american officials are toughening security procedures for international flyers entering the us, but won t be extending the in flight laptop ban imposed on eight muslim majority countries in march. the guidelines announced on wednesday include more robust screening of travellers and their personal electronics, and tighter security around aircraft and passenger areas. the secretary of homeland security said the new measures are necessary to combat changing terror threats. today i am announcing a first step toward this goal by requiring new security measures to be applied to all commercial flights coming into the united states from abroad. these measures will be both seen and unseen and they will be phased in over time. they will include enhanced screening of electronic devices, more thorough passenger vetting and new measures designed to mitigate the potential threat of insider attacks. joining us live now from new york is the bbc‘s nada tawfik. this is going to impact the hu
thousands of bombs. but what about civilian casualties? ploughing a new furrow the herefordshire farmer who turned his fields into an art gallery. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news, concerns grow over the fitness of andy murray ahead of his wimbledon title defence, as the world number one pulls out of an exhibition match tomorrow. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. it s only a few hours since theresa may named the judge who will chair the grenfell tower inquiry, and already sir martin moore bick is facing questions about whether his brief is wide ranging enough. sir martin promised a vigorous inquiry into what caused the fire, and how it spread so quickly, with such fatal consequences. but many local residents, some of whom met the judge this afternoon, say they want to know who should be held responsible for the disaster. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, reports. away from the debate about the number of deaths and the risk from cladding, do
he became leader in 2012. this is to tie in with the 20th anniversary of the uk handing hong kong to china. here are some of the pictures we have of the visit. this isn tjust about the past, it s about the present. great care is being taken to make sure any pro democracy protestors don t get anywhere near mr xi. and he s re asserted the one country, two systems formula that has governed hong kong since the british left. we ll get more on president xi s visit in just a moment, but before we do, let s hear from the last governor of hong kong, the man in charge at the time of the handover in 1997. that s him there with prince charles there. he s been speaking to my colleague babita sharma who asked, if after 20 years the people of hong kong feel let down by britain? we have obligations to people in hong kong. their obligations included in the treaty between britain and china which the chinese pretend doesn t involve us. we should be standing up for people s writes in hong
as the government attempts to boost the number of home grown doctors in the nhs. ten yea rs ten years since the global economic system ten years since the global economic syste m we nt ten years since the global economic system went into meltdown. we will have a look at the repercussions. police in scotland have warned tourists not to visit the isle of skye without a reservation, after an influx of visitors left its services at breaking point. athletics chiefs have been criticised for denying a medal favourite entry to the london stadium amid concerns over an outbreak of norovirus. good morning. it s wednesday 9th august. welcome to bbc newsroom live. north korea has said it is considering carrying out missile strikes on the us pacific territory of guam. the report in state media, quoting an earlier military statement, came hours after president donald trump threatened north korea with fire and fury . guam is a small island in the pacific ocean where us strategic bombers a