sacking of the fbi director is mired in yet more confusion and controversy. mr trump has poured scorn onjames comey, calling him a ‘showboat‘ and a ‘grandstander‘. he s denied putting pressure on the fbi chief despite admitting to three conversations about whether he was under investigation. he s also claimed he would have sacked mr comey anyway, having previously said he acted on legal advice. here s what donald trump told nbc news. he isa he is a showboat and a grandstand. the fbi has been in turmoil, everybody knows that. you look at the fbi one year ago, it was in virtual turmoil, less than a year ago. it has not recovered from that. on monday you met with the deputy attorney general. did you ask for a recommendation? what i did, i was going to fire comey. i had made the decision beforehand, i was going to fire comey. mr trump has always maintained that james comey lost the confidence of his staff. but in another damaging move, the man who s taken over at the fb
catherine, harry and i are left shocked and saddened by the tragedy that unfolded in manchester overnight. the duke of cambridge saying hundreds of parents, friends, children and partners are confronting unimaginable grief today and we send our thoughts to them all. we also send our our thanks to the people of manchester, for their display of strength, decency and community, that is an example to the world. words of sympathy and support there, from the duke of cambridge. the #r0i8 the royal family at buckingham palace, observing a minute s silence for the 22 people killed and 59 injured in manchester. you are watching bbc news. well, this is a city now, trying to come to terms with the horror of what happened here last night. in the manchester arena, just behind me, thousands of young people had gone to that concert by ariana grande, the 23 year old american actress turned singer and, just hoping it would be a fantastic night out but then, just after 10.30 last night, 1
rbs reaches a £200 million settlement with investors who say they were misled about the bank s strength during the financial crisis. and it s twice the size ofjupiter with a temperature of over 4,000 degrees celsius scientists discover the hottest planet ever found. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. french police say they have shot a man at the pick eagle of notre dame in paris after he tried to attack and officer using a hammer. police have closed the area and are asking people to stay away. reports say the attacker has been injured and his condition is not clear. 0n the line now is a witness inside the cathedral. what are you seeing, what is happening outside? we cannot see anything outside. we are inside the cathedral and closed in, obviously. what happened, when will you aware there was a problem?” what happened, when will you aware there was a problem? i was getting my bag checked and i was about to come inside i heard the gunshots and turned around and we saw
we can join my colleague we canjoin my colleague ben brown who is there. i m ben brown in north london, where police are investigating the third terror attack in the city in as many months. once again, a vehicle was used to target people as a van was driven at speed into a crowd of muslim worshippers outside a mosque. one person died and ten people were injured. bystanders pinned down the terror suspect before handing him over to police. when he was running, he was saying, iam going when he was running, he was saying, i am going to kill more people. i asked him when he was on the ground, wide you do that? innocent people. he said, i want to kill muslims. a 48 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. good morning from finsbury park, where one man has died and ten people have been injured after a man drove a van into worshippers near a north london mosque. the van hit people after mounting the pavementjust after midnight outside the muslim welfare hous
and iraq. and at wimbledon, the elimination of kyle edmund means there are four british players in the last 32. it s 5pm. our main story president trump has arrived in germany, ahead of a two day g20 summit. this afternoon air force one touched down in hamburg. security has been stepped up in the city as thousands of people are expected to demonstrate at numerous events across the city on issues including climate change. it s not overstating things to say this summit could shape how the world responds to its most pressing issues for years to come. this is why, on the issue of climate change which angela merkel has chosen as the central theme, well, the united states and its president are out of sync with the vast majority of the world and how to respond. he is pulling america out of the paris climate change accord. we ll start to understand what that will mean in practical terms as the rest of the world pushes on. then there is globalisation, a surprising amount of agreemen