Stay updated with breaking news from Mark rylance. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
welcome to bbc news. us president elect donald trump has described president vladimir putin as very smart after russia said it would not yet be expelling any american diplomats in a row over cyber espionage. the obama administration has ordered 35 russian diplomats to leave, accusing moscow of interfering in the us presidential election by hacking into democratic party emails. the kremlin has denied any involvement and mr putin said he looked forward to rebuilding links with america when donald trump takes office next month. our moscow correspondent steve rozenberg has more. near the kremlin tonight, they were putting on a seasonal show. ahead of the new year celebrations, there was song and dance and some musical theatre. but that was nothing compared to the political theatre being played out inside. first up on stage, the foreign minister who advised president putin to expel 35 us diplomats. america had expelled 35 russians. in other words, tit for tat. cold war ....
drivers are told to take care in fog and freezing conditions, as a coach overturns on the mao in oxfordshire, injuring 17 people. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. the new year s honours list has been published, and among the many sports starts named is andy murray, the world number one, who s knighted for his services to tennis. he s joined by olympic champion mo farah in a list dominated by britain s olympic and paralympic champions. our correspondent andy swiss has more details. at the end of a glittering yearfor british sport, for five of its greatest stars, the greatest honours. first, a knighthood for the man who spent 2016 scaling dizzying new heights. wimbledon champion again, a supreme performance. after winning a second wimbledon, a second olympics and the world number one spot, it s now sir andy murray, a fitting finish to a remarkable season. there s also a new title for mo fa rah‘s collection. gold for great britain again! the double double. he de ....
going to stoop to the level of irresponsible diplomacy. he wasn t going to expel any americans. he even invited the children of all us diplomats in moscow to a new year s party, here in the kremlin. that was a surprise, but it didn t change what america s top intelligence agencies believe to be true that state sponsored hackers, backed by the highest levels of the russian government, had interfered in the us presidential election w a cyberattack on the democratic party. was president putin behind it? last week, i got a chance to ask him myself. mr president, ourwhy country has been accused your country has been accused your country has been accused your country has been accused of state sponsored hacking with the aim of influencing the result of the us presidential election, and president obama revealed that he told you personally to cut it out. so what did you tell him in response? the kremlin leader refused to tell me, dismissing all the talk of hacking as ....
them off the bottom of the premier league. and matt has more on those tricky weather conditions. still somersault around this morning, particularly around southern areas but not as bad as yesterday. still summer fog. southern areas but not as bad as yesterday. still summerfog. i will have the details later. good morning. first, our main story. more than 100 olympic and paralympic stars have been recognised in the new year honours list, with knighthoods for andy murray and mo farah. jessica ennis hill and the rower, katherine grainger, have received damehoods, while the gold medal winning paralympian, lee pearson, has also been knighted. 0ur correspondent andy swiss has the details. paire at the end of a glittering yearfor british sport, for five of its greatest stars, the greatest of honours. first, a knighthood for the man who spent 2016 scaling dizzying new heights. commentator: wimbledon champion again, a supreme performance. after winning a second wimbledon, a ....
the met office has issued a yellow weather warning across the south and south east, as a blanket of fog is set to make driving conditions difficult and lead to yet more delays at airports. to bomb explosions in iraq in baghdad have been reported at a market. nobody has admitted carrying out the attacks. two bomb explosions. around 3,000 police officers will be on duty across central london tonight as crowds gather to celebrate the new year. scotland yard says extra resources have been brought in to keep people safe following the terror attacks in berlin and nice earlier this year. greater manchester police and other forces say they ve also stepped up crowd protection measures. those are the main stories this morning. it feels as though this has been a sports programme. it has been top of the show with all the sports stars getting the honours in the new year ‘s honours list and then the review of the year, we look back on what was a great 2016 per sport. we know t ....