Looks at what can be done better to protect cats from being shot with air guns. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. A group of mps is warning that cuts to the Royal Marines would rip the heart out of one of britains elite fighting forces. The government has reportedly been considering axing around two thousand marines and getting rid of two of the warships they use to launch beach landings. The Defence Select Committee says the cuts would be militarily illiterate. Daniella relph reports. The training, known for being tough and arduous. 6500 Royal Marines go through it to make them amongst britains at elite fighting forces. Known for their versatility and their ability to respond quickly to situations around the world. The Royal Marines also provide up to half the personnel for the uk special forces. The Defence Select Committee report warns that further cuts to the marines would damage their ability to be a High Readiness unit, quickly deployable, often in difficult circumstances. It
The north is to send its highest ranking official for years to the south to the games. Here he is kim yong nam, the ceremonial head of state, will lead a 22 member delegation to the south beginning on friday. It comes as the two nations put on an unprecedented show of sporting collaboration today, fielding a joint womens ice hockey team. It played an International Friendly against sweden. The bbcs laura bicker reports. Fierce and determined, the korean players head onto the rink to prove they are notjust pawns in a Political Drama or an experiment in sports diplomacy. They fight hard against high ranking sweden. Willed on by a crowd eager to witness a piece of history and waving the flag of a unified korea. Translation i was so touched, i feel so good because i felt the passion of the players and it felt like we were one together. But this teams formation has been controversial. The south korean hockey coach has had to tell players she has worked with for years that they have lost thei
Hello and welcome to bbc news. The boss of the fbi has hit back at donald trump in a row over the release of a secret republican memo, which accuses the agency of political bias against the president. In an e mail to staff, Christopher Wray said talk is cheap and that the bureau would continue to investigate independently and by the book. Democrats have said the release was another effort to undermine the inquiry into alleged collusion with russia. Our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. This is the memo that sank relations between the president and the fbi to a new low. The documents, written by republicans, makes the case that the Justice Department and the fbi showed bias against donald trump while spying on one of his advisers. A warrant for the surveillance operation was based on a dossier of information compiled by a former British Intelligence agent who was desperate to donald trump to lose the election. I think it is a disgrace what is happening in our country and
And after wales comprehensive defeat of scotland yesterday england prepare to take on italy in the six nations. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. A group of mps is warning that cuts to the Royal Marines would rip the heart out of one of britains elite fighting forces. The government has reportedly been considering axing around two thousand marines and getting rid of two of the warships they use to launch beach landings. The Defence Select Committee says the cuts would be militarily illiterate. Daniella relph reports. The training, known for being tough and arduous. 6500 Royal Marines go through it to make them amongst britains at elite fighting forces. Known for their versatility and their ability to respond quickly to situations around the world. The Royal Marines also provide up to half the personnel for the uk special forces. The Defence Select Committee report warns that further cuts to the marines would damage their ability to be a High Readiness unit, quickly deployable, ofte
Backbencherjacob rees mogg was wrong to accuse the treasury of fiddling the figures, with forecasts showing the uk would be worse off outside the eu. She also said she was not intimidated by brexiteers warnings over the Customs Union and that the uk government would not surrender too quickly in its battle for a bespoke trade deal with the eu. Two employees of the us Train Company amtrak have been killed and over 100 people injured in a rail crash in the us state of South Carolina. A passenger train travelling between new york and miami collided with a Freight Train and derailed. Earlier i spoke to our correspondent david willis, who said the South Carolina governor, henry mcmaster, has been updating the media. He said that this incident occurred involving a passenger train belonging to the national trail carrier, amtrak, which had 139 passengers on board and eight crew. And a stationery Freight Train. The passenger train was headed from new york to miami when the collision occurred. It