And later in the hour on bbc news we are at huish park for fa cup sportsday. Its the fourth round, and will history repeat itself between yeovil town and Manchester United . Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Donald trump has told an audience of business and political leaders that his mantra of America First does not mean america alone. Speaking at the World Economic forum in davos in switzerland, mr trump said the us was doing fa ntastically well and was open for business. But he hit out at what he called other countries predatory trading practices. Earlier, the president said he was prepared to apologise for sharing social media posts by the far right Group Britain first. Our north america editor, jon sopel, is in davos this evening. It isa it is a very rare thing for the us president to come to davos, and a year ago would have been unthinkable for donald trump to have turned up here, the home of the 1 , the elite, the globalists, the very people he railed against durin
Philadelphia as the eagles win the trophy for the first time in their history. Good morning. Its monday 5th february. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Michel barnier will be in downing street later for talks about a transition period after britain leaves the eu. He will meet the brexit secretary, david davis, in the first of a series of discussions this week. It comes after the government indicated it remains determined to leave the Customs Union when brexit takes place next year. That is being seen as an attempt to defuse a growing row within the conservative party. Mps to back brexit say membership of any Customs Union would restrict british businesses ability to trade freely. Adam fleming is in brussels for us. Looking through what Michel Barnier said this morning, he didnt seem to be drawn very much on this message from downing street saying that britain would not be staying in the Customs Union. No, he batted away all questions about the stuff that is in todays new
And a standing ovation for baroness tessa jowell, after an emotional speech in the lords about dealing with cancer. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. The woman who presided over phil nevilles appointment as england womens manager, defends the move amid criticism of the fas recruitment process. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Theres been a sharp rise in the number of serious Violent Crimes and sex offences recorded by police in england and wales. And official figures show cases of murder and manslaughter are at their highest level in almost a decade. A separate survey based on peoples experiences suggests that overall crime is continuing to fall. Tom symonds has this report. Behind the statistics, wasted lives. A decade after this boy first tried out the bike he had been given as a present, he became one of the four young men stabbed to death in london on new years eve, leaving his father confronting a nightmare. You saw his body . Yes. What is it like for a fathe
Time for a look at the weather, with lucy martin. Good afternoon. In the last few minutes, Hurricane Irma has been downgraded to a tropical on. It is heading northwards, as we move through the day. Still plenty of rainfall to come through the next few hours. But it is a quieter story across the uk today. We do have low pressure in charge, and that means weve got a fairly brisk north westerly breeze. And this morning, we started off with a mixture of sunny spells and showers, some of those showers fairly heavy. They will be making their way south eastwards and in between them there will be some good sunshine. Thats how it will stay as we move through this afternoon, a mixture of sunny spells and showers. The wind slightly easing on what we saw this morning, but still slightly breezy. The showers across england and wales do have the potential to be quite heavy. They could contain some lightning and thunder. In between, some spells of sunshine. For Northern Ireland, Northern England and s
School. The parents of a six year old child threaten to sue their sons school, after boys were allowed to come to class wearing dresses. 0n the anniversary of 9 11, President Trump appears alongside the first lady to pay tribute to the nearly 3,000 who died. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The us state of florida has been battered by Hurricane Irma, which has destroyed more homes and caused widespread damage. At least four people have been killed and more than half of all homes and businesses in the state are without power. Parts of miami are under water. The hurricane has swept up from the caribbean, where it killed dozens of people and wreaked terrible damage. Over the weekend, it hit cu bas northern coast. Irma then moved north, battering the islands in the florida keys, before passing by miami and close to the coastal city of tampa. The storm which has now been downgraded to a Tropical Storm is heading north, towards the state of georgia. 0urfirst report is from daniela rel