Votes by the deadline of midnight on friday. Now on bbc news, dateline london. Hello, and a very warm welcome to dateline london, imjane hill. This week we are looking at new relations between france and the uk we ask whether germanys mrs merkel will get a deal to form a government and remain chancellor, and again we will be discussing irans current ambitions. My guests this week mina al oraibi, the editor of the Abu Dhabi Based the national, the times columnist david aaronovitch, the author, Thomas Kielinger of germanys die welt, and marc roche, former london correspondent of le monde, who now writes for the magazine le point. Welcome to you all. Lets discuss france and britain, first. Emmanuel macron came on his First Official visit to britain this week. Among the agreements reached between the french president and british Prime Minister . Theresa may committed to spending an extra £41; million on Border Security in calais. France said they would lend us the bayeux tapestry in a few
The Winter Olympics in south korea. And in sport, fans at stadiums across the country remember Cyrille Regis the former england player described as a trailblazer for black footballers. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Us National Government has officially shut down, a year to the day after Donald Trump Took Office as president. Senators failed to agree a stop gap budget amid a bitter dispute between President Trumps republicans and the opposition democrats over immigration and border security. David willis reports from washington. The ayes 50 and the noes 49. With a midnight deadline looming, they came up short of the 60 votes needed, and without a Funding Agreement in place, the government of the largest economy in a world was now only minutes away from shutdown. Three fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. That after the democrat leader in the senate, chuck schumer, had an hour long meeting with Presiden
The Us National Government has officially shut down after senators failed to agree a stop gap budget. It follows a bitter row between President Trumps republicans and the opposition democrats over immigration and border security. Senators are tonight trying to broker a deal to get the Us Government working again. It comes as thousands of women joined protest marches across the country on the First Anniversary of President Trumps inauguration. David willis reports from washington. Marking the First Anniversary of President Trumps inauguration, protesters took to the streets in washington and across the country as the government of the largest economy in the world went into shutdown. The ayes are 50 and the noes are 49. A stop gap funding measure came up ten votes short after the democrat leader in the senate met with President Trump. Progress was made he said, before the deal maker in chief changed his mind. Negotiating with this white house is like negotiating with jello its next to im
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Tonight in our debate for communism and human rights violations, the United States scorns cuba. Has fidel castro won. Later in our panel. Charlie hebdo says it will not publish more cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Has intimidation worked. Planned parenthood caught on tape haggling over the price of foetus procurement. Do they have anything to apologise for. Im imran garda. And this is third rail we can do more to support the cuban people and promote our values through engagement. You dont break a mafia by doing business it. We gave away the store and got nothing in return. They have not made political reforms. Do we want a china model perpetuating the slavery of the people. Every economic traction strengthens the regime that is torturing the people. Change. We are risking going backwards, instead of forward. Isolating the country does want. For the last 54 years its been a . In few years you have a new generation taking over. Human rights, value of democracy. Thatll be on the agenda.