and coming up in the sport on bbc news. the history chasers can they become the first scotland side to make it out of the group stage of a major tournament? hello and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. well, in just a few hours, scotland s footballers kick off the euros, taking on germany in the opening game of the four week tournament. tens of thousands of scotland fans have descended on munich. england play their first match on sunday, against serbia. john watson s in munich for us and john, a big task for scotland tonight playing germany in germany? it is. they are calling this the biggest party in scottish football in 26 years. not since the world cup which was staged in france back in 1998 have scotland qualified for a major tournament overseas. as you can probably see behind me most of the scotland fans have now arrived here in munich. they have been mingling alongside their german counterparts here in one of the main squares in the city. it has been good natured, good
Officially, in a few hours, a north korean official, whos under international sanctions, has been allowed by the Un Security Council to travel there. Choe hwi will be attending with the sister of north koreas ruler her presence is seen as a significant diplomatic move in itself. The hope is that all this could help reduce tensions on the peninsula. Well, not so much of a thaw quite yet, on thursday pyongyang put on a massive parade, a show of military might and missiles. The bbcs Stephen Mcdonnell is in pyeongchang. Imean, you i mean, you can imagine the excitement in pyeongchang, after all these years of reparations, finally it is Opening Ceremony day and that means we are going to have elite athletes competing in these mountains and, of course, this hugely significant geopolitical clash playing out in the games. We heard that president moonjae in will be hosting a Cocktail Party with vips. The american Vice President p is there. And lets introduce you to kim jong uns sister, how are
You on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also, you can be part of the conversation. Today we want to know what sports would you like to see in the olympics winter or summer. They change a bit, but you might have some different views about what should be there. Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. There are nowjust six hours to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics in pyeongchang, south korea. 47 russian athletes and coaches wont be there their final appeal to the court of arbitration for sport was dismissed just hours ago, a decision already welcomed by the 10c, which has already seen 28 russians have their life bans lifted by the court. One person who will be there though is kim yo jong, the sister of the north korean leader. Shell be attending alongside choe hwi. Hes a director from the Propaganda Department of the north korea working party and usually banned from travelling by the un. They have lifted that sanction tempora
An amendment that bears reminding that was one of the great contributions of the Republican Party to american life, second only to the abolition of slavery. For too long, we republicans have been content to lose the black vote. We found we did not need it to win. But when we gave up trying to win the support of african americans, we lost our moral legitimacy as part as the party of linkncoln. As the party of equal opportunity for all. It is time for us once again to reclaim our heritage as the only party in our country founded on the print for freedom for africanamerican. We know what democrats will propose in 2016. The same thing, the same thing the democrats have proposed for decades. More Government Spending on more government programs. And there is a proper and Important Role for government assistance and keeping people on their feet, but few president s have done more to expand government assistance than president obama. Today was and nearly 1 trillion per years on means tested an
Youre a dude on a road trip. Your dude friends do things to you. See how many swizzlers it takes to fill a sleeping micah. Of all the things they could have stuck in micahs mouth, piece of candy not so bad. Simple lesson. Dont mess with the police. This volkswagen has been caught by this traffic officer for driving the wrong way down a oneway street. The driver doesnt respond quite how you would expect. Oh, my gosh smashing the window starts chasing him down. Bam crashes into the concrete barrier on the side of the road. Some of the damage that crash caused. Takes off with the policeman attached. Whats this person thinking . Just take the ticket. Yeah. You clearly have problem to begin w now you think youll evade police . This guy got himself caught not unlike Charlie Jones in the uk who took video of him and his buddy. A fire extinguisher . Thats exactly what theyre doing. Driving down the road charlie is the one driving and is also using his mobile phone to shoot himself, as he cant