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Notice the cloud drifting in. The overall picture is one of fine conditions. Some showers over scotla nd conditions. Some showers over scotland this morning and for some areas during the course of the afternoon. 23 possible in the south east. 0n afternoon. 23 possible in the south east. On monday, a different kettle of fish, especially over scotla nd kettle of fish, especially over scotland and the North West Of England and of wales. More showery for northern ireland. In the east, nowhere near a...

To Dateline London. Im shaun ley. In south africa, leadership confirmed. In kenya, leadership disputed. And as for north korea, is it kimjong un or donald trump who holds all the cards . With me to discuss this weeks displays of leadership are vincent magombe, director of the African Journalists network, africa inform international, Thomas Kielingerfrom germanys die welt, the sudanese writer nesrine malik, and the us born, london based Political Commentator ned temko. Ned, how much of this is a ...

Im stephen sackur. When the Aljazeera News Network was launched in qatar in 1996, it had a seismic impact on the media landscape in the middle east. Here was an arab broadcaster refusing to play by local rules. It was ambitious, punchy and provocative in its coverage of the region and the world. Two decades on, maybe its time for payback. Saudi arabia and its closest allies recently demanded qatar close the network down. My guest is mostefa souag, director general of aljazeera. Do his channel ha...

Im stephen sackur. When the Aljazeera News Network was launched in qatar in 1996, it had a seismic impact on the media landscape in the middle east. Here was an arab broadcaster refusing to play by local rules. It was ambitious, punchy and provocative in its coverage of the region and the world. Two decades on, maybe its time for payback. Saudi arabia and its closest allies recently demanded qatar close the network down. My guest is mostefa souag, director general of aljazeera. Do his channel ha...

Im stephen sackur. When the Aljazeera News Network was launched in qatar in 1996, it had a seismic impact on the media landscape in the middle east. Here was an arab broadcaster refusing to play by local rules. It was ambitious, punchy and provocative in its coverage of the region and the world. Two decades on, maybe its time for payback. Saudi arabia and its closest allies recently demanded qatar close the network down. My guest is mostefa souag, director general of aljazeera. Do his channel ha...

And so far, the focus has been on the british position. What is theresa mays plan . Again, completely artificial. In 2017, we are going to get real, because we will hear the European Union position as well. And when that becomes clear, i think the dynamic of the internal politics of the conservative party, the position of other mps in the house of commons, scotland, will become 100 times more complicated than the position at the end of 2016. So i think brexit in 2017 is going to become very, ver...

Called across the country. Into monday, we have largely dry conditions, sparkling winter sunshine. Some wintry showers for exposed coasts. But it will be a cold day. 3 six degrees at best. It will essentially stayed chilly as we go on through the rest of the week. The latest headlines from bbc news. At least 35 people have been killed in a gun attack on a crowded nightclub in istanbul. Another a0 have been wounded. Up to 600 people are thought to have been inside the reina club when the shooting...

Hello, and welcome to dateline londons look ahead to 2017. What a joyful year its going to be. Britain will move calmly towards brexit, the European Union will solve all its problems with migration, unemployment and insolvent banks, donald trump will begin a glorious four years as president , The Middle East will finally be at peace, and we can all dream. Back in the real world, lets hear what our expert panel think. Im joined by Stryker Mcguire of bloomberg markets, Abdel Bari Atwan who is a wr...

Dateline londons look ahead to 2017. What a joyful year its going to be. Britain will move calmly towards brexit, the European Union will solve all its problems with migration, unemployment and insolvent banks, donald trump will begin a glorious four years as president , The Middle East will finally be at peace, and we can all dream. Back in the real world, lets hear what our expert panel think. Im joined by Stryker Mcguire of bloomberg markets, Abdel Bari Atwan who is a writer and broadcaster o...

On the way. Predicts return will be plunged into a deep freeze next week. The metro leads on snowy conditions. The telegraph leads on britains role in the donald trump dossier. It quotes an american source as saying dossier. It quotes an american source as saying the British Government gave permission to the fbi to speak to the former british spy fbi to speak to the former british spy who compiled the documents. The Financial Times says thatjust one day after heavily fining volkswagen, the Us Go...