about their campaign. the kind table, and pupils across the country are competing to be crowned a rocky roads. crowned rock heroes. good morning. it s thursday the 6th july. welcome to bbc newsroom live the chairman of the iraq inquiry, sirjohn chilcot, has told the bbc that the former prime minister, tony blair, was not straight with the nation , or his inquiry, about the decisions made in the run up to the iraq war. speaking for the first time since the publication of his report a year ago today, sirjohn told the bbc why he thinks mr blair made the decisions he did, and about mr blair s state of mind at the time of the inquiry. the iraq inquiry by sirjohn chilcot took 7 years and ran into two million words. the main findings were that policy on iraq was made on ‘flawed intelligence and assessments‘. and the planning and preparation for the country after saddam hussein was ‘wholly inadequate.‘ in response to sirjohn‘s interview with the bbc a spokesman for mr b
reports say up to a quarter of a million people are demonstrating against an emergency decree that decriminalises some corruption offences. 150,000 outside government officers. sarah corker reports. in bucharest victory square of violence erupted and escalated through the night. in the shadow of the parliament building, a stand off between demonstrators and fry yet police. an emergency law which decriminalise as a string of corruption offences is what they are demonstrating against. seshan make we wa nt demonstrating against. seshan make we want to protect our country against criminal who tried to dismiss the rule of law in remainiac and protect our rights and not their. and protect our rights and not their. translation:. tens of thousands of people braved sub zero temperatures to demonstrate for a second night. the show of solidarity and frustration. opposition mps showed their concerns. the new decree exonerates public officials of corruption if they involved sums of c
news from california: we ta ke we take you to live pictures. hundreds of protesters are throwing smoke bombs and flares outside the berkeley student union building where milo yiannopoulos new editor of breitbart was scheduled to speak. he s vocal supporter of president trump and a self proclaimed internet troll. let s cross live to los angeles and speak to peter bowes. as far as you can tell, what is going on here? there is a lot of discontent as you have seen from pictures we are getting from oakleigh. a speech organised by the republican club at the university was due to take place in a couple of hours. they had anticipated some opposition to the presence of this man who is extremely controversial. he is one of the breitbart editors and a supporter of donald trump. he has some very controversial views. people have been gathering in large numbers. some reports of a building set alight. the latest i heard was that the speech has been cancelled. a polarising figure. breitb
against protesters in what it s thought are the biggest anti government demonstrations since the fall of communism in 1989. they re angry at an emergency decree that decriminalises some corruption offences they see it as an attempt to free dozens of corrupt politicians. across the country, a quarter of a million people have taken to the streets in severe winter weather 150,000 of them outside government offices in bucharest. sarah corker reports. in bucharest victory square violence erupted and escalated through the night. in the shadow of the parliament building, was a stand off between demonstrators and riot police. there is wide spread public anger across romania over an emergency law which decriminalises a string of corruption offences. translation: we came to protect our country against criminals who tried to dismiss the rule of law in romania and protect our rights and interests, not their obscure interests. in 55 towns and cities across the country, tens of thousan
driving under the influence of drugs. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a court in america has ruled that donald trump s ban on travellers, from seven mainly muslim nations is unconstitutional. a judge in seattle said it amounted to religious discrimination. the court temporarily lifted the ban and several major airlines say they will now allow passengers affected by it to fly to the united states. the government has pledged to overturn the ruling. within the last hour, the president took to his twitter account, describing thejudge‘s ruling as ridiculous . he wrote, when a country is no longer able to say who can, and who cannot, come in and out, especially for reasons of safety and security, it s big trouble . he added that it was interesting that certain middle eastern countries agree with the ban , saying they know if certain people are allowed in, it s death and destruction the opinion of this so called judge, which essentially takes law enforcement away fro