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harrison ford has been involved in a near miss with an airliner, while flying his own plane in california. good evening and welcome to bbc news. donald trump has attacked the us intelligence agencies and the american media over claims that a number of his campaign team were in contact with russian officials in the run up to last year s presidential election. he said the allegations were nonsense and accused the us intelligence agencies of illegally leaking information to the media. the president has also been meeting the israeli prime minister and signalled us policy on the middle east conflict, which has for years been focused on a two state solution, could be revised. from washington here s our north america editorjon sopel. these are not the best of times. not yet four weeks in, his travel ban has been blocked and his national security adviser has been fired, and the questions about his links with russia are piling up. and when the president is angry the place he ven ....
face with a cloth. if your head is spinning from all the developments with the tramp administration, we go live to washington in both halves of the programme. if you have questions about what s happening i m pretty sure one or both of them will be able to answer. for many years america has supported a two state solution in the middle east. today that changed. a two state solution in the middle east. today that changedli a two state solution in the middle east. today that changed. i thought for a while the two state looks like it may be the easy of the two, but honestly, if bibi and the palestinians, israel and the palestinians, israel and the palestinians are happy, i m happy with the one they like the best, as far as the embassy moving to jerusalem, i d love to see that happen. we re looking at it very, very strongly, we re looking at it with great care believe me. and we ll see what happens, 0k? there are we ll see what happens, 0k? there a re two we ll see what happe ....
a decision on the future of arsenal manager arsene wenger won t be made until the end of the season, the bbc understands. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. president trump s most senior diplomat, the secretary of state, rex tillerson, is making his debut on the international stage. he s attending a meeting of foreign ministers from the 620 countries in germany. he will have talks with the foreign secretary, boris johnson, among others. state department officials say mr tillerson wants to listen, and to offer reassurances about president trump s approach to international affairs. david willis reports. america s secretary of state has a lot on his plate. rex tillerson‘s top priority will be reassuring nervous allies that the government he is part of is not in fact descending into chaos. given the evidence that exists to the contrary, however, it might prove a difficult message to sell. not yet four weeks into his term in office, mr trump has had his travel ban ....
to help homeless people living on the streets. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. a father who refused to pay a fine after taking his daughter out of school for an unauthorised holiday has lost his case at the supreme court. jon platt, who s from the isle of wight, had argued that all the law required of him was to ensure that his child attended school regularly. the high court had originally ruled that the holiday did not constitute regular absenteeism but this morning the supreme court has overturned thatjudgement. this is how lady hale announced the ruling. unauthorised absences have a disruptive effect. not only on the education of the individual child, but also on the work of other pupils and of their teachers. if one pupil can be taken out whenever it suits the parent, then so can others. different pupils might be taken out at different times, multiplying the disruptive effect. any educational system expects people to keep the rules. not to do so is unfai ....
counterpart xijinping, getting ready to host his chinese counterpart xi jinping, for two days of talks in his resort in florida. from trade to currency, to north korea, there is a lot on the table for the leaders of the world s two largest economies. and as the masters gets underway there are concerns about the world number one dustinjohnson, who concerns about the world number one dustin johnson, who fell downstairs and injured his back. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news. a father has lost a landmark case at the supreme court in a dispute about taking his child out of school without permission. jon platt, from the isle of wight, refused to pay a fine after he took his daughter to florida, and had won previous court cases. but today, the supreme court ruled unanimously that it is disruptive to a child s education to remove them from school during term time. the prime minister theresa may welcomed the ruling, saying it recognised the importance of children atten ....