president trump has sacked his attorney—generaljeff sessions. interference in the twenty—sixteen election. would lead to a constitutional crisis. in north america and around the globe. if they started investigating my name is mike him. embley. in a bad—tempered news conference, he also clashed with reporters. of the russia investigation. by the country's supreme court and released from jail, are unclear. but then clashes with reporters at an ill—tempered press conference. but a government spokesman denied she had cnn should be ashamed left the country. of itself having you working for them. you are a rude, terrible person...

is released from jail but her whereabouts are unknown. i'm sarah montegue. with their parents, two days after being kidnapped. for president trump. and that will allow them to block the president's legislative agenda. and now congress is split. and celebrated military leaders. the country's top law enforcement official. from overseeing robert mueller‘s russia investigation. by the trump campaign can

continue. for the latest member of the trump administration to be dismissed. make america great again. with any russians during the 2016 election campaign. election campaign. and so the attorney general had to do this... do this... relating in any way to the campaigns for president of the united states. for president of the united states.

what he saw as an unforgivable act of disloyalty. of disloyalty. fired, to the consternation of democrats. consternation of democrats. greatly limiting the robert mueller investigation. investigation. the president sees the probe as an existential threat. the probe as an existential threat. he said that he does not have an attorney general. this tweet was typical... typical... when, not ifjeff sessions left the post. post. the president moved quickly after the mid—term elections.

has to deal with now. his republican party has tightened its grip on the senate. on the trump presidency. of defiance at his post mid—term news conference. he was aglow with his own achievements. i think it was a great victory. i'll be honest. a great victory. but not all the press. oversight role on the white house. and cnn in particular. it was roughhouse

stuff. that's enough. put down the mike. mr president, are you worried about indictments from this investigation? cnn should be ashamed of itself, having you working for them. and you shouldn't be working for cnn. jim is a diligent reporter. i am not a big fan of yours either. i understand. and we can work together, he said, play nasty and i'll fight back. because i think i'm better at that game than they are actually. offering a blank cheque. we will strive for bipartisanship.

we must stand our ground. in the countryside. change is coming. and the first upset, a democrat gain in the house. donald trump's republicans swept away in a seismic up evil? donald trump's republicans swept away in a seismic upheaval? it wasn't. in the senate, a different story, with republicans making net gains. like ted cruz in texas.

jobs and more security and more freedom. the democrat beto 0'rourke, ruing what might have been. about texas or this country. but change is coming in other ways. from cocktail waitress to legislator in less than a year. of lasting change. # you know i got it.

as soccer mums 01’ security mums, have this time. round shown they are mighty powerful months. congress will have record numbers of women. jon sopel, bbc news. the legal advice it's been given about its brexit proposals. parliament has been promised a vote on the final deal. for leaving the eu to members of her government for their approval. the funeral for an anti—corruption activist has taken place in ukraine. kateryna handzyuk died after an acid attack injuly. who ordered the attack.

in madagascar. there were long queues at some polling stations. the european union's observerfound no anomolies in the polls. provisional results are expected by november 20. to confirm them within a week. asia bibi has been released from prison. of blasphemy charges. she had spent nearly ten years on death row. and fears for her safety upon release. at the national defense university in washington dc. he's the author of pakistan's drift into extremism. what you make of

this news? it took a week for her to be released from jail. released from jail. court was able to overturn the decision by the lower courts. decision by the lower courts. she has to flee the country is giving into it? giving into it? yes, in a sense the government took a positive stance. government took a positive stance. must appreciate the speech from the prime minister. prime minister. decision and supported the decision of the supreme court. of the supreme court. decision by imran khan because there may be a backlash to it.

may be a backlash to it. this tell you about the state of pakistan today? pakistan today? pakistan's judiciary in some shape or form has come of age. pakistan's judiciary in some shape orform has come of age. pakistan's judiciary in some shape or form has come of age. or form has come of age. they have taken a courageous, brave decision. taken a courageous, brave decision. least, the gibby gilbert asian of society also continues. —— de regularisation. regularisation. and that last part is

more of a negative stance. negative stance. absolutely explicitly seeing asia bibi, you see optimism? bibi, you see optimism? positive news in the judiciary which you fully well what could happen. you fully well what could happen. against the military and judicial chief. chief. the public and say we are doing the right thing is a positive side. right thing is a positive side.

order into their hands, and we have to look into these issues. to look into these issues. their bag — they were a political party also. party also. they got third or fourth largest votes. largest votes. the progressive forces have the capacity to push them back. capacity to push them back. professor, and cue very much. thank you. with their parents. one them said they had been held by anglophone separatist rebels. the rebels have denied involvement. caroline rigby reports. returning home after a terrifying ordeal. ordeal. at gunpoint from their boarding school on sunday.

school on sunday. the relief among family members was clear. family members was clear. they were reunited with their children. children. stress we have gone through stop it was horrible. was horrible. thanks to almighty god they are home safe and sound. they are home safe and sound. they are fine and in good health. are fine and in good health. the english—speaking north—west region of cameron. region of cameron. reported being forced to walk long distances through the bush. distances through the bush. term often used to describe anglophone separatist. anglophone separatist. government says those responsible will be held to account. will be held to account.

all those who were involved surrendered. surrendered. an insurgency that has become increasingly violent. increasingly violent. to normal at bamenda presbyterian secondary school. secondary school. some parents have vowed to keep their children away. prompting calls for police to take tougher action.

has been assassinated. responsibility for the killing. they voted on a historic day for australia. as the results came in, it was clear — the monarchy would survive. of the american hostages, there was no sign. should the americans attempt rescue, they will all die. this mission has surpassed all expectations. and itjust seems to keep on going. but from the enduring power of our ideals. this is bbc news.

0ne main headline for you this sour. his handling of the russian investigation. fired his attorney general, jeff sessions. —— zoe tillman is a reporter for buzzfeed. i know you have been writing about this. this. years, led by the democrats, who now lead the house of representatives. lead the house of representatives. today, he called it a hoax. likely —— to recent events make that more likely? more

likely? investigations that would prevent in doing that. doing that. control —— not under the control jeff sessions. jeff sessions. administration in its dealings with mueller. mueller. trump to get the attorney general he wa nts. trump to get the attorney general he wants. wants. can the democrats prevent that nomination?

that nomination? can do only controlling the house of representatives. representatives. the nominations, that goes the us senate. that goes the us senate. role for the house of representatives to play there. representatives to play there. mueller, making it even more difficult to fire him. difficult to fire him. they can do is train shed some light on it as best they can. on it as best they can. and just briefly, an overview if you would. briefly, an overview if you would. lot in his party do not see this as triumph. triumph.

seen as a loss for this administration. administration. democrats in the house of representatives. representatives. house, but there are limits on what that will accomplish a democrat. that will accomplish a democrat. thank you very much. thank you. -- for democrats. operating across the uk. a far tougher approach to the use of cannabis. the people who run them claim there is no dealing on the premises. club in the north of england. this is a club where everybody breaks the law.

for £25 a year, members have been coming here to smoke cannabis. there are believed to be around 160 clubs in the uk. this one is even registered to pay tax. where we know that the cannabis hasn't been street derived. all 200 members bring their own. they say they're sharing, not dealing. and have a drink with your mates. people want to come and have a smoke with their mates. it down and arrested you? well, we'd go and get arrested. we'd go and get arrested. we'd have to follow a protocol. we're not, we are users. and cannabis is all they use. class a drugs are prohibited. the chairman says that's why his business model works. and i think we need full regulation. such as myself licenses.

things, and this is it. but nobody has been arrested. well, again, we'd always like more resourcing. the reality is, the more resource we have, the more we could do. and moved on somewhere else. but a police and crime commissioner has visited that cafe. and where it was? no, they didn't. the important thing is we are a police service. we need to justify why we don't do that. that's part of the debate about what is our approach to drugs. this is the box that was found next

to nicholas's body... who took his own life. he smoked marijuana at school. approach to cannabis use. in the shoes of families whose lives are impacted. of rules over cannabis oil. legal, you can do cannabis oil, that means you can do skunk. the number is growing. of an independent review. fiona trott, bbc news, teesside. beards are big business. has been a worldwide trend, and it's not going away. it's quite a committment.

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uk. now, the winds are falling light ahead of that. a chilly start. and scotland, there might be a touch of frost. but these are towns and city values to begin this morning. through the morning. clearing the way into the north sea. ireland. plenty of sunshine to start the day across the south—east. into wales, and then into northern england into the afternoon. but again, to the north and south of it, it should stay dry. again, with temperatures reaching 1a to 15 degrees in the south.

set to bring us a spell of gales and heavy rain. areas through friday. to your bbc local radio for the latest updates on this. is going to start fine. breezy, but there will also be some sunshine around. and then into western britain as we head on towards the afternoon. over hills, we could be looking at 60—70 mph. 1a or 15 degrees. like we maintain low pressure nearby. of this mild air over the near continent.

will always be across the south and the east.