Hello and welcome to world news today. After months of mass protests and violent repression, a moment of optimism for sudan. Celebrations have been taking place after military and civilian leaders signed a power sharing deal. It paves the way for a Transitional Government and, eventually, elections. It also marks the end of what has at times been a bloody process since the ousting of president omar al bashir. The bbcs Zeinab Badawi reports from khartoum. It can be no doubt that it is a historic day in sudan. There was a mood of optimism and hope amidst the celebrations. The ceremony attended by visiting dignitaries has taken months of closely fought negotiations between the military and leaders of the protest alliance. The man who signed the agreement on behalf of the military told me that they are genuine about handing power to civilians. Translation we will stick to every single letter we have agreed on, even without this we have to work in this direction because it is in the interes
Hours from Prime Minister theresa may . We will talk to the headteacher, a farmer and Health Campaigner who crossed the open border between north and south each to see how they feel about changes that could affect every aspect of their lives. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until am this morning. We are going to hear resham khans story. Thats after 10am. She had acid thrown in herface by a stranger and suffered life changing injuries and has gone on to campaign for a change in the law on selling acid. Quite a remarkable woman. That is a photograph taken much more recently. Do watch the interview after 10am. She describes how she pities her attacker. Also today. We would like to hear from you about how long you have waited in the a e. New figures suggesting waiting times have doubled in the last few years. We will talk about that after 9 30am. Our top story today. Mahmoud abbas has called for an intifada. The us decision has been wildly criticised around the world, including
Is it worth being a city of culture . Ill be chatting to businesses all morning about how things have changed for them this year. Good morning. In sport, liverpool net seven goals, making england the first country to have five teams through to the Champions League knockout stages in the same season. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Storm caroline will make its presence felt in the north of scotla nd make its presence felt in the north of scotland today. 90 Miles Per Hour gusts. Blizzards as well. A mild and a wet start to the day away from that. It will be noticeably windy. I will have more details in 15 minutes. Thank you, carol. Good morning. First, our main story the number of patients experiencing long waits in accident and Emergency Departments in the uk has more than doubled in the last four years. Research by the bbc found that more than three Million People waited longer than the four hour target in the last year. Doctors say it shows the nhs can no longer cope. The dep
Reaching this all went. It was just amazing. And in the shadow of red october how russians view the 1917 revolution. Thats in half an hour here on bbc news. Hello, good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. Ice and below zero temperatures have been causing more disruption. Stansted airport had to provide beds for hundreds of passengers who were left stranded in the terminal overnight, after flights were cancelled due to the bad weather. Anisa kadri has spent the morning there and sent this report. Hanging around for a flight longer than you expected, it is not much fun, especially when the queues are just getting longer, you find your flight is not just delayed, it is cancelled. 12 hours after sarahs flight to stockholm was meant to take off, she was still here and will fly tomorrow. I only found out literally three hours after my flight was meant to leave that it was cancelled, there were no boards to tell us it was delayed. It was literally going backwards and forwards between personnel. I
So its probably the coming of me but, at the same time, we were saying farewell to a legend. To shout in his face at the end and do all that, i wasnt willing to do that. Ive got too much respect for him in that way. Cross now has set his sights on becoming world number one. When your year starts as well as this, anything is possible. Natalie pirks, bbc news. Newsnight is coming up on bbc two. Heres evan davies. Its a new year, but old politics is dead. Somehow a lot seemed to change in 2017 for both the tory and labour parties. New political rules apply, which is why the pundits got so much wrong. So tonight we give the pundits another chance to work out where were going. Join me now, on bbc two. Here on bbc one, its time for the news where you are. Hello and welcome to sportsday, im holly hamilton. Coming up on tonights programme. Watford fail to rain on Manchester Citys parade as the premier League Leaders record their 20th win of the season. Andy murray reveals his despair as he pul