Hello and welcome to bbc news. 1a people are going on trial in paris today, in connection with attacks in 2015 on the satirical weekly, Charlie Hebdo, and a jewish supermarket. 17 people were killed in three days of violence around paris, carried out by brothers, cherif and said kouachi, and ahmedy coulibaly. The attacks sparked large protests in defence of freedom of speech across france. Our paris correspondent, hugh schofield, has this report. Five years ago, this picture is brought france face to face with a new kind of horror. Shouting, we have avenged the profit, the brothers emerged from the office of Charlie Hebdo where they have just killed 11 people. In the getaway, they kill a 12, a policeman. It is the start of a frantic two days where the two are cornered at a print works north of paris and shot at. In the meantime, there has been another islamist attack. This timea another islamist attack. This time ajewish another islamist attack. This time a jewish supermarket with four
Exactly, it was just from a couple of packets of seeds in my cupboards that i wasnt going to use this year. Alison freeman, bbc news, northumberland. Time for a look at the weather. Heres stav da naos. Thank you, good afternoon. It is a brightening up afternoon for many. We have low pressure sweeping into the north of the uk, that will increase the breeze across the uk and also bring plenty of showers. Here it is, this low pressure moving to the north of scotland. There is a lot of cloud through the afternoon, murky conditions with outbreaks of rain from the south west of england up rain from the south west of england up towards the wash. That will eventually slide away into the near continent as we head onto the latter pa rt continent as we head onto the latter part of the day. Skies brightening up part of the day. Skies brightening up behind and cooler air moving in as well. Showers affecting scotland and Northern Ireland. Temperature wise, quite muggy in the south east at 22 degrees
President to unite our country and take us in a different direction. Well have the latest from the small city in wisconsin which has become the frontline of the battle for the white house. Also ahead we have a special report on the huge challenge faced by lebanon as it struggles to rebuild after last months devastating port explosion. Thousands of british tourists are trying to buy flights home as portugal could join the uk quarantine list again by the weekend. The small city of kenosha in wisconsin has become the front line in the battle for the white house and on tuesday, donald trump himself paid a visit. He went to stress the need for law and order after days of violent protest. But the family ofjacob blake, the black man whose shooting at the hands of police triggered the unrest, said he was disrespectful, and called for a president who could unite america. Aleem maqbool reports. Officials here feared a visit by donald trump would reignite tensions. And as he rolled into town, peo
Good evening. Lets bring you more on one of our main stories that tougher restrictions have been imposed in bolton in Greater Manchester after a sharp rise in coronavirus cases there the town now has the uks highest infection rate. Restaurants, pubs and cafes have been told they can only do takeaways from today and they must close by 10pm. The rise in cases across the country is being largely driven by a big increase in cases among 18 to 30 year olds. It comes amid a continuing rise in new cases and a jump the latest government figures show there were 2,460 new confirmed coronavirus cases reported across Great Britain in the latest 24 hour period. That means the average number of new cases reported per day in the past week was 2,199. 32 deaths were also reported of people whod died within 28 days of a positive covid 19 test. That means on average, in the past week, 12 deaths were announced every day. That takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 41,586. Our Health Edito
Britains authority on the international stage. We are determined to ensure we are delivering on the agreement we have in the protocol. And our leading priority is to do that through the negotiations. I think the government needs to focus on getting a deal, moving on, and actually focusing on the crisis that is the pandemic. I think thats what the public want. Greater Manchester Police say they werent aware of the Ariana Grande concert ahead of the Manchester Arena bombing because British Transport Police had jurisdiction. As furloughing comes to an end, the figures that reveal companies plans to cut hundreds of thousands of jobs. Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe, the british iranian woman arrested in iran four years ago, is told shell face another trial. Past the point of no return and the show must go on a warning to mps that theatres have to re open soon. There comes a point now where we really cant go on much more. Hello, good afternoon. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, says it is a mom