In a tweet, the us president said general flynn had acted lawfully, but had to be sacked for dishonesty a charge mr flynn admitted on friday. The controversy comes after mr trump secured whats being seen as the first big legislative achievement of his presidency a wide ranging tax reform bill. Our washington correspondent, laura bicker reports. Donald trumps started the day on a bullish note. He is on course for a much needed win on tax reform, he brushed aside questions about his former National Security adviser lying to the fbi over his meetings with russians. What has been shown is no collusion, no collusion, there has been absolutely no collusion, so we are very happy. But then he issued another controversial tweet, one that could cause him a real headache. He said he had fired Michael Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the fbi. Its a shame, he said, because his actions during the transition were lawful, there was nothing to hide. Many people are asking why Michael Flynn, a former three star general, did not tell the truth to the fbi about his meetings with the Russian Ambassador, as the president said, his actions were not against the law, but mr trumps tweet leads to a bigger question, did you know Michael Flynn have lied to the fbi . This is a problem because the former head of the fbi james comey has testified under oath that the president asked him to drop an investigation into Michael Flynn. Legal analysts are now wondering if the president was trying to stop an inquiry into his former adviser, knowing he was guilty, in other words, was he trying to obstruct justice . On this vote, 51 in favour and 49 against. It should have been a momentous day for donald trump, republicans had finally united by a tax bill a welcome distraction and at last a legislative victory. But now, once again, because of a tweet, the us president is embroiled in a controversy over russian meddling in the us election, a controversy that continues to loom over the white house. Natasha bertrand is the Political Correspondent for Business Insider and told us earlier where she thinks the Flynn Investigation may leave the trump administration. Basically, flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about his conversations with the Russian Ambassador, sergey kislyak. He told the fbi he had not discussed the issue of us sanctions on russia with kislyak in december when in fact he had. The big question is why did he feel the need to lie about these conversations at all . Many people said it would have been perfectly acceptable for the incoming National Security adviser to discuss sanctions with essentially his counterpart about major Foreign Policy change that had just happened three weeks before the Trump White House was due to come in. The real question is why flynn felt the need to lie and who he was protecting, if anybody, and who directed him to speak to the Russian Ambassador about the issue of sanctions because those people could now be extremely vulnerable. Trumps son in law Jared Kushner is in a very, very bad position because he had been communicating with flynn about russia, had told him from very early on to communicate with russia about uns resolution on israel. He was looped in. They met in early december with kislyak and kushner proposed setting up a back channel to moscow. What Michael Flynn could now do, because he was charged on such a low level crime, essentially, it is a federal crime to lie to the fbi, but there is so much more that muller could have gotten flynn for which is an indication that he has agreed to give muller information about much bigger fish. People like kushner and the president. We can expect to see in the coming weeks and months muller really closing in on trumps inner circle and maybe getting to the president himself. Fighting has continued for a fourth day in yemen between iranian backed Houthi Rebels and their former allies who support the ex president , Ali Abdullah Saleh. The two groups have been fighting a saudi led alliance that backs the ousted yemeni government. Mr saleh has now said that he would be ready to turn the page. Saudi arabia has welcomed his suggestion for talks. He says the talks depend on an end to the coaltions attacks in yemen. Translation i call on our brothers in neighbouring states and the coalition to stop the aggression and lift the blockade, open the airports and allow food aid, medical supplies, and those wounded to travel, as well as those stuck abroad to come back. We will turn a new page and start dealing with them in a positive way, because what happened to yemen and to them is more than enough. We promise our brothers and neighbours that after a ceasefire is implemented, the airports opened and the blockade stopped, we will start negotiating immediately. Rhodri davies has more on how a split between allies has led to the former president offering to talk. There are only fighters on the streets of yemens capital. And this time, it is allies fighting each other. Gunmen loyal to the former president Ali Abdullah Saleh are now trying to force houthi fighters out of the city. The beauty of ancient sanaa is again scarred by explosions and bullets. Whats already a complex struggle in yemen has become even more so. On one side is president president hadi whose forces control the land in red. He is backed by saudi arabia and eight other mostly sunni arab states. Opposing them are shia Houthi Rebels. Backed by iran, they built an alliance with former president saleh. Though this alliance appears to be breaking down, with mr salehs forces now fighting the houthis and hinting they could even do a deal with saudi arabia. The alliance between the houthis and saleh will not end. Yes, its very tense right in sanaa, but the alliance will continue but the only change that will happen is that saleh right now is more influential, more powerful and has the power to announce the initiative to end the yemeni war. A critical humanitarian situation remains. The conflict has killed more than 10,000 people, displaced over two million and triggered a cholera epidemic. The latest violence adds only further pressure. We are currently receiving more requests for medical supplies from two main hospitals. Supported by the International Red cross in yemen. My colleagues on the ground are doing their utmost best in order to meet the needs and to help the wounded because of the current clashes. Yemenis want the countrys almost three years of war to come to an end but that may revive the dominance of a man who, until the arab spring, spent 33 years as their president. Lets take a look at some of the other stories making the news. The Argentine Navy says an unmanned russian vessel searching in the south atlantic for the wreck of the sanjuan submarine has examined the first of four shapes detected by sonar on the sea bed. The unidentified object did not prove to the be the missing submarine. A spokesman said the search was now moving on to the three other shapes found in deeper waters. State media in syria say their air defence system intercepted israeli missiles which struck at a military installation overnight near the syrian capital of damascus. The media reports also said the action led to material losses at the base. The Israeli Military has not confirmed it carried out the strike. The oscar winning actor, geoffrey rush, has stepped down as president of the Australian Academy of cinema and Television Arts after a complaint about inappropriate behaviour. The star, whos 66, denies the accusation which is in connection with his time at the sydney theatre company. Its been nearly a week since voters in honduras went to the polls for the president ial elections but the results are yet to be declared. Post election violence has led to at least three deaths during days of protests which has led to a state of emergency being declared. The demonstrations began after claims of election fraud. A little earlier i spoke with our Central America correspondent will grant and asked if the violence had subsided on the streets of honduras. Really from the first protest we now know at least three people have died. There have been scores arrested. It seems one girl who was still a teenager was shot dead by police in tegucigalpa. It is a very, very messy situation and one fears it will get worse before it gets better. A lot of people are staying off the streets and there is a curfew between 6pm and 6am local time in honduras. A lot of people are very angry about what you mentioned in your introduction. This electoral result that still hasnt been produced and what they understand and what they perceive as meddling by the authorities. So why does the opposition think there may have been electoral fraud . Well, there was an initial delay in the vote count. Bear in mind, were only talking about 3. 5, 3. 6 million votes in total and it shouldnt take a week for the result to be produced and yet it has. There was supposed technical hitch, thats how it was put by the electoral authorities, and in that time, the main challenger, salvador nasralla, moved from being around 5 in the lead to now being around 1. 2 behind. He has already claimed victory so his supporters are not going to accept anything less than their man being put into power, it seems. Of course, the sitting president , Juan Orlando Hernandez has also claimed victory. Its a highly intangible situation, theres a lot of high feeling on both sides. What do you think the sitting president hernandez is going to do now in order to try and calm this situation . What can he do . It is a worrying turn of events, this declaration of a state of emergency, the new powers to the police and the military. From the president s point of view, he will want to see him declared the winner so he can begin to impose his rule again, if you like, his office can take more control, that his party can take more control. Even if he is declared the winner in the coming days, i think hes going to find that honduras is increasingly ungovernable, at least in the short term. I see it very unlikely that these protesters will leave the streets any time soon. Protesters have clashed with police during a series of anti fascist demonstrations in the german city of hanover. Crowds were trying to disrupt the far right alternative for germanys first Conference Since they entered parliament after elections in september. Stefan levy reports and just a warning there is some flash photography coming up. Despite temperatures barely pushing above freezing, thousands of people show up trying to blockade the ultranationalist afd from meeting. Solidarity instead of ostracism, read the banner of campaigners protesting against the partys anti immigration rhetoric. Police led in with Water Cannons and batons. On saturday, delegates re elected these two men. Alexander gauland and jorg meuthen to lead their party. It is the clearest sign yet that the afd is moving further to the right. Alexander gauland was the partys deputy leader to the right. Alexander gauland was the pa rtys deputy leader until 2015. He was a man who once defended a party member who said history should be rewritten to focus on german victims of world war two. He is now the afds code leader alongsidejorg meuthen, is now the afds code leader alongside jorg meuthen, seen is now the afds code leader alongsidejorg meuthen, seen as a moderating force by some but still closely aligned to the conservative wing of his party. He got 72 of the vote. Translation we have a very honest result. Three quarters of the party stands behind me and the other quarter is not behind me. At least, they wouldnt vote for me. I think thats quite ok. They wouldnt vote for me. I think thats quite 0k. Afd won nearly 1396 of the vote in germanys federal elections in september and is now the third biggest force in the bundestag. It is now seizing the moment it is facing every chance of becoming germanys main opposition party. Not bad for a movement founded a little over four years ago. It is a sharp contrast to Angela Merkels political fortunes. Once seen as the emblem of stability in europe now facing a decline in population popularity and still unable to form a government. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come the remarkable story of charlie the eight week old baby whos had a heart transplant. Its quite clear that the worst victims of this disaster are the poor People Living in the slums which have sprung up around the factory. I am feeling so helpless, that the childrens are dying in front of me and i cant do anything. Charles manson is the mystical leader of the hippy cult suspected of killing sharon tate and at least six other people in los angeles. At 11 00 this morning, just half a metre of rock separated britain from continental europe. It took the drills just a few moments to cut through the final obstacle. Then philippe cozette, a minerfrom calais, was shaking hands with and exchanging flags with robert fagg, his opposite number from dover. This is bbc news. The latest headlines President Trump admits he sacked his former advisor Michael Flynn for lying to the fbi. Legal experts say the president could now be investigated for obstructing justice. Yemens former president , whose forces are fighting the saudi led coalition, says hes ready to talk. All four members of the board of the governments social Mobility Commission have resigned in protest at what they say is a lack of progress towards a fairer britain. In a Resignation Letter seen by the observer newspaper, alan milburn, the former labour minister who led the commission, said he had little hope that theresa mays government was capable of making the changes necessary to deliver a more equal society. His three fellow commissioners, including the former conservative cabinet minister, baroness shephard, also walked out. Earlier, i spoke with our Political Correspondent alex forsyth, and asked her how damaging this is for the government. This is particularly damaging to theresa may because when she became Prime Minister, she stood outside downing street and made a personal pledge to tackle what she called the burning injustices in society. When you read his message, he says he doesnt doubt the social commitment but he doesnt think the government can make it happen, to deliver any meaningful action in the area right now. And he in part blames brexit, saying the government is so focused, understandably, in his words on that, but it doesnt have the capacity to look at anything else and so he feels he had no choice but to resign. Have what does this say about the stability of the government . When she didnt get the government . When she didnt get the response on that she wanted, the stability of the cabinet and government has been in question. This is at the same as the resignation of cabinet ministers that weve had of late but undoubtably, it all adds to the image that this is a government which isnt fully on track where people have differing views, dont a lwa ys people have differing views, dont always agree, but it does portray, painta always agree, but it does portray, paint a picture, always agree, but it does portray, painta picture, if always agree, but it does portray, paint a picture, if you like, of the Prime Minister who isnt in full control and of course that too is damaging. Alan milburn is an excellent minister, due to step down next year anyway. Is this a bit of grandstanding from the latest site . It has gone suddenly, tendered his resignation with immediate effect and says he wont be reapplying and this is thejob he has had since 2012 when he was appointed by the Coalition Government and of course it isnt just Coalition Government and of course it isntjust him resigning, it is his three other commissioners as well. One of those is a former conservative cabinet minister, to others, chief of a charity and an academic. This is a bigger message than party politics, at least one hour trying to send. Alex forsyth there. Well, the government has commented on the resignations in the last hour, thanking mr milburn for his work and restating its commitment to fighting injustice and ensuring everyone has the opportunity to go as far as their talents take them. The youngest patient on the uk transplant waiting list has received a new heart. 8 week old Charlie Douthwaite is said to be making Good Progress following a 9 hour operation at newcastles freeman hospital. A donor was found after a europe wide appeal, and just in time doctors feared charlie had only weeks to live. Duncan kennedy reports. A tender moment Tracie Wright thought she would never have with her baby charlie. Charlie was born with only half a heart. Hospitals across europe were contacted to find an organ donor. This week, a heart did become available. And now, atjust eight weeks old, charlie has had a transplant. His skin colour was just amazing. I cant describe it. From going so blue, he was just blue all the time, to being so pink and peachy and perfect. Charlie was the youngest patient on britains transplant waiting list. His doctors say the operation went well. He was extremely lucky, considering his condition and his size, to get a heart, a suitable donor heart, on time. Its not known if the family who donated their babys heart know about charlie, but charlies mother says theyve given her a precious gift. Its the bravest thing anyone could do. Theyve given my boy a Second Chance at life, and for that, ill be forever thankful. I cried for them. Charlie is expected to be Strong Enough to go home in the new year. An unbearable loss in one family that became unrestrained joy in another. Duncan kennedy, bbc news. Were heading back to 1957 when a huge science city was built in the middle of the siberian forest. They called it Academic City. Dozens of Research Institutes were built and top scientists were enticed to come to work in this harsh, inhospitable region. Victor varand was one of the First Research chemists to move to Academic City. He told witness what it was like to live and work in such an unusual place. File the town of 25,000 inhabitants, a town where nearly everyones a scientist, or hoping to become one. A new town called akademgorodok or Academic City. Translation my First Impression was that of bewilderment, to be honest. Everything was different here. The houses were right in the middle of the forest. It was so quiet. And the air seemed so fresh. What used to be thought of as a wasteland has turned out to be the soviet unions greatest treasure house. A land unbelievably rich in minerals. Geologists thought there was no oil here. Now, the whole place seems to be floating on it. There are Diamond Fields which could be as rich as the South African ones. And gold and platinum, too. Translation i worked in Academic City for 46 years, since 1962. I was a Research Chemist at the institute of inorganic chemistry. And from 1963, i taught my beloved subject, analytical chemistry, at the university there. Since the times of the tsar, people were exiled to siberia. Would you exile anyone to a good place . That was the image of siberia that wolves ate people there. Our salary was only 10 more than the others, the so called siberian supplement, but they did give us apartments immediately. Separate apartments. At that time, in years of tsar, there was an acute shortage of housing. They didnt attract us with money, they attracted us with available accommodation and interesting work. No other Research Laboratories are so lavishly equipped and nowhere else are the students so carefully selected or so ruthlessly examined. This is what is called a colliding beam accelerator, the only one of its kind in the world, designed to hurl particles of matter at particles of antimatter. Our institute of Nuclear Physics is a globally recognised research centre. Its scientists have collaborated in the construction of the large hadron collider in switzerland, but many of the inventions and breakthroughs happened in secret Research Projects for the ministry of defence. Of course, the creation of Academic City was a great achievement. A new generation of scientists has been nurtured here. Most people who work in Academic City now are graduates of our university, and what does russia live on today . Gas and oil, of course. And who found and explored those resources . Our siberian scientists. A reminder of our top story. Donald trump has hinted that he knew his former National Security advisor, Michael Flynn, had lied to the fbi about his contacts with russia. In a tweet, the president said general flynn had acted lawfully, but was sacked for lying about meeting the Russian Ambassador. It is now led analysts to suggest the us president could be investigated for obstruction of justice. But more on our website. Much more. Hello. Its been a bitter week for some parts of the uk but it is at least a little less cold this weekend. Further afield, if youre keeping an eye on the second test in adelaide, its warmer but we did have some interruptions because of showers on saturday. Fewer showers sunday. Still a brisk breeze, though. And actually here, temperatures are a little below par. They should recover as we head towards midweek. Despite an increasing cloud on saturday, we did have a little late evening sunshine in kent. Im hopeful that we will see a little bit more sunshine through the day ahead and slightly less cold conditions, particularly in the south. But at the moment, weve still got quite a bit of cloud. Its trickling its way southwards. Theyre weak weather fronts, really, but theyre bringing some patchy rain and drizzle with misty low cloud and hill fog. To the north, yes, the cloud does break and clear and it could turn a tad chilly to start the morning up in the north east of scotland. Perhaps a touch of frost, a little bit of fog here. But for many, it shouldnt be frosty first thing. But it will be rather grey and murky. Hill fog around, patchy drizzle as well, and this weather front may will drag its heels across southern parts of england, across the west and into the west of wales. Itll be with us across Northern Ireland and we may see early brightness across antrem and down. It should be a decent start to the day across scotland. More sunshine here. Still a few showers and a brisk wind in the north east. Still the potential for some morning fog and frost in the glens but that should lift and we should see some good spells of sunshine. And gradually, that cloud will thin and break across the rest of southern britain but it may hang around in cornwall, in western parts of wales and drifts eastwards across Northern Ireland to western scotland, so the west of Northern Ireland may see some brighter spells later in the day. In contrast to yesterday, probably a little bit cooler in the north east but actually feeling a bit milder further south as temperatures wont be quite so low to start the day. Then, through the night ahead, well see the cloud gradually easing back eastwards, but where there are breaks in the cloud, yes, it will turn chilly, but also we could have some fog for the monday morning rush across east anglia, the south east, the east midlands in particular. But otherwise its here where, once the fog clears, we should see some brightness and some sunshine again to start our week. Relatively mild compared with last week, nines and tens, but there will quite a bit of cloud, showery rain coming in, although it will be light and patchy because it is under the influence of High Pressure for the next two or three days. This High Pressure isjust keeping those weather fronts at bay but this does have our name on it. This is going to come for wednesday. It looks particularly nasty, actually, some wet and windy weather to keep our eye on. But, between now and then, fairly quiet or benign conditions. As ever, theres plenty more more on our website. Bye bye. This is bbc news the headlines. President trump says his former adviser Michael Flynns contacts with russia were lawful but he had to sack him because he had lied to the fbi. Some legal experts say mr trump may have then obstructed justice when he urged the former fbi director to drop the inquiry into mr flynn. In yemen fighting has continued between iranian backed rebels and theirformer allies who support the ex president , Ali Abdullah Saleh. The two groups had been fighting a saudi led alliance that backs the ousted yemeni government. Saudi arabia has welcomed mr salehs suggestion to start talks. Voters in honduras are still waiting for the result of the president ial election nearly a week after going to the polls. The main opposition candidate, salvador nasralla, has accused his rival, president Juan Orlando Hernandez, of manipulating the vote count. Now on bbc news, our world