At a festival in spain. And live in passchendaele as europe prepares to remember the battle of passchendaele, one of the most costly ca m pa ig ns. In sport the rain cant dampen englands optimism as they chase victory in the third test against south africa extending their lead yesterday before bad weather stopped play. And sarah has the weather. Another unsettled date with sunshine and heavy downpours. Police in australia say theyve foiled an islamist inspired plot to bring down an aircraft with an improvised device. The Prime Minister, malcolm turnbull, said the plot appeared to be elaborate, rather than planned by a lone wolf. Phil mercer reports. Investigators in australia say they had information about a plot to blow up an aircraft involving the use of an improvised device. Four men have been detained following raids across sydney by heavily armed police and members of australias domestic spy agency. It is reported the operation was not planned, but a Rapid Response to a tip off. T
Everyone back home tonight. Their holiday is Over Thousands of british tourists flown back from the gambia after warnings of unrest. Last year was the warmest on record. Scientists say its Climate Change and were to blame. Coming up in sportsday later in the bbc news, tributes to the pioneering baroness Rachael Heyhoe flint. The former england captain who helped transform womens cricket has died at the age of 77. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Eu Leaders Meeting in strasbourg have been giving their first formal reaction to Theresa Mays Brexit speech. The Prime Minister of malta, which holds the eu presidency, said any deal had to be inferior to the Relationship Britain enjoys at the moment. With both british and eu politicians trying not to antagonise each other borisjohnson has been blamed for doing the opposite. Hes been accused of inappropriate language when he appeared to compare frances president hollande to a world war ii guard administering Punishment Beatings.
Tries to clean up trumps tweet, saying he knew general flynn lied to the fbi when he urged thenfbi director jim comey to drop the investigation into flynn. The president s tweet raising serious questions about whether the president obstructed justice. Heres Sarah Sanders late today. Look, the president knew that he lied to the Vice President. That was the reason for his firing. The problem is, that is not at all what the president tweeted four days ago when he fired off this tweet. Quote, i had to Fire General Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the fbi. The white house has made it very clear, President Trumps tweets are, quote, official statements by the president of the United States. No matter who might draft, tweak, or actually type them. In this case, lawyer john dowd, the first person ever to take the blame for a president ial tweet. Trumps tweet and Sarah Sanders explanation simply are not the same. They contradict each other. They also dont match cnns reporting. A s
These aircraft come in close proximity to one another. All right, ryan brown reporting from the pentagon. Thanks very much. Remember, important programming note. Stay with cnn later tonight for a very timely debate on tax reform. Thats coming up, 9 00 p. M. Eastern. Thats it for me. Thanks for watching. Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Outfront next, breaking news. North korea firing what could be its most powerful missile yet, one that could reach washington, d. C. Plus, the president s reality show. Today, trump staging a white house meeting like an episode of The Apprentice playing roulette with a Government Shutdown. And trump going after senator Elizabeth Warren, raising questions about what he said about his own heritage. Why did he say hes of swedish descent when he actually isnt . Lets go outfront. Good afternoon. Im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, breaking news. North korea with a record breaking Missile Launch that potentially puts washington,
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vaccine. watch. we will likely recommend that everybody get it no matter whether they got it before. trace: biden says you ve got to take it, moderna says ask your doctor. very confusing. it s very interesting as well, trace. this administration wants congress, taxpayers, to fund new vaccines. the pharma companies have been making hundreds of millions of dollars on vaccines not just on americans but around the world. why in the world should the taxpayers being paying for anymore vaccines. if anything pharma companies are worried they won t recoup their investment if not enough want to take the vaccine so they re saying biden why don t you guys pay the bill. that doesn t make sense. for them to suggest this is something everyone should take without yet having all the data for safety and efficacy and without the fda and cdc having had a chance to look at the data let alone make a judgment they re jumping the gun and they don t care what the data is they just want everyone to take i