— which he denied. he was paid $45,000 to attend a dinner in moscow, hosted by the tv station russia today, and was seated at the same table as vladimir putin. he also lobbied on behalf of another foreign government, turkey, although that wasn't disclosed at the time. today, donald trump rallied to his side with this tweet: "mike flynn should ask for immunity, in that this is a witchhunt, excuse for big election loss by media and dems of historic proportion." but this is what donald trump and michael flynn said during the campaign, when it emerged that clinton aides had sought immunity over disclosing information about her use of a private e—mail server. if you're not guilty of a crime, what do you need immunity for? when you're given immunity it means you've probably committed a crime. so is there worry at the white house that his information could implicate the president? no — he believes that mike flynn should go and testify. he should go up there and do what he has to do to get the story out. in the meantime, the russians are again dismissing as fake news suggestions that the

. steve rosenberg finds out how people feel about russian rule and sanctions. moscow insists that most of the people who live here are happy to be in russia. but not everyone is. and from the greatest show on earth — to a ghost town. six months after the rio olympics, the organisers tell wyre davies they were a missed opportunity. i feel that olympic games in brazil was not so successful, because legacy was not the number one. you might not think football was syria's biggest priority at the moment, but you would be surprised to hear the country still has a national football team, and it's competing for a place in next year's world cup. with the country at war, they can't play on home soil, but the national team is still giving many syrians a reason to come together. they played their first qualifying match against uzbekistan on thursday, and richard conway joined them as they trained for the game in malaysia. they are the nomads of world football. but syria's players are making friends on their travels. with their country at war, they must play home games on neutral ground. here in m

election campaign and russia, but us officials say moscow did try to influence the result. brazil insists its meat is safe, but revelations about sales of rotten produce could hit its massive export market. move over angela merkel. can martin schulz become germany's next chancellor? and a class act. we meet the canadian who's scooped the $1 million global teacher prize. hello. good to have you with us. one month on from the renewed offensive to finally re—take iraq's second city from so—called islamic state, we have a special report on the plight of the civilians of mosul. many thousands have fled the fighting, but the 500,000 people still there are facing a new battle to survive. our middle east correspondent first hand from the edge of al mansur district of western mosul. in the clamour for help, many go empty—handed. gunfire the gunfire from iraqi soldiers trying to control the crowd at an aid distribution. gunfire survivors of the caliphate, now at risk from hunger. troops not keen for the chaos to be caught on camera. in the distanc% but those who flee the fighting here end up

disinformation to american audiences, in pursuit of moscow's preferred outcome. this russian propaganda on steroids was designed to poison the national conversation in america. the committee heard about a sophisticated operation that is alleged to have taken place. cyber security experts said that in key swing states there were operations underway, fake news operations, to disseminate disinformation to those who may be persuaded to vote. and, when it comes to some of the information that russian agents are alleged to have put out there, many believe, and certainly it was the belief of cyber security experts, that they were trying to target donald trump himself. clint watts, who's a former fbi agent, testified that when it came to online habits, they were monitoring the then—campaign and wondering when he was online, in the hope that he would see the fake news and then repeat it at one of his rallies. and he also said to the senate that they should follow the dead bodies, because he said several russian officials that may have been involved in this have been killed in recent

embrace into membership a country which is riven by that dispute and where moscow, according to you, has troops on its soil? i see that ukrainian military is the only military that deterred russian troops, and this is the fact. i see that ukrainian military is quite strong. and i see that ukrainian people managed to survive and we still have the country and we still have the nation, and i don't care what president putin wants. well, you may not care what president putin wants but the fact is if you look at this conflict from the outside, the man who has the clear strategy, the man who appears to have the leverage and hold the cards right now is vladimir putin. if you build, if you say it like this, i would say i am very, not just concerned, it sounds desperate, it sounds that the free world is distracted. it sounds that you don't have the policy, the policy towards your countries, not ukraine. well, look at what you call the free world. look at the european union. they have so many other concerns, frankly, from brexit, which you personally have described as scary. that was a word yo

rights to host in 2010. 0ur moscow correspondent sarah rainsford has been finding out more. the final countdown to the confederations cup. for russia, it's a dress rehearsal for the world cup next summer and they are planning a party here. but this violence in france last year has cast a shadow over the tournament. russian football hooligans, brutal and disciplined, fought running battles in the streets of marseille then. and england fans were among the targets. so, britain's top footballing policeman has been visiting russia this week to check for himself how safe it is. this tour was a first step in making sure scenes in marseille are not repeated here at the world cup. it was awful violence and left people seriously injured, so i think, anyone watching that would have been absolutely appalled. what we need to do is build on a good working relationship to try to ensure anyone coming to russia for the games is safe, known hooligans will be banned from the stands here. russia and britain are sharing data to make sure of that. the security will be tight. for russia, hosting the world c

between donald trump‘s presidential campaign and moscow. the white house denies any improper behaviour during the election campaign. syrian government soldiers have entered the ancient city of palmyra three months after the so—called islamic state re—ca ptu red it from them. the city, which has both strategic and cultural importance, has changed hands several times during the conflict. let‘s have a look at the front pages of this morning‘s papers. the metro leads with defeat in parliament for the prime minister after the house of lords votes to amend the brexit bill.

attacker. marine le pen goes to moscow. she meet vladimir putin in the kremlin. can you we meet the four—year—old twins who saved the life of their mother when they worked out how to open her phone to call emergency services. hello and welcome. president trump has suffered a major defeat over one of this biggest campaign pledges. this vow to reform the system of america and repeal obamacare. he was facing a position notjust from democrats, but from this own party. he had issued an ultimatum saying he would drop it altogether if they did not back him. he was forced to abandon this plan after being told he simply did not have enough support. mr vice president, do you have the vote? a day of truly frantic meetings and phone calls, as the vice president, mike pence, went to the hilt to try to secure the votes needed to pass health care reform — trumpcare. and the usual tools deployed, a mixture of menace and flattery. but it wasn't going well. my vote is still a no. my vote has not changed. if anybody tells you for certain they know what is going to happen, they are lying. the situatio

developing between russia and turkey over military operations in syria. it follows talks in moscow with turkish president erdogan. the two leaders said ties were returning to normal, after their relations soured last november when turkey shot down a russian bomber on the syrian border. speaking to a news conference, president erdogan said the special relationship between the two countries will go even further. translation: we have discussed issues keeping our agenda at busy as well as what we can do in order to ove i’co m e well as what we can do in order to overcome them. we want to take the historic and special relationship between turkey and russia even further. sadly we have lost precious time because of the incident in 2013 that hurt us badly. translation: as a translation: as a result of co—ordinated actions, the ceasefire in syria is in place. the level of violence has dropped immensely. we agree with turkish colleagues on a further cooperation in fighting terrorist groups. as bbc russia's olga ivshina now reports, there are common interests, despite the two countries differi

pretty obvious that wikileaks is in the assisting business of moscow and their fellow helpers. the fact that we have, that wikileaks has this information that predates much of the election is rather striking because it suggests there's someone in the cia ecosystem who might be providing this to this organisation. that is something the fbi really needs to follow what one. thank you very much. and the russian thing refuses to go away. the house intelligence committee saying it will look at the investigation and have public hearings on the 20th. the republican chair of that committee, david nunes, was asked about wiretap allegations that donald trump made against barack 0bama at the weekend. this was his response. the president is a neophyte to politics, he's been doing this a little over a year and i think a lot of the things that he says, you guys sometimes take literally, sometimes he doesn't have 27 lawyers and staff looking at what he does, which is i think at times refreshing and at times can also lead us to have to be sitting at a press conference like this answering questions

unsubstantiated, that alleges that donald trump was involved in all sorts of things in moscow that so far there is no proof of. ck, frank, thank you very much for that. frank gardner on the gchq story. the german chancellor, angela merkel, is travelling to washington today where she'll be president trump at the white house. during his election campaign, mr trump frequently criticised mrs merkel, accusing her of "ruining germany" by taking in large numbecsofaflefugees! mrs merkel, who holds significant sway in europe, was critical of president trump's refugee and immigration travel ban, which was blocked by the courts. some breaking news just some breaking newsjust coming to us, the former chancellor george osborne has been appointed editor of the london evening standard. he will start in mid—may, we are told, and will continue as mp for tatton. he succeeds the new editor of radio a's today george osborne, the today programme. george osborne, the former chancellor of the exchequer, has been appointed editor of the london evening standard. not abandoning a career in politics, that wi

trump election campaign and russia, but us officials say moscow did try to influence the result. i'm babita sharma in london. a week ahead of decision day, the frontrunners in hong kong's leadership vote clash on television. on the crest of a wave, one of the world's top surfers journeys from tragedy to triumph. it is 9:00am in singapore and beijing and 9:00pm in the evening in florida where president trump has told reporters that the north korean leader was acting very, very badly. the reason for his irritation? the latest news from pyongyang, where kim jong—un was pictured celebrating what he said was a successful rocket engine test. the us secretary of state, who was in beijing at the time, said tensions on the korean peninsula had reached a dangerous level. 0ur china editor carrie gracie sent this report from beijing. america's top diplomat. they had intended to steady anxieties about where us—china relations are headed. but, as these players e they were upstaged by another. . . with these pictures of kim jong—un, north korea announced the successful test of a new rocket en

turkey and germany. breaking news from washington, john huntsman, the next us ambassador to moscow. enormous attribute, former ambassador to beijing, but this is a toughjob because ambassador to beijing, but this is a tough job because russia ambassador to beijing, but this is a toughjob because russia is such a toxic issue for this administration. there he is, he ran as presidential candidate, looks the part, doesn't he, film star looks, that is the kind of thing that donald trump likes, he likes his representatives to look like american representatives. he is a hawk on president vladimir putin, and press reports in moscow are not happy, they have been critical. it was also president 0bama's ambassador to china, somebody who whilst he is a republican is a fairly centrist republican, somebody who during the course of the campaign was not common entry about donald trump, after the access hollywood tape came out he called for him to drop out of the race and said the american campaign had become a race to the bottom. very interesting selection, if this is going to be confirmed by the

these tweets are about. the foreign secretary borisjohnson has announced that he will visit moscow in the coming weeks in an attempt to improve relations with russia. it will be the first such trip by a british minister for five years. talks will focus on british—russian relations and disagreements over russia's actions in ukraine and syria. the foreign office said the trip did not signal a change in policy towards russia. the prime minister of somalia says over 100,000 people have died of hunger injust over 100,000 people have died of hunger in just the past two days. a drought was declared a national disaster on tuesday, the un estimates 5 million people are in need of aid and thousands have made their way to the capital in search of food. tens of thousands of people have marched in london today to protest at what they say are cuts to nhs services. hospital staff, campaigners and union representatives joined the demonstration, with labour leaderjeremy corbyn addressing the crowd. 0rganisers claim theresa may's demands on austerity in the nhs represent a real risk to patients and s

moscow, where activists say eight hundred people were detained — including the opposition leader, alexei navalny. mosul‘s civilian population is continuing to pay a high price as iraqi forces step up the fight against so called islamic state. thousands of people have left the city in recent weeks, and there are conflicting reports about who was responsible for scores of civilian deaths in a single incident last week. britain's home secretary, amber rudd, has demanded access to encrypted messaging services in terrorism cases. she made the comments to the bbc, after it was reported that the man who killed four people in london last week was on whatsapp moments before he carried out the attack. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello, and welcome to dateline london. donald trump cannot manage to persuade enough republicans in congress on his first big leadership test — health care. so where does his presidency go now? the london terrorist attack. plus, the european union at 60 — comfortable middle age or mid—life crisis? i suspect we may plump for the latter. our top team of

said that if she won the vote, she would consider lifting sanctions on moscow. they're just four years old but twins samuel and roman sharma managed to help save their mother's life when she collapsed at their home. roman found her iphone and used his mother's thumbprint to open it so that he could ring the emergency services. duncan kennedy has been speaking to the twins and their mother. when it comes to ingenuity, this boisterous pair don't do things by halves. four—year—old twins roman and samuel sharma saw their mum claudia faint onto the floor. but what did they do? panic, cry? oh, no. first, samuel picked up his mum's hand, to place her thumb on her iphone to unlock it, and then they did this. siri, call daddy... they used siri, the phone's voice recognition system to call not dad, but 999. the boys knew about siri by watching their mum and dad. isaid, "siri, 999." and what happened? the police and the doctor came. eventually, mum was taken to hospital. as a parent you tell them things and you hope things sink in but you don't expect it ever to happen orfor them to remember

. one'questifin—we was there cellusien - between the trump campaign and moscow? in trump tower before the election, perhaps using british agents from gchq. big questions, for a big man. at six foot eightyjames esmeyl= stands head—and—shoulders answer — yes. in the 2016 presidential election. between individuals associated with the trump campaign on the detail ef the ieeeetieatieet .. — — — james comey would not be drawn. but what about the president's claims that his predecessor, barack obama, had wiretapped trump tower? with respect to the president's tweets about alleged wiretapping directed at him by the prior administration, i have no information that supports those tweets, and we have looked carefully inside the fbi. 50 president obama could not unilaterally order a wiretap of anyone? no president could. the president accused mr obama, and presumably the fbi, of engaging in mccarthyism. were youeggaggd qi i try very hard not to engage in'any-= isms of any kind, including mccarthyism. then congressman schiff turned to the director of the national security agency to ans

one herself. the trip to moscow is not unusual. what is unusual is that in this election, the context, she is received by vladimir putin. she has a problem in that her rivals, like a manual micron, can be seen with angela merkel and theresa may, without any difficulty. she cannot. —— emmanuel macron. she has only met as heads of state the head of state of leven on and off chad. meeting vladimir putin shows she can be presidential and talk directly to some of the most powerful people on this land. but is it a wise meeting, given some of the accusations that have been levelled at rush hour over its alleged interference in your selections. there is a lot of fear about that in europe, as well as conspiracy theories on rumours that russia is supporting the far right. my russia is supporting the far right. my feeling is that with her supporters it will go well, because she can show that she is anti— system, that she is a rabble, and that she can go and meet the outcasts of this world and talk with the incarnation of the evil empire, vladimir putin, and that certainly goes well

operation to counter moscow's current aggressive foreign policy. this is a time when nato needs to be particularly strong. richard galpin, bbc news at lancaster house. the headlines on bbc news: the president of the european council, donald tusk, rules out initial discussions on a future trade deal with the uk, until progress has been made on the terms of separation. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon sends a letter to theresa may formally asking for powers to hold a second independence referendum. president trump's ex—national security adviser, michael flynn, says he wants immunity before he'll testify on alleged russian election meddling. the market numbers for you, close of play in london saw a drop in 0.5%. the dax still up. the dowjones down and the nasdaq up narrowly. in a moment, it's full steam ahead for the flying scotsman at the re—opening of the settle—to—carlisle rail line. teaching assistants are facing fresh challenges as a result of growing financial pressures across the education system. teaching unions say staff shortages and budget cuts mean too many a

moscow that drew thousands of people. the triggerfor the protests was this video. mr navalny released — claiming that the prime minister dmitry medvedev controls a fortune that far outstrips his official salary. ahead of the ruling in the court mr navalny tweeted @navalny: hello everyone from tver court. the time will come when we willjudge them. steve rosenberg was in court for the verdict and gave us this update. i'm standing outside a moscow court house in a spring blizzard. a short while ago the russian opposition activist alexei navalny was found guilty of organising sunday's mass protests, anti—government protests across russia. he was fined the equivalent of around $350. then he was found guilty of disobeying police and for that was sentenced to 15 days injail. this police van behind me has arrived to whisk him off to jail. some of mr navalny‘s supporters turned up to wave good luck signs, so that he could see them through the windows of the van. then police officers came up to them and took them away. earlier i managed to ask alexi navalny outside the courtroom how signi

. the foreign secretary borisjohnson has announced that he will visit moscow in the coming weeks, in an attempt to improve relations with russia. it will be the first such trip by a british minister for five years. talks will focus on british — russian relations, and disagreements over russia's actions in ukraine and syria. the foreign office said the trip did not signal a change in policy towards russia. the prime minister of somalia says over a hundred people from a drought—hit region in the country have died of hunger in the past two days. the drought was declared a national disaster on tuesday, and the united nations estimates that five million people are in need of aid. thousands have made their way to the capital in search of food. the french carmaker which owns peugeot and citroen is reported to have reached an agreement to buy vauxhall from general motors. talk of a deal has raised concerns about the future of vauxhall‘s two uk factories, at luton and ellesmere port, which employ more than 4,000 people. an official announcement is expected on monday. our business corres

election. but from that, one question — was there collusion between the trump campaign and moscow? the president says that is fake news. then there is the allegation that barack obama tapped the phones in trump tower before the election, perhaps using british agents from gchq. big questions, for a big man. at six foot eight, james comey stands head—and—shoulders above all around him. so would he stick his neck out today, at this hearing? answer — yes. the fbi, as part of our counter—intelligence mission, is investigating the russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. and that includes investigating the nature of any links and the russian government, and whether there was any co—ordination between the campaign and russia's efforts. on the detail of the investigation into russian collusion, james comey would not be drawn. but what about the president's claims that his predecessor, barack obama, had wiretapped trump tower? here, he was moreforthmmifigi with respect to the president's tweets about alleged wiretapping directed at him by the prior

community. and somehow the video was shared too, like, toronto and london and sydney and paris and moscow. the la st word and sydney and paris and moscow. the last word means the brightest star in the night sky, so when my parents are at home, they look forward to make up to the sky and they can see me. the brightest star. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. we will be looking at australians who are giving their wallets a workout. they are spending around $270 billion on fitness apparel. thank you for watching newsday on bbc world news. goodbye. hello, good morning. the start of the week brought a mixture of sunshine and showers but we were very close to some severe and potentially damaging weather. just across the way, in brittany, a gust approaching i20mph. that area of low pressure brought us some rain in the south—west and the channel islands, and is running away across europe rapidly now, to bring more some snow to the alps, take some wet weather across italy and to the adriatic, potentially bring some damaging mistral winds to south—east france and gusty winds into sar

trump supporters - the election supporters during the election campaign and the moscow government. that is extraordinary in itself but we have - had the kind that is extraordinary in itself but we have. had the kind of leader we have also had the kind of leader of the fbi saying you know those allegations that donald trump made days ago about trump i’ve“ being 16 days ago about trump tower being phone tapped by barack obama? that is7 phone tapped by barack obama? that is all nonsense too, publicly putting himself at - with the putting himself at odds with the president, then you have the nsa reacting to the suggestion director reacting to the suggestion that somehow british agents might have been involved, saying that is all stuff and nonsense, there is no truth to that whatsoever. you haven't had a climb—down from the white house, they continue to believe their claims need to be investigated. suppose the one 1-7e115e1e9 emff11e1ee 171-e 11u11e comfort e7e11£e1eq emff11e1ee 1ee 11u11e comfort for donald trump e7e11£e1e1i eeff11e1ee 1ee eeeeee comfort for donald trump in al

presidential hopeful marine le pen in moscow. president putin denied trying to influence the french election next month and said he reserves the right to commit kate with all political figures. marine le pen said, if elected, she would do what she could to get eu sanctions against russia lifted. a rare but symbolic show of hospitality from vladimir putin. translation: are we in no way want to influence events, but retained for ourselves the right to meet with all representatives of all political powers, just as our partners in europe and the us do. the kremlin likes what it is hearing from france's national front leader. marine le pen has called for eu sanctions imposed on russia to be scrapped. she claims that crimea, the ukrainian peninsula co ntroversially the ukrainian peninsula controversially annexed by moscow, has always been russian. translation: you know my positions are known. i rarely change them, which probably makes me an exception. you know that i am for the development of relations with russia, and the long history that links are two countries. the national front leader may ha

you, jessica. the foreign secretary borisjohnson has announced that he will visit moscow in the coming weeks, in an attempt to improve relations with russia. it will be the first such trip by a british minister for five years. talks will focus on british—russian relations, and disagreements over russia's actions in ukraine and syria. the foreign office said the trip did not signal a change in policy towards russia. i've been getting more details from our political correspondent eleanor garnier. i think it is a sign ofjust how bad the relationship is between the two countries that this will be the first visit by a foreign secretary in five years. indeed, the russian ambassador in london has said that dialogue between the two countries is important, and certainly in the last few months i think it's fair to say there's been a fair bit of dialogue. we have had borisjohnson accusing moscow of war crimes, he has criticised cyber attacks as dirty tricks, called for protests outside the embassy in london and said there should be no lifting of eu sanctions over the ukraine. so there wi

military operations in syria. it follows talks in moscow with turkish president erdogan. but as olga ivshina now reports — the to countries priorities differ when it comes to syria. moscow and ankara, considering the future of syria is very much different but it is also very much difference from the one that the united states have. it seems for putin and erdogan being two ambitious leaders, it is way easier to talk to each other rather than the triangle communities, turkey and moscow. they also have their own plans which seem to contradict those of the united states. usher has already taken the grounds it needs. they have the help to recover aleppo, and palmyra and turkey tries to secure a buffer zone between syria and its own borders. on that, they have much more grounds for corporation and talks, rather than each of these sides have together with the united states, because the united states such a powerful. tens of thousands of south koreans have come out on the streets of seoul to celebrate a court decision to remove president park geun—hye — from office. the court upheld a

us, allegedly regarding sanctions against moscow. in a further twist, us lawmakers in the house of representatives have announced they will investigate possible contact between moscow and resident trump's campaign after claims the kremlin worked to help him defeat hillary clinton. " we do need scrutiny, and we need to if there are americans talking to the russians, and anybody connected to the russian government oi’ connected to the russian government or russian agents. ever since his election donald trump has repeatedly denied close ties with russia but this development is likely to increase that scrutiny even further. jeremy shapiro specialises in us politics and was also at the state department under hillary clinton where he worked from 2009 until 2013, hejoins us now. did you think mr sessions should resign?” 2013, hejoins us now. did you think mr sessions should resign? i don't think that he will resign, i think from donald trump's perspective, he needs him in that position too much. that's a position where he really needs a loyalist and he doesn't have too many other suff

, he wants to put the feelers out, as did the german ambassador, every ambassador in moscow, so it is unfortunate, his wording was unfortunate, his wording was unfortunate, it is coming back to bite him, and it has created such a stir because it is also mike flynn, the national security advisor, because he didn't disclose having met him, that is grave. and if president trump loses a senior member of his team, that wouldn't be good, would it? it wouldn't be good but what i am much more concerned about than losing a member of the senior team is he hasn't identified the assistant secretaries and appointees, so it you are germany or britain, who can you talk to? yes, you can talk to the foreign minister, they can go to mexico and make a speech, but then he needs the undersecretary, the assistant secretary, to follow up on this and do the work. some say the russians know who to talk to, i mean, the russian ambassador has done a good job of reaching out. may have the same thing, they need the senior working with, they need the under secretaries and assistant secretaries and assistant secret

in defiance of the kremlin. the biggest protests were in moscow, where police say 500 people have been detained. bejing's favourite candidate, carrie lam, has become hong kong's new leader. but pro—democracy activists are angry over how the poll was conducted, denouncing it as a sham. and this video is trending on bbc.com. it was a very warm and energetic welcome for the chinese premier in new zealand, marking the 45th year of diplomatic relations between the two countries. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. now it's time for reporters. welcome to reporters. i'm philippa thomas. from here in the world's newsroom, we send our correspondents to bring you the best stories from across the world. in this week's programme... football on the front line. richard conway reports on syria's world cup dreams, and asks whether soccer can help to unite a country at war. football coming back to syria provides the people with a chance to forget about their worries. at least for 90 minutes. the plight of the people of western mosul. orla guerin reports from the camps in iraq, stru

scrutinise contacts between donald trump's presidential campaign and moscow. the white house denies any improper behaviour during the election campaign. syrian government soldiers have entered the ancient city of palmyra three months after the so—called islamic state re—ca ptu red it from them. the city, which has both strategic and cultural importance, has changed hands several times during the conflict. let's have a look at the front pages of this morning's papers. the metro leads with defeat in parliament for the prime minister after the house of lords votes to amend the brexit bill. the telegraph says theresa may is determined to trigger article 50 in two weeks, despite the setback created by that vote. the daily express says the house of lords will fail in its bid to derail the government's plans for a hard brexit. the times leads with record highs. —— highs for stockmarkets on both sides of the atlantic after president trump's first speech to congress. the i has a police watchdog warning about the "perilous" state of policing — which it says is on the verge of a national

. borisjohnson will be the be the first british minister to travel to moscow for an official visit in more than five years. with me is our political correspondent, ellie price. this is going to be interesting, borisjohnson has this is going to be interesting, boris johnson has been this is going to be interesting, borisjohnson has been quite rude about the russians in the recent past. yeah, makes for a quite awkward visit, i suspect. we've had borisjohnson suggesting that moscow has been guilty of war crimes in syria. he suggested that there's no case for relaxing sanctions over ukraine. 0f case for relaxing sanctions over ukraine. of course, the suggestion that russians have been up to dirty tricks with regards to cyber attacks. the russian embassy have countered that by suggesting that borisjohnson countered that by suggesting that boris johnson wants to countered that by suggesting that borisjohnson wants to re—open the cold war. it would seem much to talk about during this visit. weir told that this visit will be, during this visit, borisjohnson will be robust. there's no sugges

. from that, one question — was there collusion between the trump campaign and moscow? the president said that is fake news. then there's the allegation that barack obama tapped the phones in trump tower before the election, perhaps using british big questions for a big man. at six foot eight, james comey stands head and shoulders above all around him. would he stick his neck out today at this hearing? the fbi, as part of our counter intelligence mission, is investigating the russian in the 2016 presidential election. and that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the trump campaign and whether there was any co—ordination between thecampaign! 36 iii? fiéiéil if iii? ififiéiiigéiififi. into russian collusion, ames comeyrwould not be dram but what about the president's claims, that his predecessor barack obama had wiretapped trump tower? directed at him by the prior administration, i have no evidence 50 president obama could not unilaterally order a wiretap of anyone? no president could. the president accused mr obama and presumab

trump's presidential campaign and moscow. the white house denies any improper behaviour during the election campaign. syrian government soldiers have entered the ancient city of palmyra three months after the so—called islamic state re—ca ptu red it from them. now on bbc news, it's time for click.

foreign secretary, boris johnson, has announced that he will visit moscow in the coming weeks, in an attempt to improve relations with russia. it will be the first such trip by a british minister for five years. i'm joined by our political correspondent ellie price. how significant is this? it is a measure that this has not happened in five years. the kid be difficult issues, doris thomson has accused russia of war crimes in syria, —— borisjohnson. the russia of war crimes in syria, —— boris johnson. the russian russia of war crimes in syria, —— borisjohnson. the russian embassy have suggested that borisjohnson wa nts to have suggested that borisjohnson wants to reopen the cold war. lots to dock about, we're told that during this visit borisjohnson will continue to be robust and that this is not about cosying up to moscow. but actually improvement of relations could be within britain's national interest. there is a broader context, donald trump has suggested he would like to have a relationship with russia with regard to counterterrorism, the world is waiting to see how t

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invested. the foreign secretary boris johnson has announced that he will visit moscow in the coming weeks, in an attempt to improve relations with russia. it will be the first such trip by a british ministerforfive years. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale, is here. what do we know about what the foreign secretary hopes to achieve? he wants to improve the relationship with russia because at the moment it is poor. he is the first minister to go there from britain in five years and that illustrates that fact. he has accused the russians of war crimes in syria, calling for a demo outside the russian embassy in london, he has insisted there should be no relaxation of sanctions against the ukraine and in response, russian mc has mocked borisjohnson and said he's trying to a new cold war. —— russian embassy. the foreign 0ffice war. —— russian embassy. the foreign office are making it clear that this is not a besetting of the relationship, cosying up to moscow —— resetting. they said he will be very robust in the areas where they disagree, but president trump has started tal

moscow — france's far—right presidential hopeful marine le pen meets vladimir putin in the kremlin. and find out who was the schmuck that landed on the taxiway — president trump's withdrawn his healthcare bill — before congress got a chance to vote on it — after it became clear he didn't have enough support for it to pass. our north america editor jon sopel has more. mr vice president, do you have the vote? a day of truly frantic meetings and phone calls, as the vice president, mike pence, went to the hill to try to secure the votes needed to pass health care reform — trumpcare. and the usual tools deployed, a mixture of menace and flattery. but it wasn't going well. my vote is still a no. my vote has not changed. if anybody tells you for certain they know what is going to happen, they are lying. the situation is still very fluid. and if concessions are made to the right of the republican party, you lose the moderates, and vice versa. at the white house, there were no attempts to distance themselves from the legislation. the president's spokesman saying donald trump had done eve

would be. the russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, has appeared in court in moscow, after his arrest on sunday at an anti—corruption rally. the court rejected the request and navalny was sentenced to 15 days behind bars. 0ur moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg, was outside the court. well i'm standing outside a moscow court has in the spring blizzard, a short while ago, the russian opposition activist, navalny was found guilty of organising a mass protests a nd found guilty of organising a mass protests and he was fined the equivalent of $350 and then he was found guilty of disobeying the police and poor that he was sentenced to 15 days in jail. this police van baha'i and me has arrived to whisk him off to jail. —— has arrived. some of his supporters held good luck signs, hoping he could see them. but then police officers came up them. but then police officers came up to them and took them away. earlier i managed to ask mr navalny how significant he thought yesterday's protests had been. translation: it was navalny who called the russians onto the streets, and people c

motivated the westminster attacker. marine goes to moscow — france's far—right presidential hopeful marine le pen meets vladimir putin in the kremlin. and find out who was the sharemarket landed on the taxiway. a clue? here's a hollywood legend. —— was the schmuck. —— he's. hello. good to have you with us. president trump says he's surprised and disappointed after failing to secure republican support in congress for plans to replace obamacare, one of his main election campaign pledges. our north america editor jon sopel has more. mr vice president, do you have the vote? a day of truly frantic meetings and phone calls, as the vice president, mike pence, went to the hill to try to secure the votes needed to pass health care reform — trumpcare. and the usual tools deployed, a mixture of menace and flattery. but it wasn't going well. do you have the votes? my vote is still a no. my vote has not changed. if anybody tells you for certain they know what is going to happen, they are lying. the situation is still very fluid. and if concessions are made to the right of the republica

. that his from the bbc world service. ukraine has brought a case against russia, accusing moscow of illegally annexed in crimea and sponsoring terrorism, and the us defence department are going to look into allegations that a number of marines shared naked photos of female colleagues on facebook. significant setbacks for the islamic state group today. we can concentrate on mosul, the last stronghold and as they discussed government forces are trying to reca ptu re government forces are trying to recapture the city. they have taken an important bridge. the freedom bridge, and kurdish forces also backing up the crimes that it has fallen to the government. the reason it matters, we have got the situation in the city when the east is controlled by the government forces, the west still buy islamic state. this bridgejoins the territory. the second development, raqqa. the centre of operations. reports that syrian militia has cut of the last main road out of the city. the plan has long been to encircle raqqa, and if islamic state militants want to get it, they are going to have to cross the

ukraine. borisjohnson will be the be the first british minister to travel to moscow for an official visit in more than five years. reports from france suggest the owner of peugeot and citroen has reached an agreement to buy vauxhall and 0pel from the american car maker general motors. the deal will raise concerns about the future of vauxhall‘s two uk factories which employ more than four thousand people. andy moore reports. vauxhall builds the vivaro van at luton. around 70,000 rolled off the production line last year. and at elsemere port about 120,000 vauxhall astras are built every year. as well as those employed directly by gm, thousands more work in the supply chain. and there are also 15,000 people in the pension scheme, one of the uk's largest. they have already been told that they will be no worse off under the new deal. the good news is that the psa group, which owns peugeot and citroen, has promised not to cut anyjobs in the uk before 2020, but the future after that is uncertain. psa's boss carlo tavares has already had talks on the phone with the pm theresa may. there w