sunday s disputed presidential election. several in you country see a steep rise in corona virus infections prompting fears of new lock downs and stricter quarantine measures. we begin with a surprise announcement from the u.s. president on a breakthrough peace agreement in the middle east israel and the united arab emirates have agreed to establish full diplomatic relations israel says it will suspend plans to an expanse of the occupied west bank trump says the u.s. helped broker the deal which will see the u.a.e. and israel exchange embassies and invest it is the 2 nations are expected to meet in the coming weeks to sign bilateral agreements. this is a truly historic moment not just the israel jordan peace treaty was signed more than 25 years ago or so much progress being made towards peace in the middle east by uniting 2 of america s closest and most capable partners in the region something would say could not be done this deal is a significant step towards building a more
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but will a new prime minister be able to end the deadlock over brexit? our political correspondent tom barton takes a look. ..to serve the country i love. as she prepares to walk away from the top job, the focus now is on who might be the next person to step through the door of number 10 as prime minister. he wants the job. so does he. and her, and him. him, too. we need a leaderfor the future, not just for now. of course, we ve got to deliver brexit and i will, but we need to win the argument for free enterprise and a free society and do all the other things that we need to do, to make this country a great place to live. anybody who pretends there s some magic solution to brexit is misleading the public. if there d been a magic solution, it would have been done already. the reason there isn t a magic solution is it s not about the detailed lines in this deal, it s about the way in which people communicate and negotiate. i worked in iraq, i worked in afghanistan, i was a prof
winner frances mcdormand said she was backing it without wearing black herself. i have a little trouble with compliance. good morning. it‘s monday 19 february. welcome to bbc newsroom live. theresa may will announce a year long review this lunchtime into how higher education is funded, admitting that england has one of the most expensive systems of tuition in the world. in a speech in derbyshire, the prime minister, who will say she shares the concerns of students and parents about the cost of getting a degree. universities are free to charge up to just over £9,000 a year, depending on the course. however, only a handful charge less than the maximum. graduates in england now leave university with average debts of more than £50,000. that‘s because interest rates on student loans now stand at 6.1%. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster. good morning. the university and couege good morning. the university and college union says this review needs
we have seen going through the san mateo police department, the district attorney s office investigators and the county coroner s office, all out here where they say three chp officers in three different vehicles pulled up and ended up firing their weapons. san mateo police cars and chp vehicles blocked all lanes of highway 101 north surrounding a dark pickup truck. a yellow tarp was nearby on the ground. one suspect dead. in what police said was an officer-involved shooting that happened just after 5:30 p.m. friday. the suspect was fatally wounded in the officer-involved shooting. reporter: investigators say the suspect was armed with a handgun and got into a confrontation with three chp officers from the redwood city office. all three discharged their firearms. this occurred right here on the shoulder. reporter: traffic friday evening came to a halt as police shut down all northbound lanes of highway 101 south of 92 and diverted vehicle onto hillsdale boulevard whil