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in 2004, a un plan to reunify the island was put to a vote. the turkish cypriot north said yes. the greek cypriot south said no. and a divided island joined the european union. in the talks in geneva, there are still serious obstacles to be cleared. but there is a chance, a good one, that this time the frozen conflict will end. the headlines on bbc news: donald trump says the director of national intelligence has called him to condemn a leaked report, claiming the president elect was vulnerable to blackmail by russia. snow and strong winds are causing disruption across many parts of the uk, and some areas of eastern england are being evacuated following severe flood warnings. tributes have been paid to the former england manager graham taylor, who s died at the age of 72 from a suspected heart attack. an update on the market numbers for you here s how london s and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. ....
farmers, being unsentimental people, took those horses to the abattoir. and these men who went from working with these horses to working on tractors, they lost that relationship. they lost the hard work, but they were kind of in mourning, and this is something that i was very touched by coming across in these memoirs. these men who were grieving for this lost relationship. tim pears, author of the horseman, thank you very much. thank you,jim. inafew in a few minutes‘ time we willjoin viewers an bbc one for a round up of the day s news, but before that the weather with john hammond. good evening, i hope you had a nice weekend. a good chance that where you are has been a bit cloudy and drab, hopefully some brightness at some stage over the next few days, but i m not promising an awful lot of sunshine. you can see the extent of the cloud cover on the recent satellite picture, and that cloud has been producing some rain in some places too through today. dribs and drabs fo ....
earlier the manchester mystics won the inaugural women s bbl cup, with a 71 60 victory against nottingham wildcats. that is all from sportsday. coming next, meet the author. how much do we still live in tune with the rhythm of the seasons, and why does that matter? in his much admired novels, tim pears has consistently worked to explore our relationship with the land, the old habits, an inherited feeling for how nature works, and maybe to try to rediscover an understanding that could be slipping away. it s one of the themes of his new book, the horseman. set in the west country before the first world war, telling the story of an unlikely and almost forbidden relationship, and the coming loss of innocence. welcome. one of the most powerful elements of the horseman is the sense of the force of nature, the cycles of the seasons and so on, and it s obvious that that s not a device. have you always been conscious of that closeness to the way, frankly, the earth works? i have ....
and coming up on newsnight: all eyes are on europe, and europe s eyes are on us, as we feel our way to a new future. we hear from the german defence minister. now we re out the way, is the eu going to start pursuing a common defence policy? good evening and welcome to bbc news. a day after the brexit process formally started, ministers have revealed their plans for converting thousands of items of european union legislation into british law. they have announced what they call a great repeal bill, which they say will provide clarity and certainty on what happens after brexit. but critics warn it could allow changes in the law without proper parliamentary scrutiny, and a weakening of rights and protections. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. locked inside the tower, preserved for safekeeping. scrolls and scrolls and scrolls of the laws of our land. but this one that s shaped so much for decades will be disappearing. repealed, rolled back, the act that took us ....
on steroids, the startling words of a senior democrat who s on the senate intelligence committee, as it began investigating alleged russian interference in last year s us election. meanwhile in a new development a seniorformer aide to president trump, michael flynn, is reported to have offered to testify about what he knows but only if he is given immunity from prosecution. our correspondent in washington is laura bicker. she has all latest for us now. it is understood that he was asking, and is in discussion with, the senate house and house intelligence committees, about giving testimony in return for being granted immunity or protection from what he calls unfair prosecution. now, it is worth remembering that general flynt was the national security advisor but was forced to resign from the administration after it was disclosed that he misled the vice president about the nature of his calls with the russian ambassador, and the fbi is investigating his links to russia. ....