Theres been a surge in gang related violence in the area. Every year, around 200 thousand britons visit the popular holiday destination as nick davis reports. For a country that depends on tourism, the pictures of troops on the streets in montego bay, jamaicas biggest resort, isnt ideal, but the government says its something that needs to be done. The Security Forces are expected and have been directed to treat citizens with respect, and protect the dignity and safety of all. Most of the tourists who visit montego bay and much of the north coast stay in gated and guarded all Inclusive Hotels where security isnt an issue. But the growing reality for people who live in the city is that crime has spiked. Last year saw over 1,600 people murdered in jamaica, 335 of them in stjames, the area where montego bay is. Most of the crime is gang related and focused in a small number of communities. The Foreign Office has advised holidaymakers that they should only travel to and from the airport to
Welcome to bbc news. We agreed to the contours of that deal. An immigration deal, we could have addressed Childrens Health insurance, disasteraid. Have addressed Childrens Health insurance, disaster aid. We went to the meeting and had a long and productive discussion. I told the president the democrats were willing to fund the military at the highest levels in history. Thorough body in his budget request. Far above. I relu cta ntly his budget request. Far above. I reluctantly put his old request on the table, his request. We left the meeting having agreed to try for a short term cra that would keep eve ryo ne short term cra that would keep everyone at the negotiating table for a few more days. The president suggested, lets do it by tuesday night. We said, great. Several hours later, he called back. He said, so, i hear we have a three week deal. I said, no, mr president , no one has talked to me about a three week deal. No one has talked to me. No one had called to need a leader policy.
Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Us National Government has officially shutdown, year to the day after Donald Trump Took Office as president. Senators failed to agree a stopgap budget and there was bitter dispute between republicans and democrats over immigration and security. This report from washington. With the midnight deadline looming they came up well short of the 60 votes needed. Without a Funding Agreement in place, the government of the largest economy in the world was now only minutes away from shutdown. Youll actually chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not passed. The way things turned today and the way you turned from a bipartisan deal, it is almost as if you were rooting for a shutdown, and how you were rooting for a shutdown, and now we will have one, and the blame should crash entirely on President Trumps shoulders. The white house ina trumps shoulders. The white house
It for the papers tonight. A warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. To take us through this weeks cinema releases is mark kermode. What have you been watching this week . Very exciting week. We have the post, starring tom hanks and meryl streep. Coco, the new animation from pixar. And the commuter, the new liam neeson action vehicle. And the post, its aboutjournalism. I cant wait, im excited. Did you like it . I really did, its a newsroom thriller about the revelations of the pentagon papers, a report which basically said that successive us administrations had misled the country about the vietnam war. The film is largely set in 1971. Tom hanks is ben bradley, the editor of the washington post. He is eagerfor a scoop. Meryl streep is Catherine Kate graham, the publisher and proprietor of the washington post. Its going to the stock exchange, so its finances are slightly precarious. When the white house gets an injunction on the new york times, after they publish some of the pentago
Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Us National Government has officially shut down after senators failed to agree a stop gap budget. It follows a bitter row between President Trumps republicans and the opposition democrats over immigration and border security. Senators are tonight trying to broker a deal to get the Us Government working again. It comes as thousands of women joined protest marches across the country on the First Anniversary of President Trumps inauguration. David willis reports from washington. Marking the First Anniversary of President Trumps inauguration, protesters took to the streets here in washington and across the country, as the government of the largest economy in the world went into shutdown. The yays are 50, and the nays are 49. Last night, a stopgap funding measure came up ten votes short. That after the democrat leader in the senate, chuck schumer, met with President Trump at the white house. Progress was made, he said, before the dealmaker in chief