welcome to bbc news. you stood with us shoulder to shoulder the words of ukraine s president, volodymr zelensky on his first official visit to neighbouring poland. the nato country has been one of kyiv s strongest backers during the conflict with russia taking in millions of refugees and supplying arms. and that loyalty has been on show in warsaw president zelensky welcomed here with full military honours. from his polish counterpart renewed backing for ukraine s bid to join the western military alliance. speaking at a press conference with president zelensky, the president of poland and zhey duda said more polish fighterjets will make way to ukraine soon. translation: four fighterjets, translation: four fighter “ets, hundreds of i translation: four fighter “ets, hundreds of an i translation: four fighter “ets, hundreds of an error, translation: four fighterjets, hundreds of an error, brings - translation: four fighterjets, hundreds of an error, brings the | hundred
beyond its best before date. also coming up, a day to forget for england s ashes side. australia build on their massive first innings total after bowling england out for 227. and facebook is opening a new office in london today, creating 800 jobs. good morning, it is monday the 4th of december and i am ben brown, welcome to bbc newsroom live. britain and the european union appear close to reaching a deal that will clear the way for the second phase of brexit talks. eu sources said the two sides were nearing solutions , ahead of theresa may s meeting with the european commission president, jean claude juncker, in brussels this afternoon. progress has been made on what happens to eu citizens currently living in the uk, as well as uk citizens living in the european union. and there also appears to be agreement over how much the uk pays the eu, in what has become known as the brexit divorce bill. the last key sticking point however is what to do about the irish border. negotiati
be found trying to find a lasting, peaceful solution to the different conflicts in the middle east, especially the conflict between israel and palestine. shares in ladbrokes soars. we ll speak to the gc vshv ceo a few minutes time. and bitcoin surges to over $14,000, a move that took it $2,000 higher in just over 24 hours. welcome to street signs. i m willem marx. the stoxx 600 is up slightly more green on the board than red. a lot of that being driven by the specific action in the markets across the continent let s look at the ftse it s up a quarter of a percent the xetra dax up a third of a percent. that s despite steinhoff, the furniture retailer dropping significantly in early trading the cac cin france up more than 0.5% the ftse mib in italy up around 0.3% let s look at the specific sectors driving some of this action travel and leisure the biggest winners so far, up 0.4 you can see autos trading quite strong on some of the news out of that sector telecoms and
to the wildfire emergency in france now, and overnight it worsened forcing the mass evacuation of 10,000 people. this is the affected area in the south east of france the popular provence alpes cote d azur region. let s try and show you how many individual fires let s try and show you how many individualfires are let s try and show you how many individual fires are burning along the mediterranean coast and on the mountains. thousands of fire fighters and military personnel have been sent to the area. there has been a treat from the president marielle macron. marielle macron. the bbc‘s duncan kennedy is in the south of france. the raging power of the fires was at its most this was bormes les mimosas, west of st tropez, where hillsides were engulfed by the burning shrubs and trees. for hours, it swept across the countryside in an unstoppable curtain of flames. thousands of people, including british tourists were forced out of campsites and other homes. at around midnig
i m christian frazier. from here, in the bbc‘s newsroom, we send out correspondents to bring you the best stories from across the globe. in this week s programme. putting their trust in trump. as the united states enters a new political era, john sudworth has been finding out how china is reacting to the new american president. before his election, china could simply dismiss donald trump s rhetoric as the over inflated bluster of the campaign trail. not anymore. still haunted by violence and death. jeremy bowen reports from the ruins of eastern aleppo and assesses the future for the syrian conflict. foreign intervention has transformed this war and the way it s looking, right now, foreigners, not syrians, will dictate the way the war ends. is britain coming together over brexit? after the prime minister clarifies her brexit strategy, jeremy cook finds out whether people on both sides of the debate are stilljust as divided. crisis at stormont, as northern ireland s power sha