prince philip carries out his final solo engagement watching a parade of royal marines at buckingham palace. and the £198 million man. the record breaking price tag for barcelona star neymar to transfer to paris st germain. good evening and welcome to bbc news. there is new hope tonight for thousands of families who live with the prospect of passing on inherited diseases to future generations. for the first time scientists have successfully repaired a faulty gene in human embryos. the us and south korean team used a process known as ‘gene editing to correct dna that causes a deadly heart condition. the controversial technique is still at the early research stage but it raises the hope of preventing 10,000 gene disorders which pass down the generations. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. the goal could not be more ambitious. to eradicate inherited diseases. these scientists have taken an impressive first step on a long road. editing dna in human embryos. so ho
warning for north korea from the us president donald trump says it will ‘regret it fast‘ if it threatens america or its allies. meanwhile, the president has also sent a tweet asking americans to unite against hate following violent clashes in the run up to a far right rally in virginia. the authorities have also confirmed that several people at the demonstration were injured after being hit by a car. police have arrested a 27 year old man on suspicion of a double murder in golders green. a mother and daughter were found stabbed in their home in north london last night. police investigating the death of 83 year old peter wrighton, who was stabbed while walking his dog, have arrested a man in his 20s. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello, and welcome to sportsday with me, lizzie greenwood hughes. it s a shock defeat for the champions. chelsea lose to burnley in their opening match of the premier league season. but it s terrific from the terriers. newly promot
oldest bank: italy s monte dei paschi requests a state bailout, after plans to save itself come to nothing. plus: it is a $660 billion relationship, but could trump s tough talk spell a costly trade war between the us and china? welcome to world business report. if you are tuning in for the first time, stay where you are. i know it is early in britain. we have nine minutes and here is a fascinating snapshot of all the latest in the world of business and money. who put that on the autocue? we are going to start in italy. we have been following this for weeks now. the deepening banking crisis, because in the last few hours, one of the country s biggest banks says it will request a government bailout. we are talking about monte dei paschi di siena. its boss has been flying around the world, desperately trying to raise money from investors to keep it afloat. but late on thursday the bank admitted it had failed. itjust couldn t find enough takers. after a late night meeting, the i
it reimposes travel restrictions on six muslim majority nations. but the new order omits iraq, offers protection to people that already have green cards, and removes an indefinite ban on syrian refugees. even so, new legal challenges are expected, as nick bryant reports. there was applause when president trump signed the first executive order, but it caused anger, chaos and confusion at america s airports as the travel ban on entrants from seven mainly muslim countries was hurriedly put into effect but the us courts blocked it opening the borders, delivering an embarrassing rebuke to president trump. so today he signed a revised ban with unusually little fanfare. the washington press corps not invited to witness it and this photograph ta ken instead by a white house staffer. he left it to a senior administration officials to sell one of his signature policies. it is the president s solemn duty to protect the american people. and with this order president trump is exercising h
messages of defiance yesterday, another clear message, huge praise for the works of the emergency services and medical staff.. good morning it s thursday, the 23rd of march. the other main headlines on the westminster attack this morning: police say they believe they know the attacker‘s identity and that he was inspired by islamist ideology. parliament will operate as normal today in a show of defiance. the prime minister is expected to make a statement to the commons. we are live at westminster. lots of activity still going on this morning. let s go to carole with the weather. a wet start to the day but generally speaking and improving weather day. more detail in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. we are here in the aftermath of the terror attacks were five people died and a0 people injured some suffering what has been described as a catastrophic injury after a man drove a axa vehicle into the crowd and went on to stab a policeman who later died. five people