Between the two Koreas Belmarsh together at the opening ceremonies of next months Winter Olympics in pyongyang. Catalonia is new Parliament Since for the first time facing the threat of renewed direct rule from madrid. At its latest stop in chile a pope francis confronts a difficult colonial legacy. Now for the first time in its history the u. N. Agency which provides funds for vulnerable Palestinian Refugees says it faces a challenge in meeting its mandate to trumpet ministration is confirmed its withholding half of the one hundred twenty five Million Dollars it was given it was going to give rather the body established in nine hundred forty nine unruh is the United Nations longest running humanitarian Program Providing a lifeline some five million palestinians the money is also distributed beyond the palestinian territory funneled to refugees in jordan lebanon and syria Goes Towards Health care and education the u. S. Is under was largest single donor making up nearly thirty percent
Im Richelle Carey live from doha also coming up. Our nations must remain United States north korea takes strong creech. At a twenty nation meeting to halt north Koreas Nuclear program. But they caught the. Words of defiance hong kongs prodemocracy leader will not be silenced by a jail sentence. And leaders in indonesia province blame the government for the deaths of malnourished children. Agency for Palestinian Refugees has warned that a cut in u. S. Aid will frighten security across the region and follows an announcement by the Trump Administration that its withholding half of the one hundred twenty five Million Dollars. And allocated to that body its a massive cut from last year when the u. S. Came more than three hundred fifty Million Dollars to. Palestinians most of that went to the un relief and works agency for Palestinian Refugees better known as ira helps pay for the education of our behalf a million palestinian children and more than seven hundred schools that fund more than n
Risk is the education of half a million children one point seven million million food insecure people may not get food and cash the un condemns washingtons decision to slash its aid for palestinians. Ethiopia releases the first batch of Opposition Leaders arrested following political unrest two years ago. Catalonia is new parliament sits for the first time facing the threat of renewed direct rule from the druid. And fairest smile be here with all the days sport including rafa nadal continues his march toward a seventeen round i dont know in melbourne. For the first time in its history the un agency which provides funds for vulnerable Palestinian Refugees says it faces a challenge in meeting its mandate to Trump Administration is confirmed its withholding half of the one hundred twenty five Million Dollars it was going to give the body established in nine hundred forty nine is the United Nations longest running humanitarian Program Providing a lifeline for some five million palestinians
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Negotiations are going. Good morning. Iwill negotiations are going. Good morning. I will be falling are we falling out of love with the humble cup of tea . Studies show that we are buying fewer teabags and more speciality and organic teas. I am in yorkshire to find out why. And in sport, world cup qualifying wins last night for england, scotland and Northern Ireland. Michael oneills side beat the Czech Republic 2 0 in belfast, which should guarantee them a play off spot. And sarah has the weather. It isa it is a very mild start to the day, with temperatures as the sunrises in the high teens. Lots of cloud and drizzle about, but we should see some sunshine later. I will have the details in about 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. In the last few hours, south koreas navy has held major live fire drills, in the latest show of force to north korea. A south korean commander said pyonyangs forces would be buried at sea in the event of a further provocation. Meanwhile, Internati