, accused of spying. russia's federal security service accusing paul wellen of committing spy activity without offering any details. the state department says it received a formal notification of his detention. he faces up to 20 years in prison. >>> the start of the new year already under way. spectacular celebrations taking place around the world. check this out. sydney, australia, lighting up the sky with its stunning fireworks display. about 1 million people there in sydney harbor to witness that. hong kong's skyline exploding in lights. the incredible show along victor yo harbor. that's beautiful. >>> and the new year's celebration in paris. the city of lights living up to its name, as we inch closer to midnight here in the u.s. >>> and of course, you can watch the countdown right here, "dick clark's new year's rockin' eve with ryan seacrest 2019", and a guest appearance from our own ginger zee. that begins at 8:00 on abc. >>> and there's still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this new year's eve. the tense moments in bone-chilling cold. >>> plus, the new details coming in o

parents are now back home we were there when they returned to russia. and the world welcomes two thousand nine hundred with the clock having already struck midnight and over half the globe we show you some of the highlights of the festivities.

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lot of different things, what lies ahead in the russia probe. we're going to break down how democrats are going to fight trump in court with special reporting. and we're going to have some fun with a special year-end fallback. we begin with robert mueller's probe, closing in on someone you may have heard about, individual one, donald trump. more trump associates have been caught up in this investigation as we head into the new year. michael cohen, the man who said he would take a bullet for trump, is cooperating with mueller and is also headed to jail. donald trump's campaign chair, paul manafort, his sentenced is scheduled for the spring. of course, there's roger stone, who has come out and said himself he looks like a mueller target. tonight, i'm going to speak soon with nick ackerman and mia wylie with all of that. but first, another key wince who -- key witness who emerged this year, jerome corsi. in that interview, he admitted that he helped roger stone lie to congress about democratic e-mail hacks during that 2016 election. this was a wide ranging interview. i began by asking hi

apartmentt building in russia. this blast happened earlier in the morning when many residents were sleep tories believe it was caused by a gas leak. security forces into that have fired at tear gases wewere planning to them mash -- march on the president shall palace. crowds gathered in the capital khartoum, they were confronted by white police who blocked the march. -- riot police who blocked the march. millions of people took part in an event that could seek the first peaceful chancellor and power in decades. questions over the fairness with accusations of mismanagement and irregularities, especially in opposition areas. >> voters in many parts of congo's desk congo came back to study lists of initial results posted outside. divisional nationwide results are not due out for another week. voting there was played by technical problems and allegations of vote rigging. >> i think elections were credible, too many people found their names were not on the electrical -- electoral list. there were told to go to the centers to find their names and as a result many did not get to vote. >>

you so much. >>> to tensions between the united states and russia are ratcheting higher tonight after the arrest of an american citizen in moscow accused of spying. cnn's senior international correspondent matthew chance joining us live from moscow. a lot of questions tonight about whether the arrest is connected to the recent guilty plea here in the u.s. to alleged russian spy mariia butina. >> reporter: well, i mean it is a good question. we don't really know the ants to that definitively. the fact is mariia butina pleaded guilty two weeks ago and here we are with a suspected american spy announced being arrested in the russian capital. the details are sketchy, of course. buff i think what is increasingly clear is that as 2019 starts, so too does a potentially new and damaging crisis in the relationship between moscow and washington. tonight a u.s. citizen detained by russia, caught spying according the a short statement read out on state television. the country's main counter espionage agency, the fsb, has named the american as paul whelen but has given no other details. the u.s. s

russia has officially stepped into two thousand nine hundred with the clock having now struck midnight in all eleven of the country's time zones will bring you a glimpse of the festivities in central moscow. but there's a damper on the celebrations in the russian city of need to go at least seven people were killed and thirty five left unaccounted for after an apartment block collapses following a devastating gas explosion. plus in other news britain and france are to step up joint patrols in the english channel after a spike in the number of illegal immigrants trying to get to the u.k. for the past two weeks. and thirty russian children who had been held in an iraqi prison and with their allegedly ice a link parents are now back home we were there when they returned to russia. very happy new year from moscow where we're already two hours and one minute into two thousand and nineteen i'm glad to have you with us as i mentioned the year two thousand one thousand has arrived in the russian capital moscow it is a huge holiday for russians and everyone here it's the city center it

special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation. a recent report is raising questions about president trump's former lawyer, michael cohen. mcclatchy reporting that cohen's cell phone was detected near prague in the summer of 2016 supporting claims that cohen met secretly with russian officials there. cohen tweeted a denial saying, quote: i hear prague, czech republic, is woolf in the summertime. i won't know as i have never been. mueller knows everything. we're back with prosecutor james trusty. james, you were so good, we had to bring you back. >> how you been, charles? [laughter] charles: what do you make of this? this saga, particularly as it pertains to michael cohen, it's just, it's just -- you know, no one knows what to believe anymore. i doubt very many americans believe much with respect to cohen, but how does this change, maybe, the dynamics of the mueller investigation? >> well, i'll tell you, you're putting your finger right on the problem which is mr. cohen, everything about mr. cohen from that sentencing memo that was filed in manhattan the other day screams li

rages on capitol hill, the fight to end the russia probe is reaching a zenith with rudy giuliani during special counsel bob mueller to end the investigation. >> my ultimatum is put up or shut up. what do you have? there are those of us who believe you don't have anything on collision. by the way, if you did, it's not a crime so what the heck are you doing? >> a great deal of interest in the president's conversation with pete hegseth. will have more on that a 10:00 p.m. eastern on fox news. >> ed: happy new year. house democrats preparing to take the lead in congress say they have a new plan to reopen the government when they convene. hundreds of thousands of federal workers begin their new year's still in limbo. correspondent kristin fisher has all the details. >> on day ten of the partial government shutdown, house democrats put forward their plan to reopen the government, and they intend to vote on thursday as soon as they take control of the house. the plan includes one euro funding for six of the seven agencies affected by this partial government shutdown and funding through

opec plus opec is the traditional of opec plus is when russia and some other countries may join in default to make further curt's and to influence the price of oil. you know to have a higher price of crude the problem is that russia which is the key player outside of opec but joining in. us does not have much interest in making so many cuts it has agreed on one not so long ago it didn't have much influence i don't expect them to make a strong cuts in twenty nine thousand the last time you came in we talked about diversification though these are common is posed to be heading towards more sort of knowledge base economies where did that go then well unfortunately due to lower oil prices which is the key commodity for masts of the oil exporting countries of the region for most of the countries of the arab peninsula especially but also in northern africa so they didn't hit their targets no no no not at all they are far below and it's not the first year if the region's economies haven't been able to perhaps invest as much in knowledge based economy economic plans i guess there's no fallb

idea of having war with the rum first to maybe russia second there's a lot of money in war and i know that this sounds like a crazy conspiracy theorist of but it's not why are they spending six hundred billion dollars a year going into foreign countries that a number of them business and killing brown people in bristol why what's it for. you know if you stop asking those simple why why i do this is it because you're scared because they're going to attack you because they hate your freedom i mean the narrative is nonsensical in every possible way the us narrative here and now probably through me now french leave the country oh i do i'm no idea did you feel that danger and i feel that people are trying to silence me i mean obviously on the b.d.s. issue trying to silence me they threaten me as well where would you go. well look back at what britain a what you mean if if if i didn't live in the united states. i didn't know that you could say i don't think what you can imagine what you go why not russia. russia not even tree. of now and no i do can i ask another thing have you noticed the

russia the blast in the nine story block in the city of magneto gorse happened early in the morning when many residents were asleep authorities believe it was caused by a gas leak. security forces in sudan have fired tear gas at protesters who were planning to march on the presidential palace anti-government demonstrators want omar al bashir to step down crowds gathered in the capital khartoum and they were confronted by riot police who blocked the much. brazil will have a new leader with the new year but then otto takes office activists fear his policies could have disastrous consequences for the already depleted was in rain forest fire sent out who insists he will not let protecting the environment stand in the way of economic progress. smoke rises on the front lines of an environmental war the battle here is all but over once again humans have overcome nature and driven back the rain forest but it's hard to speak of winners here in the east of the amazon jungle. all this has to go so that cows can graze here this worker tells us then he wants us to leave before his boss sees us w

apartment block in central russia idevastated by a gas explosion. at least four people are dead, 35 missing. democratic senator elizabeth warren gives the cleest signal yet that she wants to run for the u.s. presidency in 2020. sen. warren: opportunity f many of our young people is shrinking. so i am in this fight all the way. >> celebrations around the world taking place to welcome newar 2019. karin: hello, welcome to "bbc world news." let's take you to the new year 2019 is dawning right now. th is the scene in athens. fireworks lighting up the sky over the ancient site of the acropolis. let's listen to a little of the atmosphe. karin: there we are, two minutes past midnight in the greek capital, athens. the fireworks having to struggle ragainst challenging weat conditions and heavy rain right now. they still look beautiful over the ancient skyline. let's turn to the day's news. the world foodrogram says food aid in yemen is being stolen and s underly sold in ar the control of houthi rebels. a survey by the u.n. agency said that some people in the capital, sanaa, have not received

square. the. part. where russia the new year comes before christmas which will not be celebrated in till the seventh of january. meanwhile germany is also preparing to ring in the new year and here in berlin the biggest new year's eve party at the con the book gate and with hundreds of thousands of people expected to attend it's a huge challenge for the authorities. to warm up packs are already getting the crowd into the mood on a relatively mild new year's eve in berlin numerous fans and d.j.'s will take to the stage at the city's landmark brandenburg ace. doesn't it all super very good good i was actually really nice i actually enjoyed the film i don't really speak german but i really could feel the passion be honest thing to do mention that one does not is of different people from all sorts of countries they're very nice beer berlin beer. the queues to get into the party are long security as ties and dangerous objects like fireworks are banned inside the two kilometer long party zone the police and firefighters are in full force and are calling on the public to treat them with re

, tweeting like fireworks as he battles democrats over his border wall. >>> accused of spying. russia arrests an american citizen in moscow, accusing him of espionage. is that a move to retaliate after an alleged russian spy pleads guilty to trying to influence u.s. policy during the election campaign. >>> warren's run. elizabeth warren announces splo exploratory committee for a presidential run. could she be the democrat to take on president trump? >>> and securing times square. thousands of police, assault units and bomb-sniffing dogs will be working to keep new year's eve revelers safe in new york's times square. for the first time, a drone will provide eyes in the sky. >>> wolf blitzer is off. i'm brianna keilar. this is a "the situation room" special report. >>> it's new year's eve, and day ten of the government shutdown. president trump is again home alone for the holiday. he began his celebration with a twitter tirade, contradicting his outgoing chief of staff by saying he never abandoned the idea of a concrete border wall. calling the southern border an open wound and saying d

russia and ukraine. i disagree -- you were right last year on bitcoin. i hope i am right that bitcoin is going to rebound. >> dana: now you are on tape. >> pete: it's going to make 16,000. none of my minnesota sports teams will win a title. >> dana: that's an informed prediction. >> pete: oh, you betcha. next, our resolutions for 2019. hello mom. amanda's mom's appointment just got rescheduled - for today. amanda needs right at home. our customized care plans provide as much - or as little help - as her mom requires. whether it's a ride to the doctor or help around the house. oh, of course! tom, i am really sorry. i've gotta go. look, call right at home. get the right care. right at home. >> kennedy: queen elizabeth dances to this song whenever it's on. the near would not be complete -- new year would not be complete without making some resolutions. dana. >> dana: this will be a little annoying to everybody but i'm going to finally make a commitment to myself that i'm going to keep a list of the books i read so i can more easily remember. sometimes i can't remember. it's a thing that's j

russia's officially step twenty nineteen with the clock struck midnight in all eleven of russia's time zones we'll bring you the festivities live from central moscow. but the celebrations this early morning in moscow and the problem focusing on the russian city of mecca need to go least seven people have been killed there thirty five left on account of collapsed yesterday devastating gas explosion people still working for them. and other news britain france had to step up joint patrols in the english channel after a spike in the number of illegal immigrants trying to get to the u.k. over the past two weeks. hello good morning well i am here in moscow start a brand new year this choose day the first of january this is our international was make heaven and a very happy new year to you i know we go there with our first full news program of the year tinge with sadness and celebration has to be said so the new year twenty nineteen arrived just over an hour ago in the russian capital huge holiday for russians in the city century huge draw for people out celebrating there were fireworks

frustration there. the russia probe is getting closer and closer. these investigations as we already talked about are going to expand. if the president -- and the president hasn't been able to prove that he's able to govern without anything being chaotic. and so if the -- if his base continues -- if his bay continues to support him but that base is tightening and tightening and then getting back to these center right republicans, i mean, they're going to be critical on how these members respond. >> all right. i think our last poll showed the base may be down to 34%. big enough to cause problems, not big enough to win elections. >>> up ahead with the presidential election on the horizon, when are democratic hopefuls going to jump into the race? a few of them have. we're going to talk 2020 strategy in 2019 next. ome again' better than♪ ♪a body has a right to ♪and shakin' me up so ♪that all i really know ♪is here you come again, and here i go, here i go♪ here we come again. applebee's all you can eat is back. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. the new sleep number 3

here's one of russia's most popular homegrown rappers his lyrics cover drugs violence and social dysfunction and recently he's been in trouble after all storage fees in a string of cities canceled his concerts husky responded with a car top performance outside a venue in krasnodar police dragged him away. and there are others in. the band i speak a more overtly political than hosty they've had shows canceled with or thorazine citing alleged suicidal themes and they were detained recently to from their russian tour i speak told us the pressure is misguided the more that. people listen to music the more people find out in bunkers lation and become angry with go around so it's untrue into two now is just me as well as just make us believe that we're not alone evander allman known as the rapper face can see why some are comparing what's going on to the soviet repression of rock music in the early one nine hundred eighty s. . the situations are similar the past situation the current want to both terrifying it says that we are still a third world country without freedom of speech what'

firework display rescuers in russia are searching the rubble after an explosion devastated an apartment block — killing at least four people. it happened at around 6am local time — and is thought to have ripped through the first floor — then collapsing the seven storeys above. officials in the city of magnitogorsk say a gas leak was behind the blast. about a0 people are missing — in subzero temperatures. 0ur moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford, reports. all the rescue teams have been searching for signs of life after a massive explosion. this pile of bricks, metal and concrete is all thatis bricks, metal and concrete is all that is left of nearly 50 apartments. it is a public holiday here and most residents would have been sleeping. it is feared the dozens are now buried. 0fficials been sleeping. it is feared the dozens are now buried. officials say the explosion was caused by a gas lea k the explosion was caused by a gas leak which sliced a whole section from the ten story tower block. those who made it out alive are still reeling. everything collapsed. i look through the win

like afghanistan can defeat russia or the united states. >> my question to you is this, accidents of history, as you were explaining, the republicans became dependent on the southern states, and the rereligious states that oppose abortion, they oppose liberal values, what you need now is to educate women in these other countries to have fewer children, support contraception. my question to you is this, do you think the way politics developed in america, internally, has compromised the ability of a republican president to actually win these conflicts abroad, and to leave the world? >> thank you. >> does the caller have a point? >> i'm not so -- i don't know. it's a little hard to say, first of all, in 1968, it was the bloodiest year of the vietnam war. there's nothing comparable to what we have today, in the united states, they had about half a million troops, soldiers in vietnam in southeast asia, the war was tearing the country apart i'd yo logically, it was tearing it apart on the streets, on the campuses. i think that war, the point the caller was making too, is that the war then

nineteen with the clock having no struck midnight in all eleven all russia's time zones will bring in the festivities from central moscow. but the celebrations. morning in moscow the problem focusing on the russian city of. least seven people have been killed thirty five. gas explosion people still working for the. joint patrols in the english channel after a spike in the number of illegal immigrants trying to get to the u.k. over the past two weeks.

. turkish officials traveled to russia to talk about kurds. john bolton will travel this weekend to turkey and israel this weekend. joe dunford, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff will join bolton in turkey. it is not clear if the u.s. military will continue to arm the kurdish forces fighting isis over turkey's objection. jim mattis steps down tonight at 11:59 p.m., one minute before ball drops on 2019. he is replaced by his deputy patrick shanahan. there will be no ceremony. normally there will be but this time it takes place over a phone call. kristina: thank you very much. >> u.s. newspapers targeted across the nation. details on cyberattack that caused major delays in the u.s. how to protect yourself and your data. waving good-bye to 2018. nearly two million people standing by in new york city to ring in the new year. we're live at center of all the action. that comes your way next. ♪ i'm ken jacobus and i switched to the spark cash card from capital one. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy. and last year, i earned $36,000 in cash back. which i used to offer h

and success and prosperity to our beloved homeland russia. was that when you happy new year slow and happy of these two twenty nine teams with them. i. i. i i. i i i. i. am to i am to. empty. i. am to. empty i. i . live here. live. live here. live here. live he. cut he lived he live live. live. live here live. live here here. live . so with a rousing national. happy year from. the rest of the kremlin. twelve a celebration. is such a huge holiday this is for every russian. people are celebrating and we're going to go to red square and. there i think. it's been shown over the national look super every year on the red square i know you've been kept back from the people a bit but there's a lot of people. happy there kevin and happy new year from moscow to all are. right here it doesn't look like there are many people but right off camera and right past the police back there there are huge crowds of people. not only russian but from all over the. square to share in this new year's celebration the clock just struck twelve people were enjoying before the attractions on red square lights

spell for arsenal. russia is running out of time to meet an end of year deadline to her. under the computer data from its moscow drug testing lab access to the data was a condition of the controversial lifting of a three year on the lab and now followed allegations a state sponsored don't pay in russian sport earlier this month officials from the world anti-doping agency which denied access to the data russia risks another ban if it does not comply. germany's chancellor has delivered her traditional in year's message marking an end to one of the toughest years of her political career angela merkel a call for germans to come together and show more openness tolerance and respect a little light at the end of the tunnel here at the chancellor in berlin germany's leader sure hope so chancellor angela merkel describes two thousand and eighteen and her new year's address as an extremely difficult year politically she vowed to look ahead pressing for more solidarity in two thousand and nineteen. that mystique about soil i am guided by the conviction that we will only muster the challenges

about russia. surprises no one. let's watch. >> one of the reasons i'm here today is to tell you the whole russian thing, that's a ruse. that's a ruse. i had nothing to do with it. i have nothing to do with russia. i told you. i have no deals there. i have no anything. i have nothing to do with russia. to the best of my knowledge, no person that i deal with does. >> matt miller, giant lie. >> yeah, absolutely. i think one of the things that's been interesting watching the russia investigation evolve, so lying has been core to donald trump's political strategy. the same way core to his business strategy beforehand. he calls it -- he straight-out lies. he got away with it in business and in politics in a way no one before him was really able to do. >> did he? he settled a bunch of civil -- >> in business, yeah. but i mean, he lied about stuff. he had to settle cases but those are a cost of doing business. it didn't change him. in the legal world, lying sends you to jail. what we've seen as his associates have followed his behavior and lied to investigators, lied to members of congr

scheduled on the same day right scripts assists a swiss to condemn the latest verdict on russia which is final and actually cannot be challenged the amnesty international has said the verdict exposes bahrain's justice system as a complete farce and the bill son adam neville has tweeted several pictures this is one of those pictures there and this was another one that bill had also posted and what he adds is that he says that he has sent my father to prison for opposing yemen war and he's use the hashtag they're free as well and he's asking them to free his father other others have also been sharing this picture here it says it's a missed opportunity for bahrain to redeem its human rights records and the hashtag free months for their morality has been used to share their concerns about what they call the wrong full imprisonment of them razzi activists. and one person has tweeted and that kind of reflects a lot of the opinions as well that we've seen saying that if you are outraged about the sounds of genocide shocks you then you should be concerned about the wrongful imprisonment of one s

a bang as russia rings in the new year. and a big party planned in times square at midnight tonight. welcome, everyone, i'm charles payne in for neil cavuto. this is a special edition of "your world." investors doing buying on final trading day of the year. not enough to keep the major averages from finishing 2018 in the red. this following a brutal december. the dow, nasdaq on the pace for their worst december since 1931. we'll dive into the numbers in a moment. first, stocks gaining on signs of a trade deal in the making with china and maybe a deal in the works to end this government shutdown. blake burman is at the white house with more on that. blake? >> hi there, charles. happy new year's to you by the way. thursday is shaping up to be a pivotal day in all of this when talking about the government shutdown that is now in to its second week. that's because in a few days from now, democrats are going to control the house of representatives. and now we are starting to learn about the democrats' game plan. they will try to advance legislation here starting at the end of this week i

after an apartment block in central russia is devastated by a gas explosion. at least four people are dead — up to 35 missing. the democratic senator elizabeth warren gives the clearest signal yet that she wants to run for the us presidency in 2020. we can win. we can and we will. new year's celebrations in the middle east — this is the scene live in dubai, the latest place to welcome in 2019. this is moscow, the latest place to welcome in 2019. hello and welcome to world news today. let's go straight to where the new year 2019 is dawning, and to moscow where festivities are under way to celebrate the new year. the kremlin, the red square and saint background. it is all below freezing but the crowds are huge. and more than 1,000 ice rinks have been opened for merrymakers. let's get it out of the atmosphere. doesn't that look absolutely beautiful? it is about minus five celsius. the walls eliminated so beautifully. we will be bringing all the very latest fireworks and celebrations through the various times on bbc news. moscow three hours ahead of the uk but we will bring you wh

, the russia investigation and even blaming the deaths of two migrant children on democrats over the weekend. the president also correcting his outgoing chief of staff, john kelly, who an interview with the "l.a. times," tried to redefine the president's long-promised border wall with mexico. >> we are going to build a great border wall! >> reporter: to be honest, it's not a wall, kelly told the paper. the president still says wall, oftentimes frankly he'll say barrier or fencing. now he's tended toward steel slats. but we left a solid concrete wall early on in the administration. trump responding on twitter this morning. in all, concrete wall was never abandoned. kelly also blasted jeff sessions, saying the former attorney general's zero tolerance policy, which led to families being separated at the southern border caught administration officials off guard, trying to defend a policy they claimed did not exist. >> not a liar. we've never had a policy for family separation. >> reporter: kelly defended his tenure, saying it should be measured not by what was accomplished, but by what t

around the england football team, at a world cup that will live long in the memory. from russia with love. sport's most famous icon, the nation prepared with military timing. we'd waited four years for this sea of colour and culture, and it didn't let us down. england opened with a late, late show against tunisia. debutants panama were soon wrestled aside, too. hit for six. sterling, jesse lingard. jesse lingard! harry kane even got a hat—trick, half of his golden boot. a quirk of the draw meant losing their last group game to belgium was actually better. lose they did, and it felt like belgium had actually scored an own goal. our objective at the start of this group phase was to be in the next round, and we're in the next round. joined by football's biggest stars, coming to play on the biggest playground. the defending champions were sent home early. germany are out of the world cup! just a glitch? not for var. bugs, russia had plenty. world—class goals, lots of them, too. coutinho, oh! and driven into the back of the net, an absolute peach of a goal! pavard hits it! it's another glo

explosion in an apartment building in russia the blast in the nine story block in the city of magneto growth cap and earlier early in the morning when many residents were asleep authorities believe it was caused by a gas leak. security forces in sudan have fired tear gas at protesters who were planning to march on the presidential palace anti-government demonstrators want to step down crowds gathered in the capital khartoum and they were confronted by riot police who blocked a march. now to congo where there's a tense wait as the votes from sunday's presidential election a counted millions of people took part in the event that could see the first peaceful transfer of power in decades but questions over its fairness of mounting with accusations of mismanagement and erect irregularities especially in opposition areas. so too many parts of congo returns to polling stations today to study lists of initial results posted outside provisional nationwide results are not due out for another week so today was plagued by technical problems and allegations of vote rigging our ballot election i do

moscow not just from russia but from all over the world who have come to red square to celebrate new years now they're enjoying the attractions over there they're enjoying the lighting and many of them are waiting for the annual fireworks display show that happens right after the clock ticks twelve but as you said before many people around the world have already welcomed in the new year like in the middle east in australia and as many of our viewers probably know russia spans over more than just one time zone and president vladimir putin has already congratulated many citizens of the far east on their own welcoming in of the new year now this new year specifically is not a usual one for russia as earlier today there was a gas explosion in the russian ural mountain city of magnet to gore square several people were killed and several more are still missing with many people still left out in the cold but very heartwarming story has been released to the media that many citizens of magnitogorsk have opened their homes to the vase the victims of this tragedy in those affected so that they

from russia . a low eleven pm here in moscow this new year's eve life marked international's news agency was kevin zero in with you this evening thanks for watching and first the national tragedy as it sees in the new year the central russian city of need to go attempting to come to terms with the tragic collapse of an apartment block on monday morning the federal emergency ministry now says at least seven people died and that at least thirty five have been left and accounted for after that building came down after a gas explosion president putin was there in the aftermath and met with emergency coordinator. we should think of those who lost their lives and who were injured but now let's start to work because we have all the necessary equipment and all the necessary. we are now clearing the debris the risk of collapse still remains. after meeting with officials and rescue workers the russian president paid a visit then to the hospital where the wounded are being treated he's promised full support for those. by the disaster over a thousand people have been evacuated from their home

. but of course i want to make a couple of dollars from having fun so we did that. russia is set to miss the deadline to hand over data from its moscow anti—doping lab. the world anti—doping agency controversially lifted a three—year ban on the country in september — on the condition that doping samples were sent by the end of 2018. the clock is ticking and failure to meet the deadline would be embarassing for wada's leadership — and will almost certainly see russia face new sanctions. caroline rigby reports. for years, russian athletes broke records and dominated medal tables. it was too good to be true. after russia was found guilty of state—sponsored doping on a massive scale, it became a country in sporting exile, clean athletes forced to compete as neutrals at events like the olympics. in the seychelles, in september, the world anti—doping agency changed all that, it has made the controversial decision to lift the ban on russia, on the condition that by the end of the year, it hands over data from this moscow laboratory at the centre of one of the biggest ever scandals

ethically sound decisions than a human the u.s. russia and israel are the primary opponents of outlawing these weapons they want clear definitions after five years of talks at the un things are finally taking shape. for the first time a proposal is on the table sent by austria brazil and chile. and backed by twenty five other nations to say we need next year to start negotiating for a buy we've been talking for too long the other proposal on the table is from france and germany and that's called a political declaration and that's leaving it up to nations them to set themselves to decide what's good and bad about the weapons. the talks will continue next year with an agenda based on least two proposals meanwhile the development of autonomous weapons systems continues and international agreement on them is urgent they need it. jeff says keep it you must. now passionate networkers in their projects today it's musician rush me too he's got a special touch. class made as a jazz musician composer and professor at the university of music and frye back he lives for music and wanted to

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, but it is officially 2019 in dubai, oman and parts of russia. live pictures here from dubai. looks like a pretty good party there. the east coast will be hit with heavy rain showers. cnn's jennifer gray joins me now from the cnn weather center. jennifer, if you're planning on being outside tonight, it's going to be a little bit warmer with a little bit of rain, right. >> you're exactly right. it's going to be warmer than last year, but it is going to be much wetter. and the rain has already made it up to new york. it's in d.c., it's in philly, it will eventually be in boston. a lot of the big cities will experience rain. unfortunately, and for all of the people in twaimes square, n that the rain has begun, it's going to keep on rain iing unti we ring in the new hour. it's also raining in chicago. that should be wrapped up by the time the clock strikes midnight that should clear cleup. we also have tornado watches and a thunderstorm watch until 8:00 p.m. eastern time. the storm watch is through 7:00 p.m. eastern time. and so we could get some rough weather on the way, as well, for f

insult but the u.s. . in their embassies in damascus last week. russia's president vladimir putin has arrived in the southwestern city of mad need to go ask after a gas explosion early on monday calls part of an abattoir apartment building to collapse killing at least four people and injuring others many others remain missing. they called the lionesses this is senegal's women's basketball team which made history in october edging closer to winning the world cup with a new n.b.a. basketball training facility in the country the sport is gaining popularity especially among girls the reports from the city of chess. fifteen year old song go is unwilling to accept the kind of life many teenage girls are facing the third child of four brothers and sisters she's expected to cook clean and iron for the family chores her brothers don't have to do. and look i need help and i'm grateful that i mean i was doing this but i hope she has a better future than me. in senegal one out of three girls marry young. but this is not what i mean and wants. us one day my older sister went to a basketball court

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dead in the dozens of missing following an explosion in an apartment building in russia the blast in the nine story block in the city of back neato groups happened early in the morning when many residents were silly or thought is beneath it was caused by a gas leak. security forces in sudan have fide to gas up protesters who were planning to march on the presidential palace anti-government demonstrators want to step down crowds gathered in the capital khartoum and they were confronted by riot police who blocked the march. in yemen the latest ceasefire between government troops and who the rebels is holding and it's hope that this will bring relief to the population millions of whom are suffering from starvation but an investigation by the associated press has found that much of the aid arriving in yemen and off in the wrong hands united nations world food program has also said today that its food is being stolen. goods on sale at a market in yemen desperately needed wheat and cooking oil but closer inspection shows these products come from the united nations world food program and ch

other news, an american citizen has been arrested in moscow on suspicion of espionage. russia's to muskets security identifying that man as paul whelan. u.s. state department says a has been notified of his detention but could not release the name or provide more details. found guilty on flying in russia's -- faces 10 to 20 years behind bars. for his celebrating annual new receive celebration and ant-government demonstrators are as well. they are angry at rising taxes and president emmanuel macron's pro business policy. francis to point 150,000 security forces nationwide to counter violence in. tear gas tog disperse thousands of protesters as a began to march towards the presidential palace in kartun. activist are demanding that president al bashir set down. -- step down. dozens have died since the protest began nearly two weeks ago. global news 24 hours a day on air, on tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. this is bloomberg. abigail: president trump and the federal reserve have had a rocky relation to say the least and wall s

u.s. citizen arrested in russia with the security agency saying the man was detained on espionage kharpbls. rich edson is live in washington with more on this story. >> reporter: the russian federal security service says authorities caught in america in russia in the fact of spying. the fsp said it arrested on friday u.s. citizen it identifies as paul wheeler. russian state says if found guilty, he faces 10 to 20 years in prison. russian authorities have provided no further information on the arrest. a state department spokesman said we have been formally notified of the foreign affairs. russia's obligation require them to provide counsular access. the russian ministry of foreign affairs claims bitina is a political prisoner of the u.s. type of campaign the russian government is usually the target of. >> julie: at the time, i guess at the same time, putin is reaching out to the president. i can't imagine what he has to say about this. >> reporter: the president said president putin wrote a letter to president trump with a christmas meeting. russian president's office said putin st

artists feel the pressure in russia as the kremlin seeks more control over music. and the new england patriots make their tenth straight playoffs will have a full round up of who will be fighting for a place at super bowl fifty three with peter in sport. people in the yemeni port city of her data say shelling is under way despite a un backed truce hoofy pfizer's had agreed to hand over control of her data to local coast guards and they will be overseen by the un and that's all part of a deal that was agreed in sweden recently bought the government backed by a saudi iraqi coalition says they're not honoring the truce well the midterm doom reports in her data optimism however cautious it may have been has turned into confusion despite a un back to truce there are reports showing it's still going on. some residents accuse her the rebels of failing to hand over control of the port city as they have promised to do as part of the recently signed agreement in sweden that had the scene you know where they. say the talks about handing over the port of ho died as a farce directed by the who the

jackpot up for grabs. it will probably have you buying a ticket today. >>> russia says it has a u.s. citizen in custody accused of espionage. that country's federal security service says they have detained u.s. citizen paul wheelan in moscow. he was court during an espionage operation, but russia gave no further detail. the u.s. state department has not confirmed the identity of the man that russia says they have in custody. but acknowledge receiving formal notification from the foreign ministry of that detention. we'll keep an eye on it and be back after the break. deal talk. when you're powering up for a video game binge try my new chilli cheese or triple cheese and bacon curly fries for just $3. jack. so just so you know, i was like this close to totally destroying your planet until i heard about those fries. that's uh, so thoughtful. try my new $3 sauced and loaded fries. so we don't want you to pay yone cent more than you need to for health care. at covered california, you can get health insurance at a lower cost. in fact, enrollees pay an average of $5 per day. see how little

maldooima maldives and parts of russia are welcoming in the new year. we've seen fireworks, but the east coast will be ringing in the new year with heavy rain and showers. the first time it's rained in times square on new year's eve since 1994. that's the year i graduated from high school. i don't know if there's a connection to that at all. jennifer gray joining me now live from the cnn weather cen r center. it could get a little ugly, jenner. >> it could. once it starts raining in times square, it's not going to stop. so all of those people waiting for the ball to drop, they're going to be in for the long haul. it's going to be raining in philadelphia, d.c., as well. and all of these cities to the west. chicago, cleveland, cincinnati, st. louis, and even some storms all the way down the mississippi river valley, into places like baton rouge, new orleans, very popular new year's eve spots could be soaked for tonight. there is also a severe weather risk, and that extends from the south up to places like lexington, where we could see damaging winds, isolated tornadoes, and even the possib

core russia question whether trump or people around him conspired to allow foreign power to influence the election remained unanswered. also unknown is what if anything mueller had learned about any financial entanglements between donald trump and russians whether putin had something to be blunt on the president of the united states. so could those questions finally be answered in 2019? joining me the editor and chief, he is also an msnbc legal analyst. so much happened in 2019 when it comes to robert mueller. lots of folks were indicted and lots pleaded guilty to lying. a lot of folks were super close to the president. a number of russians were indicted as well. there is a lot we don't flow. what do you expect for 2019? >> i do expect we are going to learn the big answer to that big question you posed. now necessarily, you know, what framed as the collusion question but mueller has been very careful so far to address questions of what the russians were doing and to address questions of how people lied to him as he tried to investigate that. he has, as you point out, with held the ans