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separate meetings with the five stormont parties in an attempt to bring back the power sharing executive. a red arrow salute as the the queen officially opens the new queensferry crossing. the queen was accompanied by prince philip 53 years to the day after she opened the neighbouring forth road bridge. should girls and boys clothes be a thing of the past? john lewis decide to take gender labelling off their children s clothes. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. south korea says it has seen indications that the north is preparing more missile launches, possibly an intercontinental ballistic missile. the south has carried out live fire exercises, and says it is strengthening its missile defence system. the escalation follows north korea s testing of a hydrogen nuclear bomb at the weekend, which it says can fit onto a long range missile. the us has warned that any threat to itself or its allies will be met with a ‘massive military response‘. a un security counc ....
the airline passengers who had a very special view of the first total eclipse across the us in nearly a century. and coming up in the sport on bbc news. wayne rooney insists his focus is on club not country, after he scores his 200th premier league goal in front of england coach gareth southgate. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. president trump has announced that more us troops will be be sent to afghanistan to fight the taliban. he said that a rapid exit from the country would create a vacuum for terrorists to fill. during the presidential campaign, donald trump said he wanted a speedy withdrawal from a conflict that he described as a total disaster. but last night, he said he d changed his mind. here s our north america correspondent, aleem maqbool. the man who always said he didn t want to intervene abroad, came to announce the intervention in afghanistan he s going to ratchet up. but said it was for the right reasons. we are a partner and a friend, ....
after a seven and a half thousand mile journey. dan evans says he s never played better after he knocked the world number seven marin cilic out of the australian open. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the foreign secretary borisjohnson has warned them not to give the uk punishment beatings. the president of the european commission told the european parliament that he will do everything he can to ensure that the negotiations end in a good result for all concerned. but he also said the negotiations would be very, very, very difficult. in the last hour, it s been announced that the supreme court will announce its verdict on tuesday whether theresa may can trigger article 50 without consulting parliament. borisjohnson has boris johnson has been borisjohnson has been speaking about brexit on his visit to india. if mr hollande wants to administer punishment beatings to anybody who chooses to escape rather in the manner of some sort of world war ii movie then, you know, ....
and lesbian christians in its stance on gay marriage and harrison ford lands himself in trouble after flying his plane onto the wrong runway narrowly missing a packed passenger jet. before we turn to events in the united states, some news hasjust come through regarding tata steel. workers have voted to accept reforms to their pensions. this is coming through from the unions in the last few moments. thousands of tata steelworkers had been balloted on this and all this in essence is about trying to save people s jobs. members were asked whether they would accept moving from a final salary pension scheme to a less generous scheme. the flip side of that would be continued commitment at port talbot and no compulsoryjob loss. the price was effectively accepting a less generous pension scheme. a 70% turnout in that ballad from one particular union. 72% of those workers accepting the deal. that is to give you a sense of the turnout from the community union. in essence, overal ....
more than a decade. countless american secretaries of defence have come to this building behind me and tried to exhort their allies to do more, to spend more. this is a very different kind of administration in the us. what general mattis came here with today was tough love. he is saying, yes, the new administration, whatever it may have said on the campaign trail, goes back nato‘s strongly. but equally, if that commitment is going to be full and enduring, then the nato allies have two dig much more deeply into their own pockets. the likes of germany, fourth biggest economy in the world, not been paying its way. the germans have, for such a long time, felt that america will do their bidding anyway. they have never believed they could be an american administration that can actually call their bluff? well, to an actually call their bluff? well, to a n exte nt actually call their bluff? well, to an extent that true. but funnily enough, there has been a significant increas ....