injuly 2013, lance corporal craig roberts, trooper edward maher and corporaljames dunsby collapsed onknown to the court as 1a and 1b — were charged with negligence. but today the judge stopped the court martial and ordered that the two men be found not guilty. he said they were not negligent as individuals, that the real fault lay with what he called the systematic failures of the military authorities to train the men properly. the families of the men who died said the mod failed in its duty. there is still no official guidance for those conducting endurance marches in the british army on heat illness even five years on. this is beyond unacceptable, and shows blatant ignorance to a vital need, where apparently three deaths are not enough. this was one of the scenes on the day of the incident. the three men had set off on the 15—mile march carrying 50—pound backpacks and gps trackers. near the end of the exercise, craig roberts collapsed. edward maher also succumbed to the 30—degree temparatures, whilst james dunsby, who took an alternative route, was found on the final leg of march. t

edward maher also succumbed to the 30 degrees temperatures.ok an alternative route, was found on the final leg of the march. the mod is immune from prosecution. in a statement today it said: the three men had pushed themselves to their limits to try to join the sas. they died in the pursuit of that dream, not because of the faults of individuals who were there, but because of a series of fatal shortcomings by the military authorities. duncan kennedy, bbc news. the trade conflct between the united states and china is intensifying, after the us announced the biggest round of tariffs so far against some chinese goods. beijing has hit back by imposing new trade tariffs on a range of american goods. president trump has insisted that tariffs are neccessary to cut the trade deficit between the two countries, currently over $375 billion. in a moment we will hear from our china correspondent, jon sudworth, but first our north america editor jon sopel. it's a good time to be in the container business in the us as more and more goods pour in from abroad.

edward maher also succumbed to the 30—degree temparatures.leg of march. the mod is immune from prosecution. in a statement today, it said: the three men had pushed themselves to their limits to try to join the sas. they died in the pursuit of that dream, not because of the faults of individuals who were there, but because of a series of fatal shortcomings by the military authorities. duncan kennedy, bbc news. the inquest into the death of pc keith palmer in the westminster terror attack has been told that security at the palace of westminster, hadn't functioned for years. one of the officers on duty at the time of the attack carried out by khalid masood said it was possible that an opportunity to save pc palmer's life had been lost because nobody guarding the gate was armed. a jury has found that a bus driver caused the deaths of two people by dangerous driving. kailash chander who's now 80 and suffers from dementia was ruled unfit to stand trial. he lost control of his bus 3 years ago and smashed into a supermarket, killing a 7 year—old boy

edward maher also succumbed to the 30 degree temparatures. on the final leg of march. the mod is immune from prosecution. in a statement it said: the three men had pushed themselves to their limits to tryjoin the sas. they died in the pursuit of theirdream, not because of the faults of individuals who were there, but because of a series of fatal shortcomings by the military authorities. a trade war between the united states and china has intensified today after america announced another round of tariffs on imported chinese goods. from monday america will introduce new taxes on 150 billion pounds—worth of chinese goods — things like suitcases, textiles and some foods nearly 6,000 items are affected, making it the biggest round of tariffs so far. but this afternoon china hit back. it announced it'll slap taxes on £46 billion worth of us goods sent to china. 0ur north america editor, jon sopel. jon, no sign of this ending then. the prime minister no sign of this coming to an end then? sophie, mean donald trump said trade wars have so easy to win

edward maher also succumbed to the 30 degree temparatures.e final leg of march. the mod is immune from prosecution. in a statement it said: "the safety and well being of our personnel remains our top priority and following the tragic events we have made a number of change, particularly in relation to heat stress and training, to ensure an incident like this does not happen again." the three men had pushed themselves to their limits to try and join the sas. they died in the pursuit of their dream, not because of the faults of individuals who were there, but because of a series of fatal shortcomings by the military authorities. duncan kennedy, bbc news. a jury has found that a bus driver caused the deaths of two people by dangerous driving in coventry. kailash chander, who's now 80 and has dementia, was unable to stand trial. he lost control of his bus in october 2015, smashing into a supermarket, killing a seven—year—old boy and a woman in her 70s. ben ando reports. 12 seconds of terror. that is how long this double decker bus careered down a

james dunsby, edward maher and craig roberts were on a 16 mile exercise to try to qualify for joiningures approach nearly 30 celsius and each man was carrying a backpack with £50—macro of rocks inside. all three men collapse later, two died that day, another died weeks later as a combination of heat stroke and organ failure. the men who organise the course were charged with negligence. the prosecution said they failed to carry out sufficient risk assessment and did not have a rescue plan. but thejudge decided that and did not have a rescue plan. but the judge decided that was not the case and ordered the jury to throw the case out and find the defendant not guilty. thejudge the case out and find the defendant not guilty. the judge said the men only did what previous people who had organised the exercises had done, the realfault lay in the systemic failures of the british military. in the past half—hour or so, the ministry of defence has issued a statement on this, saying they pass on their condolences to they pass on their condolences to the families of the three men and say they have

injuly 2015, craig roberts, edward maher and james dunsby collapsed on the march and died from heat strokecourt as 1a and 1b were charged with negligence. but today the judge stopped the court martial and ordered that the two men be found not guilty. he said they were not negligent as individuals, that the realfault lay with what hoe what he called the failure of military authorities to train the men properly. the families of men who died said the mod failed in their duty. there is still no official guidance for those on endurance marches even five years on. this is beyond unacceptable. and shows blatant ignorance to a vital need, where apparently three deaths are not enough. this was one of scenes on the day of the accident. the three men had set off on the march carrying backpacks and gps trackers. near the end of the exercise, craig reports collapsed. ed maher also succumbed. james dunsby was found on the final leg of march. the moved is immune from prosecution. in a statement it said: the three men had pushed themselves to the limit to join the sas. they died in the pursuit of their dr

lance corporal edward maher, lance corporal craig roberts and corporaljames dunsby died after the trekk with £50 of bricks, a gruelling trek across the brecon beacons to try and get into the sas. during the course of that day, all three men died from a combination of heat stroke and heart failure. two men were put on trial, the two men in charge of that operation who can‘t be named for legal reasons. the prosecution said those two men were negligent, they hadn‘t shown due care and diligence or put in place a rescue plan in case of any soldiers got into difficulty. but today the judge has thrown out the case against the two men ordering the panel to find the two men not guilty of negligence. he said the only acted as any other individual would have acted and they did show care and due diligence and what was at fault here was the military. he said there were systemic failures that took part and resulted in these three deaths. afterwards, the wife of one of the men gave her reaction. it has been over five years since my husband died. andi over five years since my husband died. and i miss