i am clear that our children s education is precious, and they deserve to be in school today, being taught. the day also saw action by thousands of university lecturers, civil servants, and train and bus drivers. we ll have the details. also tonight. in memphis, national and local leaders pay tribute to tyre nichols, the 29 year old black man who died after a beating by police. one of the biggest theatres in the north of england cancels all its shows from the end of march, after losing all of its funding from arts council england. martial waits. rashford, and finished off by fred. and two goals in three minutes ensure manchester united are heading to wembley. and coming up on the bbc news channel, jofra archer is on target for england. six wickets for him on his return as they salvage some pride in south africa. good evening. as many as 500,000 workers have been on strike today across the united kingdom, in the biggest single day of industrial action in over a decade. marches
degrees in some spots across central and eastern areas, 11 or 12 across parts of scotland. into the weekend, mild air for saturday but the cold front sinks southwards, introducing much fresher air on sunday. a big area of high pressure should make things dry and settled. mild with cloudy weather, patchy rain, sunnier for all areas on sunday that feeling noticeably colder. thanks, stav. and that s bbc news at ten on wednesday the 1st of february. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight with kirsty wark, which isjust getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now its time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. but from the ten team, it s goodnight. good evening. this is your update from the bbc sport centre. manchester united are into the league cup final, after a straightforward win over nottingham forest, which saw them win 5 0 on aggregate. they came into the game having already done mo
Police investigating the manchester Suicide Bombing will resume sharing intelligence information with their us counterparts. Cooperation was temporarily suspended after details of the investigation were leaked to American Media. President trump said those responsible should be prosecuted. In the uk, a minutes silence was held to remember the 22 people who lost their lives in the attack. From manchester, gavin hewitt reports. In the minutes before the silence, thousands headed to the squares, the open spaces, the office doorways, a moment for a Wounded Community to reflect, to remember, to stand together. In manchester, a long minute ended with applause. Applause it was really beautiful, i thought it was so nice, everyone coming here and showing respect. Todays been a time to reflect and a time of remembrance. And at the same time, to show strength and unity, and our support to those whove lost their loved ones. Ive come to pay tribute to those who were so courageous that night, those w
Nice to be here. Would you agree with me that your bank has moved an awful long way from those early days and from its original mission . No, i wouldnt. I would certainly agree with you that we have expanded our geographically, but the mission is the same. Private sector development, the creation of effective markets. Were still actually operating in oui were still actually operating in our traditional region. But because of the success of the Business Model, we decided we should expand to turkey, central asia and north africa, as you said. It is a sign of success, not mission creep. The problem with that is that from the beginning, you were a Financial Institution underpinned by a clear statement of values. In the places youve just outlined where you operate today, those values do not seem to be applied in the same way. Sometimes there are values, such as political, democratic, values, pluralism, like stated. They are certainly applied inconsistently in some places. But we are very op
Nice to be here. Would you agree with me that your bank has moved an awful long way from those early days and from its original mission . No, i wouldnt. I would certainly agree with you that we have expanded our geographically, but the mission is the same. Private sector development, the creation of effective markets. Were still actually operating in oui were still actually operating in our traditional region. But because of the success of the Business Model, we decided we should expand to turkey, central asia and north africa, as you said. It is a sign of success, not mission creep. The problem with that is that from the beginning, you were a Financial Institution underpinned by a clear statement of values. In the places youve just outlined where you operate today, those values do not seem to be applied in the same way. Sometimes there are values, such as political, democratic, values, pluralism, like stated. They are certainly applied inconsistently in some places. But we are very op