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and they ask us to help, as i say, i think it will be very difficult to say no. we don t need unilateral action, we need to work through the un but, above all, we need to bend ourselves totally to getting a political settlement in syria. the government loses a court bid to delay publication of its air pollution strategy until after the general election. new figures show a big rise in violent crime in england and wales with knife crime at its highest level for six years. and how readers are turning off their e books and switching back to paper, as publishers enjoy a record year. good evening, there s been a major security operation in whitehall as armed police arrested a man suspected of planning acts of terrorism. a rucksack and several knives have been recovered from the scene, but no one has been injured. it s understood officers from scotland yard s counter terrorism command moved in on the suspect as part of an intelligence led operation. the prime minister was not ....
all right, where do you want me? bouncing on my knee where do you think i want you? and david beckham makes his big screen debut in king arthur but his cameo gets mixed reviews. good morning. it s thursday 11th may. i m annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. a draft of labour s 51 page general election manifesto has been leaked and seen by the bbc and a number of other news organisation. the leak came as the document was due to be formally signed off today. the document contains a number of eye catching policies including: bringing the railways back into public ownership as franchises expire and repealing the 1993 railways act which privatised the network. plans to reverse the privatisation of royal mail at the earliest opportunity . the reintroduction of maintenance grants for university students and a pledge to abolish university tuition fees. 0n energy the document includes a policy of creating at least one publicly owned energy company in every region ....
#bbcos is the place to go. welcome to outside source. donald trumpjunior has released emails confirming that he was eager to accept what he was told was damaging information about hillary clinton provided by the russian state, during the presidential campaign. this is all relating to a meeting he had with a russian lawyer who he thought had compromising material about his father s opponent in the presidential race. here are the emails, you can find them on his twitter account, and here are some key parts. and to this donald trumpjnr replied: donald trumpjnr says he released them in the name of transparency but it might also have had something to do with the fact that @nytimes the new york times was just about to publish it. and we ve just had this reaction from the white house. trump says his son, donald trump junior, is a high quality person and applauds his transparency. these emails were sent between donald trump jnr and a publicist, rob goldstone, who set up a meeti ....
never far away out to the west. but for the time being today the cold front is the story bringing in that cold airand front is the story bringing in that cold air and pushing mild air away to the west. it also brings some outbreaks of rain across south western areas and up to the north east we have showers coming in. they are blowing in on a pretty blustery north west wind making it feel quite cold and raw. inland especially over the high ground we have some sleet and snow and showers running right the way down to the coast of east anglia where again it will feel cold in the strong wind. further west we have sunshine but also extra cloud across the far south west producing the spot of rain and temperatures on chilly side wherever you are. then as soon as it gets dark this evening and tonight, the temperature is are going to plunge. you can see the blue shading spreading right across the map and where we keep the shower going across eastern areas, there could be some icy ....
of his record nine gold medals through no fault of his own. and coming up in the sport on bbc news, serena williams says britain sjohanna konta can be a future grand slam champion, after knocking her out in this good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. there s been a sharp increase in the number of homeless people with more than half the councils in england recording a rise. on a single night last year more than 4,000 people were sleeping rough that s according to the government figures. it amounts to a 16%jump on the year before campaigners say it s an appalling rate. 0ur midlands correspondent sima kotecha reports now from birmingham one of the areas with the largest number of homeless people. as the darkness creeps in, the wind chill begins to bite. those who have nowhere to go look for shelter. volunteers roam the streets, making sure nobody has died because of the cold. one of those workers is paul aitken. the young man there, i m just checking that ....