Do beat moldova in their world cup qualifier tonight. And, the british runner, aiming to become the fastest woman to run across america. Coming up in sportsday on bbc news. Wales take on moldova in tonights world cup qualifiers. Theyre hoping to close the gap on their group d rivals. Good evening. Five men, including a number of serving soldiers, have been arrested on suspicion of being members of National Action a neo nazi group, which was banned last year. West Midlands Police say the men were detained as part of a pre planned operation. National action was described by the home office as virulently racist, anti semitic and homophobic, and it was banned in the wake of the murder ofjo cox, the mp killed last year by a white supremacist. Our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, has the story. Yes, the mod directly assisted with these arrests which are highly significant. The first involved alleged membership of a far right organisation which was only banned the end of last year. Me
Welcome to bbc news. Tougher prison sentences are being planned for people who are repeatedly caught carrying acid or other corrosive substances. The government wants to introduce a minimum six month jail term in england, wales and scotland. This comes after the number of acid attacks across the uk more than doubled in the past five years. Heres our Home Affairs Correspondent danny shaw. Convicted this week, two robbers who sprayed a chemical on their victims. Joshua jordan and sadik kamara were part of a gang that attacked a shop assistant in east london. The woman, in her 50s, was squirted, with ammonia at least three times. Herface burning, she bravely fought back. Later, jordan and kamara sprayed another woman with ammonia. They will be sentenced next month. The government wants to give police greater powers to prevent attacks with substances like ammonia. In future it will be an offence to carry harmful chemicals in public, unless theres a reasonable explanation. Its really import
Hurricane ophelia is approaching the uk and may bring heavy rain and gusts of up to 80mph. And. The accountants who disappeared leaving thousands of lorry drivers owing money to the taxman. Thats in inside out in half an hour here on bbc news. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. A canadian man, kidnapped and held for five years in afghanistan, along with his pregnant wife, says she was raped and her baby daughter murdered. They were freed earlier this week along with three children born in cap tiffity. He revealed captivity. Afghanistan, parts of the country remain in the grip of islamist militants. Canadianjoshua boyle and his wife caitlin coleman, came here, he says, to carry out aid work. But instead the couple were kidnapped by members of a Haqqani Network linked to the taliban. Over five years their captors released a series of videos. One of them showed their children born in captivity. On wednesday, the family were finally freed by pakistani forces. They arrived in toronto l
This is d w news live from berlin donald trump reignites americas feud with iran decertifying a landmark agreement to curb its Nuclear Program but the us president stopped short of outright torpedoing the deal instead leaving its fate in the hands of Congress Also coming up austria is expected to take a sharp swing to the right in the sundays elections will take a look at how a hardline immigration stance has helped front runner Sebastian Kurtz snap up the ports. And the Oscars Academy is set to meet to discuss kicking out mega producer Harvey Weinstein multiple women accuse him of Sexual Harassment and assault. My ass waiter thank you for joining us u. S. President donald trump has said he will not recertify the two thousand and fifteen Iran Nuclear Deal the multilateral agreement calls for iran to shelve its disputed Nuclear Program and in exchange the International Community would ease sanctions trump accused have run of violating the quote spirit of the agreement but stopped short
This is d. W. News live from berlin donald trump reignite americas viewed with iran decertify the landmark agreement to curb its Nuclear Program but the us president stopped short of outright for peatling the deal instead of leaving its fate in the hands of congress. Also coming up austria is expected to take a sharp swing to the right in this sundays elections will take a look at how a hardline immigration stance has helped front runner Sebastian Kurtz snap up support. And female lawmakers in germany are cleaning out their desks after the september elections as the percentage of women in parliament drunks. Waiter thank you for joining us u. S. President donald trump has said he will not recertify the two thousand and fifteen Iran Nuclear Deal the multilateral agreement called for iran to shelve its disputed Nuclear Program and in exchange the International Community would ease sanctions accused iran of violating the quote spirit of the agreement but stopped short of canceling the deal