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Scottish independence no to the wire, as some opinion polls show the results could be too close to call. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry is in bagdad where he has met the new iraqi Prime Minister. The trip comes hours ahead of a live the vised address by the u. S. President. Barack obama is expected to announce a new strategy to tackle the Islamic State group. Kerry will also visit jordan and saudi arabia where the king is hosting a meeting of countries committed to fighting and dpeeting the...

Challenge is how to unite a divided country. South africa in shock after its football captain is shot dead during a robbery. They have breaking news right out of spain where a number of high profile arrests have taken place across the country. Police operation being described as one of the biggest anticorruption crackdowns in the country history. For more lets now cross to the line to a journalist based out of madrid. What more can you tell us about the investigation and the arrest . Well, just ...

Tear to her no donetsk, theyre accused of putting civilians in the firing line. I think it would be wise for the Ukrainian Government to immediately stop using these kinds of rockets in populated areas. And the scramble for food after months of conflicts in the Central African republic. Emergency crews say they recovered dozens of bodies from the rubble, and people have been picking through the wreckage trying to salvage belongings and seeing whats left of their homes. At least 985 palestinians ...

Joe biden expected to lay out his plan to get americans at coronavirus vaccine. He said the trump team failed to do their job is the number of deaths approached 200,000 here at home. Trump Campaign Says biden wants to keep america shut down in the gridiron on lockdown, as we get some big news from the middle west battleground states big ten football coming back to the field. The trump issue managing two issues, the fires in the American West and sally in the southeast pair thats in it for chief ...

The debate was called off because of the president s coronavirus case. He refused to switch to a virtual event. How democrats are handling coronavirus things differently than the president. The Vice President ial nominee is canceling an event after a staffer tested positive. The Campaign Said no reason to believe that senator harris was exposed but it calls for precaution so she will do events online instead of in person. The president is on the road insisting all is well and he is immune. A Nor...

We will explain, we will encourage, but if we have to we will enforce the law. And as england goes into lockdown and gyms close we meet the athlete whos inspiring others to keep fit at the end of his street. Good afternoon. The governments furlough scheme is to be extended until the end of march. Good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. The governments wage support scheme for furloughed workers is to be extended until the end of march. The chancellor revealed the plan in a statement in the house...

On the second question on testing were constantly evaluating, our medical and Health Experts, steps that need to be taken to keep the American People safe. We announced some travel restrictions, as you know, yesterday. I dont have any additional restrictions to preview or announce for all of you. I will remind you that tomorrow is the first day of our briefings that will be happening approximately three times a week that you can all tune in and learn more from our Health Experts on our plans. On...

Door to discussion on Irans Nuclear program. Americas cup in history is all squared. One of the sports great comebacks. Details later in the program. A powerful earthquake has hit southwest pakistan killing more than 270 people and injuring hundreds of others. Pakistani troops and helicopters have now reached a remote region. The magnitude 7. 7 quake destroyed hundreds of homes. Here is more. Reporter this is what remains of many villages in the district houses flattened and hundreds of inhabita...

Ill be reporting on a new and growing trick to bee keeping of all bees in this part of the country. The Pakistani Taliban has named its new leader just hours after a drone strike killed its former spanner. He is khan said. He takes over by the previous leader who was wanted by the United States. The taliban are vowing a wave of suicide bombs in revenge of its leaders. We will be live in islamabad with more on that, but first this report. Masood had just finished with meetings when his compound w...

The International Criminal court. Plus the beat goes on in a state of war. Al jazeera travels to the border of the democratic republic of congo and the Central African republic. Hello, the russian government says it will not go to war over crimea, but it also refuses to accept the threat of more sanctions from europe and the United States. And the Russia Parliament says that it is up to the crimean people to do if they want to break away from ukraine. Peter sharp reports from moscow. [ applause ...