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and in halfan hour, i and in half an hour, i will be looking back at a momentous year in one which has seen tim peake return to earth after his six month stay in space. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. and a happy christmas as well. the queen has delivered her annual christmas speech, in a message where she says she often draws strength from meeting ordinary people, doing extraordinary things. the speech has been televised throughout britain and much of the commonwealth this afternoon. after paying tribute to the uk s olympians and paralympians, she spoke of her admiration for unsung heroes i often draw strength from meeting ordinary people doing extraordinary things, volunteers, carers, community organisers and good neighbours, unsung heroes whose quiet dedication makes them special. they are an inspiration to those who know them, and their lives frequently embody a truth expressed by mother teresa, from this year, st teresa of calcutta. she once said, not al ....
tribute to the former tribute to the former england manager, graham taylor, who has died aged 72. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. just eight days before he takes office as president there is still no sign to an end to the strained relations between donald trump and the chiefs of america s intelligence. james clapper has rejected suggestions that official agencies may have leaked the claims that russia had compromising material about donald trump. in a statement, james clapper said he had called the president elect to say the leak had not come from the intelligence services. christian fraser reports. eight days from now, donald trump goes into battle as the next commander in chief. never before has an incoming president been warring on so many fronts. not you, not you. your organisation is terrible. let s go. go ahead. quiet. he is in conflict with the press, the ethics committee, pharmaceutical and defence industries, some of his own senators, and of course th ....
first, our world. baby chimpanzees, just a few months old, seized from the jungles of africa to be sold as pets. it s a shocking and illegal trade. animals that are our closest relatives in the natural world are suffering terrible losses. to get one infant chimpanzee out of the jungle, all of the adults in its family have to be killed that s as many as ten adults slaughtered. we infiltrate an animal smuggling network that spans the globe. during a year long investigation, we went undercover. how old is he? two months? are you still able to follow? we discover that there is far more trafficking than the authorities suspect. you may find some of the scenes in this film disturbing, as we reveal the secret trade in baby chimps. 0urjourney into an underworld of animal smuggling began in cairo. for centuries, egypt has been one of the world s great trading centres. ‘ground floor. going up.‘ posing as buyers and filming secretly, we found two dealers who said they could ....
treated her and has now tracked her down. 0h, treated her and has now tracked her down. oh, my goodness me. coming up in sportsday, british cycling has more questions to answer as the head of uk anti doping slams the organisation s medical record keeping. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the government is lightly to be this evening over the brexit bill. peers from all parties have voted in the house of lords to amend the legislation to enable eu citizens living in the uk to stay here. it s a setback for the government s bill to trigger article 50 which starts the formal process of the uk leaving the eu. mps may vote to remove the lords proposed changes when the bill moves back to the house of commons later this month. but today would be the first defeat for the government over brexit and there could be more to come. our political editor laura kuenssberg has more. turning up for work the minister smiling despite the prospect of defeat. from the start the ....
cuts donald trump has made to the funding of abortion services in developing countries. it has happened in brussels at a multinational conference called she decides. this is donald trump signing the executive board that and it is estimated $500 million a year has been cut by donald trump to campaigns. the belgian deputy prime minister was the host of this confidence and here he is. the impact could be very severe for millions of women and girls, too often we would see a 12 year old who would not have the choice to see i do not want to get pregnant, i do not want to marry a person who is three times older than me and i would love to continue to go to school and become an independent person who is able to ship my own future. f family planning is not being provided, it would mean that a tremendous progress we have had throughout the world over the last 20 years would be reversed and it would be a very bad thing for eradicating poverty throughout the world. one place this f ....