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Today at 5pm, us troops kill a top iranian general in an air strike a major escalation in tensions between the United States and iran. Qasem soleimani was irans most powerful military commander, and tehrans strategic mastermind. He was killed as his convoy left Baghdad Airport. Iran has promised what it calls harsh vengeance for his death. President trump said Qasem Soleimani was planning attacks to kill or injure thousands of americans in the middle east. The President Trumps decision to remove...

This is bbc world news today. Im simon pusey. Our top stories iran has again rejected suggestions that one of its missiles brought down a ukrainian passengerjet killing 176 people. But the picture remains far from clear. New sanctions against iran, including action against eight senior officials involved in targeting us troops in iraq. We dont want war, we want iran to behave like a normal nation. A political breakthrough in Northern Ireland the main parties agree to restore a power sharing admi...

Today at five, 3 british man who was on the diamond princess cruise ship has died from coronavirus. He is the first british person to die from covid 19, the respiratory disease caused by the virus. Three new cases have been confirmed in the uk. The World Health Organisation has issued its highest alert and warns that the global outbreak has reached a Decisive Point stock markets have been falling around the world with 210 billion pounds wiped off the value of shares in london this week well have...

Almost committed the perfect murder. And who better to do that than a Police Officer . Than a Police Officer. Thats all for this edition of dateline. Im natalie morales. Thanks for watching. First up on msnbc, new shutdowns. Some of the largest cities and states across the country taking historic action to combat the coronavirus. Tens of millions told to go home and stay home. Details on when and where. It may work and it may not work. I feel good about it. Any hope . The search for a treatment ...

This is bbc news. Im rebecca jones. The headlines at 11 00 the duke and duchess of sussex say theyre to step back from their role as senior royals, saying theyll work to become financially independent. It follows weeks of speculation about the couples future after they took a break from royal duties. Iran fires more than 20 missiles at us air bases in iraq in retaliaiton for the assassination of their military commander there were no casualties says President Trump. Iran appears to be standing d...

The wet and eastern areas before the wet and windy weather pushes right across the country as we head through tonight. The mild air gets replaced by colder air as we move through sunday so its going to be a blustery day with showers and feeling chilly but this afternoon those temperatures pretty impressive for the time of year, 11 13d. Adding on the wind, it might not feel that mild, its going to be very windy, gusts of 40 50 mph around irish sea coast, the wet weather transfers to the eastern s...

The british Prime Minister has said the government will proceed with maximum caution when coronavirus restrictions are eased. Boris johnson is due to announce his plans for england, in a speech on sunday. Ministers have insisted any short term changes to lockdown measures will be modest. Theres been another big jump in the number of americans applying for unemployment benefits, as the us grapples with how to emerge from the coronavirus lockdown. A further 3. 2 Million People filed claims this we...

Welcome to bbc news im mike embley. Our top stories leaked documents seen by the bbc provide new evidence of chinas crackdown on uighurmuslims in the Western Region of xinjiang. Apple warns it wont meet its quarterly revenue projections due to the coronavirus outbreak affecting both production and demand in china with 800,000 people displaced since december combined with freezing conditions the United Nations says the offensive in idlib has created a major humanitarian crisis and the worlds rich...

This is bbc news, im james reynolds. Our top stories texas and florida reimpose restrictions after a Record Number of americans are diagnosed with covid 19 in a day. In yemen, the pandemic hits after years of civil war. The un warns that children are most at risk. How the coronavirus outbreak has led to increased the chief of police in mexico city survives an assassination attempt by a powerful drugs cartel. And how the coronavirus outbreak has led to increased harrassment of Asian Americans wel...

The headlines. In the United States another 6. 6 million workers have filed for unemployment in the past week, bringing the number of claims up week, bringing the number of claims up to 17,000,003 weeks. New figures show up to 60,000 americans could die with foreign coronavirus, down scaling earlier estimates that here in the uk another massive rise in the number of reported deaths with the Prime Minister Boris Johnson who has been receiving treatment for coronavirus moved out of hospital intens...