penalties for corruption. and the town of tadcaster in north yorkshire will be reunified today when its only road bridge reopens, more than a year after it was destroyed by severe flooding. good morning. it s friday 3rd february. i m annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. first to paris where there has been an attack at the louvre museum in the heart of the city. it s been described the french prime minister bernard cazeneuve as being of a terrorist nature . police say a man carrying two machetes and two backpacks shouted allahu akbar and tried to enter the underground shopping area outside the museum. a soldier opened fire and the man was seriously wounded. the backpacks did not contain any explosives. a huge security operation is underway, and the louvre has been evacuated. it s the latest security alert in a city which has become well used to them. the louvre museum houses some of france s most famous works of art, and is one of paris s most iconic landmarks a
ona the trump administration is intent on a radical reset of america s energy and environment policies. the implications will be profound on everything from fossil fuel production to climate change policy. my production to climate change policy. my guest today is myron ebell, who led the trump transition team on environment policy and has long been an advocate of radical reform of the federal environmental protection agency. in america s new politics, will the interest of big business consistently trump environmental concern? myron ebell, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for let s ask a simple question to start with, in your opinion does the drum residency represent a fundamental reset of environmental and energy policy in the united states? trump. everything that he has said in the campaign, it seems to me suggests that it campaign, it seems to me suggests thatitis campaign, it seems to me suggests that it is a fundamental reset and that it is a fundamental reset and that w
it s the country s worst beaching for 100 years. more than 300 whales have died in recent days. and in half an hour, click visits 500 yea rs of and in half an hour, click visits 500 years of robots at the science museum in london. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. president trump says he may rewrite his travel ban, after his initial attempt to bar travellers from seven mainly muslim countries was blocked by the courts. but he said he hasn t ruled out an appeal to the supreme court over his original directive. it s unclear what his new immigration plan might look like. david willis sent this report. after a federal appeals court backed a stay of his executive order, donald trump vowed he would see his opponents in court. speaking on air force one, en route to his weekend retreat in florida, the president revealed he was actively weighing other alternatives. we ll win that battle, but we also have a lot of other options, including just filing a brand new order on monday.
is at aslef headquarters in central london. as they point out this was agreed by aslef leadership so what is it the drivers don t like? we heard from another union involved, the rmt, they describe this deal as a scandalous sell outs and a disgrace. the leadership has said the deal would only have in certain circumstances, exceptional circumstances, exceptional circumstances, would there only be drivers but other unions and some of membership themselves felt there we re membership themselves felt there were too many exceptions to that. so were too many exceptions to that. so we had the rank and file membership overturning a deal done by the leadership. the results of the ballot have come through in the last half hour, and about 900 drivers work for aslef on southern, there was a turnout of about 72%. they we re was a turnout of about 72%. they were asked the question, do you accept the proposed agreement on driver only operation and related issues? 54% voted no. driver only op
while it lasts, across many parts of england and wales it will be a fine afternoon with broken cloud and sunshine. lots of cloud across eastern counties at the moment, i hope that will break up to some extent. feeling cool after the chilly start, sixes and sevens but the winds are nothing like as strong as they have been. sunshine in cumbria, brightness and eastern scotland but all the west rain in northern ireland and into western scotland this afternoon. that rain will continue eastwards overnight. a period of snow over the highlands before it turns back to rain. rain will cascade its way down across many areas. reaching. very little reaching southern counties, it will be mostly further north. temperatures will be on the rise here. under clear skies it will be quite a chilly night. tomorrow morning does not look that chilly. lots of rain around the more northern and western areas. it will improve across scotland and northern ireland, things will brighten up through the af