To world news today. President trump has urged americans to come together to eradicate anti semitism, after five people were wounded in a knife attack onjews celebrating hanukkah in new york state. The suspected attacker, named as grafton thomas, has appeared in court to be charged with five counts of attempted murder. The mayor of new york, bill de blasio, is set to announce new measures to combat anti semitism following a number of incidents in recent weeks. Chris buckler reports from washington. Members of new yorks largejewish community had gathered to celebrate their religion, only to be attacked because of it. They were at the home of a rabbi here to mark hanukkah, when a man forced his way into the house and started stabbing people, in some cases multiple times. He pulled out a knife and he started running to the left side, and i have thrown tables and chairs and shouted he should get out of here. The injured are still being treated in hospital and this community has been left s
This is terrorism. It is domestic terrorism. These are people who intend to create mass harm, mass violence. President trump has urged people to come together to fight, confront, and eradicate the scourge of anti semitism. Also tonight. As bushfires in australia worsen sydneys famous new year fireworks display will go ahead despite calls for it to be cancelled. We meet the uks first paramedics trained to prescribe in an effort to ease pressure on the nhs. And englands cricketers have lost the first test against south africa in centurion. Good evening. The governor of new york andrew cuomo has called the knife attack at a jewish celebration in new york state domestic terrorism. Five people were injured, two of them critically, during a hanukkah gathering at the home of an orthodox rabbi. A man has been arrested. In recent weeks, police have stepped up patrols in jewish neighbourhoods, following a series of anti semitic hate crimes. Our washington correspondent Chris Buckler reports. Mem
Skills and education. And the race to be the democratic challenger in 2020 has been thrown wide open, with a new poll putting Pete Buttigieg in first place in iowa with a 9 point lead over his nearest rival. Hello and welcome. Im Michelle Fleury in new york and Christian Fraser is in london. The duke of york is said to be standing by his decision to take part in an interview about his links to convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein. Sources close to Prince Andrew said he wanted to address the issues head on, and did so with honesty and humility. It comes after the princes extraordinary interview with the bbc over the weekend. There are now growing calls for the prince to cooperate with us investigators about his links to jeffrey epstein. In his interview, Prince Andrew denied having any sexual contact with the American Woman Virginia Roberts who says she was forced to have sex with him at the age of 17. Epstein took his own life, while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. With m
A mission to save thousands of animals from australias bushfires. Well have the latest on the desperate efforts. The it meltdown that exposed customers to fraud. Branded the truly shambolic bank, a new report says bosses at tsb lacked common sense after 2 million customers couldnt access their accounts. A special, special night, says wales boss ryan giggs, as they beat hungary to qualify for next years European Championship he says its a bright new start for his side. And totteham have sacked manager Mauricio Pochettino. Theyre in talks with Jose Mourinho to take over. Not as cold as dark today as it was yesterday. The cloud and rain and breezy conditions in the west. Something dry and write in central and eastern areas. I have more in 15 minutes. Its wednesday the 20th of november. Our top story this morning borisjohnson and Jeremy Corbyn have traded verbal blows in the first tv debate of the general Election Campaign, but the public response suggests that neither man emerged as a cle
As we work for the original one 200 yea rs as we work for the original one 200 years ago. We have massive untapped potential. Lam martin i am martin crops all come alive in norwich today where we will hear from constituents about the general election issues that matter that to them. Tsb says payments into some of its customers accounts have been delayed its trying to correct the problem as soon as possible. In sport, its the ben stokes show again for england as he hits 91, taking a sizeable lead over new zealand on day two of the first test. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A 27 year old man has been found guilty of the murder of a british backpacker whose body was found in a suitcase outside auckland in new zealand. Grace millane, who was 21, met her killer on a dating app last december. The man, who cant be named due to whats knows as a Court Suppression order, will be sentenced in february. In an emotional statement outside the court, graces father, david millane, welcome