james landale in sicily.a na's newest congressman wins office just hours after being charged with assaulting a reporter. now he says he shouldn't have done it. in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen, up to 30 million people have taken part in sponsored athletic events to aid famine relief in africa. the first of what the makers of star wars hope will be thousands of queues started forming at 7am. taunting which led to scuffles, scuffles to fighting, fighting to full—scale riot as the liverpool fans broke out of their area and into the juve ntus enclosure. the belgian police had lost control. the whole world will mourn the tragic death of mr nehru today. he was the father of the indian people from the day of independence. the oprah winfrey show comes to an end after 25 years and more than a500 episodes. the chat show has made her one of the richest people on the planet. geri halliwell, otherwise known as ginger spice, has announced she's left the spice girls. i don't believe it, she's the on

james landale, bbc news, sicily.r league champions chelsea 2—1 at wembley. it's a record seventh fa cup win for arsenal manager arsene wenger, whose future at the club remains at the centre of much speculation. david 0rnstein was at wembley. security was understandably tight as wembley welcomed 90,000 fans for the showpiece of english football. after an impecably observed minute's silence, arsenal made a blistering start, opening the scoring through alexis sanchez. commentator: sanchez is in to score, the flag is up, though. the goalfinally given after suspicions of handball and offside in the build—up. it could have been worse for chelsea. gary cahill making two goal—line clearances and they were also rescued by the post. the premier league champions suffered a further set—back after halftime. victor moses shown a second yellow card for diving. rallied the ten men. diego costa with the equaliser. no sooner, though, had chelsea finished celebrating than arsenal were back in front. aaron ramsey timing his arrival to p

from sicily, james landale reports.an and whether he was ready to stand shoulder to shoulder with these fellow leaders to tackle the world's problems. well, donald trump did turn up, but he didn't always look comfortable. he refused to reaffirm his country's commitment to curb carbon emissions, to the anger of his allies. translation: the entire discussion about climate was very difficult, if not to say very dissatisfying. we have a situation where six, and if you include the eu, seven, are against one. scientists believe that global warming is changing the world's climate and, two years ago in paris, almost 200 nations agreed the first legally—binding targets to scale that warming back. today six leaders reaffirmed their strong commitment to implement that deal swiftly, but the president refused, fearing it could cost american jobs, tweeting that he'd make a decision next week. as he left for home, the president said nothing about the paris deal but told us troops in sicily that his overseas tour had been a success. fr

james landale, bbc news, sicily.ester bomber on the night he carried out his suicide attack. they say they've gathered significant information about his network. british airways blames a power supply problem for the stranding of tens of thousands of passengers — but says services will be better on sunday. let's get more on our top story. the investigation into the manchester bombing. prime minister theresa may has announced that the threat level facing the uk is being reduced from critical to severe following the significant progress in the investigation. it means that an attack is no longer regarded as "imminent," but remains "highly likely. " in manchester, more flowers were laid in memory of the 22 victims of the attack. and the parents of 18—year—old, georgina callendar, who died in the bombing, paid a moving tribute to their daughter. judith moritz reports. visible and armed, the police out on the streets, there both to protect and reassure the crowds. the threat level has been lowered, an attack considered high

james landale, bbc news.in albert square — outside manchester town hall — to attend a vigil where they heard expressions of pride in the city's strength of character, its diversity and resilience. huw edwards spoke to some of the people who were there. this city is greater than that of the forces aligned against it. we are sending a signal notjust in manchester but across the world. manchester but across the world. manchester born and bred, this is my city, my children have been born here. with such atrocities happening la st here. with such atrocities happening last night with so many young people. it is important like mum said because i was born in manchester and i know people who we re manchester and i know people who were at the concert. i find it upsetting that somebody could walk into a place killed along with other people and it is very, very upsetting. you cannot defeat is because love in the end is always stronger than hate. the spirit of manchester cannot be broken by a bomb. there is much more to t

james landale, bbc news, sicily. and while the summit, he was ben with the rest of the news.mit of the g7 group of top industrialised nations. let's just take a look at how important this group is — and what's on their agenda. the seven countries account for getting on for half of the world's wealth — over 46%. but many of them are struggling with comparatively stagnant economies. the international monetary fund is forecasting that world's economy will grow by 3.5% this year. butjust 1.9% in the g7. also high on the list of worries — the rise of trade protectionism after president trump came to power promising to put america first. the other g7 members will be pushing him to soften this position. then there's the environment — and the future of the 2015 paris climate change agreement. president trump has threatened to pull the us out of the deal. his fellow g7 leaders will try to convince him otherwise the hosts italy are at the forefront of the migrant crisis. they will be pushing plans to strengthen africa's economies — to try and cut the number of migrants leaving — and to

james landale, bbc news, sicily.edecessor barack 0bama is also in europe and received a rock—star reception in berlin. thousands watched in front of berlin's most famous landmark, the brandenburg gate as he took part in a discussion on democracy, and its future. he later received an award which celebrates personalities with a strong global influence. he spoke of the need for a strong and united europe. if we do not, then we will hold the door open to those who argue that democracy doesn't work, who argue that restrictions on the press are necessary, who suggest that intolerance and tribalism and sectarianism and organising ourselves along ethnic lines are the answer to the challenges we face. so more than ever a strong united europe remains a necessity for all of us. australia's indigenous leaders have gathered at the sacred landmark of uluru to decide how the country's first inhabitants should be recognised. australia was home to the aboriginal people about 50,000 years before british settlers arrived. the leaders h

james landale, bbc news.t in the uk since the london bombings ofjuly 2005. as news of the bombing quickly spread across the city, many rushed to help those in need. families offered accommodation to those caught up in the turmoil, some taxi drivers gave free rides to anyone in need. our correspondent sophie long reports on how the community came together in adversity. manchester was a city understandably on edge this morning — panic as another building in the city centre was evacuated. smashed all the windows down in the arndale to get out. some lads have just said... everyone's just ran. this time, it was a false alarm, and while the threat is felt acutely, people here are coming together and the human spirit, the defiance, is strong. no amount of evilness will ever, ever dampen any good thought there is about manchester. cab drivers who worked through the night, foregoing theirfares, were back keeping the city moving again today. mostly the teenagers, like, eight to 16 or 14 years old, all these girls, they

our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports.kes against so—called islamic state targets in syria. but now they are also attacking ground forces loyal to the syrian government. ostensibly the air strike was designed to protect british and american special forces like these. they are based in the south—east of syria, where they are training opposition groups fighting is. these pictures were taken last year. the pro—syrian convoy that included iranian backed militias was heading toward a military base near a strategically important border crossing with iraq and jordan. unlike many previous strikes such as this, us officials said the coalition warplanes warned the convoy to turn around before attacking. there were reports that some tanks and trucks were destroyed and a number of troops killed. president assad's spokesman condemned what they call an act of government terrorism, which they said showed that america's claims it was fighting only is were false. russian ministers said the attack was a completely unacceptable breach of syr

james landale, bbc news, sicily.utiny by the fbi enquiry into alleged russian interference in last year's presidential election. investigators are said to believe mr kushner might have relevant information, but that doesn't necessarily mean he's suspected of a crime. here's our north america correspondent nick bryant. jared kushner is arguably donald trump's most trusted white house adviser, and so the fbi is now scrutinising a member of the president's innermost family circle. of interest to investigators are meetings that took place in december last year, during the presidential transition, between mr kushner and the russian ambassador to washington, and also a leading russian banker. sergei gorkov is the head of an institution that's been subject to us sanctions imposed by the obama administration following russia's annexation of crimea. jared kushner, the president's son—in—law. the person of interest has a name, and that name isjared kushner. tonight, we're learning the jared kushner is under fbi scrutiny... thi

james landale, bbc news.gital system, operated from more than a hundred miles away. instead of sitting in a tower overlooking the runway, controllers will watch live footage from high—definition cameras in hampshire. 0ur transport correspondent richard westcott reports now, modern airports are dynamic, fast flowing, hundreds of pieces being moved around every minute and all of those movements must be tightly choreographed to keep it safe. this is london city airport and that is just one of the 300 or so take—offs and landings that happen here every day. until now, all of those flights have been coordinated by a group of controllers who look out of these windows here. but in the future, those windows are going to be replaced by these high—definition tv screens. controllers won't just see the airport, they will be able to hear it as well. the thing is, this digital control tower is 120 miles away from the airport. we've been shown this simulation, but by 2019, controllers will be sitting here directing traffic

james landale, bbc news.ldren under 16 were among the dozens taken to hospital. one man has been arrested in connection with the attack, as police try to find out whether the killer was working alone or not. in a moment we'll be hearing from our correspondent, danny savage, at a vigil here in manchester, but first our special correspondent, ed thomas, is at the manchester arena. this of course is the scene of the attack last night. what is it like now? it's calm now. the teenagers, the young children who were at the centre of this attack, they've all left now, but what won't leave this place is the sense ever disbelief and the shock that's been left behind. within an hour of this attack last night, we watched young people, teenagers, walking around here in confusion. they were on their phones, trying to get hold of their phones, trying to get hold of their parents. they just their phones, trying to get hold of their parents. theyjust wanted to get out of this city. we also saw mums and dads as well. they were

james landale reports.lamic state targets in syria. but now they are also attacking ground forces loyal to the syrian government. ostensibly the air strike was designed to protect british and american special forces like these. they are based in the south—east of syria, where they are training opposition groups fighting is. these pictures were taken last year. the pro—syrian convoy that included iranian backed militias was heading toward a military base near a strategically important border crossing with iraq and jordan. unlike many previous strikes such as this, us officials said the coalition warplanes warned the convoy to turn around before attacking. there were reports that some tanks and trucks were destroyed and a number of troops killed. president assad's spokesman condemned what they call an act of government terrorism, which they said showed that america's claims it was fighting only is were false. russian ministers said the attack was a completely unacceptable breach of syrian sovereignty. the us

james landale is in sicily, james! well, yeah, this is a fascinating summit.ts, so they are feeling their way, and the interesting question hovering over the summit is how does donald trump react to this? we know that as president of the united states, he is in favour of bilateral deals, that is his approach to so much, so coming somewhere like this, where the attitude is the opposite, you can do things better together on a multilateral basis, all the other leaders arejust a multilateral basis, all the other leaders are just testing the water to see how much they can push in. for example, they have agreed today, largely on a consensus, over the need to do more to combat global terrorism, particularly in the wake of the manchester attacks. theresa may has been leading on this, talking about what countries can do to share information, put pressure on internet companies to do more to ta ke on internet companies to do more to take extremism material off the internet. but there are also differences over climate change and global trade, so i think the g6, as the oth

james landale, bbc news, sicily.e suffering major problems with baggage disruption this morning. one passenger has said the situation is ‘chaos‘. gatwick airport has apologised for delays at check—in. it says some flights are departing without bags, and that they'll be forwarded to passengers‘ destinations. the us media is reporting president trump's son—in—law and senior white house adviser jared kushner is under scrutiny by the fbi. the inquiry is into russian interference in last year's election. reports say investigators believe mr kushner may have significant information relevant to their work, but this does not necessarily mean he is suspected of a crime. scientists say new observations of the planetjupiter have taken their breath away. they have been studying detailed photographs sent back to earth by nasa's spacecraft juno. researchers say they have been amazed by the storms at the gas giant's poles. dozens of hurricanes, each the size of earth, can be seen clustered together. an sos signal made of rocks in a

condolence and reaffirmed their commitment to fighting terrorism. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale paris and saint petersburg, brussels and berlin, istanbul and now manchester — the threat of terrorism is one few cities can avoid and many leaders must face the stock today it was their turn to show solidarity. president trump visiting israel's holocaust said the wicked ideology behind all terrorism has to be com pletely all terrorism has to be completely obliterated. so many young, beautiful people living and enjoying their lives murdered by evil losers in life. i will not call them monsters because they would like that term. they would think thatis they would think that is a great name. i will call them, from now on, losers, because that is what they are, they are losers. the president called theresa may to express his condolences and offer us help in the investigation. president macron also spoke to the prime minister, offering the uk more cooperation in the fight against terrorism. translation: we will be determined and resolute alongside all our european partners in the struggle

differences remain between the us president and other countries. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landaleit in an ancient town on the coast of sicily, there has been some harmony between the g7 leaders, above all on the need to do more to tackle global terrorism. but there have also been some dramatic discordant notes on trade and climate change. donald trump has voiced his anger at the impact he believes free trade is having on us car markets. he has also expressed doubts about global warming and threatened to pull the us out of a deal agreed in paris in 2015 to limit carbon emissions. so g7 leaders are using this summit to try to stay the president's hand. and they're not alone. in an interview with the bbc, the secretary general of the united nations said the us had to stay engaged in the paris climate accord. if one country has doubts, it is one more reason for all the other countries to come together to stay the course and make sure that the paris agreement moves forward. mr trump's advisers say his views on the paris deals are evolving but so far no agreement has been reached. the i

the bbc‘s james landale is at the summit.eed to do more to tackle global terrorism. but there have also been some dramatic and discordant notes on trade and climate change. donald trump has voiced his anger at the impact that he believes free trade is having on us car markets, and he has also expressed doubts about global warming, and threatened to pull the us out of a deal agreed in paris in 2015 to limit carbon emissions. so g7 leaders are using this summit to try to stay the president‘s hand. and they are not alone. in an interview with the bbc, the secretary general of united nations said the us had to stay engaged if the us withdraws, it is one more reason for all the countries to come together, to stay the course, and to make sure that the paris agreement moves forward. we think it is very important that the american government stays engaged, but this is not the end of the world. i mean, independently of the position that one government might have, independently of what the country involves, and the us is very important

our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports. paris and st petersburg, now manchester.with the people of britain. on the later stage of his tour of the middle east, president trump said what he called the wicked ideology behind terrorism had to be com pletely ideology behind terrorism had to be completely obliterated. so many young, beautiful, innocent people living their lives, murdered by evil losers in life. i won't call them monsters, because they would like that term. they would think that's a great name. i will call them, from now on, losers. because that's what they are, they are losers. the president's spokesman said he had telephoned theresa may to express his condolences, the first of many world leaders to make similar calls. the newly elected president of france, and manual macro, also spoke to the prime minister and offered her all means of cooperation to help britain in the fight of terrorism. in berlin, the union flag was at half—mast at the british embassy. and germany's chancellor offered her support and sympathy. translation: this suspected terrorist at

here's our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. was all about one man and whether he was ready to stand shoulder to shoulder with these fellow leaders to tackle the world's problems. well, donald trump did turn up, but he didn't always look comfortable. he refused to reaffirm his country's commitment to curb carbon emissions, to the anger of his allies. translation: the entire discussion about climate was very difficult, if not to say very dissatisfying. we have a situation where six, and if you include the eu, seven, are against one. with all the sport — and there's a lot of it — here's karthi gna nasegaram at the bbc sport centre. fourfinals in fact, simon. we'll start with the fa cup, which was won by arsenal for a record 13th time. and their manager, arsene wenger, also has a new managerial record, lifting the trophy for the seventh time. afterwards, wenger admitted that he will reveal whether he will stay at the club or not this week. david ornstein reports from wembley. security was understandably tight as wembley welcomed 90

james landale has more. music.some harmony between the g7 leaders about the need to do more to tackle global terrorism. but there have been dramatic and discordant notes on trade and climate change. donald trump has voiced his anger at the impact he believes free trade is having on the us car markets. and he has also expressed doubts about global warming, and threatened to pull the us out of a deal agreed in paris in 2015, to limit carbon emissions. g7 leaders are using this summit to try to stay the president's hand. they are not alone. in an interview with the bbc, the secretary—general of the united nations said the us had to stay engaged in the paris climate accord. if one country is out, it is one more reason for all the other countries to come together to say, of course, and to make sure that the paris agreement moves ford. mr trump's advisers say his views on the paris deal are evolving, but so far no agreement has been reached. the italian prime minister said the issue was still hanging. this summit has lit

the bbc‘s james landale has more. music.ent town on the coast of sicily there has been some harmony between the g7 leaders, above all on the need to do more to tackle global terrorism. but there have also been some dramatic and discordant notes on trade and climate change. donald trump has voiced his anger at the impact he believes free trade is having on us car markets. he has also expressed doubts about global warming, and threatened to pull the us out of a deal agreed in paris in 2015 to limit carbon emissions. g7 leaders are using this summit to try to stay the president's hand, and they are not alone. in an interview with the bbc, the secretary general of the united nations said the united states had to stay engaged in paris climate accord. if one country pulls out, it is one more reason for all the other countries to come together to stay the course and to make sure that the paris agreement moves forward. mr trump's advisers say that his views on the paris deal are involved in, but so far no agreement has been reached.

our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports.threat of terrorism is one which few nations can avoid and many must face. todayit today it was their turn to show solidarity with the people of britain. on the latest leg of his tour of the middle east, president trump said something he called the wicked ideology behind terrorism had to be completely obliterated. so many young beautiful innocent people living and enjoying their lives, murdered by evil losers in life. i won't call them monsters, because they would like that term, they would think that's a great name. i will call them from now on losers! because that is what they are, they are losers! the president's spokesman said he had telephoned theresa may to express condolences, the first of many world leaders to make similar calls. the newly elected president of france, emmanuel macron, also spoke to the prime minister and offered her all means of corporation to help britain in the fight against terrorism. in berlin this morning, the union flag was at half—mast at the british emb

our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. last night for her first g7 summit, a rare chance for her and just six other leaders to discuss the world's problems face—to—face around the table. and, as they gather in the ancient coastal town of tourmina, they will be hoping for few dramas, above all from donald trump who has made his doubts about multilateral groups like this well—known —— taormina. at the summit as ever they will discuss world trade, climate change, migration from north africa across these very seas but after the events of these last few days, almost inevitably the focus will be the fight against global terrorism. theresa may will sit down formally with the us president and discussed not just those leaks from the bombing investigation, but how she, he, and other g7 leaders can work together to fight extremism and terror plots online. with internet firms doing more and a new internationalforum, sharing firms doing more and a new international forum, sharing new technology. i suspect theresa may will say, look, le