Active and retired military, call at 2027488000. If you are a navy seal and want to talk about this situation from your perspective, 2027488001. All others can call us at 2027488002. You can text us at 2027488003. And on twitter at cspanwj our Facebook Page available to you, too, at facebook. Com cspan. The wall street journal reports it was yesterday that the defense secretary, mark esper, fired the Navy Secretary Richard Spencer sunday after mr. Spencer attempted to cut a deal with the white house over the case of a disgraced navy seal. Mr. Spencer told the wall street journal he tried to make a deal in which President Trump would conduct anavy to review of chief Edward Gallagher who would then be allowed to retire with his trident pin. Mr. Esper only learned of these efforts after the fact and thus. Ost confidence in mr. Spencer that is the wall street journals accounting. If you go to the pages of usa today, some back and forth over the specific case of the Navy Secretary and backg
Hello. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business, and sport. Also in the programme the British Council says brexit is causing poorer children to fall behind in learning foreign languages. So wed like to hear from you on this. How important is it to learn another language . Are brits lazier because we can get by . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Members of the European Parliament are due to select a president for the Assembly Later today. Theyll also consider whether to approve the appointment of the German Defence minister, ursula von der leyen, as president of the blocs powerful executive arm. Eu heads of government selected her to succeed jean claude juncker, ignoring the parliaments own candidate. Adam fleming reports from strasbourg. The Brexit Party Meps dont want to be here, and they didnt want to hear this. Music ode to joy. Its unlikely theyll get into trouble, and it sounds like theres more to come
The owner looked on in shock moments after hearing gunfire. It was probably 30 seconds to a minute, but i thought emma my god, when will this ever stop . When subjects from each group began shooting at the other, to be clear, this does not appear to be a random incident. Both shooters fled the area just prior to the responding officers arriving at the location. Reporter police say the victims who were shot or part of the two groups involved. Two other people were hurt but refused medical attention. The mall reopened for business on tuesday. I feel nervous. But, it is business as usual. I am feeling pretty safe, doing my job, i have got to go to work. Another day. It is not their fault they cannot prevent stuff like this. Your call that the search for these two shooters has extended even into oakland. Police tell me there was confusion over whether not a gun was recovered. Investigation is still ongoing at this hour. Henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. Have we learned all about whether the peop
Tonight is that the home secretary has told mps, Police Officers will be automatically suspended if theyre charged with certain criminal offences. The comments came after the Sarah Everard inquiry found Wayne Couzens should never have been a police officer. He killed the 33 year old in south london in march 2021. Her family says she died because she would never have got into a strangers car if he hadnt been a police officer. The if he hadnt been a police officer. The inquiry chair lady elish angiolini, warned without radical overhaul of policing practices and culture, theres nothing to stop another cousins operating in plain sight. Hotels operating in plain sight. Hotels housing, Asylum Seekers are costing the taxpayer £15 million a day, with labour accusing the government of blowing its £1 billion budget. Treasury figures suggest the home office spent £4. 3 suggest the home office spent £43 billion more than budgeted on asylum accommodation last year. On asylum accommodation last
Than 4,600 people have been killed in gaza. Thats over the past two weeks since israel launched retaliatory airstrikes, in the aftermath of hamas s attack that killed more than 1,400 people in israel. Now, israel is warning that its Military Campaign against hamas could last several months. The idf say the next stage, a widely anticipated Ground Offensive, would happen soon. With more, heres our correspondent wyre davis from jerusalem, and a warning, you may find parts of his report distressing. The human toll in gaza is mounting. These casualties brought to the al aqsa hospital in central gaza are outside the zone from which israel had told civilians to flee. Its not known from where the victims came, but many of the dead and injured are children. Some images, too distressing to broadcast, show the bodies of at least a dozen children. Translation we have been here since the Crack Of Dawn L and the bodies have completely filled the hospital yard. This is in addition to the bodies in re