Review edition of dateline london. What a year it has been. Brexit, Donald Trumps victory, the rise of Populist Movements, the migrant crisis, wars across the middle east and the possibility of a new cold war in europe. Our top team of year end reviewers are alexander nekrassov, a russian writer and former kremlin adviser, janet daley of the sunday telegraph, Mina Al Oraibi who is an iraqi journalist. And Thomas Kielinger of die welt. Well, in britain, across europe and in the United States it has been a tumultuous year. The brexit vote, Donald Trumps victory, political turmoil in france, italy and elsewhere. All have shown countries divided within themselves. Scotland, post Industrial Areas of Northern England and the prosperous parts of london at times appeared to regard each other as incomprehensible. Trump and clinton voters often seemed to belong notjust to different states but different visions of the United States. How significant has 2016 been in terms of these Major Political
Our top team of year end reviewers are alexander nekrassov, a russian writer and former kremlin adviser, janet daley of the sunday telegraph, Mina Al Oraibi who is an iraqi journalist. And Thomas Kielinger of die welt. Well, in britain, across europe and in the United States it has been a tumultuous year. The brexit vote, Donald Trumps victory, political turmoil in france, italy and elsewhere. All have shown countries divided within themselves. Scotland, post Industrial Areas of Northern England and the prosperous parts of london at times appeared to regard each other as incomprehensible. Trump and clinton voters often seemed to belong notjust to different states but different visions of the United States. How significant has 2016 been in terms of these Major Political events . The deep social and cultural divisions between so called Populist Movements and their critics. I mean, that has been the story of most of the big democracies. Really big divisions, hasnt it . Yes, and your word,
Our top team of year end reviewers are alexander nekrassov, a russian writer and former kremlin adviser, janet daley of the sunday telegraph, Mina Al Oraibi who is an iraqi journalist. And Thomas Kielinger of die welt. Well, in britain, across europe and in the United States it has been a tumultuous year. The brexit vote, Donald Trumps victory, political turmoil in france, italy and elsewhere. All have shown countries divided within themselves. Scotland, post Industrial Areas of Northern England and the prosperous parts of london at times appeared to regard each other as incomprehensible. Trump and clinton voters often seemed to belong notjust to different states but different visions of the United States. How significant has 2016 been in terms of these Major Political events . The deep social and cultural divisions between so called Populist Movements and their critics. I mean, that has been the story of most of the big democracies. Really big divisions, hasnt it . Yes, and your word,
And so far, the focus has been on the british position. What is theresa mays plan . Again, completely artificial. In 2017, we are going to get real, because we will hear the European Union position as well. And when that becomes clear, i think the dynamic of the internal politics of the conservative party, the position of other mps in the house of commons, scotland, will become 100 times more complicated than the position at the end of 2016. So i think brexit in 2017 is going to become very, very difficult for theresa may in particular, and the and the government as a whole. Thats something to look forward to. Can i make a prediction about 2017, which i rarely do, which is that brexit will be top of the news agenda in britain, and all across europe it wont be. It will be one of the things, but the French Election will be top of the agenda. Of course. The german election in germany, the italian banks disaster. It might come a close second, i think, after all the elections taking place i
Called across the country. Into monday, we have largely dry conditions, sparkling winter sunshine. Some wintry showers for exposed coasts. But it will be a cold day. 3 six degrees at best. It will essentially stayed chilly as we go on through the rest of the week. The latest headlines from bbc news. At least 35 people have been killed in a gun attack on a crowded nightclub in istanbul. Another a0 have been wounded. Up to 600 people are thought to have been inside the reina club when the shooting happened. The citys governor has called it a terrorist attack. The United Nations Security Council has unanimously welcomed efforts by russia and turkey to stop fighting in syria and says it supports the start of a political process. Peace negotiations are due to begin next month in kazakhstan which have the backing of russia, iran and turkey. Now on bbc news, its time to look forward to 2017 with dateline london. Hello, and welcome to dateline londons look ahead to 2017. What a joyful year its