The fbi is to investigate the death of the multi millionaire businessman and convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, who was found dead in his cell, in a jail in new york. The 66 year old is believed to have taken his own life, while awaiting trial on new charges, of trafficking dozens of underage girls for sex. Epstein had once counted among his friends bill clinton, donald trump and Prince Andrew. He was due to stand trial next year. Our north america correspondent, neda tawfik, reports from new york. The body ofJeffrey Epstein is taken away from a New York Hospital this evening. The multimillionaire sex offender was found dead in his prison cell as he awaited trial for sex trafficking. Once, epsteins extravagant lifestyle had seen him party with donald trump. The president had called him a terrific guy. He has since distanced himself from the convicted sex offender. Originally a math teacher in manhattan, the financier mysteriously accumulated a fortune that gained him entrance int
Here. To offer his condolences following the mass shooting in which 9 people. Working to stop dying. To keep them up. To the program we start in afghanistan when at least 14 people have been killed and 145. 00 wounded by a suicide bombing in the capital kabul the taliban says it carried out the attack which said to smoke in the city. Police station and military school the majority of the victims are thought to be civilians. The United States to withdraw its troops from. Mr. W. s us under president has reported extensively on the afghan war can tell us more welcome. Lets start by putting these 2 events together but the taliban currently in the middle of peace talks with the United States so why carry out this bombing i think its about leverage at the negotiation table if we just look at this months of july if i can share the statistics with you with the u. N. Has just put the knowledge in the month of july alone we saw more than 1500 civilian casualties that is killed and injured and th
Scrapping of the states autonomous status. And the taliban inflict more carnage on kabul. Several are dead, scores are injured in a bombing that came despite a promise during peace talks to protect civilians. Plus, the craze that is sweeping germany. For young and old, this is the fast way to get around town. But the number of injuries is on the rise, and it is spoiling the fun for some. Brent im brent goff. To our viewers on pbs in the United States and all around the world, welcome. Tonight, u. S. President donald trump is on his way to el paso, texas to meet survivors and family members of the victims of saturdays mass shooting. 22 people were killed. He is flying from dayton, ohio after a similar visit to victims of another rampage in which nine people died. Protesters there chanted for stronger gun controls and voiced opposition to the president s divisive rhetoric about immigrants and people of color. Trump made no public appearances in dayton. As he was leaving washington dc ear
in the middle. also on the programme: a us judge unseals some documents that authorised the fbi to search donald trump s florida home. we ll get the latest from washington. we speak to the former australian prime minister kevin rudd on the tensions in the pacific between the us and china, and beijing s relationship with taiwan. japan launches a nationwide competition to try to enourage people in their 20s and 30s to drink more alcohol. that was fantastic. you can t buy that feeling, frankly. and striking gold: we hear from one of the british divers who helped locate a us world war i shipwreck that s been missing since 1917. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday- singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in ukraine, where explosions have been reported at a military airbase in russian occupied crimea. the authorities say there s been no damage, and that a u
we ll get the latest from our correspondent in the united states. the afghan taliban says that at least 21 people were killed in a blast at a kabul mosque. the un calls on the group to bring an end to terrorism. japan launches a nationwide competition to encourage people in their 20s and 30s to drink more alcohol. that was fantastic. you can t buy that feeling, frankly. and striking gold: we hear from one of the british divers who helped locate a us world war i shipwreck that s been missing since 1917. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. explosions have been reported at a military airbase in russian occupied crimea. officials there say there s been no damage, and that a ukrainian drone has been shot down. it happened north of the city of sevastopol at the belbek airbase. you ll remember another russian airbase in crimea was hit and, separately, in russia itself two villages close to the border with ukraine were evacuated after a fire broke out at an