senior american official to visit the island in decades. china has warned that america would pay the price for her visit. a man has been charged under the trees and act after allegedly being found with a crossbow and the grounds of windsor castle on christmas day. adverts featuring edited model should come with warnings and nonsurgical procedures need tighter regulation. that is according to a group of mps investigating the impact of body image. a snorkeler suffered a leg injury after allegedly being hit by a blue shark off the coast of cornwall last week. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the energy company bp has recorded its second highest three monthly profit in history. between april and june is made £6.9 billion, three times the figure for the same period last year. in the oil trading performance was exceptional and it expects to pay more than £i performance was exceptional and it expects to pay more than £1 billion in uk tax this year. but the news comes as dome
Primary school in brixton. And Katherines Primary Academy in essex. Just three of the more than 150 schools that wont be fully reopening as planned this week thanks to the presence of this, raac. A lightweight concrete used in the 50s, 60s and 70s but now often in a state of serious disrepair. Its a problem thats been known about for years. Five years ago, a Primary School building in kent collapsed, leading to wider concerns. Good morning, sir. So the questions of many parents are now asking of government why act only now, just days before the start of The New School year in england . We went through this exhaustive survey of 22,000 schools after the initial incident in 2018. Then, in the summer months, new information came to light that suggested that some of the buildings that had previously been classified as safe might not be. And so the Education Secretary acted immediately on that. The chancellor said the government would spend whatever it takes to keep children safe at school,
In the german cup, Bayer Leverkusen are looking to keep their unbeaten season on track as they face Fortuna Dusseldorf for a place in the final. It is going for the well for them so far. Just approaching half time, leverkusen r 3 0 up. And the winner will play second tier kaiserslauten in next months decider. Its the opening leg of the coppa italia semifinal between fiorentina and atalanta. And that one shows no goals. Goalless in that one, heading towards the break. And in the coupe de france, Paris Saint Germain and rennes are up against each other with the winner to face lyon in the final. That one also, no goals yet. Chelsea have condemned abuse received by their captain Conor Gallagher as completely unacceptable and say a video clip with a Young Black Mascot has been taken considerably out of context. The clip emerged after chelseas 2 2 draw with burnley on saturday, it showed gallagher not acknowledging a high five from the child in the tunnel. The captain and the mascot then wal
Down their operations in gaza as Fuel Reserves have almost run out. Israel says hamas is storing enough fuel to run hospitals and water pumps for many days, but is keeping it for its war fighting capabilities. Well be talking to our chief International Correspondent lyse doucet injerusalem, our World Affairs editor john simpson in beirut, and a Military Analyst willjoin us to discuss the significance of the incursion. Well also be live with the Un Injerusalem later in the programme. Now lets turn to another big story coming out of the united states. Us media is reporting at least 16 people have been killed and up to 60 are injured in a Mass Shooting. It happened in the city of lewiston in the state of maine, on the east coast of the us. Police say the gunman targeted multiple locations and is still at large. As a manhunt is under way, residents have been warned to stay at home. The local mayor said that everybody in the area is in a state of shock. At this point, a significant amount o
Its seven in the morning in singapore, and seven in the evening in new york, where the case for the prosecution is coming to a close at Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial in new york. His formerfixer, Michael Cohen, was once again on the stand today in manhattan facing cross examination. The former president s lawyers pushed him on the accuracy of his recollection of phone calls with mr trump after hed earlier testified that it was over the phone that he got the go ahead to make a payment to Stormy Daniels. Mr trumps lawyers also asked whether mr cohen made regular secret recordings of phone conversations, which they said would have been unethical. Mr cohen responded that if he had recorded a crime happening, it would have been an exception to the rule of ethics. Mr trump may have been sitting in the courtroom with only his legal team but a group of republican politicians turned out to support him. They echoed his claims that the prosecution was politically motivated and without any justif