Best interests of the country. Well have all the details and plenty of reaction from westminster and beyond. The other main stories on bbc news at 5 the Inflation Rate hits a 2. 5 year peak largely due to higher prices for fuel and food and the fall in the pound. The libyan man who claims that british agents took part in his kidnap in 2004 is given permission to take legal action. And alun wynjones becomes the new wales captain for the 2017 six nations, ending Sam Warburtons six year tenure. Its five oclock. Our main story is the Prime Ministers first major speech on the governments strategy for leaving the European Union. Shes underlined some of the key aims of the forthcoming talks, and promised that members of parliament at westminster will be able to vote on the final deal when it emerges. Lets run through some of the main points. Mrs may said the uk Cannot Possibly remain within the european Single Market, because staying in would mean in effect but the Prime Minister promised to
It is 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london and 2 00am in the morning in the swiss resort of davos, where president xijinping has told a gathering of elites from across the world that china wants to be a champion of free trade and stability. Mr xi made no direct reference to donald trump, but his comments are in stark contrast to mr trumps America First vision. The chinese leader warned against a trade war with the us, saying there would be no winners. 0ur Economics editor kamal ahmed has this report. He arrived with full security detail. The president of china, here to speak to an eager audience of political and business leaders. Mr xi didnt actually mention President Elect donald j trump. He didnt need to. The message was clear. Translation pursuing protectionism is just like locking oneself in a dark room. While wind and rain may be kept outside, so are light and air. No one will emerge as a winner in a trade war. He also said that countries should redouble their commitment to the p
It is 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london and 2 00am in the morning in the swiss resort of davos, where president xijinping has told a gathering of elites from across the world that china wants to be a champion of free trade and stability. Mr xi made no direct reference to donald trump, but his comments are in stark contrast to mr trumps America First vision. The chinese leader warned against a trade war with the us, saying there would be no winners. 0ur Economics editor kamal ahmed has this report. He arrived with full security detail. The president of china, here to speak to an eager audience of political and business leaders. Mr xi didnt actually mention President Elect donald j trump. He didnt need to. The message was clear. Translation pursuing protectionism is just like locking oneself in a dark room. While wind and rain may be kept outside, so are light and air. No one will emerge as a winner in a trade war. He also said that countries should redouble their commitment to the p
emails which may contain classified information to mali, a close ally of russia, because of a typing error. the emails were actually intended for the pentagon, which uses the domain name dot mil .?but by mistake they missed out the letter i, and so the messages went instead to mali. and us secretary of defense lloyd austin and the us. secretary of state antony blinken are in brisbane for the annual australia united states ministerial consultations, where progress on a nuclear powered submarine deal, regional security and clean energy will be the focus. north korea has staged a military parade to commemmorate 70 years since the signing of the armistice, which ended fighting in the korean war. the country s leader, kim jong un, attended the display of new drones and missiles and hosted delegates from russia and china. meanwhile in south korea, a ceremony paid tribute to un soldiers who played a crucial role in the fighting. this included over 80,000 troops from britain. and to mark thei
a few people are concerned. we ve had a few people come up to us and ask like, oh, we ve got dead birds on the beach. but obviously we can t really do anything about it. the uk health security agency says the risk posed by bird flu to humans is very low. but for the seabirds along our coastline, it remains a deadly threat. gareth barlow, bbc news, pembrokeshire. let s get some of the day s other news now. the us embassy in haiti has urged american citizens to leave the country as soon as possible due to clashes between the police and armed gangs. the embassy says us citizens have been targeted in kidnappings. displaced haitians have been seeking refuge outside the embassy from widespread gang violence. a bbc investigation has found that google s earthquake warning system failed to alert many people in turkey before february s deadly tremor. the company says people may not have noticed the alert, adding that factors including internet access could affect the system. the ministry