Gain a stronger grasp of the english language. Welcome to al Jazeera America, im stephanie si and begin this morning with breaking news out of south sudan, 200300 people drowned in a ferry accident on the white nile river and the boat was overloaded with refugees at the time. The victims of the ferry accident were civilians trying to flee from fighting in the town of molacal, the gate way to the oil fields of the upper nile region and heavy fighting is there as they attempt to seize the town. Control of the town has already changed hands twice since the conflict in south sudan began last month. The bitter budget battle on capitol hill is finally over. House and Senate Negotiators have brokered a 1 trillion spending deal and finance the government and prevent a shut do you know and its a pact agreed upon by republicans and democrats last month and the plan contains dozens of tradeoffs and Thomas Drayton has more. Reporter with the threat of another government shut down only days away, t
Hello, im kasia madera, welcome to outside source. The entire lebanese government resigns as protests continue in beirut, after last weeks catastrophic explosion. Well have the reaction from the ground. Those protesters are very cynical that even getting rid of this government will make any difference to lebanon and bring accountability for that deadly explosion. In hong kong, pro democracy activist and media tycoon, jimmy lai, is detained the highest profile arrest yet under chinas security law. And in belarus, the clashes continue between police and protesters angry at sundays disputed president ial poll. Welcome. We start in lebanon, where just a few hours ago, the entire government resigned. The Prime Minister hassan diab made the announcement. He said the country is facing a massive catastrophe, as well as economic and social collapse. The catalyst for the mass resignation was last tuesdays explosion in beirut, which killed more than 200 people. Thousands are injured and many are
Six west end curtains prepare to rise again but many theatres still face an uncertain future. And for viewers in the uk in half an hour well take a look at the sunday morning papers well bejoined by the sunday times Rosamund Urwin and ben chu from the independent. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Two former british Prime Ministers have condemned plans by the government to override elements of the brexit Withdrawal Agreement using domestic law, something ministers have admitted will break international law. Boris johnson says the European Union is threatening to impose a Customs Border in the irish sea, separating Northern Ireland from the rest of the uk. But writing in the sunday times, sirjohn major and tony blair say what is being proposed now is shocking. Is irresponsible, wrong in principle and dangerous in practice. They go on to say this governments action is sham
What effect would moving up a tier have on you . Should the government be reviewing the tiers at all . Do get in touch with me on twitter Annita Mcveigh and use bbcyourquestions, and ill try to read out some of your comments. Across europe, governments are imposing stricter measures following a surge in covid cases. Well be getting the latest from our correspondents across the continent. 32 years after the lockerbie bombing, authorities in the us are understood to be preparing fresh charges. And toy shops face stock shortages beause of delays at uk ports. Some orders will now miss christmas, costing business thousands of pounds in sales. Coronavirus appears to be spreading even more rapidly in wales than previously thought. Its emerged that thousands of positive test results have been left out from official figures. 11,000 covid test results were missing from official figures because of a computer problem with a system Recording Lab results which had been undergoing routine maintenance
Died in 2013. An inquest has found that air pollution did contribute to her death. Weve got the justice for her which she so deserved. But also, its about other children, still, as we walk around our city of high levels of air pollution. Sock christmas is here once more, families and neighbours knocking at the door. And a little light at the end of the covid tunnel. Look what happened when a music teacher took her lessons online. Good evening. Just when you thought you had your Christmas Plans all sorted, along comes some new and tougher guidance. This afternoon, the Prime Minister said the four nations had agreed to stick to the existing regulations they issued three weeks ago, but he warned people to exercise extreme caution. In scotland, Nicola Sturgeon also gave further advice to go alongside those regulations, and in wales, Mark Drakeford says the law will be changed. As Laura Kuenssberg reports, we are all being left with a choice make full use of what the law allows, or follow t