Of the heart and bonnie tyler belts out her classic total eclipse of the heart to lucky fans chasing the eclipse, as it sweeps over the us. Good morning. Its tuesday 22nd august. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. President trump says the us will fight to win in afghanistan, as he unveils a new strategy in the war against the taliban. In a major speech last night he said that he had changed his mind about withdrawing troops from the country. He also called on nato allies to do more. Our washington correspondent Aleem Maqbool reports. The man who always said he didnt want to intervene abroad came to announce the intervention in afghanistan is going to ratchet up. But said it was for the right reasons. We are a partner and a friend, but we will not dictate to the Afghan People how to live, or how to govern their own complex society. We are not nation building again. We are killing terrorists. He announced the lifting of a cap on the number of us troops in afghanistan, and that there would be
After the earthquake delight as three children are pulled alive from the wreckage of their home on the italian island of ischia. And ford becomes the latest car maker to launch an old car scrappage scheme they say itll cut air pollution. Coming up in sportsday in bbc news, the biggest match of the tournament so far as englands women continue their defence of their title as they face france in the semifinals of the rugby world cup. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Four moroccans have appeared in court in spain. Theyre suspected of being part of the islamist cell which planned and carried out the attacks in and around barcelona last week. 15 people were killed and more than 100 injured. The four men are the only surviving members of a group of 12. In court, one of them admitted that a bigger attack was being planned. There are reports tonight that the four have just been charged with terror related murder. From spain, our correspondent tom burridge reports. One by one, th
Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. United states turned up the pressure on north korea by imposing new sanctions. And is chinas largest vehicle maker cooling its prospects to buy the iconic American Band chip . Brand, jeep . Good morning. Thanks for joining us for this edition of Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. The us is expanding sanctions on north korea in an attempt to stop the weapons programme. They are tightening sanctioning restrictions on companies accused of helping pyongyang if theyd these existing sanctions. They are also seeking to recover millions of dollars. Lets cfoss recover millions of dollars. Lets cross over recover millions of dollars. Lets cross over to recover millions of dollars. Lets cross over to our recover millions of dollars. Lets cross over to our reporter. Who are these Third Party Companies . Cross over to our reporter. Who are these thirdparty companies . Us prosecutors have added Ten Companies and six individuals to
One in daly city and another in milpitas matched five of the numbers. The powerball number is 4. 4 30. If youre just getting up with us, lets get to meteorologist mike nicco. Hi, everybody. Lets open the Weather Window and give you an idea of what to expect when you step outside, especially here in San Francisco as we look from the exploratorium camera at pier 15. Your 12hour day planner. Temperatures running from 56 to 62 with mist in the air. By noon, mostly sunny. 59 at the coast, 71 to 75 around the bay and inland. Hazy sunshine and not as warm this afternoon. Just a little built of a pull back. 61 at the coast, 81 inland, and a very comfortable evening from 59 at the coast to 68 around the bay to 71 inland by 7 00. Well look at the heat wave coming in the accuweather 7day forecast. So far so good on the roads. We dont have any major issues to talk about, we dont have any blocking issues whatsoever. Westbound 92, wide open across the san mateo bridge. Still in the green, holding on
4 00. Just a touch cooler than yesterday. Ill have more on the big warming trend next. Want to get you over to alexis. Were really off to a quiet start this morning. I dont have any major problems to talk about, just one new teeny tiny issue, southbound 880 in the milpitas area, disabled vehicle on the shoulder and the call says its a really narrow shoulder there. So just be on the lookout for that, on the righthand side, and use some caution through that area. Heres a quick check outside Golden Gate Bridge. We did have a dense fog advisory and a high wind advisory, both issued for golden gate around midnight. Not too breezy at this point. Not seeing a lot of fog, but we could have stretches of low visibility. Well check on drive times coming up next. Thank you. It appears College Students protesting the return of a p professor no longer have to worry. A student accused the professor of Sexual Harassment, that professor was supposed to come back this semester, and now it appears he won