Chaos in france as the next phase of a massive strike action gets underway french workers take to the streets in a bid to press president in money mccraw to give up on his Campaign Promise to push through french reforms. And a shock announcement in the British Royal family in what a tabloid is calling a makes it prince harry and his wife meghan announced they will step back from royal duties and spend more time in north america with talk of the also off a book on prince harry called the inside story. Hello and welcome im a touchy one thank you very much for your company. U. S. President donald trump says iran appears to be standing down in its confrontation with the United States at the same time we did not threaten from other military action following. Those missile strikes on u. S. Targets in iraq just hours after trump statement rockets had locked on the green zone where u. S. Government buildings on located. Sirens rang out over the iraqi capital on wednesday night its not clear wh
Unions are stepping up their battle against proposed pension reforms. This is the largest industrial action france has seen in decades. From brexit to mexit. Harry and meghan saying they will step back from real duties. It seems they have forgotten to tell the queen. We will take a look at the royal fallout. Brent im brent goff. To our viewers on pbs in the United States and around the world, welcome. In the last few minutes, the canadian Prime Minister has echoed u. S. Reports intelligence officials indicate iran likely shot down the Ukrainian International airlines plane, which crashed on wednesday. The plane was on its way from the iranian capital to the ukrainian capital. Unnamed u. S. Officiaials have td u. S. Mededia iranian air d defee systems may have accidentally shot down the plane. Ukraine has asked western nations to provide any evidence, intelligence or whatever they can that could show or corroborate these allegations. The plane was carrying 176 people. 63 of them were ca
On friday. So more rain at times everywhere today. Also lots of dry weather, its mild, and its rather windy as well. So ill start to the morning, the initial rain is pushing its way northwards. Lots of cloud, but lots of dry weather as well, particularly through the mid to late morning into the first part of the afternoon, before further pulses of rain just afternoon, before further pulses of rainjust put in afternoon, before further pulses of rain just put in from the south. But turning dry again towards the end of the day, probably, top temperatures of 12 or 13 celsius. So feeling mild but also some strong gusts of wind around at times as well. For the first half of the night its looking dry, then its going to be wet again through the early hours and into the start of the day tomorrow. But a mild night to come stop temperatures dropping to between seven and nine celsius. Its a wet start to the day tomorrow, but it should brighten up into the afternoon. Some further showers on saturda
For a summit marking 70 yea rs of nato. We are on the latest step of our bbc brea kfast, we are on the latest step of our bbc breakfast, at enniskillen, the westernmost constituency in the uk and were looking at other issues with the general election just nine days away. Dan is inside the castle and im outside. Farming, tourism and im outside. Farming, tourism and construction, the big employers in the region so what did the firms here want to hear from the politicians . Its a record breaking night for lionel messi. The barcelona striker wins the ballon dor for the sixth time. Megan rapinoe takes the womens honours. Ill be keeping warm by the fire in enniskillens oldest pub, its chilly out there this morning but nowhere near as cold as yesterday and for most, today will be a dry day. Your full forecast writing and for most, today will be a dry day. Yourfull forecast writing on brea kfast. Day. Yourfull forecast writing on breakfast. This good morning and welcome to breakfast. Its tuesd
Stories. We begin with ongoing protests in hong kong. President trump signed a bill backing protesters. This pump to china to threaten retaliation against the u. S. As it nears a phase one trade deal. The chinese spokesman saying u. S. Stopsuggest the sticking obstinately to its course or china will take resolute countermeasures. Where does this leave them in that phase one trade deal . Reporter it is very interesting because for several days, weve had the chutneys threatening nonspecific countermeasures, but there havent really got into any detail. The most weve had is the suggestion they might put a ban on those who drafted the bill from entering china or hong kong, which is a pretty lowkey response. The fact that we had several days of this without any suggestions without any specifics suggests beijing is grappling with how to handle this. It is clear the u. S. Once a trade deal done very soon. The chinese want a trade deal done as soon as possible. They dont want to bring in tensio