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the us department ofjustice has taken the first step towards banning bump stocks, which allow rivals e speed of machine guns. bump stocks were used last year by a gunman in las vegas to kill 58 people. the definition of machine guns, which are already banned, will be changed to include the device, effectively banning them from sale, too. joining me now from washington dc is our correspondent chris buckler. chris, thank you for chatting with us. would banning bump stocks really help to improve gun safety in the us? well, i think it is one step towards trying to improve gun safety. certainly new restrictions which are a lot of campaigners have been asking for and indeed which president trump himself has talked about. these are devices which essentially modify semiautomatic weapons and turn them into automatic machine guns. basically they increase the speed at which bullets can be fired. and it was that attack in las vegas in 0ctober was that attack in las vegas in october in which 58 people were killed and hundreds were injured that really brought it to the four, because these devices w

the us department ofjustice has taken the first step towards banning bump stocks, which allow rifles ns. the devices were used last year by a gunman in las vegas to kill 58 people. the definition of machine guns, which are banned, will also be changed to include bump stocks. monitoring groups in syria say more than 1,000 people have been killed since government forces stepped up their bombardment of eastern ghouta three weeks ago. soldiers loyal to president assad are reported to have made significant advances and are believed to have cut off the biggest town in the area, douma, and isolated another. martin patience reports. this is where the un calls "hell on earth". today, an injured man is scrambled to safety. but war planes are overhead. there's no escape. the syrian army has now reportedly surrounded the main town of douma. syrian jets are pounding the besieged enclave. there are rebel fighters, some extremist, but hundreds of thousands of civilians are trapped inside. the united nations calls these air strikes "collective punishment". syria and its backer, russia, are not listen

the us department ofjustice has taken the first step towards banning a device which enables why. the state of florida, who have brought in new legislation to raise the age that people are allowed to buy rifles. chris buckler has more. standing side by side with the families of some of those killed inside a school, florida‘s governor signed new laws, legislation designed to try to prevent such shootings by restricting access to guns. the common—sense things as a father, as a grandfather, as a governor, is we need to have law enforcement in our schools, we need to harden our schools. we need more mental health counselling, we need to make sure people that are going to do harm... think about it — we know these people are talking. the legislation is named after the marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland. last month, 17 people, both staff and students, were shot dead here, as others fled from classrooms in search of safety. former pupil nikolas cruz is accused of carrying out the killings with an assault rifle he had bought when he was just 18. the new law raises the age at

the fine, from the us department ofjustice, was less than had been expected.ris from a crane at a building site in east london has died. 29—year—old michaela boor died in hospital this morning, two days after she was injured by falling bricks close to a building site in mile end. housing benefit is to be restored for 18 to 21—year—olds claiming universal credit. from april last year, young people were not automatically entitled to the housing element of universal credit, the payment which brings six existing benefits into one, and is in the process of being extended across the uk. housing charities had warned the policy would lead to rising homelessness. the drinks company conviviality, which owns bargain booze and wine rack, has announced plans to file for administration within the next two weeks. the firm supplies more than 25,000 restaurants, hotels and bars. around 2,500 staff could lose theirjobs. as police investigations continue in shropshire, after reports that up to a thousand girls may have been abused over the past four decades, a woman has told the

the us department ofjustice arrested vincent ramos in seattle last week accusing him and four associatesd. it's been there over 100 years. it's part of a plan to shrink the whole compa ny‘s assets by $30 billion by the end of this year. it'll only raise about half a billion dollars. it's selling it to an austrian company 0mv. sportscar maker porsche is doubling its spending on future projects, and that includes six billion euros towards electric cars in the next four years. it's going to spend it on spin off from its existing electric sportscar mission e, electrifying some of its conventional cars and developing a charging network. that is going to be expensive. 30, not a huge amount. wetherspoon is down. the figures are very good today. the trading is going to be pretty tough this coming year. gk and, continuing pessimism about the ta keover continuing pessimism about the takeover which is in the air. that bid is not going to go through, the thinking. that is the business news. thank you. let us bring you up to date, the teenager he was accused of planting a bomb on the london tube at p

us secretary of state. mr mccabe authorised information to be given to the media, something the department ofjustice said heetely honest when asked about it. firing him, the us attorney generaljeff sessions said: but andrew mccabe says he has been sacked for political reasons, and he claims that president trump brought much of that pressure. in a lengthy statement, he accused the white house of declaring a war on both the fbi and the special counsel's investigation into allegations of russian interference in the election two years ago. it's less than a year since his boss, the former fbi directorjames comey, was fired by president trump. and mr mccabe claims what he witnessed event was another reason for his dismissal. andrew mccabe had served more than 20 years in the fbi, butjust over 24 hours before his retirement and his 50th birthday, he has been sacked in the full glare of publicity. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. the number of hospital admissions due to older people falling is expected to rise to nearly 1000 a day by the end of the decade. that's according to figures obtained by the local gover

at which bullets can be fired. rifles then to use them effectively as machine guns. this is just the first step in a lengthy process. the department ofjustice. that there will also be legal challenge. to try to tighten legislation, is something they want. is that this is not in itself new legislation. and that's how it will be tightened. but effectively, it makes them illegal for sale. making the news. were disqualified from its legislative council. its crucial one—third veto bloc in the legislature. four of the six vacant seats are being contested. abolishing 2—term limits for the country's president. and possibly rule indefinitely. against president nicolas maduro. all eight men and one woman were sent to prison. of march by military counter—intelligence agents. the lawyer said there was no concrete evidence of wrongdoing. antiestablishment movement that will win many victories. what he called the "globalised elite" and the mainstream media. he also spoke of a growing wave of populism across europe. of eastern ghouta, three weeks ago. and isolated another. martin patience reports. this is where the un calls "hell on earth". but war planes

their use and president trump himself has said that he would like to do something to try and ensure that bump stocks cannot be sold in future. what we are seeing here through the department ofjusticehem illegal sale. we are in a position where, first of all, this needs to go through a whole lot of hoops before it is made law and there is a chance of legal challenge. the nephew of the actress liz hurley, has been stabbed repeatedly in a street in south london, by a group of men. miles hurley, who‘s a 21—year—old model, was one of two men injured in the knife attack on thursday. he remains in hospital. police say his condition isn‘t life—threatening. the cathedral of notre dame in paris attracts around 13 million visitors every year — and is one of paris‘s leading landmarks. but for how much longer? parts of the 850—year—old gothic masterpiece are starting to crumble, because of pollution eating away at the stone. hugh schofield reports from paris. because actually the parts of the pinnacle have fallen down... 0utside on the roof above the back of the cathedral, this is the part of notre—dame that visitors don‘t get to see — fallen chunks of stoneware, gargoyles replaced by pvc pipe

and there's been some development in us moves towards gun control — the us department ofjustice has takens banning bump stocks. they allow rifles to fire with the speed of machine guns. bump stocks were used last year by a gunman in las vegas to kill 58 people. the definition of machine guns, which are already banned, will be changed to include bump stocks, effectively banning them for sale too. bbc washington correspondent chris buckler explains about the move. i think it is one step towards trying to improve gun safety. it is certainly new restrictions but a lot of campaigners have been asking for andindeed of campaigners have been asking for and indeed which president trump himself is talked about. as you mentioned these are devices which are essentially modified semiautomatic weapons and turn them into automatic machine—guns in effect, basically they increase the speed at which bullets can be fired. it was that attack in las vegas in 0ctober it was that attack in las vegas in october in which 58 people were killed and hundreds were injured that really brought it to the fore because th