Resigns Andrew Mccabe had been accused of bias by President Trump. Syrian warplanes mount a major attack on rebel territory killing at least twenty people as russian brokered peace talks start but without the opposition. Colombias president puts peace talks with rebels on hold after a string of attacks killed seven police offices. And deep sea politics the Chinese Research expedition thats making waves with scientists in the philippines. In sport but communities city is on its way to Major League Soccer in the United States the former england captain officially kicks off as yet unnamed teen in miami. Welcome to the program on top story the Deputy Director of the f. B. I. Is stepping down from his post. Had been accused of bias by a President Trump is resigning several weeks ahead of his planned retirement date in march trumps criticized him several times in the past accusing him of supporting Hillary Clinton in the two thousand and sixteen election. Weve seen the numerous ports as all
Have been stepping up efforts to stop the vote claiming that most voting stations have been closed. It follows a raid at the Catalan Governments i. T centre to disrupt electronic voting. The vote is considered illegal by the government in spain. The National Police have sealed off over a thousand schools which are intended to be polling stations. Its prompted the president of the Catalan National assembly to make this plea. Translation i want to make a plea to the police and appeal to their sense of responsibility and community. Well, this was the scene in madrid earlier people against the vote showing their support for a united spain. But many catalans say they are determined to vote. Heres our correspondent tom burridge who is in barcelona. This is how parents and people in this part of barcelona a scene repeated across the city and across the region of catalonia, are trying to keep this school open. They hope the police cannot get in if they organise activities with their kids and s
Theresa may is facing renewed pressure over the governments approach to brexit on the eve of the conservative Party Conference. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, used a newspaper interview to set out four areas on which he believed the government should not compromise in its negotiations with the european union. Our Political Correspondent vicki young reports. Is this a Prime Ministerial red box brimming with popular ideas . Evening, Prime Minister, are you looking forward to conference . Theresa may certainly hopes so. She arrived in manchester this evening, determined to put that disappointing election result behind her, and talk about more than brexit. Is the foreign secretary stealing your limelight, Prime Minister . But keeping the lid on conservative splits over europe wont be easy. Yet again, borisjohnsons been going public with his personal views on brexit. In an interview with the sun, he lays out four red lines. He says the transition period after march 2019 should not be
With me, tanya beckett. I am here at the British Library to guide you through another five extraordinary moments from the recent past. We will meet a man who was the first to walk the entire length of the great wall of china, a scientist who sealed herself inside a giant greenhouse for an environmental experiment and a cuban musician who remembers recording one of the countrys most successful albums. But first, in september 1977, anti apartheid activist steve biko, leader of the black Consciousness Movement in south africa, died in police custody. Weeks earlier, he had been arrested. Witness has spoken to bikos friend, peterjones, who was arrested with him. I miss my friend steve biko and i am forever in his debt. Steve biko is one of the people that originated the new generation of Young Political minded black people. The black Consciousness Movement. We believe in our country there will be no minority, no majority, there willjust be people. And those people will have the same status
And brutality against Rohingya Women and children whove fled the military crackdown in myanmar. The United Nations is warning of an increase in this type of violence and doctors say theyve found that many of the women and children theyre treating, have been sexually assaulted and abused by soldiers. The rohingya a muslim ethnic minority live in Rakhine State in mainly buddhist myanmar but more than half a million are now living in refugee camps on the southern tip of bangladesh. You may find some of the details in sanjoy majumders report distressing. The memorys still fresh, the pain very raw. A village inside myanmar was attacked two weeks ago, allegedly by the Burmese Military and a mob of rakhine buddhists. Translation i came out with my children to try and escape. Two rakhine men pinned my arms to my side. Then, they started raping me. After one finished, another one took his place, and then a third. When they let her go, she picked up her children and began running. Then this happ