debut album the new exhibition at london s victoria and albert museum. good evening and welcome to bbc news. washington is awash with rumour and speculation tonight after president donald trump s shock dismissal of james comey, the director of the fbi. the white house said the president had lost confidence in mr comey over the past several months. there s been widespread criticism of the move political opponents have raised the suspicion that mr comey‘s dismissal was linked to his investigation into allegations that members of the trump team colluded with moscow during last year s presidential election. here s our north america editor, jon sopel. this is a fox news alert. fbi directorjames comey has been fired by the president of the united states. the term breaking news is bandied about with abandon but last night it was justified. at fbi offices the first they knew their director had been fired was when it flashed up on their tv screens. and james comey, who was in lo
a textiles company in yorkshire to find out how good we are exporting. in sport its not over yet for arsenal. they re up to fifth in the premier league after beating southampton, just outside the champions league places. and carol is out and about with the weather. good morning. iamat i am at kenwood house in london where it is a beautiful yet chilly start to the day. for most of us it will be dry and sunny how whether there will be heavy downpours across parts of southern england and south wales through the day. it will feel humid and some of us will reach 2a celsius. do details in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. labour s draft election manifesto has been leaked more than a week before its official launch. the 51 page document was obtained by the bbc and several newspapers. it includes proposals to nationalise the railways and the postal service. a plan to create publicly owned energy companies in every region of the uk and the introduction of price caps
around the world, sutton united s reserve goalkeeper resigns for a possible breach of betting rules. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a british is fighter who died in a suicide bomb attack on iraqi forces in mosul is a former guantanamo bay detainee. the self styled islamic state group said two days ago that abu zakariya al britani detonated a car bomb at an iraqi army base in tal gaysum, south west of mosul. he is believed to have been originally known as ronald fiddler. the 50 year old from manchester was sent to guantanamo bay in 2002 but was freed from the us detention centre in 200a. the bbc has seen is registration papers signed by fiddler in april 2014 when he crossed into syria from turkey. earlier, our security correspondent frank gardner explained the latest about the british is fighter. he was born ronald fiddler. he was actually 50 when he died, when he blew himself up a few days ago. he was released in 2004 and brought back to britain. 0ne paper said he was
but if you look at last year s referendum result, you can see why the prime minister wants to frame this as a brexit election. the blue areas voted leave. but many of them have labour mps who backed remain. she also wants to attract some of the four million voters who backed ukip last time. general election campaigns can be unpredictable and just two years after the last one, voters must decide again whether there will be dramatic changes to the electoral map of britain. let s get some more reaction to today s news about an early general election. our europe editor, katya adler, is in paris tonight, but first let s speak to our business editor, simonjack, who s in the city this evening. what is your reading of the way that the markets reacted to the news today? well, this may be a political gamble but the folks who make bets in the offices behind me like theresa may s odds in this one. you saw the pound strengthen, they think the economy is doing well, unemployment rate is lo
after it finished level at 3 3 on aggregate at the end of the 90 minutes. a sergio ramos own goal put bayern 2 1 up in the second leg of the last eight match at the bernabeu, forcing an extra 30 minutes. but the holders saw their talisman, ronaldo, strike twice in extra time for a hat trick on the night, as the spanish giants look to become the first club in champions league history to retain the trophy, as they also move through to the semi final stage so, let s take a look at the top scorers in the champions league with real madrid featuring heavily. ronaldo, moving to 100 with his hatrick, scoring five of the six goals in the tie against bayern. lionel messi is second, with 94, which he could add to on wednesday when barcelona play juventus. while real legend, raul, is third followed by another former player at the bernabeu, who also featured heavily for manchester united, ruud van nistleroy. atletico madrid have joined their city rivals, real, in the last four after a 2 1