This runs 40 minutes. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] 8152nd meeting of the Security Council is called to order. As this is the first formal meeting of the Security Council this year, i should like to extend my warm wishes on the occasion of the new year to all members of the Security Council, the United Nations, and the secretariat. In presiding over this first formal meeting of the council in 2018, and happy to welcome the cote divoire, the netherlands, and poland and look forward to their participation in the work of the council. Their experience and wisdom will be important in the discharge of the councils responsibilities. I would take the opportunity to expose the gratitude to the outgoing members, namely egypt, italy, japan, senegal, ukraine, and uruguay, for their work to the council during their terms. I should also
Is being looked at by the airlines regulator. Its after complaints passengers are being split up deliberately. And ireland pull off a dramatic victory with the last kick of the game in the Six Nations Rugby as they beat france by fifteen points to thirteen in paris. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A local council has taken the highly unusual step of imposing emergency spending controls, after saying its facing severe financial challenges. The move by Northamptonshire County Council means a ban on all new spending, apart from whats used to protect Vulnerable People. The councils conservative leader, heather smith, says the move is a result of rising demand for services and cuts in government funding. It follows warnings that other authorities are also struggling to remain solvent. Im joined now by nick golding editor of the local government chronicle. Thank you forjoining us this evening. First of all, if we start with northamptonshire, whats gone on there . It must be really desp
Hello im Maryam Namazie and london youre watching aljazeera coming up geria says its deploying more troops to search for more than one hundred schoolgirls seized by boko haram in northern nigeria. Protests across italy as tensions rise in the run up to next weekends election immigration is a key issue. Out of the people fight for Economic Justice in America Fifty years since it was ignited by a civil rights icon. The Syrian Governments onslaught on the last rebel held area near the capital damascus has entered its seventh day five hundred people have been killed and theres been no letup in the bombing of east and. For the third day running a u. N. Ambassador as a gathering at the Security Council to vote on a resolution on syria so were going to have more from the u. N. In just a moment first though a binge of aid reports on whats happening inside east and. To. Not responding to cries for help. But nowhere is safe clean and of the other one on the floor here a few moments of panic were
Embassies reopened. In sport seth blatter names the date when his successor for fifa president will be reelected. Change wont be happening quickly with an election scheduled for next february. At least 28 people have been killed in a large explosion in turkey. Around 100 have been wounded. It happened at a Cultural Center just north of the border with syria. Its not known what caused the blast, but the Turkish Interior Ministry called it a terrorist attack that targeted kurdish volunteers deading to nearby kobane for relief work. Home to a refugee camp housing 35,000 Syrian Refugees fleeing the war. A Foreign Correspondent has been based in turkey for over 20 years is also the author of turkey, what Everyone Needs to know and joins me now from london. Good to have you with us. On this attack, it is now thought to be an isil linked attack targeting youth workers who came to help rebuild the syrian city of kobane, just over the border there. What do you make of it . Well, that it is a ve
I was publisher of the wall street journal. I spent quite some time overseeing the Digital Businesses of the journal. I consider myself, in fact, maybe the oldest possible digital native. I oversaw businesses that were based on what we then called electronic publishing even before the internet in the 1990s, so i lived in a time before the internet, before Technology Policy was aimed at encouraging innovation back in the 80s and 9s 90s and before government was heavily involved in regulating communications telephones, other technologies. The internet was different in the 1990s. It was liberating, it was permissionless, it was very little government regulation. Were all beneficiaries of that, and my column tries to identify areas where we may be black siding backsliding or where we may be suppressing innovation or not making the most of this extraordinary opportunity. Host well, youve written that washington is a disaster for innovation disaster area for innovation. Why do you write that