After she beats simona halep in the final of the australian open. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders, has said all current rape and serious Sexual Assault cases in england and wales are to be reviewed as a matter of urgency, following the collapse of several recent trials because evidence was not disclosed to defence lawyers. Today, the attorney general told the bbc there was no evidence of widespread malpractice or dishonesty in the prosecution system. Our Legal Affairs correspondent, clive coleman, reports. Disclosure of evidence in some recent highly publicised rape cases has gone badly wrong. But how widespread is the problem . In december, liam allan was acquitted of six counts of rape and six of Sexual Assault when it emerged evidence on a computer disk which police had examined showed messages from the alleged victim pestering him for casual sex. And the number of prosecutions in england and wales that collapsed because o
Lost that day, well never forget them. After speaking to secretary mattis this morning, i decided to address you because theres been a lot of speculation about the operation in in a jury. And theres a perception that the department of defense has not been forthcoming. I thought it would be helpful for me to personally clarify to you what we know to date and to outline what we hope to find out in the ongoing investigation. Secretary mattis will be here, but as many of you know, hes in asia. Were fighting to defeat violent extremism in west africa. Their presence is part of a global strategy. As weve seen many times, groups like isis and al qaeda pose a threat to the United States, the American People and our allies. Theyre a global threat enabled by the flow of foreign fighters, resources and they seek to operate with a where they can exploit weaknesses in local government, in local Security Forces. If you think of those enablers as consecutive tissue between groups across the globe, ou
D. H. S. Accountability enforcement act. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 4038, a bill to amend the Homeland Security act of 2002 to reassert article i authorities over the department of Homeland Security, and for ther purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from texas, mr. Mccaul, and the gentleman from texas, mr. Vela, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. Mr. Mccaul mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and including r remarks, any extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Mccaul mr. Speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore time yielded. Mr. Mccaul thank you. Mr. Speaker, i rise today in strong support of bipartisan d. H. S. Accountability enhancement act. Mr. Speaker, the current threats confronting our homeland co
Federal investigation now setting sights on a powerful democratic lobbiest. Who he is and why. What happened to those four american soldiers killed in an ambush in niger. Were expecting a News Conference from chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general Joseph Dunford from the pentagon. Any moment well take you there live. Look at markets. Nicole on floor of new york stock exchange. Well it is almost like we need a little bit of a breather, right, nicole . What are traders saying. They think it is quite okay we have a little bit of a breather. They are impressed we tested thresholds and moved higher. Scott ressler on us last hour said exactly that we pull back hold levels on bottom, only moving higher to the up side. You saw every sector to the downside, energy, materials, telecom, utilities, those dividendpaying stocks those did okay. Were trying to hold on to the green. Everything finished to the downside. The dow down 53 points after the 70th record close on friday under, since el
Department of defense has not been forth coming and it would be helpful for me to collar file for you and what we hope to find out in the ongoing investigation. Secretary mattis is in asia. Our soldiers are operating in niger to build the capacity of local forces to defeat violent extremism. As we have seen many times groups like isis and al qaeda pose a threat to the American People and their allies, they are a global threat to fighters and resources and seek to operate where they can exploit weaknesses in local government. If you think of those enablers as connective tissues, or strategy is to cut that tissue and deal with the challenges within the countries and region. We can be proud of our progress today, our work is not done even with the fall of mosul and raqqa and tonight im going to welcome representatives from 75 Different Countries to improve the effectiveness of our network to defeat terrorism. Well focus on improving information sharing between to detect between nations to