the national enquirer is going to run a negative against you guys. two tv presenters attacked by the us president on the social media site accuse him of lying and suggest the white house tried to blackmail them. and good news for cricket fans. live cricket is returning to bbc television for the first time in decades. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the leader of kensington and chelsea council, the borough where the grenfell tower fire happened, has resigned. nicholas paget brown said he had to accept responsibility for his role in response to the fire and in particularfor the decision to ban the public and press from a council meeting last night. the bbc has also obtained documents that show that cheaper, less fire resistant cladding was chosen for the tower block. 80 people are believed to have died in the fire and there is no suggestion a deliberate decision was made to cut fire safety. kensington and chelsea council says safety would not have been compromised in orde
of the world s two largest economies. as the masters gets underway, concerns about the world number one dustin johnson who s fallen down stairs and injured his back. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a father has lost a landmark case at the supreme court in a dispute about taking his child out of school without permission. jon platt, from the isle of wight, refused to pay a fine after he took his daughter to florida, and had won previous court cases. but today, the supreme court ruled unanimously that it is disruptive to a child s education to remove them from school during term time. the prime minister theresa may welcomed the ruling, saying it recognised the importance of children attending school. our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman reports. arriving at the highest court in the land, a father, john platt, about to find out if taking his daughter on holiday in term time meant he had broken the law. in 2015, jon platt took his daughter on a week s holiday. he
the dax down by about a third of 1% after setting a fresh 2016 high just yesterday. futures firm, dell futures up about 10 points. switch up the board quickly. dollar-yen is up the most. that is a weaker japanese yen on a bloomberg report that the boj may offer banks loans with a negative rate. should that have a fundamental impact on the fx market? we will discuss that later on. crude keeps keeping crude keeps creeping higher. shares in alphabet definitely at the top of my list today. biggest loser after posted earnings that fell short of analyst estimates. profit margins can be pressured by higher cost for mobile phone customers. they are more costly to get. dramatic advertising technology that is more costly to google to use, or it had lower margins. alphabet shares, not including today s trop because it has not opened yet, but over the last two weeks they are up 40%. microsoft has had a big run but disappointed on earnings for the first quarter and has had sales in th
has succeeded in securing the release of our company. i am also thinking of the seven french hostages who were still being held. two are in . one in nigeria. four in syria. i wish to say to them this simple message, do not give up hope. the french president also said the former hostages would return to france as soon as possible. the french foreign and defense ministers are to bring them home. speaking not long ago on french television, the grandfather of one of the hostages said they all seemed to be in good health. the men were abducted on september 16, 2010 in the town of our let. they were working for a nuclear giant. this was the home of danielle where they were kidnapped on september 16, 2010 by terrorists linked to al qaeda. five other people were kidnapped that night in the city. they all worked for nuclear giant areva. authorities say the companies could have done more to protect their employees. this kidnapping took place because employees were not protected.
of people participating in the first pro democracy protests since beijing announced plans to impose a new security law on the territory. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu goes on trial for corruption charges just days after he was once again sworn in as premier. the duke of cambridge reveals how becoming a father brought back the painful emotions he felt after his mother s death. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. there s growing pressure from within the conservative party for borisjohnson s top advisor, dominic cummings, to step down, because of allegations that he broke lockdown rules. he and the government say he acted reasonably and legally by driving more than 250 miles north from his london home to county durham for childcare reasons, when his wife had coronavirus symptoms. they ve also dismissed as inaccurate claims he was seen in the north ea