practice yesterday. but tonight his colleagues, both republicans and democrats will go ahead with their annual game. it s a rare show of political unity. less unified, president trump hits back at reports he is under investigation for obstruction ofjustice. he calls it the biggest witch hunt in history. and the australian prime minister pokes fun at donald trump s winning ways. we ll let you judge the impersonation. i am christian fraser in london, katty kay is in washington. we still don t know how many people died in the grenfell tower blaze police say it will be more than the current death toll, which stands at 17. and such is the destruction inside the building it could take firefighters weeks to recover the remains. today sniffer dogs, much lighter than people, and specially trained to locate bodies, have been sent into the building to help with the search. 37 people remain in hospital, 17 are in critical care. our home affairs editor mark easton has this report. slowly,
what they can actually do about the communist state. welcome to the programme i m christian fraser in london, katty kay is in washington is brexit already making the uk poorer? in his annual mansion house speech the governor of the bank of england mark carney, said price rises are now running ahead of wage growth and real incomes are falling again. speaking alongside the governor, the chancellor of the exchequer philip hammond was making the case for a longer transition to brexit he wants the uk and the eu to agree a new customs‘ agreement under which current border arrangements would remain in place perhaps for some years following britain s exit. in a moment, we ll hear from the british international trade secretary who s trying to whip up business in the us but first, this report from our economics editor, kamal ahmed. a year on from the referendum, and cars waiting in sunny southampton for a journey to the continent of europe. exports to the european union li
around the world and for those joining us in the uk. it is 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 1am in brussels where a suspected terrorist has been shot dead after an attempted attack in the central station of brussels. people heard him shout allahu akbar before that was a small explosion. brussels central station evacuated shortly after police say a man triggered a small explosion. eyewitnesses say they heard gunfire and multiple explosions. minutes later smoke. outside, people gathered together, making their way to safety. translation: i went down the desert to go back to the platform where i had to go and they are heard someone shouting and at one point he shouted allahu akbar allahu akbar and blew up the suitcase. i tried to evacuate as many people as possible. he wasjust behind me, two metres behind me and he still had the belt on. the country is already on high alert. units were within the scene within minutes and shot dead the suspect. this is being treated
australia. welcome to viewers around the world and to thosejoining us in the uk. it s eight in the morning in singapore, one am in london and two in the morning in brussels, where a suspected terrorist has been shot dead, after an attempted attack at the city s main rail station. witnesses say they heard him shout allahu akbar, god is great, before there was a small explosion. this report from frankie mccamley. brussels central station evacuated shortly after police say a man triggered a small explosion. eyewitnesses say they heard gunfire and multiple explosions. just minutes later smoke can be seen inside. outside, people gathered together, making their way to safety. translation: i went down the stairs to go back to the platform where i had to go and they i heard someone shouting and then at one point he shouted allahu akbar and blew up the suitcase he had. ijust carried on down, trying to get as many people to evacuate as possible. and there he was, just behind me, two
it is certainly the most expensive congressional race in american history. both main parties have poured money into the battle for the atlanta seat, held by republicans since 1979. polls closed a few hours ago and votes are still being counted. live now to our correspondent peter bowes, who s monitoring the election for us from los angeles. what is the latest? it looks like the republican, karen handel, is beginning to inch ahead. she is the former georgia secretary of state. over 70% of the votes in her precinct have been counted and the site she has a 5% lead with 52% againstjon ossoff, about 48% at the moment. she is beginning to develop a lead. it was always going to be close. as you said, and tremendous amount of money was poured into this campaign. much of that money came from outside of the state, from new york, some of it coming from california, in a battle being seen as not only local politics but a referendum on donald trump. as not only local politics but a referen