Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister is under pressure tonight to explain why mps were not told a Trident Missile test went wrong last summer. It happened just weeks before a crucial commons vote on the future of britains nuclear deterrent, when theresa may urged parliament to back renewal of the weapons system. Today, she repeatedly declined to say whether she knew of the malfunction, when an unarmed missile failed to reach its target. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports. This is what the launch of a Trident Missile looks like. Lastjune, the royal navy carried out what it calls a Routine Un Armed Test Launch from Hms Vengeance but we now know that something went wrong. Hms vengeance was about 200 miles off the florida coast. It was to fire the missile around 5,000 miles across the atlantic. But a malfunction occurred during its flight and it didnt reach its target. The speaker i call the Prime Minister. Yet, just weeks later, theresa may was asking mp
Theyre due to have talks on friday. The announcement was made during Donald Trumps first day in office, which also saw a series of protests against his administration; and an onslaught against the media for inaccurate reporting. Our us correspondent david willis has more. Crowd hey, hey ho, ho donald trump has got to go in the nations capital, they have rarely seen a rally quite like this. Not since the vietnam war have so many people come together, in defence of womens rights and minority rights, liberties these people believe could be imperilled by the presidency of donald trump. The man himself was visiting the headquarters of the cia whilst that rally was underway, less concerned about secrets, it appeared, than crowd sizes, in particular reports of the attendance at his inauguration the previous day. I made a speech. I looked out, the field was. It looked like a million, 1. 5 million people. They showed a field where there were practically nobody standing there. That theme was ech
Theyre due to have talks on friday. The announcement was made during Donald Trumps first day in office, which also saw a series of protests against his administration; and an onslaught against the media for inaccurate reporting. Our us correspondent david willis has more. Crowd hey, hey ho, ho donald trump has got to go in the nations capital, they have rarely seen a rally quite like this. Not since the vietnam war have so many people come together, in defence of womens rights and minority rights, liberties these people believe could be imperilled by the presidency of donald trump. The man himself was visiting the headquarters of the cia whilst that rally was underway, less concerned about secrets, it appeared, than crowd sizes, in particular reports of the attendance at his inauguration the previous day. I made a speech. I looked out, the field was. It looked like a million, 1. 5 million people. They showed a field where there were practically nobody standing there. That theme was ech
Theyre due to have talks on friday. The announcement was made during Donald Trumps first day in office, which also saw a series of protests against his administration; and an onslaught against the media for inaccurate reporting. Our us correspondent david willis has more. Crowd hey, hey ho, ho donald trump has got to go in the nations capital, they have rarely seen a rally quite like this. Not since the vietnam war have so many people come together, in defence of womens rights and minority rights, liberties these people believe could be imperilled by the presidency of donald trump. The man himself was visiting the headquarters of the cia whilst that rally was underway, less concerned about secrets, it appeared, than crowd sizes, in particular reports of the attendance at his inauguration the previous day. I made a speech. I looked out, the field was. It looked like a million, 1. 5 million people. They showed a field where there were practically nobody standing there. That theme was ech
Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister is under pressure tonight to explain why mps were not told a Trident Missile test went wrong last summer. It happened just weeks before a crucial commons vote on the future of britains nuclear deterrent, when theresa may urged parliament to back renewal of the weapons system. Today, she repeatedly declined to say whether she knew of the malfunction, when an unarmed missile failed to reach its target. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports. This is what the launch of a Trident Missile looks like. Lastjune, the royal navy carried out what it calls a Routine Un Armed Test Launch from Hms Vengeance but we now know that something went wrong. Hms vengeance was about 200 miles off the florida coast. It was to fire the missile around 5,000 miles across the atlantic. But a malfunction occurred during its flight and it didnt reach its target. The speaker i call the Prime Minister. Yet, just weeks later, theresa may was asking mp