And nigeria says allied forces will destroy all boko haram camps within six weeks but conduct even more attacks. And. Im daniel lack in canadas Yukon Territory where one of the longest toughest most treacherous races is being conducted, called the yukon ultraand ill be reporting on it. U. S. President Barack Obama Says he has yet to decide whether to supply weapons to ukrainian forces. The president met german chancellor Angela Merkel. Who says diplomatic measures should be given time to work. The key message additional sanctions on russia should be delayed. Meanwhile the violence in ukraine continues the escalate. Russian backed separatists have attacked over 100 times in the last 24 hours. Allen fisher has the story. The violence continues in Eastern Ukraine with people being moved from towns along the border. Angela merkel believes a peace plan drawn up with the french and presented to the russians may be drawing out of the crisis. Barack obama is coming under pressure to provide we
Why this gaugin sold for 300 million in 45 seconds a new decision from the u. S. Supreme court today. Its going to have a big impact on alabama. A Southern State now at the center of the legal battle over same sex marriage. Its pitting state judges against federal judges an in a moment, well talk to the states only openly gay representative but we begin with robert ray in montgomery. Robert. Reporter john, good evening indeed. Perhaps the best day ever for some same sex marriage couples in the state of alabama. For others, another fight for their equality. Dozens of gay couples lined up at courthouses across alabama. Some had waited all night for this, marriage licenses. Extremely, extremely excited. We waited a long time for this now we had no conflict no issues and no one to stop it. That wasnt the case in some parts of alabama. Alabama chief Justice Ray Moore sent out letters to many in state of alabama where gay marriage was supposed to be legal on monday that he still felt it was
Officials hope to protect voters. And we have the results from the bafta awards. We begin with the crisis in ukraine. Meetings took place on both sides of the atlantic to find a solution to the conflict. In washington, the german chancellor the u. S. President barack obama. Not yet decided to provide arms to ukrainian forces. Angela merkel says shes against the idea saying sending weapons to kiev will only escalate. Allen, both sides may differ on whether or not to arm ukrainians but whether they will have a diplomatic solution to the crises. I think president obama wants to give the meeting in minsk a chance. Theyve agreed there may be room for exploring those ideas in minsk on wednesday. There may be some diplomatic solution. But barack obama is pond dergering the ukrainians with weapons. But they believe there should be some solution to the crisis in ukraine. We are make it clear today that if russia continues on its current course which is hurting the russian economy and the russia
Deepening political crisis . Plus. Im daniel lack in canadas Yukon Territory where one of the longest and toughest race is taking place they call it the yukon ultra. Island beill be reporting on it. Good day. President obama says he hasnt decided whether to back ukrainians. With arming them with defensive weapons. Angela merkel says diplomatic means should be given a chance to work. The violence in ukraine continues to escalate. The government in kiev says, russian backed rebels have aattacked them more than 100 times in the past 24 hours. Want to be sure theres no gap in the approach to russia. As the violence continues in Eastern Ukraine with people being moved from towns along the border. Angela merkel believes a peace plan joined with france presented to the russians. Presented at belarus on wednesday. President obama is willing to give diplomas a chance diplomacy a chance. If in fact diplomacy fails what ive asked my teams to do is look at all options. What other means can we put
Raising concerns of the spread of the virus there. Wuhan the city where the outbreak began has partially re opened for the First Time Since it was cut off from the rest of china two months ago. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. Here in the uk, the number of people to have died from covid 19 is now more than a thousand. 260 people died overnight taking the total to 1,019. The number of positive tests has risen to 17,089. In europe overall, more than 20 thousand people have now died from the virus and around the world more than 600,000 cases have been confirmed. Part of that increase is down to more testing. Here in the uk, front line hospital staff in england are now also being screened for the virus the hope is, it will mean people who have are not infected or who have recovered can return to work. The uk has also been rapidly fitting out temporary hospitals which will provi