annual conferences this weekend. airbnb is improving its security after a bbc investigation found people s homes had been burgled by scammers using stolen accounts. time for some good friday sport and at the bbc sports centre it is you. the former world champion jensen button will replace fernando alonso at the monaco grand prix at the end of may. once you have the right one miss the race to take part in the indianapolis 500 with the full support of the team. he is replaced by his former team mate who is contracted as a reserve driver. well first practice is under way, sebastian vettel has topped the time sheets ahead of the bahrain grand prix, two seconds quicker than his championship rival lewis hamilton, whose tenth. the arsenal manager arsen wegener insists any discussions the clubs board may be having about his future will distract them from doing his job. having about his future will distract them from doing hisjob. he has been speaking about his talisman alexis sanchez
welcome to bbc news. the afghan government says 36 so called islamic state militants were killed when the united states dropped one of its biggest non nuclear bombs in the eastern province of nangarhar on thursday. the commander of us forces in afghanistan, generaljohn nicholson, said the attack had been coordinated with the government in kabul and that no civilians were harmed. our south asia editor jill mcgivering reports. this is american hard power in action. the moment the us dropped, for the first time, the biggest non nuclear weapon it has. it was a moab, nicknamed the mother of all bombs , and it was targeting underground bases in eastern afghanistan, a stronghold of the so called islamic state group. the us military insists afghan leaders gave full approval. this was the right weapon against the right target. we will continue to work shoulder to shoulder with our afghan comrades to eliminate this threat to the afghan people, especially the people of nangarhar, to
the us says a huge bomb dropped on so called islamic state militants in afghanistan on so called islamic state was the right weapon against the right target . president trump authorised the use of the weapon, known as the mother of all bombs, the use of the weapon, for the attack in which 36 militants were killed. the commander of us forces in afghanistan, generaljohn nicholson, forces in afghanistan, said it has been carried out in coordination with the government in kabul. in coordination with the former afghan president hamid karzai has condemned the attack. here s our security correspondent frank gardner. a correspondent frank gardner. remote valley in a re dentists. a remote valley in a remote country. dentists. 11 tonnes of high explosive. on an ice is complex in afghanistan. the blast was felt 30 miles away. the weapon used is called a massive ordnance airburst, also known as the mother of all bombs. this was its first time used in combat. this was the right weapon ag
with this sort of lead, she would most likely increase her majority, which then at least she can say, i now have a mandate, and that gives hera now have a mandate, and that gives her a mandate. it means she can in a way silence or at least neutralise some of the critics in our own party on such a slim majority, i it would help the country because it would force labour to do something. she said she won t do it, which is the first thing and the second is i am sure she is conscious that political parties get punished by voters if it likes like they are doing it for their own narrow interests. it wouldn t be, she would argue it was for the public interest and it would be. if she changes her mind that is how she would argue it. quickly, let us finish off with an amazing discovery. i think this is my favourite story. it is fab isn t it. back to the sunday telegraph. this is some workmen working at lambeth palace and they discovered the tombs of five former archbishops going back to
uncertainty. that region is and uncertainty. that region is and uncertain region. they are a buffer state between syria and europe. he has used the cover of the coup last year to call this. i think he has put something like 50,000 people, jailed or removed from theirjobs in the judiciary, journalists. jailed or removed from theirjobs in the judiciary, journalists. .. he says that is to bring about stability and security? he has to deal with syria, the kurdish problem, islamists from his own country. this is going to solidify divisions and show us the size of dissent. three of the biggest cities in turkey voted against it. the i, is it time to strip president assad s wife of uk citizenship? she was born in london and holds a british passport. there is a move in parliament to do exactly that. conservative mps and liberal democrat mps are calling for her to have her citizenship revoked. the right to do that, i think it is under the british nationality act, it lies with the home