More than 130 arrests as Extinction Rebellion block bridges and roads in westminster in a protest over Climate Change. The teenager harry dunn, killed in a car crash Boris Johnson calls for the return of a us suspect whos claimed diplomatic immunity. And how knife crime is on the increase outside the capital we report on its disturbing rise in several regional towns and cities. And coming up on bbc news, theres a new man in charge of englands cricketers bowling coach Chris Silverwood is set to replace Trevor Bayliss in the top job. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. An american businesswoman at the centre of a controversy over her friendship with borisjohnson when he was london mayor has refused to say whether she had an intimate relationship with him. Jennifer arcuri joined trade missions led by mrjohnson, and received thousands of pounds in public money, giving rise to questions over whether he had failed to declare a conflict of interest over their relationship. Ms a
Our exploratorium camera at pier 15. Dont worry, no rain is coming. Well have above average temperatures, already nearing 80 around the bay. Well stay in the 70s at the coast. Well hit 80s to 90 by 4 00. A spare the air all day today with the air quality usually getting worse as we head throughout the day into the evening hours. In the east bay valleys and the south bay, unhealthy for those most sensitive. Talk more about the commute with frances. The commute is looking great. A live shot of the bay area, you can see the only sloei ingslowi seeing is through tracy. There was an accident on westbound 580 through tracy that has been cleared. It is slow on 280 approaching the tracy area. And 205 heading through the altamont pass. The drive time on this stretch is yellow at 42 minutes. Southbound 680 looking good, dublin to mission boulevard south. We have a live shot of 680 in walnut creek, that southbound traffic on the right near geary, looks good towards highway 24. No problems in the
Thanks. Were tracking developing news in napa county. A fire is burning in American Canyon. Firefighters are calling this thamicfi. They say its about contained. 500 acres. The fire started around 3 00 yesterday afternoon west of interstate 80. People quickly jumped into action to protect their homes. One neighbor shared this video with us. Nobody was hurt. One outbuilding was destrod. Evacuation advisory which has since been lifted. Another firing happening now is closing one of the entrances to yosemite. Youre seeing what firefighters saw as this brush fire forced them block off one of the west entrances. This is mariposa county. At last check this is burning 45 acres,nment. Ai 5co nt the u. S. Is pulling troops out of Northern Syria setting the stage for turkey to invade the country. This is new video of u. S. Military vehicles leaving syria today. The white house announced withdrawal last night. Youre looking at video of syrian troops removing defense barriers last month. Kurdish f
For the woman police want to question. The businesswoman accused of taking favours from Boris Johnson when he was london mayor refuses to say whether they had an affair. And climate activists take to the streets in london and cities around the world demanding urgent action to stop global warming. And coming up on bbc news. We look at the cricketing credentials of former bowling coach Chris Silverwood as he takes the top job with the england cricket team. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Police forces across england and wales are battling rising levels of knife crime. Figures today show offences involving knives in england and wales increased by more than two thirds rising sharply outside london but with the capital still the most dangerous area. The trauma team at the Royal London Hospital in the east end is one of the busiest in europe, dealing with knife and gun attacks, and the bbcs clive myrie was given exclusive access to their work over a period of several months.
Never once did he write a letter of recommendation for me. Comeback. And Manchester United the surge in knife crime, striker Marcus Ratchford has as new figures show that offences apologised to fans for their woeful in england and wales have start to the season after another increased by two thirds. Defeat left them two points of the we have a special report. Relegation zone. He tweeted that the Police Watchdog clears fa ns relegation zone. He tweeted that detectives on how they handled fans deserve better. I will be back false claims of a paedophile ring at westminster, but theres fierce at half five. Criticism of its findings. President trump has defended his and 148 arrests as Extinction Rebellion block decision to withdraw american troops bridges and roads in westminster from Northern Syria saying it was too costly to keep in a protest over Climate Change. Supporting the kurds, even though they were allies in the war against the Islamic State group. Mr trumps move paves the way for