and they ask us to help, as i say, i think it will be very difficult to say no. we don t need unilateral action, we need to work through the un but, above all, we need to bend ourselves totally to getting a political settlement in syria. the government loses a court bid to delay publication of its air pollution strategy until after the general election. new figures show a big rise in violent crime in england and wales with knife crime at its highest level for six years. and how readers are turning off their e books and switching back to paper, as publishers enjoy a record year. good evening, there s been a major security operation in whitehall as armed police arrested a man suspected of planning acts of terrorism. a rucksack and several knives have been recovered from the scene, but no one has been injured. it s understood officers from scotland yard s counter terrorism command moved in on the suspect as part of an intelligence led operation. the prime minister was not in dow
nasa s cassini gets closer than ever before to the planet. coming up in the sport on bbc news, in age, there s14 years between them, but today, anthony joshua and wladimir klitschko came face to face ahead of their world title fight. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. another terror alert just yards away from last month s deadly attack in westminster. armed police have arrested a man under the terrorism act and seized knives he was carrying. it s now clear that the suspect who was captured on whitehall was under surveillance by scotland yard s anti terror squad. asjune kelly reports, there s been a high profile police presence in the area since khaled massood killed five people, including pc keith palmer, in march. under arrest in the shadow of government buildings in whitehall. the man was detained by armed officers near parliament square. this was not a random stop search and arrest. it is understand the man was targeted by police as part of an operation b
joining me tonight are the political commentator lance price and caroline wheeler, who s political editor of the sunday express. that s at 10.1i0pm in the papers. that s all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m mike bushell. dignified and courteous not me, but unusually a boxing press conference, ahead of this weekend s big fight. in age, there are 1a years between anthonyjoshua and vladimir klitschko, but today they were face to face, ahead of wembley‘s showdown in front of 90,000 fans. they may be playing second fiddle in the title race, but the two manchester clubs city and united have the top four to battle for as they meet tonight at the ethiad. and could china s most famous sportsman be on course to knock out the defending champion at snooker‘s world championships? ding junhui leads mark selby after the first day. thank you forjoining us. but first, to a boxing press conference with a difference. name cal
about to kiss and make up but, following an apparently softer tone from washington, the chinese government, which had urged both sides to show restraint, saw some positive seeds of hope. translation: we have noted the relevant comments and have noted the messages conveyed in these comments, hoping to resolve the korean nuclear issue peacefully through dialogue and consultation. we believe this message is positive and should be affirmed. president trump s approach to north korea s growing nuclear programme is carrot and stick. on one hand, calling for tougher international sanctions, on the other, accelerating the deployment in south korea of the american anti missile defence system known as thaad. a south korean defence ministry spokesman said the decision to deploy thaad had been taken as a direct result of the grave security situation in the region. following this week s high profile joint american military exercise with south korea, what isn t clear is if president trump h
we re not in election mode any more. now we have a president. until he s impeached. i think that s coming very soon. but i still love you. hello, i am katty kay in london, christian fraser is in london. i m in i m in washington. here is a picture you may have seen before. donald trump s former national security adviser, mike flynn sitting alongside vladimir putin at a gala dinner in moscow in december 2015. we have shown it to you many times before and it was widely circulated in the us media before gen flynn was appointed to his post. he was paid $45,000 dollars for that appearance by the kremlin s television station, russia today. a payment he s now accused of not disclosing when he joined the white house staff, and that would be illegal. today, the house oversight committee revealed that in 2014, general flynn was warened by the pentagon not to take money from foreign governments. the committee has been given documents from the department of defence which suggest gene