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data on saturn after diving through the gap between the planet and its rings. and coming up in the sport on bbc news: maria sharapova is labelled a cheat by fellow player eugenie bouchard, as she returns from her 15 month doping ban with a win in stuttgart. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the foreign secretary has suggested britain could take military action in syria without a vote in the house of commons. borisjohnson said it would be very difficult to say no if president trump asked for british help in punishing the syrian regime for another chemical weapons attack. meanwhile mrjohnson has also waded into the election campaign for the first time, with a highly personal attack on the labour leaderjeremy corbyn. he s called him a mutton headed old mugwump . here s our political correspondent, alex forsyth. smith will strike on a syrian airfield earlier this month, the first direct us action against syrian government forces, he responds to a chemi ....
we speak. and in wales they ve lost overall control of bridgend and merthyr tydfil, two councils in their south wales heartland. although they have held on to the capital city, cardiff. also newport and swansea. and it has been a bad night for ukip overnight they lost every seat they were defending. and the party has been wiped out on councils like lincolnshire, hampshire and essex. their vote share is down dramatically, most of it going straight to the conservatives. coming up, we ll be live in glasgow. the snp are trying to take the city council from labour. the scottish counting has onlyjust started, so those results are all to come. labour have had decades of controlling glasgow city council. we ll be covering the results from scotland as they come in. to say the least, there is plenty to talk about! here in the studio we re joined by our political editor laura kuenssberg. the home office minister brandon lewis for the conservatives. the shadow foreign secretary l ....
details on that. labour having a turbulent time in england, scotland and wales, parts thereof. strong challenge from the snp. in wales they ve lost bridgend and merthyr tydfil, keeping hold of cardiff, swa nsea tydfil, keeping hold of cardiff, swansea and newport. in england they ve lost more than 100 councillors, many to the tories. they ve won the male role contest in the liverpool city region. lost the liverpool city region. lost the mayoral contest. and it has been a terrible night for ukip, overnight they lost every seat they were defending. and the party has been wiped out on councils like lincolnshire, hampshire and essex. their vote share is down dramatically, most of it going straight to the conservatives. in scotland the snp have managed to deprive labour of an overall majority in glasgow but we are not yet sure if they have won overall control of scotland s biggest city for themselves. we re still waiting for most of the results in scotland. we ll kee ....
country, that no other party is making. that we do notjust have to accept what ever do we get back from brexit negotiations but the british people, you, should have the final say. unemployment falls again it s now at its lowest level since 1975. but for the first time in three years pay is lagging behind inflation. the sexist world of horse racing why women looking for a career rarely get to the finishing line. and coming up in sport after maria sharapova is denied wild card entry to the french open, the head of the women s tennis association says they had no grounds to penalise her. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. donald trump facing questions about his presidency is nothing new but the latest allegations to emerge look different they look potentially very serious. it s reported that trump asked fbi chiefjames comey to drop an inquiry into links between his ex national security adviser and russia. i hope you can let this go, he repor ....
i think it s a watergate size and scale. we need the facts, it s obvious there are people out there whio want to harm the president. we have an obligation to carry out our oversight regardless of which party is in the white house. unemployment has fallen to its lowest level in 42 years, but wages aren t keeping up with inflation. chelsea manning, the former us soldier, who passed hundreds of thousands confidential diplomatic documents to wikileaks, has been released from a military prison in kansas. and items worn by one of television s best loved characters, coronation street s busybody hilda ogden, have sold for more than £4,000 at auction. it s five o clock. our main story the liberal democrats are putting another eu referendum at the heart of their general election manifesto which was launched earlier today. the party said it would let the people decide whether brexit happens, once negotiations have finished. the party s leader tim farron says the decision to ....