A pint of bitter, please. Also today this woman, Victoria Smith, died months after her disability benefits were stopped. Now the Assessment Company capita is going to court to fight a decision that it mishandled her claim. Well talk to victorias mum. She was a human being. She was my daughter. And she was my friend and my world. Plus, james hodders girlfriend kirsty boden was killed in the London Bridge attacks. Hes calling for an urgent meeting with thejustice secretary in his fight for legal aid for the families of those killed in terror attacks. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Later on the programme well talk to helen wood, a former escort who hit the headlines after wayne rooney paid to sleep with her. Shes now written a memoir and well talk to her later. Use the hashtag victoria live. First, the latest news, rebecca jones. The European Union has rejected holding further brexit talks with the uk while borisjohnsons government insist on changing the
Nationalist rally in charlottesville, virginia, turned deadly, the president said this you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides. Reporter today, mr. Trump pledged more federal resources to combat domestic terrorism. He also recommended curbing the glorification of violence found in video games and restricting access to firearms for the mentally ill who pose a threat. Mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger, not the gun. Reporter but mr. Trump did not talk about the need to mandate strong background checks on gun buyers which he tweeted this morning and initially supported after the 2018 shooting at a florida high school. And im pissed because my daughter im not going to see again reporter just days after meeting with victims and family members, the president had what he called a great meeting with the nra and backed off his background check pledge. Today, former president barack obama issued a lengthy statement calling for tougher gun laws and in a rare rebuke
And residents will find out whether they can return to their homes. Tackling the counterfeit alcohol trade how an artificial tongue could help taste subtle differences between whiskies. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Iam i am rebecca jones. The European Union has rejected holding further brexit talks with the uk, while borisjohnsons government insists on changing the Withdrawal Agreement to scrap the irish border backstop. Eu negotiators told european diplomats such changes which the new uk government is demanding were unacceptable. But downing street says the Prime Minister will enter into any fresh brexit talks with the greatest energy and the spirit of friendship. Adam fleming reports from brussels. The eu is inching closer to accepting that the most likely outcome of the Brexit Process is the uk departing without a deal on october 31st. After discussions last week with the Prime Minister, his europe adviser david frost and the brexit secretary stephen barclay, brussels
Crazy video here. A surveillance video, look at that, captured the terrifying moment a little boy stepped on a broken manhole cover and fell in. The boys father tried climbing down the shaft, but he didnt fit. So he blindly reached around until he finally managed to pull the boy up. The child was dirty and a bit bruised. Hes okay. Otherwise okay. He is okay. Oh my gosh, that video. He is curious, you see how he walks up to it . Then thats the lesson right there. All right, and turning back now to the deadly shootings in el paso, texas, and dayton, ohio, and new concerns about preventing future attacks. Heres abcs tom llamas. Reporter Mass Shootings in el paso, dayton, and a garlic festival in gilroy, california. Lone gunmen with highpowered weapons unleashing their killing sprees. Though investigations into these shootings are just Getting Started there are questions about whether any of them could have been prevented. Were there warning signs missed . Its possible to prevent Mass Shoo
Passengers is forced to make an Emergency Landing in spain supremacist that has no bearing, or belongs in el paso. After smoke filled the cabin. Here, unlike dayton, ohio, indian administered kashmir the killers motivations appear is in lockdown for a second day. To be driven by racist hatred, the internet is restricted which the president himself and thousands of troops are on the streets after delhi condemned from the white house. Removed its special status. In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy. As the death toll in the el paso shooting rises to 22, families of some of those who died has he done enough to condemn it speak of their grief rather than stoke it . His predecessor and coming up on bbc news clearly believes not. After defeat in the first barack obama has called ashes test yesterday, another blow for england today on all americans to reject as Bowlerjames Anderson is ruled out of the second test language from any of their leaders that fee