and taliban fighters shoot in the air to disperse a women s protest in kabul a year after the taliban took over afghanistan. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. prosecutors say the man accused of stabbing the author sir salman rushdie has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and assault. hadi matar was formally charged in a court in new york state. sir salman remains on a ventilator in hospital after being attacked at an event in new york state yesterday. he s been the subject of death threats ever since the publication in 1988 of his controversial book, the satanic verses, which some muslims considered blasphemous. authors and politicians have condemned the attack as horrifying and also an assault on free speech. this report from our correspondent, nomia iqbal. sir salman rushdie remains on a ventilator inside this hospital after undergoing emergency surgery. his agent has said the author is in bad shape. he faces losing an eye, the nerves i
Britains glorious future outside the eu. A day after north koreas latest Missile Launch kim jong un says he wants to match the military power of the united states. In halfan in half an hours time, how First Responders are working with the gaming industry. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Police have arrested an 18 year old man at dover in connection with yesterdays bombing of a London Underground train. The arrest is described as significant. Armed police and military personnel are being deployed at key locations across the uk, following the raising of the Terror Threat level to critical the highest possible alert. It means the government believes a further attack may be imminent. An emergency cobra meeting is being held this lunchtime. Our correspondent robert hall is outside Parsons Green station. Where the train was attract. The sean the news of that arrest broke a couple of hours ago. If it did anything it sure does the intensity and the spread of this huge police investigat
Are in las vegas this weekend, for the middleweight title clash, between two, of the best fighters on the planet, Gennady Golovkin and canelo alvarez, which is being dubbed the real deal. On the undercard is british two time olympic gold medallist, nicola adams who says its a dream, to make her vegas debut. Im taking itjust as i take every otherfight i have been in. Stay calm, collected and dont let the nerves overwhelm you. Ijust like to have fun when i am in there so i will be taking my time, having fun and just enjoying the moment. Thats all sport for now. Ill have more in the next hour now click this week, the technology helping american schools to prepare for the worst. We are hands on with the new iphone. And Artificial Intelligence meets its greatest challenge in the 1980s. siren sounds radio we have one party down. In the united states, Mass Shootings are something that occur with depressing regularity. Libraries, churches, cinemas, and schools all locations of acts of mass mur
To islamist terrorism, appears to have failed to detonate fully, but 30 people ended up on casualties. Three of them are still being treated at chelsea and westminster hospital, and last night the uk moved to its highest terrorism threat level critical and soldiers were deployed to do some of the work of armed police officers. We have authorised operation temperer, which is the initial deployment of a number of troops. They will be deployed to key sites in the uk to free up armed police. And so you will see more armed police on the streets, up to between 501,000 depending on how the police wish to deploy them. At houston this morning the changing threat level was immediately obvious up to between 500 and 1000. There are seven premier League Football matches today and there will be more security at those and other big events. We rehearsed things a lot. We make sure we do it well, so the public will see an awful lot more police officers. They should expect to see more on the underground
Terror attack from metropolitan police shortly. We will go straight to that. In the meantime, lets cioss to that. In the meantime, lets cross to sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday with me tim hague. The headlines this evening. Theres no roy of the rovers start for hodgson. His new palace side have now lost their first five premier league games and fail to score again. Scoring, not a problem for Manchester City though. They go clear at the top, as Sergio Agueros hatrick helps them to a 6 0 win at watford. And Sebastien Vettel is sensational in singapore. He takes pole position ahead of tomorrows grand prix, but championship leader Lewis Hamilton can only manage fifth. Also coming up in the programme another huge fight night in las vegas approaches. We bring you all the build up to saul alvarez versus Gennady Golovkin two of boxings biggest punchers. We begin with the days football and roy hodgsons return to management with Crystal Palace began in defeat to southampton. If the for