a human rights watchdog accuses u.s. backed special forces in afghanistan of committing war crimes and other atrocities during their operations it s calling for the units to be destroyed and it was the german carmaker boast wagon putting its money on eat mobility v.w. starts production of its 1st fully electric mass market vehicle to get high level support from german chancellor angela merkel with a promise to expand car infrastructure across the country. i m off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we start tonight right here in germany the country celebrating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall which happened on the 9th of november 1989 for lin s mayor has a few. opened a week of festivities with a white shirt at the world famous alexander plots that s the square where hundreds of thousands of east germans demonstrated today 30 years ago november 4th 9089 calling for freedom of expression and democracy commemorations
may have to reduce benefits for members or raise tuition fees for students. and in half an hour, click goes to las vegas for hackfest to find the the latest on cutting edge hacking research from the most brilliant minds in the world. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. president trump has described his new chief of staff, john kelly, as a true star of his administration after reince priebus stood down from the post. mr trump said mr kelly, a retired military general, had done a spectacularjob as the head of homeland security, where he introduced a tougher immigration policy. the resignation of mr priebus came after he was criticised by the president s new communications director anthony skarr uh moo chi anthony scaramucci, who accused him of leaking to the press. another tweet, another resignation, another day in the trump presidency. reince priebus is the latest senior figure in the white house to leave his job prematurely. the shortest serving chief of staff in histo
the black hole. and in half an hour. click goes to las vegas to see the latest cutting edge hacking technology from some of the world s greatest minds. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. violence broke out overnight in east london following a protest over the death of a man after he was restrained by police a week ago. the independent police complaints commission is investigating the death of 20 year old rashan charles. a vigil is to be held outside newington police station the day after bottles and fireworks were thrown at officers, as richard lister reports. the tension had been building all afternoon. a peaceful protest about the death of a young man in custody in east london s started to turn into something else. the police were out in force, trying to maintain calm, but it didn t last. by 10pm, a fleet of police vans is facing police vans was facing a burning barricades and an angry crowd. fireworks and bottles were thrown. hundreds of officers trying to keep people ba
of europe s continuing migrant crisis and of course the latest troubles at the trump administration. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the family of a man who died after being apprehended by police has appealed for peace, after unrest broke out on the streets in the wake of his death. the independent police complaints commission is investigating the death of 20 year old rashan charles. last night angry clashes broke out as protesters blocked a road in dalston, east london, and set mattresses alight. richard lister reports. the tension had been building all afternoon. a peaceful protest about the death of a young man in police custody in east london beginning to turn into something else. the police were out in force trying to maintain calm, but it didn t last. by ten o clock, a fleet of police vans was facing a burning barricade and an angry crowd. fireworks and bottles were thrown. hundreds of officers trying to keep people back. move away, the dogs are coming out. poli
itself around her and bit herface. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the north korean leader, kimjong un, claims any target on the us mainland is now within striking range. it following his military‘s latest intercontinental missile test, the second test within a month. as with previous launches, the event was celebrated by north korean state media. this report by our correspondent karen allen. cloa ked in darkness, state run tv captured the final moments before the missile launch. a potent symbol of north korea s defiance in the face of international sanctions. its leader kim jong un there to witness it all. then the dramatic lift off. and the moment that pyongyang thumbed its nose at the world. the second launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile in less than a month. it travelled higher and further than the missile fired before, eventually smashing down into the ocean off the coast of japan. then came the official confirmation from pyongyang. the newsreader a