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Myanmar postpones verdict for jailed Reuters reporters
"Court in Myanmar has, postponed its ruling on whether to journalists from the Reuters news agency violated. A state secrets low while reporting on the. Ranger crisis officials said the judge, was unwell on the verdict would be delivered next week the, journalists were lawn. Josu say they were framed by police after the hearing alone gave this statement to reporters Today they. Decided to postpone the verdict we don't know the exact reason behind it, but apparently it's due to the judges medical condition no matter what the circumstances, are we're not going to be scared Justice is on our side since we did. Not do anything wrong no, matter what the circumstance we are not going to be scared nothing can
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U.K.'s senior official in charge of Brexit resigns
"Bbc radio four john humphreys nick robinson and kathy clugston who has a summary of the news the brexit secretary david davis has resigned from the government in a letter to theresa may he sent her plan for the future relationship with the eu meant it looked less and less likely that the uk would leave the customs union and the single market mr davis said the proposals agreed by the cabinet checkers on friday would make control by parliament illusory and hand power over large swathes of the economy to brussels in response the prime minister said she did not agree with his characterization the junior brexit minister steve baker has also quit jacob reese mark who leads the european research group of brexit supporting tori mp's said the resignation should force mrs may to reconsider her approach a murder inquiry has been launched in wiltshire following the death of a woman exposed to a nerve agent don starches was forty four fell ill last weekend just a few from where the former russian agents had against paul and his daughter poisoned in march her partner who was also exposed to novi chalk remains in a critical condition rescue teams are thought to have resumed their attempts to bring out the nine remaining members of a youth football team trapped in a flooded cave in thailand four were brought to safety yesterday and are said to be in good health the group have been trapped deep underground for more than two weeks officials in japan say one hundred people are known to have died after days of torrential rain caused by flooding and landslides many others are still missing two million people have been ordered to evacuate homebuilders and england may have to include electric car charging points in their designs under proposals being put forward to reduce emissions from road traffic the government is launching a consultation which will also propose that charging points are fitted to new lamp posts and at new office blocks across the uk prince louis the youngest child of the duke and duchess of cambridge is to be christened today he'll be baptized at the chapel royal at saint james's palace the time is now twenty five to seven david davis has dropped a bomb shell and the howard her boss eleven lost ninety announced he'd resigned as brexit secretary norman smith is our assistant political editor and ob so it coming normal well it's certainly taken most of westminster by surprise but reading david davis's resignation letter you slightly wondering why he didn't go sooner because he lists a long line of things he's been unhappy about clearly for some time he accuses mrs may of as he puts it progressively diluting some of the brexit objectives around giving the uk the freedom to diverge he's unhappy at the sequencing of the talks discussing the divorce arrangements before the trade deal he's unhappy at the arrangements or northern ireland he's unhappy at the handling of the brexit white paper clearly he feels that's been taken out of his control but it's checkers which seems to have crystallized all his grievances in particular this idea of signing up to the eu rulebook which he says will make supposed control by parliament illusory and he appears to be questioning whether on the current trajectory it will be possible to deliver on the referendum and on the pledges to leave the customs union and a single market and he sounds a warning that having made those sort of concessions that are contained in checkers dangers is brussels simply asks for more and he says let me just quote you hear the general direction of policy will leave us in at best a week negotiating position and possibly an inescapable one now when you put all that together you're thinking cranky how did he stay in so long i mean the view from number ten is that it is primarily a difference of tactics i would suggest it looks a lot more profound than that but the reaction of tim i think is to hope that the sort of waters close over that this is if you like a forty eight hour hiatus and then life moves on certainly there's no sign that mrs may is going to rewrite checkers their view is that reality is now kicking in jobs businesses at risk we have to move quickly in these negotiations and this package though difficult to sell can be sold so there's no sign that mrs maes going to back off from the checkers deal unless of course others pile in what is boris johnson likely to do how's he going to.
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Kathy Clugston, Ebola and Andrea discussed on Today
"To seven you're listening today on radio four with john humphreys michelle hussein and kathy clugston with a summary of the news the bbc understands that the government is considering a recommendation to send up to four hundred more troops to afghanistan the defense secretary gavin williamson has written to the prime minister suggesting an increase in the number of army personnel who are helping to train afghan forces it follows a cold by the united states for nato allies to join it in sending more troops to the country president trump has tried to ward off north korea's threat to call off their son summit by promising that the country's leader kim jong un will remain in power if he gives up his nuclear program mr trump distance himself from comments by his national security adviser john bolton who angered the north korean spy referring to libya as a model for denuclearization the speaker of the house of commons john berko has been accused of swearing and calling a senior minister a stupid woman during an angry outburst in parliament according to the daily telegraph his remarks were aimed at the leader of the house of commons andrea led some a spokeswoman for mr berko said strong and differing views were expressed on all sides but mr berko treated colleagues with respect the world health organization is to hold emergency talks to discuss an ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo this morning the body said the global risk to public health from the virus remained low but it had raised its national alert level to very high for the drc figgers tanned by the bbc show that large numbers of people who challenged the decision to remove their main disability benefit were successful last year in the southeast london and wales around three quarters of those who contested a decision about their personal independence payment one their appeals the consumers association says many householders are getting half the broadband speed promised by their providers the findings by which were published a week before new advertising guidelines will require companies to advertise average speeds.
Bbc, Farah and Afghanistan discussed on
"Bbc news with kathy clugston afghan security forces say they're trying to fend off a concerted taliban attack on farah a city in western afghanistan near the iranian border heavy fighting is reported on the outskirts of the city some reports suggest taliban fighters have seized the provincial headquarters of the afghan intelligence service the local governor told the bbc militants had suffered heavy casualties in gaza funerals of taken place for the first of the fifty eight palestinians killed by his really troops during yesterday's demonstrations further protests are expected the un security council is to to meet to discuss the violence which coincided with the controversial opening of the new us embassy in jerusalem george soros is open society foundation says it's ending its operations in hungary because the atmosphere there is getting more and more repressive mr soros denies hungarian government accusations that his foundation is part of a plan to bring.
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Taliban Launch Coordinated Attacks on Farah City
"Am and fm new york traveling while female has its upsides you get to explore places meet people will at your own speed but they all drawbacks too there's often a long list of things not to do from dress codes to avoiding dodgy places and people on the conversation today to well traveled woman from singapore and south africa talk about how they navigate the world from dealing with sexism to staying safe all while being on a shoestring budget that's all off the news bbc news with kathy clugston the taliban have launched a coordinated attack on the provincial capital of farah in western afghanistan reports say passer ferocity have fallen to the militant group and people are in panic trying to leave tyne heavy clashes are continuing and witnesses say taliban fighters have captured the regional office of the afghan intelligence service the local chief of police is said to have been killed one local officials have aircraft were being used to bombard taliban positions the first funerals have taken place for the palestinians killed by his really troops during monday's demonstrations more protests are expected in gaza tuesday marks the seventieth anniversary of the expulsion or flight of hundreds of thousands of people from their homes as a result of the finding of israel george soros is open society foundation says it's ending its operations in hungary because the atmosphere there is getting more and more repressive mr solos denies hungarian government documentations that his foundation as part of a plan to bring unsustainable numbers of migrants to europe the us city of seattle is to impose a new tax on large companies including amazon and starbucks end at combating homelessness firms will be taxed two hundred and seventy five dollars.
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Samy, Berlin and Hungary discussed on BBC World Service
"I don't think suspension was extended also this half hour the rolling stones are going on tour again they talked to the bbc about runins with donald trump how samy being a rockstar really tom brady else in my life it's limiting really fifty so it's very close to where existence hello this is kathy clugston with the bbc news fresh protests against israel are expected today in the palestinian territories on the seventieth anniversary of what palestinians call the number or catastrophe you allow nell is in jerusalem there's a very high chance of course of renewed violence particularly along the israel gaza border the funerals of those dozens of people who were killed in the protests have to take place some of them are for children we're told that the baby was also killed after inhaling tear gas and i think after those funerals take place that's going to drive a lot of the mourners back towards the protest comes along the border because anyway today is traditional data of protests in the palestinian calendar it's the day of that catastrophe as they see it and this is when they remember how when the state of israel was created in one thousand nine hundred forty eight hundreds of thousands of palestinians were expelled or fled from their homes on land that became part of this state of israel the taliban have launched a coordinated attack on the province provincial capital of farah in western afghanistan with parts of the city reported to have fallen and people fleeing in panic elia atrophy reports friedberg tower head off the farrah provincial council told the bbc heavy fighting was continuing between the afghan forces and palestine insurgents mr bush tower said i've gone forces stationed there needed immediate support eyewitnesses said the taliban have captured the provincial office of the national security directorate there are also reports that the deputy chief of police has been killed fighting is now ongoing five hundred meters from the police headquarters witnesses also tell of for real panic amongst the people as everyone tries to leave the city the open society foundation funded by the billionaire george soros says it's closing its office in hungary and relocating to berlin the organization which funds civil society project gets blamed its decision on what it called an increasingly repressive political and legal environment in hungary the.