1 1 draw against newcastle. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. four teenage friends who were found dead in a crashed car in gwynedd in north wales earlier this month died from drowning, a coroner has said. wilf fitchett, jevon hirst, harvey owen and hugo morris had gone missing during a camping trip. our reporter chris deardenjoins us from the inquest in caernarfon. yes, this morning s hearing at the coroners court lasted just four minutes here in caernarfon, and another none of the families of the four young men were present. the senior coroner confirmed the names and ages of all four, 16 year old kevan hurst, wilf fitchett, jevon hirst, harvey owen and hugo morris, all four described simply as being from shropshire, we are told they were in north wales on a camping trip that weekend before last. the coroner said the post mortem exam nations had taken place and showed that all four had drowned when the car they were travelling in left the a4085, the car was l
but his focus will be, his fraud trial in new york where his eldest daughter ivanka is this hour on the stand, as a witness. good evening, donald trump is the runaway favourite for the republican nomination, his gamble not to debate the other candidates is paying off. the field is certainly getting smaller. just five candidates met the republican national committee s qualifying rules for tonight final debate in miami, the former south carolina gov. nikki haley, florida gov. ron desantis, businessman vivek ramaswamy, us sen tim scott and the former newjersey gov. chris christie. of course donald trump does meet the polling and fundraising thresholds. but he has not met the qualifying standards specifically the one that requires each candidate to pledge they will support whoever wins the nomination. trump has flat out refused to sign that. and tonight some of the usual counter programming, the president will be on stage 30 minutes away from miami in hiya lea, speaking to a cr
england prepares for their first match of the tournament later today. when you know, you know. we start this hour with the latest on the israel gaza war. in the last few hours the israeli military has announced what it s calling a daily tactical pause in part of southern gaza, but not the city of rafah. that is where the focus of the military operation is. it says the halt in operations will be during daylight hours to facilitate the delivery of aid. aid organisations have repeatedly warned of a humanitarian crisis in gaza. israel has released the names of the eight soldiers killed by a hamas rocket in rafah on saturday, the deadliest incident for its troops in months. it is really army said the israeli army said it happened during operational activity. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the war would go on. where will this be in gaza? . there has been mixed messaging from the israelis today. we had a statement first thing idf said that would be our pause in t
The Security Personnel across the country, we assess the cost of keeping britain safe. And balancing the books within a decade thats the promise from the Trump Administration as it reveals its Spending Plans for 2018. Hello and a very warm welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Also in the programme the Credit Rating agency moodys downgrades china well have the details in a moment. We will be talking to rico hizon. As weve been hearing, britain is now on a Critical Terror Alert with the military set to bolster the police amid fears the manchester bomber, salman abedi, did not act alone. Earlier, Prime Minister theresa may raised the threat level to the highest possible, meaning that another attack could not be ruled out. So how well funded is britains Security Operation . Well, the uk has seen an increase in anti terror spending in recent years. Heres how things looked in the last Financial Year the uks annual Terrorism Policing Budget was i 594 million, thats around 770 m
Of care to the public. Matthew gordon had no transport manager and effectively flouted every regulation laid down to ensure safety. Peter woods signed off vehicles as safe when clearly they were not. As the evacuation of Eastern Aleppo continues, well be speaking to the head of the International Rescue committee and former foreign secretary, David Miliband. And, Prince Charles warns of the growing danger of religious persecution, comparing it to the dark days of the 1930s. Its 5. 00pm. Our main story is the continuing investigation by German Police into the attack on the Christmas Market in berlin on monday evening, in which 12 people were killed and dozens injured. The chancellor, Angela Merkel, has said that she is hopeful of an arrest very soon. Police raids have been carried out across germany as they search for the main suspect, anis amri, a tunisian, whose Identification Papers were found in the lorry which was driven into shoppers. A europe wide warrant for the suspects arrest h