That means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate ok lets go to also 1st theres a lot of discussion about trumps decision to move i think what 12000. 00 troops out of germany and the the the theme is that coming out of the white house germany is not paying its nato bills but that im not satisfied with that explanation oh by the way its bipartisan its a bad idea everyone knowing i know everyone that knows me watching this program i think nato should be dissolved completely but nonetheless and you know the top line story here is miss place this is about a fraught relationship that germany has had with in nato with the United States leading that Alliance Since the end. Since the not in the end in the end of the 1940 s. All the way to the end of the cold war in 1901 so theres something much bigger players go ahead. Well trunk obviously is a much much bolder than his predecessors no you are correct this is something that has always been some tensions in the relationship ha
A step back in things that they believed in people cannot lead like this. Very good evening to you thanks for joining us this is r. T. International. We will start with breaking news this hour because police have confirmed a stabbing incident in Central London was a terrorist attack we can show you witness videos taken in the area which is a busy thoroughfare in the city and as you can see people were wrestling with the suspect trying to pin that person to the ground while my manages to get the knife off of the attacker an armed officer is seen with his weapon drawn a short time later a shot at least confirmed that the attacker was shot dead at the scene short time ago the mayor of london said a number of people have been injured in the knife a tie. Some of the. Correspondent. On the scene for a good evening there was the latest information coming out. While London Bridge is still completely on lockdown not follows the incident that broke out earlier this afternoon at 158 local time as
drove by and fired into the crowd of people outside that pub, and it was elle edwards who was hit fatally and died. so let s discuss this case further, joining me now is peter williams, a former merseyside police inspector and senior lecturer at the liverpool centre for advanced policing studies atjohn moores university. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. you have obviously been following this case very quickly, what are your reflections on what we have seen so far in terms of the investigation by the police to where we are today? the investigation to where we are today? the investigation in to where we are today? tue: investigation in relation to where we are today? tte: investigation in relation to the police has been a very credible one as was, of course, the investigation which unfortunately we had to witness with the shutting of the nine year old girl, which no doubt viewers remember. that trial was concluded a couple of months ago as well. it illustrates the
Calm after the storm, lucy . It certainly is. A quieter day on the cards. But there are heavy showers to look out for. Ill have more of the detail also on extreme weather temperatures across the globe. Also, water on tap plans to set up thousands of free water refill points in a bid to cut the number of plastic bottles that we use. Hello everyone, this is afternoon live. Im simon parole board coy. Just a couple of hours ago in a bbc interview theresa may said the uks relationship with the United States was as strong as it ever has been and right now, shell be finding out if thats true as she talks to donald trump for the First Time Since their transatlantic twitter spat over extremism. Theyre both in davos in switzerland for the World Economic forum. Shes just finished a speech there telling her audience that britain is at the forefront of Digital Business and ai. She also told the Big Tech Companies to clean up their act. We need to go further, she said, to prevent the spread of harmf