sandra: a short time from now, expected to get an update from the white house and jake sullivan as the fighting between israel and hamas picks up in intensity at this hour and as the pentagon ramps up the response of the dozens of attacks from iran-backed terror groups. sandra smith in new york. afternoon by now, john. john: call it afternoon at this point. good to be back with you. i can see you are still enjoying the weekend. john roberts in washington, this is america reports . american troops from across the middle east have been under attack day after day for nearly two months and criticism has grown from both sides of the aisle, president biden may be taking the problem a bit more seriously than in the past. sandra: u.s. carrying out a drone strike in northern iraq, killing five iranian proxy fighters. that strike came just hours after iran-backed houthi rebels attacked several commercial ships and a u.s. destroyer in the red sea using drones and ballistic missil
to weather we see rain off the atlantic? there is a question about sunday s weather. we could see some rain on sunday but it could be much slower to move in and we might stay dry for most of sunday, still hanging on a bit of sunshine. thanks, chris. and that s bbc news at ten. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight with victoria derbyshire which is just getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, but from the ten team, it s goodnight. the row between the prime minister, his home secretary and the country s most senior police officer over the pro palestinian march on saturday ramps up dramatically tonight. suella braverman accuses the met police of playing favourites with protestors . the labour leader accuses the government of picking a fight with the police and calls on the pm to hold suella braverman accountable . former deputy m
appreciate you, casey jordan and your insights into this. thank you so much. always great to be here thanks for joining us. the news continues next it s friday, june 7, right now on cnn this morning, president biden, promoting freedom and democracy from the shore because of normandy. while donald trump returns to the campaign trail, apparently bent on retribution president zelenskyy meeting with world war ii veterans as he goes impatient with the case of us aid to ukraine. and trump allies. steve bannon, order to prison with a very short window to appeal for help from hi are for all right. 5:00 a.m. here in washington, alive, looked at new york city. beautiful shot on this friday i they morning. nice to start with that way. good morning, everyone. i m kasie hunt. wonderful to have you with us. president biden returns to normandy, france today to deliver a speech on the power of democracy from a site separating the omaha and utah beaches. that is where american s
securing peace amid two major current international conflicts were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here. cnn news central right now, the jury and hunter biden s federal gun trial continues to hear testimony from a key witness. prosecutors just called the police officer who it s responded to a report that hunter biden s gun had been thrown away in a grocery store dumpster in 2018 before that, hallie biden, who was bo biden s widow, who then dated hunter biden after beau s death testified for hours describing how she found and got rid of the gun. she also went into detail about her own drug use while she was dating hunter biden, cnn s paula reid is outside of the federal courthouse in delaware paul catches up what s the latest here it s been quite a day here in wilmington. hallie biden just got off the witness stand and she has been by far the most significant witness for the prosecution because she was able to share her observat
Media awards well bring you reactions. Just in the next sixty minutes a journey into the longest underwater caves on the planet we travel to mexico for a new look into it submerged cabins revealing traces of an ancient civilization. Bad. Bank. Hello and welcome i love the thought she must so glad you could join us. The eaves being slammed for its treatment of migrants an Asylum Seeker as a new Human Rights Watch report highlights europes efforts to prevent fresh arrivals in two thousand and seventeen and it criticizes the union force reliance of non e. U. Countries to stem the flow of people. Now the number of micro arrivals by sea was down in two thousand and seventeen by a round fifty percent as you can see but the report says the mediterranean remain deadly nearly three thousand people were reported dead or missing towards the end of last year Human Rights Watch says the Member States who took in the largest number of arrivals was shunned by the remainder of the union as a whole. Se