Says the city of aden is now under its control. And Memorial Services are held to remember the victims of flight mh 17 shot down in ukraine a year ago. Germany mps have backed a new bailout for greece. Chancellor Angela Merkel said it was the last chance to solve the crisis. She told parliament it would be irresponsible to refuse to help greece. Our correspondent dominic kane live for us in berlin how did the vote go . Reporter on the face of it this was a resounding majority i would seem for the government proposal 439 in favor, 119 against, and 40 abstentions. But when you analyze the figures, its not quite such a clear picture, because of the no votes, 60 came from the conservative side of the grand coalition. Thats around 20 of Angela Merkels parliamentary supporters openly defying her and voting against the proposal and 69 all together including abstentions and votes from the junior partners in the coalition failing to vote in favor. In that gives you a sense of how the government
The task force on Election Security is a group of House Democrats looking into the voting rightvotingrights issues6 general election. They held their First Public Forum on thursday to hear from the Homeland Security secretary j. Johnson and former secretary for the National Protection suzanne spaulding. Topics include efforts to respond to and address russian interference and recommendations for congress to secure the 20 team and 2020 election cycle. This is an hour if we might, we can begin our hearings. Obviously was delay with the arrival of the former president members. They continue to pray for his continued recovery and his families constantly in our mind. This is our Congressional Task force on Election Security. We are kind of looking forward rather than backward trying to figure out did we miss something, can we use this as an opportunity to fix things for the future. We have obviously the cochair and the Ranking Member on the house administrations have a comment for the recor
Can begin our hearings. Obviously was delay with the arrival of the former president members. They continue to pray for his continued recovery and his families constantly in our mind. This is our Congressional Task force on Election Security. We are kind of looking forward rather than backward trying to figure out did we miss something, can we use this as an opportunity to fix things for the future. We have obviously the cochair and the Ranking Member on the house administrations have a comment for the record. In the interest of time im just going to submit it for the record. We are joined here by the former secretary of Homeland Security j. Johnson and former undersecretary for the National Protection and Program Director at for the department. Welcome, mr. Secretary. We will allow you to begin and we will now hear from you thank you for inviting us. I accepted this invitation first because it is an opportunity for me to reconnect with undersecretary spaulding. Im here because the res
And the biggest match of their lives, englands teenager prepare to face spain in the under 17 world cup final. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The Spanish Government has begun implementing direct rule over catalonia, a day after its parliament declared independence. Madrid has stripped the region of its autonomy and the interior ministry of the National Government has taken control of the Regional Police force. 0ur correspondent gavin lee reports from barcelona in catalonia. Squashing the insurrection, the spread of headlines across spanish newspapers this morning read the same. The Spanish Government has opted for the so called Nuclear Option to deal with catalan separatists after their proclamation of independence yesterday. The reasons parliament has been dissolved, separatist leaders will be removed from office and elections have been called just before christmas. In barcelona, the clampdown didnt stop thousands of catalan independent seekers claiming victory, partying into
Of their lives, englands teenagers prepare to face spain in the under 17 World Cup Final. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The Spanish Government has begun implementing direct rule over catalonia, a day after its parliament declared independence. Madrid has stripped the region of its autonomy and the interior ministry of the National Government has taken control of the Regional Police force. In the last hour, catalonias regional president , carlos puigdemont, has called for democratic opposition to madrids move. Our correspondent gavin lee reports from barcelona in catalonia. Squashing the insurrection, the spread of headlines across spanish newspapers this morning read the same. The Spanish Government has opted for the so called Nuclear Option to deal with catalan separatists after their proclamation of independence yesterday. The reasons parliament has been dissolved, separatist leaders will be removed from office and elections have been called just before christmas. In barcel