Deadlock in washington. And in sport, a moment to reflect on the life of Cyrille Regis the former england player described as a trailblazer for black players in modern football at stadiums across the country. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The Us National Government has officially shut down, a year to the day after Donald Trump Took Office as president. Senators had failed to agree a stop gap budget amid a bitter dispute President Trumps republicans and the opposition democrats over immigration and border security. The impasse will affect hundreds of thousands of federal workers, but essential Government Services will carry on. The recriminations have already begun. David willis reports from washington. The ayes 50, the nays are 49. The vote to keep funding the federal government was well short of the majority needed, the last hope of avoiding an embarrassing government shut down had failed. Three fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative
One line of news coming into us. We are hearing a 54 year old man has been arrested after an eight Year Old Girl was stabbed to death in brownhill near walsall. This according to the West Midlands police, telling us they 54 year old man has been arrested after an eight Year Old Girl was stabbed. This happened in brownhill, near walsall. Let me see if i can find any more information coming in on fa ct. Any more information coming in on fact. The homicide unit saying they are treating it as a domestic incident. They are not looking in looking for anyone else in connection with the incident. They say their thoughts remain with the family. That is all the information we have. The 50 year old 54 year old man arrested after an eight Year Old Girl is stabbed to death. Police saying is a domestic incident. This is bbc news, 9 32am. Before the papers, sport. And for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres jj chalmers. Hello, good morning. Kyle edmund has powered into his first grand s
Thomas has the weather. Be prepared for a bit of snow this morning. Quite tricky on some of the roads. The snows will not be the same everywhere. More later. Good morning, first our main story. The authorities in afghanistan say a siege of a luxury hotel in kabul has come to an end, more than twelve hours after it was attacked by gunmen. An interior Ministry Spokesman said five civilians including one foreigner were killed at the Intercontinental Hotel, along with all three attackers. More than 100 people have been rescued. Andrew plant reports. The Intercontinental Hotel in kabul, at dawn on sunday morning, blackened and smoking after an 11 hour siege thats seen at least five People Killed and several more wounded. The shooting started after nightfall on saturday, several gunmen armed with grenades and automatic weapons. Translation at first, i heard some gunfire and then, after 15 minutes, a worker from the hotel approached and said that suicide attackers entered the hotel. Security
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