its highest in m years. the parents of archie battersbee have lodged another appeal with the supreme court against the decision to end the 12 year old s life support treatment. a bit ofa a bit of a waiting game now, but we are hopeful that they will hopefully hear the case and we will get to put our points across. british airways halts sales of tickets on short haul flights from heathrow for a week as disruption for travellers continues. mps are calling for non surgical cosmetic procedures like botox and fillers to be better regulated. hello, welcome to the programme. the leader of al-qaeda has been killed by an american drone strike, in the afghan capital kabul. ayman al zawahiri was one of the masterminds of the attacks of september 11th. us president biden, in a live televised address, said his death would help give closure to the families of the thousands of people killed on 9/11. our correspondent, secunder kermani, reports from kabul. this is the family home where it s
and coming up on bbc news. keeley hodgkinson cruises into tomorrow night s 800m final in rome as she hopes to defend her european championship title. hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. rishi sunak has promised to scrap the main rate of national insurance for the self employed over five years, end stamp duty payments for most first time buyers, and recruit thousands more police officers if the conservatives are re elected to power next month. the prime minister launched the party s manifesto this morning at silverstone home of the british grand prix hoping to pull voters minds back to policies after recent setbacks on the campaign trail. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. he needs this to be the moment his campaign motored ahead. rishi sunak knows that after a series of missteps, he now needs to get on the front foot. today, his chance to set out what five further years of conservative government would bring. but amid the promises of the future, a nod
Bbc northwest tonight obvious at the Sports Personality of the year. Hello and welcome to viewers on the bbc news channel to the echo arena here in liverpool, a magnificent view this evening, and this is what its all about. The bbc Sports Personality of the year trophy, 12 contenders who you have just seen, one of them will be crowned the winnerfor one of them will be crowned the winner for 2017 one of them will be crowned the winnerfor 2017 within one of them will be crowned the winner for 2017 within the space of a couple of hours this evening. We are going to be chatting to a lot of the stars from sporting scenes and entertainment scenes, as they make their way into the main event. First of all, before we get our first guest, lets take a lack at some of the amazing sports moments of 2017 some of the amazing sports moments of 2017 take a look. Some of the amazing memories of 2017 which will be celebrated here tonight in liverpool at the echo arena at this years Sports Personality of
Staff cry. They just at no point did i see any member of staff cry. Theyjust rose to the challenge, and they just staff cry. Theyjust rose to the challenge, and theyjust kept going. Some of those staff describe a night they will never be able to forget. Well have the latest from manchester, and well assess the seriousness of the row between police and us authorities. Also this lunchtime. On a charm offensive. Having criticised both in the past, donald trump arrives in brussels for talks with nato and eu leaders. Net migration to the uk falls by 84,000 most of those leaving the country were eu citizens. Shouting please, please, be respectful. Angry scenes at ukips Manifesto Launch, as theresa may is accused of being partly to blame for the manchester atrocity. And coming up in the sport on bbc news. Buttons back. Already in practice earlier today ahead of this weekends monaco grand prix, where Jenson Button is making a one off return. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one.
And chasing the dream ben ainslies bid for sailing history gets underway tomorrow. If we can win the americas cup for britain, you know, look at our sporting maritime heritage, its the one thing thats missing, it would be huge if we could bring the cup home, and thats what motivates and inspires us. In the sport on bbc news World Number One andy murray will play russias Andrey Kuznetsov in the first round of the french open. Johanna konta faces unseeded soo way shei of chinese taipei. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn has given a speech this morning, linking British Military action abroad to Terrorist Attacks here at home. Mr corbyn said the War On Terror is not working and that a different approach is needed. He was speaking as Election Campaigning resumed after mondays attack in manchester. The conservatives have condemned his remarks as crass and appallingly timed. Our Political Correspondent iain watson reports. The political truce af