and britain s adam peaty breaks the 50 metres breaststroke world record, becoming the first man ever to go under 26 seconds. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news, out through injury greg rutherford says he s gutted to missing out of next month s world athletics championships. good evening. the government has hailed bmw s decision to build a fully electric version of the mini in the uk as a vote of confidence in britain . bmw have confirmed the model will go into production in 2019, with the parts manufactured abroad, before the car is assembled at its cowley plant near 0xford. bmw had previously expressed fears about the uncertainty surrounding brexit. today it said it had neither sought nor received any reassurances from the government on arrangements after britain leaves the eu. here s our transport correspondent, richard westcott. they make two thirds of the world s minis here. to the relief of workers, we now know that the new electric mini will be made here too. i
singapore, midnight in london, and 9am in melbourne, australia, where one of the pope s most senior advisers has just entered court. cardinal georgpell has returned from rome saying that he is innocent and will clear his name. and we are seeing these pictures of his arrival from just a little while ago. cardinal george pell. phil mercer is outside the court in melbourne. updaters with what you have seen.- we have just seen, updaters with what you have seen.- we havejust seen, cardinal george pell, having to battle his way through a huge media contingent, here at the melbourne magistrate s court. i don t remember seeing media interest in a case quite like this. cardinal george pell arrive in the last ten minutes or so for a procedural hearing. it is called a filing is hearing here in australia. this will set out the framework for the rest of the court case that he will be involved with. as you say, he has been accused of historical sexual abuse allegations, and we understan
it s 8am in singapore, iam in london and 10am in melbourne, in australia, where one of the pope s most senior advisors will appear in court to face charges of sexual assault. cardinal george pell has returned from rome saying that he is innocent, and will clear his name. our correspondent phil mercer, is outside the court in melbourne. you saw him arrive a little while ago, what has happened so far? yes, cardinal george pell had to fight his way through a huge media contingent to reach the entrance of the melbourne magistrates court. i can t remember any occasion when there has been such a huge media contingent outside any australian court. magistrate s. it is safe to say george pell is inside the courthouse behind me, and his hearing is scheduled to start in a few minutes. it is a procedural hearing, that is known as a filing ‘s hearing. it does mark the start of legal proceedings against the roman catholic church, the most prominent figure here in australia. he has bee
it s a powerful indication of how little trust there is between president trump and members of congress from his own party. the us house of representatives has voted overwhelmingly for new sanctions on russia, and set them up quite deliberately in a way that makes it very hard for the president to change or dilute them. the sanctions target key russian officials, in retaliation for interference in last year s us election, and in eastern ukraine. they also target north korea and iran. sarah corker reports. i ache, donald jon trump to solemnly swear. . . i ache, donald jon trump to solemnly swear. throughout his first six months in office, he has been facing allegations that russia helped get him elected. i do, donald john trump. this will likely antagonise the kremlin and affect donald trump s efforts to get better relationships with russia. these tough sanctions include goes on doing business with russian companies. we cannot allow any foreign power to interfere in our ele
of how little trust there is between president trump and members of congress from his own party. the us house of representatives has voted overwhelmingly for new sanctions on russia and set them up quite deliberately in a way that makes it very hard for the president to change or dilute them. the sanctions target key russian officials in retaliation for interference in last year s us election and in eastern ukraine. they also target north korea and iran. sarah corker reports. i, donald john trump do solemnly swear. throughout his first six months in office, preisdent trump has been dogged by allegations that moscow interfered to help get him elected. this new bill is likely antagonise the kremlin and complicate mr trump s plans to improve relationships with russia. on this vote, the yays are 419, the nays are three. these tougher sanctions expand restrictions on doing business with russian companies, especially oil and gas projects. we simply cannot allow any foreign power to