michael cowan, bbc news.ing to introduce new offences of causing death by dangerous or careless cycling. under the proposal cyclists who kill pedestrians would be treated in a similar way to dangerous drivers, who face a prison sentence up to 1a years. cycling campaigners are calling for wider reform of road safety legislation. simonjones reports. kim briggs was knocked over by a cyclist in london in 2016. she died a week later. the bike that hit her shouldn't have been on the road — it was designed for the velodrome, with no front brake. charlie alliston was riding it. he was cleared of manslaughter butjailed for 18 months for causing bodily harm by wanton or furious driving, under a law from victorian times. there is no cycling equivalent of the offence of causing death by dangerous driving. with the support of kim briggs‘ family, the government will now consider whether that should change in england, scotland and wales. we were very concerned because there has been a worry that there was a gap in the law r

michael cowan, bbc news.ow from genoa and we are talking about italy that is now still in shock. shock and growing anger as well. shock at the fa ct growing anger as well. shock at the fact that 39 people are confronted to have lost their lives. it's feared that the number of dead will rise, but anger too from a lot of engineers and people that have been saying that this was a disaster waiting to happen. this bridge behind me was finished in the 1960s, 1967, but since then it has been in a co nsta nt 1967, but since then it has been in a constant state of repair and a lot of engineers were saying a few years ago, look, it is cheaper to knock it down and start again rather than continue pouring money into this design, which they said was a bad engineering design. whether that is the case or not, the facts are these. we are 200 metres away from one of those pillars just over there, whichjust one of those pillars just over there, which just crumpled one of those pillars just over there, whichjust crumpled during

michael cowan reports. five, four, three, two, one, zero. nasser‘s parker solar probe taking off this morning from cape canaveral in florida. a daring mission to shed light on the mysteries of our closest star, the sun. relief are many after closest star, the sun. relief are ma ny after yesterday's closest star, the sun. relief are many after yesterday's planned launch was aborted with moments to go. trajectory looking good. travelling at speeds of up to 430,000 mph, it will be the fastest man—made object in history. and it is the first time the spacecraft has been named after a living person. 91—year—old solar physicist eugene parker, the first person to describe solar winds in the 1950s and he was at the launch. all i am going to say is wow, here we go, learning over the next several years. they will ta ke the next several years. they will take three months for the probe to get there and it will pass by venus on its route in six weeks' time. the closest we will have ever been to the sun, 4 million miles from the surface. it will stay in th

michael cowan, bbc news.perties in the midlands have been searched in connection with the suspected terrorist attack outside the houses of parliament. a man is being questioned for attempted murder, after being earlier arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences. he's understood to be salih khater, a 29—year—old british citizen originally from sudan, who came here in 2010 as a refugee. three people were hurt after a car hit cyclists and pedestrians during the rush hour yesterday morning. jon ironmonger reports. this is salih khater, the driver in yesterday's suspected terror attack, a 29—year—old british national originally from sudan. he was arrested after the ford fiesta he was in apparently swerved into the path of pedestrians and cyclists on parliament square, injuring three people before crashing into the counterterror barrier. cctv has revealed the car was driven around central london for hours before the incident. salih khater is from birmingham and studied accountancy at coventry university and scienc

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. —— michael cowan. —— cohen.he most dramatic day of the trump presidency we touch base with some of his staunchest supporters. many people break the law. but he is president of the united states. well, he is a person as well. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: australia's prime minister clings onto power, but for how long? malcolm turnbull faces another leadership challenge. from the frontline of a global trade war, us and chinese officials sit down to try and resolve their differences. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington where president trump has hit back at claims that he ordered his former personal laywer micheal cohen to break us campaign laws during the 2016 election. michael cohen pleaded guilty yesterday to charges which include paying hush money to women who claim they had affairs with mr trump, saying it was trump who directed him to pay them. our north america editorjon sopel

michael cowan is down at euston station now.expecting trains. you would think so, considering how busy and big viz stationers, but it has been relatively deserted. euston is the uk's fifth busiest station and handles about aa million passengers a year. we have seen a few people trundling through with suitcases only to be turned back but i spoke to someone in customer services before i came on air, and he says the vast majority of local people got the message but it is the holiday—makers. we are in the peak of the holiday season. they are bearing the brunt of this and it is happening because about ten miles north of here is wembley north junction. it is one of the busiest interchanges on the rail network. network rail say it is crucial for the safety of the line and passengers and freight that travel across the country through there that it across the country through there thatitis across the country through there that it is upgraded. it is causing delays for passengers and cutting of major cities throughout the country, liverpoo

michael cowan reports. disruption reigns supreme on britain's rail network. the country's busiest railways, london euston, will shut up railways, london euston, will shut up shop next three weekends. this is to replace the track at wembley junction, one of the most used junctions. it cuts off most of the west by rail for junctions. it cuts off most of the west by railfor six junctions. it cuts off most of the west by rail for six days across august. it follows on from northern rail‘s chaotic timetable changes that left scores of services cancelled. in derby, long—term works meana mainline cancelled. in derby, long—term works mean a mainline station has weak enclosures until september. it doesn't stop there. today on south—western railway, gods —— guards are staging a 24—hour walkout as part of an ongoing pay dispute. train tickets are more expensive than ever before and has left some passengers questioning the timing of this upgrade. garner it is vital to do these works —— it is really vital to do these upgrades. we need time to do these upgrades. we need tim

he is being prosecuted in a case brought by robert mueller, unlike michael cowan, and he is trying tolace next month where paul manafort faces charges of illegal lobbying and money laundering and there will be pressure on him to cooperate or make a plea deal. his lawyer has said he doesn't want that to happen, that he is not entertain the idea of a plea deal, and paul manafort wants to ignore that, but the special counsel is interested in paul manafort, not because of what he is charged with, that old predates his time on the trump campaign, but paul manafort attended a meeting in trump tower in summer attended a meeting in trump tower in summer 2016, part of the team who met a summer 2016, part of the team who meta group summer 2016, part of the team who met a group of russians to discuss potentially getting damaging information about hillary clinton and that is why robert mueller potentially wants to speak to paul ma nafort potentially wants to speak to paul manafort but there is no indication of that happening yet, but you get a sense of all the swirling around the president and so