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it is 8:00am in singapore, 1:00am in london and 8:00pm in washington, where president trump made a surprise announcement that he is banning transgender people from serving in the us military in any capacity. campaigners for transgender rights have called his decision shocking and ignorant. our correspondent aleem maqbool reports from texas. there are thought to be thousands of members of the us military who identify as transgender. many have spent time in iraq or afghanistan. today, they woke up to a shock from the very president they serve. after consultation with my generals and military experts, he tweeted, please be advised that the united states government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the us military. riley dosh has spent the last four years as an officer in training at the military academy at west point. she came out last year, after president obama lifted the ban on transgender people serving openly. she now has ....
the bbc news at one. a man has been shot dead by police in a pre planned operation near the m62 motorway in huddersfield. he has been named as yasser yaqub. west yorkshire police say an officer s gun was fired and five people have been arrested. they also say the operation was not related to terrorism. the independent police complaints commission has sent investigators to the scene. well our correspondent danny savage is at ainley top in west yorkshire. it is only in the last few minutes yasser yaqub has been named locally as the man shot dead here last night. we understand he is in his late 20s. he was here last night in one of those vehicles were the shots we re one of those vehicles were the shots were fired. the scene behind me, screens have been put up around the vehicles involved in last night s incident. what is happening is specialist officers are now on site trying to establish the exact sequence trying to establish the exact sequence of events that led to his ....
the uk s most senior diplomat in brussels, sir ivan rogers, has resigned. sir ivan was criticised for warning the government that it could take a decade to reach a new post brexit trade deal with the european union. he told his office today that he would be stepping down as ambassador early just two months before formal brexit talks are due to begin. he was appointed by the then prime minister david cameron in november 2013. the reason for his resignation has not been revealed. let s get more from our political correspondent iain watson at westminster. quite a surprise, iain. a surprise to many people, he has not got back to many people, he has not got back to us to cast any light on the reasons for his resignation. he has not given by public resignation letter, that is unlikely to happen as he is supposed to remain impartial and behind the scenes. he was brought from the shadows if you like into the limelight, and uncomfortable place for a diplomat when he suggested ....
welcome to bbc news. the uk s most senior diplomat in brussels, sir ivan rogers, has resigned. sir ivan was criticised for warning the government that it could take a decade to reach a trade deal with the european union once britain has left. he told his office today that he would be stepping down as ambassador early just two months before formal brexit talks are due to begin. he was appointed by the then prime minister david cameron in november 2013. the reason for his resignation has not been revealed. let s get more from our political correspondent iain watson at westminster. we still don t know, we still haven t heard anything from him? i m afraid we haven t. what is interesting is the downing street statement, a pretty anodyne couple of lines from number ten, effectively saying the reason he stood down in fact was to give a successof stood down in fact was to give a successor the chance to be in place before the brexit negotiations took place. of course we expect ....
of the bloodiest episodes of the first world war, will be held this summer. and going full circle. how vinyl is making a comeback, with the sales of records hitting a 25 year high. it s 5 o clock. our main story: the uk s most senior diplomat in brussels has resigned just weeks after he warned it could take a decade to reach a trade deal with the european union once britain has left. sir ivan rodgers told his office today that he would be stepping down as ambassador to the eu early just two months before formal brexit talks are due to start. he was appointed by the then prime minister david cameron in november 2013. while his four year term would have come to an end this november, some believed he might stay on for the brexit talks. the reasons for his resignation haven t been revealed. in the last hour, brexit campaigner and former ukip leader, nigel farage, has told the bbc that he s very pleased to see sir ivan hand in his resignation. afterall, he s a committed eu ....