Thank you very much for joining us, i am paul saunders, executive director, pleased to see such a big group in the middle of august in washington. The traffic led me to think the city was depopulated that it clearly demonstrates otherwise and we appreciate you taking the time to be with us. We have interesting conversation about the new us sanctions on russia, and highly experienced speakers will give us some perspective and quite grateful to them for taking their time to be with us. Tomy right, dan russell, the president and ceo of the us russia business council. Dan is a former career diplomat, Deputy Assistant secretary of state responsible for russia, ukraine, belarus, arms control and other matters. During the previous administration, the Obama Administration, deputy chief at the us embassy in moscow in dan. To the left is george beebe, senior director for director for intelligence programs at the center of the nassau interest, george was career Us Intelligence professional, the r
I live at National League side Sutton United. They played giants arsenal. Good evening. Nearly every local authority in england is planning to raise Council Taxes in the coming year in order to provide care for people who are elderly or disabled. From april, council tax could increase by nearly 5 in the majority of authorities. But the local Government Association says that wont be enough and it warns there will have to be deep cuts to other council services. There are 151 councils in england. 147 of them plan to raise council tax specifically to pay for social care provision. Heres our social Affairs Correspondent alison holt. Hello, margaret how are you . Bored. Youre bored. This is where the pressure on the social care system can at times be seen most clearly. I know youre desperate to go home. Yes, indeed i am. 81 year old Margaret Williams has been in hospital since she had a fall but is waiting for the care shell need to help her cope at home. And its social workers in surrey who
And the dream is over for Sutton United as arsenal head to the Quarter Finals of the fa cup. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news, the five sports that lost their olympic and paralympic funding have had their appeals rejected by uk sport. Good evening. Theres been ferocious fighting between iraqi forces and so called Islamic State as troops battle their way towards the city of mosul. Their Helicopter Gunships now control the skies, but the road to iss last stronghold in iraq is littered with Roadside Bombs. To win back mosul is crucial as its iraqs second largest city. An offensive on the east of mosul began last october. Now iraqi troops, supported by british and American Special forces, are trying to take control of the west, where 750,000 people and thousands of is fighters remain. 0ur middle east correspondent Quentin Sommerville and cameraman Nikki Millard are the only International Journalists embedded with iraqi forces. Their report contains some graphic images. Iraq says its
Declare their defiance after wednesdays Terror Attack. Let this be the message from this house, and this nation today, our values will prevail. The archbishop of canterbury praises those who stepped in to help. There is a victory for what is right and good, over what is evil, despairing and bad. Members of the Scottish Parliament also joined together to send a message of support. And as Westminster Returns to work, mps debate how to improve Social Mobility. One study found that children in low income households hear up to 30 million fewer words by the age of three. But first, parliament gathered fewer than 2a hours after the Terror Attack that left a Police Officer and two pedestrians dead, and ended with the attacker being shot and killed by armed police. At around 2 40pm on wednesday the man drove a car at high speed across Westminster Bridge before trying to enter parliament. He was shot dead by a protection officer, after he stabbed and killed Pc Keith Palmer. More than a0 people f
First, though, the appointment of Boris Johnson as britains top diplomat has been met around the world with bafflement and, in some cases, outright shock. Said the ayrault former Brexit Campaigner had lied to his country. His german counterpart described johnsons behavior as outrageous. Johnson, who once likened the eu project to hitler, will attend his first foreign meeting of eu ministers in brussels on monday. Within hours, british Prime Minister theresa may stood in front of her new home and called for unity. Prime minister may we will make britain a country that works not for a privileged few, but for every one of us. That will be the mission of the government i lead. Reporter among the fresh and firstnown faces in mays cabinet, leading Brexit Campaigner Boris Johnson. A controversial character, one of the former london mayors first jobs will be to fix some personal relationships. A number ofgonized european heads of state with the rhetoric he used during campaigning ahead of the