Day s news will be here. First of all, time for newswatch. Welcome to newswatch. With me, samira ahmed. The bbc gets an independent and external regulator, what difference will that make to viewers concerned about whether News Coverage is fairand impartial . And. So what does britain think . Are we on the brink of a bright new dawn, or might we sink . A measured analysis of brexit from David Dimbleby in the form of a rap. First, one of the survivors of the westminster attack a couple of weeks ago, melissa cochrane, gave an emotional interview to the bbc on wednesday. Her husband was killed and she herself was badly injured. Heres a clip from that. Melissa cochrane has spoken exclusively to fiona bruce. Kurt was probably the best man i have ever met. He was. Sweet and kind. And, im extremely proud of him. Im very happy that the world now knows what a wonderful man he was. Two viewers recorded their thoughts on that for us. They were divided about the interview itself, but united in thei
So why must you always concentrate on colour, or religion, or this . There are other ways of connecting men. I tell you this. When i left this country in 1948, i left this country with one reason only, one reason. I might have gone to hong kong, i might have gone to timbuktu. I ended up on the streets of paris. There was a theory that nothing worse could happen to me there that had already happened to me here. You talk about making it as a writer about yourself. You have to be able then to turn all the intent with which you live, because once you turn on your back on this society, you may die. You can see it seems really, really urgent, really engaging, and its a terrific watch. Its brilliantly constructed. The montage work is fantastic. The way in which they mix news footage and television and films. There is a very coherent argument, which is about the sort of nature of america, which seems every bit as pertinent now as it did when this was sort of first envisaged. The thing that was
The Westminster Terror attack last month, has died. The violent husband who was spared custody is now sent to jail after his claims to be a professional cricketer are proved untrue. And could the yorkshireman who won last years masters be about to crash out of this years competition . And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News two defeats on day one in france mean Great Britain is on the verge of going out of the davis cup in the quarterfinals. Good evening. Russia, an ally of syria, has condemned a Missile Strike authorised by President Trump on a Syrian Government target. 59 Tomahawk Cruise Missiles were fired from us warships in the mediterranean at the Shayrat Airbase. It was from there, according to mr trump, that this weeks deadly Chemical Weapons attack in Northern Syria was launched. In a moment, well get the latest on russias response and how the strike could affect the long war in syria. But first, heres our north america editorjon sopel. And a warning, his report does contain so
After labour did not back it. Thanks to ed miliband. Supposedly that put america off doing their own strikes in response to this. Some unusual people are supporting trump and what he has done because he has reinforced a red line which they say 0bama and cameron and miller band and everyone, it should have done. It has taken bizarrely and america first, isolationist, pro russian american president perceived to be pro russian to actually go out and do it. The daily mirror takes it one step further, suggesting trump is 110w step further, suggesting trump is now one step from war. Warning that the world is in fear. Arguably bevan, there are many proxy wars going on already, Notjust In Syria but in iran. There are. But in iraq. Very dramatic language. Trump himself has been very categorical in his comments on what this represented as an atrocity. The idea that we are one step behind war, it seems that a Russian War Strip In The Black Sea has been diverted to the black sea has been diverted
Weeks airstrike on syria. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. A british father of two was among the victims of fridays Terror Attack in the swedish capital stockholm. Chris bevington, who was 41, was among four People Killed when a hijacked lorry crashed into a Department Store. Today, as thousands attended a vigil for those who died, more details have been emerging of the man suspected of being responsible. Our correspondent, dan johnson, reports from stockholm. A Square In Stockholm close to fridays attack. Time to stop, time to think. A chance to reflect on jumbled emotions, and on uncomfortable feelings, and to consider lives lost in a few terrible moments. Chris bevington was one of those killed. A dad to two young boys who moved to sweden to build a life, a family, and a Career Working for music company, spotify. His father said this. He was here in the crowded Shopping Street when a Delivery Truck was hijacked and used as a weapon. A belgian and two swedish citizens were also