Tim willcox is in london. Not farfrom where i am a car has ploughed into a group of pedestrians in times square. One person is known to have died and 23 are injured. Police are saying it isnt terror related but the location draws tourists from around the world and it comes at a time when people on both sides of the atlantic are on edge about cars being used in attacks. The mayor of new york has been speaking, this is what he had to say. So far what we know, 23 individuals were injured in this incident. That includes tragically one young woman who has passed away. The perpetrator is in custody, a United States citizen and a former memberof the United States citizen and a former member of the armed forces. Inaudible the bbcs nada tawfik is on the scene for us and has an update. What more do we know about the driver . What the nypd has said is that this was a 26 year old man from the bronx, here in new york, new york native, former member of the navy, they say that he does have a criminal
Victims, and she claims he assaulted her at a sports event in cambridge when she was 16 years old. The trial continuing, but to recap that news, rolf harris is going to be released from stafford prison tomorrow, on bail, and due to appear at his own trial here from monday. The court will not be sitting tomorrow and rolf harris denies all the charges against him. The headlines on bbc news theresa may has launched the conservative manifesto, saying politicians need to be upfront and straight about the challenges ahead. One woman has died and 22 other people were injured after a motorist drove into pedestrians in the centre of new york. Donald trump says hes being subjected to the greatest witch hunt against a politician in American History after a Special Investigator was appointed to examine claims of collusion with russia. Now its time for meet the author. A great house with a great wall around it. We are in mid 17th century england at a time of religious strife when many lives are tou
Theyre disappointed they had to drop the case. His alleged victim says she stands by the allegation. Caroline hawley reports i ,and , and this contains flashing images. Out into the fresh air. On the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy Julian Assange emerged this afternoon to have his say on the end of the swedish investigation against him. Today is an important victory for me and for the un human rights system. Seven years without charge while my children grew up without me. That is not something that i can forgive, it is not something that i can forget. But prosecutors in sweden have not cleared Julian Assange, they have simply said they cant pursue the case any further. Translation there are now no further measures remaining which are possible to advance the investigation. In order to proceed, it would be necessary forJulian Assange to be formally served notice of the crimes of which he is suspected. This was a measure that was to have been conducted during an interview in london, but
Shark in majorca sends out of the sea. Good morning. Its monday 26th june. Im joanna gosling. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. A deal between the conservatives and the Democratic Unionist Party to support theresa mays Minority Government in parliament is expected to be announced very shortly. The Prime Minister is meeting senior dup figures inside Downing Street now, to finalise the details for a so called Confidence And Supply arrangement under which the dups ten mps will vote with the 317 conservatives to form a majority in the House Of Commons. We will bring you the latest on those talks. Lets go to chris mason in Downing Street. What are you expecting . Well, they arrived, the dup, around 15 or 20 minutes ago, greeted by the Prime Minister on the steps of Downing Street. Lots of beaming smiles on the expectation is that we should get details pretty soon, that we should get details pretty 0011, once that we should get details pretty soon, once that meeting breaks up, as do the exact na
But why . Ill have the details. In sport, with less than a week until wimbledon, Heather Watson looks in great form. She beat the defending champion Dominika Cibulkova to reach the last 16 at eastbourne. And we meet the couple on a journey to every single Train Station across britain. What is it . Its the cutest train i have ever seen and carol has the weather. Showers on the way, some of which will be heavy and boundary but i will be heavy and boundary but i will have more details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The government and the Democratic Unionists insist that the deal agreed at Westminster Yesterday, makes the restoration of Power Sharing in Northern Ireland more likely. But other parties say the arrangement under which Northern Ireland will receive more than one billion pounds of extra funding is nothing more than a bribe. Were joined now by our Political Correspondent John Campbell at stormont, but first lets speak to leila nathoo whos At Westminster for