Difficult match for tottenham and lead to title contenders Manchester City with a victory for spurs helping rivals arsenal when the league. Good evening. Two french Prison Officers have been killed, after an ambush on their prison van by a heavily armed gang, in normandy. It happened on a motorway at a toll booth, as a notorious criminal, mohammed amra, was being transferred between rouen and evreux, after earlier appearing in court. Now several hundred police are involved in a huge manhunt. Andrew harding is live in normandy for us this evening. What an extraordinarily violent incident here on a relatively quiet stretch of motorway in normandy. Hundreds of French Police now involved in a massive nationwide man hunt for the gang and the man they were trying to release. And the French Public are in shock and worried about what many people see as rising violence from drug related criminal gangs. A brazen ambush on a motorway. This is the moment a black car rams into a white police van. A
To helping poorer countries. We give £13 billion a year in foreign aid. But the way we help other countries has changed. The government now gives much of that cash to private companies. They then deliver aid projects around the world. There must be accountability for the money that is spent. And of course, the more difficult the environment you are operating in, perhaps the greater leeway you give, but it is more important then that there needs to be as much transparency and accountability for the taxpayers money. One British Company has done very well under the new system. Adam Smith International their offices are just across the riverfrom parliament. In the last five years, adam Smith International, asi, as won british aid contracts worth more than £537 million. Adam Smith International say they bring expertise and deliver results. But earlier this year, asi was banned from new government contracts after serious questions were raised about the compa nys ethical integrity. At the m
To helping poorer countries. We give £13 billion a year in foreign aid. But the way we help other countries has changed. The government now gives much of that cash to private companies. They then deliver aid projects around the world. There must be accountability for the money that is spent. And of course, the more difficult the environment you are operating in, perhaps the greater leeway you give, but even more importantly then, that there needs to be as much transparency and accountability for the taxpayers money. One British Company has done very well under the new system. Adam Smith International. Their offices are just across the riverfrom parliament. In the last five years, adam Smith International, asi, has won british aid contracts worth more than £537 million. Adam Smith International say they bring expertise and deliver results. But earlier this year, asi was banned from new government contracts after serious questions were raised about the compa nys ethical integrity. I wo
Of several suspicious devices found late saturday near a bar and a train bridge. The mayor of elizabeth had this to say i dont think any mayor prepares for this or wants this to happen in their city. The incident, about forty minutes from where a blast in manhattans chelsea neighborhood injured dozens. An intact Pressure Cooker with similarities to the exploded device was found blocks away. With residents again worried new york mayor bill de blasio says officials are working hard to keep people safe you will see a very substantial nypd prescence this week. Bigger than ever earlier saturday in seaside park, new jersey one of three pipebomb type devices wired together detonated in a garbage can. No one was injured was probably meant to distrupt a marine corps charity run. Police say theres similarities in that incident and the one in new york but have stopped short of saying theyre linked. And the two blasts came on the same day as a man stabbed nine people in a minnesota mall. An offdut
This morning, a somber reflection on all the heartbreak and horror of 15 years ago today . Nat ringing of bells the impact of the september 11th terror attacks . Still piercing . Through the haunting recollections . Sot memories as we crawled in deeper, squeezing through tiny openings, and into a smoke filled environment. Came to the understanding that we were going to die in that pile. And lingering effects. 127 new york city firefighters who stayed at ground zero in the days, and weeks that followed the attacks . Searching, heroicly through the smoldering, toxic debris . Have since died of respiratory and other ailments . Http abc7ny. Com news fdnyrem 00786 sot nagging problems worsened, chronic became acute and the number of those lost to the terrorist attack of september 11 began to grow, 17 new names added to the fdnys Memorial Wall this year . While again the other names . Etched into history show reflecting pool names are read aloud. Nats from here below the resilient reflection