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70 years of marriage. and women are being advised to sleep on their side in the last three months of pregnancy, to avoid having a stillborn baby. to cut the risks of stillbirth. good evening and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has met senior cabinet ministers in downing street in an effort to make progress on the stalled brexit talks. discussions were expected to focus on a decision on raising the amount the uk will pay to leave the european union. today, the eu s chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, said brussels was ready to offer the uk the most ambitious trade deal, but only if its terms were met. also today, it s been announced that amsterdam has been chosen as the location for the european medicines agency when britain leaves the bloc in 2019. another london based organisation, the european banking agency, is to be relocated to paris. here s our political editor, laura kuenssberg. number ten is always a special place to visit. but today it was the scene ....
a tropical storm that s wreaked havoc in the southern philippines has left 180 people dead. more than 70,000 people have been forced from their homes. the island of mindanao has been the worst hit area so far and a state of emergency has been declared in several locations there. the storm has now begun to travel west, hitting the popular resort islands of palawan. andy moore reports. clinging to the neck of his rescuer, a young boy is carried across the floodwaters. there was little sign of official help here, just villagers doing their best to rescue each other with fragile ropes. in a country used to devastating storms, this took many by surprise. the authorities said too many people had ignored warnings to leave coastal areas and river banks. many of the casualties were on the main southern island, mindanao. this man said houses were getting flooded but people couldn t escape, so they got caught in the strong currents and swept away. many places were hit by landslide ....
meanwhile the archbishop of canterbury here in britain, has used his christmas day sermon, to reflect on what he described as tyrannical leaders around the world. justin welby said 2017 had seen populist leaders deceiving their people. the bbc‘s religion editor martin bashir reports. bright sunshine lit up the basilica in st peter s square. but pope francis chose to focus his christmas day message on how conflict and oppression are casting a dark shadow over the world. he said that christmas makes us focus on the christ child, and thereby pay attention to the sufferings of children, particularly in the holy land. we seejesus in the children of the middle east, he said, who continue to suffer because of growing tensions between israelis and palestinians. on this festive day, let us ask the lord for peace forjerusalem. the anglican archbishop in jerusalem, the most reverend suhail dawani, said that christ himself wept over the city 2,000 years ago, and, with d ....
has used his christmas day sermon, to reflect on what he described as tyrannical leaders around the world. justin welby said 2017 had seen ‘populist leaders,‘ deceiving their people. the bbc‘s religion editor martin bashir reports. bright sunshine lit up the basilica in st peter s square. but pope francis chose to focus his christmas day message on how conflict and oppression are casting a dark shadow over the world. he said that christmas makes us focus on the christ child, and thereby pay attention to the sufferings of children, particularly in the holy land. we seejesus in the children of the middle east, he said, who continue to suffer because of growing tensions between israelis and palestinians. on this festive day, let us ask the lord for peace forjerusalem. the anglican archbishop in jerusalem, the most reverend suheil dawani, said that christ himself wept over the city 2,000 years ago, and with donald trump s decision to officially recognisejerusa ....
on what he described as tyrannical leaders around the world and populist leaders who deceive . this from our religion editor martin bashir. bright sunshine lit up the basilica in st peter s square. but pope francis chose to focus his christmas day message on how conflict and oppression are casting a dark shadow over the world. he said that christmas makes us focus on the christ child, and thereby pay attention to the sufferings of children, particularly in the holy land. we seejesus in the children of the middle east, he said, who continue to suffer because of growing tensions between israelis and palestinians. on this festive day, let us ask the lord for peace forjerusalem. the anglican archbishop in jerusalem, the most reverend suheil dawani, said that christ himself wept over the city 2,000 years ago, and with donald trump s decision to officially recognisejerusalem as the capital of israel, that grief continues. when he wept at that time, he wept for the ab ....