Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Four serving members of the army have been arrested on suspicion of belonging to a banned far right group and planning terrorist offences. The men aged between 22 and 32 were arrested this morning in england and wales in an operation involving both the police and the army. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Dominic Casciani is here. It isa it is a fast moving story. What is the latest . It started with West Midlands Counter Terrorism unit, one of the largest in the country, working with colleagues at wales and the West Midlands. These four arrests, three in their 20s, arrested at birmingham, ipswich and northampton. The fourth, from powys. The addresses have been searched and then we discovered that these men we re then we discovered that these men were all serving members of the army. The ministry of defence has confirmed that they were serving in the army. They have been providing support to the police. We do not have information about where these
We have a special report on the work its doing. And the last letter written the day before the titanic sank. Its expected to fetch up to £80,000 at auction. 0n sportsday more concerns for Ronald Koeman as everton are charged by uefa following a confrontation between their supporters and opposition players. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Eu leaders meeting in brussels have agreed to start preparing for trade talks with the uk. But, as expected, they said they could not begin formal discussions on post brexit trade relations because not enough progress had been made on other issues. Theresa may said she remained ambitious and positive about securing a partnership with the eu. The so called divorce bill remains a major Sticking Point between the uk and the eu. The Prime Minister did not name any figures but indicated that in order to reach a deal with eu leaders, the uk will have to pay more than the £20 billion already promised. From brussels, heres our Political Edit
The countrys youngest Prime Minister in 150 years. And the death of stalin is armando iannuccis satirical take on the dictators final hours. Well find out what mark kermode thinks of it, in the film review. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Eu leaders have agreed to start internal preparations for talks with britain on a future trade deal, but have rejected theresa mays request to begin those negotiations as soon as possible. The remaining 27 said not enough progress had been made in the talks on britains divorce, in particular, how much the government was prepared to pay in a financial settlement. This report from our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg contains flashing images. Tick tock, tick tock. European leaders took 90 seconds today to decide that brexit talks havent gone far enough to move on. Time is pressing. They will start talks about talks. Yet until the uk says it is prepared to pay, no big deal. Im ambitious and positive for britains future for these negotiations but i
Concluded their summit in brussels with an agreement to prepare for talks about a future trade deal with the uk. The british Prime Minister theresa may said she remained ambitious and positive about securing a partnership with the eu. Even the European Council president sounded more positive. Donald tusk said reports of deadlock were exaggerated, but that more progress was needed. Earlier the german chancellor Angela Merkel said the main Sticking Point was the bill to be paid by the uk when it leaves. Eu leaders had previously refused to discuss trade until the so called divorce was settled. As our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg has more. Her report contains flashing images. Tick tock, tick tock. European leaders took 90 seconds today to decide that brexit talks havent gone far enough to move on. Time is pressing. They will start talks about talks. Yet until the uk says it is prepared to pay, no big deal. Im ambitious and positive for britains future for these negotiations but i kno
60 people have been killed in suicide bomb attacks on two mosques in afghanistan. The first attacker opened fire and set off explosives in kabul, so called Islamic State said it was responsible. In the second blast in ghor province, the bomber targeted a sunni mosque. Anbarasan ethirajan has the latest. The massive Suicide Attack triggered a medical emergency in kabul. It was a race against time to save those caught up in the blast. A routine friday evening prayer at this mosque ended in a nightmare. The worshippers included women and children. After slipping through tight security, one man managed to walk right in the middle of the prayer hall. Translation people were praying. The attacker entered the mosque and detonated his explosives. Many of the wounded tried to flee, fearing further attacks. In a matter of seconds, a number of families were torn apart. Around the same time, there was another Suicide Attack, this time in the central ghor province. A pro Government Official and sev