Youre watching the news hour live from headquarters and. Coming up in the next sixty minutes diplomatic and military tensions on two fronts in syria turkey builds up troops on one stretch of its border as the u. S. Plays down its role in supporting a new force further east a rare show of unity by the two koreas ahead of the Winter Olympics but not everyone is happy in the south plus. Celebrations in ethiopia after the release of an Opposition Leader and hundreds of other prisoners as part of a government amnesty. And pope francis wades into a centuries old conflict in chile calling for unity in the struggle for indigenous rights. Hello we begin on the turkish Syrian Border where tensions are rising on two different fronts. Turkey is reported to be massing forces near the kurdish controlled on klav off in the Northern Syrian town as part of a socalled deescalation zone now turkey regards the Kurdish Party that controls the enclave as quote terrorists ankara is also unhappy with reports
Done to improve uptake. We will also talk a mother whose daughter swallowed a small button battery, as doctors warn of a spike in cases and life changing injuries that can result from it. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Were also talking about social media this morning as a report suggests that were falling out of love with it. Concerns about fake news, social anxiety and Cyber Bullying are partly to blame. Let us know if youve deleted your accounts, or if youre just using social media less. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. The head of the army will warn today that britains military risks falling behind that of its enemies unless it gets additional investment. In a speech to the defence think tank, the Royal United Services institute, general sir nick carter is expected to say that russia now has superio
Finds over the carmakers cheating jay y. Lee is set free from jail shares of the tech giant trade higher and German Coalition talks continue past the sunday deadline as Angela Merkel conservativ conservatives and the spd fail to find Common Ground on the labor policy okay lets bring you up to speed with the eurozone pmi numbers if im just trying to bring them up here. And i think oh, here we are, eurozone generally, final composite pmi number is a strong one on the face of it. 58. 8, 58. 6 was the flash number, so weve exceeded expectations on that one. The december final number was 58. 1 so, this is a very strong number for the head line final composite. Lets break this down. Final services pmi coming in at 58 above the flash figure of 57. 6 the december final figure was 56. 6 the final composite price for pmi, 54. 8. 54. 6 was the flash, the final, 58. 2 so far, so good. The numbers are exceeding what we saw in the prime month and also at first blush. New business pmi, lets give you
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And the planet ploouto as never seen before we begin in yemen, and the port city f aden, where some members of the countrys exiled country are returning. Rebel forces have been pushed out of the city and the government wants to reassert control. Reporter the sounds of cheering, fireworks and gunshots in aden, as people followed the celebrated the biggest defeat in houthi since the conflict. Members of Abdrabbu Mansour hadis cabinet are returning to the southern port city for the First Time Since fighting forced them to leave. Translation we will announce within the coming few days that we have secured the entire city of aden, and we want to return home. The three ministers returning, it will be part of a plan to return all Yemeni Government to the city, where theyll be based, working towards liberating the rest of the country Abdrabbu Mansour hadi and his cabinet attempted to run the government from aiden, after Houthi Rebels drove them out of sanaa last september. They were forced to