That is one for you, geoffrey. How worried does this make you . The interesting thing about this decision is that it is the right decision, but we should not be sleeping any better because of it. This is a man still running a real estate empire, and he has no understanding of the consequence of brinksmanship, uncertain outcome of this kind of thing, and itsjust all rings false. Im worried about 150 deaths. He didnt seem to be worrying about 150,000 children. To my knowledge, it is the first time he has shown empathy in his political life. So i dont think that makes sense. Are you worried about the idea he expressed in those tweets yesterday, or friday, that idea of proportionality stood him down with seconds to go . Shouldnt that be thought about sooner . Absolutely, and im sure it was. You do not have planned air of this nature without a report that says here is the target, he was the number of civilians, this is the estimated cattle to count overnight, shall we do this or not, what t
Welcome to bbc news. A british woman accused of smuggling drugs into egypt has been sentenced to three years in jail. Laura plummer, whos 33 and from hull, was arrested in october with 290 tablets of the painkiller, tramadol, which is banned in egypt. A spokesman from the Foreign Office says they will continue to provide assistance to the family. This family, we are disgusted that it has been able to carry on this long. In what country are you actually allowed to submit a 38 page document in arabic for somebody to sign it without having an interpreter. From day one this has been a complete nightmare and yesterday in the court she wasnt even allowed to have her own interpreter, she had to get the Court Interpreter who was interpreting the wrong answers, so we are disgusted and we are so upset, absolutely devastated. Do you know what happened in court today . Was itjust a sentencing . We just thought she was in court, our lawyer gave a fantastic case, she has got amazing evidence that su
Welcome to bbc news. A british woman has been sentenced to three years in prison in egypt after being found guilty of smuggling drugs into the country. Laura plummer, whos 33 and from hull, was arrested in october when 300 tablets of the painkiller tramadol were found in her suitcase. Daniela relph reports. Laura plummers family and friends say she is naive, not a criminal. But today the 33 year old shop workerfrom hull is beginning a three year sentence injail in egypt. Her mother, roberta, and her egyptian partner, omar caboo, have been at court to support her during the hearings this week. Laura plummer had been travelling to the red sea resort of hurghada to visit omar in october when she was stopped by the authorities. In her suitcase were 290 tramadol tablets, a painkiller which is legal on prescription in britain, but banned in egypt. She said the tablets were for her partner, who suffers from severe back pain, but she was arrested and has been held since then in a communal cell
A deepening diplomatic dispute. At least twelve or hinder refugees have drowned most of them children another boat capsizes on its way from me and mark to bangladesh. Also spains government insists the country will not be divided as pressure grows on the Catalan Government after a huge march in barcelona against independence. Fifty years after his death rallies across latin america to remember. But we find out whats behind a round over a new postage stamp in island of the revolutionary icon. Im joining us cover the sport more controversy over nailing in the n. F. L. As the u. S. Vice president walks out of the game plus egyptians celebrate after their team reaches its first world cup finals in twenty seven years as they book their place in russia next. Company welcome to the news hour now there are reports that turkey has issued a detention warrant for a second u. S. Consular worker last week another american consular employee he was arrested in istanbul over allegations of links to la
Manufacturing are up thanks to a stronger pound but prizes in the shops are expected to go up and we wont get a pay rise to match. Cash prices. Prices. In sport, chelseas winning run comes to an end as the League Leaders are beaten at tottenham. Two goals from delle alli do the damage at White Hart Lane as they win 2 0 and move up to third. I will be live from las vegas as the worlds biggest gadget show gets under way, the big thing this year, intelligent machines, Artificial Intelligence baked into everything from your car to your toothbrush. And carol has the weather. A cold and frosty start to the day, temperatures in some parts have fallen two 7 but there will be a lot of Crisp Winter Sunshine but in the west there will be a bit more clout fallen to. More details in a few minutes. Bit more clout. Cloud. Good morning. Our main story is a warning from the childrens commissioner for england that young people are left to face the dangers of bullying and grooming online alone. Anne long