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Sri lanka former president Banda Rajapaksa is sworn in as Prime Minister joining his brother to run the country. Back with support joins him a raynier takes training at tottenham for the 1st time and says hed relishing the chance to develop the clubs younger player. A man once considered an ally of donald trump has linked the president s decision to withhold military aid to ukraine with a push to have kiev investigate his political rival but Gordon Sandland said that he has no evidence that trum...

The house of commons has elected sir Lindsay Hoyle as its new speaker, succeeding john bercow. Sir lindsay originally a labour mp was formerly Deputy Speaker and he secured a significant majority in the final round of voting. Our chief Political Correspondent vicki young reports. Were going to be hearing a lot more of this mans voice in the coming months as he oversees the next chapter in these tumultuous political times. According to parliamentary tradition, sir Lindsay Hoyle had to be dragged ...

The Turkish Military says its captured the sister of Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, leader of the Extremist Group the so called Islamic State, who died in an american raid in syria a week ago. Turkish Officials Say they are interrogating her, along with her husband and daughter in law, detained with her. With more heres michael pregent, former intelligence officer, now a senior fellow with the hudson institute. There are not a lot of details, but what is important is where she was captured, in the town o...

At the Global Crisis in retail. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme, have you started Christmas Shopping . If so, are you heading to the high street or shopping online . As amazon becomes the worlds biggest retailer tell us what you think about the crisis on the high street. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. The impeachment inquiry in washington is about to go public. Until now, the testimony has been h...

The Turkish Military says it has captured the sister of abu bakr al baghdadi, leader of the Extremist Group the so called Islamic State, who died in an american raid in north west syria a week ago. Turkish Officials Say they are interrogating her, along with her husband and daughter in law, detained with her. With more, here is michael pregent, senior fellow from the Hudson Institute and a former intelligence officer. There are not a lot of details, but what is important is where she was capture...

Other rocky women defy a tradition and raise the voices to demand change. Simmering here with set to give its 1st News Conference as tottenham head carriage in the next hour. Relishing the chance to develop the clubs younger players. In the next hour the impeachment inquiry into donald trump will wrap up this weeks hearings with 2 new witnesses expected to make public new details of white house contacts with ukraine fiona hill is the white houses top russia analyst she reported directly to forme...

Saying they are in uncharted territory as they struggle to contain bush fires raging across 2 states. We begin this hour in brazil where a former president always had to silva has been released from prison a judge ordered his release earlier on the friday after the Supreme Court overturned a rule which required criminals to go to jail after losing their 1st appeal is among several 1000 convicted criminals who now have the right to remain free until theyve exhausted their appeal options was sente...

A Shopping Mall. And fixed toxic small develops indias capital with pollution levels the worst so far this year. I know thousands of protesters from both sides of the political divide have been out in the streets across lebanon rallying for and against the government demonstrations calling for an overthrow of the ruling elite who are out in large numbers into the evening in the capital beirut where this hours after supporters of the president staged a mass counterrally near the president ial pal...

A dumbbell and im in the kalahari desert in south africa with the worlds fastest cars being tested to break the land speed record. So Hong Kongs High Court has ruled an emergency law which banned face masks worn by the prodemocracy protesters is in fact unconstitutional remember chief executive carol announced the ban back in october she tried to stem the violence the law that dates back to British Colonial era and this court has now ruled thats actually incompatible with the basic law of today ...

Increasingly becoming the target of protesters anger. President has Just Announced the country will be taking another step away from a 2015 nuclear deal also ronnies says from wednesday they will start injecting uranium gas into just over 1000. 00 centrifuges on monday aronne announced it was doubling the number of its advanced centrifuges allowing it to produce enriched uranium faster that was that by the u. S. Imposing new sanctions on 9 aides close to irans Supreme Leader president Hassan Rou...