Brokered by russia and turkey is just about folding. Moscows dominant role in the diplomatic endgame is now undisputed, with ankara playing a pivotal role as well. My guest is Bassma Kodmani of the Negotiating Team of the syrian opposition. Is it time for the moderate rebels to accept their de facto defeat . Bassma kodmani, in paris, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, stephen. Thank you. Its a pleasure to have you on the programme. Let me start with a question that comes directly from the new year. Do you see 2017 bringing with it better prospects for an end to the conflict in syria than we have seen at any time in the previous, almost, six years . I do, carefully optimistic, but i do. I do hope, and we are working towards making 2017 the end of the disaster of the tragedy and the beginning of a political transition. That is what we are hoping for and the coming weeks will tell us whether we are moving in that direction but there is certainly a Turning Point and certainly something to build o
Good morning, this is bbc news at 11. The Prime Minister is set to announce more training and resources for schools and companies in england to deal with what she calls the Hidden Injustice of Mental Illness. In a speech in Central London shortly, theresa may will order a review of Mental Health services and outline her plan to create a Shared Society. But her announcement has been called puny by some. Norman smith is outside the speech venue in Central London. An interesting and obviously very significant choice of subject for this first major speech of the new year . Its the first instalment of what is expected to be a series of major Domestic Policy Announcements by mrs may over the next month or so. Really to try and give substance to her governments agenda beyond brexit because other than grammar schools, really weve heard nothing from theresa may about what she actually wants to do. Today, she wa nts to actually wants to do. Today, she wants to give us some sense of what her visi
Plans to have 48 teams at the tournament in 2026. And carol has the weather. Good morning. A breezy day ahead of us. For some of us, starting on a bright note with sunshine. It is cold. Thicker cloud in the west will introduce rain going from east to west during the day. Later the wind will strengthen. And ill have more details on the weather for you in 15 minutes. Thanks, carol. Good morning. First, our main story. Another strike is affecting services on Southern Rail. Drivers belonging to the aslef union will stop work for three days this week. The dispute about the role of the guard on trains has been going on for nearly ten months. 0ur South Of England correspondent, Duncan Kennedy, is at horsham Train Station. Duncan, what is the mood like among passengers there . It has been crippling train lines for ten months. Commuters are out there. You have to get up early. It ta kes there. You have to get up early. It takes longer. I am abandoning going out to town tomorrow. We will see how
the palestinians, to do the dirty work, to say no. fait accom li. and it looks like they are kind of siamese twins. they always match, they meet somewhere in the middle, where they can say, well, i really wanted the deal, but we don t have a partner for this. wanted the deal, but we don t have a partnerforthis. so, i believe wanted the deal, but we don t have a partnerfor this. so, i believe that it s not only that he has partners in his coalition that are tying his hands. netanyahu has brought in itamar ben gvir and bezalel smotrich from the ultra right to do the same thing that he is doing now, to be his buffer zone, his political buffer zone, his buffer zone, his political bufferzone, he his buffer zone, his political buffer zone, he will come to washington, he got an invitation to address the two houses, and he will say, i am the good cop, i am the victim, this is life, i have to take into consideration my partners in the coalition, i don t have enough
thank senior research fellow you very much indeed for joining thank you very much indeed for joining us. how significant is this meeting today, both for the uk and for china? , ., , , meeting today, both for the uk and forchina? , ., for china? obviously it symbolically it is very important, for china? obviously it symbolically it is very important, as for china? obviously it symbolically it is very important, as you - for china? obviously it symbolically it is very important, as you said - it is very important, as you said earlier, after nearly five years there has been no senior uk minister landing in beijing. but on the other hand i don t think we should take this single visit as being a sign of improvement of the relations between beijing and london, giving a whole range of sticking points that has been around on the relationship. doctor dr yu, a partnerfor report there seems to be confusion over the policy for china. do you know what britain s initial strategy is regard