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one in ten years. i tried to give one to one of my sons the other day and he sneered. i go to banks quite frequently and i think it is a great shame. tale to be discussed. let s go to the times. back to the times, i should say. the headline is us demands afghan troop boost. i got the impression that we were either out of afghanistan or desperate to be out of afghanistan. a lot of people assume that but we have 500 troops still in kabul, afghanistan. donald trump tonight will do his hugely anticipated prime time address about afghanistan and the new american plan to defeat the taliban and islamic state in the country. the times reports that he s going to provide another few thousand troops to boost the troops there, they also have an exclusive saying that america will put pressure on britain to send more troops. we ve already said we will send an extra 100 in the next few months. forgive me, but sense neither here nor there. not like the 10,000 that the americans will ha ....
and yet despite this the marijuana industry is still booming. so is it time for a drastic rethink? this is the situation in portugal. we ve been to two european countries with very different approaches to drugs controls. bake off is back! almost. the baking favourite returns to our screens next week with new faces and on a new channel, of course. so will it rise to the occasion? we have had a sneak peek. hello, welcome to the programme, we re live until 11 this morning. also if you think the bake off pun was bad, don t worry we have much better in store, as we will be talking to the winner of the award for the bestjoke at the edinburgh fringe this year. do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. president trump said he d changed his mind about withdrawing troops from afghanistan last night in a major speech. the man who always said he didn t want t ....
channel 4 gets ready to unveil their version of the great british bake off. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. more us troops are to be be sent to afghanistan to fight the taliban. the move was announced by president trump in a speech last night, in which he said the us would fight to win in afghanistan and would concentrate on killing terrorists rather than nation building. during the presidential election campaign, the president had called for a speedy withdrawal from a conflict he described as a total disaster . but in his speech he said he d changed his mind and that a rapid exit from afghanistan would create a vacuum for terrorists to fill. here s our north america correspondent aleem maqbool. the man who always said he didn t want to intervene abroad, came to announce the intervention in afghanistan he s going to ratchet up. but said it was for the right reasons. we are a partner and a friend, but we will not dictate to the afghan people how to live, or ....
to skip the adverts. i m not a fan of the new pound coin. but then again, i hate all change. a winning joke no really it is, as ken cheng s gag is rated the funniest at the edinburgh fringe. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. reports in spain say that one of the four men accused of being part of the terror cell behind last week s attacks in and around barcelona has told a court that the group was planning a much larger operation using explosives. mohamed houli chemlal appeared in court this afternoon along with three other men arrested in the wake of the attacks, which left 15 people dead and more than 100 injured. we will get the latest in barcelona ina we will get the latest in barcelona in a moment. among the distressing stories that have emerged from the attacks in spain, there have been those of kindness and bravery. british tourist harry athwal has been called a hero after he rushed to help a child on las ramblas, ignoring advice from the police to move t ....
the former owner of bhs, dominic chappell, is to be prosecuted by the pensions regulator, following the collapse of the high street chain. and, england s women are preparing for their rugby world cup semifinal against france this evening. one of four suspected members of the terrorist cell that killed 15 people in spain last week, has told a judge in madrid that the group was planning a bigger attack. the suspects have been testifying to a judge, who will decide what charges they will face, behind closed doors. the four are the only surviving members of the 12 man group. this morning they were driven in for questioning n a closed session at madrid ‘s high court. taken there, in his hospital pyjama mohamed houli chemlal, it is understood he confessed the plans of a much bigger attack to both the police and judge. the 22 year old was badly injured when an alleged bomb factory blew up the day before the ramblas attack. the explosion happened here, where police found 120 ....