Is at the church of the nativity in bethlehem. Thats in half an hour here on bbc news. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The African Union has demanded an apology from President Trump after he reportedly used a vulgar and disparaging term to describe nations on the continent. It was apparently made during an Oval Office Meeting on immigration with members of congress. The union, which represents 55 african countries, expressed its shock, dismay and outrage and said the Trump Administration misunderstood africans. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. It has been an extraordinary week, even by Donald Trumps standards. It ended with a medical, a routine checkup that all president s undergo and word from mr trumps doctor that the commander in chief is in excellent health. For the past two days have seen the president of my but the past two days have seen the president mired in controversy, as donald trump arrives in florida to spend the weekend at his golf resort, the I
The dateline london Panel Focused on President Trump and brexit. Good morning, and welcome to bbc news. The African Union has demanded an apology from President Trump after he reportedly used a vulgar and disparaging term to describe nations on the continent. It was apparently made during an Oval Office Meeting on immigration with members of congress. The union, which represents 55 african countries, expressed its shock, dismay and outrage and said the Trump Administration misunderstood africans. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. It has been an extraordinary week, even by Donald Trumps standards. It ended with a medical, a routine checkup that all president s undergo and word from mr trumps doctor is that the commander in chief is in excellent health. The past two days have seen the president mired in controversy. As donald trump arrives in florida to spend the weekend at his golf resort, the International Community is still feeding over his alleged use of crude lang
Supporting the supply chain and the tens of thousands of workers can be done by government taking it out of in house or re tendering in many cases but the government cannotjust do a financial bailout. The shareholders and the creditors and the big banks have got to take it. They cannot just off load the big banks have got to take it. They cannotjust off load all the losses onto the taxpayer. Carillion isa losses onto the taxpayer. Carillion is a major British Company with hundreds of contracts running prisons, maintaining hospitals and mot facilities. With thousands of employees here and many more dependent on the company, it has run up dependent on the company, it has run up debts of nearly £1. 5 billion, including nearly £0. 5 billion to its banks whose patients have run out. Hsz banks whose patients have run out. Hs2 starts Major Construction here next year. Carillion is opposed to build it but given the mountain of debt is there was a very real chance that the government might st
Conservation staff and volunteers are battling to save 100 that are still alive, in one of the areas worst Whale Standings in living memory. Good morning, its friday 10th february. Im rachel schofield. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The Health Secretary, jeremy hunt, has conceded the Nhs In England is facing completely unacceptable problems. He said there was no excuse for some of the difficulties highlighted during the bbcs nhs week. A series of reports have revealed Lengthening Waits in a e and patients being left for hours on trolleys. In an exclusive interview with the bbc, mr hunt told our Health Editor hugh pym that the government has a plan, but it will take time to deliver. Nhs england figures this winter show the worst waiting time performance in a e units since records began more than a decade ago. Jeremy hunt paid tribute to the work of staff, but said the problems of high Patient Demand were not unique to the nhs, and all leading Health Systems were grappling with the same c
And there are huge commitments in the nhs to sort out those negative things. It is a very, very serious situation, so we look forward, as ijust said, to seeing them in court. President trumps tussle with his judiciary continues, after an Appeals Court rejects his attempt to re instate a travel ban on seven mainly muslim countries. Cocaine with a street value of £50 million is washed up on the norfolk coast. It is not easy for me to admit i have been standing in the same place for 18 years. I have been standing with you and coming up on the film review, well take a look at Denzel Washingtons oscar nominated drama, fences. A Government Investigation into the alleged abuse of iraqi civilians by british soldiers is to be closed, after strong criticism from a committee of mps which called it an unmitigated failure. The Commons Defence Committee has accused the Iraq Historic Allegations Team of acting with almost total disregard for the welfare of soldiers and their families. It says the £