oui’ her royal status for love. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc news it is newsday. hello, everyone. it is 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington dc where a special prosecutor has been appointed to lead investigations into russian interference in last year s residential election. he is robert mueller, serving as fbi chief in 2001- 2013, and the mueller, serving as fbi chief in 2001 2013, and the news comes as donald trump is accused of trying to getjames donald trump is accused of trying to get james comey and, donald trump is accused of trying to getjames comey and, another former head of the fbi, to drop a probe into link between his former national security adviser and the russians. for the latest, let s ci’oss russians. for the latest, let s cross over russians. for the latest, let s cross over to washington, and the bbc‘s laura bicker. how is this appointment is seen by democrats and republicans? well, donald trump
and eight in the evening in washington where a special prosecutor has been appointed to lead an investigation into alleged russian interference in last year s presidential election. he s robert mueller, a former prosecutor who served as fbi chief from 2001 to 2013. the news comes as donald trump has been accused of trying to get james comey another former head of the fbi to drop an inquiry into links between his former national security adviser and the russians. for his part, president trump said a thorough investigation would confirm there was no collusion between his presidential campaign and any foreign entity . earlier, he complained about media coverage of his administration. no politician in history and i say this, has been treated worse or more unfairly. you can t let them get you down. i did not get elected to serve the washington media or special interests. i got elected to serve the four gotten men and women of our country and that s what i m doing. earlier, ou
and under the weight of the past few weeks of rolling crises in the white house, it s happened. a special prosecutor has been appointed to oversee investigations into alleged russian interference in the us election. he s a former head of the fbi, robert mueller. making the announcement, the us deputy attorney general said it didn t necessarily mean crimes had been committed. and mrtrump claimed: a thorough investigation will confirm what we already know there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity. our correspondent in washington, laura bicker, has more. he was appointed by george w bush. his senate confirmation hearing was held a few days before the september 11 attacks. he was kept on under president obama for another two years and retired in 2013. he was the predecessor and of the now sacked director of the fbi, james comey. tonight you cannot find a single republican or democrat who will criticise this man. he seems to be well respected by both si
to apologise for his footwear. hello. for decades germany has stood shoulder to shoulder with america and the uk. but in the wake of brexit and the election of donald trump, might that be about to change? the country s chancellor, angela merkel, has warned that europe can no longer completely depend on its old allies and that europeans had to take their destiny in their own hands. it follows a g7 summit that chancellor merkel called very difficult and unsatisfactory. caroline davies reports. a loud reception and a giant pretzel, angela merkel received a large warm welcome campaigning in munich but the german leader had less warm words for america and britain. translation: we must take oui’ britain. translation: we must take our fate into our hands. of course in friendship with the united states of america and great britain and as good neighbours were ever it is possible, also with other countries, even with russia we know we have to fight for ourfuture even with russia we k
for decades germany has stood shoulder to shoulder with america and the uk. but in the wake of brexit and the election of donald trump, might that be about to change? the country s chancellor, angela merkel, has warned that europe can no longer completely depend on its old allies and that europeans had to take their destiny in their own hands. it follows a g7 summit that chancellor merkel called very difficult and unsatisfactory. caroline davies reports. a loud reception and a giant pretzel, angela merkel received a large warm welcome campaigning in munich, but the german leader had less warm words for america and britain german and europe can no longer rely on you. translation: we europeans must really take our fate into our own hands. of course, in friendship with the united states of america, in friendship with great britain, and as good neighbours whereever in friendship with great britain, and as good neighbours wherever that is possible, also with other countries, eve