level for more than a decade with 1.6 million people now out of work. the supreme court rules bus drivers must do more to accommodate wheelchair users, after a disabled man couldn t board when a woman refused to move her buggy. and record breaking weather scientists say 2016 was likely the world s warmest year the third in a row to top the charts. and tributes to former england women s cricket captain rachael heyhoe flint, who has died aged 77. borisjohnson has warned eu leaders not to give the uk punishment beatings for brexit in the manner of some world war ii movie. he said that penalising escape was not in the interests of the uk friends and partners. the president of the european commission jean claude juncker has told the european parliament that he will do everything he can to ensure that the negotiations over britain s exit from the european union end in a good result for all concerned. but he also said the negotiations would be very, very, very difficult. a
i think there s many people who are vulnerable in our country who will suffer under this presidency. and the walk to the white house. president trump and his wife melania make their way to their new home. donald trump is now the 45th president of the united states. he was sworn in before several 100 thousand people on the steps of capitol hill in washington. in his inaugural speech he said that from this day forward, it s going to be america first . that means buying american and hiring american. and in what he called the scourge of abandoned factories and rampant crime. this is a live shot from the white house where the 40 15 said and of the united states and his first lady a now getting ready for. to attend one of three balls they will be attending this evening. there are many be attending this evening. there are ma ny eve nts be attending this evening. there are many events taking place tonight but they will be present at three. they will be attending the official preside
i m not going to get an answer. it matters because the trial appears to have gone wrong just weeks before her new government asked mps to approve billions of pounds to keep the weapons. we are launching this strategy here. having failed to answer yesterday, today on a cabinet visit, the prime minister had to admit she did know. i m regularly briefed on national security issues, i was briefed on this successful certification of hms vengeance and her crew. we don t comment on the operational details for national security reasons. this spectacular misfire in the late 80s of an american trident missile is rare. the vast majority of tests have been successful. urgent question. and it s not clear what went wrong with this weapons trial. but labour has found a lot wrong with the government s handling of the facts. at the heart of this issue is a worrying lack of transparency, and a prime minister who has chosen to cover up a serious incident rather than coming clean with the british
welcome to bbc news. labour has accused theresa may and her ministers of a cover up after she once again refused to confirm or deny reports that during the last test of britain s nuclear deterrent a missile had veered off course. the defence secretary sir michael fallon who faced urgent questions in the commons said he would not comment on operational details. as our political editor laura kuenssberg reports the test occurred lastjune just before mps voted to renew britain s independent nuclear defence capability. set condition one 50 for weapons system readiness test. aye aye, sir. pressing the nuclear button. action stations. a process that is practised and practised. the hope, it never happens for real. butjust before the prime minister took charge, a test like this, it seems, did not go according to plan. but theresa may yesterday refused to say if she had known. prime minister, did you know? there are tests that take place all the time, regularly, for our nuclear
we do not comment on the operational details for national security reasons. a series of failures led to a prisoner s suicide. his family say the prison authorities had been warned. doctors in sheffield are pioneering the use of a small mri brain scanner, designed for use on premature babies. and nicola adams, the double olympic boxing champion, talks to us about turning professional. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news, bernie ecclestone‘s ao year reign formula one boss is over, as he is replaced by the sport s new owners. good evening. president trump has opened his first full week in office by signing an order formally withdrawing the us from a major free trade deal with pacific rim countries. the tra ns pacific partnership deal was negotiated by the obama administration but it was never ratified by congress. during the day, mr trump met business leaders and warned that he will penalise american companies that move jobs overseas. the white house confirmed trade would f