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the conservatives have promised to bring back a form of national service if they win the general election. the party said 18 year—olds would have a choice of either joining the military full—time for 12 months or volunteering one weekend every month carrying out a community service, with organisations like the fire brigade, police or the nhs. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. an eye—catching policy from the conservatives early on in this campaign, one thats grabbe...

Allegedly struck in a london pub. Ajudge will decide later a judge will decide later today where the terminally ill baby charlie gard will die. At least 10,000 people have been evacuated from areas threatened by the fire, along british holiday makers. The brother of diana, princess of wales, has said he still has nightmares about the harrowing experience of her funeral. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Iam ben i am ben brown. All sales of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from...

Hbcus. i am fighting to make sure thats in the package and im optimistic we will see several billion dollars of investments in institutions that serve both hispanic and tribal colleges and historically black colleges. historical black colleges overwhelmingly serve first generation and low income students. they are gems in our states and pathways to opportunity. given our presidents commitment to equity, begin our vice presidents personal experience, we should not miss this moment at advancing eq...

A sad _ last week, that might well have been a sad price _ last week, that might well have been a sad price that was worth paying. before _ a sad price that was worth paying. before we — a sad price that was worth paying. before we move on, im going to throw an extra question 22. it does really expose that question —— extra question two graeme. you wonder where this intelligence is coming from where there are no more troops on the ground. i from where there are no more troops on the ground...

War between the two of us, right? >> right, given our -- given that our defense secretary general mattis, rather, i would be shivering in my boots if i were north korea. rob: lets go to second topic, this was interesting to me. the kid mowing the loan in the white house. i thought it would be universally loved but we had a former new york times reporter say essentially that it sends a bad signal on child labor and, you know, safety issues of having a kid do this, it was just -- i thought it was ...

Regarding protection of the u.s. embassy, civilian cell returning and also the protection of women in the country? how confident are you in those kinds of assurances? how confidence could the u.s. be, given our as peter said, our long 0 standing contact with egypts military? >> im of two minds about it because on the one hand, egypt is a place where americans have continued to travel until very recently although, of course, one was killed a couple of days ago there. its been a society thats reta...

Leavenworth, kansas. afghan president karzai has asked the united states to confine its soldiers to bases moving out of afghan villages as quickly as possible as the troop withdrawal timeline presses on. 11 years and five months into this war and the way forward looks murky as ever. with me here to clear the way is retired colonel jack jacobs, our military analyst. barbara vand lynn a clinical psychologist, founder and president of given our, providing free mental health services to our service ...