In poland more than thirty years ago, following a bitter and divisive campaign. Donald tusk said polands bad days were over. Translation yesterday people approached me and asked, will you be able to do it . It wasnt possible for so many years. This is the end of this bad time. Of the rule of law and justice. Donald tusk, who did work in brussels as the European Council chief, has pledged to reposition warsaw on a firm pro european path which could unlock billions of euros in eu funding withheld by the European Commission in a spat with the current government over judicial reforms. To talk us through whats at stake im joined by bert colijn senior Eurozone Economist at ing bank. A warm welcome to the programme. Do you think brussels is Breathing A Sigh of relief as it looks at how this General Election has unfolded . Well, i think that if we look at these first pulse and indeed if this is how a coalition is ultimately going to be formed, i think it will make things slightly easierfor i t
Begun bombarding gaza, cutting off electricity and water, and building up troops along the border. More than 500 palestinians have been killed in almost two and a half thousand strikes. Our International Editor jeremy bowen, has been following the days of intense violence. Inside gaza it looks every bit as if palestinians are feeling the full force of Israeli Military power. Israel says hamas is responsible for the suffering of gazas civilians. And its retaliation for the hamas attack is only just begun. Hamas has threatened to start killing its israeli hostages. The air strikes rolled on, hour after hour. Palestinian armed groups undeterred, kept up their own barrage of israel. Our bbc team was in ashkelon in southern israel not far from the gaza border when a salvo came in. Ashkelon is so close to guard so that there is no more than a ten second warning. Israel is moving in more fire power. The next stage of the offensive against hamas looks certain to be a Ground Offensive, much big
Move back to tottenham today. We are talking all autumn bulb planting. A dry start to the day and many of us should see a fine and dry day ahead with more details in ten minutes. Its friday the 18th of september. Our top story. Tighter National Restrictions across the whole of england are being discussed by downing street to try and slow the surging number of coronavirus cases. The measures are being described as a circuit rate after a warning from the governments teeth scientific advisers that there would be a significant rise in the death rate without further intervention. This is what borisjohnson is desperate to avoid another full Scale National lockdown, which he says would be a disaster for the economy. Instead, the government could introduce whats being called a circuit break perhaps just for a fortnight of tightened restrictions in england. Schools would remain open, as would workplaces. But pubs and restaurants could have their Opening Hours cut. Some public premises would hav
Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners to receive eight months of training on the mainland and another 16 months in Hong Kong as part of government scheme.