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To the week in parliament, when theresa may went public with the Best Kept Secret in westminster. I have just chaired a meeting of the cabinet where we agreed that the government should call a general election, to be held on the 8th ofjune. Opposition parties say they welcome the fight, but. This is the Prime Minister who promised there wouldnt be one. A Prime Minister who cannot be trusted. Meanwhile in holyrood, the snp and the conservatives square up over scotlands future. But it wasnt all about the general election. In the commons, there was concern over the Nuclear Ambitions of north kore...

Chrissie reidy reports. the assault on the islands was timed to begin at first light with a commando raid to take possession of the airportjust outside the capital, port stanley. the voice of bbc world service journalist harold briley, reporting on the radio during the falklands war of 1982. his reports were invaluable to the islanders and now, four decades on, harold, who's 92 next month, has been honoured by the people of the falklands who've named a new children's park after him. it's a recreation ground sandwiched between two roads, one of which is named after the then governor, sir rex hu...

To keep the isis terrorist network from staging a comeback. it's a deadly game of hide and seek, but no american troops were killed or wounded in all of last year. there were actually two commando raid last night, and the second one, the leader of an isis assassination cell was killed without any u.s. casualties. margaret? >> margaret: david martin at the pentagon. now to the beating death of tyre nichols. the five former memphis police officers charged with murdering the 29-year-old appeared in court for the first time today. all five pled not guilty. just three weeks after the release of bod...

>> officials say the operation provided valuable information to the intelligence community. dave mckenzie following things from johannesburg. what do you think that information was? >> reporter: max, what they're looking is to find the details of an expanding network in africa and the funding streams. it is interesting and notable that this commando raid was long planned, authorized by the president and executed on thursday in a very northern part of somalia. the max, this kind of intelligence would be extremely helpful to the u.s. which seems to be focusing some of their efforts, of course, a...

Ten former servicemen, including two from greater manchester have re—enacted a legendary world war two commando raid in france. "operation frankton" took place 80 years ago — and included marines from the north—west. known as the cockleshell heroes, they approached the french coast in a submarine, and then kayaked 12 miles up river to bordeaux where they attached limpet mines to german ships. the event was organised by lawrence moore from stockport to highlight the mental health issues faced by veterans. suzanne hailey reports. 80 years on and history is being recreated. even with modern...