Attack by a former prisoner at a conference that hed helped organise. His killer was taken on by people from the same conference, including otherformer prisoners and by a passing policeman in civilian clothes, before being shot dead by firearms officers. The attacker, usman khan, was automatically released from prison last december, half way through a 16 year sentence for plotting to bomb the london stock exchange. 11 years ago he told the bbc he was no terrorist. I have been born and bred in england, in stoke on trent, in cobridge, and all the Community Knows me, and they will know, if you ask them, they will know, like, these labels they are putting on me, like terrorist, this, that, they will know i am no terrorist. His lawyer insisted his client had tried to access de radicalisation while in prison but had not got the right kind of help. He requested assistance with addressing some of his flawed thinking. He recognised that his extreme violent ideology was wrong. He wanted to corre
Aramco oil refinery. Hello and welcome to bbc world news. A day of protest by millions of young people to demand action against Climate Change is heading towards a finish. From australia to india, europe and the United States, they took to the streets to demand action. Their inspiration, teenage activist greta thunberg, told crowds in new york we will make them hear us. Our first report this hour is from the bbcs nick bryant. Dont let our people die Climate Change is not a lie the protests followed the sun. From the low lying Pacific Islands to drought ridden australia, from the streets of south africa to the Brandenburg Gate in berlin. The children of the world, the inheritors of our Climate Change crisis. What do we want . Climate justice when do we want it . Now young voices speaking with passion and urgency, because theirs is the future thats at stake. Considering we have such a short amount of time to turn this issue around, its vital that young people are at the forefront of this
Trade wars are also leading to fresh rifts the u. S. And chinas difficulties could further destabilize the Global Economy and here in france the new Digital Services tax which targets big u. S. Tech Companies Like amazon and google has angered President Trump whos even threatened to retaliate with higher tax on french wine. Ever since Trump Took Office the issue of climate has been one thats cause divisions that Global Summits it may well again be 6 versus one with president macro and the canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leading calls for the thousands of fires burning in the amazon to be treated as an International Crisis james bays aljazeera the ritz. Now brazils president is shortly expected to speak about the wildfires raging through the both largest rain forest. Has been feeling the heat his governments been criticized for doing little to save the animals in the french president has threatened to block a trade deal between the European Union and south america of brazil doesn
Reporting from washington, ik. M nada taw it was an arms control treaty inked during the cold war era. Now the u. S. Is pulling out, accusing russia of a violating the pact. President trumps pick to become director of national telligence withdraws his name from consideration. And top honors for highflying photos. Putting the focus on birds and their habitats has led to some amazing ima nada for those watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to world news americ. Today the u. S. Has made it official, it has withdrawn from an arms control pact with russ d thes back to the cold war. The intermediate range Nuclear Forces treaty was a landmark agreement at the time, but now the u. S. Accuses russia of violating it, which moscow denies. The fear is that without the restrictions, a new arms race could getnderway. The bbcs Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale looks back at the treatys ucstory. James it was a l moment towards the end of the colwar, the moment in 1987 when leaders of the
Facing increased elevation of their souls which is you know rendering agriculture and what sorts of economic consequences for the region so that only booms in the pacific we have been hit by this crisis. And you know we really need everyone in the region particularly our larger partners australia to really be pushing ahead to do the right thing well this setback cambers push to counter chinese influence in the region you started off by saying australia has successfully kind of encircled itself or isolated itself toward how far do you think that isolation will go. You know well i mean australia has just recently announced that the new pacific Foreign Policy the pacific step up. But yeah at the moment its a really fit that that starts in the region and given the geo political terrain were now in its really calling into question the socalled pacific step up and you know it wont be any surprises that you pacific nations feel like they have a bit of a brain been trying to. All right well le