Deputy for defense secretary Patrick Shanahan as acting secretary starting January 1st the abrupt decision came as Trump was said to be angry over Madis his resignation letter widely seen as a rebuke to Trump s foreign policy that has resigned last week after the president announced a u.s. Troop withdrawal from Syria rescue crews are working in Indonesia helping with the aftermath of the tsunami last night that left at least 280 people dead more than a 1000 injured Natasha Phebe a doctor with World Vision International was having dinner and just after she left the restaurant the tsunami hit she said she helped many of the injured enjoying mostly multiple trauma because they should. By not only don t want to. Risk the water dozens of people are still missing it happened on the soon to straight between Java and some of her islands state media in China say the country s legislature is considering a new law that would lift some of the restrictions placed on foreign firms in particular the
Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Janine Herbst 13 former intelligence officials are speaking out after the White House revoked the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan has repeatedly clashed with the president calling Trump s failure to denounce Russian interference in u.s. Elections at a recent summit with Lattimer Putin quote nothing short of treasonous N.P.R. s Sarah McCammon reports in a new statement the intelligence officials say the move is unprecedented and an attempt to stifle free speech there is the big names here about a dozen officials many of them former CIA directors who ve served under both Republicans and Democrats they write that they feel compelled to respond to the White House decision to revoke former CIA Director John Brennan is clearance they say they don t all agree with everything he said but they call this move by the White House an effort to stifle free speech n.p.r. Sarah McCammon a new report finds 8300000 pounds of air pollution w
This is Catherine Cracknell weather warnings remain in place across much of the u.k. With perilous conditions on the roads and railways to reason may is preparing to make a crucial speech on brakes this outlining what she wants from a future deal with the e.u. And more than a 1000 members of the public a bang invited into the grounds of Windsor Castle for the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Snow ice and powerful winds are continuing to cause widespread disruption across much of the u.k. Many roads remain impassable their region lays to trains and hundreds of flights have been cancelled many motorists a still trapped on the m 62 in Greater Manchester having spent the night in their cars in Edinburgh the army was called in to help take medical staff to work and hundreds of people spent the night trapped on trains in southern England among them was Philip Brown whose 2 hour journey from London to bowl must Kim 15 hours but try and lost power which meant we lost lightspeed last
I ve to California for the latest on the devastating wildfires there the man promising to put France s center right back on the map by shifting them further to the right. Really it s a renewed right which is rising up today a right that carries with it its values a serene right that will no longer be hidden in small groups and then talk to go as high as mountain just got taller in Antarctica there are no roads so if you get around everywhere we have to fly planes and if you re flying a plane you really need to know where the mountains are so you don t crash the plane and that s all after the news. I m Stuart Mackintosh with the b.b.c. News hello 3 main opposition parties in Venezuela have been told they can t field presidential candidates at next year s election President Nicolas Maduro said only the minor opposition parties of which participated in Sunday s municipal elections would be allowed to nominate candidates to be head of state he congratulated his own Socialist Party for win
It s 5 o clock coming home islands the European Commission says his country will continue to play tough to the end savor its threat to veto Breck s it negotiations with the European Union moving on to discuss trade next month Phil Hogan says the best way to avoid introducing border controls is to stay within the Customs Union he is our Political Correspondent Chris Mason the Irish border is boiling down to being a vast issue now in these bricks and negotiations how does the u.k. Maintain a near invisible border was leaving the Customs Union the single market and so ultimately having different economic rules to our island and the rest of the. Sea people are reported to have died and dozens more injured after an explosion in the port city of main bull in eastern China they ll Dorothy say the cause of the blast is not yet known China correspondent Robin Braun today in Shanghai he said The latest incident follows another recent explosion in the country what the concern will be is that the