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welcome to bbc news. the hollywood actress debbie reynolds has died, just a day after the death of her daughter, the film star carrie fisher. she was 84 and is believed to have suffered a stroke. reynolds career spanned seven decades, and she was best known for her role in the 1952 musical, singin‘ in the rain, opposite gene kelly. our los angeles correspondent david willis reports. debbie reynolds had been at her daughter s bedside since the star wars star suffered a heart attack on christmas eve. she died just a day later at the age of 84 following a stroke. herson, todd, said simply she wanted to be with carrie. # good morning, good morning, it s great to stay up late # good morning, good morning to you.# debbie reynolds, 19 years old, singing and dancing on film for the very first time. it was her performance alongside gene kelly in singin‘ in the rain that set her on the path to fame. born in texas, she moved with her family to california and landed a contract ....
and first pictures of a rare giraffe born at chester zoo discovered by staff when they arrived on boxing day morning. if hit him with a right hand! and in half an hour we celebrate the lives of those who left us this year including muhammed ali in review 2016: we remember part one. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. let s get more now on our top story this lunchtime the announcement that a ceasefire will come into force in syria at midnight. the russian president vladimir putin said that the syrian government and the armed opposition are ready to start fresh peace talks. the deal was brokered by russia and turkey, who are on opposing sides in the conflict in syria. mr putin said they had signed a number of documents outlining the details of the deal. translation: three documents have been signed. the first document between the syrian government and armed opposition on a cessation of fire on the territory of the syrian arab republic. the second document is ....
of the wonders of the natural world, but the fate of the continent s elephants, rhinos and big cats is now desperately uncertain. illegal poaching could see these great species disappear from their african heartlands. my guest today is richard leakey, chairman of the kenya wildlife service. he also happens to be a world famous palaeontologist whose life story reads like an implausible movie script. the question is will his fight for africa s endangered wildlife have a happy ending? richard leakey, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you know, there is an adage, a saying which goes like this: you should never go back. and yet you have decided to go back, to run and be the chairman of the kenya wildlife service so many years after you did thatjob in the late ‘80s. why have you gone back? well, i go by a different philosophy. if you do a job and you do it reasonably well, and it gets messed up, if you can go back and tidy it up again, why not? i mean, get it back to what ....
illegal poaching could see these great species disappear from their african heartlands. my guest today is richard leakey, chairman of the kenya wildlife service. he also happens to be a world famous palaeontologist whose life story reads like an implausible movie script. the question is will his fight for africa s endangered wildlife have a happy ending? richard leakey, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you know, there is an adage, a saying which goes like this: you should never go back. and yet you have decided to go back, to run and be the chairman of the kenya wildlife service so many years after you did thatjob in the late ‘80s. why have you gone back? well, i go by a different philosophy. if you do a job and you do it reasonably well, and it gets messed up, if you can go back and tidy it up again, why not? imean, get it back to what you wanted. i think wildlife in kenya isn t in very good shape at the moment but i don t think it is rocket science to get it righ ....
she received numerous prizes and accolades uprooting a lifetime achievement award at the cannes film festival in twenty eleven the director spent the last years of his life in a wheelchair after unsuccessful heart surgery now one of the last giants of italian cinema has passed away. and are up to date with the. top of the hour with more world news followed by the day. in. germany state by state. the most colorful. the liveliest. the most traditional. find it all at any time. check in with a web special. take a tour of germany state by state. on g.w. dot com. this is how germany s roads look these days too much traffic exhaust fumes and noise conventional auto mobility is reaching its limits. electric cars are meant to be part of the solution quiet and supposedly clean but how are the raw materials for their rechargeable batteries obtained. take lithium for instance. sit on the young men eons and millions of euros but they sacrifice human life if they sacrifice animals physical ....