Background checks. This legislation with desperately needed Immigration Reform. Still not clear what all of that means. Thats why were waiting to hear more from the president. Whats your sense . What are you hearing from white house officials about what does the president mean when he says strong background checks are needed . Reporter they are not going to answer that right now because the president will have to answer that for himself. Aids aren aides arent clear what he means by that. He has mentioned this in the past. Democrats have treed to strengthen the checks before. Lengthening the time of review from tree to ten days and requiring the checks for every firearm that is sold. The president seems to present a new idea of marrying legislation on gun reform with immigration refo reform. Two extremely difficult issues. We should mention this isnt the first time hes made a call for stronger controls like this. After the shooting at Marjory Stoneman douglas high school, he said the sa
The hunt for whales japan has resumed commercial whaling in its waters despite global outbreak but is the practice commercially sustainable and force of the Cultural Roots of boiling in japan and is culture a justification this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im peter dolby whales were hunted to the brink of extinction until 1986 when a group of countries agreed to temporarily stop whaling for profits which turned into a Semi International ban however conservationists are now worried the species might be facing a similar threat many countries continue to hunt whales for what they say are scientific purposes and japan which is one of the leading commercial whaling countries is now resumed that practice in its waters it says whaling is part of its culture and can be done in a Sustainable Way but as Mariana Honda explains japanese pallets and tastes of moved on. That block there have been some names picked forward and accepted press from the top jobs for the m. E. U. The
European leaders here in the Council Building because we have to feel was them in a way they had the 1st prize almost in that grasp and then because of the resistance of europe Eastern European countries and italy allying itself with those Eastern Europeans is the whole thing failed so now they have to watch that it goes back to the conservatives whom they had hoped to sort of replace 4 fifths after 15 years of conservative president s of the European Commission they said its time for a policy change its also something that for instance the spanish Prime Minister people such as it said and from the french president they said we need to have a change we need to have Something Else you bought now theyre going to get in the conservative bought theyre going to get a woman so that is a 1st in the job and not a little sensation maybe the 1st german for over 40 years in this top job in brussels so that of course means something for germany and of thomas says yes it is a sort of victory probab
Effective bankruptcy in the next few years unless the Funding System is reformed. A report by the local Government Information Unit has Found Services like parks, Leisure Facilities and libraries are at risk of being cut, while council tax could rise in some areas. Our reporter Vincent Mcaviney has more. Yay well done. Alex is about to turn 18, and on top of the regular worries parents have about their children, mum, sylvia also has to think about alexs autism and the extra support he needs to gain independence. Support thats under fire for her and other families as Birmingham City council struggles with financial difficulties. What you get is families that are on their knees with a trauma presentation, traumatised kids, and they never get decent outcomes. Theyjust end up constantly trying to get the basics, which everybody else s child gets naturally. And its Notjust Birmingham thats struggling. Across the country, councils are warning that front line neighbourhood Services Like parks
By next summer. Barking. Thousands of banned dogs are living legally with their owners in britain, according to a bbc investigation. And coming up on bbc news Newcastle Boss eddie howe says theres a high chance midfielder Sandro Tonali could be available to play this weekend despite his ten month ban for breaching betting rules. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc s news at one, live from jerusalem, where nearly three weeks on from the start of this crisis here, Military Action by israel against what it calls hamas targets continue. The Israeli Army Says its ground forces, backed by fighterjets and drones, conducted another Ground Incursion into the gaza strip overnight. This morning the un said that gaza is being strangled, its people abandoned and that the aid so far has just been crumbs. Hamas is designated a Terrorist Organisation by many western governments, including the uk. The Health Ministry in gaza says that 7,326 people have been killed in the territory. In israel, more th