Rare criticism of President Trumps decison to withdraw troops from syria by a Republican Party heavyweight Mitch Mcconnell calls it a grave mistake. Making history thats out of this world two astronauts take part in the first ever all women space walk. Hello and thanks forjoining us here on bbc news. Violent clashes between protesters and police have continued into the night in barcelona. Officers fired tear gas and rubber bullets at youths who responded by throwing stones and setting makeshift barricades on fire. Earlier on friday, about half a Million People held a peaceful demonstration in the spanish city, against the jailing this week of catalan separatist leaders. Damian grammaticas sent this report from barcelona. Central barcelona. Parts of it are a battleground tonight. A full scale confrontation under way. Between police and protesters. Round after round, fired by the riot officers. In return, stones, bottles and fireworks, hurled back at them. This is now the fifth night in
It a grave mistake. Making history thats out of this world two astronauts take part in the first ever all women space walk. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Violent clashes between protesters and police have continued into the night in barcelona. Officers fired tear gas and rubber bullets at youths who responded by throwing stones and setting makeshift barricades on fire. Earlier on friday, about half a Million People held a peaceful demonstration in the spanish city, against the jailing this week of catalan separatist leaders. Damian grammaticas sent this report from barcelona. Central barcelona. Parts of it are a battleground tonight. A full scale confrontation under way, between police and protesters. Round after round, fired by the riot officers. In return, stones, bottles and fireworks, hurled back at them. This is now the fifth night in a row of these clashes in barcelona, and whats clear is that they are becoming worse and worse. More violent, more protesters on the streets and mo
A Election Program over that. Allows not to exclude the possible formation of a government i would also talk to the heads of the other because it usually organs the president s of both chambers of parliament i will talk to the president of the federal Constitutional Court lets get more now on the german president s speech and on the situation here in germany we are joined by Political Correspondent Thomas Sparrow who is outside of the German Parliament building in berlin welcome to you thomas we just heard the german president urging all Political Parties to reconsider their positions and find compromises to form a government but what is the most likely scenario at this point is that the one that he wants. Sorry we will probably see in the next few days is a series of conversations of dialogue between the Political Parties and in particular a dialogue as we just heard by the german president frank by. What he wants to avoid is a snap elections he said Political Parties have to assume t
Once upon a time there was a country the largest in the world in fact it was an empire it was called the soviet union shortly before its seventieth birthday it vanished from the map. It. Should be a shape shifter shave with a good shape your relationship to the state over your. We are everywhere all over the world a star shines goes an old pioneer socialist Youth Organisation song by the end of the one nine hundred ninety s. That star was no longer shining almost a decade after the collapse of the soviet empire the old republics of the u. S. S. R. Had gone their separate ways. The Baltic States of estonia latvia and lithuania and decisively turned their backs on moscow and were on their way to becoming members of the e. U. And nato. The other successor states are often referred to by moscow as the near abroad reflecting an ardent desire for them to somehow still belong to russia but many of them were also now looking to the west. In most of the newly independent states the hoped for ec
A show of unity events back home in germany could but with events in germany this weekend that could mark the beginning of the end for the long. Term militias in syria with tanks and troops ready to roll the countrys defense minister says the shelling is part of a planned invasion. Plus will he stay or will he go dormant striker yeah im rick im balmy im hospital laughed out of tonights game and it fueled speculation that he may be on his way to aso in the english premier league. Im phil gayle welcome to the program. Saturday marks the First Anniversary of Donald Trumps inauguration as the forty fifth president of the United States some said he wouldnt last until christmas but with the economy booming and his Health Reportedly good as and trump is Holding Steady hes unpredictable nature however has had his supporters cheering and his opponents cringing heres a look back at an eventful year. It was an audacious first week in office. Migration had been a central tenet of candidate Trumps