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welcome to bbc news. the russian president, vladimir putin has said that he won t expel any us diplomats from the country, in a surprise response to president obama s decision to order russian diplomats out of the us. mr obama, who s also imposing sanctions, had accused russia of interfering in the us presidential election. despite advice from his foreign minister, mr putin has decided not to retaliate for now. mr putin also said that positive developments in relations between russia and the uk would be mutually beneficial. steve rosenberg reports from moscow. following accusations of cyber attacks on america, the us had expelled 35 russian diplomats. so, how would moscow respond? well, today, russia s foreign minister proposed tit for tat. he said he had asked president putin to expel 35 american diplomats. but the kremlin leader said no no americans would be expelled. he would wait to see what kind of policies donald trump pursued in the white house. that doesn t ....
ft se 100 closes on a record high boosted good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. by the vote to leave the eu. the russian president, vladimir putin, has said that he won t expel any us diplomats from the country, in a surprise response to president obama s decision to order russian diplomats out of the us. mr obama, who s also imposing sanctions, had accused russia of interfering in the us presidential election. despite advice from his foreign minister, mr putin has decided not to retaliate for now. mr putin also said that positive developments in relations between russia and the uk would be mutually beneficial. steve rosenberg reports from moscow. following accusations of cyber attacks on america, the us had expelled 35 russian diplomats. so, how would moscow respond? well, today, russia s foreign minister proposed tit for tat. he said he had asked president putin to expel 35 american diplomats. but the kremlin leader said no no americans would be expelled. he wou ....
the uk s most senior diplomat in brussels, sir ivan rogers, has resigned. sir ivan was criticised for warning the government that it could take a decade to reach a new post brexit trade deal with the european union. he told his office today that he would be stepping down as ambassador early just two months before formal brexit talks are due to begin. he was appointed by the then prime minister david cameron in november 2013. the reason for his resignation has not been revealed. let s get more from our political correspondent iain watson at westminster. quite a surprise, iain. a surprise to many people, he has not got back to many people, he has not got back to us to cast any light on the reasons for his resignation. he has not given by public resignation letter, that is unlikely to happen as he is supposed to remain impartial and behind the scenes. he was brought from the shadows if you like into the limelight, and uncomfortable place for a diplomat when he suggested ....
welcome to bbc news. the uk s most senior diplomat in brussels, sir ivan rogers, has resigned. sir ivan was criticised for warning the government that it could take a decade to reach a trade deal with the european union once britain has left. he told his office today that he would be stepping down as ambassador early just two months before formal brexit talks are due to begin. he was appointed by the then prime minister david cameron in november 2013. the reason for his resignation has not been revealed. let s get more from our political correspondent iain watson at westminster. we still don t know, we still haven t heard anything from him? i m afraid we haven t. what is interesting is the downing street statement, a pretty anodyne couple of lines from number ten, effectively saying the reason he stood down in fact was to give a successof stood down in fact was to give a successor the chance to be in place before the brexit negotiations took place. of course we expect ....
population, more people likely to need care all year round, but particularly in the winter? yes, no getting around the fact people get ill overwinter, but it does sound like this is worse than usual. speaking about, as melanie wasjust saying, record numbers of people in ambulances turned away from hospital as they do not have resources to help them. in record breaking territory, that does not sound good. one of the interesting elements of the story in the telegraph is they are speaking about trying to encourage hospitals not to talk about this in overly alarming terms, not to speak about, what do they cold, black alerts? the guardian speaking about how the red cross is saying the nhs needs to take action to make sure we are taking better ca re of to make sure we are taking better care of people. terms like red cross and black alert in relation to the nhs, nota and black alert in relation to the nhs, not a good look. in addition, some of the stories, looking at individua ....