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by russia and by turkey, who ve been on opposing sides in the conflict. the syrian government and main opposition groups have agreed to a ceasefire from midnight local time tonight. but some groups, including so called islamic state, are not part of the agreement. the announcement was made in moscow from where our correspondent steve rosenberg reports. for nearly six years, syria has been torn apart by civil war. a country reduced to ruins. a conflict that has left more than 400,000 people dead. there have been peace initiatives before which brought no peace. but today russia announced a breakthrough. in the kremlin, russia s defence minister handed vladimir putin a list of syrian opposition groups which had signed up to a ceasefire with president assad. 60,000 rebels, he said, would stop fighting. this is how president putin summarised the deal. translation: three documents have been signed. the first document between the syrian government and the armed opposition is a ....
good evening and welcome to bbc news. the us has expelled 35 russian diplomats as punishment for alleged interference into last month s presidential elections, giving them and their families 72 hours to leave the country. it will also close two compounds used for russian intelligence gathering based in new york and maryland. president barack obama had vowed to take action against russia amid us accusations that it directed hacks against the democratic party and hillary clinton s election campaign. russia has denied any involvement. tonight, a kremlin spokesman said the sanctions were ungrounded and not legal . let s get more from our north america editor, jon sopel. give us more detail about what is happening and why? what happens on these occasions is that you have a series of gradations of response that you can make if you are the us president and you are cross with a foreign government, from the symbolic slap on the wrist to something much firmer. this is much firme ....
in the draw after losing in the draw, after losing their qualifying matches. the man who rode red rum to two of his three grand national wins, brian fletcher, has died. he was 69. fletcher won the national as a 20 year old in 1968 aboard red alligator, but will be best remembered for his back to back wins at aintree on red rum in the seventies. england captain alastair cook will meet director of cricket andrew strauss tomorrow, but no decision on his role as test captain is expected to be made. cook admitted to having questions over his position during the recent 4 0 series defeat in india. our reporter tim peach is with the one day squad in mumbai. the meeting is part of the debriefing process that england hold after every series. there have been calls for cook to resign, though it is understood we will not hear any decision from him until next month. england s one day team have been playing here in mumbai. jonny ba i rstow playing here in mumbai. jonny bairstow gave ....
by president elect trump yesterday at his first news conference since july. today, he tweeted that the us intelligence service said it was phoney and falsely circulated. in fact, james clapper, the director of national intelligence, effectively distanced the us intelligence agency from the unverified video, saying it didn t leak it and hadn t made a judgement on its reliability. since then, the spotlight has been shone on the man credited with producing the memo christopher steele, a former mi6 officer respected by british intelligence agencies, the cia and the fbi. he has since gone to ground. the focus is now on what british intelligence knew and whether anything made its way onto ministers‘ desks. but the wider question persists is this a scandal of watergate proportions, or one of the biggest smears in the history of politics? here s our diplomatic editor, mark urban. we re learning more about the world of private intelligence gathering and how information gle ....
and sarah has the weather. good morning to you. lots to talk about in terms of the weather. snow and ice warnings as well as strong winds and potential flooding around the east coast. a full forecast in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story: the army is on standby to help evacuate communities along the east coast, where a tidal surge is expected to hit. the environment agency has issued seven severe flood warnings, meaning there is a danger to life. andy moore reports. all along the east coast, floodgates have been closed in preparation for the storm surge. gale force winds are combining with high tides to threaten coastal defences. in jaywick, in essex, there is a severe flood warning, meaning a risk to life. the emergency services have arrived in force. the residents are being urged to leave. evacuation centres a re being urged to leave. evacuation centres are on standby. we ve got exceptionally strong winds, between 40 exceptionally strong winds, between a0 ....