About slapping a female reporter. I deeply regret the comments i made. Thats certainly not the person who i am. And why china is experiencing a baby boom, driven partly by older mothers. Coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news a vote of confidence over three months before the start of the womens european championship, england name theirfinal squad. Good evening. At least ten people have died in a suspected Suicide Bombing on the metro system in st petersburg. President putin, who was in the city at the time, said all causes, including terrorism, were being investigated. The explosion happened in a Train Carriage as it travelled between two stations. Within minutes the entire network was closed and police later found and defused a device at another station. Our correspondent, steve rosenberg, is in St Petersberg with the latest. 2 Million People use the Saint Petersburg metro every day. This city relies on this underground. Earlier today metro train left the station behind
Democrats are charging it has everything to do with the trump hotel business. Well explain. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We begin with the world lead. The saudi government which originally claimed for days that Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi exited and entered the consulate without incident is now considering blaming a top intelligence official close to the crown prince. Mohammed bin salman or mbs for his murder. Three people with knowledge of the plan told the New York Times. This news comes as saudis insist they need more time for their investigation into his likely murder, and remarkably the u. S. Government, the Trump Administration, seemed to be accepting this all at face value or at the very least they seemed to want the public to. Secretary of state mike pompeo calling for patience today after meeting with President Trump at the white house. This report itself will be transparent for everyone to see, ask questions about and to inquire with respect to its thoro
Been sasked with coming together to issue a full and extensive investigative report into exactly what happened to Jamal Khashoggi, how it was he was killed. That report is to be delivered in one months time. So saudis buying themselves a little bit of wiggle room here, but in the immediate time though, wolf, there is big news, which is that they are also announcing that they have dismissed general Ahmed Al Asiri. You may be remembering since tuesday we have been reporting that a former military officer, very high up in intelligence, was the one who was in charge of this mission. We can now confirm to you, we did not name him out of an abundance of caution before. We can now confirm to you this is consistent with our reporting of the past three days. The man in question was Ahmed Al Asiri. He used to be the spokesperson for the coalition that was overseeing the campaign, the war in yemen. He is wellknown to be part of the crown princes inner circle. We can now confirm Saudi State Televi
Former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort is back in court after making at least nine trips to a special counsel office. Could a judge complicate that cooperation deal and muellers investigation . And pope to pyongyang . No religion is tolerated in north korea, but dictator kim jongun has invited pope francis to visit. Why is the pope even thinking about it . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. The Trump Administration is showing extraordinary patience in allowing the saudis to come up with an explanation for the apparent grisly murder of u. S. Based journalist in the saudi consulate in istanbul. While the president calls that bad, bad stuff, the New York Times reports the saudi rulers are considering blaming a general who is a hoyranking adviser to crown Prince Mohammed bin salman. Will that let the relationship get back to business as usual . Ill speak with congressman ted deutch of the judiciary and Foreign Affairs committee and our correspondents and specialists, they