Hes the u. S. Governments main person for fighting antisemitism abroad and the champion for the rule of law in vulnerable and jewish communities around the world, please welcome to the stage special envoy for monitoring and combatting antisemitism, elan carr. Thank you so much. What an amazing room. I am so pleased and so honored to be with you today. Really, my most Important Message to you is a message of thank you. I owe you a debt of gratitude personally and the United States government owes you a debt of gratitude, because in my work, monitoring and fighting this ancient relentless sickness that is antisemitism, i have no more important address than the adl. There are many fine jewish organizations out there, but there is one organization that is synonymous with the fight against antisemitism and with the fight against ethnic and religious hatred and intolerance. Thats adl. [ applause ] thank you to epstein, thank you to jonathan greenblatt. What amazing leaders you have. Tim jaco
Afternoon ben, it could go head to head with strictly come dancing under the terms of the new broadcast package. More details coming up. Louise has all the weather with snow showers in many some parts . Yes, plenty in the north and west, significant snow could threaten on sunday. More details in half an hour. Hello everyone this is afternoon live. Lets get the latest from brussels with david eades. Thank you. When it happened, my goodness that happened fast, talks to the matt done suddenly theresa may was in brussels talking with Jean Claude Juncker the president of the European Commission and the deal was done. That was spread from dublin to belfast, everywhere you looked, everyone had some sense of agreement that this would be good enough forJean Claude Juncker to announce that sufficient progress has now been made on three keyissues progress has now been made on three key issues of this brexit divorce to allow for future trade steel discussions to begin. It has been a tortuous proje
Deadlock in washington. And in sport, a moment to reflect on the life of Cyrille Regis the former england player described as a trailblazer for black players in modern football at stadiums across the country. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The Us National Government has officially shut down, a year to the day after Donald Trump Took Office as president. Senators had failed to agree a stop gap budget amid a bitter dispute President Trumps republicans and the opposition democrats over immigration and border security. The impasse will affect hundreds of thousands of federal workers, but essential Government Services will carry on. The recriminations have already begun. David willis reports from washington. The ayes 50, the nays are 49. The vote to keep funding the federal government was well short of the majority needed, the last hope of avoiding an embarrassing government shut down had failed. Three fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative
The us and russia have raised concerns over a series of air strikes carried by Israeli Forces in syria. The strikes, described by israel as some of the biggest in three decades, took place after an Israeli Military aircraft was shot down. The United Nations secretary general, antonio guterres, has called for an immediate de escalation in syria. Our middle east correspondent tom bateman has been following developments from jerusalem. What was left on israeli soil of one of the countrys most advanced fighter jets. It crashed after its two pilots ejected, said israel, amid syrian anti aircraft fire. One pilot was left severely injured. Siren wails. Israel said it scrambled the planes in response to this, a drone allegedly sent by Iranian Forces in syria into israeli airspace. It was destroyed. Israel then hit the site it said the drone had come from before further strikes against what it called iranian targets in syria. Ive been warning for some time about the dangers of irans military en
In her opening heat in the 500 metre event. England hang on to beat wales at twickenham in a close fought match in the six nations rugby. And at 9. 30 our world looks at how a0 years of war has affected Peoples Mental Health in afghanistan. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. At 9. 10pm viewers on bbc one willjoin us for a round up of the days news with clive myrie. First, haitis ambassador to the uk has told the bbc he believes oxfam did try to cover up details of the use of prostitutes by some of its aid workers in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake. Oxfams chief executive said the charity could have been more open about its investigation, but insisted there was no cover up. Downing street says the government is reviewing its relationship with the charity. The ambassador was speaking to my colleague, rachel schofield. First of all let me express the shock of my government after seeing those allegations throughout the investigation by the times. It is really shocking, it is shamef