On the grounds and the Police Officers had guns and i heard pops. Police are still trying to establish motive. The debate ahead of the general election was overshadowed by the attack. In the netherlands, at least three people have been stabbed in an attack on a busy shopping street in the hague. Hello and welcome to world news today. A man has been shot dead by police on London Bridge after a number of people were stabbed this afternoon. Two people have died. Police say it was a terror attack. In the last hour, its also been confirmed that three people were seriously hurt. The attackers identity is not yet known. The incident unfolded just before 2pm local time on friday afternoon. Police say they were called to an incident at a premises near London Bridge amid reports of a stabbing. Shortly afterwards, eyewitnesses filmed members of the public as they cornered a man carrying a knife on the north side of the bridge and pinned him to the ground. Armed Police Arrived within minutes and s
European union together. No sign of the difference between them as they greet one another, relatively warmly, smiles for the camera before they go inside their chancellery. They are meeting various officials at the moment while the National Anthems of both countries are played, before they go into the chancellery for a working dinner which is expected to be very friendly. Angela merkel is keen to keep britain at trading partner despite what is going on. That is important because the british Prime Minister had specifically come to bed then, saying he wants to persuade Angela Merkel and the rest of the eu states to crack open their Withdrawal Agreement on brexit and review the irish backstop. That might come to their land. I do not think anyone here or anyone else expects him to persuade Angela Merkel to do that. Versavel the eu has been keen to write the negotiations to maintain and stance of unity. First of all. The eu has indicated that it is no way it will reopen the withdrawal treat
Hello. The United States plans to start withdrawing troops from afghanistan before next yea rs president ial election. Secretary of state mike pompeo describes his directive from President Trump as unambiguous end the endless wars. The afghan war is americas longest, with about 1a,000 us troops still there. Two were killed on monday in an apparent insider attack by an afghan soldier, and although peace talks continue with taliban militants, the chances of Real Progress look uncertain. Peter bowes is our north america correspondent. Peter, what is behind this, would you say . This appears to be a sign that President Trump is becoming increasingly impatient over a lack of progress in afghanistan over the last couple of years, and he has a lwa ys last couple of years, and he has always made it well known that he prefers to, as he puts it, to end these endless wars, and of course, this is currently americas longest war. He would rather be taking troops out and putting troops in all living
Hello. The United States plans to start withdrawing troops from afghanistan before next yea rs president ial election. Secretary of state mike pompeo describes his directive from President Trump as unambiguous end the endless wars. The afghan war is americas longest, with about 1a,000 us troops still there. Two were killed on monday in an apparent insider attack by an afghan soldier, and although peace talks continue with taliban militants, the chances of Real Progress look uncertain. Here is our north america correspondent peter bowes. This appears to be a sign that President Trump is increasingly impatient over a lack of progress over the last two years. He has a lwa ys over the last two years. He has always made it well known, as he puts it, that he prefers to end these endless wars. And this is currently americas longest war. He would rather be taking troops out than putting troops in or living with the status quo. I think the key is in terms of this phrase, he would like forces to
Hello. The United States plans to start withdrawing troops from afghanistan before next yea rs president ial election. Secretary of state mike pompeo describes his directive from President Trump as unambiguous end the endless wars. The afghan war is americas longest, with about 1a,000 us troops still there. Two were killed on monday in an apparent insider attack by an afghan soldier, and although peace talks continue with taliban militants, the chances of Real Progress look uncertain. Heres our north america correspondent, peter bowes. This appears to be a sign that President Trump is becoming increasingly impatient over a lack of progress in afghanistan over the last couple of years. And he has always made it well known that he prefers to, as he puts it, to end these endless wars, and of course, this is currently americas longest war. He would rather be taking troops out than putting troops in, or living with the status quo. And i think the key, in terms of the phrase of what mike pom