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end takes joanna konta into the next round at wimbledon. and coming up on bbc news. we ll have all the latest from a big day for the british players at the all england club. join me for wimbledon sportsday at 6:30. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. knife crime is now one of the greatest challenges facing police forces across the country. in fact, the knife is britain s number one murder weapon. the figures are all the more shocking because increasingly both victims and perpetrators are young children and teenagers. last year nearly 32,500 knife crimes were committed in england and wales. that figure was up 14% on the previous year. senior police officers say there needs to be a change in attitudes and behaviour. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, has been on police patrol in birmingham and met some of those working to end knife culture. a summer evening in birmingham and the force response teams from west midlands police are dealing with dozens ....
welcome to bbc news. the 45th president of the united states, donald trump, has used his first hours in office to start unpicking his predecessor s policies. he s targeted obamaca re, ordering officials to reduce the ‘economic burden‘ of the affordable healthcare plan, but hasn t said what he ll replace it with. the revamped white house website is also now highlighting mr trump s new six issue agenda. energy, foreign policy, jobs and growth, military, law enforcement and trade deals. some observers point out that it makes no mention of civil rights, healthca re or climate change. the new president s cabinet is beginning to take shape. retired generaljames mattis has been sworn in as defence secretary. and john kelly, a retired marine corps general, has also been sworn in as the head of homeland security. however mike pompeo, president trump s choice as director of the cia hasn t been sworn in yet after his confirmation was delayed by the us senate. the russian gover ....
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the 45th president of the united states, donald trump, has used his first hours in office to start unpicking his predecessor s policies. he s targeted obamaca re, ordering officials to reduce the economic burden of the affordable healthcare plan, but hasn t said what he ll replace it with. the revamped white house website is also now highlighting mr trump s new six issue agenda energy, foreign policy, jobs and growth, military, law enforcement and trade deals. some observers point out that it makes no mention of civil rights, healthca re or climate change. the new president s cabinet is beginning to take shape. retired generaljames mattis has been sworn in as defence secretary. and john kelly, a retired marine corps general, has also been sworn in as the head of homeland security. however, mike pompeo, president trump s choice as director of the cia, hasn t been sworn in yet after his confirmation was delayed by the us senate. ....
as his coffin was carried through the city to his local church. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. high level partnership. the chinese premier wants to boost corporation with australia. and the business of meditation and quiet time for these little clients. welcome to this friday edition of asia business report. chinese premier li keqiang will spend today in talks with australia s prime minister in canberra. they will be discussing how to build on the free trade agreement they signed two yea rs trade agreement they signed two years ago and mr li ‘s visit comes ata time years ago and mr li ‘s visit comes at a time when china is trying to capitalise on the global uncertainty following donald trump s victory. our australian correspondent has been looking at how the relationship works. handmade for some of the world s most demanding sleepers, these mattresses are on their way from sydney to shanghai, where they will sell for 75,000 austra ....
welcome to bbc news. the us says a huge bomb dropped on so called islamic state militants in afghanistan was the right weapon against the right target . president trump authorised the use of the weapon known as the mother of all bombs for the attack in which 36 militants were killed. the commander of us forces in afghanistan, generaljohn nicholson, said it had been carried out in coordination with the government in kabul. the former afghan president, hamid karzai, has condemned the attack. here s our security correspondent, frank gardner. a remote valley in a remote country. then, this. 11 tonnes of high explosive. on an isis tunnel complex in afghanistan. the blast was felt 30 miles away. the weapon used is called a massive ordnance airburst, also known as the mother of all bombs. this was its first time used in combat. this was the right weapon against the right target. we will continue to work shoulder to shoulder with our afghan comrades. to eliminate this thre ....