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and nominated a conservativejudge to fill the vacancy on the us supreme court. neil gorsuch, from the denver federal appeals court, is 49. he s the youngest supreme court nominee in a quarter of a century, and could now sit for decades to come. he fills the seat left vacant for a year by the death of antonin scalia. president obama s nominee was blocked last year by the republican controlled congress. sarah corker reports. there was a hint of reality tv drama. president trump s nominee for the supreme court revealed during a prime time televised address. today, i am keeping another promise to the american people by nominating judge neil gorsuch. supreme court justices are appointed for life. president trump s choice, a staunch conservative judge who will help shape law for years to come on things like gun control and religious rights. judge gorsich has a tremendous mind and tremendous discipline. he has earned bipartisan support. what do we know about judge neil gorsuch ....
of tonight s bafta awards ceremony and in half an hour, here on bbc news, with the start of brexit talks just weeks away, politics europe looks at who the uk will be negotiating with. a very good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the united states and japan have condemned north korea for test firing a ballistic missile the first such test since donald trump took office as us president. japan s prime minister shinzo abe said the launch was intolerable and president trump said the us stood behind japan 100%. the missile flew for about three hundred miles and landed in the sea ofjapan. our tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield hayes has more. it s now thought the missile fired from north korea earlier this morning was one of these a musudan intermediate range ballistic missile. it flew about 500 kilometres before splashing down in the sea ofjapan. north korea s dictator, kimjong un, had been promising to test fire a much longer range missiles capable of hitting the u ....
quarter past. and star performances on the rugby field. we will have the latest on the match between france and scotland. france beat them 22 16 in paris. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the united states and japan have condemned north korea for test firing a ballistic missile the first such test since donald trump took office as us president. japan s prime minister shinzo abe said the launch was intolerable and president trump said the us stood behind japan, 100%. the missile flew for about three hundred miles and landed in the sea ofjapan. our tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield hayes has more. it s now thought the missile fired from north korea earlier this morning was one of these a musudan intermediate range ballistic missile. it flew about 500 kilometres before splashing down in the sea ofjapan. north korea s dictator, kimjong un, had been promising to test fire a much longer range missiles capable of hitting the united states. that has not happened ....
welcome to bbc news. america and japan have strongly condemned north korea, for test firing a ballistic missile, the first such launch since donald trump entered the white house. japan s prime minister shinzo abe said it was intolerable, while mr trump said the us would back japan 100 percent. the missile flew for about three hundred miles, eventually falling into the sea of japan. this report from our tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield hayes contains some flash photography. this is the launch of a musudan ballistic missile, the same type that was fired from north korea into the sea of japan earlier this morning. today s launch was almost certainly timed so that north korea s dictator, kim jong un, could crash a weekend party taking place on the other side of the world. president donald trump and japan s prime minister, shinzo abe, have been spending the weekend golfing in florida. mr abe was not amused by the north korean intrusion. translation: north korea s recen ....
malaysia say that a highly toxic nerve agent, vx, has been found on the face of kim jong nam. the murdered half brother of north korea s leader. he died last week after two women accosted him briefly in the check in hall at kuala lumpur oi’ in the check in hall at kuala lumpur or airport. the nerve agent vx is classified as a weapon of mass destruction by the united nations. last week at kuala lumpur airport someone chose to attack kim jong nam in full view of at least half a dozen cctv cameras. it was a very deliberate and very public act of violence. today, we learned what killed him. and it s even more shocking. it is the xv or the vx nerve agent, which is a chemical weapon. kim jong nam was walking across this busy departures hall last week when he was attacked at this spot. and now we know what was used to kill him vx, one of the most deadly nerve agents ever invented. just a tiny drop, a hundredth of a gram, would have been enough to kill him. vx is also ban ....