That there was anti trump bias in the fbis investigation of russian meddling in the 2016 president ial election, that brought trump to power. The white house said the memo written by a democratic congressman couldnt be released because it contained classified material. Our correspondent peter bowes has more on the plan to redact the memo in order to get it published. Well, the democrats are saying that they will consider some reductions and actually, that isnt a huge surprise. I think we had been half expecting that this would happen. Certainly over the last few days, the signs were that the white house would probably come back and say that out of security considerations, it wasnt able to release this document which, as you have already said, is essentially a reduction is essentially a rebuttal of the very controversial document that we saw last week from the republicans, that essentially accused the fbi of being biased against donald trump. And if these redactions can be got through,
Of a classified memo that rebutted claims there was anti trump bias in the fbis investigation of russian meddling in the 2016 president ial election. The white house said it couldnt be released because it contained classified material. Our correspondent peter bowes has more on the plan to redact the memo in order to get it published. Well, the democrats are saying that they will consider some reductions and actually, that isnt a huge surprise. I think we had been half expecting that this would happen. Certainly over the last few days, the signs were that the white house would probably come back and say that out of security considerations, it wasnt able to release this document which, as you have already said, is essentially a reduction is essentially a rebuttal of the very controversial document that we saw last week from the republicans, that essentially accused the fbi of being biased against donald trump. And if these redactions can be got through, do you think the president will ag
Into Safety Standards at britains meat plants. The paper says that more than half of all audited plants have had at least one major breach in a 3 year period. From the former head of mi6. Sir Richard Dearlove says labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn has questions to answer over his contact with a communist spy back in the 80s. Turning to the times, and it leads on a russian billionaire whos lost a legal battle to maintain his anonymity amidst a dispute with his ex wife. Arkady rotenberg is barred from coming to britain under eu sanctions. The daily mail says hospital consultants have fought off a bid to strip them of bonuses worth up to £77,000 a year. The scheme costs the nhs around £320 million a year. A smiling stephen fry appears on the front cover of the independent. The writer and broadcaster has announced that hes recovering from prostate cancer. And finally, the daily mirror reports on the vote in the commons over a new law that could see people opt out rather than opt in to an organ
He meets Prime Minister shinzo abe on the first leg of his asian tour im committed to achieving a fair, free, and reciprocal trading relationship. Two deals slide after sprint and tmobile call off their mobile talks good morning, everyone its monday and weve got some Macro Economic data in the form of the eurozone. Pmi for the month of october and it came in at 55 it was forecast at 54. 9. Just a tad higher than expected. Definitely a little bit of a slowdown compared to what we saw in september when we saw 55. 8. When it came to the german numbers we saw new orders, the fastest rate in 20 months. Really painting a picture of a solid start to the fourth quarter. The Italian Services growth number, that was the lowest in the year doesnt seem to have a huge reaction 116. 10 unchanged on the day. Lets show you whats happening in terms of the equity markets roughly one hour into the trading session and we are just modestly lower to the tune of 0. 1 we are still in the thick of the earnings
The archbishop of canterbury says hes saddened and shocked. A vigorous welcome in the oval office for new us attorney generaljeff sessions the most controversial of president tumps nominees. President , please take your seat. Chaotic scenes in the south african parliament, as president zuma is accused of promoting rampant corruption. And we talk to the british sprinter who competed in rio whos now hoping to rebuild his Running Career after a Road Accident. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news find out if the leeds rhinos could hold onto the lead, and beat st helens in the first match of the new superleague season. Good evening. Record numbers of patients spent more than four hours in accident and emergency units in england in january, according to figures leaked to the bbc. During a difficult winter for the nhs, january seems to be the worst performing month in the past 13 years. The figures also suggest Record Numbers of people waited longer than 12 hours for a hospital bed, once th