in more than three decades. If last minute disagreements can be overcome, it would be the first Major Mission accomplished for President Trump, who put cutting taxes and boosting the us economy at the centre of his election campaign. So what do we know about it . Firstly, it will be very expensive, costing around 1. 5 trillion for the government to pay out over the next decade. Some of that would be offset by higher economic growth, but most would be added to the us national debt, which already stands at 20 trillion. That is what is still bothering some in the senate. As for who would benefit, the big winners would be us firms, which would see the Corporation Tax rate slashed from 35 to around 20 . The white house claims the average American Household would also be better off by between 4,000 and 9,000 a year. Some critics, though, say the plan really does favour the wealthy. 0thers dispute the idea t
Again, good morning and welcome to the fifth annual United Statesjapankorea trilateral symposium organized by International Student conferences and generously sponsored by Sasakawa Peace foundation usa and the Korea Foundation. We thank you all for joining us on this cold and blustery day as impacted hopefully other parts of the east coast more than us but we know it wasnt the easiest commute this morning. For those of you that i follow us and paying attention today on social media we like to point out that we have greater a hashtag for todays conference and that is hashtag isctrilat. For those of you not following on instream and twitter that at so my name is Alexander Evans and i will be your master of ceremonies for todays event and i currently work as the research and Program Coordinator at the center for east Asian Studies within Johns Hopkins. The preps perhaps more portly r todays event i am a lump of the 63rd japan america student conference back in 2011. I think in a lot of wa
Are at isctrilat d. C. So my name is Alexander Evans and of the your master for todays event and i currently work as the research and Program Coordinator at the center for east Asian Studies within Johns Hopkins sais. Perhaps more important for todays event i am an alum of the 63rd japanamerican student conference back in 2011. I think in a lot of ways it was bad experience that really continued to motivate me to study japan put you on the path that i am in the creek of that experience. Particularly given that it was right after the march 11 triple disaster, an opportunity when japan was not open to many students to be able to go in and have persontoperson exchange with something that i would say it may sound corny but i changed my life. And so before we get started today will have a couple introductory marks so i would first like to introduce ms. Linda butcher, secular director of isc. Prior to this role she served as a director of Media Relations and Public Affairs at the current Eco
Arent holding back over their disdane for the iran nuclear deal. And burundi gets spruced up for president Barack Obamas visit. We begin in turkey. Thats where the government has confirmed it carried out air strikes inside syria. Turkish police carried out raids across the country. We are following developments right on the border with syria. First of all, tell us about the air strikes that the turks carried out inside syria. Reporter these were three air strikes that happened about six hours ago. Three turkish f16 fighter jets went into syrian air space. They hit two isil headquarters and one Assembly Point in syria. The turkish media has been saying that these clashes with isil are very significant. This is the first time that the Turkish Military has been directly engaging with isil and isil targets. It comes after there was an attack by isil fighters yesterday. One soldier was killed, two more were wounded. If you look behind me, about two kilometers behind me, over my left shoulde