the authors of a new study. live from our studios in london and singapore. this is bbc world news. it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore and 1am here in london, where theresa may told mps they have one last chance to deliver a brexit agreement. having secured the support of her cabinet, the british prime minister set out the bold offer she had promised in a speech in central london. she pledged that the commons would get a vote on whether there should be another referendum, though she strongly opposed the idea. but can she win over supporters? and is this deal as new as she claims? our political editor laura kuenssberg has been finding out. a warning, there are flashing images coming up. win or lose, when her plan comes to a vote, and soon, few in this audience believe it s anything other than her last shot. the majority of mps say they want to deliver the result of the referendum, so i think we need to help them find a way, and i believe there is now one last chance to do that
the sharply rising tensions between the us and iran seem to have eased, with a public statement from the acting us defence secretary claiming american counter measures have put on hold what he called the potential of attacks from iran. patrick shanahan was speaking just after he and secretary of state mike pompeo gave a closed door briefing on the middle east to members of congress. the us recently deployed a carrier strike group to the gulf to tackle unspecified threats. barbara plett usher has the story. last week us officials told us that the threat of iranian attacks were serious and that it was imminent. what mr shanahan is saying now is that the potential attacks are no longer imminent, but the threat is still there, it hasn t gone away. it has been put on hold, as he phrased it. he said it was a show of american force that deterred attacks on american interests. but he said this is about deterrence. it is not about war, and the focus now was to try to prevent the i
against immigration is still a vote winner. hello. the sharply rising tensions between the us and iran seem to have eased, with a public statement from the acting us defence secretary claiming american counter measures have put on hold what he called the potential of attacks from iran. patrick shanahan was speaking just after he and secretary of state mike pompeo gave a closed door briefing on the middle east to members of congress. the us recently deployed a carrier strike group to the gulf to tackle unspecified threats. barbara plett usher has the story. last week us officials told us that the threat of iranian attacks were serious and that it was imminent. what mr shanahan is saying now is that the potential attacks are no longer imminent, but the threat is still there, it hasn t gone away. it has been put on hold, as he phrased it. he said it was a show of american force that deterred attacks on american interests. but he said this is about deterrence. it is not about
joins me live in the studio. live from our studios in london and singapore. this is bbc world news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore and midnight here in london, where theresa may told mps they have one last chance to deliver a brexit agreement. having secured the support of her cabinet, the british prime minister set out the bold offer she had promised in a speech in central london. she pledged that the commons would get a vote on whether there should be another referendum, though she strongly opposed the idea. but can she win over supporters? and is this deal as new as she claims? our political editor laura kuenssberg has been finding out. there are flashing images coming up. a strange looking world. win or lose, when her plan comes to a vote and soon, few in this audience believe it s anything other than her last shot stopping the majority of mps say they want to deliver the result of the referendum, sol deliver the result of the referendum, so i think we need to help t
a speedy recovery . the cancer was idenitified during the king s recent hospital treatment for a benign enlarged prostate. the palace has not said what type of cancer the king has, only that it is not prostate cancer. our royal correspondent daniela relph is at buckingham palace with more. it came as a shock and many of the well family will have to step up as the king stepped back from royal duty. there was little sign yesterday of the announcement about to be made. the king was pictured on the sandringham estate in norfolk walking to church with queen camilla. he was thought to be recovering after a hospital stay. exactly a week ago today, the king left a private hospital in central london, where he had spent three nights being treated for an enlarged prostate, and we now know during his stay here, cancer was discovered. in a statement, released at six o clock this evening, buckingham palace said. although open about his diagnosis, buckingham palace says the form of cancer