and the supreme leader of iran says his country will stand firm in the face of american threats. ayatollah kahmeini urges huge protests this friday, for the anniversary of the 1979 revolution. hello and welcome to 100 days. from the moment she was first introduced in late november as president trump s nominee for education secretary, betsy devos has been taking the heat. she s a millionaire christian conservative philanthropist who critics said knew very little about the job she was up for. and she was widely ridiculed in her confirmation hearings when she was asked about having guns in schools. you can t say definitively today that guns shouldn t be in schools? well, i. iwill that guns shouldn t be in schools? well, i. i will refer back to the senator and the school that he was talking about in wyoming. i think probably there i would imagine that there s probably a gun in the school to protect from potential grizzlies. not her finest to protect from potential grizzlies. not
ella survived thanks to a research centre set up by the former prime minister and his wife after their own personal tragedy. and the bus lane cameras snapping up £31m a year across england. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. there are claims that policing in england and wales is in a potentially perilous state with victims being let down, criminal cases shelved and suspects left untracked. the police watchdog says most of the 43 forces in england and wales are providing a good service but a third require improvement. it says some forces are putting the public at an unacceptable risk, by rationing their response to crime as they struggle with cutbacks. our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani reports. the cornerstone of british policing, the bobby on the beat. part of the frontline neighbourhood services that solve so many crimes. but are posts like this being eroded? one of the warnings contained in a stark report. laura beale was the pride of devon and cornwal
sisi, he has done a fantasticjob and a very difficult situation. also today there will be no armada heading to gibraltar. the british prime minister restores some calm, laughing off the diplomatic row over the rock, which would always be resolved through dialogue. jared kushner arrives in iraq. the president s envoy and son in law is quickly becoming one of the president most trusted lieutenants. i m katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. today we start in russia, ten people have been killed in an explosion between two underground stations in st petersburg. president vladimir putin said all causes, especially terrorism, were being investigated. the head of russia s national anti terrorist committee says another explosive device was later found and made safe at ploshchad vosstaniya station. st petersburg metro system sees more than two million passengers travel on the system each day this is the first time it s been targeted. richard galpin has the latest.
a democrat in congress from georgia and yet, the party is still claiming victory. we ll explain. not another one! for gods sake, i can stand it. and. if you re feeling a case of election fatigue you are not alone. going back to the ballot box isn t sitting well with everyone in the uk. i m christian fraser in london, katty kay s in new york. it s less than two years since britain s last general election, ten months since the brexit referendum, nine months since theresa may entered downing street and in case you are counting, it s 49 days until britain goes to the polls. again. the opposition labour party was never likely to turn down an opportunity to try to eject a conservative government. and mps from both sides voted overwhelmingly in favour of the prime minister s snap election. the ayes to the right 522. the noes to the left 13. opposition mp s say they are up for the fight even though the polls suggest mrs may could be returned with an even greater majority, comejun
started broadcasting with the one hour ago, started broadcasting with the one hourago, i started broadcasting with the one hour ago, i saw the police and i knew something was wrong, i did not know where it was but i know there was a commotion. we are broadcasting here, that is etoile behind us, the traffic is being redirected away from the champs elysees, it s being directed towards concord and the street is empty, they have pulled back the cordon towards etoile and the helicopter is basically making a grand circle around the champs elysees. it is going back down towards us. police cars are still moving around, just after we had spoken to you clearly the message had gone out on the radio that one officer had been shot and they were coming from all directions. it was bedlam. there was one unmarked police car that came tearing up the grande armee desperate to get to the champs elysees because they did not know what had happened. the street was full of people as it is on beautif