The old fated league of nations began its work well look at whether history is repeating itself for its success at the u. N. And to cease fire as one in libya and the other in syria and noun affect both what brokered by russia and turkey the libyan truce was initially in down because warlord who for have to was refusing to hold his offensive on the capital tripoli however he eventually changed his mind to making the announcement through a spokesman. The general command of the Libyan Arab Armed forces announces a cease fire in the west inside of libya the cease fire starts from one minute past midnight on the 12th of january 2020 the other party should stop any type of military operation at the same time we will respond harshly to any violation of this cease fire the. World leaders meanwhile are working on putting together a libya peace summit in berlin germanys chancellor Angela Merkel offered to host it while meeting Russias Vladimir Putin as a syria in the hours leading up to the cea
Timelines biggest political protests seem years the job is sending a message to the government and the military. U. S. President donald trump has voiced solidarity with protesters in iran and warned the government against cracking down on demonstrations theres been anger over the downing of a ukrainian airliner on wednesday and the radium governments initial failure to admit its responsibility ronnies have been held across the country after irans revolutionary guard said it mistakenly shot down the jet killing 176 people meanwhile the emir of qatar has landed in tehran his the 1st National Leader to visit the iranian capital since the assassination of iranian general custom silly money by the u. S. Call for a peaceful solution to regional 10. The highest close to the u. S. But also has strong ties with iran sharing the Worlds Largest gas fields lets bring in our correspondent in tehran for a sad so the rainy and government under pressure both externally and also in turney absolutely bu
In scotland, despite a massive surge in support will be cold enough at times to see for the snp in the general election. Some of the show as fall as snow, journey times are being cut, more services and new routes added particularly in the northern heals. As part of major timetable changes more on that coming later in the on britains railways. Programme. And in sport, and christmas comes its saturday, 1ath december. Early for liverpool fans as managerjurgen klopp signs a contract extension, our top story keeping him at the club until 202a. Boris johnson will visit the north of england today after his party won a number of traditional labour heartland seats to secure a majority in parliament. Some areas voted conservative for the first time in thursdays election, helping to achieve and ahead of tonights strictly the largest conservative victory final well ask for more than 30 years. Our very own magic mike bushell there are flashing images in this which couple he thinks will waltz report
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Good afternoon. The family behind the British Defence company, cobham, has criticised the government for approving a £4 billion take over by an american firm. A merger between the dorset based manufacturer and Us Private Equity Group advent was agreed injuly, but it was delayed over National Security concerns. Late last night, the business secretary, andrea leadsom, who announced the decision late last night, said it had been taken in conjunction with defence chiefs. Lady cobham said the announcement had been cynically timed to avoid scrutiny. Our Business Correspondent Katy Prescott reports. One of the uks oldest defence companies. A pioneer of air to air refuelling, cobham started life in the 1930s as a flying circus. For the last few months, the government has been grappling with whether to allow its sale to the American Private equity firmed advent. The daughter in law of the founder has been critical. She says this is a deeply disappointing announcement and one cynically timed to