And england have had their best day on their ashes tour of australia so far. Alistair cook completed his first ashes century in seven years. And coming up, mark kermode looks back at 2017s big film releases including the sequel to blade runner, thats the year in film in half an hour. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. High winds and snow have caused disruption for much of england and wales. Thousands of homes and properties are without power in the midlands, the south west and parts of wales, after power lines were brought down overnight. Theres been disruption for passengers at birmingham and sta nsted airports, and collisions on the mi, in the last few minutes stansted had is closed again. M25 and a number of a roads caused by treacherous driving conditions have caused major delays. Viewers have been sending in pictures from their area , georgina tweeted this photo from the departure lounge at Stansted Airport, which has suffered delays due to a closed runway, and reamins closed
Leaders put a positive spin on bracks said talks of britains theresa may says shes with and she says they are within touching distance of a deal all that germanys im going back on speaks of encouraging signs of progress but she says talks are called move forward until divorce but they settled. On uganda off as lessons in responding to a refugee crisis t w looks at the countrys welcomes more than a million new arrivals even as it faces widespread hug. Also coming up is the birth of a new fast food we take you to the French Island of survival on demand and ready to eat on the go. Im phil gayle welcome to the program. German chancellor Angela Merkel has started her first full round of talks to piece together an unprecedented multiparty National Governing coalition fifty politicians from her conservative c. D. U. The business from the f. T. P. And the greens have been meeting to see if they can Work Together on topics ranging from the European Union to finance and Foreign Policy their poli
A government with a coalition that has never been tried on a national level. Also coming up britains to recent may tries to keep up appearances during breaks of talks in brussels but Germanys Angela Merkel says that negotiations cannot move forward until the divorce bill is agree. That. Good of. A white supremacist a leader is shouted off of the stage at a Florida University highlighting americas divisions over hate speech and free speech. Plus in sports dortmund look to regain their composure after two poor results in a row the bundesliga leaders face it difficult to frankfurt on saturday and have fired munich on their tail. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program Thanks for joining us. German chancellor Angela Merkel has held her first full round of talks to piece together an unprecedented multi Party National governing coalition fifty politicians from her conservative c. D. U. The business friendly f. T. P. And the greens met today to see if they can Work Together on topics ranging fr
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