cuts to policing in some areas are putting the public at risk that s the warning from the police standards watchdog. it says there are now too few detectives, leaving a third of police forces in england and wales in a potentially perilous state, with victims being let down, criminal cases not investigated and suspects not followed up. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. from bedfordshire police, raiding the home of a suspected drug dealer this morning. on a day that inspectors graded the force as inadequate, the worst place in england and wales, a grading the chief constable blames on chronic underfunding. this grading is not correct grading for bedfordshire. if you are going to talk about inadequate, talk about inadequate resources and funding, which has been the case in this force for ten yea rs been the case in this force for ten years now. among the many failings, the inspectors found that anti social behaviour, like this motorbike riding in a park
good evening and welcome to bbc news. the american president donald trump has said he has every confidence in his attorney generaljeff sessions after mr sessions was accused of lying under oath to the senate about his contact with a russian diplomat. the senate hearing to a permanent appointment as attorney general, he said he had not communicated with any russians during the presidential election campaign. after it was confirmed he had two meetings with russia s ambassador to the us in july and september, senior democrats demanded his wreck resignation and called on the fbi to launch a criminal investigation. jon sopel reports. well, that didn t last long. the afterglow from president trump s acclaimed joint address has now been taken over by claims that the newly installed attorney general lied under oath during his confirmation hearings over his contacts with the russians. and that s brought calls forjeff sessions to resign and the appointment of a special prosecutor to in
cuts donald trump has made to the funding of abortion services in developing countries. it has happened in brussels at a multinational conference called she decides. this is donald trump signing the executive board that and it is estimated $500 million a year has been cut by donald trump to campaigns. the belgian deputy prime minister was the host of this confidence and here he is. the impact could be very severe for millions of women and girls, too often we would see a 12 year old who would not have the choice to see i do not want to get pregnant, i do not want to marry a person who is three times older than me and i would love to continue to go to school and become an independent person who is able to ship my own future. f family planning is not being provided, it would mean that a tremendous progress we have had throughout the world over the last 20 years would be reversed and it would be a very bad thing for eradicating poverty throughout the world. one place this funding
sharply, after its launch on the new york stock exchange. in china, we witness the official efforts to silence popular criticism ahead of the national people s congress. and jackie s life afterjfk the lost letters which reveal a love affair with a senior british diplomat. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news high drama in dubai for andy murray. after an epic tie break, the world number one is into the the semifinals. good evening. one of president trump s most trusted colleagues, the us attorney generaljeff sessions, is under intense pressure tonight. he s facing allegations that he lied under oath about his contacts with russian officials during the election campaign. but mr sessions, speaking within the past hour, has denied any improper contact and he s announced that he ll not be involved in the official investigation into claims of russian influence in the presidential election. our north america editor jon sopel reports. marine one touching down
of support for @torres. he s stable and conscious. he ll spend the night in hospital and undergo more tests tomorrow. on the pitch, it needed an antoine griezman goal in the 68th minute for diego simeone‘s side to take a point back to the capital after florin andone had given the hosts the lead in the 13th minute. but it still leaves them 11 points adrift of leaders, barcelona. elsewhere on an eventful thursday, sevilla have moved to within a point of second placed real madrid and two points off leaders, barca, after vicente iborra followed up on stevanjovetic‘s missed penalty to ensure a 1 0 win with his seventh league goal of the season. staying in spain, and it was back to work as normal for barcelona coach luis enrique on thursday. he took training, the day after he announced he would be leaving his role at the end of the season. the 46 year old gave the news of his imminent departure after his side beat sporting gijon 6 1 to go top of spain s primera division. sevil