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Im philippa thomas. From here in the worlds newsroom, we send our correspondents to bring you the best stories from across the world. In this weeks programme. Football on the front line. Richard conway reports on syrias world cup dreams, and asks whether soccer can help to unite a country at war. Football coming back to syria provides the people with a chance to forget about their worries. At least for 90 minutes. The plight of the people of western mosul. Orla guerin reports from the camps in i...

The ice for the World Championship next week in michigan. Remember, you can get in touch at bbc 05. Talks to bring about a Global Nuclear arms ban are under way at the United Nations in new york, but most of the worlds Nuclear Powers are refusing to take part. The Us Ambassador to the un explained why the United States wont be signing this treaty. Is there anyone that believes that north korea would agree to a ban on Nuclear Weapons . So what you would see is the General Assembly would go throug...

The ice for the World Championship next week in michigan. Remember, you can get in touch at bbc 05. Talks to bring about a Global Nuclear arms ban are under way at the United Nations in new york, but most of the worlds Nuclear Powers are refusing to take part. The Us Ambassador to the un explained why the United States wont be signing this treaty. Is there anyone that believes that north korea would agree to a ban on Nuclear Weapons . So what you would see is the General Assembly would go throug...

Im philippa thomas. From here in the worlds newsroom, we send our correspondents to bring you the best stories from across the world. In this weeks programme. Football on the front line. Richard conway reports on syrias world cup dreams, and asks whether soccer can help to unite a country at war. Football coming back to syria provides the people with a chance to forget about their worries. At least for 90 minutes. The plight of the people of western mosul. Orla guerin reports from the camps in i...

Also on the program, aarons here of course talking about the companies that has wall street salivating. Its the burger joint taking america by storm. And what started as one hot dog cart in new york city 14 years ago is now a global chain, valued at 745 million. So, yeah well take a look at the shake shack shares as they start trading today on the new york stock exchange. Hello. Its 12 00 noon in london, 7 00 a. M. In washington 2 00 p. M. In south africa where the notorious apartheid era death ...

Airline executive in the socalled nutrage case is sentenced to a year in prison for violating aviation safety law. And the retrial of two al jazeera journalists in prison in egypt resumes in cairo. Hello, there. A very warm welcome to you. Now, a deal aimed at ending the fight in Eastern Ukraine has been agreed following marathon talks in minsk. Vladimir putin says the ceasefire will be implemented in Eastern Ukraine. It will start at midnight on february 15th. Well, the violence has escalated i...

Price to pay for petulance, a year in jail for the Korean Airline executive, who caused a scene over the way she was served nuts on a flight. Also on the program, aarons here, of course. Those emergency talks between greece and the eu. David, they could hardly agree to disagree. They couldnt even agree on the wording for a statement. But boy, let me tell you, the clock is ticking. Greece has just over two weeks before it could run out of money. And now one in four economists say they believe tha...

The use of hormone replacement therapy to Ovarian Cancer but how much of a risk is it . Were going to be finding out. At least 19 people have been killed in pakistan and more than 40 were wounded in a powerful bombing at a shia mosque in the Northern City of peshawar. Now, police say a group of armed men scared worshippers with gunfire during friday prayers before three explosions went off. We can get more details now from our correspondent joining us from the pakistani capital, islamabad. What ...

Or anything . Come to think of it, should we even be trying to get in touch . Also ant program aarons here, having a big look at a u. S. Conference on cybersecurity. David, president obama is traveling to Stanford University in Silicon Valley today and hes expected to Order Companies and the government to share more information on threats from computer hackers. Some say it sounds good but the question is can this be done whilst at the same time protecting our privacy . Its midday here in london ...

The hills are alive on the 50th anniversary of one of the worlds most popular musicals, we look back at the making of the sound of music. Hello. The iraqi Prime Minister has said that Government Troops are beginning a major offensive in the city of tikrit. The hometown of former iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was captured by Islamic State last summer and previous attempts to retake it have failed. Tikrit is about 150 kilometers north of baghdad. You can see it there. Its a capital of the Northern...