Crashes into the side of a house and bursts into flames. Welcome to bbc newsroom. The Foreign Secretary has become the latest member of the cabinet to put pressure on the chancellor to relax the Public Sector pay cap. The limit is due to be in place by 2020, that a Government Source says borisjohnson 2020, that a Government Source says Boris Johnson strongly 2020, that a Government Source says borisjohnson strongly believes pay writers can be achieved without putting undue pressure on public finances. How would this pay cap be paid for. I think what it tells us is the chances of being able to stick by the Public Sector pay cap for the next couple of years looks increasingly remote because we have now had up to six Cabinet Ministers weather themselves through their intermediate trees, saying that they need to look again at this i intermediate trees, saying that they need to look again at this 1 cap. Borisjohnson suggesting this can be done without what he calls fiscal pressure, without
The parents of charlie gard failed to get an agreement to spend up to a month with him in a hospice. Wildfires continuing to burn in the south of france. At least 6000 firefighters and troops are now battling the flames. The un says a catastrophe is unfolding in yemen as the country struggles with the worlds worst cholera epidemic, and the looming threat of famine. Whens best to stop . A group of Scientists Say that we shouldnt always have to finish a course of antibiotics, for them to be effective. And up, up and away, Prince William works his last shift as an air ambulance pilot. Its five 0clock our top story the Home Secretary, amber rudd, says there will be no immigration cliff edge when the uk leaves the eu. Speaking in scotland, she said she wanted to reassure businesses that they would still be able to employ eu staff after march 2019, possibly using a Registration Scheme for foreign workers. The government announced this morning that Free Movement will end they announced they h
A panel of historians talk about antivice campaigns through the first halftime 1900s. Like crusadse against oipium and prostitution. Reform groups often had competing tactics. This was hosted by the american historical association. It is about an hour1 2. Welcome. It is my great privilege to be the moderater of this panel. We have three really fine papers and a comment today. Well just go in the order in the program and i will introduce each person before they speak. So if were ready, well get going. Our first presentation is by harle fisher, professor of modern global history at the Swiss Federal Institute of technology. The author of many wonderful stories including san scrist sociology ant zpw peerism. Race class. And the editor of limits of british control in south asia. The title of the talk today is eradicating the scourge of drink and the unpardonnable sin f inleaget sexual enjoyment. Thank you for these kind words. Thanks to the audience for coming out in this weather. As the t
And in sport the world of football remembers one of the games alltime greats. The dutch legend who helped change the way football has played as died at the age of 68. The former bosnian serb leader has been given a 40year jail sentence after being found guilty of genocide during the bull cans war. He was acquitted of one count of genocide against bosnian mays limbs and bosnian crow ave avesn 1992. But was convicted for another in which 8,000 men and boys were killed. He was also found guilty of crimes against humanity during the siege of sarajevo the judge said he was possible for murder, and hostage taking. His war crimes including Holding Thousands in detention camps in appalling conditions. Here is how the judge delivered his verdict. The chamber find that murder, extermination and persecution were foreseeable to the accused. The underlying acts of persecution which are foreseeable, were cruel treatment, forcible labor. Labor at the front lines, the use of nonner is,s at human shiel
General ham let me start with you. Sort of going in proposition with africom in many ways is youre not going to have large amounts of american troops under your command on the ground, if any. Did you feel at times that you were a general in charge of the contractor army . No, not at all. There is a proper role i think for the contractors but theres also a proper role for the uniformed military. Like the other Combatant Commanders and the Service Chiefs i was part of a discussion with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and secretary of defense that yielded the defense strategic guidance of 20 to which was approved by the president , and conduct with regard to advocate says they will seek a light footprint innovative and it reads lowcost, approach to africa. Not only because i was part of that discussion but i think that is the right approach. I dont think there is a need for a large standing u. S. Uniformed military presence in africa. But there is a role and there are places whe