The decisive series for the president s hockey cup started in zhlobin. Who leads metallar or brest. Live broadcast from the match. European savings on everything and everyone. Finland plans to reduce oldage pensions. Prices are rising in poland and estonia. Year we update the quality and forests. Belarusian athletes planted thousands of young spruce trees. The president is flying on a working visit to the russian federation. Tomorrow in moscow there will be a meeting with russian president Vladimir Putin in a 1 1 format. The heads of state will discuss the development of cooperation between the two countries in various fields, issues requiring consideration at the highest level. The talks will also focus on the regional and international situation. Coordination of actions to respond to existing threat challenges. On april 12 , Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin are planning a joint event to mark cosmonautics day. The heads of state will sum up the results of the mission to the iss
Hello and welcome to politics europe, your regular guide to the top stories in brussels and strasbourg. On todays programme as the eu signs what leaders have called an historic agreement on defence co operation, are we edging closer to the much wanted eu army . The European Parliament has been debating tax avoidance after the release of the Paradise Papers. Will the eu take action where Member States have struggled . Whats going on in poland . The European Parliament says the polish government has committed serious violations of the rule of law and could impose sanctions. Well have the latest. And as new figures on the numbers on eu nationals coming to the uk to work are released, has talk of brexitists of eu citizens leaving the uk been exaggerated . So all that to come and more in the next half an hour. And joining me for all of that is Rachel Sylvester from the times and toby young from the spectator. First, here is our guide to the latest from europe in just 60 seconds. As the grea
This is bbc news. The headlines. President mugabe has been dismissed as the leader of the ruling zanu pf party, a day after tens of thousands marched on the streets calling for him to resign. His wife, grace, has also been expelled from the party. Police say theyre confident that a body found near swanage is that of the missing teenager, gaia pope. Gaias sister described her as beautiful, emotionally wise and intelligent. The chancellor, philip hammond, has said britain needs to build an extra 300,000 homes a year to make an impact on the housing crisis. Tests of Driverless Cars on uk roads are set to be given the go ahead in this weeks budget. Now on bbc news, politics europe. Hello and welcome to politics europe, your regular guide to the top stories in brussels and strasbourg. 0n todays programme. As the eu signs what leaders have called a historic agreement on defence co operation, are we edging closer to the much vaunted eu army . The European Parliament has been debating tax avoi
250 years people have come to the forks of the ohio, the place for the Allegheny River comes together to form the ohio river. It is a place where ideas have converged. Now follow me and lets take a look at 250 years of pittsburgh innovation. 20,000 years ago, people started coming to north america. No one is native to north america. They all came from someplace else. About 30 miles west of pittsburgh is a place called the meadow cropped rock shelter. It is deal decided human habitation in north america. Representative of those first people in western pennsylvania. Arrivedfirst europeans they found native peoples here. Peoples who settled at the confluence of the three rivers. When George Washington arrives in 1753, he wanted to meet queen alaquip. She was a chief. She was probably already in her late 70s or 80s when 21yearold George Washington arrives. 21yearold washington was six big and strong with red hair. He was trying to build a career. The governor of virginia hired him to come
The west, prior to st. Louis being the gateway. A pittsburgh native who took the art world by storm. A visit to the andy warhol museum. He grew up in pittsburgh. He was born in 1928, the youngest of three siblings. He grew up really religious. They revise and team catholics. Byzantine catholics. We begin at the Heinz History Center for the look at innovations created right here in western pennsylvania. Pittsburgh is an amazing place. It is a city with a tradition of innovation. For 250 years people have come from all over the world to the forks of the ohio, the place for the allegheny and monongahela river comes together to form the ohio river. It is a place where ideas have converged. Now follow me and lets take a look at 250 years of pittsburgh innovation. 20,000 years ago, people started coming to north america. No one is native to north america. They all came from someplace else. About 30 miles west of pittsburgh is a place called the meadow cropped rock shelter. It is the oldest s