The couple, who announced their engagement on monday, will meet members of the public when they visit several charities. Who will england face in the world cup . The countdown to todays draw in russia is underway. Good morning. Its friday 1st december. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Royal bank of scotland has announced its to close 259 branches resulting in 680 job losses. The latest round of closures at the state owned bank follows 180 announced in march. Will come back to this story in a moment. Right now, were going to ta ke moment. Right now, were going to take you to nottingham, where prince harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle by due to carry out a Patch Programme of engagements. Their First Official visit since their engagement was announced on monday. Book ending either end of the working week with the engagement announcement on monday morning and now here they are carrying out their First Official visit as an engaged couple. And big crowds gathering in notting
Technology help us get more out of oui Technology Help us get more out of our workers and businesses . Productivity problems are a big issue for the chancellor in next weeks budget, so i am at this trade fair show of innovation this morning to see if i can find any solutions. In sport delight for denmark, but despair for the republic of ireland, beaten in their world cup qualifying playoff. And carol has the weather. A very good morning. Good morning. It isa a very good morning. Good morning. It is a fairly cloudy start across england, wales and Northern Ireland. We have also got some patchy mist and fog and some rain and drizzle. The brightest skies today are going to be across scotland. I will have more in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story soldiers in zimbabwe have broadcast a message on state run television, after shooting and explosions were heard in the capital, harare. Military officers have denied the move amounted to a coup, and say president mugabe and his family
And im steve aveson. The Washington Post and New York Times saying those secrets have not even been shared with american allies. And could jeopardize a crucial intelligence gathering channel. Grant lodes is here with what we are learning about the leak. grant the meeting took place at the white house. President trump and foreign minister sergey lavrov, plus Russian Ambassador sergey kislyak. According to the times and post, President Trump began with a boast. They quote him as saying, i get great intel. I have people brief me on great intel every day, and then he told them of an isis plot to use laptops against airliners. More damaging, they say he revealed where that intelligence came from a third party in syria who had not given permission for the us to reveal its source. The president s security adviser says that never happened. The president and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries including threats to civil aviation. At no time, at no time w
Tributes are being paid to the victims of monday nights attack. The suspect, salman abedi, a 22 year old born in manchester to libyan parents had been known to Security Services. It is said it is unlikely he was acting alone. The Terror Threat alert has been raised to critical, its highest level. More rate of taken place across the city today as Police Continue their investigation. So far, four people have been arrested, one is the suspects older brother. The bbc understands the bomber is thought to have detonated a device built by someone else. The Terror Threat alert indicates further attacks may be imminent. Hundreds of troops have been deployed to protect key sites across the country, including Downing Street. An Off Duty Female Police Officer was among the 22 killed in the attack. Husband is critically ill and their two children were also injured. We will have all the latest elements in manchester and reaction, but first this report. Of those killed in the attack on monday night,
President trump promises the culprit will face the full extent of the law. Eight people have now been arrested in the uk in a third day of raids police say the Investigation Continues to be fast moving. I want to reassure people, that the arrests that we have made are significant and initial searches of premises have revealed items that we believe are very important to the investigation. Im Reeta Chakrabarti also in the next hour. President trump delivers a blunt message to european members of nato. He tells them they must spend more on defence to meet the threat from terrorism. Ukips paul nuttall describes the decision to launch his partys manifesto today as a message to terrorists that they will not win. And net migration to the uk falls by 84,000 most of those leaving the country were eu citizens. Good evening from st anns square in manchester. Flowers continue to be late. They have been all day to remember the victims of mondays bomb attack. The queen has been here in the city toda