League title. Hello and welcome. Police in the say a highly toxic nerve agent called vx has been found on the face of kim jong nam, the murdered half brother of north koreas leader kim jong un. Mr kim died last week after two women accosted him briefly in a check in hall at Kuala Lumpur Airport. The nerve agent, vx, is classified as a Weapon Of Mass Destruction by the United Nations. Our correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes reports from kuala lumpur. Last week at Kuala Lumpur Airport someone chose to attack Kim Jong Nam Last week at Kuala Lumpur Airport someone chose to attack kim jong nam in full view of at least half a dozen cctv cameras. It was a very deliberate and very public act of violence. Today we learned what killed him. And its even more shocking. It is the vx nerve agent, which is a chemical weapon. Kim jong nam was walking across this busy Departures Hall last week when he was attacked at this spot. Now we know what was used to kill him, vx, one of the most deadly nerve ag
Round up of the day s news, first it is on his watch. And there and welcome to news watch with me samira ahmed. On this programme, is bbc news doing deals with celebrities . She gets to talk about their new film, they get to ask about the divorce. It was a very difficult time, and, we are a family. And we will always be a family. And we will always be a family. But first has stormed doris battered many parts of the uk on thursday, it could only mean one thing for bbc news reporters, you know what is coming next. Heres alison freeman. We saw you earlier almost unable to stand up, it doesnt look much better now . M isnt rita, we have just watched this storm unfold throughout the morning, as the wind has become more and more powerful. It is so strong at the moment i cant look into it, and the foam that has been blown from the seat is a bit more like being ina from the seat is a bit more like being in a blizzard. But was that piece of broadcasting and location necessary , piece of broadcas
Well look at some president ial errors. Also, unreal and overoptimistic. For the nhs and Welfare State if britain leaves the eu without a trade deal. Thats the opinion of the former Prime Minister sirjohn major. And the greek economic crisis it goes from bad to worse, well speak to the former greek Finance Minister yanis va roufakis. Im katty kay in washington christian frasers in london. Big increases in Defence Spending offset by cuts to domestic agencies and the State Department thats what President Trump wants from his first budget. Hes promised one of the greatest military build ups in american history, and briefings by the white house suggest the increase could be more than 9 . Also today, the defence Secretaryjim Mattis is due to deliver his plan for defeating the self styled Islamic State group. This is what donald trump had to say earlier about the military. We must ensure that our courageous servicemen and women have the tools they need to deter war, and when called upon to f
Also in the next hour abuse by home carers. There have been more than 20,000 allegations made against Home Care Workers over the last three years, according to data obtained by the bbc. Prison officers in england and wales are to withdraw from riot duty in a dispute over pay and pensions. And private Rocket Company spacex has announced that two private citizens have paid to be sent around the moon. It is the final day of the inquest into the deaths of the british citizens who died in sousse when a gunman carried out a massacre at the hotel where they were staying. The coroner at the inquests into the deaths of 30 british tourists in tunisia has begun delivering his conclusions. The families had been asking for neglect by the Holiday Company to be considered. The coroner has said that he can and can do that because he said that would have meant a gross cannot do that because it would be a gross failure by the company. But he had very severe criticism for the Tunisian Police. An arms pat
Backed a cross party amendment saying that ministers should guarantee eu nationals right to stay in the uk. He comes bearing gifts. The Saudi Arabian king riots in indonesia where he is expected to pump money into the countrys oil sector. And the owners of snapchat see their Company Valued at 24 billion in a share sale. Welcome to Asia Business report. It has been a highly anticipated state visit. Saudi Arabias King Salman is in indonesia as part of Multi Stop Tour around asia. The saudi king is expected to announce Investment Deals totalling more than 20 billion. Around 6 billion of that will be pumped into state owned refineries, and it is the second oil deal we over saudi arabia this week. Earlier the country invested 7 billion into a Refinery Project over in malaysia. Saudi arabia is the worlds biggest exporter, much of its crude going to customers in asia. I asked why saudi arabia is so particularly interested in this region. Saudi arabia has a lot of money to throw around. It wou