Welcome to bbc news. Tougher prison sentences are being planned for people who are repeatedly caught carrying acid or other corrosive substances. The government wants to introduce a minimum six month jail term in england, wales and scotland. This comes after the number of acid attacks across the uk more than doubled in the past five years. Heres our Home Affairs Correspondent danny shaw. Convicted this week, two robbers who sprayed a chemical on their victims. Joshua jordan and sadik kamara were part of a gang that attacked a shop assistant in east london. The woman, in her 50s, was squirted, with ammonia at least three times. Herface burning, she bravely fought back. Later, jordan and kamara sprayed another woman with ammonia. They will be sentenced next month. The government wants to give police greater powers to prevent attacks with substances like ammonia. In future it will be an offence to carry harmful chemicals in public, unless theres a reasonable explanation. Its really import
The california wildfires. At least 36 people have now been killed and hundreds more are missing as whole neighbourhoods are reduced to ash. It looks like a bomb was dropped an entire neighbourhoods have gone. Thriving neighbourhoods that were active parts of our community. A brexit warning from Hillary Clinton. She questions britains ability to do a trade deal with president trump. In sport, two old foes reunited on the pitch this lunchtime. Liverpool host Manchester United at anfield as the premier League Returns after the international break. And darren has the weather. Good morning. Theres a lot of unusual weather over the coming few days. This weekend and into monday some warm conditions for many of us and by the beginning of the week weve got the arrival of ophelia and some damaging winds. Join me laterfor all of the details. Thank you. First, our main story. Tougher prison sentences for people repeatedly caught carrying acid or other corrosive substances. The government wants to
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Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and also around the globe. On goa u. S. Spy on merkel . The uncomfortable question vexing berlin and washington tonight. German authorities suspect that chancellor merkels own cell phone may have been monitored and what they say would be a serious breach of trust. The white house spokesman rebutted the allegations with rather carefully chosen language. President obama and chancellor merkel spoke by telephone regarding the allegations you have mentioned. The nsa intercepted communications and the president assured that the United States is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications of the chancellor. We greatly value our cooperation with germany on a great swath of security challenge. Neck, did they act oh nick, did they . America is not monitoring her mobile phone calls and will not monitor. What we did not hear was we have not. Present and future tense. Not past tense. Askedite house has been if it is a categorical den
What can we do for you . And now, bbc world news. This is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, im katty kay. Was Angela Merkel xfone merkels phone monitored by the United States . Beene u. S. Has not monitoring and will not monitor communications of the chancellor. Image that sri lanka wants the world to see. But there are allegations of torture and brutality carried out by the state. Three months old and already drawing the crowd. Prince george with all seven godparents watching. Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and also around the globe. On goa u. S. Spy on merkel . The uncomfortable question vexing berlin and washington tonight. German authorities suspect that chancellor merkels own cell phone may have been monitored and what they say would be a serious breach of trust. The white house spokesman rebutted the allegations with rather carefully chosen language. President obama and chancellor merkel spoke by telephone regarding the allegations you hav