Times up campaign, saying they have had enough of harassment and abuse. In sport, good news for british sportsman down under. Englands cricketers win the one day series. The british tennis number to it through to the quarterfinals of the australian open. Kyle edmund beat italian Andreas Seppi to reach his first grand slam quarterfinal. And how Predictive Analytics can help in emergencies. Thats all in click in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Afghan Security Forces have seized control of a luxury hotel in kabul, 12 hours after it was stormed by militants. Fierce battles raged through the night as special forces fought the gunmen as they moved around the six storey Intercontinental Hotel. Six civilians were killed, as were all the militants. 160 guests and staff were rescued, including 41 foreigners. The taliban has now claimed responsibility for the attack. Andrew plant reports. The Intercontinental Hotel in kabul at dawn on sunday morning, blacke
A siege in a luxury hotel in the capital kabul, 12 hours after it was stormed by gunmen. Afghan Officials Say at least 18 people died in the attack, including 1a foreigners. 160 people were rescued from the hotel by the security forces. The taliban says it carried out the attack. Our correspondent Zia Shahreyar reports from kabul. The final moments of a fight that had lasted all night. Gunfire and explosions, as Afghan Special forces battled to regain control of the intercontinental hotel. One soldier throws a grenade. He moves away, then the explosion. The room is soon on fire, evidence of the struggle that had ta ken on fire, evidence of the struggle that had taken place. The Afghan National flag waving from the roof, proof that the building has been reta ken. Proof that the building has been retaken. More than 150 people, including some foreigners, were inside yesterday evening, when gunmen burst in and opened fire. Translation there were old people and children inside the hotels ro
Body image. Also this hour another Royal Wedding in windsor. Buckingham palace announces the engagement of Princess Eugenie to Jack Brooksbank theyll get married this autumn. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. In a rare public intervention, the head of the army will warn today that britains military risks falling behind that of its enemies unless it gets extra money. In a speech to the defence think tank, the Royal United Services institute, general sir nick carter will point to russias growing battlefield capabilities, including the threat posed by its long range missiles and cyber warfare skills. Simon clemison reports. Images showing what russia said was a strike on syria. But the rockets come not from the mediterranean sea, but the caspian sea, more than 900 miles away. The head of the army says russia is building an increasingly aggressive military, which the uk is struggling to match. Russia has also been simulating attacks closer to home, conducting large scale exercise
President trump as mentally deranged. From next year banks and Building Societies will have to carry out checks on all current account holders to establish if they are in the uk illegally. A hive of information, scientists place trackers on bees to help more about their life cycle and their illnesses. A very good morning from florence. So often on this long Journey Towards brexit we talk about important announcements and perhaps use the term to loosely in the media, but there is the filling in florence today judging media, but there is the filling in florence todayjudging by the cameras around me that this is actually an important occasion. Of course, though brexit negotiations have pretty much stalled over the last six months, we are on the eve of the fourth round of negotiation and still stuck on those difficult first phase issues. What are we going to hearfrom first phase issues. What are we going to hear from theresa may today . Probably detail on two important numbers. The first n
Also today, as eu leaders meet at a summit in estonia, the Prime Minister appears sidelined as the Eu Commission says not enough progress has been made to start trade stocks. And new evidence is unveiled that suggests the drawing on the right could be a sketch for da vincis famous enigmatic masterpiece. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. In the past few minutes ukip has announced its new leader will be a former army officer henry bolton, winning a 29. 9 of the vote. He beat off competition from the controversial anti islam campaigner anne marie waters. Mr bolton said his core task would be holding the government to account on brexit. Todayis government to account on brexit. Today is not only a crucial day for oui today is not only a crucial day for our party, it is a critical day for oui our party, it is a critical day for our country. We have already heard today from a number of speakers of the importance of holding the government to task for the delivery on the mandate they were