Thank you. The u. S. Ambassador arrives in the u. S. Sorry harboring a degree of skepticism but on the whole what he sees there and what millions of american movie goers saw along with them breaks all the stereotypes about the soviet government of those times we keep experimenting to find ways to increase our efficiency what kind of effect is this that looks different from the rest yesterday even though. It can usually be compared to. The american film might even make the u. S. S. R. Look better than soviet propaganda pictures or books and we see modern army work in factories and friendly people who speak fluent english. Oh how proud i would be if i could do that well its russian perhaps someday we shall all speak the same language if the wood producer even flirted with the idea of making a film like this theyd probably be branded as crazy but it was still possible back in the 940 s. This is one of my favorite parts an aide tells of the American Ambassador mr davis we need to check you
Parts of southern england that are inundated. At a quarter to eight, private eyes editor ian hislop joins the bbcs media editor to look back ona the bbcs media editor to look back on a fascinating year of front covers, cartoons, and satire. Good evening. Three and a half years after the uk voted to leave the eu, mps have resoundingly voted in favour of the government cosmic brexit bill. It paves the way for borisjohnson to deliver his promise that the uk will leave the eu at the end of next month. Well, the per minister won the vote easily by 358 votes to 234. Six labour mps rebelled and voted with the government. Now, the Withdrawal Agreement, now approved in principle by mps, says that the uk will leave the eu on the 31st of january and allows a transition period until the end of 2020. During which time, we will still abide by eu rules. It also says that we will pay the eu a divorce bill of around £33 billion, and it sets out a plan for dealing with the Northern Irish border with wh
Underwater motorways heavy rain and floods put the brakes on the christmas getaway. Buckingham palace confirms that the duke of edinburch is in hospital. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport with connie. Waiting for announcement from arsenal . Were waiting for confirmation that mikel arteta is the new arsenal manager. Up until this week he was assistant coach to Pep Guardiola at Manchester City and in the last hour or so hes confirmed that arteta has left the club and hes in london. Chris has all the weather parts of the country flooded . We will be looking at how much rain has fallen over the last couple of days, bringing flooding seems like these, but also crucially as the Christmas Holiday getaway gets under way, we will be looking at what the weather has in store over the next few days. Thanks, chris. Also coming up. Three, two, one and lift off a new era in human space flight. Could this capsule one day take paying passengers into space . Hello, everyone this is afternoon liv
A day after dozens of civilians were killed in the north. Also hit by Corruption Cases and to repeat elections alias israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a primary challenger from his own party. And im were hard in with sports it was a basketball battle in l. A. With le brons lakers falling short against the clippers we have that and more christmas in the action coming up this is our. Welcome to the news iraqs president says that he would rather quit the name a new Prime Minister rejected by protesters but is refusing to designate the nominee of an iranian backed Parliamentary Group now there have been protests across the country for the past 3 months demonstrators have been calling for an overhaul of iraqs political system well joining me is our correspondent dorsetshire bari from the iraqi capital also this opens a new that iraq has never really walked before potentially no Prime Minister and potentially no president. Certainly that could be a possibility but from what we
Not a simple Death Threats simple secu sins by the police on social media and in other ways. And somebody said dont run so does anyone know how to write the answer was that weve all had Death Threats god never has touched on the good will by luck. Also coming up the politics of extremes on sunday voters in the heartland of germany go to the polls after a campaign thats included Death Threats arson and nazi slogans the far right edgy take a view and head to is considered the top candidate. Of the parties and gender its too but can his constituency accept of an opinion but it does. Point. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with the violent culture of bricks it a new study of british voters poses questions about the u. K. s departure from the European Union and it makes for very uncomfortable reading because of what p. Say theyre prepared to accept in order to see their version of breaks it come to pass in a poll in titled the