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for shooting dead a taliban member in afghanistan, has been released from prison. and vauxhall has been severely criticised by mps over the way it dealt with a number of fires with it zafira b model. and coming up in the sport on bbc news. the arsenal manager arsene wenger believes the only way to completely stop players betting would be to ban gambling altogether. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. police say they ve foiled an active terrorist plot after carrying out an armed raid in north west london. a female suspect was shot during the operation and is in a serious but stable condition in hospital. six people have been arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation and instigation of terrorist acts. two women, two men and a 16 year old boy were arrested at or near the property yesterday evening; another woman was detained in kent. police said the operation was unconnected to the arrest yesterday of a 27 year old man armed with knives in westmin ....
manchester united prioritise the europa league for the rest of the season as they look to qualify for the champions league. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. buckingham palace has announced that the duke of edinburgh will stop carrying out public engagements this autumn. prince philip, who will be 96 next month, made the decision himself with the full support of the queen. the palace says the queen will continue to carry out a full programme of official engagements. the duke of edinburgh is the longest serving consort in british history. the prime minister said she offered him the country s deepest gratitude and good wishes. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. arriving at st james‘s palace a short time ago, side by side, as we are accustomed to seeing them, the queen and the duke of edinburgh. but this, come the autumn, will be the exception. the duke has decided, finally, just a few weeks short of his 96th birthday, that it is time for ....
prepared for death . i was watching the sunset. i had very much made peace with all. and then a helicopter i heard a helicopter. and for the first time, british scientists use satellite images to count the entire global population of the endangered northern royal albatross. good evening. welcome to bbc news. it s five o clock our main story. the duke of edinburgh has announced he will stop carrying out public engagements this autumn. buckingham palace says prince philip made the decision with the full support of the queen, who will continue to carry out a full programme of official duties. the duke of edinburgh, who will be 96 next month, is the longest serving consort in british history. the prime minister said she offered him the country s deepest gratitude and good wishes. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell‘s report contains flash photography. it is an image to which the nation has become accustomed over many decades. the queen and the duke of edinburg ....
mr macron says it s fake news and lies . plus all the other days news including the announcement that the duke of edinburgh is to retire from his public duties. the us house of representatives has narrowly passed a republican party proposal to repeal barack obama s affordable health care act. this is how the vote broke down. there were just four votes between the yeses and nos and it s likely to face even bigger hurdles when it goes in front of the senate. scrapping so called obamacare, which offered medical insurance to millions more americans, was a key pledge of donald trump s presidential campaign. he suffered an embarrassing political set back on the issue in march and his team has lobbied hard since then to secure wavering republicans this time. but donald trump is celebrating now. he s delayed an official visit to washington to celebrate the health care victory. here he is speaking at the white house just a few minutes ago. i went through two years of campai ....
good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. emmanuel macron says a new page is being turned in the history of france after his decisive victory over marine le pen in the presidential election. to the undoubted relief of other european leaders, the pro eu candidate won by 66% to 34% to become, at 39, the country s youngest president. it s the first time in decades that the election has been won by someone who s not a member of the two traditional main left wing and right wing parties. our correspondent christian fraser is in paris. good afternoon. welcome to paris. emmanuel macron has fulfilled his first ceremonial role here he stood alongside the outgoing president at the tomb of the unknown soldier. together they marked the 72nd anniversary of victory in europe. a few years ago francois hollande named emmanuel macron as his economic advisor. perhaps this is the moment the apprentice became the master. francois hollande put a reassuring hand on the back of emma ....