a protest against president donald trump support the saudi crown prince and solomon john hendren reports now from the u.s. capitol congressional disapproval in the u.s. senate republican firewall protecting president trump there is a visible crack in my relationship with saudi arabia is forever changed and it will not go back to the way it used to be with key support from trump ally lindsey graham and a handful of other republicans this senate voted to block the president from selling billions of dollars in u.s. arms to saudi arabia you cannot have a strategic relationship the united states and behave in a fashion that shows no respect for human dignity no respect for international norms. president trump is certain to veto the measure and it s not likely opponents will muster the 2 thirds majorities they need in both the house and the senate to override a veto but with the u.s. facing a potential military conflict with iran the senate republican leader says it is no time to a
and heading the british charge at augusta, ian poulter is two shots off the lead, and it s all to play for. and coming up on the bbc news, leicester tigers prepare for a crunch match against newcastle falcons as both fight to avoid relegation from rugby union s premiership. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. sweden is considering whether to reopen an investigation into allegations of rape made against wikileaks founderjulian assange. he was arrested yesterday after ecuador revoked the asylum which had allowed him to live in its embassy in london for nearly seven years. the united states is attempting to extradite him on charges of conspiring to hack into a government computer, but labour says he should not be sent to the us because he exposed evidence of atrocities in iraq and afghanistan. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. julian assange has gone from self imposed captivity at the ecuadorian embassy, which ended a bru ptly yesterday ecuadoria
good to have you with us. briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. so, later in the programme we ll be hearing from the couple who bought this old warship online and it wasn t cheap. so we d like to know what is your biggest impulse buy? just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. iran s president hassan rouhani is heading to new york for what promises to be a tense few days at the united nations general assembly. he s accused the us and its gulf allies of being behind a deadly attack on a military parade in southern iran on saturday. us diplomats have reacted angrily to his comments. later this week, president trump will chair a un security council meeting and has already tweeted that he will be zeroing in on iran . from new york, here s our diplomatic correspondent james robbins. gunfire the moment the shooting started. iran s elite revolutionary guards under attack on home soil. many forced to dive for cover, as a parade to honour them is ambushe
heading a series of unsanctioned protests across russia. china used to be the world s largest importer of plastic waste but in january they re going to boast restrictions which in effect ban imports that s left many western nations scrambling would have to deal with their own buildup of rubbish that allows for her ports for amsterdam as part of our series on waste china has decided it no longer wants to be the world s rubbish collector and that s causing big problems for the global waste industry for decades nearly half the world s waste has been sent to china to be processed but new government regulations have put a stop to the import of millions of tons of low grade blessed six which now need to find a new destination ben because recycling business in the netherlands shipped half of its plastics to china says it changes he says he s forced to bring twice as much as he used to for incineration. for me as a recital it s a shame of course or like i said it was at least fifty p
traumatized. the next. in the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty s infected blood from the united states was imported into britain some was used to make a clotting protein called factor eight used to treat hemophilia it was given to sufferers including young children to help them live normal lives but some of the blood was made from pooling plasma from thousands of donors including drug addicts sex workers and prison inmates half of all infected hemophiliacs are now dead that s almost three thousand people as many as thirty thousand people may have been exposed to infections through transfusions. the victims are ordinary people infected during childbirth or during treatment after road traffic accidents husbands or wives in fact a beach other parents infected their children care that was a meant to have save lives has caused devastating harm it s a sobering thought that the consequences of what happened there may be continuing to cause death even now. many inquiries are ab