Years on well hear from the couple who came to represent the spirit of the festival. And we now know that the next Commonwealth Games will have more womens medal events than mens, after three new sports were added. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at nine. One of President Trumps most senior advisers has said britain will be at the front of the queue for a trade deal with america after brexit. John bolton, the National Security adviser, has been holding talks with borisjohnson at downing street, and will meet other ministers today. He said, in the trump administration, britains constantly at the front of the trade queue. He added that the us could do a trade deal with the uk in pieces, striking agreements sector by sector where the two countries may agree quickly, and work out more complicated areas like agriculture and services later. And he criticised the eu, saying that the fashion when the people vote the wrong way from the way that the elites want to go, is to make the pe
Demonstrators whod forced the cancellation of more flights. And a call to ban drivers from using hands free mobile phones after claims theyre as dangerous as hand held ones. Coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, well look ahead to the second ashes test at lords tomorrow. Willjofra archer be the key for england to level the series . Good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. The bbc has seen how criminal gangs are targeting children in care, some as young as 12, and using them to work as drug dealers. Vulnerable children are specifically targetted and then sent to work in towns and cities many miles from home. The phenomenon is known as county lines. The police say they are struggling to deal with the scale of the problem. Last night, our special correspondent ed thomas reported on the officers trying to tackle the sale and consumption of class a drugs. His second report, tonight, focuses on the children at the centre of the county lines problem. In care, missing
Carbon free to the uns summit on Climate Change. I feel a ifeel a bit i feel a bit seasick and its ifeel a bit seasick and its not going to be comfortable, but that i can live with. Welcome to bbc news. Police in malaysia say theyve found the body of 15 year old nora quoirin who went missing nine days ago. The teenager was on holiday with her family when she disappeared from the resort. Noras body was found just over a mile from where she was staying, and it has been identified by herfamily. Our South East Asia correspondent Howard Johnson sent this update from the nearby town of seremban. My my apologies, we were hoping to hear the report there, but these are scenes from the island at the time the body was found. We will have his full report a little later in the next 15 minutes, my apologies for that. Thereve been more violent clashes at hong kong airport as police were involved in chaotic battles with pro democracy protesters who had occupied the terminal building. As thousands of d
Policy in determining and no one on the panel raise their hand. I just wanted to note that for the record. I wanted to ask a question from professor, is the United States violating or violated human rights agreements of the United Nations in the separation policy . Yes. International law is clear that family unity should be prioritized. So we as members of the United Nations to International Human rights agreement saying very clearly that family separation is a violation of International Human rights and then we pursue a pile see that violates human rights. Mr. Chair, i was looking, how do we get to this point where we take children out of mothers and fathers arms and it didnt back, family separation and the way we have seen it where we take children away from their parents without due process. I began last year undersecretary kirstjen nielsen. I had to dig for the print but where did the start within the administration that she implement it. We found a memo. It dates back to april 23
The iranian navy has a sizable submarine fleets with russian built cuter class subs quite enough to sneak up on the u. S. Carrier group lets take this on lets speak to john mark quickly who is head of global risk at the Geneva Center for Security Policy joins us on skype from geneva so if we look at the balance of power on each side it is very balanced in favor of the United States and iran really cant fight against that kind of. When a kind of mention about an award for probably not for may not many countries the u. S. Is actually spending more than the next top 7 spender in terms of military equipment into words but iran has developed over time a symmetrical capabilities some have to do with surrogates that they are using in syria in iraq as well as in as in yemen either have to do with capability is as you mentioned me size an entity science capabilities mining because obviously the strait of hormuz is very never and there for you if you land of human mind it could actually block th