More than half a century after president kennedy was assassinated in texas, the last secret files on his killing will be released. And poetry and poppies, the british legion spells out the remembrance bursts in locations across britain and northern france. Our main story is that a woman who brought her husband a weapon that he planned to use in a terror attack in birmingham has been found guilty of preparing an act of terrorism. The woman had denied assisting her husband earlier this year. Woolwich crown court heard they had developed their plans and the woman had bought a combat knife and training dummy for her husband to use. Dominic cassie arnie has the latest. A week after the westminster attack in march, this man wants to rampage in his home city. Now convicted alongside his wife, who helped him and his sister, who went covered the planning via social media. He was obsessed with knives and replica guns and wanted to fight in syria. Instead he turned his attention to home. His preg
Of the president ial election. Police have fought running battles with opposition protesters. And now we live in Flanders Fields. Poetry and poppies, the words recording the horrors of world war i. Recording the horrors of world war i, laid outline recording the horrors of world war i, laid out line by line in britain and in france. To get in touch. Do get in touch. Welcome. President trump is about to announce his plan for tackling the opioid addiction crisis which is ravaging much of america. The rate of overdoses is climbing. Last year it exceeded the number of americans killed during the entire vietnam war. The epidemic affects everybody, black, white, poor, rich, urban and rural. From communities across the us we are getting heart rendering stories of patients and parents who have buried their addicted children far too young. We can now see the impact in marilyn and maryland. She was an exceptional athlete. All of that was dropped from her when she was introduced to opiates and ev
National archive. In meet the author this week, our guest is the American Writer rj palacio, and were talking about her international bestseller, wonder, all about a boy called august. A woman from birmingham has been found guilty of terrorism offences, after buying a weapon for her husband to use in an attack. 21 year old Madihah Taheer had denied preparing an act of terrorism by helping Ummariyat Mirza he pleaded guilty to plotting an attack earlier this year. From Woolwich Crown court, our Home Affairs Correspondent Dominic Casciani reports. Wrestled to the ground in an armed stop, stop a birmingham man setting out to kill. The suspects seized in a joint intelligence led operation by mi5 and the West Midlands Counter Terrorism unit. A week after the westminster attack in march, Ummariyat Mirza wanted to rampage in his home city. Now convicted, alongside of his wife Madihah Taheer, who helped him, and his sister zainab, who encouraged planning via social media. Mirza was obsessed wit
A woman from birmingham, who bought her husband a combat knife that he planned to use in a terror attack, has been found guilty of preparing an act of terrorism. Madihah taheer, whos 21, had expressed her support for the Islamic State group on social media, but she told Woolwich Crown court that she hadnt known what the knife was for, as our Home Affairs Correspondent Dominic Casciani reports. Wrestled to the ground by armed police, a birmingham man setting out to kill. This was the man arrested, ummariyat mirza. He wanted to rampage in his home city. Now convicted alongside his wife, Madihah Taheer, and his sister, zainub, who encouraged them both. Mirza was obsessed with knives and replica guns. He wanted to fight in syria but then turned his attention to home. His pregnant wife bought him this combat knife on her credit card and he trained on this martial arts dummy. Mirzas attack plan wasnt fully formed when he was arrested but he has admitted preparing an act of terrorism by resea
Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 7am injakarta where rescue workers have been searching for survivors after a firework factory exploded in the indonesian capital. At least 47 people have been killed, others are still missing, and dozens were wounded in the blast in the tangerang industrial zone, just west of jakarta. The bbcs ian palmer reports. A factory building destroyed. Just hours before it was full of workers but something went wrong. The fireworks inside caught fire. The explosion was so loud People Living nearby said it sounded like a bomb. Hundreds of fireworks ignited, the flames spread, factory workers had just arrived for the day shift. The fire took hold, the roof collapsed, dozens of people inside. The factory had only been open for two months. Many of the survivors suffered severe burns and life changing injuries. The list of those still missing as long. The relatives of those affected by the blast have many questions for the authorities. Translation we have check