i m melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us it s election day in the united states and today and all this week we ll be looking at the impact of the vote on countries across asia one of the most important relationships for the u.s. in the entire pacific is it s in gage meant with india the 2 countries together with japan and australia from part of what is known as a quad for democracies in a clear counterpoint to china the region s large authoritarian state we sat down with india s foreign secretary harshvardhan to discuss regional politics we started by asking him whether there d be any change with a biden presidency especially given president dollar trump and prime minister narendra modi s great personal admiration for each other. other relations with the united states are really based on bipartisan support you see it in congress you see it in public lives we do believe that the force that elation ship that today is had visits to the test of time is very
and in fact had no place in the world. so far one person, and male in his late 205, has been charged with murder. and should appear in a christchurch court tomorrow morning the suspect is being widely named as brenton tarrant, the suspect is being widely named as brenton tarra nt, who the suspect is being widely named as brenton tarrant, who police believe opened fire on wor5hipper5 at friday prayers. a number of devices had been diffused at the masks. mosques. we will bring you the latest from christchurch. at least 49 people have died in a gun attack in new zealand with dozens more seriously injured. the terrorist attack targetted two mosques in christchurch. witnesses say at least one gunman opened fire on worshippers at the mosques, as they gathered for friday prayers. one man, in his twenties, has been charged with murder a further three people were arrested but police say at least one had no involvement in the shootings. these pictures, filmed from a passing car,
in religious instituations in northern ireland. 11 children and two adults have been taken to hospital, after a ceiling collapsed at a primary school in south east london. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. as the investigation into the explosion in a taxi outside liverpool women s hospital continues, the uk s terror threat level has been raised from substantial to severe meaning an attack is highly likely. yesterday s explosion has been declared a terrorist incident by police, though counter terror officers said they don t yet have a clear idea of a motive for the attack. four people have now been arrested under the terrorism act in connection with the incident. a male passenger in the cab who has not yet been named by police was killed in the blast. officers believe he had built an improvised device. speaking in the last hour, the prime minister said the uk will not be cowed by terrorism . this report from our correspondent danny savage contains images that you
interview in around 15 minutes time. and, in new york, a man is in police custody after a terror attack killed eight people and injured about a dozen others. this was an act of terror. and a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at innocent civilians, aimed at people going about their lives, with no idea what was about to hit them. we ll bring you the story throughout the programme. hello, welcome to the programme. we re live until iiam. plenty to come from this audience throughout the programme. and wherever you are in the uk, you can get in touch too with your experience of sexual harassment at work, and how you think it can be dealt with. do get in touch use the hashtag victoria live. and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. you can message you can message me on you can message me on facebook and send an e mail as well. our top story today. at least eight people have been killed and ii seriously hurt in new york city, in what officials have
and ready to set sail from the docks of liverpool. as 12 racing yachts prepare to castaway on their 40,000 mile round the world adventure in the clipper world yacht race. and coming up. a look at the us mexican border and the stories from the people who live their life in the borderlands. that s in life in the shadow of the wall at 10:30. good morning and welcome to bbc news. a memorial service in honour of the victims of the barcelona terror attack is taking place this morning at the city s famous sagrada familia church. king felipe and queen letizia of spain are attending the mass and on saturday, the royal couple visited some of the dozens of people injured when a van was driven into pedestrians in las ramblas, killing 13. tonight the city s football team will wear black armbands and shirts bearing the words we are all barcelona as well as holding a minute s silence before they play their first game of the season at their home stadium. while the city mourns, a manhunt is