Syria in 2014. Officials have learned that he returned to europe through grace. He was a Belgian National who grew up in molenbeek, a district in brussels that has emerged as a hotbed of extremism. Belgian officials arrested nine individuals in brussels today, seven of them linked to a man who detonated a suicide vest. Questions remain as authorities persist in their investigation among them, whether isis is pursuing attacks outside of syria and iraq. French Prime Minister manuel valls described the threat in a speech this morning. Prime minister valls what is new is the modus operandi, the way of carrying out an attack, of killing, is constantly evolving. The macabre imagination of the ringleaders is endless. Assault weapons, stabbings, all of these together carried on by individuals or, in this case, organized commandos. Nothing can be excluded from the ringleaders imagination. And i say this, of course, with all of the necessary precautions, but we bear it in mind, there is also the
On the palestinian side, you talk about reform. I would say the same thing. We have been trying to reform the Palestinian Authority since 1896. Since 1994. It is almost impossible. As it stands, if palestine were a state, it would not be worse off than other states admitted to the u. N. We have sudan, kosovo. The difference is we are Holding Palestine to different standards because of the political insecurity aspects, which is largely based on land issues and contention. Can you Say Something about how you see those ideas moving along a little faster . Ghaith i would disagree with you on a very basic point. I do not believe we have been trying to do either of these things, at least the last few years. During the mitchell times and kerry, reforms on the ground were, if you want to be charitable, you would say a distant second. We were still fixated on high diplomacy. We actually did not put that much ever effort into trying to get the sides to change their behavior. It may have been men
Total, both reporting profits of 2. 6 billion. Guy lets find out more. Will kennedy is he appearedare. Training did well and refining to ball. The oil sector is not looking to shabby. Will beating expectations by more than double which is not bad. Profit fell by 20 . What stands out is trading. Bp employs hundreds of people to buy and sell oil. When prices are lower, they can save money to make more bets. Francine we have bp and total. Who did better . Will total had the bigger, higher number but bp beat expectations. Bob dudley will be the happier of the two ceos. Guy the refining operations where does the Lower Oil Price leave that. That is a total story. Will total is the Biggest Oil Refinery in europe and when prices fall, you put more oil in your car. Refiners outperform. What youre seeing is the resilience of the integrated mobiles. Your upstream does not do as well but you get some of that bacteria are finding and trading. Francine if we have the oil in this range between 50 and
Challenging for the snowboarder. Borders are complaining that the jumps are too steep and icy, but they have promised to make course modifications. White called the course a little intimidating. He said after watching fellow athletes get hurt, the risk of injury was too much and he wants to focus on his signature event, the half pipe. He released this statement earlier today. After much deliberation with my team, i have made the decision to focus solely on trying to bring home the Third Straight gold medal in halfpipe for team usa. There is still two people competing. They both have a good chance of reaching the podium. Janelle wang, nbc bay area news. Also in sochi is polina edmonds. The High School Sophomore tweeted out this photo last night with a u. S. Figure skalter and a snowboarder. The two others competing are gricie gold and ashley wagner. Wagner fell twice in the National Championships last month in boston. Placed fourth. Some say she should not have gotten the spot, but she
Dateline london. Hello, welcome. Im shaun ley. This is the programme which brings together bbc specialists with the foreign correspondents based in the uk who file their stories for the audience back home with the dateline london. Wagons roll its been the week when vaccine began its journey to our shores. Guess where from . The eu will those lorries keep coming, brexit trade deal or no deal . Donald trump takes his case to georgia, where voters still have the power to deny joe biden at least some of his power. What is the place of us courts in determining the outcome of this most contested of president ial elections. To discuss that, were joined byjeff mcallister, a former white house correspondent, London Bureau chief for time magazine, and a practising lawyer. As well as writing for portuguese publications, eunice goes is an academic in london, exploring the importance of ideas in politics. And back with us in the studio after weeks pounding the sidewalks in the United States for pre