Wednesday 25th january. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. President trump has promised a significant day ahead on National Security, including an announcement about his plans for a wall on the Mexican Border. He tweeted big day planned on National Security tomorrow. Among many other things, we will build the wall building a 2,000 mile wall along the Mexican Border was one of trumps key election promises. Hes said the wall would cost 8 billion and will be up to a0 feet high. The new president is also expected to approve Immigration Restrictions on seven mostly muslim countries in the middle east and africa iraq, iran, libya, somalia, sudan, syria, and yemen. And trump wants to make all us cities co operate to deport Illegal Immigrants a move aimed at so called Sanctuary Cities like san francisco, where local police do not help with most deportations. Our washington correspondent david willis has more. Were going to have our borders nice and strong. Were going to build a wall. Were going to
Well talk to some disabled workers about their experiences in the workplace. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until am this morning. This valentines day were asking, are you single and proud out of choice . We will be talking to some of the singletons who say they are happily single. Does that sound like you . Or are you longing to find that special person . Do get in touch with your thoughts and experiences on that and any of our other stories. Use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. In a severe blow to president trumps new administration, his National Security adviser general Michael Flynn has been forced to resign. Mr flynn is accused of illegally discussing us sanctions with the Russian Ambassador to the United States. But the conversation about sanctions happened before mr trump assumed office. Under us law, private individuals cannot carry out official government diplomacy. Barely three weeks into
Were at westminster in our Budget Studio on the day chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first budget. As the government prepares to start the process of leaving the eu within weeks the chancellor said the budget prepared britain for a brighter future. Borrowing forecasts have been revised downwards for the next few years. Theres more money for social care in england and a controversial move to raise National Insurance contributions for Self Employed workers. Labour accused the chancellor of producing a Budget Of Utter Complacency which ignored a crisis in Public Services. Well have details and reaction from westminster and beyond. But first lets take a look at those key announcements made by the chancellor earlier this afternoon. The chancellor announced a 1 increase in National Insurance bills for many Self Employed people plans that would raise £145 million a year by 2021 22 a pledge which appears to contradict a conservative manifesto pledge not to raise National Insurance. He
The average hourly wages of women climbed to about 70 percent of those of men last year, while the gap in employment between men and women has narrowed, a government report showed Wednesday.
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