years by promoting. i completely disagree. it ditched biggest climate summit in the world to celebrate halloween. the kids couldn t believe that i was going to miss halloween. i had no choice. i had to cancel that trip. today the marine corps is celebrating its 246th birthday. [battle hymn of the republic] [battle hymn of the republic] [battle hymn of the republic] steve: live from new york city, ladies and gentlemen this on the 246th anniversary of the birth of the marine corps. that is live in front of our world headquarters as we wake up the neighborhood with the president s own u.s. marine band playing battle hymn of the republic as we listen ainsley: beautiful. [applause] brian: fantastic. i didn t think anyone in the neighborhood is going to complain do you? steve: we are in the middle of new york city. ainsley: by the way no one lives around here. these are all businesses. we are all wearing the pin this morning. yours suspect there. mine is here. bri
end takes joanna konta into the next round at wimbledon. and coming up on bbc news. we ll have all the latest from a big day for the british players at the all england club. join me for wimbledon sportsday at 6:30. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. knife crime is now one of the greatest challenges facing police forces across the country. in fact, the knife is britain s number one murder weapon. the figures are all the more shocking because increasingly both victims and perpetrators are young children and teenagers. last year nearly 32,500 knife crimes were committed in england and wales. that figure was up 14% on the previous year. senior police officers say there needs to be a change in attitudes and behaviour. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, has been on police patrol in birmingham and met some of those working to end knife culture. a summer evening in birmingham and the force response teams from west midlands police are dealing with dozens of em
the rising tide of knife crime in britain now the number one murder weapon it s being carried by growing numbers of children. we need to step right back to nine year olds, eight year olds, and guide them in a better direction, and that s all over the uk. plugging into the future volvo becomes the first carmaker to ditch petrol and diesel only cars. and a straight sets win for andy murray takes him through to the 3rd round at wimbledon. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: warren gatland keeps faith with his 15. the lions coach names an unchanged team for their deciding test against the all blacks on saturday. good evening. the american ambassador to the united nations has described north korea s latest missile test as a clear and sharp military escalation one that has made the world a more dangerous place. it has been confirmed that the intercontinental ballistic missile fired by north korea for the first time yesterday, could have a range of more than 3000 miles