Peaceful transfer of power. We will have the latest. An explosion at a Chemical Plant in Western Germany kills at least one person was stop several otHers are miller singh. And Simone Biles withdraws from the team gymnastics at the Tokyo Olympics. She said she suffered an injury to Her pride after stumbling that a. She comes in with pressure from so many directions. She comes in bearing The Mantle of, you know, americas sweetheart, the big olympic star. Seven months ago, on the 6th Of January, hundreds of Donald Trump supporters launched an attack on the Us Capitol. Now the first full congressional investigation into what exactly happened that day, has begun. The first witnesses to be called were four men who had been on duty that day. Two Capitol Hill officers and two Washington Dc Police officers gave evidence about the Violence And Hatred they experienced. Heres what the very first witness had to say. Sadly as a result of that day, we lost some good officers. But we held our line to
of journalist jamal khashoggi, after saudi arabia admitted for the first time he had been killed in its consulate in istanbul. saudi state television reported that he died in a fight. turkish officials said he had been deliberately killed. our diplomatic affairs correspondent james robbins reports. after 2.5 weeks of denial, saudi arabia is changing its story. state tv announced the admission that jamal khashoggi was killed by its officials. translation: the discussions that took place between him and the individuals that met with him during his presence in the saudi consulate in istanbul led to an argument and fist fight with jamal khashoggi, which led to his death. that is also the admission of a big saudi lie previous insistence that the journalist didn t just walk into the consulate, he left safely too. many believe the killing could only have happened with the permission of saudi crown prince mohammad bin salman, and that the new story of a fight rather than premeditat
the nhs should be given extra money. the nhs should be -join the states? the - states? prime without the united states? prime minister narendra modi tells the world economic forum that india is open to business. good morning, asia. hello, world. glad you could enjoy and dashed glad you could join us for another exciting addition of asia business report. 11 countries are aiming to form an asia pacific trade pact. they have all reached a deal and will be signing a final agreement this march in chile. also called the tpp ii, agreement this march in chile. also called the tpp 11, it does not use include the united states after donald trump withdrew. timothy mcdonald is in the newsroom. how significant is the tpp without the united states? the answer is much less significant. given that it is in fact the biggest economy in the world. you are talking about a market of 300 million people. of course, by any objective measure, it is less significant. that said, us wheat growers have e
one half of the writing duo behind classic sitcoms including steptoe and son has died at the age of 87. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has accused the government of doing a sweetheart deal with conservative led surrey council to avoid a controversial referendum. mr corbyn asked theresa may to come clean about how much money had been offered to surrey county council to drop a vote on a fifteen per cent rise in council tax in order to pay for social care. the local authority has denied there was deal. our political correspondent iain watson is in westminsterfor us. norman smith is in westminster. simon, thank you very much. well, social care has dom thateed the headlines fore weeks now with growing concern about the pressure that those services are under. today it took a political turn with a suggestion of a sweetheart deal between the government and conservative surrey council to avert a referendum surrey are planning to hold to ra
that s witness coming up in half an hour. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government has said that britain will defend the interests of gibraltar during the brexit negotiations, following warnings that spain is attempting to use the process to regain sovereignty of the rock. the eu has suggested that a brexit deal won t cover gibraltar without a separate agreement between london and madrid. here s our political correspondent, matt cole. the imposing rock at the mouth of the mediterranean has been in british hands since 1713. its fortified low case ten miles from low indication location. north africa s coast‘s made it a key strategic base for britain s military, as well as home to 30,000 british subjects. the outpost shares a border with spain which has long sought to reclaim it, but this week, theresa may made it clear that would not happen as part of brexit. gibraltar is not a separate member of the eu nor is it a part of the uk for the purposes of eu law