Hello, Im matthew amrolIwala. We start wIth BreakIng News from spaIn where a court has confIrmed that the body dIscovered In tenerIfe Is that of mIssIng brItIsh Teenagerjay Slater. The body was found not far away from a house hed been vIsItIng, near the vIllage of masca. Its almost a month sInce the 19 year old dIsappeared after goIng to a musIc festIval. The court saId that the death was caused by trauma consIstent wIth a fall In a rocky area. In a moment well speak to our reporter nIckjohnson, whos InJay Slater s Home Town In lancashIre, but fIrst lets speak to guy hedgecoe, whos In tenerIfe for us. Guy, confIrmatIon of what everyone had feared . Yes, Im outsIde the headquarters of the local polIce who have been leadIng the Search Forjay Slater over the last month. We do now have thIs confIrmatIon from the judIcIal authorItIes here that the body that was found yesterday by the MountaIn Rescue UnIt of the local polIce was Indeed that of Jay Slater. What weve been told Is that fIngerpr
National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin starts us off from the pentagon. We saw in iraq what happened when the u. S. Declared a war over and pulled out troops leaving isis to grow e the u. S. Isnt done with afghanistan. As the taliban continue to Brandish American weapons captured from the Of A Dan Army when the government fell 17 days ago, those fighters expressed anger the u. S. Had disabled all of the military planes and helicopters at the airport before leaving. For the first time since The Last American Soldier left afghanistan, the Defense Secretary and chairman of the Joint Chiefs faced the press. They took just three questions. Including whether they might have to partner with the taliban in the future. I can tell you from perSonal experience that is a ruthless group from the past and whether or not they change remains to be seen. And as far as our dealings with them at that airfield in war you do what you most in order to reduce Risk Admission and force; not necessari
Of information and guidance by the agencies responsible, it s simply unacceptable. We ll be hearing from the families of those who died. Also tonight: strict covid restrictions will remain in place in glasgow as new infections across the uk continue to rise. Another covid vaccine is approved for the uk the single dose jab made byjanssen will be available later this year. The refurbishment of the downing street flat the prime minister didnt break the ministerial code, says an independent advisor, but he acted unwisely by not fully checking how it would be paid for. And manchester city and chelsea fans are arriving in portugal ahead of tomorrow s champions league final. And coming up on the bbc news channel with the olympics just eight weeks away, the japanese government is extending the state of emergency in tokyo as it battles the coronavirus pandemic. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Inquests have ruled that two young cambridge graduates were unlawfully killed by
Cases rises to more than 4,000, there s growing concern over whether restrictions can be lifted next month. The downing street flat refurbishment an independent adviser says the prime minister didn t break the ministerial code, but acted unwisely not fully checking how it would be paid for. Chelsea and manchester city fans arrive in porto in portugal ahead of tomorrow s all english champions league final. Coming up on bbc news, it was box office tv for westminster watchers but did the bbc give too much airtime and credence to the words of dominic cummings? that s newswatch at 8:45pm here on bbc news. Good evening. Inquests have ruled that two young cambridge graduates were unlawfully killed by a convicted terrorist at a prisoner rehabilitation event in london after a string of failures by police, the security services and probation service. Jack merritt and saskia jones were stabbed to death by usman khan during the attack at fishmongers hall in 2019. He d been released from p
Khan on london bridge, and an apology to the victims families from the uk s most senior counter terrorism officer. The fact that, as the jury determined, there were omissions orfailures in the management of the attacker and in the sharing of information and guidance by the agencies responsible, is simply unacceptable. Iamso i am so deeply sorry we were not better than this in november 2019. We ll be hearing from the families of those who died. Also tonight. The downing street flat refurbishment borisjohnson is cleared of breaking the ministerial code, but told he acted unwisely by not fully checking how it would be paid for. A new covid jab the one dose janssen vaccine gets the green light in the uk, as new infections rise by 25% in a week. More than 300,000 dead in india. As india s covid death toll keeps rising, we report from one of the poorest parts of the country, where many deaths go uncounted. And thousands of manchester city and chelsea fans arrive in portugal ahead of t