Merkel is on the brink of sealing a Coalition Deal. Dangerous and delicate the rush to rescue survivors after an earthquake in taiwan needs a building on the brink of collapse. Paula ninety People Killed in just twenty four hours as russian and Syrian Government jets hit two rebel held areas plus. A cry for help more than eleven million children in yemen now needs humanitarian aid to survive. And the drive for a new era in Space Exploration a road trip launched by the worlds most powerful rockets. Germany is on the brink of ending months of political limbo chancellor Angela Merkels conservative party is reportedly set to form a Coalition Government with main rival they have been in marathon talks to end the uncertainty after septembers election poll bread and joins us now live from berlin so paul how close are they to a deal. And we just lost paul brennan they were due to finish on sunday laura can use all you got here we have we come back i read i will press on just in case i will pre
President trump has issued a new warning for iran. Hes said hes willing to target iranian cultural sites, in retaliation for the killing of americans. Tensions between the two countries are at boiling point following the us killing of irans general soleimani. Iran has announced a rollback of its commitments under the landmark nuclear deal. James robbins has the latest. Hundreds of thousands of iranians have been mourning general soleimani and apparently getting behind their leaders promising revenge. The chants are familiar, including death to america, but the context has radically changed. The war of words from both sides is intensifying. President trump has now tweeted a new threat of massive retaliation, perhaps disproportionate. Earlier, he wrote if iran strikes any americans or american assets, we have targeted 52 iranians sites, some at a very high level and important to iran and the iranian culture, and those targets and iran itself will be hit very fast and very hard. Is there
Hello and welcome to bbc news. President trump has issued a new warning for iran. Hes said hes willing to target iranian cultural sites in retaliation for the killing of americans. Tensions between the two countries are at boiling point following the us killing of irans general soleimani. Iran has announced a rollback of its commitments under the landmark nuclear deal. James robbins has the latest. Hundreds of thousands of iranians have been mourning general soleimani and apparently getting behind their leaders, promising revenge. The chants are familiar, including death to america, but the context has radically changed. The war of words from both sides is intensifying. President trump has now tweeted a new threat of massive retaliation, perhaps disproportionate. Earlier, he wrote if iran strikes any americans or american assets, we have targeted 52 iranians sites, some at a very high level and important to iran and the iranian culture, and those targets and iran itself will be hit ver
To create a mega blaze. We will bring you all the latest from here in australia. Im lewis vaughanjones in london. Also in the Programme Iran says its taking another step back from the constraints of the International Nuclear deal following the american assassination of general soleimani. Masked attackers roam the campus of one of indias most prestigious universities targeting students opposing the governments new citizenship law. This is bbc world news. It is newsday. Good morning. Its 1am in london and midday here in New South Wales. Im in the town of nowra, the nerve centre for the Regional Response to the bushfire crisis here. Australians are witnessing another day of devastation and loss, and emotions are really running higher right across the country. There are fires burning in many different parts of australia, but New South Wales, which is the most populous state, is the place that has been most affected. There is real devastation across the state and there is still 150 fires bu
With big wins for the war movie 1917 at the Golden Globes. A very warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. With 3a nominations, the streaming giant netflix is celebrating a bumper year for hit movies and programmes, so wed like to know what was your best watch in 2019 . Do tell just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. President trump has issued a new warning for iran. Hes said hes willing to target iranian cultural sites in retaliation for the killing of americans. Tensions between the two countries are at boiling point following the us killing of irans general soleimani. For its part, tehran has announced a rollback of its commitments under the landmark nuclear deal. Rich preston has the latest. Landing back in washington from his base in florida amid fresh threats against iran. Reiterating to reporters on Board Air Force one of his willingness to carry out major retaliation against around if it targeted us assets, and saying