our other headlines this morning: the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, has personally apologised to the mother of a soldier killed in a snatch land rover in iraq in 2005. a call to cut calories in pizzas, burgers and ready meals as the government tries to tackle child obesity in england. in sport, england shine under the test match lights. centuries forjoe root and alastair cook put england in control of the first day—night test against west indies. and matt has the weather. good morning. iam good morning. i am alongside i2 yachts which will start a 40,000 miles round the world trip and race on sunday. it is run by amateurs. i have the weather details and more on that. the day contained sunshine, showers and a fairly blustery wind. see you in 15 minutes. good morning. our main is those events in spain where overnight five suspected terrorists were shot dead by police in the costal town of cambrils. police say the men, who were wearing explosive belts, are linked to the attack in barcelona yesterday afternoon 13 people were killed there when a van was driven into crowds in a popul

it's emerged that the defence secretary sir michael fallon has personally apologised to the mother ofin iraq. the bbc has seen the letter sent to sue smith, whose son, private philip hewett, died in a bombing in 2005. now other families who lost sons in a similar way say that they too should receive a similar apology — as our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman reports. sue smith's son, private philip hewett, was killed by an improvised explosive device while travelling in a lightly armoured snatch land rover in iraq injuly 2005. sue hoped an inquest due to last five days would provide answers about the snatch, and how philip died, but it lasted just three hours. she found the inability to get answers from the ministry of defence maddening. sometimes i felt like theyjust wanted me to either go away or die. or be ill. you know, so i would give up. i couldn't give up. in 2013, sue and two other families of soldiers killed in snatch land rovers won a landmark ruling at the supreme court, enabling them to sue the mod because the human rights act was deemed to apply to soldiers on th

families, has been settled and she's received a letter of apology from the defence secretary, sir michael fallont it was bittersweet. again, it was for phillip. iraq's almost forgotten now. it's almost britain's vietnam. people don't want to remember iraq. but at least, the end of it, it was worth it. not his death, but for him to be remembered for what i've done in his name. major matthew bacon was killed in a snatch in iraq in 2005. his father, roger, who didn't bring a legal case, also now wants an apology. why didn't they think about all those other families that have suffered in the same way? the secretaries of state should now write to all of us and apologise for what happened. sue's 12—year legal battle with the army that sent her son to iraq is finally over. but her grief will endure. clive coleman, bbc news. in the last few minutes, breaking news from washington. donald trump's chief strategist, stephen bannon, has been fired from his post. let's go to washington and our correspondent. another high—profile departure. do we know what has happened? this extraordinary merry—go—round that i

families, has been settled and she's received a letter of apology from the defence secretary, sir michael fallon's almost forgotten now. it's almost britain's vietnam. people don't want to remember iraq. but at least, at the end of it, it was worth it. not his death, but for him to be remembered for what i've done in his name. major matthew bacon was killed in a snatch in iraq in 2005. his father, roger, who didn't bring a legal case, also now wants an apology. why didn't they think about all those other families that had suffered in the same way? the secretaries of state should now write to all of us and apologise for what happened. sue's 12—year legal battle with the army that sent her son to iraq is finally over. but her grief will endure. clive coleman, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. tributes are paid to the veteran entertainer sir bruce forsyth who has died at the age of 89. police believe a terror network behind the atrocities in spain may have been planning a much bigger attack. in the us, president trump's controversial chief strategist steve bannon has left his position at the whi

it's emerged that emerged... the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, has personally apologised toletter sent to sue smith, whose son, private philip hewett, died in a bombing in 2005. now other families who lost sons in a similar way say that they too should receive a similar apology, as our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman reports. sue smith's son, private philip hewett, was killed by an improvised explosive device while travelling in a lightly armoured snatch land rover in iraq injuly 2005. sue hoped an inquest due to last five days would provide answers about the snatch, and how philip died, but it lasted just three hours. she found the inability to get answers from the ministry of defence maddening. sometimes i felt like theyjust wanted me to either go away or die. or be ill. you know, so i would give up. i couldn't give up. in 2013, sue and two other families of soldiers killed in snatch land rovers won a landmark ruling at the supreme court, enabling them to sue the mod because the human rights act was deemed to apply to soldiers on the battlefield. it was the publi

michael fallon, the defence secretary, has responded he welcomes the president's ongoing commitment totan. this coming, of course, from a president who, as a candidate for the presidency, had suggested that involvement in afghanistan would be a waste of time. now, we heard the president there say that this wasn't about nation—building, it was about killing terrorists, but in a phone call with the us defence secretary james mattis yesterday, michael fallon discussed rebuilding afg hanistan's fragile democracy. but, as i understand it, in that phone call there was no specific demand request from america for britain to send more troops, and in fact actually we did send more troops in advance of the president's speech back in june, another 85, so just under 500 british troops are currently in afghanistan, including being involved in training missions. but it's certainly both nato allies united on being in afghanistan, and it now looks for the long haul. some of the reaction after president trump's speech last night. now to the case that has gripped and is now shocking denmark. police inves

there reelection of president assad with a ninety nine percent percent of the vote in fairness to michael fallon who has accused russia of helping donald trump being elected us president and who says that saudi arabia is defending its security by bombing yemen did not remember any policy i don't recall any party syrian member fact finding visit to syria that happened every year with m.p.'s going that the difference if you can be sad when you are that i did meet a surgeon to shake his hand and did i miss that appraisal history of ten years to sort of what it was that was what the reception was for it was to celebrate his re-election and since it's arguably difficult for juries a male or ministers or acknowledged boss aport for president assad of syria because policy changed not only on syria but also in libya when the prospect of nato nations support for isis day actually became a reality as revealed by wiki leaks for example the disastrous absolutely disastrous intervention in libya struction of. gadhafi government which made two.

sir michael fallon has already responded.defence secretary, james mat it is yesterday, michael fallon discussed rebuilding afg hanistan's fragile democracy. as i understand it, in that phone call, there was no specific demand or request for britain or america to send more troops, in fact we sent more troops in advance of the speech back in june, another 85, so just in advance of the speech back in june, another 85, sojust under 500 british troops currently in afghanistan, being involved in training missions included in that. this now looks for the long haul. thank you very much. four men accused of being part of a terror cell which killed 15 people in spain last week are due to appear in court in madrid this morning. the suspects arrived at a jailjust outside of the city last night. police in catalonia say they shot dead the suspected driver of the van which ploughed into pedestrians in barcelona on thursday. younes abouyaaqoub was found hiding in a vineyard 30 miles west of the city. at least one person has died and at least

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she received a letter of apology from the defence secretary, michael fallon, in which he wrote... die for nothing, at the end of it all. that is something. that is the only thing i can say. sue's 12 year legal battle with the army that sent her son to iraq is finally over, but her grief will endure. clive coleman, bbc news. the uk has pledged £5 million to help the victims of the mudslide in the west african state of sierra leone. 400 people are known to have died and 600 are still missing after torrential rain caused the side of a mountain to collapse, engulfing a suburb of the capital freetown. the international development secretary priti patel said the money would be used to provide food, water, shelter and clothing. portugal has declared a state of emergency so it can access funds to combat fires that are devastating some of the country's forests. thousands of firefighters have been tackling huge blazes in recent days and residents of several villages have been evacuated from their homes. the us navy says around a dozen of its sailors will be disciplined after seven crew memb

sir michael fallon was clear.et a huge refugee migration flow coming from central asia. we are 500 there, another 85 have been promised. i'm not talking about large numbers but where appropriate the british government should look favourably on an ask from our american allies within the context of both a by lateral relationship and through nato. very, very interesting to hear your perspective. we appreciate you talking to the bbc tonight. thank you very much for your time. just to return to the story we were talking about before we touched on afghanistan, the news out of spain. you will remember, that one of the need to be the final four members of the gang believed to carry out the attacks in catalonia had been before attacks in catalonia had been before a judge in madrid and a few details about that emerging from various sources throughout the course of the afternoon. and the latest detail is that two of those four men have said that two of those four men have said that the imam there, their imam was the instigat

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. >> update co-anchor michael che interviewing george washington, played by jimmy fallon. washington joined by thomas jefferson, played by seth meyers. they poked fun at president trump's comparison of washington and jefferson with civil war general robert e. lee. another alum took on the violence in charlottesville. >> the next time when you see -- in polo shirts screaming about taking our country back, it is not our country, we stole it. >> another episode of "snl's" weekend update summer edition will air next thursday night. >>> coming up, more trouble for meek mill. how a ride on a dirt bike ended with charges against the philly rapper. >>> and next, in business news, sorting out your facebook feed. a new feature of the -- tested to keep you in the know. ♪ >>> philadelphia is going country tonight. that's country. two of the biggest stars will take over the wells fargo center. tim mcgraw and faith hill. faith had a little bit of a break. this is the first time she's back on the road since 2007. ♪ >>> katy perry, fans will have to wait a little bit longer to hear her si

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fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- keegan-michael key, leslie jones, and featuring the legendary rootsrew. >> questlove: 726, san antonio. >> steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you very much for being here. welcome, everybody. welcome. [ cheers and applause ] thank you, very much. welcome to "the tonight show," everybody. here's what people are talking about. well, president trump arrived in new york last night, and actually slept in trump tower. when trump asked for a wake-up call, they just showed him his poll numbers. >> steve: hey-oh! [ cheers and applause ] ho! hey! >> jimmy: "i'm wide awake. i'm wide awake." a lot of business owners have been speaking out against the president. today, the ceo of walmart wrote a strongly worded letter criticizing trump. ceo of target wrote one, too, and people thought it was just a little bit classier. [ laughter and applause ] a little bit. [ cheers ] and after this weekend, growing number of cities have decided to remove their statues of confederate generals. and in the

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in 2013, with jimmy fallon moving from late night to the tonight show, lorne michaels, legendary executive and "snl" called seth. >> when you talked to lorne, it is like a follow-up conversation to a conversation you haven't had. picked up the phone, said i think you'll be good at it. and in time you'll have to figure it out. i had to hang up. it wasn't a week after i talked to lorne that i realized he offered me the job. >> now three-and-a-half years into their run, meyers and his writers have been rewarded for the first time with an emmy nomination in a tough category of best writing for a variety show. >> i certainly identify as a writer still more than anything else, more than a tv host. for us to get recognized for that makes me happy. >> would it be a huge deal or just happy to be nominated? >> we have no chance to win. i have to stake it is an honor to be nominated. >> good to put that out there. then if you do -- >> we are a real long shot, yeah. >> seth and his late night team are nominated in that category with writers for samantha bee, john oliver, stephen colbert, and his old s

michael key! ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) >> stephen: nice to see you again! >> jimmy colbert! stephen fallonund town but we've not sat down in a professional way since last summer. >> since last summer, yes. >> stephen: you were on one of our live convention shows, the g.o.p. >> that's right, yes. >> stephen: you were donald trump's one black delegate. >> one black delegate, yes. and i think i was from someplace crazy like maine, or wisconsin. >> stephen: exactly. and you got arrested. and how has the year been? how has the year been for you? >> the year's been very good. i mean, i spent the majority of it in a deep fog, in a profound depression. no, we were working on "friends from college" when the election happened. >> stephen: that's your netflix series. >> the netflix series i'm on now. what was interesting because the end of that day was interesting because we were shooting, it was so funny, because it would be, like, listen, i don't know if you understand where i'm coming from. and, cut, and everyone would run to a tv and watch the tv. no, what-- is this fiction? what's happening here

fallon and myers doing a cameo tonight as two former presidents. who says presidential history isn't fun and funny? with us now, our friend, nbc news presidential historian. the best selling author, michael beschloff. i'll start with your realm. people are working their way into our public conversation. what is something called for by the editorial board for the usa, and what is the 25th amendment? >> censure is when congress passes a resolution of condemnation against someone, for instance, there was a proposal by gerald ford of all people during the clinton period of impeachment that rather than convict and impeach president clinton, that congress moved it to censure. and put it on the record saying it disapproved of what had happened. the 25th amendment came in the late 1960s and it was to deal with largely presidential disability in the line of succession, but one of the things it does say is that half the cabinet or another body that's authorized by congress can under certain circumstances remove a president if he seems to be unable to fulfill his job. >> i have watched carl bernstein at least twice on television this week. i made notes. report, again, quoting his own reporting, the