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And london, youre watching bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 9pm in new york, where police say a man who drove into cyclists and pedestrians on tuesday killing eight people had been planning the attack for several weeks and was influenced by so called Islamic State. The suspect, an immigrant from uzbekistan, has appeared in court in a wheelchair, after being shot by police. President trump wants tougher vetting of immigrants to prevent attacks on us soil. Our correspondent, nick bryant, has the latest from new york. This is the kind of scene that preys on th...

Reserve. This confirmed, the former investment banker will take over in february. Any ceremony in the rose garden, President Trump said Jerome Powell was the perfect man to lead the central bank and keep americas economy growing. We have had back to back quarters of 3 growth and we are doing better and better every single week. But if we are to sustain all of this tremendous economic progress, our economy requires sound Monetary Policy and prudent oversight of our banking system. That is why we need strong, sound and steady leadership at the United States federal reserve. For more on this i wa...

It follows the disputed independence referendum for the catalan region, which the Spanish Government declared illegal. Mr puidgemont, whos in belgium, has insisted hes not there to evade justice. Tom burridge reports. Another night, another protest. This time, calls for catalan politicians to be released. These prisoners are not. They didnt commit any crime. If they take them to jail, they should take us to jail too. We only want to vote and to be free. Catalonias former government, which they elected, is accused of rebellion. Eight former catalan ministers will spend the weekend in prison aft...

The world is watching to see how mr trump handles this round of diplomacy. On his first stop, the president and first lady visited a us battleship sunk by japanese bombers, before laying a wreath at the uss arizona in pearl harbor. After travelling to tokyo on sunday, its on to south korea, followed by china, then vietnam. Mr trump will round things off with a visit to the philippines. Steven mcdonnell is in tokyo for us. He says the president s tour has had quite a sombre start in hawaii. Absolutely here on the streets in tokyo people absolutely here on the streets in tokyo people are expecti...

Whether it has been intercepted or not, but you know, at the end of the day, there is a fire, there is explosion in parts of the airport. The fact that these missile managed to get to riyadh is significant. Im sure what happens tonight will have a very interesting effect on what happens in the war in that era. Mohamad taha of bbc arabic. And in a further development in the region, iran has rejected accusations by the lebanese Prime Minister that its spreading violence across the middle east. Saad hariri resigned from his post unexpectedly, saying he feared for his life. Iranian Officials Say h...