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Hello and welcome to bbc news. The Us Supreme Court has cleared the way for the us president to build sections of his promised border wall with mexico, using pentagon funds. The Supreme Courtjustices narrowly voted to allow the Trump Administration to access two and a half billion dollars from the military budget to strengthen existing barriers in border states. President trump was quick to declare the ruling a big victory on twitter. Chris buckler in washington has more. President trump has long promised this border wall. He went to rally after rally, even before he was elected president , an...

Hello. The United States plans to start withdrawing troops from afghanistan before next yea rs president ial election. Secretary of state mike pompeo describes his directive from President Trump as unambiguous end the endless wars. The afghan war is americas longest, with about 1a,000 us troops still there. Two were killed on monday in an apparent insider attack by an afghan soldier, and although peace talks continue with taliban militants, the chances of Real Progress look uncertain. Here is our north america correspondent peter bowes. This appears to be a sign that President Trump is increas...

Hello. The United States plans to start withdrawing troops from afghanistan before next yea rs president ial election. Secretary of state mike pompeo describes his directive from President Trump as unambiguous end the endless wars. The afghan war is americas longest, with about 1a,000 us troops still there. Two were killed on monday in an apparent insider attack by an afghan soldier, and although peace talks continue with taliban militants, the chances of Real Progress look uncertain. Heres our north america correspondent, peter bowes. This appears to be a sign that President Trump is becoming...

A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Get involved in the conversation. An investigation commissioned by facebook has shown the vast majority of Health Advice on the site is false. Would you follow medical tips from facebook . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing the british pound is coming under more pressure in trading on asian markets, afterfalling to a 28 month low on monday. Its being caused by increased fears over a no deal brexit at the end of october, which would see the uk leaving the European Un...

Attacked pro democracy activists last weekend. Hello and good afternoon. The Prime Minister has pledged to fund a new high speed rail route between leeds and manchester. Borisjohnson says it will turbo charge the economy. It is thought the new route is part of the governments wider investment commitment to the north of england, set to cost around £39 billion. But labour have cast doubt on the plan, saying mrjohnson failed to deliver on infrastructure when he was mayor of london. Tom barton reports. In manchester, theyre expanding the tram network, spending millions on improving public transpo...