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welcome to bbc news. the russian president, vladimir putin has said that he won t expel any us diplomats from the country, in a surprise response to president obama s decision to order russian diplomats out of the us. mr obama, who s also imposing sanctions, had accused russia of interfering in the us presidential election. despite advice from his foreign minister, mr putin has decided not to retaliate for now. mr putin also said that positive developments in relations between russia and the uk would be mutually beneficial. steve rosenberg reports from moscow. following accusations of cyber attacks on america, the us had expelled 35 russian diplomats. so, how would moscow respond? well, today, russia s foreign minister proposed tit for tat. he said he had asked president putin to expel 35 american diplomats. but the kremlin leader said no no americans would be expelled. he would wait to see what kind of policies donald trump pursued in the white house. that doesn t ....
the diplodocus. good morning. it s the 4th of january. welcome to bbc newsroom live. britain s outgoing ambassador to the european union, sir ivan rogers, has strongly criticised the government s preparations for brexit. in his resignation letter he said he didn t know what ministers‘ negotiating objectives were and called on his colleagues to challenge what he called muddled thinking. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports. sir ivan rogers has been britain s ambassador to the eu for three yea rs, ambassador to the eu for three years, and his criticisms about the government s preparations for brexit will be hard to ignore. in his resignation e mail he said there is a short supply of serious multilateral negotiating experience in whitehall and he said the structure of the uk s negotiating tea m structure of the uk s negotiating team need rapid resolution. he reveals that even he does not know what the government s negotiating objectives for brexit will ....
out in washington dc. here s president obama arriving on capitol hill earlier. he was there to talk to democrats in congress about trying to save his affordable care act, or obamacare as everyone calls it. it s a complicated law but at its heart is a requirement for all americans to have health insurance and for some to get subsidies to do that. the republicans have always hated the way it works and now that they control congress and soon the white house. they plan to do something about it. none of this is a surprise, donald trump has repeatedly said this. obamacare obamaca re has to obamacare has to be replaced and we will do it and we will do it very, very quickly. it is a catastrophe. as well as mrobama, vice president elect, mike pence is also on capitol hill today. reuters reports he s said the republican plan to replace the affordable care act will evolve in the months ahead. he is promising immediate action. we have the grand battle between the outgoing adm ....
to their last game, but millwall won easily. and their manager neil harris says he s proud of such a dominant display by his side. i enjoyed it, i enjoyed watching my team. the boys worked really hard. they have a hugely talented squad and we knew we were capable of making chances. i am certainly pleased with the clean sheet. west brom lost at home to derby of the championship. this free kick by tom ince gave derby the 2 1win. delight for the away side and the five thousand travelling fans. and the third premier league club humbled was stoke. championship side wolves with a 2 nil win, and another great freekick sealed it. matt doherty with the strike. it s the first time in eight seasons that stoke have gone out in the third round. we did not start in the right manner and found it difficult to shake ourselves out of that, it is only when we went behind that we got your reactions are when we went behind that we got your reactions a re clearly when we went behind that we ....
on earth dances is a physical, joyfulform of expression and communication. it is, in a way the world s most basic common language. well, my guest today epitomises the ability of dance to cross borders of time and space. akram khan is british by birth, bangladeshi by family heritage and now globally renowned as one of the great contemporary dancers and choreographers. his performances weave together influences from east and west, past and present, how would he define his dance? akram khan, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, welcome. it seems to me so many of the great professional dancers have been raised in one very strict discipline, one cultural tradition, but that isn t quite true of you, is it? no. i was born and brought up in london, so already i was exposed to many, many different cultural activities from very, very different backgrounds. but, my mother wanted me to learn something from her roots and not just language because language was very crucial to her, because ....