The country and the world. Today, the whole country celebrates National Unity day. It was on september 17, 1939, that belarus acquired its current borders. And simply put, she liberated her western compatriots from polish oppression, which lasted for two decades. Victory day, Independence Day and the current date of a group of holidays that underlie our belarusian statehood. Honor the memory of those who sacrificed themselves for future for you and me very soon. We will be transported to the minsk arena, where the main events took place today, and we will also tell you many more interesting things. Watch olga makei and sergey gusachenko on the main broadcast. Where does the homeland begin . With the setting of national priorities, we are belarusians, and here our earth is unity for us, the main condition for the preservation and life of our state. September 17 is an act of historical justice. Poland could not destroy its identity and culture, even with barbaric methods. It was a nation
Oppose him we will have reaction from our correspondents in washington and jerusalem also coming up catalonia as crucial election leaders of the main regional parties have cast their ballots in a vote that is testing the regions appetite for independence and no evidence of links to terror groups and police say that a tribe or intentionally crashed his car into pedestrians in melbourne but his motive remains unclear. Plus the face of a childhood that no child should have to endure five year old zahra is a syrian girl and a refugee this image of her has just been named unicefs photo of the year in a competition dominated by the migration crisis. Im sara kelly welcome to the program. Thanks for joining us the United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly passed a resolution asking the United States to withdraw its decision to recognized as the capital of israel at an emergency session on thursday one hundred twenty eight of the one hundred ninety three Member States voted in favor of
Turkey is ramping up its fight against Islamic State even further. It has agreed with a plan to push i asked out of the strip. It is the latest in a major tactical shift in the fight that began with airstrikes last week and providing u. S. Access to bases in turkey. Its not just i asked that turkey is targeting. Strikes a been reported against an old foe. The kurds. All eyes are now on this border. It separates turkey from syria. Last weeks bomb attack was a sign that the conflict is spilling over into its northern neighbor. They are promising to create a buffer zone in northern area. Intervention in syria could bring it in the conflict. This unverified outage is a syrian town. Washington has been providing air support as they fight aground or. There is concern that the u. S. Coalition airstrikes have effectively enabled kurdish fighters to reinforce and endeavor to create a coalition nation. That kurdish state could include parts of turkey. It has been fighting separatist for decades.
Jewish athletes arrive to compete in berlin, a choice of location that hasnt been welcomed by everyone. Turkey is ramping up its fight against Islamic State even further. It has agreed with a plan to push i asked out of the strip. It is the latest in a major tactical shift in the fight that began with airstrikes last week and providing u. S. Access to bases in turkey. Its not just i asked that turkey is targeting. Strikes a been reported against an old foe. The kurds. All eyes are now on this border. It separates turkey from syria. Last weeks bomb attack was a sign that the conflict is spilling over into its northern neighbor. They are promising to create a buffer zone in northern area. Intervention in syria could bring it in the conflict. This unverified outage is a syrian town. Washington has been providing air support as they fight aground or. There is concern that the u. S. Coalition airstrikes have effectively enabled kurdish fighters to reinforce and endeavor to create a coalitio
Confronting todays very real and very vicious threats. Donald trump also condemns the u. S. Intelligence leaks in the Manchester Attack after uk Prime Minister theresa may raises her dissatisfaction in a brief chat at the nato meeting. Sterling hitting a twoweek low against the u. S. Tlar adollar a twomonth low after the party sees its lead reduced further in the election poll. Good morning. Glad youre with us once again on this friday morning. Its the end of the week. It is the friday before a long bank holiday. Many european markets are taking a bridge day. Volumes once again today are somewhat lower. We are seeing outperformance in the ftse 200. This has to do with the drop of sterling. This is on the back of the latest poll showing the lead of the conservatives against the stories down to just 5 . The cac 40 off by 0. 4 . Lets get back to the big story. Our headline today, that is, of course, the oil story. Oil prices continue to drop, thats having a negative impact on the oil stoc