underlined, and believed, our president underlined, and believed, underlined, there was , a mysterious providence hovering over the fields ready to interfere on one side or the other. it was a weakness to imagine victory would come in even the slightest degree from anything except our own exertions. he wrote. i am now going to finish with 2 more narrative examples. i sense a question in the audience are we almost finished? , [laughter] how long is this guy going to talk? i'm going to bring this to an end with two more examples of what i consider alexander's wonderful narrative ability to be evocative in a way that few writers grant could match it in , some ways. the only equivalent of alexander in terms of the quality of a postwar account is grant on the union side. it is the best. alexander's the best on the confederate side. one is a passage that better than anything else i have ever seen gets at the bond between lee and the soldiers in the army of northern virginia. the scene alexander chose is when longstreet's first corp gets back from tennessee. late in april 1864. even longstree

the man who will leave the negotiations on behalf of the union is more than familiar with underlineshes -- common interests that irish people have, as opposed to the interests of the tory party in britain. >> but unity does not inspire universal enthusiasm in the south. -- every spring, brexit or no brexit, the orangemen paraded through belfast. no longer do these marches bristle with the menacing energy of the troubled years, but there is mounting uncertainty. at the same time as the collapse of -- here, national resentment over brexit have spurred irish unity. leaving union and uneasy. do you ever think of the back of your thoughts that eventually it's going to happen? >> i think it's always a possibility. i've heard people recently say, would we be any worse off, and i think that's what propaganda does. hopefully, the unionist movement will see through those things and get back to where their first love says, that remains the queen and country. >> the armed conflict has been over for 20 years. the agony brought to an end by a compromise which allowed all sides to feel their aspira

you underlined that rightly...minister of francois hollande who resigned a few months ago, to make his pitch for the presidency of the elysee palace, he says he wants to be one of those bright young things in mr macron's political campaign. is that the sort of person you are looking for? no, we've already said that we will not endorse his candidacy, because let me come back to my point... we had some public criteria on renewal, and also procedure. en marche created an independent commission, with people looking at the candidates, the applications that we received. we've received more than 14,000 applications for more or less 300 seats. i won't dwell on this too much, because, in a sense, it is unknowable. but you know there are other examples of political insurgencies where parties are proved to be rather like herding cats. one thinks of the five star movement in italy, where the challenge was to get a group of people, many who had never been in politics before, who were the fresh new blood and were keen on what wa

if it was an aim of promoting the books in the swansea area over the past few years, but it underlinesinto technology maybe that's something like the kindle sin ceasing. thank you, jeremy. that's all from bbc business live. the other story was 50 shades of grey was the other book that charity shops didn't want. there you go, you heard it here first! this week is looking unsettled. strong winds coming up from the south or the south—west. initially it will be a warm start to the week and cooling off later on. today is looking wet. a lot of cloud. a lot of rain around. uksz on the radar picture how heavy some of the rain has been across northern ireland and getting into south—west scotland and the rain will be pepping up across north—west england and towards northern and western wales. western hills seeing the heaviest and the persistent of the rain. further east, the rain will be patchier and lighter. the murray coast could see sunny spells. so we could be making temperatures around the 20 celsius. elsewhere, it is the mid to upper teens celsius. the rain clears northern ireland. here we

but it underlines that it is not without personal and political risk. indeed. thanks. your questions to politicians from all the main parties. and tomorrow at 11:30 we'll be putting your questions to lib dem shadow home secretary lord paddick. you can get in touch via twitter using the hashtag #bbcaskthis, or text your questions to 611211. and you can email us as well at askthis@bbc.co.uk. a 35—year—old man has been charged in connection with a dog attack on a toddler in liverpool yesterday. merseyside police say andrew mcgowan was in charge of four dogs which were dangerously out of control. bbc‘s yunus mulla reports. the two—year—old girl was playing with other children in the garden of a relative's home when she was attacked by a number of dogs. she was with two young cousins aged four and six when the dogs attacked. the dogs managed to get into the property from a neighbouring garden. her aunt did her best to save the little girl, fighting off the dog from the two other goals, but the little girl suffered what police described as extensive injuries. today, police h

media has been on the changes to the bill we shouldn't forget the bad things that stay in theer underlining bill of what they would mean for millions of americans. under the new build as under thd old, trumpcare would mean premiums go up 20% in the first few years. average cost goes up high over $1500 a year on the middle class. he would mean if you're struggling to make it into the middle class incomes of around $30,000 a year or costs will go up by three or $4000. it would mean insurers to charge older americans five times or even more now the amount as the charges younger folks, even though 1-5 ratio as bad as it was in his much as it led to hassles of aarp and senior a citizens 50-year-olds to 64-year-olds throughout america come this bill makes that worse. would devastate medicaid program covering 68 million americans c and that affects poor people in the inner city but it also affects people in nursing homes and the young men and women 45ng to 50 in nursing homes are going to have to face an awful choice, more money out of their pockets or their parents have to find t another place to

believed, underlined, there was a mysterious providence hovering over the fields ready to interfere on one side or the other. it was a weakness to imagine victory would come in even the slightest degree from anything except our own exertions. withnow going to finish two more air to examples. i sense a question in the audience. are we almost finished? [laughter] how long is this guy going to talk? withl bring this to an end two more examples of what i consider alexander's wonderful narrative ability to be evocative in a way that few -- grant could match it in some ways. the only equivalent of alexander in terms of the quality of a postwar account is grant on the union side. alexander's the best on the confederate side. that gets atage the bond between lee and the soldiers in the army of northern virginia. the scene alexander chose is corplongstreet's first gets back from tennessee. even longstreet was really glad to be back. he got a dose and thought it was not so bad in virginia after all. divisions, down to 10,000 men. they had 20,000 at gettysburg, there are 10,000 here drawn up i

in addition, they've made the markets were fragile in underlining the financial stability. financial choice act includes provisions to unleash opportunities for economic growth including numerous provisions that will help foster the formation of the job creators with regulatory relief. we will never again bailout of wall street bank, period. the big bank bailout is over. [applause] for anyone that engages in fraud and deception, tough penalties await the gang you're due process rights will be restored and if you maintain a strong balance sheet we will release you from the shackles of the micromanagement and to be the best thinker that you can be and to help rebuild the economy and to be successful and not vilify it and we will once again let freedom reign from sea to shining sea. i begin my remarks by recalling the universal agreement from the greatness of the nation can we make america great again we should have no doubt. we have a presiden president ans working together we can bring about the regulatory relief and bring the state to the hill and place it under the constit

are not going to go anywhere, they are thriving at the moment, the numbers you havejust read out underlinedn interesting position he ta kes, quite an interesting position he takes, when facebook lies a company as it tried to do with snapchat, —— by the company. if he fails, he worked overtime, and that is what we are seeing with the new features coming online. facebook‘s position is stronger because of their user growth, there is no doubt about that, and revenues they are currently generating a reportedly £8 billion, which is significant. and snapchat are moving on. yes, and they are moving in the right direction and have some nice product coming online. sojust direction and have some nice product coming online. so just for the viewers, what we understand snapchat to do is to take a photograph, apply a filter and it lends itself to advertising various products, however they need to do more. they need to do more but they have had some products in test, and the signals are encouraging. there was a reporter couple of weeks ago when they analyse their user growth and within the report showing t

he underlined a lot of this book. i told him, hey, listen, you have so much yellow here it is useless. you're underlining the almost entire book. he said, these are all the words i don't understand. the kid came from china and he was learning english while he was in college. so i took him under my wings. i applied what i learned in moscow. i bought a book, phonetics book and we did phonetics exercises together. i helped him learn english. he wind up, had to write a essay or couple essays for his application to law school at columbia. one of them he wrote about me, how i, how -- >> this nice american helped him learn english? >> yes. he is now a very wealthy, very successful attorney in new york. >> well, now, you have multiple degrees from different continents. you go on to your career, working in information management. >> right. >> for metlife, the big bad, nasty capitalist pig insurance company. >> right. >> not exactly what you expected when you got there. >> this is not an exaggeration. there were, insurance comp

thereforee underlined in no way explains it justifies the suicide bombing on monday night, he did say it was very important to engage in dialogue. does he mean with the so-calllld islamic state? i think that is what he means. molly: one thing we have seen in the wake of monday's attack is the intelligence services between the u.s. a u.k. briefly shut down as america media leaked some of the information. where do things stand now? things have picked up, correct? >> correct. there were leaks it would seem from the american intelligence officials from even somebody in the white house. we don't know. there were links to the american media, amongst "the new york times" and cbs and others. "the new york times" publish a photo of the backpack that the suicide bomber used. and also the detonator. and before, that was very, very serious, and before that, a legal again by a mirror -- a leak again before it was announced here on the name, salman abedi, pressurizing british police before they wanted to to release and confirm that name. it is totally unacceptable that even though, there's a differ

as your package underlined, this is the first time in the history of the fifth republic that a president has reached across to appointed prime and asked her from the opposition without being forced through losing elections and having to enter cohabitation as we saw under the presidencies -- macron has made this choice with the election to come. but it what is unusual, is what macron has to do to prepare the conditions for an effective presidency. >> mac on doesn't get image ready the parliamentary elections next month? >> there really are two scenarios. either he comes close and can tune in enough support from centerleft and/or center-right to allow him to get his reform agenda through even on a vote by vote basis, or he falls well short of the majority and the republicans trying to impose on him in cohabitation of the traditional sort, where we would have the prime minister and a strict reading of the constitution governed the country. while the president would be introduced to a role of moderator rather than initiator of policy. that is above all of the republicans party of leadership

it's about modern russia, it's about underlining how strong russia is militarily. you see a display of russia's most modern weapons, its battle tanks, its nuclear missiles, and all sorts of things. so, it really is underlining that russia still regards itself as a military superpower. and you can see some of the military hardware is still moving off red square behind me. so, yes, it's a really kind of important day in russia because of its memories to the past, but also because it shows russia regards itself still very much as a player, an equal in many ways with the united states, dave. >> also some interesting images showing the female soldiers of the russian military. matthew chance, we'll check back with you in just a bit. thank you. >>> so, let's talk about the white house reaction to the senate testimony yesterday. it was swift and fierce, trump tweeting "the russian/trump collusion story is a total hoax. when will this taxpayer funded sher aide end? director clapper reiterated what everybody already knows, there is no evidence of collusion of russia and trum

tens of thousands of people turned out, but this year's rally underlined conspicuous as tents -- absencethe united thet france showed against far right 15 years ago. in 2002, ring the penn's shocked the country by reaching the runoff, only to be defeated. this time with left-wing candidate eliminated in the first round, the lack days deeply divided over the choice between ring le pen -- between marine le pen and emmanuel macron. hamas has softened its stance on israel. it has released a policy document meant to improve the group standing on the international stage. hamas has called for israel's distraction for years, but in this document, he backs off that stance. israel is saying, do not be fooled. softening its image, the palestinian him for most -- the palestinian group hamas says it is no longer calling for israel's distraction. there is a document outlining the position. he said hamas' fight was not against judaism but "aggressive sinus," and he said hamas -- "aggressive zionists." >> hamas considers the independentt of an palestinian states, with jerusalem as its capital. refugees

president erdogan underlined that point. >> we are committed to fighting all terrorism that present a clear threat to our future. there is a no place for terrorist organizations in the future of our region. taking it all into consideration will never be expected. -- accepted. it is against a global agreement that we are reached. >> trump didn't comment on the ypg. instead choosing to emphasize the come desire to defeat the islamic state. president trump: we will have a lot of success over the next two couple of years. we will need as much help to fight terrorism as possible. that is one of the buildings that are happening with turkey. it will be unbeatable. >> mission points of disagreement have not been resolved. washington's refusal to extradite them who erdogan claims blames for last year's failed coup attempt. works -- >> we want to bring in our correspondent. >> this was the meeting of two very strong-willed men. there were smiles all around. plenty of on resolved issues between turkey and the u.s., what did you make of this? >> we have conflicting priorities. priority number one

north carolina police are sharing these pictures of the knives the student brought to school to underlinethis threat was. they're not identifying the teenager because he is under legal age. but say he planned to stab up to a dozen students tuesday at forest hills high school, hour south of charlotte. >> who knows who was on that list, that the person made. reporter: the school resource officer seen here is the one who pulled the boy out of a classroom. in his bk knives, gasoline, firecrackers, and a hit list, with the names of several classmates. police here say they were tipped off by authorities in canada who learned of the plot from a canadian girl who was in an internet chat room and saw the teenager discussing his plans. within minutes, the phones were ringing in union county. >> he had students that he wanted to harm. some of them were in the classroom. >> reporter: police tell us the teen is in a secure location, getting counseling and has not been charged. >> great work all around there. apparently an hour they were able to pull the kid out of class. >> hats off to that canadian t

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, underlined glad you , are married as you are? from anybody but me this would be an impudent question not to be tolerated, but i know you will pardon it in me. please answer quickly as possibly, as i feel impatient to know. clearly, the answer satisfied him because they got married november 4 in the edwards home. a week later he wrote a letter -- a business letter and ended it by saying nothing new here except my marrying which is a , matter of profound wonder. two things happened with his marriage, he remained depressed. he was always moody, he was always melancholy, but lincoln's moodiness and melancholy was the source of his profundity. i think one can't reach those levels of profundity. one cannot deal as he did with the widescale death and destruction without being able to touch those levels of sadness in the self. however, he was never again clinically depressed after he married and after his experience of being freed from the issues of intimacy and love through his vicarious experience of speed's courtship and marriage to f

underlying -- underlining the interest ratehe change coming through. energy stocks getting a boost. sawvery weakness around that story. matt: i get excited about bund futures. they are trading up just a tick. you can see the french bond futures trading up there just a tick as well. a little bit of risk on day here. maybe people prepping for the trade. the cash trade is opening at one hours time. bloomberg first word news crossing over to hong kong and juliette saly. juliette: u.k. police have [inaudible] calling it a breach of trust that risks undermining their investigation. the new york times published photos of the crime scene after u.s. security officials share details with american media that british police are yet to release. may 12sther theresa leave the group gathering a day early to return to britain as the company basis to prevent further terrorist attacks. russia --s to brussels. manchester united players and management have expressed their sympathies for those killed in the manchester bombing. a moments silence was held before the europa league in stockholm where the bri

the last six months have underlined their dell's position as a music phenomenon. she has performed at 122 concerts. toa she has performed at 122 concerts. to a total audience of more than 1 million fans. it was clear from her early music ten yea rs it was clear from her early music ten years ago that she was something special. winning the critics' choice award at the brits than coming first on the bbc sound of 2008 list. her second album 21 established her asa her second album 21 established her as a starter. it became the biggest selling album of 2011 and 2012. it won record of the year and album of the year at the grammys as well as best album at the brits. although co ntroversially best album at the brits. although controversially her acceptance speech was cut short, much to her displeasure. i would like to say i got cut off for my speech during for best album and i gave them the finger. that was not to my fans. she admitted briefly to me that expectation was somewhat— her third album. a lot of expectation after 21. yes. everything is always going to follow 21.

. >> our tests will underline our seriousness about stopping their program, but i don't think it will actually stop their program. they will see it as yet another challenge to overcome. >> reporter: missile defense systems aren't only about defense. having one shows an enemy you can attack it first and not have to worry too much about retaliation, but only if it works. tonight the u.s. military says the test was a success knocking out the incoming missile with a direct hit. the u.s. military has already said north korea has the capability to threaten hawaii. now military officials said the u.s. has proven it has a deterrent. savannah. >> richard engel in our london newsroom. now to another major story we're following. in portland, oregon, the suspect in a deadly train attack made his first appearance in court ranting. police say on friday he targeted two female passengers with a religious tirade, then fatally stabbed two interest samaritans who tried to intervene injuring a third man. the suspect has a history of racism. here's miguel almaguer with the latest. >> free speech or die, p

the underline eps beating estimates.etting other numbers mother share at three pence per share. and 915 pence per share. lots to talk about in terms of the brexit conversation, what it means, the demand for real estate and the office space and in the retail space. we will talk about that and have that conversation with the ceo, chris grigg. government exit lloyd's after selling the state. ultimately the government would profit on half a billion pounds. is the longest-serving ceo. they put in 23.3 billion pounds. owe 70%.l he turned bullish on lloyd. he believes that the first time he turned bullish on banks. atwill have a conversation 815 -- 8:15 a.m. et time. anna: it is important to look at this risk off atmosphere we have an asian markets. the news around donald trump and their ports around what he said to call me in regard to michael flynn, all that breaking late in the day in the u.s. it is factoring its way into the asian trading session. , wall streetrkets focusing on what is happening in washington. turningtical

jonathan: let's recount one of those themes, what is the balance sheet underlining at the end of thelook like? oksana: i think there will be a lot more conversation around it. i think it is hard to put any kind of specifics around it, especially in terms of how it will affect the market. generally, the market stands toward the fed. whether it is the hiking or the rhetoric, it has been a dismissal. jeff: i think the fed has been sensitive about not disrupting markets that i think the balance sheet unwind will be gradual and i think they will not simply let whatever matures runoff. but my expectation would be that they would set a monthly limit that they would allow to runoff and that will be much more gradual than letting the $650 million -- or billion over the next year run off. jonathan: greg davis, is that how you view it? almost a nonevent? really? greg: i would not say a nonevent, but the devil is in the details. i think it will be gradual and you are likely to see some kind of high pause in terms of the rate hike cycle is the fed tries to figure out what impact the reduction of

the tit-for-tat comments underline what many see as the shift in the relationship between the u.s.nd europe following a nato meeting in brussels and a g-7 summit in sicily, both of which were during the trump last leg of his first trip abroad. he refused to reassert america's commitment to the plot -- to the paris climate of cards -- climate accords underrating the alliance members for not paying their fair share. the latest development in the deepening rift between germany the indian. comes as prime minister heaped praise on what he called angela merkel's vision, sign perhaps that no longer convinced that britain, america,nd trump era the eu is increasingly looking elsewhere for allies. yemen is on the verge of complete collapse with his people facing war, famine, and a deadly outbreak of cholera. an impassioned plea for aid, saying that more than 8000 people have been killed in the air world's poorest country since a saudi led coalition launched a military campaign in march 2015, trying to push back the iran backed rebels who control the capital of sanaa. now eight: outbreak has

. >> it will underline our seriousness about stopping their program, but i don't think it will actually stop their program. they will see it as yet another challenge to overcome. >> so back now to the u.s. test. the defense system is kind of a mixed record. only successful in nine of its last 17 attempts. yesterday was first time the military tried to shoot down an actual ballistic missile traveling four times the speed of sound. >> 4:51 right now. one high-profile stadium winding through sacramento not getting support from marin county's top law enforcement officer. sb-54 will limit state and local law enforcement agencies from communicating with immigration authorities. he says he does not support the bill and believed more undocumented immigrants may end up being deported if it passes. he said i.c.e. would focus more of its energy on enforcement across california. supervisors in marin have already endorsed sb-54. >> california is getting closer to pet stores wiig banned from selling puppies and kittens unless they're rescue animals. the legislation moves to the state senate. the goal

. >> our tests will underline our seriousness about stopping their program but i don't think it will actually stop their program. they will see it as yet another challenge to overcome. >> missile defense systems aren't only about defense. having one shows an enemy you can attack it first and not have to worry too much about retaliation. but only if it works. >> nbc's richard engel reporting. >>> the man accused of a deadly stabbing spree in portland appeared in court and was defiant from the time he walked in. >> free speech or die portland. you got no safe place. this is america. get out if you don't like spree speech. >> jeremy christian allegedly stabbed two men to death and injured a third on a train last friday. he went on a hateful tirade zbens two young women, one wearing a hijab. some called his actions terrorism but christian calls it something else. >> you call it terrorism, i call it patriotism. you hear me. die. >> christian did not enter a plea. he is due back in court next week. >>> begging for forgiveness. a plea from kathy griffin this morning after a photo shoot she

. >> our tests will underline our seriousness about stopping their program but i don't think it will actually stop their program. they will see it as yet another challenge to overcome. >> missile defense systems aren't only about defense. having one shows an enemy you can attack it first. and not have to worry too much about retaliation. but only if it works. >> thanks to nbc easy richard eng engel. a man appeared in court for the first time defiant from the time he >> free speech or die portland. you got no safe place. this is america. get out if you don't like spree speech. >> he was arraigned on murder charges. the men intervened when christian went on a hateful tirade against two young women. the surviving victim sat in court during the arraignment. federal authorities have not decided whether to charge christian with a hate crime. some called his actions terrorism but christian calls it something else. >> you call it terrorism i call it patriotism. you hear me. >> christian did not enter a plea. he is due back in court next week. >>> begging for forgiveness. a plea from kathy gr

before i turned to leanne wood, to underline, in the wa ke to leanne wood, to underline, in the wake events in manchester last week, what will the parties do to help keep people safe while also protecting civil liberties and avoiding discrimination? do you have a thought on this? what is your ideal response to this? just to bring communities together in terms of when these things take place and thatis when these things take place and that is the key. all the hate taking place right now and with the media particularly and the rise of the far right. i think the best way to keep people safe is to make sure we invest in those services, like intelligence services and police services, health and emergency services, health and emergency services, to ensure that if an incident like this does happen that we can do all we can to minimise the impact. but i share your concerns about divided communities and i think one of the things that the terrorists want is for us to fear each other, to turn against each other and fall out as neighbours in out other and fall out as neighbours in our communitie

a very strong message underlining what he said was the special nature of this diversity.s me now, the right reverend david walker. that was an important message for the chief constable to deliver. it is indeed. on lesser occasions, we have had to stand together. this is the most serious event to happen in manchester to happen for many a year and again, we will stand together. i have been touched by the messages of support i have received from greater manchester and further afield. we will stand together and show that terror never wins. the mayor earlier was also underlining the fact that this was a matter of extremism, not a matter of any individual faith. absolutely. we have seen time and time again the people who commit these atrocities don't represent the faith communities that they claim to come from. if you look at their past lives, they have shown little of the kind of piety or good works that those religions uphold. they are abhorrent members of what the community and nobody needs to be tarred with their brush. what is the church able to do today in a city like man

gentleman is correct that the insurance industry has been very royaled, and confidence in this has been underlined -- undermined by this administration since its first day in office and badly undermined by the republicans' continued attempts to repeal legislation that didn't become law and so insurers have in fact lost confidence that the marketplace will be stable. an absolutely critical component of pricing their product correctly. as does the house itself and the republican leadership in the senate continue to undermine the confidence that there will be a arket. so yes, mr. speaker, the majority leader is correct. the insurance market is not as stable but almost everybody who speaks to that, and there's a los angeles times story today relatively lengthy on that in terms of what steps the administration taze -- has taken from the beginning, starting -- starting with inch r.s., don't worry about the mandate, it's like the -- like they say don't worry about having automobile insurance. there's going to be no penalty. if that was the case, i bet a lot of people would not have automobile insurance a

in italy, juventus have underlined their domination of serie a, by winning a record sixth consecutivetball, real madrid have won their first la liga title in five years pipping archrivals barcelona to the top. an indian mountaineer is said to have reached the summit of mount everest for the second time in less than a week. anshu jamsenpa, who's thirty—seven, made her first successful ascent on tuesday. her team says she's set a women's record for a double ascent of the world highest mountain, in a single season. now the story of the lawyer who ‘simply vanished'. in mid—2015 wang quanzhang was just one of more than 200 lawyers, legal assistants and human rights activists picked up by the chinese authorities. almost two years on, he is the only one from whom nothing has been heard at all. 0ur china correspondent john sudworth spoke to his wife li wenzu, who says she doesn't know if he's still alive. is it isita is it a sign, perhaps, that the authorities believe these cases more serious? li wenzu, the wife of missing chinese lawyer wang quanzhang, speaking there to our correspondentjohn

today, this underlines the unfairness that is being built in? not everything can being built in?ng about the areas before someone needs nursing care and with out some as that is most certainly going to happen. these are areas where we need to look again and figure out how we do it. you won‘t get everything in today. what we have not done is changed the situation and made it worse, we have made it better by saying contributions do not cut him if you have 100,000 or slightly less in terms of assets. it helps in terms of peoples contributions and gives the most people, the vast majority, at least a fairer deal than was in before. there are so many questions on that but i need to cover other things as well. basically, a lot of the questions are brexit today. saying there was far less about brexit in the manifesto than people imagined given the scale of the challenge over the next few years. this came in through text and was nameless. is the prime minister in doing free movement from the eu to the uk, because this must happen. is it happening or not? if you read the ma nifesto it happ

we will go back to that in a moment but first the front page of the daily mail, it underlines the internationaland his brother and father both arrested in tripoli -- his brother and father both arrested in tripoli —— salman abedi. very stark headline, the g hardy family. is that their? a classic daily mail front page. ——. they also have the picture of the younger brother in libby on the daily mirror —— jihadi. past experience shows not everything that you know two days afterwards about a family will turn out to be true. for example, it said here that the father and one of the brothers are is supporters. i think i heard another commentator saying today the father was thought to be more pro—al qaeda year because in libya al-qaeda have said about is that they are too brutal —— pro—al qaeda. i don't know if that's the case. i noted that in the times, the mail are saying this isa the times, the mail are saying this is a whole family and a whole network and we are fascinated by evil families, aren't we? the times say... evil families, aren't we? the times hey evil families, aren't we? the times say..

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in italy, juventus underlined their domination of serie a, by winning a record sixth consecutive titlein five years pipping archrivals barcelona to the top. let's get more reaction now on north korean state media confirming that the country has successfully carried out another ballistic missile test. we can cross live to our seoul correspondent, steve evans. what does this mean for south and north korea relations? it clearly puts them in great difficulty. there isa puts them in great difficulty. there is a new president kiir who has been in powerfor is a new president kiir who has been in power for less than two weeks. he came to power different approach to his predecessor —— like the new president here. he said that dialogue was the week forward. clearly, that hasn't been taken up in pyongyang. —— the way forward. we have had to missile tests in the space of a week. the foreign minister said they were reckless and irresponsible actions, throwing cold water over the hopes and desires of the new government. for denuclearisation and peace on the korean peninsula. what the government woul

but there is a nervousness, too, that china might use its "belt and road" initiative to underline itstchy tunes will allay those fears. john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. now to an extraordinary new world record set here in the uk on sunday: a world war two veteran has become the world's oldest skydiver at the age of 101. verdun hayes took to the skies along with relatives from three generations of his family. richard galpin has the story: dressed in a yellowjumpsuit, verdun hayes, aged 101 and 38 days, is about me make history. he is determined to become the world's oldest skydiver. and he is doing it with with his son, grandson, and great—grandson. as the plane gradually climbs to the correct altitude — they need to be at 15,000 feet — verdun hayes prepares to make his second ever jump. and the former soldier, who fought and was wounded in the second world war, has nerves of steel. he's particularly fond of the brief free—fall, when they're descending at more than 120 miles an hour. then it's back down to earth. you've done it verdun! congratulations! hooray! and with all four genera

underline theo fact that perhaps there is a degree of moderation in terms of household spending. that is the way they were trying to characterize that. they'll also talk about inflation expectations. so, leaving open the possibility, the probability, that june is still a live meeting, and we could see a risk of a rate hike. qualify? how do they that is like lost progress. if you look at the data, will they need to say that this is a blip? they are talking about moderation rather than saying it is a reversal from trend. of course, we are in the light of a disappointing payroll. we get another one on friday. that is the subtext. be interesting to see whether the fed are mindful of the impact of the labor market. i think we need to underline the fact that average earnings are showing some signs of grinding high, however slowly. that is very important for the fed. they will try to make some reference to not only the absolute level of labor market growth but also in terms of the underlying action in terms of earnings. francine: is there something in the data to -- for example, consume

yes, those are important issues, but there is a big issue of substance which underlines all of them,e sure that work is rewarding? they don't sound that sexy — productivity, economic growth — but they are absolutely vital to the future of thte country, now, just like in every other general election. as kamalsaid, a key group is those suffering from the "living standards squeeze". that's voters who, despite being in work, are not feeling any better off. 0ur personal finance correspondent simon gompertz has been to meet a middle income family in kent to find out how they are coping. 0ne family at breakfast, middle income yet struggling. food prices, energy, the house getting to work, and childcare. for the mother of the family, this is financial survival in britain today. how tricky is it, how much do you have leftover? we have nothing left over. the average wage of a single person is £26,000. this family brings in 45,000, but thatis this family brings in 45,000, but that is two earners, one full—time, one part—time. it means second—hand clothes and toys, telling old things on ebay, li

as today has underlined, there is starting to be tangible evidence of transition.c news. president trump has been celebrating at the white house after the us house of representatives passed a healthcare bill, bringing his pledge to repeal and replace so—called 0bamacare a step closer. he vowed to "finish off" barack 0bama's signature health care law which offered medical insurance to millions more americans. but president trump's plan may well face a tougher ride in the senate where republicans have a smaller majority. here's our north america editorjon sopel the ayes are 217. the nays are 213. the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the moment at just after two o'clock this afternoon in washington, when trumpcare became a thing. shame, shame, shame, shame. outside, a rather different scene, as protesters chant, "shame." this fight isn't over yet. getting the measure through the senate is going to be every bit as tough. because, as today's debate showed, this is a deeply divisive issue. so, i ask you, my colleagues, d

. >> reporter: north carolina poli pictures of the knives this student brought to school, to underline how real this threat was. they're not identifying the teenager because he's under legal age, but say he planned to stab up to a dozen students tuesday, at forest hills high school, about an hour south of charlotte. >> i mean who knows who was on that list that -- that the person made. it could have been me, it could have been any -- my closest friend. >> reporter: this school resource officer seen here is the one who pulled the boy out of a classroom. in his bookbag, they found the knives, gasoline, and a hit list with the names of several classmates. police here say they were tipped off by authorities in canada. who learned of the plot of canadian girl who was in an internet chat room who saw thim discussing the plot. >> police tell us the teen is in a secure location tonight and is getting counselling. he's not been charged. >>> when we come back -- the this hour. the bystander killed in the cross-fire. >>> the charges after that fight erupting on the jet and what passengers now thi

i'm here to be together with andreea's family and friends and to celebrate her life and to underline together in the fight against terrorism. nearly two months after the london attacks, the final victim has been to rest at last. emmanuel macron will be sworn in as france's next president in a ceremony in paris on sunday. it follows his victory last weekend in the country's elections, securing 65% of the vote in the runoff round against the far—right candidate marine le pen. mr macron, who only formed his own political movement a year ago, takes over from the outgoing president francois hollande. hugh schofield reports from paris. 0ne one week after the party, now the serious stuff begins. the youngest ever president of france stunned the world with his remarkable and rapid rise to power. from today, he is task will be to wield it and to press the start button on his programme of reform. formalities today begin with the official handover from holland. mr macron knows his place well, he used to work here as an economic adviser. after that he will follow up with a procession up the cham

together with andreea's family and friends at this time of grief and to celebrate her life and to underlinehe fight against terrorism. nearly two months after the london attacks, the final victim has been to rest at last. emmanuel macron will be sworn in as the new president of france later. it follows his election victory last weekend, securing 65% of the vote against marine le pen. mr macron, who only formed his own political movement a year ago, takes over from the outgoing president francois hollande. hugh schofield reports from paris. a classic parisien newspaper kiosk and pictures of monsieur le kid — emmanuel macron, the man who later today will become france's next president. it is going to be at day of ceremony and tradition here at the elysee palace. we cannot get any closer than where we are now because of security. but we know that at ten o'clock in the morning, in front of the elysee, the motorcade of emmanuel macron will drive up and he'll be greeted in front by the outgoing president, francois hollande, and then they will go in together for a tete—a—tete for half an hour. and

as today has underlined, there is starting to be tangible evidence of transition.ll, bbc news. nicholas witchell reporting. eight brazilian men have beenjailed for planning islamist attacks at the rio olympics and for using the internet to promote the islamic state group. the men were arrested shortly before the beginning of the games, in august, after the fbi alerted the brazilian authorities. the ringleader has been given a sentence of 15 years, while the others have been jailed for five to six years. russia, turkey, and iran have signed an agreement, to establish four safe zones in syria. the proposals drawn up by moscow were agreed by delegates, at a second day of peace negotiations in kazakhstan. representatives of the syrian armed opposition, walked out of the talks, saying, they could not accept the plan. counting is under way following local elections in britain that are being seen as a key indicator as to how next month's general election might go. voters across england, scotland and wales have been choosing local councillors and mayors. for our uk viewers