It for the papers tonight. A warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. To take us through this weeks cinema releases is mark kermode. What have you been watching this week . Very exciting week. We have the post, starring tom hanks and meryl streep. Coco, the new animation from pixar. And the commuter, the new liam neeson action vehicle. And the post, its aboutjournalism. I cant wait, im excited. Did you like it . I really did, its a newsroom thriller about the revelations of the pentagon papers, a report which basically said that successive us administrations had misled the country about the vietnam war. The film is largely set in 1971. Tom hanks is ben bradley, the editor of the washington post. He is eagerfor a scoop. Meryl streep is Catherine Kate graham, the publisher and proprietor of the washington post. Its going to the stock exchange, so its finances are slightly precarious. When the white house gets an injunction on the new york times, after they publish some of the pentago
And welcome to aljazeera life for my headquarters in doha with me and of the parana im also ahead Turkish Forces move into the northern syrian on play off and warned that the largest city of man bush is next but u. S. Vice president arrives in jordan as part of his controversial middle east oil. And refugee said theyre feeling pressure to return to me to soothe. The taliban has claimed responsibility for an overnight attack and the Intercontinental Hotel in kabul gunfire and explosions can still be heard outside the hotel despite the interior minister earlier declaring the siege over. One hundred sixty people including forty one foreigners have been. Rescues lets go to accost on jennifer glass now she is joining us live from kabul has the security operation ended or is the siege ongoing jennifer what are you hearing. Elizabeth we think it is all over now just a few minutes ago we saw a long line of Afghan Security vehicles run down this road you can see behind me the Intercontinental H
Votes by the deadline of midnight on friday. Now on bbc news, dateline london. Hello, and a very warm welcome to dateline london, imjane hill. This week we are looking at new relations between france and the uk we ask whether germanys mrs merkel will get a deal to form a government and remain chancellor, and again we will be discussing irans current ambitions. My guests this week mina al oraibi, the editor of the Abu Dhabi Based the national, the times columnist david aaronovitch, the author, Thomas Kielinger of germanys die welt, and marc roche, former london correspondent of le monde, who now writes for the magazine le point. Welcome to you all. Lets discuss france and britain, first. Emmanuel macron came on his First Official visit to britain this week. Among the agreements reached between the french president and british Prime Minister . Theresa may committed to spending an extra £41; million on Border Security in calais. France said they would lend us the bayeux tapestry in a few
That was stormed by militants. Several gunmen burst into the Intercontinental Hotel on saturday evening, shooting at guests and staff and detonating grenades. At least five people have been killed and eight wounded. The siege is ongoing. Armed security patrolling the roads around kabuls Intercontinental Hotel. These pictures taken at midnight, three hours after the shooting began. Officials said four gunmen began firing on saturday evening, shooting at staff and guests. Translation at first i heard some gunfire and after 15 minutes, a worker from the hotel approached and said suicide attackers entered the hotel. Local media reports say several people have been killed. Its unclear how many, yet it is believed the security guards at the entrance to the hotel may be among those injured. The Intercontinental Hotel in kabul is popular with foreign guests, situated on a hilltop outside the city and has been the target of an attack before in 2011 when 21 people died. Security forces said two
There nor cal this is al sara live from doha also coming up he says it started as an offensive against kurdish positions inside syria. Would go shading with this white house is like negotiating with jello. The blame game in washington as the senate fails to pass a spending bill forcing a Government Shutdown. Under the finishing line of the Worlds Toughest off road and tour and threats. Afghan special forces are battling gunmen who stormed a five star hotel and kabul and took hostages. These are the first days time pictures were seeing of the hotel after the attack a man appears to be trying to escape the burning building from a balcony the Afghan Interior Ministry says one of the gunman has been shot dead before writing is continuing from floor to floor u. S. Embassy recently warned of possible strikes against high profile targets. Joins us on the line from kabul abdullah says almost twelve hours after the first attack on this hotel late saturday night seeing these dramatic pictures at