Assault allegations. And a warning of heavy rain and wind gusts up to 80 miles an hour as hurricane ophelia tears across the atlantic towards the uk. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A canadian man kidnapped with his pregnant wife in afghanistan has been giving distressing details of the five years they spent in captivity. Joshua boyle and his wife were released earlier this week after being held hostage by islamic militants linked to the taliban. Mr boyle told reporters his wife caitlin had been raped, that she had given birth to four children in captivity one of whom he said, a baby girl, had been murdered. John mcmanus reports. Afghanistan, parts of the country remain in the grip of islamist militants. It was here that Canadian Joshua Boyle and his wife caitlin coleman, travelled, he says, to carry out aid work. But instead, the couple were kidnapped by members of the haqqani network, linked to the taliban. Over five years their captors released a series of videos. One of them
That dont have a lot of meaning, to be honest. I wanted to make sure, unlike most politicians, that what i said was correct. The protests are set to continue with thousands of people expected outside trump tower here in new york city later today. France officials are now w San Francisco officials are worried about a rally planned without their knowledge. Reporter its not city property. It belongs to the National Park service. Thats the agency that permitted the event on august 26th. Crissy field is a very popular spot. Now officials here in the city are very boar ried about keeping the public safe the day of the rally. Were not welcoming this group into San Francisco to promote hate. Reporter mayor ed lee and bill scott condemning a right wing rally planned for saturday, august 26th at crissy field. We are a city of tolerance. We enjoy free speech. I suggest to you theres a difference between free speech and hate speech with the intent of causing violence. Reporter crissy field is Nati
Bannon a lightning rod for criticism is out at the white house. He served seven rollercoaster months as the chief strategists. This morning the president is defending him. Reporter speculation is growing over weather Steve Bannons time in the white house was limited. Today the white house confirming he is out. Its the 4th major shakeup of the Trump Administration in as many weeks. Days after he wouldnt commit to saying he has confidence in bannon. He is is good man, he is a good person he is not a racist. He gets unfair press in that regard. Reporter many close to trump has been urging him to fire bannon who fought with several people inside the white house including his soninlaw, jared kushner. Now with the exception of mike pence all of the president s original men are out. Sean spicer resigns and chief of staff reince priebus, and Anthony Scaramucci and now steve bannon. From our new jersey newsroom, state Election Officials say they have provided the Voting Commission with most of
Carrie fisher, the actress, debbie reynolds, has written on social media that her daughters in a stable condition in an la hospital, on friday the actress suffered Heart Problems on a flight from london the united states. Now on bbc news, mark kermode takes a look back at the big releases of the year, sorting out the crackers from the turkeys in this review 2016 the in film. Hello and welcome to this review of the year in film. Im mark kermode, and were here at the Cinema Museum in south london where for the next half now we will be looking back at some of the best Movies Released In Uk Cinemas in 2016. 2016 was a pretty tumultuous year, what with the brexit vote injune, and the results of the American Election in november proving that the unexpected really can happen. In the world of politics, uncertainty can be alarming. When it comes to movies, it is the expected which really makes it all worthwhile. While the naysayers can blame that movies today are just an endless slew of sequels
Carrie fisher, the actress, debbie reynolds, has written on social media that her daughters in a stable condition in an la hospital, on friday the actress suffered Heart Problems on a flight from london the united states. Now on bbc news, mark kermode takes a look back at the big releases of the year, sorting out the crackers from the turkeys in this review 2016 the in film. Hello and welcome to this review of the year in film. Im mark kermode, and were here at the Cinema Museum in south london where for the next half now we will be looking back at some of the best Movies Released In Uk Cinemas in 2016. 2016 was a pretty tumultuous year, what with the brexit vote injune, and the results of the American Election in november proving that the unexpected really can happen. In the world of politics, uncertainty can be alarming. When it comes to movies, it is the expected which really makes it all worthwhile. While the naysayers can blame that movies today are just an endless slew of sequels