Destabilizing role in Syria and acting as both also missed and firefights it is clear that Russia s interests in Syria are Russia s interests and not those of the wider international community that s us Army General Joseph hotel the head of the u.s. Military s Central Command he was speaking to a House of Representatives Oh I m serving his committee hearing despite the key role that our partners on the ground the Syrian democratic forces and the coalition have played in dealing defeat to ISIS Russia has placed this progress at risk with their activities which are not focused on defeating ISIS but rather on preserving their own influence in control over the outcome of the situation the hearing came hours after the collapse of a brief truce declared by Russia in the eastern Ghouta region of Syria there are claims government warplanes received as strikes rebels happen blamed for bombing a humanitarian corridor the raw between Britain and the e.u. Over whether they ll be a halt border bet
61212 and this morning half an hour castings of Yorkshire Darvish this is a b.b.c. Radio Sheffield. Who was b.b.c. Radio shuffle music to Peter McMahon Yes Thanks Ronnie hundreds of schools are being closed by snow in many parts of the u.k. Including North Wales North Yorkshire and southeast England Kent has been one of the worst hit areas with several centimeters of snow closing the m 20 for a time and 3 people have died in a crash in Lincolnshire were driving conditions have been treacherous in places all the Radio Sheffield area has escaped the worst of it so far our reporter Ben and oh who is it cold Chester station in Essex says some travelers have been frustration by a lack of services even though there wasn t much snow some commuters perhaps were asking themselves where the beast from the east was something of the least from the but the difficulty Network Rail has is they need to plan for the worst because those icy conditions snowy conditions can cause signals to fail because
Doesn t spend its money wisely the Commons Defense Committee has been hearing evidence about the ongoing spending review it came ahead of the chancellor promising that the military will have the funding it needs to continue to defend the country appropriately Julian Lewis sits on the defense committee and heard from experts warning the immediate can t just go to the Treasury with a begging bowl it was also being pointed out that the lesson of poss defense reviews was that whenever the plan is set out and whenever the figures are agreed they always find at the end of the process that there s a financial gap which is usually then plugged into by unfulfillable promises about making official savings fighting has continued in the rebel held eastern Ghouta area Syria despite the 1st daily 5 hour pause ordered by the government s ally Russia activists said there were governments and artillery strikes while Russia said rebels had showed a humanitarian cargo meant to let civilians leave there
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Investigation written by Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee Democratic memo said the f.b.i. And the Department of Justice did not abuse the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to spy on the Trump campaign the redacted pages are meant to counter the Republican claim that top law enforcement officials failed to disclose the origin of some of the intelligence used to begin surveillance on Ben from campaign advisor Carter page the Democratic version said the f.b.i. Relied on information unrelated to what the Clinton campaign funded the memo accuse the Republican authors of distortions and misrepresentations Erin Kotecki a.b.c. News New York the committee s chair California Republican Devin newness mentioned it while addressing see Pat what you pay sickly will read in the Democratic memo is that they are advocating that it s Ok for the f.b.i. And d.o.j. To use political dirt paid for by one campaign and use it against the other campaign the White House says the Democratic memo