For people buying guns, according to his spokeswoman. Since the deadly High School Shootings in florida last week, the president has largely focused on Mental Health issues and criticising the fbi for missing warning signs about the gunman. But a campaign led by school students, survivors of the parkland attack, seems to be gathering pace. Demonstrators held a lie in today, outside the white house, in support of gun control. Laura westbrook reports. Cassie bernall, 17. Steven curnow, 1a. This was a message to those in power. 17 students laid down in front of the white house, the same number of children murdered in the school in florida last week. They are demanding Congress Take action on gun control. One of the survivors of the shooting had this to say to donald trump. He is going to see in our eyes that were not going to back down, no matter what. We are not going to stop until this country changes. It appears the president is listening. The white house says donald trump supports eff
People will be able to move on with their lives, including myself, and hopefully fix themselves now. I, Cyril Ramaphosa. South africas new president , Cyril Ramaphosa, is sworn into office, promising a tough crackdown on corruption. A former oxfam director responds to allegations that he paid for prostitutes while working for the charity in haiti and chad. And, ahead of this weekends baftas, well speak to the academys head about what we can expect at this years awards. Its 5pm. Our main story is that President Trump says making americas schools safer is his top priority following the gun attack at a school in florida yesterday, in which 17 people died and dozens were injured. Police say the teenage gunman was equipped with a gas mask, smoke grenades, an Assault Rifle and several magazines of ammunition. Nikolas cruz, whos i9, was a former pupil at the school. Hes been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. The attack was one of the Deadliest School shootings in us history. Mr t
Progovernment forces in syria if they support kurdish fighters in a free. Campaign is remember the foreign victims of a Florida School shooting as President Trump backs bipartisan efforts in washington to improve checks on gun purchases. At least seventeen people are killed in mozambique after a rubbish heap collapses burying several houses. Dozens of Opposition Leaders are reunited with their families in sudan after a surprise decision to release them from prison. In sport norway are enjoying their best ever Winter Olympics thats top of the medals table after winning two more golds dates in the country. Turkeys foreign minister says turkish troops will fight forces loyal to syrian president Bashar Al Assad if they enter the northern enclave of a free and to defend kurdish fighters the Syrian State News Agency reported that progovernment forces would enter a free in within hours to join what it called the resistance to turkish aggression announcement follows order peers to be an agreem
Olympics. And pleased to meet you prince harry and Meghan Markle go on their firstjoint Public Engagement to scotland. And in sportsday on bbc news, ben stokes will fly out to new zealand tojoin his new zealand team mates tomorrow after pleading not guilty to a charge of affray at the Magistrates Court in bristol. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The former football coach, Barry Bennell, has been found guilty of multiple sex offences against young boys in the 1980s. Bennell, whos 64, had denied 48 charges, including indecent assault and serious Sexual Assaults, but the jury convicted him on 36 counts and has asked for more time to consider seven others. During the trial, prosecutors described him as a predatory paedophile, who molested young boys on an industrial scale. Well, danny savage is at Liverpool Crown court for us this evening. Danny. This was a trial which lasted for five weeks. The jury went out last thursday and returned this afternoon with some, but not all