In the past hour, President Trump has blocked the release of a classified memo that rebutted claims that there was anti trump bias in the fbis russia investigation. The white house said the memo, written by democratic congressmen, couldnt be released because it contained classified material. Lets go now to our north america correspondent peter bowes for more. I had some very Smart Questions to ask about with redacted information and why this was going to appear as double standards but apparently the democrats are now saying Something Else . They are saying they will consider some reductions and actually it isnt a huge surprise. I think we have been half expecting that this would happen, certainly over the last few days, the signs we re over the last few days, the signs were that the white house would probably come back and say that out of security considerations, it was not able to release the document which, as you have already said, is essentially a reduction, is essentially a reduct
The story that those journalists were working on a detailed investigation into a mass execution in a village in eastern myanmar. And weve seen their report. Our reporter, James Clayton, is across the story and is with me now. What has just happened tonight . Reuters have tonight decided to publish a story that it claims is in the International Public interest, why they have published now is they have been working on the story for weeks been in touch with those journalists in myanmar, in a prison there, and they say they have their consent to publish this story now. What were they investigating . Well, reuters say that their investigation is the first to obtain evidence from some of the perpetrators of this horrific violence, so they spoke to Police Officers in myanmar and members of a paramilitary group, and spoke to local villagers in inn din, and what they managed to amass was testimony of really quite nasty crimes and they implicate the military, they found pictures or were given pi
And where the athletes eat, sleep and train well get a guided tour behind the scenes. And nick has the weather. Good morning, it is the weekend so there is another weather system coming into the uk. Rain at some stage for all of us. The chance of snow, especially later. And after being less cold today, tomorrow is much colder again. I have yourfull forecast coming up. Good morning. First, our main story. The department for International Development is reviewing its work with oxfam following claims the charity covered up the use of prostitutes by some of its staff. Oxfam has insisted it publicised the action it took against the workers, some of whom were fired. However, the times is reporting several went on to work for other charities who were unaware of their past behaviour. Jessica parker reports. An advert to the charity giant oxfam, it got nearly £32 million from the Uk Department for International Development in the last financial year. To be the Sexual Exploitation scandal, the
Scientists grow human eggs in a laboratory for the first time. Remote driving system activated. Weight, which side of the road as it . Just drive. Calm down. And in the film review well be talking black panther, as marvels highly anticipated movie is released. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at five. Our main story, families of some of the victims of two british Islamic State jihadists, whove been captured in syria, have called for the men to face justice in court. Alexanda kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh were seized by Kurdish Forces last month. Bethany haines, whose father david was murdered by the cell, says the men should be forced to look the people whose lives theyd destroyed in the eye. Nicolas henin, a french journalist held by the group, says they should stand trial in britain. Us Officials Say the group has murdered more than 20 hostages. Richard galpin reports. 34 year old Alexanda Kotey was captured in Eastern Syria last month, along with 29 year old El Shafee Elsheik
With kim yo jong, who is the sister of north koreas leader. It took place inside the president ial blue house in seoul. Kim yo jong is the first member of north koreas ruling dynasty to have travelled to the south since the end of korean war hostilities. The Olympic Games has produced an unexpected easing of tensions on the Korean Peninsula after years with virtually no communication across the border, as pyongyang has built up its nuclear arsenal. Lets get all the latest from the bbcs stephen mcdonell, whos in the south korean capital. How significant is this handshake . Was this just for the cameras or is there something more of substance to it . Certainly on a symbolic level this handshake at the Opening Ceremony is very significant. You can imagine that photo, the image, of the south korean president shaking hands with the north Korean Leaders sister at the Opening Ceremony has travelled all around the world. This comes after years of virtually no communication between the two regi