parsons went further to the left. he joined, or at the sat in on various radical organizations in chicago. and radical or at least left , parties and politicians were making inroads in chicago, where getting elected to the state assembly. one state senator. so he was part of what seemed to be a radical wave in chicago at the time. well, he quickly became disillusioned with what was going on. here was the radical promise, the radical moment, so what happened? one thing that happened was co-option. a splinter party, a third party sprang up called the greenback party. it's chief platform had to do with monetary policy, which is not what people like parsons were concerned about. they wanted jobs. they wanted control of the means of production. they did not just want greenback dollars printed. so the greenback party siphoned off some of the potential radical support. second thing happened -- it will come as a surprise to some of you from chicago or illinois, but illinois and chicago had a long history of corrupt elections

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we have parsons, the successful proposal. we went to the commission in february, and they granted an approval to award to parsons. parsons had the highest score. we had a cmd participation requirement of 20%. they met it with 50%. so as mentioned previously, the management services provided are going to be coordination, working with waste water enterprise, outreach, environmental, and safety. what we're requesting from the board is: we're asking for the sfp to enter into an agreement with parsons water and infrastructure for specialized construction management services to supplement sfp's staff at the southeast plant program construction management services. thank you. >> great. thank you. is there any more to the presentation? that's it? all right. thank you. do you have any questions for staff? all right. we're going to keep moving. and we'll hear from the budget legislative analyst office. >> good morning. yes, on page four of our report, the cost of this contract is $35 million over a ten-year period. we considered the co

police respond to a shooting east sussex tonight — the iraqi teenager, found guilty of the parsons greene bombing, was on the government's anti—radicalisation programme at the time. and on newsnight, it's been britain versus russia this week. so is it a problem that this country has long welcomed many wealthy russians to london, including friends of putin? we'll ask, what is it that first attracted us to the oligarch billionaires? good evening and welcome to bbc news. a man has been arrested tonight following a shooting at st leonards on sea near hastings. natalie graham is in st leonards—on—sea for us. tell us more about what has been happening. this has been the scene ofa happening. this has been the scene of a major police operation, it all began about 730 when there were reports of a double shooting at a property just down the reports of a double shooting at a propertyjust down the road in st leonards. this is the main coastal road in this part of east sussex, the police shut the road, dozens of officers here, two helicopters up in the skies above hastings st leonards and bexhill, an

at parsons green, a major emergency operation got under way. off the train, somewhere carried out of the station on stretchers. meanwhile the teenager bomb left london and went on the run. the year before he told the teacher, he said it was his duty to hold the lead hate britain because his father had been killed by coalition forces. he was also on the anti—radicalisation programme prevent. he was cunning and devious, but coming back to his divas and years —— devious nature after the programme. no one around him knew what his plot was. 24 hours on from the attacks, firearms officers were surrounding his house in surrey. inside where his elderly foster pa rents inside where his elderly foster pa re nts m et inside where his elderly foster parents met penny and ronjones. this was a couple who had received mbes from the queen for fostering hundreds of children. ahmed hassan repaid them by secretly building a bomb in their kitchen. and it is also emerged that the teenagers staying in their spare bedroom had said to immigration officials that in ira

18—year—old iraqi asylum seeker goes on trial accused of planting a bomb on the tube at london's parsonslorry drivers are facing jail tonight after 8 people died in a motorway pile up on the mi last summer. saudi arabia's crown prince arrives in downing street for talks with theresa may as she expresses deep concerns about the crisis in yemen. and scott meenagh gets ready for the winter paralympics on friday with britain hoping for a record medal haul. coming up on sportsday on bbc news can starman harry kane help spurs make it into the champions league last eight, as they hostjuventus at wembley? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the home secretary amber rudd has revealed today that more is known about the substance used in the suspected poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter. sergei and yulia skripal were found unconscious in salisbury on sunday afternoon and remain critically ill. detectives say they believe they we re detectives say they believe they were targeted as they are treating the incident at attempted murder. the police officer who was first on the

at parsons green, a major emergency operation got under way.were taken off the train. some were carried out of the station on stretchers. meanwhile, the teenage bomber left london and went on the run. the year before he'd told a teacher it was his duty to hate britain because his father had been killed by coalition forces. and at the time of the attack he was on the government's anti—radicalisation programme, prevent. he was very cunning and devious and, on the face of it, hassan was engaged on the programme, but coming back to his devious nature, he kept it very secretive in relation to what he was doing, what he was planning and nobody around him actually knew what his plot was. 2a hours on from his attack, firearms officers were surrounding his house in sunbury in surrey. inside were his petrified elderly foster pa rents, penny and ron jones. this was a couple who had received mbes from the queen for fostering hundreds of children. ahmed hassan repaid them for giving him a home by secretly building a bomb in their kitchen. and it's also emer

at parsons green, a major emergency operation got under way.njured commuters carried out of the station. meanwhile, the teenage bomber left london and went on the run. the year before, he declared it was his duty to hate britain because his father had been killed by coalition forces in iraq. at the time of his attack he was on the government's de—radicalisation programme, prevent, aimed at turning people away from terrorism. he was very cunning and devious and, on the face of it, hassan was engaged on the programme, but coming back to his devious nature, he kept it very secretive in relation to what he was doing, what he was planning, and nobody around him actually knew what his plot was. armed police! 2a hours on from the attack, firearms officers were surrounding hassan‘s house in sunbury in surrey. inside were his petrified elderly foster pa rents, penny and ron jones. this was a couple who had received mbes from the queen for fostering hundreds of children. ahmed hassan repaid them for giving him a home by secretly building a bomb in their

at parsons green, a major emergency operation got under way.d out of the station on stretchers. meanwhile, the teenage bomber left london and went on the run. the year before, he'd told a teacher it was his duty to hate britain because his father had been killed by coalition forces. and at the time of the attack he was on the government's anti—radicalisation programme, prevent. he was very cunning and devious and, on the face of it, hassan was engaged on the programme, but coming back to his devious nature, he kept it very secretive in relation to what he was doing, what he was planning and nobody around him actually knew what his plot was. 2a hours on from his attack, firearms officers were surrounding his house in sunbury in surrey. inside were his petrified elderly foster pa rents, penny and ron jones. this was a couple who had received mbes from the queen for fostering hundreds of children. ahmed hassan repaid them for giving him a home by secretly building a bomb in their kitchen. and it's also emerged that the teenager staying in their sp

at parsons green, a major emergency operation got under way. terrified passengers we re got under way. terrified passengers were taken off the train, somewhere carried out of the station on stretchers. meanwhile the teenager bomb left london and went on the run. the year before he told the teacher, he said it was his duty to hold the lead hate britain because his father had been killed by coalition forces. he was also on the anti—radicalisation programme prevent. he was cunning and devious, but coming back to his divas and years —— devious nature after the programme. no one around him knew what his plot was. 24 hours on from

thirty people were injured at parsons green station.nies attempted murder. june kelly has more. the moment when a fireball engulfed a packed train carriage. it left passengers burning and screaming in pain, the old bailey heard today. this is ahmed hassan, the teenager on trial for the attack. here shopping at asda the day before, and being asked for his id. he bought batteries and screwdrivers. hassan is an 18—year—old asylum seeker, and the following morning cctv showed him leaving his foster parents' home in sunbury, in surrey. other cameras captured his journey as he carried a little plastic bag, said to contain his bomb. at wimbledon station he went into the toilets, where it's alleged he set the timer on the device, and then he made for an underground train. a few stops down the district line, he got off, leaving his little bag and its contents behind. as the train pulled into parsons green station, the device only partially exploded, but a number of passengers were burned by the fireball. this computer—generated graphic shows the

heard how an improvised explosive device partially detonated on a train just after it pulled into parsons carriage with around 93 passengers. some were caught by the flames and suffered serious burns. this is the teenager on trial for the attack, 18—year—old, ahmed hassan, captured on cctv in the weeks before when his plans were said to be well under way. on this bus ride, in his plastic bag, he was allegedly carry one of the components, hydrogen peroxide, he needed for his homemade bomb. today, the jury was told hassan left his device in a bucket on the train. described as loaded with shrapnel to cause maximum harm and damagem and containing the volatile explosive tatp. prosecutor alison morgan said of the passengers... "many ran in fear and panic. "they were fortunate. "had the device fully detonated, it is inevitable that serious injury and significant damage would have been caused within the carriage. "those in close—proximity to the device may well have been killed." hassan came to britain as an asylum seeker from iraq and was living with foster parents. ahmed hassan arrived in this

hassan‘s device created a fireball when it partially exploded on an underground train at parsons greenacked with shrapnel including nuts, bolts, screws, drill bits and knives. and it contained 400 g of the explosive tatp. it would have been lethal if it had fully decimated. this is the evidence from an explosives expert who went on to the train. the prosecution evidence at this trial is now bring to a close, and hassan‘s defence case is due to start next week. sirjohn sourced, who won the nobel prize for medicine for his work on the human gene and project has died. his work in decoding the sequence of human dna, the building blocks of life, saw him awarded the prize in 2002. the headlines on bbc news. nearly 200 military personnel are deployed to salisbury as the grave of sergei skripal‘s son was sealed off by authorities. president trump and kim jong off by authorities. president trump and kimjong in degree to meet face—to—face it is due to take place by may. an 85—year—old man dies in a hospital waiting room in northampton, nhs bosses blame dangerous overcrowding. that‘s a summary of

at parsons green a major emergency operation got under way.jured commuters carried out of the station. meanwhile, the teenage bomber left london and went on the run. the year before he declared it was his duty to hate britain because his father had been killed by coalition forces in iraq. at the time of his attack he was on the government's de—radicalisation programme, prevent, aimed at turning people away from terrorism. he was very cunning and devious and, on the face of it, hassan was engaged on the programme but coming back to his devious nature, he kept it very secretive in relation to what he was doing, what he was planning, and nobody around him actually knew what his plot was. 2a hours on from the attack, firearms officers were surrounding hassan‘s house in sunbury in surrey. inside were his petrified elderly foster pa rents, penny and ron jones. this was a couple who had received mbes from the queen for fostering hundreds of children. ahmed hassan repaid them for giving him a home by secretly building a bomb in their kitchen. and it c

at parsons green a major emergency operation got under way.injured commuters carried out of the station. meanwhile, the teenage bomber left london and went on the run. the year before he declared it was his duty to hate britain because his father had been killed by coalition forces in iraq. at the time of his attack he was on the government's de—radicalisation programme, prevent, aimed at turning people away from terrorism. he was very cunning and devious and, on the face of it, hassan was engaged on the programme but coming back to his devious nature, he kept it very secretive relation to what he was doing, what he was planning, and nobody around him actually knew what his plot was. 2a hours on from the attack, firearms officers were surrounding hassan‘s house in sunbury in surrey. inside were his petrified elderly foster parents, penny and ron jones. this was a couple who had received mbes from the queen for fostering hundreds of children. ahmed hassan repaid them for giving him a home by secretly building a bomb their kitchen. and it came o

it had just pulled into parsons green station.a large fireball in the carriage. there were around 93 passengers in the carriage, the court was told, some were caught by the flames and sustained significant burns. today the teenager on trial for the attack was brought to court to face charges of attempted murder and causing an explosion likely to endanger life. 18—year—old ahmed hassan, an asylum seeker from iraq, is pleading not guilty. at the time of his arrest he had been living with foster parents. opening the case, the prosecutor alison morgan said of the passengers, many ran in fear and panic. they were fortunate. had the device fully detonated it is inevitable that serious injury and significant damage would have been caused within the carriage. those in close proximity to the device may well have been killed. the jury heard that ahmed hassan had left the device in a bucket. it was said to be loaded with shrapnel to cause maximum harm and carnage. and he had used the explosive tatp. the device was fitted with a timer. ahmed

that comment was made in august, 2016, a year before the parsons green attack.s phone and on his phone she could see a whatsapp message. that said, "iis has accepted your donation." the court heard that he had trained with islamic state in. he said he was taught how to kill by them but in iraq he said he was in fear of the man had tried to get away from them. on his father's death, she said he also spoke about events in iraq very disparagingly. he spoke about tony blair disparagingly. there was clearly anger, she said. his anger was very clear, she said. briefly, i think the court has heard from other people. yes, one witness, zoe spencer, who worked somewhere where he stayed when he first came to the uk. she said she saw i propaganda on his phone. she asked him what he was doing, and he immediately close the phone. he was 16 years of age, but she felt he was mentally much older than that. the court has also heard this morning that in the run—up to the parsons green attack, ahmad hassan was going through the government's prevent programme, which is aimed at stop

a teenager on trial for the attack at parsons green underground station in london has admitted leaving device on a train, but said he never intended to kill anyone. 18—year—old ahmed hussan said it became a fantasy for him when he was very bored over the school holidays. he denies attempted murder and causing an explosion likely to endanger life, as our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, reports. ahmed hassan has always admitted setting off on a september morning last year to plant a device on an underground train. today, it was his turn to explain to a jury why he did it. after listening to days of prosecution evidence against him, he was brought to court to mount his defence. in the witness box, he said he expected the device to burn, rather than explode. asked by his barrister, the tim maloney qc: the device partially detonated on a train at parsons green train station. passengers were burnt by the fireball. today, hassan said he hadn't looked at this footage when it was played in court. last summer on his bedroom door he made plain his boredom with his life. he told the jury i

hassan's device created a fireball when it partially exploded on an underground train at parsons greens told today the bomb was packed with shrapnel, including nuts, bolts, screws, drill bits and knives. and it contained 400 grams of the explosive tatp. it would have been lethal if it had fully detonated. this was the evidence from an explosives expert, who went on to the train. the prosecution evidence at his trial is now drawing to a close and hassan's defence case is due to start next week. june kelly, bbc news, at the old bailey. it isa it is a quarter past six. our top story this evening. almost 200 specialist military personnel have arrived in salisbury following the nerve agent attack on a former russian spy and his daughter. coming up, i am coming up, iam in coming up, i am in dublin to try to guide you through six nations saturday. ireland could be champions tomorrow night. coming up on sportsday on bbc news... the game that could decide the best of the rest in the premier league. we'll preview manchester united against liverpool, second against third in the table, ahead of th

ahmed hassan — the teenager who carried out a terrorist attack on parsons green tube station is due towhat she called the "spirit of cooperation" after the european union agreed the guidelines it will follow after brexit. the terms of a transition deal have also been formally signed off. more on the situation in france, more from the interior ministry, they have said that the gunmen who was shot dead in the incident was known to authorities but for petty crimes and he was not considered an ca rs crimes and he was not considered an cars islamist threat —— team—1—macro. —— gunman. and he also said the gendarme had exchanged himself for the initial hostage. it has also been said that he left his mobile phone line open in the entire operation so the police could monitor. we have a name of the hostage—takers. he is a moroccan known to the authorities for petty crimes but not on the radar for the interior security services as an islamist threat. more on the developing story as we get it. china has published a list of more than 100 american products which may be hit by import duties — in reta

hassan's device created a fireball when it partially exploded on an underground train at parsons greenth shrapnel, including nuts, bolts, screws, drill bits and knives. and it contained 400 grams of the explosive tatp. it would have been lethal if it had fully detonated. this was the evidence from an explosives expert, who went on to the train. the prosecution evidence at his trial is now drawing to a close and hassan's defence case is due to start next week. june kelly, bbc news, at the old bailey. sirjohn sulston, who won the nobel prize for medicine for his work on the human genome project, has died. sirjohn's work in decoding the sequence of human dna, the building blocks of life saw him awarded the prize in 2002. time foran time for an update on the weather with ben rich. good evening, friday brought sunshine for many but things have been changing, down in the south cloud and rain has been spreading in and will continue to push northwards through the night. a bit of wet snow on the high ground in the pennines. scotland, dry with clear spells. down to the south by the end of the ni

the teenager who planted a bomb on a london tube train that partially exploded at parsons green has beenyears. ahmed hassan was convicted of attempted murderfor carrying out the attack last september — in which more than 50 people were injured. our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. ahmed hassan described today as the asylum seeker who cynically exploited the generosity of a country that gave him refuge, but which he hated. his bomb set off a fireball and, today, the judge mrjustice haddon—cave said hassan had been determined to create as much death and carnage as possible on the underground train at parsons green. and that it was sheer luck the device only partially detonated. 23 people suffered burns, 28 sustained crush injuries in the stampede to get out of the station. some of hassan‘s victims were in court. he had got off the train before the explosion. thejudge told him, you wanted to save your own skin and were not prepared for martyrdom. he believed that hassan had spent time at an is training camp and was wedded to their ideology, blaming the west for his father's de

the teenager accused of carrying out the london tube bombings at parsons green made no attempt to deny attack, a court heard on friday. the prosecution claims ahmed hassan, who denies attempted murder, told a detective that he made the bomb. 30 people were injured in september last year when the bomb partially exploded in a tube carriage. june kelly was in court. ahmed hassan on his way to brighton, hours after leaving a bomb on an underground train in london. two years on from his arrival in the uk, the teenage asylum seeker had caused mayhem in its capital city. hassan later headed for dover, where he made for the port area. the jury at his trial has seen this cctv footage of his movements. 0n the run, he hung around this area until the following morning. and it was here, 2a hours after the tube attack, the police identified him as a wanted man. in an initial interview with counter—terrorism detectives from scotland yard, hassan was asked, "who made the device?" and he replied, "i did." in response to further questions, he said there might be a few grams of the explosive tatp at his

hassan's device created a fireball when it partially exploded on an underground train at parsons greenwas packed with shrapnel, including nuts, bolts, screws, drill bits and knives. and it contained 400 grams of the explosive tatp. it would have been lethal if it had fully detonated. this was the evidence from an explosives expert, who went on to the train. the prosecution evidence at this trial is now drawing to a close and hassan's defence case is due to start next week. june kelly, bbc news, at the old bailey. increasing numbers of young british muslim women are choosing to wear a hijab or headscarf. it's not without controversy. women in some muslim countries, like iran, are campaigning against it as a symbol of oppression. but here some women are taking the opposite view, seeing it as empowering, even a feminist statement. it's increasingly evident in the world of fashion and social media. and a major modelling agency has just signed its first british catwalk model who wears a hijab. nomia iqbal investigates. the spotlight is on the hijab. many muslim women choose to wear it proud

the teenager who planted a bomb on a london tube train that partially exploded at parsons green has been sentenced life in prison, and will have to serve a minimum of 3a years. ahmed hassan was convicted of attempted murderfor carrying out the attack last september, in which more than 50 people were injured. our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. ahmed hassan described today as the asylu m ahmed hassan described today as the asylum seeker who cynically exploited the generosity of a country which gave him refuge, but which he hated. his bomb set off a fireball and today the judge said ahmed hassan had been determined to create as much death and carnage as possible on the underground train at parsons green. and that it was sheer luck that the device only partially detonated. 23 people suffered burns, 28 sustained crush injuries from the stampede to get out of the station. some of hassan‘s victims were in court. he had got off the train before the explosion, the judge told him "you wanted to save your own skin and were not prepared to martyrdom." he believed that hassan had spen

the old bailey hears from passengers who were on board this tube when it partially exploded at parsons. a shortage of beds means tens of thousands of operations were cancelled in england in december and january. and the superagers. how these long distance cyclists — some of them in their 80s — have the immune system of a 20—year—old. i do it for all reasons. for health, because i enjoy it, because it's sociable. it's just a wonderful life. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news: snowboarder owen pick will be great britain's flag bearer at tomorrow's winter paralympics opening ceremony in south korea. pick lost his leg while serving in afghanistan. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the police officer who rushed to the aid of a former russian spy and his daughter, after they'd been poisoned by nerve gas, is still in a serious condition in hospital. but wiltshire police say detective sergeant nick bailey, who's 38, is now able to sit up and talk. investigations are continuing in salisbury into how and why sergei skripal and his 33 year old daughter were exposed to nerve gas

the teenager who planted a bomb on a london tube train that partially exploded at parsons green has been years. ahmed hassan was convicted of attempted murderfor carrying out the attack last september in which more than 50 people were injured. our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. ahmed hassan — described today as the asylum seeker who cynically exploited the generosity of a country that gave him refuge, but which he hated. his bomb set off a fireball and, today, the judge mrjustice haddon—cave said hassan had been determined to create as much death and carnage as possible on the underground train at parsons green. and that it was luck the device only partially detonated. 23 people suffered burns, 28 sustained crush injuries in the stampede to get out of the station. some of hassan‘s victims were in court. he had got off the train before the explosion. thejudge told him, you wanted to save your own skin and were not prepared for martyrdom. he believed that hassan had spent time at is training camp and was wedded to their ideology, blaming the west for his father's death in i

their hair and clothes caught fire in the packed carriage last september. 30 people were injured at parsonsan, who's 18, denies attempted murder. june kelly has more. the moment when a fireball engulfed a packed train carriage. it left passengers burning and screaming in pain, the old bailey heard today. this is ahmed hassan, the teenager on trial for the attack. here shopping at asda the day before, and being asked for his id. he bought batteries and screwdrivers. hassan is an 18—year—old asylum seeker, and the following morning cctv showed him leaving his foster parents' home in sunbury, in surrey. other cameras captured his journey as he carried a little plastic bag, said to contain his bomb. at wimbledon station he went into the toilets, where it's alleged he set the timer on the device, and then he made for an underground train. a few stops down the district line, he got off, leaving his little bag and its contents behind. as the train pulled into parsons green station, the device only partially exploded, but a number of passengers were burned by the fireball. this computer—generated g

and for the ipc president, andrew parsons, it will be his first games in charge. so the situation has changed, has progressed, we are now in the situation where we can say with a degree of confidence that those who are competing here are as clean as any athlete. so it is difficult, but you know taking it seriously in a very consistent way, open with dialogue, it makes a little less difficult. and the weather is another thing to overcome. during the olympics, it was high speed winds and freezing temperatures. now it's the unusually snowy conditions which could prove disruptive. we are not worried. of course we have plans b and c, so we have different scenarios. we have a lot of snow today and probably this evening, so we had to see how this affects the opening ceremony for example, which is in an outdoor stadium. in the last few days some training has been cancelled as a result of snow. regardless of the conditions, the british team believe they're the prepared ever been ahead of a winter paralympics, with 17 athletes set to compete across five sports. all hoping t

a teenager on trial for the attack at parsons green underground station in london has admitted leavingd to kill anyone. 18—year—old ahmed hussan said it became a ‘fantasy‘ for him when he was ‘very bored' over the school holidays. he denies attempted murder and causing an explosion likely to endanger life as our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. ahmed hassan has always admitted setting off on a september morning last year to plant a device on an underground train. today, it was his turn to explain to a jury why he did it. after listening to days of prosecution evidence against him, he was brought to court to mount his defence. in the witness box, he said he expected the device to burn, rather than explode. asked by his barrister, tim maloney 0c: the device partially detonated on a train at parsons green train station. passengers were burned by the fireball. today, hassan said he hadn't looked at this footage when it was played in court. last summer, on his bedroom door, he made plain his boredom with his life. he told the jury it was partly boredom which drove him to build

heard how an improvised explosive device partially detonated on a train just after it pulled into parsons created a large fireball in a carriage with around 93 passengers. some were caught by the flames and suffered serious burns. this is the teenager on trial for the attack, 18—year—old ahmed hassan, captured on cctv in the weeks before, when his plans were said to be well under way. on this bus ride, in his plastic bag, he was allegedly carry one of the components, hydrogen peroxide, he needed for his homemade bomb. today the jury was told hassan left his device in a bucket on the train. described as loaded with shrapnel to cause maximum harm and damage and containing the volatile explosive tatp. prosecutor alison morgan said of the passengers... "many ran in fear and panic. they were fortunate. had the device fully detonated, it is inevitable that serious injury and significant damage would have been caused within the carriage. those in close—proximity to the device may well have been killed." hassan came to britain as an asylum seeker from iraq and was living with foster parents. ahme

some will be sentenced next week thirty people were injured when his homemade bomb pasha exploded a parson screen underground station in west london for a memorial ceremonies been held in the iraqi kurdish town of houla to remember the victims of one of the world's worst chemical weapons attacks it's thirty years since saddam hussein's forces attacked the town in the closing stages of the iran iraq war five thousand civilians died some a binge of aid has more a warning you may find images in his report the stress of. this symbolic graveyard is as close to closure as some can get to thirty years on the horrors of the chemical attack on their hometown in northern iraq still haunt her. so. on the sixteenth of march we were having a mail we heard fighter jets they struck the area and then we were hit by a chemical attack in the afternoon we ran towards the hills we was so scared every one of us went on our separate way some of us went to neighboring iran others who couldn't make it died in the city it was like dreams day i lost four of my children and her on that day there are still many cases

it had just pulled into parsons green station.ere were around 93 passengers in the carriage, the court was told, some were caught by the flames and sustained significant burns. today the teenager on trial for the attack was brought to court to face charges of attempted murder and causing an explosion likely to endanger life. 18—year—old ahmed hassan, an asylum seeker from iraq, is pleading not guilty. at the time of his arrest he had been living with foster parents. opening the case, the prosecutor alison morgan said of the passengers, many ran in fear and panic. they were fortunate. had the device fully detonated it is inevitable that serious injury and significant damage would have been caused within the carriage. those in close proximity to the device may well have been killed. the jury heard that ahmed hassan had left the device in a bucket. it was said to be loaded with shrapnel to cause maximum harm and carnage. and he had used the explosive dhcp. the device was fitted with a timer. ahmed hassan had got off the train one sta

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. >> reporter: his mom, sharon parsons, didn't know it at the time but as the pills became harder and like heroin. he ended up overdosing on fentanyl, the same drug that killed prince and tom petty. >> i would say from the time he first became addicted until the time he died was about five years. >> reporter: street fentanyl is up to 100 times more potent than morphine. an illicit opiate that law enforcement can't get off the streets fast enough says montgomery county sheriff phil plummer. >> so how many overdoses were there last year in this county? >> last year in this county we had 3,67 637 overdoses in montgomery county. >> and how does that compare to the year before? >> it almost doubles from the year before. >> reporter: one of his deputies has seen all manner of addicts on patrol but he's never seen an epidemic on this scale. >> when is the last time you z seriously. yeah, honestly. did you really? >> reporter: he knows the addicts and he tries to get them into treatment but he can't keep them there. >> we took one guy three different times to treatment and each time he walked

the international pa ralympic committee president, andrew parsons, has hailed the success of the gamess underlines the growing strength of the paralympic movement. but in an interview with the bbc‘s kate grey, he also highlighted the challenges with raising the event's profile. we of course have some issues in the seven—year journey of we of course have some issues in the seven—yearjourney of organising the games to deliver the games. we expected some challenges, but at the end of the day, everything came together very smoothly. despite the weather. the weather put some extra challenges, but it is the nature of the winter. we have a very good team so we the winter. we have a very good team so we managed to the winter. we have a very good team so we managed to overcome the winter. we have a very good team so we managed to overcome that. what have you learnt and what were you in bed in the next games? one of the things we have learned is about promoting the games, so it is no secret that a few months ago we had low ticket sales but they reacted very quickly and also the support of differ

the teenager who planted a bomb on a london tube train that partially exploded at parsons green has beenssan was convicted of attempted murderfor carrying out the attack last september. more than 50 people were injured. he'll serve a minimum of 3a years. a police inspector has been found guilty of murdering his wife and dumping her body in a lake. darren mckie killed his wife leanne after she discovered he'd been taking out loans in both their names. jurors at chester crown court heard how the couple, who both worked for greater manchester police, owed more than £100,000. owen smith has been sacked from jeremy corbyn's cabinet after calling for a second referendum on brexit. the shadow northern ireland secretary broke ranks with labour party policy by also making the case for the uk to stay in the single market after brexit. he's been replaced by tony lloyd. owen smith reacted to the news on twitter. he said: the shadow home secretary diane abbott said that mr smith should not have spoken out in the way he did.|j would smith was a valued colleague, he wanted to make a contribution to the

also tonight: the iraqi teenagerfound guilty of the parsons green tube bombing, who was on the government'sle have been killed in miami after the collapse of a bridge built injust six hours less than a week ago.

police respond to a shooting east sussex tonight — the iraqi teenager, found guilty of the parsons greenation programme at the time. and on newsnight, it's been britain versus russia this week. so is it a problem that this country has long welcomed many wealthy russians to london, including friends of putin? we'll ask, what is it that first attracted us to the oligarch billionaires?

victims of the parsons green tube attack tell a court how they tried to escape the fireball which engulfed the carriage. a bbc investigation finds a third of all the stock sea life centre died in the space of a year. and in the next hour... the snow is back. police are warning of tricky driving conditions in parts of wales and central and northern england. meet the author... our guest is the author of the long—running popular series of stories featuring the highland policeman hamish macbeth, dealing with yet another murder in locked in death of an honest man. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the police officer who rushed to the aid of a former russian spy and his daughter, after they'd been poisoned by nerve gas, is still in a serious condition in hospital. but wiltshire police say detective sergeant nick bailey, who's 38, is now able to sit up and talk. investigations are continuing in salisbury into how and why sergei skripal and his 33—year—old daughter were exposed to nerve gas on sunday afternoon. a doctor who was first on the scene has told the bbc that yulia skripal had stopped

hassan‘s device created a fireball when it partially exploded on an underground train at parsons greentation in west london. the jury was told today the bomb was packed with shrapnel, including nuts, bolts, screws, drill bits and knives. and it contained 400 grams of the explosive tatp. it would have been lethal if it had fully detonated. this was the evidence from an explosives expert, who went on to the train. the prosecution evidence at his trial is now drawing to a close and hassan‘s defence case is due to start next week. june kelly, bbc news, at the old bailey. now, on bbc news it is time for the film review ben brown. hello there and welcome to the film review on bbc news. and taking us through this week's cinema releases is, who else, but mark kermode. what have you got for us this week? very mixed bag — we have gringo, which is a kind of caper movie starring david oyelowo. we have you were never really here, which is the new film by lynne ramsay, whose work i love. and mom and dad, a sort of satirical horror film starring mick cage. ok, so let's kick off with gringo. this is a

london underground train during rush hour last september. 30 people were hurt in the incident at parsons green station. the chancellor urges the eu to include financial markets in any future trade deal after brexit — but the president of the european council, donald tusk, says the uk cannot have a ‘pick and mix approach‘ to negotiations. a second lorry driver, david wagstaff, has been cleared of causing death by dangerous driving following a trial and the saudi crown prince meets the queen starting a 3—day visit —— amid protests at his country's record —— on human rights. in a moment it will be time for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we'll have all the latest on the spy saga, as the met police release more details about their investigation into the suspected poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter. with speak to chris bryant of the labour party who has been pressing for further information on the incident. beyond 100 days will be looking at the fallout over trump's aluminium and steel import tariffs, after his economic advisor g

now, jim parsons also had something else to celebrate, so i couldn't help but get the party started lastrly birthday to you >> i'm officially dead center middle age -- 45. >> first of all, 45? what are you drinking? what are you eating? >> devils blood. i grew up in the south. we had a lot of humidity. my mother has good skin. whatever, whatever. hit with the ugly stick any day now. one day i'm going to wake up, and i'm going to go, oh, my gosh, i'm like 90. i'm only 47. >> you don't have a regimen or something that you do? >> this is so embarrassing. i did recently start washing my face. >> so, we know we'll get a wedding, but what about a pregnant kaley on the show? >> you know, penny's still a little all over the place. she always has been. but i think at the end of the day she'd actually be a really good mom. but i'm much happier playing parentless. no, no, no, childless! >> and this is when we kind of lost control of the interview. kaley, distracted. >> is that a pregnant barbie? i'm sorry, i just -- i cant. is this me? >> she's been around for years. >> so have i baby! >> yes, afte

make appropriate to do something for itself or for the community for the parson and that's exciting for us. in he came just thirty one years old luigi demaio spoke for nearly an hour without notes he didn't mention immigration once the touchstone issue for a right wing looking to turn working class italians against refugees but he mocked endlessly the corruption of mainstream politics which he said made it's really an international joke. it's we had better scolding from one side and bronzy from the other they stole the future from my generation. i can't understand how they dared to show their faces and promise to change things when they had twenty years in government and didn't do anything the whole point was about transparency the message that italy needs a totally new politics in all it's the man you're five star quality that still written on the level of bullet points and like a lot of detail but none the less for all these people what this party represents is the basic outrage against the corrupt and useless political class and that's a low looks like being enough for that five the