this week we ask, what are the advantages of brexit? we look at donald trump s stalled plans to reform obamacare, and we discuss the ever increasing problem of migrants to europe. my guests are conservative commentator alex deane, the middle east expert rachel shabi, thomas kielinger of die welt, and the american writer and broadcasterjef mcallister. welcome to you all. the second round of brexit talks were held this week for four days at the end of which both sides described discussions as robust, and michel barnier, the eu s chief negotiator said more clarity was required from the british side on a number of key issues. some conservatives in this country are beginning to talk of a transition period. there will be further talks at the end of august. certainly in the uk the advantages of leaving or remaining are getting lost in the rhetoric. let s take some time to discuss them. alex, last week polly toynbee called brexiteers lunatics. .. i think it is extraordinary rhe
within the past few hours it s been announced that the veteran actress and singer, debbie reynolds, has died, just a day after the death of her daughter, carrie fisher. it s reported she was taken ill at her son s house in beverly hills, while discussing her daughter s funeral. earlier our correspondent david willis in los angeles gave us some detail about the relationship between mother and daughter. they were not speaking for quite a while, mike, there was a 10 year period in which they didn t communicate very much at all, and then they refound each other, if you like, and were very close towards the and of carrie fisher s life. but, you know, terrible news coming just 2a hours after we heard about the death of carrie fisher, now we are able to report that her mother, debbie reynolds, a hollywood icon, 84 years of age, has herself passed away. looking at what carrie fisher said about her mother in that interview in november on npr, in fact, she said, very few women from her
food and nesting places as a result. first pictures of a rare giraffe born at chester zoo, discovered by staff when they arrived on boxing day morning. good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. the russian president, vladimir putin, says the syrian army and opposition have agreed to a nationwide ceasefire which will come into effect at midnight. there ll also be fresh peace talks. the deal was brokered by russia and turkey, who are on opposing sides in the conflict in syria. mr putin said they had signed a number of documents outlining the details of the deal. translation: three documents have been signed. the first document between the syrian government and armed opposition on a cessation of fire on the territory of the syrian arab republic. the second document is a set of measures on control over the ceasefire regime. the third document is a statement on readiness for the start of peace talks on the syrian settlement. turkish foreign minister said turkey and russia will serve as
theresa may says she has ‘absolute faith‘ in the uk s trident nuclear deterrent system, despite claims an unarmed missile veered off course during a test last summer. on the andrew marr programme today, the prime minister declined to say whether she knew of the incident, before a crucial vote on the future of trident, in parliament lastjuly. our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. this is what the launch of a trident missile looks like. lastjune, the royal navy carried out what it calls a routine on armed test launch from hms vengeance. but it now appears something went wrong. hms cowan vengeance was something went wrong. hms cowan vengeance was about 200 miles off the florida coast. it was going to fire the missile around 500 miles across the atlantic but a malfunction occurred during its flight. malfunction occurred during its flight. yet just weeks malfunction occurred during its flight. yetjust weeks later, theresa may was asking mps to vote on spending £4
somewhere, twitter, and hope someone, somewhere, ca res. and: it helped define the 1990s, now trainspotting returns for a new generation. good evening and welcome to bbc news. theresa may says she has absolute faith, in the uk s trident nuclear deterrent system, despite claims an unarmed missile veered off course during a test last summer. on the andrew marr programme today, the prime minister declined to say whether she knew of the incident, before a crucial vote on the future of trident, in parliament lastjuly. our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. this is what the launch of a trident missile looks like. lastjune, the royal navy carried out what it calls a routine unarmed test launch from hms vengeance. but it now appears something went wrong. hms vengeance was about 200 miles off the florida coast. it was going to fire the missile around 500 miles across the atlantic but a malfunction occurred during its flight. yet just weeks later, theresa may was asking mp