Rusted assault on ukrainian gas plans causing problems for european supplies with matt we get the view from kyiv. Good evening. President biden has told the pro palestinian demonstrators they have the right to protest, but not a right to cause chaos. It was the first time the president has spoken on the campus protests amid criticism from donald trump and republicans that he has been absent from the debate. Peaceful protest in america. Violent protest is not protected. Peaceful protest is. Its against the law when violence occurs. Destroying property is not a peaceful protest. Its against the law. Vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcing the cancellation of classes and graduations none of this is a peaceful protest. Threatening people, intimidating people, instilling fear in people is not a peaceful protest. Its against the law. Dissent is essential to democracy, but dissent must never lead to disorder or to denying the rights of others so students can
Harder to solve the Productivity Puzzle . Im in devon this morning to find out. In sport, the best of the nights premier League Action including Zlatan Ibrahimovics injury time penalty which saves the day for Manchester United. 50 years on from the Summer Of Love and the release of sergeant peppers, we ask if, in the words of the beatles, things have been Getting Better. It cant get no worse, as the beatles said in 1967 and carol has the weather. A chilly start with A Touch Of Frost, but there is sunshine around. More Cloud Building from the north west, with the winds easing in the far north west of is sunderland. Good morning. First, our main story the Un Security Council will hold an Emergency Session later to discuss a suspected Chemical Attack in syria, which is reported to have killed at least 58 people, many of them children. Washington has accused the assad regime of barbarism, but officials in Damascus Have denied using Chemical Weapons. The us, britain and france have called o
If he is to compete at augusta. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Any parent who takes their child out of school in england during term time could be fined, or even face prosecution. Thats the ruling of the Supreme Court after a father lost his case that he could take his daughter out of school as long as she attended regularly. Jon platt whos from the Isle Of Wight had refused to pay a fine after taking his daughter for an unauthorised holiday. The high court had originally ruled in his favour but the Supreme Court has now overturned thatjudgment saying parents need to act within school rules. Heres our education editor, branwen jeffreys. The dad who took on the system and today lost. Jon platt refuse to pay a fine for today lost. Jon platt refuse to pay afine fora today lost. Jon platt refuse to pay a fine for a term time holidays. Highest court in the land has ruled against him. I say this, the legal battle is not over. There is no right of appeal on this place. Be a
Sounds like a man engaging with the rest of us. Wasnt he meant to be the America First president , the one willing to do deals with russia and assad . So, has something changed . The Syrian Government thinks america was duped. I think they fall to the trick, and they have changed unnecessarily what they thought about syria. Well ask what this means for syria, the us and the world. And, while the world was reacting to that, a reminder of fraught times another truck atrocity, this time in the swedish capital, stockholm. I could actually see bodies lying on the street, and i could see the police covering a body with an orange blanket. Hello. Over three days, a huge shift in us policy to syria. A new engagement with the world and, it seems, a fresh approach to Foreign Policy that sees america willing to bomb again. On one account, trump means business, is willing to act fast and decisively, and is telling not just syria, but russia, iran and north korea to watch out. On this account, what
The gloucestershire old spots, one of britains most famous pig breeds, from extinction. And coming up in the sport on bbc news chris latham wins a bronze for britain in the mens scratch race at the world track cycling championships, bringing gbs medal tally to two in two days. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The syrian president , bashar al assad, says claims that his armed forces were behind a chemical weapons attack on a rebel town last week are a 100 fabrication. Instead, he claimed america had worked Hand In Glove with Terrorist Groups to stage the attack as a pretext for american air strikes. And he questioned whether tv images of dead children were real. A warning that our report from James Robbins contains distressing images. Nine days ago, these pictures shocked the world. Children and babies struggling for breath after a suspected chemical weapons attack on the rebel held town of khan sheikhoun. Other pictures, to horror flick to broadcast, Should Fire Crews H