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by russia and by turkey, who ve been on opposing sides in the conflict. the syrian government and main opposition groups have agreed to a ceasefire from midnight local time tonight. but some groups, including so called islamic state, are not part of the agreement. the announcement was made in moscow from where our correspondent steve rosenberg reports. for nearly six years, syria has been torn apart by civil war. a country reduced to ruins. a conflict that has left more than 400,000 people dead. there have been peace initiatives before which brought no peace. but today russia announced a breakthrough. in the kremlin, russia s defence minister handed vladimir putin a list of syrian opposition groups which had signed up to a ceasefire with president assad. 60,000 rebels, he said, would stop fighting. this is how president putin summarised the deal. translation: three documents have been signed. the first document between the syrian government and the armed opposition is a ....
resignation and harsh words about the government s muddled thinking over the brexit negotiations. but what about the other side of the negotiating table? is there clarity there? until last week, jonathan faull was britain s top man in the european commission, who worked closely with the eu s chief negotiator michel barnier he s been speaking to our political editor nick watt. what s he been saying? jonathan faull has been an eu lifer until retirement and he has put some questions over the uk core calculations for the brexit negotiations. as we were hearing, he has said he doesn t believe uk can buy privileged access to the single market. we reported a few months ago that senior whitehall officials were eyeing this idea because the uk cannot accept the core principles of the single market which is accepting free movement of people and the jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice. whatjonathan faull is saying, you are either a member of the single market, in which c ....
£700 million to settle allegations of bribery and corruption. they‘ re quite naughty, rebellious books, i suppose. there are a lot of naughty, rebellious children around. and tributes to the children s author and illustrator babette cole, who s died at the age of 67. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: andy murray gets off to a winning start in melbourne as the world number one sets his sights on the first tennis major of the year, the australian open. good evening. theresa may has been finalising her long awaited statement on the government s ambitions for the forthcoming talks on leaving the european union. in tomorrow s speech the prime minister s expected to spell out what kind of brexit deal she wants, and the future trading relationship with the eu. donald trump says his promise to negotiate an early trade deal between america and the uk should strengthen mrs may s hand. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg reports on what we might expect, based on the evi ....
for a bespoke dealfor the uk and it is reported one important theme, the prime minister will be respectful to the 27 other leaders of eu and say she wants a deal that works for the whole of the uk and a deal that works for the rest of the uk, because unlike donald trump, she wants the eu to thrive. so we thought we would look at some of these issues. a centralised european government would be a nightmare. such a europe can, in its economic and political strength, be a superpower. a superpower, but not a superstate. we will give the british people a referendum with a simple in or out choice. thatcher in bruges, blair in warsaw, cameron at bloomburg, and now theresa may closer to home. we have been waiting a long time for this moment, but the prime minister will deliver her definitive speech on europe as she explains how she is going to take the uk out of the eu. it will be detailed, as she answers critics who have chided herfor relying on platitudes such as brexit means ....
valley will know that an attempt, a serious attempt to bring jobs back, to rebuild american industries is long overdue. therefore, to sum that up long overdue. therefore, to sum that up in long overdue. therefore, to sum that upina long overdue. therefore, to sum that up in a slogan put america first, there is another context in the 19305, there is another context in the 1930s, but to say in the 21st century i am going to put america first that strikes home, doesn t it? it has, of course some pretty ominous it has, of course some pretty oitiii ious overtones it has, of course some pretty ominous overtones for anybody who knows american history, including it in the 20th century. isolationism and protectionism then. theagetives rolled out here in the press and the la st rolled out here in the press and the last few days about trump, it s hard to disagree on the basis of what we saw in the campaign with very much of it. but on the other hand, 63 million people, maybe 66 mi ....