Midnight in london, and 7pm in washington, where the firestorm following President Trumps latest comments blaming both sides for the violence in charlottesville, virginia continues to burn. Business leaders have joined two former republican president s in condemning his stance. The bbcs North America Editorjon Sopel reports. Amazing grace. The Memorial Service for Heather Heyer, an anti racism protestor mown down by a white supremacist in charlottesville on saturday. But far from this being an occasion when a nation comes together, america seems more bitterly divided than ever. They tried to kill my child to shut her up. Well, guess what . You just magnified her. Applause this was charlottesville on friday night racist groups chanting jews will not replace us, carrying ku klux klan style torches, and also marching to the slogan white lives matter. Yesterday, the president blamed both sides for the violence that ensued. You had a group on one side and you had a group on the other and th
Will keep happening. And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News celtic try to make the Champions League group stage for a Second Season in a row. Good evening. After britain leaves the eu, people and goods should be able to move freely across the border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland, much as they do today. Thats the governments ambition outlined in a paper published today. Ministers says they want no return to checkpoints and border posts. At the moment there are about 110 million border crossings every year. Northern ireland exports £21; billion worth of goods south of the border, thats nearly a third of all its exports, and imports £2. 7 billion worth. Critics of todays proposals say they lack credible detail and have raised concerns that an open border could become a back doorfor immigration from the eu. Our ireland correspondent Chris Buckler reports from the border, in narrow water. For more than 300 miles, Crossing Fields and bridges, roads and rivers, there is a
Midnight in london, and 7pm in washington, where the firestorm following President Trumps latest comments blaming both sides for the violence in charlottesville, virginia continues to burn. Business leaders have joined two former republican president s in condemning his stance. The bbcs North America Editorjon Sopel reports. Amazing grace. The Memorial Service for Heather Heyer, an anti racism protestor mown down by a white supremacist in charlottesville on saturday. But far from this being an occasion when a nation comes together, america seems more bitterly divided than ever. They tried to kill my child to shut her up. Well, guess what . You just magnified her. Applause this was charlottesville on friday night racist groups chanting jews will not replace us, carrying ku klux klan style torches, and also marching to the slogan white lives matter. Yesterday, the president blamed both sides for the violence that ensued. You had a group on one side and you had a group on the other and th