At the grand prix in portugal. The alley outside the Tuition Centre was packed when that with his 92nd wind. Win. The suicide bomber struck. Fear, panic and shock amongst the students. Like this 18 year old, many were preparing for their University Entrance exam next year. Translation i was walking towards the centre when there was a huge bang. I fell unconscious. When i woke up, i saw my classmates and friends wounded and lying on the ground. Everyone was crying. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Police are continuing to deal with an ongoing incident on board an oil tanker situated off the coast of the isle of wight. The suicide bomber was coming down the tanker, named in reports as the liberian registered nave andromeda, was due to dock in southampton earlier. This gate when he was challenged by but it was reported just after nine oclock to put out a mayday message. Some of the guards and he blew himself up. You can still see some hampshire constabulary said we are aware and dealing of
The day now since that announcement and Nelson Mandelas house. He was taking to the streets in south africa to pay tribute to nelson and get out. Indeed the state they were still trying to come to terms with the death of disco boogie death not they say theyve accepted teased and not the umpiring to carry him now we know that he will be getting on the fifteenth of this and that in his hometown of london. What would happen on the latin from the heavens to the thirteenth. Hes one one nineteen states in pretoria. And on the tenth of peace and that it will be a national day of mourning and this sunday the eighth of december. It will be a national day of prayer and reflection isnt a consumer has called on South Africans to use this day to reflect on the night of nelson and data what he has made two South Africans and one he has made to the wolves. Soak the announcement was made last night this morning people were still coming to tennis not be getting to be any the father of the nation the ci
It is possible, i suppose, gorilla mums might be a bit chary about you getting too close to their offspring so we getting too close to their offspring so we might have to meet more to find out but a nice story. Great story if you get the opportunity to visit it. Now its time for a look at the weather with ben rich. Hello. After what has been an unseasonably blustery spell of weather, the winds are gradually easing and will continue to do so through the rest of the weekend. Still pretty breezy out there at the moment, some showers around, some slightly longer spells of rain moving out of Northern Ireland into north west england, parts of wales. But as we go through tonight, many of the showers will fade, i think some will return later in the night through south west england, parts of wales and Northern Ireland. And so a relatively cool, fresh feel, particularly in northern scotland. 9 degrees for stornoway, 15 the overnight low in norwich. And then for tomorrow, a bit like today, we wil
This is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Im aaron safir. Us secretary of state mike pompeo calls on the world to turn on china, warning of a new tyranny from beijing. Researchers warn the amount of plastic ending up in the ocean could nearly triple in the next 20 years unless urgent action is taken. In the us, the department ofjustice says it will investigate the use of force by federal officers in portland, sent in as part of President Trumps crackdown. From our series echos of empire, our correspondent in kenya confronts her countrys colonial past. For decades, this was a Detention Camp. They were not
allowed to interact with other communities. The Colonial Government termed them in evil clan. And an evil clan. The american secretary of state, mike pompeo, called on free nations to triumph over the threat of what he said was a new tyranny from china. In a speech attended by several prominent chinese dissidents, mr pompeo accused beijing
Dislocated from standard republican and partisan axes on those subjects. Are we fighting too Many American wars . What are the conservatives going to say about that . A panel today was moderated by republican congressman steve king of iowa. Yes, that steve king. But the real star of the discussion was republican congressman Louie Gohmert of texas. And this was his contribution to the question of do we fight too many wars . One of the things that we have heard over and over again since vietnam is, you know, well, we dont want to get in another unwinnable war like vietnam. Im not going to debate the merits of whether we should or should not have gone to vietnam. But what i will tell you is, vietnam was winnable but people in washington decided we would not win it folks, when you hear people talk about the lesson of vietnam, it ought to be this. You dont send american men or women to harms way unless you are going to give them the authority and what they need to win and then bring them ho