On the grounds and the Police Officers had guns and i heard pops. Police are still trying to establish motive. The debate ahead of the general election was overshadowed by the attack. In the netherlands, at least three people have been stabbed in an attack on a busy shopping street in the hague. Hello and welcome to world news today. A man has been shot dead by police on London Bridge after a number of people were stabbed this afternoon. Two people have died. Police say it was a terror attack. In the last hour, its also been confirmed that three people were seriously hurt. The attackers identity is not yet known. The incident unfolded just before 2pm local time on friday afternoon. Police say they were called to an incident at a premises near London Bridge amid reports of a stabbing. Shortly afterwards, eyewitnesses filmed members of the public as they cornered a man carrying a knife on the north side of the bridge and pinned him to the ground. Armed Police Arrived within minutes and s
trip in china. and we get a rare glimpse into the world of cyber operations. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. the fbi says it s arrested a suspect, alleged to be linked to the leak of hundreds of highly classified us intelligence documents. jack teixeira, who s 21, is an air national guardsman, and was arrested outside his home in massachusetts. the us attorney general, merrick garland, said he was taken into custody without incident and he d be appearing in federal court. the contents of the leaked documents, spread widely online, have been highly embarrassing for the american authorities. they lay bare security secrets, including ukrainian troop deployments against russian forces and the extent of american spying on its own allies. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams has more. a week after the leaks first appeared an arrest on the suburban streets of massachus
brazil s new president lula da silva prepares to meet his counterpart xijinping as he continues his trip in china. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers around the world. the fbi says it s arrested a suspect alleged to be linked to the leak of hundreds of highly classified us intelligence documents. jack teixeira, who s 21, is an air national guardsman, and was arrested outside his home in massachusetts. the us attorney general, merrick garland, said he was taken into custody without incident, and he d be appearing in federal court. the contents of the leaked documents, spread widely online, have been highly embarrassing for the american authorities. they lay bare security secrets, including ukrainian troop deployments against russian forces, and the extent of american spying on it s own allies. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams has more. a week after the leaks first appeared, and arrest on the suburban streets of massachusetts. with the media already naming the
Well talk to some disabled workers about their experiences in the workplace. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until am this morning. This valentines day were asking, are you single and proud out of choice . We will be talking to some of the singletons who say they are happily single. Does that sound like you . Or are you longing to find that special person . Do get in touch with your thoughts and experiences on that and any of our other stories. Use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. In a severe blow to president trumps new administration, his National Security adviser general Michael Flynn has been forced to resign. Mr flynn is accused of illegally discussing us sanctions with the Russian Ambassador to the United States. But the conversation about sanctions happened before mr trump assumed office. Under us law, private individuals cannot carry out official government diplomacy. Barely three weeks into
So who really does speak for the president . And the israeli Prime Minister arriving in washington to start a new relationship with the white house. Iran, hezbollah, syria and settlements. There is plenty to discuss. This story begins at the end of december. President obama had just imposed new sanctions on russia in retaliation for moscow hacking the election. Donald trumps senior Foreign Policy advisor, general mike flynn, hopped on the phone with russias ambassador to discuss the penalty. Now us law bars any private citizen from conducting Foreign Policy. But the greater mistake was to mislead the Vice President. The National Security advisor told mike pence that sanctions never came up in his calls with the Russian Ambassador. Not true. The conversation had been bugged by us intelligence, disproving the generals account. In his resignation letter, flynn sai, unfortu nately, because of the fast pace of events, i inadvertently briefed the Vice President elect and others with incomple