former new zealand rugby international campbelljohnstone has become the first all black to publicly announce he is gay. # i heard it through the bright side, not much longer would you be mine. i? side, not much longer would you be mine. , , ., ., be mine. # tributes are paid to motown legend be mine. # tributes are paid to motown legend barry be mine. # tributes are paid to motown legend barry strong i be mine. # tributes are paid to l motown legend barry strong who has died at the age of 81. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in the middle east where the us secretary of state has been holding discussions to try to resolve the escalating crisis there. antony blinken said that urgent steps are needed to restore calm between israelis and palestinians, following days of rising violence. he travelled tojerusalem for talks with israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. he ll meet the palestinian
former new zealand rugby international campbell johnstone has become the first all black to publicly announce he is gay. music and we remember the man behind many motown hits, barrett strong, who has died at the age of 81. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in the middle east, where the us secretary of state has been holding discussions to try to resolve the escalating crisis there. antony blinken said that urgent steps are needed to restore calm between israelis and palestinians, following days of rising violence. he travelled tojerusalem for talks with israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. he ll meet the palestinian leader, mahmoud abbas, later. our middle east correspondent, tom bateman, reports. injerusalem the wreckage is spreading and another generation grows up in it wache. israel s knew far right elise minister is vowing to step up home demolitions of palestinian attackers and their families. this home in occupied eastjerusalem was bulldozed east jeru
A Tropical Cyclone lashes the tiny this if it came down. Trumps Spending Plans how the u. S. President wants to divvy up more than four trillion dollars plus. Smaller ears. And brock obamas take on his official portrait as u. S. President. South africa is in battle the president has been delivered a deadline state media is reporting jacob zuma has been given forty eight hours to resign by his party the African National congress its been holding a marathon meeting on monday to discuss his fate president Cyril Ramaphosa is understood to have met so much and person to inform him of the partys decision am opposed ramped up the pressure on sunday saying the issue was causing disunity and discord suma faces a number of corruption charges but has refused to stand down because his term ends next year the minimal or joins us with more on this developing story from johannesburg so. Clear this up so were understanding theyre telling him to step down from Party Leadership thats not necessarily the
Edition of dateline london. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Theresa may must be clearer about what she wants from brexit before the eu can start trade talks, according to the french president emmanuel macron. Monsieur macron said three key issues must be agreed the rights of three million eu citizens living in the uk, how much the uk will pay on leaving and the future of the uk irish border. Its the First Response by a european leader to the Prime Ministers speech yesterday in florence, in which she suggested a two year transition period after brexit, meaning the uk would finally break away in 2021. Brexit secretary david davis is heading to brussels for the next round of talks with the eu negotiating team on monday. Our Political Correspondent leila nathoo reports. Theresa may came here to florence to try to unblock the brexit negotiations. With warm words about an Exciting Partnership ahead, a pledge to honour writtens commitments to the current eu budget, and promises to guara
Vin diesel returns for the eighth installment in the Fast And Furious series. Film criticjames king gives us his verdict on this and the rest of the weeks Cinema Releases. Our main story at 5 the Afghan Government says 36 militants from the so called Islamic State group were killed when the United States dropped one of its biggest non Nuclear Bombs in the Eastern Province of nanggarhar on thursday. The commander of us forces in Afghanistan Generaljohn Nicholson said the attack had been coordinated with the government in kabul, and that no civilians were harmed. But theres also been criticism former afghan President Hamid karzai condemned the bombing as inhuman. Our south asia editor Jill Mcgivering reports. This is american hard power in action. The moment the us dropped, for the first time, the biggest Non Nuclear Weapon it has. It was a moab, nicknamed the mother of all bombs, and it was targeting underground bases in eastern afghanistan, a stronghold of the so called Islamic State g