And by bnsf railway. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Carnegie corporation of new york. A foundation created to do what Andrew Carnegie called real and permanent good. Celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill republican paul ryan became the 54th speaker of the house of representatives today. Hes 45, and was the partys Vice President ial nominee in 2012. Now, he faces perhaps his biggest test yet. Mr. Speaker, the speakerelect, paul d. Ryan of wisconsin. Ifill the bipartisan cheers, handshakes and hugs all made clear the new speaker is popular with republicans and democrats. And, after taking the gavel from democratic leader nancy pelosi, ryan called for
And by bnsf railway. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Carnegie corporation of new york. A foundation created to do what Andrew Carnegie called real and permanent good. Celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill republican paul ryan became the 54th speaker of the house of representatives today. Hes 45, and was the partys Vice President ial nominee in 2012. Now, he faces perhaps his biggest test yet. Mr. Speaker, the speakerelect, paul d. Ryan of wisconsin. Ifill the bipartisan cheers, handshakes and hugs all made clear the new speaker is popular with republicans and democrats. And, after taking the gavel from democratic leader nancy pelosi, ryan called for
Numbers, as you can see, have dwindled in hong kong. Which side has emerged as the victor in the standoff between prodemocracy campaigners and the authorities . And a british man pleads not guilty to murdering his wife while on honeymoon in south africa. He reveals as well that he was bisexual. Well have more from outside the court in capetown. Aaron also joins us looking at the brazilian election of what policies could win or lose this election. Absolutely. Seven years ago, brazil was a shining star reporting record economic growth, but not now. The country is in recession, so there is no doubt its the economy thats likely to decide this election. Were going to take a look at which policies the people of brazil are voting for. Its midday here in london, 7 00 a. M. In washington, and 2 00 p. M. In the besieged syrian town of kobane, where a fierce battle is taking place. Kurdish fighters trying to hold back an advance by Islamic State militants at the town, which as you can see, just l
Hello. A fierce battle is taking place around a syrian town near the border with turkey. Kurdish fighters backed by u. S. Led air strikes are trying to hold back an advance by Islamic State militants near kobane. The town has been besieged for weeks, forcing tens of thousands of kurds to flee the area. While these are the pictures live from the turkishSyrian Border, there is some movement of turkish tanks lined up. Lets speak to the bbc persian service. Just tell us what is the latest picture first of all with control of kobane and where the i. S. Militants are. We can see kobane, looking to kobane right now. In my left, there is pounding. They are pushing back. Just a few minutes ago, i talked to one of the soldiers in tanks, ask whether there is any reas reason to kobane for attacks. He said that right now [ inaudible ] some houses there. No action right now. Okay, thanks very much indeed. Sorry about the quality on that line, it is quite difficult to make out that, but hopefully you
Last month the civilian shot dead a sailor aboard a ship in the us navy base in virginia in september. A gunman opened fire in washington. Four before being schooled in the woods pressure is on track to reestablish a russian sphere of influence covering the former stoke be used to lose the words of neils secretary general. The two day meeting in brussels with me before. It was the first such meeting since moscows unilateral annexation of ukraines Crimean Peninsula and some Foreign Ministers say the crisis in ukraine is needed most to achieve political crisis in years with thousands of Russian Troops to stumble on ukraines eastern border nato has warned that if russia were to intervene for their viewpoint it would be an historic mistake is on. I the eighteen year old jay and more. Heehee. Zero i are just lookin forward to like her or georgia to start the work though. You get the latest report on the situation in port but how does that work more closely. The situation this blue right now