From Late Wednesday onwards. Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, resists calls from within his own party to commit to keeping britain in the european Single Market and Customs Union indefinitely after brexit. The important priority is to ensure that we have a tariff free trade access to the european market. Half of all our trade is with europe. I would also say that we need to look very carefully at the terms of any trade relationship. Shadow home secretary diane abbott says labour would recruit thousands of new police officers, accusing the government of trying to protect the country on the cheap. Labour in government will work to make communities safe, and we will recruit 10,000 new police officers. Voters in germany are casting their ballots in a general election which is expected to give Angela Merkel a fourth term as chancellor. Nfl players kneel during the american anthem at wembley in defiance of president donald trump. Now on bbc news, a spe
And the welsh opera singer, bryn terfel. Thick fog is causing delays at airports for a second day. Heathrow says 45 flights have been cancelled, because planes were in the wrong place following yesterdays disruption. And its new year down under, sydney welcomes in 2017 in style with a spectacular firework display. Now on bbc news, witness. Hello, and welcome to witness with me, tanya beckett. Im here at the British Library in london for the last time this year to bring you five of our favourite stories from 2016. Well meet a former member of chairman maos infamous red guards, a woman astronaut who trained with the challenger Space Shuttle crew, and an art restorer who brought a Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece back to life. But first, witness has travelled to the Bamiyan Valley in afghanistan. For over 1,000 years two huge statues of Buddha Towered over the valley, but in 2001 they were destroyed by the taliban. Said musa hussein was one of the local people forced to lay dynamite around t
And the welsh opera singer, bryn terfel. Thick fog is causing delays at airports for a second day. Heathrow says 45 flights have been cancelled, because planes were in the wrong place following yesterdays disruption. And its new year down under, sydney welcomes in 2017 in style with a spectacular firework display. Now on bbc news, witness. Hello, and welcome to witness with me, tanya beckett. Im here at the British Library in london for the last time this year to bring you five of our favourite stories from 2016. Well meet a former member of chairman maos infamous red guards, a woman astronaut who trained with the challenger Space Shuttle crew, and an art restorer who brought a Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece back to life. But first, witness has travelled to the Bamiyan Valley in afghanistan. For over 1,000 years two huge statues of Buddha Towered over the valley, but in 2001 they were destroyed by the taliban. Said musa hussein was one of the local people forced to lay dynamite around t