parliamentary elections this is the scene live at a polling atation in paris. support for the far right national rally party has surged since they won the european elections three weeks ago despite macron pledging to stop its rise. i am mark lohan live in paris where voters are flocking to the polling station, some hoping for the first far right government since the second world war, others desperately trying to block it. and a sky full of stars at coldplay s glastonbury set with a few surprise guests. country star shania twain takes the stage this afternoon. let s start with the breaking news this past hour. the spanish civil guard has called off the search for the missing british teeenagerjay slater. the 19 year old from lancashire has been missing in tenerife since 17june, after he told a friend he was lost in the mountains. let s get more on this. with me is in the studio is our correspondent frankie mccamley. what we know at the moment as yesterday there was this
And 50 years after pink floyds debut album the new exhibition at londons victoria and Albert Museum celebrating one of the worlds most famous rock bands. And coming up in the sport on bbc news england are handed a tough draw for the 2019 rugby world cup. Theyll play france and argentina in the tournament in 2019. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. President trump has defended his decision to sack the head of the fbi without warning, saying hed lost the confidence of almost everyone in washington. James comey learnt of his fate last night when he was handed a note as he briefed fbi agents in los angeles. Mr comey had been leading an investigation into alleged links between mr trumps Election Campaign last year and russia. But the white house insists he was dismissed for mishandling an inquiry into Hillary Clintons emails last year. From washington, heres aleem maqbool. Absolutely explosive news out of washington tonight. This is a fox news alert. Fbi Directorjames Comey
Also wheres the evidence . Congresss House Intelligence Committee demands from the president that his phones were wiretapped just before the election. After turkeys ministers are blocked from attending some european rallies, president erdogan threatens to take the netherlands to the European Court and accuses germany of supporting terrorists. Diplomatic freeze. Blizzards in americas north east forces german chancellor merkel to reschedule her trip to the white house. Im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. It is 53 days since donald trump took office, its 233 days since britain voted to leave the European Union. So much has happened since then and yet nothing at all has happened at least in terms of the formal brexit negotiation. But things are about to hot up. Tonight, the Uk Parliament takes its final vote on the brexit legislation, which should clear the way for the Prime Minister to begin the process. It has just rejected both of the amendments. And on the eve of
From the labour party for two years. He has already served one year of his suspension. Now it is time to catch up with the business news, with mariko oi. From delhi to mumbai, we track the agenda of Philip Hammond on his india visit. And thailands property sector, 20 years after the Asian Financial crisis. Welcome to Asia Business report. We are live from singapore. British Finance Minister Philip Hammond Heads To Mumbai today as part of the uks trade push to show that there a world of opportunity for britain outside of europe. His first stop in delhi on wednesday saw him meet with indias Finance Minister. The uk wants to attract the brightest minds. Thats what Philip Hammond told founders from indias Start Up Community at a cafe in central delhi. His discussions with the Finance Minister included trade, Financial Services and infrastructure and talks focused on a post except trade deal. Big uk plans to tighten immigration, but this didnt come up. Business leaders seemed optimistic abo
To entrap lets say you want to know their story. Are fighting and reliable information for margaret. This is the news live from britains Prime Minister under increasing pressure over bracks it ministers deserved to raise the mayors government in protest drafts a deal to exit the European Union if you had chances of getting it through parliament hanging by a thread now theres a move to folks from office. Also on the program too frightened to return home. Ranger refugees in bangladesh it caps a protest against the plan to send them back to me and my it was due to start today. They will not be silenced on the day of the imprisoned arrive so we look at writers Around The World whove each paid a heavy price for upholding Freedom Of Expression. On a crucial week for Germanys National Football Team that goal scored more goals but who will step up to help the team avoid relegation in europe. Im from gayle welcome to the program. The british Prime Minister is fighting to save her draft a bracks