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welcome to bbc news. in the past hour voting has ended in local and mayoral elections across england, scotland and wales. nearly 5,000 council seats are up for grabs. six new metro mayors, with extensive strategic powers, are also being chosen in england, including the west midlands and greater manchester. the first results are expected in the next few hours but many areas won t start counting until tomorrow morning. let s get the latest from some of the local election battles across england. in lincolnshire the conservatives are looking to gain control of the cou nty are looking to gain control of the county council. let s speak with the bbc political editor. what are you expecting to see tonight? lincolnshire is traditionally trueblue conservative and anything other than a conservative victory tonight would be a huge shock. the ballot boxes have started to arrive here at the hall in the centre of lincoln. they have been carried in bya lincoln. they have been carried i ....
this is bbc world news. it s newsday. good morning. it is 8am in singapore, midnight in london, and seven in the evening in washington, where president obama has held his final press conference of his eight yea rs final press conference of his eight years in the white house. just 48 hours before his successor is inaugurated, obama told of his achievements, from gay rights, to lifting the trade embargo with cuba. he had words of advice for donald trump, do not try and do it all your self, listen to your adviser is. and a final thought, i think we are going to be ok in my heart. for one last time barack obama came to the white house briefing room to joust with the press. good afternoon everybody. but amid reports that his successor wants to limit access and regularly accuses journalists of being dishonest and liars, the outgoing president spoke of the importance of a strong and free media. you are not supposed to be sycophants, you are supposed to be sceptics. you re supp ....
the so called islamic state may be coming under pressure in both syria and iraq, but still, accounts emerge of atrocities carried out by them. the minority yazidi community has been amongst one of the most persecuted groups of people, living mostly in northern iraq. they have been killed, forced to convert to islam, and the women and girls have been held in sexual slavery. my guest is psychologist jan kizilhan, a yazidi kurd living in germany. he s helped bring 1,000 yazidi females from camps in iraq to germany to start a new life. how does he decide who should stay and who should go? jan kizilhan, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. what is your main goal, purpose, in rescuing these women and children, bringing them from iraq to germany? they are under pressure, psychological pressure. they have post traumatic stress disorder because they were for moments in the hands of is, tortured, violated, exploited and a lot of things. our main goal is to bring exploited women and gi ....
good morning. it s 9am in singapore, iam in london, and 8:00 in the evening in washington, where president obama has held the final press conference of his eight years in the white hous just 48 hours before his successor is inaugurated, a reflective mr obama, touted his achievements from gay rights to lifting the trade embargo with cuba. he had words of advice for donald trump don t try and do it all yourself, listen to your advisers. and there was a final thought in my heart, i think we re going to be ok . here sjon sopel. for one last time, barack obama came to the white house briefing room to joust with the press. good afternoon, everybody. but amid reports that his successor wants to limit access and regularly accuses journalists of being dishonest and liars, the outgoing president spoke of the importance of a strong and free media. you are not supposed to be sycophants, you are supposed to be sceptics. you re supposed to ask me tough questions. you re not supp ....
then it s the men s defending champion novak djokovic against denis istomin. serena williams and rafael nadal finish off proceedings in the evening session. 0k, ok, you are up to date with the tennis. let me get you up to date with the football. liverpool, seven times winners, are through to the fourth round of the english fa cup. lucas got the only goal of the game as the premier league side beat league 2 plymouth. jurgen klopp‘s side knew they d face a team well supported and focussed on defending relief for the reds, then, when plymouth lost focus while lucas kept his head to score. an early goal was gift for liverpool. late in the game the lower league side hit the post which made this awful penalty miss from origi all the more awkward for the premier league side. but they held on and klopp can turn his back on this tricky tie and move on. in the evening s other replays, matt richie scored twice for newcastle as they beat fellow championship side birmingham 3 1. ....