Risk is the education of half a million children one point seven million million food insecure people may not get food and cash the un condemns washingtons decision to slash its aid for palestinians. Ethiopia releases the first batch of Opposition Leaders arrested following political unrest two years ago. Catalonia is new parliament sits for the first time facing the threat of renewed direct rule from the druid. And fairest smile be here with all the days sport including rafa nadal continues his march toward a seventeen round i dont know in melbourne. For the first time in its history the un agency which provides funds for vulnerable Palestinian Refugees says it faces a challenge in meeting its mandate to Trump Administration is confirmed its withholding half of the one hundred twenty five Million Dollars it was going to give the body established in nine hundred forty nine is the United Nations longest running humanitarian Program Providing a lifeline for some five million palestinians
Mccrone to britain with a pledge of millions more dollars to strengthen border controls in france protests in the kurdish enclave of syria which turkey says its preparing to attack emirates hands the airbus a three c. A lifeline with a deal to buy twenty of the double decker super jumbos deadly storm sweeps across Northern Europe killing four and leaving tens of thousands without power. In sport Roger Federer is hot as the weather of the Australian Open with temperatures hitting the degrees the defending champion to school the grass in turn around. French president emanuel mccrone is in the u. K. Holding talks with the british Prime Minister to resign may the two leaders have been meeting at Sandhurst Military Academy west of london where they are expected to reach an agreement on strengthening border controls france wants more funding from london to help deal with the number of people gathering in ports like kelly to try to reach the k. Is expected to use the talks to try to win goodw
Hello im Barbara Starr and this is the news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming up in the next sixty minutes protests in the kurdish enclave of syria which turkey says its preparing to attack a new treaty for a new era britain and france sign a new border agreement and pledge to uphold their historic ties after brets it the u. N. Calls for yemens main port to stay open for vital aid deliveries when saudi restrictions begin again on friday and the deadly storm sweeps across Northern Europe killing at least six and leaving tens of thousands without power. In sport Roger Federer his form is as hot as the weather at the Australian Open with temperatures hitting all the degrees the defending champion kept his cool to progress in surround. The u. S. State department has urged turkey not to take military action against the kurdish controlled enclave inside syria turkey is not threatening the main area controlled by the u. S. Backed Syrian Democratic forces in the north east
In england rose by 40 in the past week. Now on bbc news all the latest Business News live from singapore. Uberand uber and softbank finally reach a deal. The Japanese Firm is then largest stakeholder in the firm now. And is President Trump following through on his promise to bring jobs back to the us as he wraps up his first year in office . Welcome to Asia Business report. The deal is finally sealed. A group of investors led by the Japanese Firm softbank is taking a large stake in uber. The arrangement will make the ridesharing compa nys co founder arrangement will make the ridesharing companys co founder and ceo of very rich man. Earlier i asked our north American Technology reporter why it had taken so long to get a deal. There were a number of moving parts. On the one hand we had ubers continuing controversies about information breaches, sexism and various lawsuits they were involved in and there was a lot to work through when it came to the nature of the deal. For example, Softban
Asks turkey not to take military action in a kurdish controlled district in Northern Syria. New treaty for a new era britain and france to sign a border agreement and pledge to uphold their historic ties up to braggs it. Pope francis arrives in peru for the second leg of his south america tour. Major storm blows through europe killing at least seven people and causing travel disruption. The u. S. State department is urging turkey not to take military action in africa in Northern Syria Turkish Forces are massing on the border and theyre threatening to attack the kurdish why p. G. Turkey considers the y. P. G a terrorist group but its fighters have been a key ally for the u. S. Elsewhere in syria. We would call on certainly on the turks to not take any actions of that sort we want everyone there to keep their eye ill go back to something i said we were talking about iraq in the referendum to keep their eye on the ball and the focus needs to be on isis so we dont want them to gauge and vi