Stalemate where Civil Servants, not elected politicians, have been running departments and will be asking whether it is possible to restore the power sharing assembly. And gary oldman is up for best actor in this years baftas for his portrayal as Winston Churchill in darkest hour. Our good morning. It isjanuary our good morning. It is january the 9th. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Theresa may has held herfirst meeting with her new cabinet this morning as she prepares to finalise her ministerial reshuffle. This morning, more ministers are understood to have said theyre leaving government including International Trade minister mark garnier. Government sources say his departure isnt related to recent allegations of inappropriate behaviour. Meanwhile, the journalist toby young has resigned from his role with the new Higher Education regulator the office for students. Hed faced a growing campaign against his appointment by the government because of his history of derogatory comments about w
And gary 0ldman is among the nominations for this years bafta awards for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in darkest hour. Our main story at 5 theresa mays cabinet has met for the first time after a reshuffle that triggered a resignation and was dismissed as a lacklustre pr exercise by labour. Today she carried out the second stage of her ministerial reshuffle with new roles for dominic raab, jojohnson and alok sharma. Mark garnier, who was cleared of inappropriate behaviour towards a member of his staff, has lost his job as trade minster. Separately, the journalist toby young resigned as a member of the new universities watchdog, the office for students, after criticism of derogatory comments hed made in the past about about women, gay people and disabled people. 0ur Political Correspondent alex forsyth reports. The new look top team, gathered at the cabinet table for the first time today. Theresa mays reshuffle was meant to be something of a reset for the government, but it was far
Welcome to bbc news. Theresa may has appointed more women and mps from ethnic minority backgrounds as ministers, at the end of a two day reshuffle designed to recharge her government. The Prime Minister said her reshuffle makes the government look more like the country it serves. But labour described the changes as lacklustre pr exercise. Our deputy Political Editor john pienaar has more. Allowed through the door at number ten today for a quick peek at the new look cabinet. Nobody moved. Almost nobody moved yesterday, because theresa may couldnt make them. Where is she . There she is. Jeremy hunt, the health secretary, was in the way and wouldnt budge, just like yesterday. The new faces in the top team were happy enough, though. Theres lots of energy, lots of ideas. It was a really important meeting this morning, with a sense of renewed vigour. And the losers . I did what i thought the right thing to do was. Justine greening, now ex education secretary, had no regrets. She wouldnt swit
North and south korea have held talks for the first time in more than two years. A week ago the north was threatening nuclear war so this is progress of a sort. Two important things came out of these talks. First, an agreement to hold more talks to ease military tensions on the border. Second, north korea will send a large delegation to the Winter Olympics in south korea next month that will include athletes and cheerleaders. The talks were held here in the demilitarised zone that separates the north and the south. You can see the demarcation line with the demilitarised zone either side of it. And this is the moment north korean officials stepped across the border. The line is marked on the floor. The moment he steps across he is leaving north korean territory and so he did. Afew north korean territory and so he did. A few moments after that, the two sides greeted each other and exchanged pleasa ntries. Two sides greeted each other and exchanged pleasantries. Then they got down to talk