B.B.C. News at Ten I m Mike Powell State media in Saudi Arabia say women have for the first time been given the right to drive after years of campaigning the Saudi king s order will come into force from next June Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world the doesn t permit women to drive and there have been growing protests and a first reaction the U.S. State Department welcome the news have a new Is it spokesperson if Saudi women are now able to drive certainly here in the United States we would certainly welcome that it s a great step in the right direction for that country health experts have heard evidence from mothers from across Europe whose children have been harmed by an epilepsy drug one in the womb the drug Sodium Valproate eight helps control seizures but carries a risk of causing physical abnormalities and problems like autism in children whose mothers take it during pregnancy the European Medicines Agency convened a hearing in London to discover where the new health w
Here s P.C. Radio count. To ten I might Powell China s envoy to the United Nations usual haying is pleading with the USA in North Korea to calm down as their war of words has become too dangerous. Korea s foreign minister accused President Trump of declaring war on his country the White House has dismissed the statement as absurd re Yong Ho said and now had the right to shoot down U.S. Bombers even if they were outside North Korean air space the White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders says that would violate international law it s never appropriate for a country to shoot down another country s aircraft when it s over international waters our goal is still the same we continue to seek the peaceful nuclear is ation of the Korean Peninsula that s our focus doing that through both the most economic and diplomatic pressures it s possible the Shadow Chancellor Joe Madonna has said a future Labor government would bring P.F.A. Contracts used to attract private sector funding for publi
B.B.C. News at Ten I m Mike power of the B.B.C. Understands that the prime minister will propose a two year transitional deal for the U.K. To try to secure a smooth Thanks Ed from the European Union its the plan could cost Britain eighteen billion pounds to resume A is expected to make the offer in a speech on Bragg CID in Italy tomorrow President has announced new sanctions against individuals and companies that trade with North Korea the U.S. Treasury secretary Steven minutiae said it was time to increase financial pressure or too long North Korea has evaded sanctions and used the international financial system to facilitate funding for its weapons and mass destruction and ballistic missile programs no bank in any country should be used to facilitate Kim Jong un s destructive behavior Ryanair wants pilots to defer their holidays to solve a rotor crisis spades chief executive Michael O Leary says cancelled flights through a significant management failure will cost the airline twenty
B.B.C. Radio carrier. B.B.C. News at Ten I m Mike Powell two people have died as Caribbean islands are pounded by how. A huge storm that is traveling west across Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic winds of almost three hundred kilometers an hour have been registered and there s been flooding damage to buildings and loss of communications between some islands the French interior minister said the government buildings on say Martin the most sturdy there had been destroyed James faires is originally from Newcastle but now lives in frigate bag and St Kitts He says people there are starting to count the cost of the hurrican after hours of battering winds and rain it s hard to put into words really just cried out terrifying it is we ve got an awful lot of work into hurricane preparations things have gone according to plan and as things stand at the moment where I don t believe that anybody has come to any harm it s very good but we re still in lockdown because of the risk of flying debr
B.B.C. Radio. B.B.C. News or ten I m Mike Powell two reason May says she intends to fight the next general election despite the fact that the Conservative Party lost its parliamentary majority of the polls in June in a B.B.C. Interview Mrs Maynard who s visiting Japan insisted she was looking ahead to the next election and not being distracted by rumors of who could replace her Yes I m here for the long and it s crucial what me and my government are about is not just delivering Albrecht s it we are delivering a brighter future for the United Kingdom the huge storm which has devastated parts of Texas has moved into Louisiana more than twenty people have died as a result of tropical storm Harvey Island Kelman is a research own risk and Disaster Reduction at University College London he said the old forest these are to blame for the flooding especially in Houston Texas has experienced so many hurricanes before it had almost uncontrolled development without strong regulations without stro