You on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also, you can be part of the conversation. Today we want to know what sports would you like to see in the olympics winter or summer. They change a bit, but you might have some different views about what should be there. Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. There are nowjust six hours to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics in pyeongchang, south korea. 47 russian athletes and coaches wont be there their final appeal to the court of arbitration for sport was dismissed just hours ago, a decision already welcomed by the 10c, which has already seen 28 russians have their life bans lifted by the court. One person who will be there though is kim yo jong, the sister of the north korean leader. Shell be attending alongside choe hwi. Hes a director from the Propaganda Department of the north korea working party and usually banned from travelling by the un. They have lifted that sanction tempora
Date started exploring. Most nobly portugal, which started improving innovation and developing better sailing ships that allowed them to sell closer to the win and they started going down in exploring along the coast of africa in till they found their way around the cape of good hope and found a sea route to india and china where they could conduct trade back to europe. The spanish win in the other direction. Across the atlantic in the isthmus of panama to the far east and then writes in french and other countries he came involved with the british were focused on the Northwest Passage. As we get into the future, does the root that were developed in the early days of sail continued to today with the exception of the suez canal which gave you a more efficient route to get to asia through the states of malacca, the panama canal which goes across the atlantic into the pacific or back to the atlantic and for centuries they have stayed the same. Consequently we now have powerhouses as far ea
Than 100 people needing hospital treatment. Round three of brexit talks. Uk negotiators say they want flexibility and imagination from the eu. Good morning. Coming up in the sport arsenal manager Arsene Wenger asks fans to keep the faith after what he calls a disastrous 4 0 loss to liverpool. Invented byjk rowling, played by harry potter, and now a real life sport. Well bring you the action from the first Quidditch Premier League final. How much easier wouldnt be if you could fly . So much easier, but health and safety would have a field day. And the weather. Good morning. A dry and warm day. I will have all of the details for the uk forecast as well as an update on the situation in texas in about 15 minutes. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story. Catastrophic floods are causing devastation in houston as storm harvey continues to batter texas. Parts of the city have seen two and a half feet of rain in the past 48 hours and more is forecast. So far, emergency teams have rescued
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Woman i am a politician in oslo. How could i make sure that this never happens again . [snare drum playing cadence] after the 22nd of july, i just felt the need to do more. Everything about my values before 22nd of july just became stronger. Man i think about it probably, indirect or directly, once every hour i in some way because itsa part of me. Gunaratnam when i heard the shooting, i was on the middle of the island, and then we heard something that sounded like fireworks, and we were walking towards the main harbor when i saw some of our boys just pointing, like, just run. Just run. Just run. Hanssen i hear the man saying to another friend of mine, that was luck. [gunfire] boom, boomom, you know, and thtn the followowing seconds are the longest seconds of my life, i think, bebecause im looking ded in the eye with one of f my frienends and some people with blood in their face was r runnig across the campus, said, he is shootining us, and then, of course, all hell breaks loose. Im jus