Promising to help you live longer. Thats in half an hour here on bbc news. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The director of public prosecutions, alison saunders, has said all current rape and serious Sexual Assault cases in england and wales are to be reviewed as a matter of urgency following the collapse of several recent trials because evidence was not disclosed to defence lawyers. Today the attorney general told the bbc there was no evidence of widespread malpractice or dishonesty in the prosecution system. Our Legal Affairs correspondent, clive coleman, reports. Disclosure of evidence in some recent highly publicised rape cases has gone badly wrong. But how widespread is the problem . In december liam allan was acquitted of six counts of rape and six of Sexual Assault when it emerged evidence on a computer disk which police had examined showed messages from the alleged victim pestering him for casual sex. And the number of prosecutions in england and wales that collapsed bec
After she beats simona halep in the final of the australian open. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Three teenage boys have been killed after they were hit by a car in west london. It happened last night in hayes. A man aged 28 who was in the vehicle is under arrest in hospital. The police say theyre investigating an altercation that is believed to to be linked. Ben ando reports. Friends, classmates, mourners grieving together an improvised memorialfor a tragedy as shocking as it was unexpected, to mark the deaths of teenagers struck by a speeding car in hayes, middlesex yesterday evening. The teenage boys have not been formally identified, but named locally as george, harry and josh. Two were 16, the other 17. Earlier their families had visited the bus stop where the boys had lost their lives. Jake webb was one of the first on the scene immediately after it happened. I could see the incident in front of me. I had called them at that point. There was a bus driver in front of us. He
Merkels more conservative sister party the c. S. U. From the state of bavaria sounded more upbeat then earlier in the day listen its good for. Everyone has to get out of the trenches digging in our heels wont work anymore the moment of truth is upon us. But the wait goes on in the meantime the Coalition Partners in waiting are hashing out their differences over Health Care Reform and labor laws hopes are high that this will be the last night of suspense and that a new grand Coalition Government is within sight or one of the many reporters waiting outside the c. D. U. Headquarters here in berlin is our chief Political Correspondent with the crane good evening melinda its almost time to say good morning it is so late on this tuesday into wednesday is there any movement behind you can we expect a deal before sunrise. There is movement behind me but not quite of the sort that you me and in fact a lot of the reporters who have been waiting here are packing up now and so are a number of the
I will always put America First, just like the leaders of other countries should put their Country First also. But America First does not mean america alone. When the United States grows, so does the world. But at the end of a week in which the us imposed extra charges on some imported goods from china, he played down talk of a trade war. Nevertheless, there was a warning. We cannot have free and open trade if some countries exploit the system at the expense of others. We support free trade, but it needs to be fair, and it needs to be reciprocal. Because in the end, unfair trade undermines us all. Some stood to applaud, but it wasnt the ovation given to president xi of china last year. This hasnt been a complete meeting of minds, but then again it was never going to be. That said, donald trump has been more conciliatory than many would have expected, and the audience have reacted more warmly. It may be that davos 2018 turns out to be a win win. And the president was in conciliatory, al
Than 100 injured as an explosion rocks the Afghan Capital kabul. It comes a week after a Major Taliban attack on a high profile hotel in which more than 20 people died. There is relief for a thousand workers at Aerospace Firm bombardier as massive tariffs will not now be imposed by the us authorities. The Prime Minister has welcomed the landmark ruling. The release of serial sex attacker, john worboys, has been put on hold. It comes after two of his victims won the first stage of a legal challenge. Paris is on high alert for flooding. Record rainfall has caused the river seine to burst its banks in one of the wettest januarys in paris in more than a century. Hundreds of homes have been evacuated, and tunnels and roads have been sealed off. Lets have a quick look at the scene live now. You can see that the water is very high indeed there under that bridge across the river. Very gloomy day as well. You cant even see the eiffel tower. Now on bbc news, the travel show. This week on the sho