A powerful painkiller will plead guilty to aiding the start of the u. S. Opioid epidemic is part of an 8000000000. 00 set. And in some of the clearest language to date the head of the Roman Catholic church says same sex relationships should be protected by law. Nigerian protesters have defied a curfew during a face off with Security Forces as demonstrations against Police Brutality threaten to paralyze the nation the Rights Group Amnesty International says at least 12 people were killed on tuesday night leaving the violence of the military up and it drew support in the capital abuja. And Early Morning fire set by arsonists burns park to be coarse at a government bus station in lagos Officials Say 30 buses were destroyed. In lekki while Security Forces opened fire on protesters the previous night the standoff continues. The latest state governor who visited victims of tuesdays attack in hospital said more than 2 dozen have been hospitalized so you know chance. For. You. Well. We have no
Hello and welcome to bbc news. President trump says congressional leaders are having serious discussions about tightening gun controls in the us in the aftermath of two Mass Shootings in the past week. Mr trump said senior members of the Republican Party were on board and hed also discussed the issue with the influential gun lobbyists, the National Rifle association. However with senators on their summer recess, theres no prospect of any immediate legislation. There has been no president who feels more strongly about the Second Amendment than i do however we need meaningful background checks so that sick people dont get guns. Our north america editor, jon sopel, is at the white house. This is his assessment of the situation. If this does happen, and they would be baby steps and it would come to nothing, it would be a republican president taking on the might of the National Rifle association, the most powerful lobbying organisation in the United States and what makes it even more surpri
That he is willing to become a caretaker Prime Minister to avoid a no deal brexit. The guardian, along with many other papers, leads on the widespread Murder Investigation that is under way after pc Andrew Harper was murdered on duty after attending a burglary in berkshire. The i reports that a 13 year old boy is one of the ten suspects detained by police after the officers murder. On the same story, the mail says that pc Andrew Harper was killed just four weeks after his wedding day. The sun reports that Police Officer Andrew Harper died after being dragged under the wheels of the car. The mirror again leads with the Police Officers death, reporting that he was due to go on holiday with his new wife next week. The chancellor sajid javid is considering a change to stamp duty that would ensure First Time Buyers never pay tax, reports the times. And Cathay Pacific airlines has changed its chief executive after pressure from beijing, thats according to the ft. Lets have a look at some of
Monday night and tuesday, our area of High Pressure just starts to edge a little closer, the isobars begin to open up, which means the wind drops out. Through tuesday a bit of a quieter day on the cards, it wont be plain sailing, wall to wall blue skies, we have further showers for wales, Northern England and up into scotland, but a good deal of fine, dry weather elsewhere, some cells of sunshine and with lighter winds are different feel to the day. Bridges 1421. Different feel to the day. Bridges 14 21. Back to ourjetstream, it is still south of the uk through next week, it does weaken slightly, and week, it does weaken slightly, and we have a couple of scenarios. At the moment one that looks most likely is follow pressure to have a greater influence on our weather, so if that happens it will be cooler, brazier and times wet, spells of rain, ourarea of brazier and times wet, spells of rain, our area of High Pressure still sits towards the south and west. Brazier. There is still the ch
Francisco today, 52 degrees in oakland, 42 degrees in san jose, 43 degrees in santa rosa, we will take a look at where those temperatures are headed and also talk about some much needed rain in the forecast coming up in a bit. Marty. Thank you. Right now repair crews are working to fix damage when a part train derailed friday night. Kron4s mike pelton live at the concord station where they have been busy overnight. Reporter bart officials tell us this morning expect services to resume here at 8 00 this morning. That of course is when bart typically starts service on sunday morning. Credit maintenance crude here worked through the night to get the necessary repairs done although not all the work is complete. Here are a couple of pictures of what it looks like on the track. The crossover track where the derailment occurred remains damaged. They will fix that at a later time. That is not needed for Passenger Service so crews really focus on the two outer rails. Maintenance crews worked th