Since he took office tax cuts. Thats in beyond 100 days. Well be crossing live to the scene of the deadly Train Derailment in the us state of washington. And behind the scenes at the first vending machine for the homeless providing essentials to those who need them 2a hours a day. Thats all ahead on bbc news. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday imjohn watson. On the way tonight. Suspicion hangs over sprint World Championjustin gatlin as the head of world anti doping calls for evidence to be produced. Can anyone stop Pep Guardiolas Manchester City this season . The latest to try, will be Leicester City in tonights League Cup Quarter final. And we meet the man who made his name in darts 35 years ago. And hes threatening to again at the age of 63. Justin gatlin, who powered to world 100 metres gold in the summer, facing allegations of doping. An athletics agent alleged the sprinters using performance enhancing drugs, while his coach Dennis Mitchell told
Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. With so many gadgets on offer at the ces show that say they will solve all sorts of problems, we are asking what would you Like Technology to do for you . Do get in touch, just use the hashtag bbc the briefing. Theres optimism at the start of the first talks between north and south korea in more than two years. The discussions are limited in scope, but north korea has agreed to send a delegation of high ranking officials, athletes, and a cheering squad, to the Winter Olympics next month. Tensions on the korean peninsular are at their highest in decades, following a series of nuclear and missile tests by pyongyang, and not forgetting the war of words between donald trump and kim jong un. Live now to the seoul in south korea and our correspondent sophie long. Some progress today. Tell us more about these talks. Yes, the meeting has been going on forfour hours about these talk
Suddenly at the age of 5a. Making the weight, we hear how jockeys who use extreme methods such as starving themselves to keep their weight low are being encouraged to use safer practices. And in half an hour here on bbc news dateline london looks at the continuing violence in syria; and the latest twists in the brexit debate. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The shadow brexit secretary has confirmed labour will make a shift on policy on brexit. He says the party will adopt the policy of keeping britain in a Customs Union after brexit. He says a new treaty would have to be drawn up to do the work of the existing agreement. And that labour had long championed the benefit of a Customs Union. The policy shift marks a clear difference with theresa may, who is committed to leaving the eus customs arrangement and the single market. Our Political Correspondent emma vardyjoins me now. This is quite an important change by labour. Each shift of policy on the Customs Union. There have been mo
And in half an hour we look at who controls the worlds longest river which flows through three african countries in damming the nile. Syrian Government Forces have continued air strikes in the rebel held area of Eastern Ghouta, despite a Un Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire. Its hoped that an end to fighting would allow humanitarian aid to be brought in and injured civilians to be rescued. To be rescued from the enclave. The Syrian Government has criticised that vote. Andy moore reports. Another air attack on the besieged enclave of Eastern Ghouta yesterday. Shortly after the un decision, similar bombings were reported. Even as they voted unanimously in support of the resolution, there was doubt on all sides about how much effect it would have. The text calling for an immediate ceasefire replaced by call for truce. It will not apply to any jihadi militants. We are deeply sceptical that the regime will comply. But we supported this resolution because we must
It was the first time that that had ever been seen on television. Yes. And it took us weeks to get there and get that filmed. And of course the world was new. Thats an example of it. I mean people. It wasnt the greatest film ever made, but nobody had ever seen a fat thing before. When i filmed that, there were only a third of the people on the planet. What is the effect, in your eyes, of having three times as many people on the planet . Well everything is overcrowded. Everything is overcrowded. And its very difficult. The wilderness is under threat. Looking at the oceans, and seeing the mother albatross come back after having scoured the Antarctic Ocean to feed this chick which she had been away from for weeks, and to bring back food. And she opens her beak and the chick begs the food and out comes what . Plastic. No that she has found floating on the ocean and has brought back and feeds the chick. Thats heartbreaking. Heartbreaking, yes. Youre 91, so youre not as young as you once wer