we toss it over to morning joe. of course, president obama s big speech on isis this evening. this morning, though, former president dick cheney will speak on the current and future state of u.s. foreign policy, and then this . well, we certainly know it has been on the table. we have been very opened and two weeks ago i acknowledged we didn t get this right. that s my responsibility. i m accountable for that. oh boy. okay. that was a painful, painful interview. it s really disturbing when they realized there was all that tape out there. the thing is they knew the
paper is out there with. i talk to some security guys. i said, what happens, in a case like this, what happens? you have an incident, what do they do? they don t say, hey, just show me, get me the videotape that happened right after. they go, you know what they always ask for, all the video, give me all the video you got. what video do you have? give it to me. they get it. just show ble the part that doesn t
this is bbc news, the headlines: revellers around the globe have rung in the start of a new decade, with fireworks displays held in london and other major cities. in rio dejaniero more than a million people gathered on the copacabana beach to celebrate the new year. the united states is to send more troops to protect its embassy in baghdad, which has been attacked by thousands of protestors, angry at american air strikes. president trump has blamed the attack on iran. the authorities in lebanon say the former nissan boss, carlos ghosn, entered the country legally. mr ghosn was on bail injapan, awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges. reports in lebanon suggest a group of musicians, who played at his house in tokyo, smuggled him out, in an instrument case.
now, pallab ghosh looks back on how the frontiers of science and space were pushed in 2019, a year shaped by the impact of deforestation and climate change, in review 2019: the year in science. this is the year we saw the fi
cancelled for tournament has been cancelled for the first time since world war ii. the all england lawn tennis club chairman said it s going to use the breadth of the tournament s resources to help local communities during this time. the edinburgh festival due, to take place this august, has also been called off for the first time in its 73 year history. the five events normally attract more than four million visitors to the scottish capital. the champions league and europa league have also been suspended until further notice. and with so many games cancelled, there s increasing pressure on premier league players and managers to accept pay cuts. both newcastle and spurs have applied to the government s funding scheme to help pay the wages of their backroom staff. but their first team players, on multi million pound salaries, are still being paid in full. katie gornall reports. they are one of the world s richest clubs with a state of the art stadium, but it seems even that doesn t ma
this is bbc world news. i m james reynolds. our top stories: iranian state television says the country s military did shoot down a ukrainian passengerjet, blaming human error. polls open in taiwan for the country s presidential election where relations with mainland china have taken centre stage. the death has been announced of the sultan of oman, the longest serving ruler in the gulf. and, plants living the high life why vegetation is growing at higher altitudes in the himalayas. in the past hour, iran has admitted it did shoot down the ukrainian passenger plane that
crashed near the iranian capital tehran on wednesday killing all 176 people on board. iran s foreign minister mohammad javad zarif wrote on twitter that preliminary investigations by the armed forces concluded it was human error at a time of crisis caused by us adventurism he went on to say our profound regrets, apologies and condolences to our people, to the families of all victims, and to other affected nations.
after the window was put up in westminster abbey. we loved it here, and i suggested tojp this would be a great place to draw and paint the arrival of spring. there are apple, pear, cherry and plum blossom, with hawthorn and blackthorn. east yorkshire only had blackthorn and hawthorn. we found this house with a large garden that was cheaper than anything in sussex. we bought it. i began straight away, drawing on a japanese foldout book. i drew all around the house and then i drew the house itself. these were exhibited in new york in september 2019. being a smoker, i do not care for new york, so i never went. we came back here to normandy on march the 2nd. i began drawing the winter trees on my new ipad. then the virus started. i went on drawing the winter trees that eventually burst into blossom. this is the stage we re at right now. meanwhile, the virus is going mad and many people said my drawings
were a great respite from what was going on. why are my ipad drawings seen as a respi