Thousand homes are under mandatory evacuation. Frances biggest rock star Johnny Hallyday has died after a battle with lung cancer. Good morning. Its wednesday the 6th of december and im ben brown. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Prime Minister has just been speaking on the phone to the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party in northern irealand to try and salvage a deal on the future of the irish border. But Arlene Foster has also said in a newspaper interview her dup party will not be rushed, even though the deadline is looming if the uk wants to move on to crucial trade talks with the eu. Meanwhile, the government has admitted that it has not carried out so called Impact Assessments of how leaving the eu might affect the british economy. Appearing before the Brexit Committee this morning, david davis claimed it would be hard to predict the economic effects of brexit, but said officials would do the work at some stage. Our assistant Political Editor norman smith is in westminster.
Overnight. He is taking Anti Inflammatories and then a decision will be taken in the morning as to whether or not he will be able to tee off in the masters. He is the short odds over it for the masters. He has won the last three tournaments and has been the commanding presence on the golf tour so commanding presence on the golf tour so far this year. Well, as iain carter was saying there, dustinjohnson has won his last three tournaments and thats why hes the hot favourite to win the masters. Speaking before his fall, johnson said he wasnt taking victory for granted clearly aware that its 12 years since a world number one, or pre tournament favourite, last won the title. Golf is a funny game, you know, it doesnt matter how good you are playing, you can still not win. Its the same that goes for this week. If ito win here, everything is going to have to go well for me. Everything is going to have to be, you know, really good. I have a lot of confidence in my game right now. Especially the
Young people in afghanistan, air strikes putting them in hospital. How an Old Technology is staying relevant in a rapidly changing world. Top story this hour, the syrian president Bashar Alassad has vowed to defeat the rebels and retake control of the entire country. His comments were made public less than a day from announcing a meeting for syrian ceasefire. We have any believed in political negotiations since the beginning of this crisis. However if we negotiate it doesnt mean we stop fighting terrorism. The two are inevitable in syria. First through negotiations and second through fighting terrorism. Zeina khodr is on the border with syria. Clearly, the syrian president speaking from a position of strength. Last july he was an embattled leader. He made an admission that the army is suffering from a lack of manpower and what he also said was the army is forced to he concentrate on the crucial territories, core territories, damascus, political seat of power and alawite, territory, and
Lord to the same prison he escaped from last year. Joaquin El Chapo Guzman was recaptured friday after a months long investigation led him to a house where he was hiding with associates. He escaped but was later captured on a highway. This is the third time guzman has been captured by mexican authorities. Cnn has more on the dramatic arrest this time around. Reporter he was paraded in front of the media and forced to look straight into the cameras. Joaquin guzman known as el clap oh, one of the mostwanted men in the world, caught at last. For the first time, authorities are disclosing details about the raid to capture him in his home turf. Officials say five of his associates died in the shootout. Guzman and one of his lieutenants took advantage of the firefight to flee through a manhole connecting to the sewer system. Navy personnel chased them through the sewer tunnels, attorney general gomez said. They came out through a manhole to the street level and fled into vehicles. This pictu
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