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the christmas period. passengers in london, manchester and cardiff are expected to be the hardest hit. in her christmas message, theresa may calls for britain to come together as it prepares it leave the eu. labour sjeremy corbyn pleads for an end to sleeping rough. the status quo guitarist rick parfitt has died. the 68 year old was taken to hospital in marbella in spain after suffering a severe infection. the musician had been admitted on thursday due to complications to a shoulder injury. now on bbc news film critic mark kermode takes a look back at the big releases of the year, sorting the crackers from the turkeys in review 2016: the year in film. hello and welcome to this review of the year in film. i m mark kermode, and we re here at the cinema museum in south london where, for the next half an hour, we will be looking back at some of the best movies released in uk cinemas in 2016. 2016 was a pretty tumultuous year, what with the brexit vote injune, and the resu ....
news. israel has condemned a vote by the un security council calling for an end tojewish settlements on occupied palestinian land. the us abstained rather than vetoing the resolution as it usually does. donald trump has tweeted things will be different when he takes over. here s our middle east correspondent yolande knell. these israeli homes are on land that the palestinians want for their promised future state. there are now some 600,000 israelis living in the occupied west bank in eastjerusalem, and numbers are growing. in a rare show of unity, the un security council passed its judgment on thejewish settlements. translation: 14 votes in favour. describing them as a flagrant violation of international law and a threat to any peace deal with the palestinians. crucially, the united states did not use its veto power in israel s favour as it usually does. it is because this resolution reflects the facts on the ground and it is consistent with us policy across administr ....
we want it? and now! but supporters mounted a march on parliament then she gave a newspaper interview that was interpreted as her saying she would make a better pm because she had kids and her campaign and her campaign ground to a halt. i have, however, concluded that the interests of our country are best served by the immediate appointment of a strong and well supported prime minister. so theresa may arrived in downing street. if you are just managing, i want to address you directly. i know you re working around the clock, i know you re doing your best, but i know that sometimes life can be a struggle. the government i lead will be driven, not by the interests of the privileged few, but by yours. we will do everything we can to give you more control over your lives. she paused plans for a new nuclear power station at hinkley point over concerns about chinese involvement, then gave it the go ahead. she approved a third runway at heathrow with a vote in parliament due in ....
obamas take a trip down memory lane as they prepare to deliver their final christmas message from the white house. good evening and welcome to bbc news. security forces in tunisia say they ve arrested three members of a terrorist cell linked to anis amri, the tunisian who killed 12 people by driving a lorry into a christmas market in berlin this week. the interior ministry said one of those detained was amri s nephew. 24 year old anis amri was shot dead by police in milan in the early hours of yesterday morning. bethany bell reports. this is anis amri, the man who s suspected of being behind the attack on a berlin christmas market in the name of so called islamic state. and now authorities across europe and the middle east are trying to piece together his extremist connections. the 24 year old tunisian made this video shortly before driving a lorry along a crowded street, killing 12 people. now a clearer picture of his network is emerging. officials in tunis say he was ....
but because of the time and the money you spend on championing literacy, why is that so important? for me, the most important thing is getting kids reading. because if our kids do not become competent readers, especially kids at risk, how are they going to getjobs and go to school? if they get through, ten and ii and they are not competent. there ll be a drag on society and the city and all of us, and it will make for a harder life for them and the thing about. as an individual i can t do much to solve global warming or health care crisis, whatever, but as an individual we can all get the kids in our homes reading, mostly, we can help the local school, we can help the local libraries, libraries are a big issue now and how they get funded in england. ijust hope that people will stand up and go, our libraries are really important, we need the money for libraries. how much does your interest in this stem from the fact that you had a son who was a reluctant reader? well, ja ....