Against anyone responsible for undermining the election process and hes also approved the expulsion of 35 Russian Diplomats from the us. Three weeks before donald trump is sworn in as president , promising to rebuild relations with moscow, mr obama said all americans should be alarmed by russias actions. Tonight russia said it would order adequate reprisals as our correspondent laura bicker reports. Russia stands accused of trying to help donald trump become president. Moscow had been warned but now it is being punished for interfering in us elections. The top Intelligence Agencies believe a cyber attack on the e mail is of the closest aides of Hillary Clinton was orchestrated by the highest levels of russian government. But mr trump has always questioned the evidence. government. But mr trump has always questioned the evidence. If you catch them in the act of hacking you never will. You dont know if it is russia or china. It could be somebody sitting on a bed someplace. But the cia an
Against anyone responsible for undermining the election process and hes also approved the expulsion of 35 Russian Diplomats from the us. Three weeks before donald trump is sworn in as president , promising to rebuild relations with moscow, mr obama said all americans should be alarmed by russias actions. Tonight russia said it would order adequate reprisals as our correspondent laura bicker reports. Russia stands accused of trying to help donald trump become president. Moscow had been warned but now it is being punished for interfering in us elections. The top Intelligence Agencies believe a cyber attack on the e mail is of the closest aides of Hillary Clinton was orchestrated by the highest levels of russian government. But mr trump has always questioned the evidence. government. But mr trump has always questioned the evidence. If you catch them in the act of hacking you never will. You dont know if it is russia or china. It could be somebody sitting on a bed someplace. But the cia an
Among the winners. Its five oclock. Our main story is the deepening political crisis in Northern Ireland, following the decision by sinn feins Martin Mcguinness to resign as Deputy First Minister. His resignation took effect a few minutes ago. Its the latest twist in the controversy, about the mismanagement of a Green Energy Scheme, which has Cost Hundreds of millions of pounds. Sinn fein have been demanding that the democratic unionist leader Arlene Foster stand aside as First Minister, while her handling of the scheme is investigated, but shes refused. Mr mcguinness says hes demanding an assembly election, so that the people of Northern Ireland can express a view. A short while ago, mr mcguiness gave this statement. Can i say first of all, i have met with the First Minister Arlene Foster at 1. 30, and we had a conversation about what i would like to speak to you about. Over the last ten years, i have worked with dup leaders, and i have reached out to unionists on the basis of equalit
Bringing us tomorrow. With me are barrister and broadcaster Sophia Cannon and political commentator, lance price. The ft leads with Donald Trumps First Press Conference as President Elect in which he criticised the Intelligence Agencies and the media for spreading what he called fake news. The President Elect also features on the cover of the metro after he denied claims russia has Compromising Information on him. The times leads with the accusations by donald trump that spy chiefs acted like nazis by leaking reports about him. The Daily Express cites new research claiming Arthritis Pain can be relieved by 45 minutes of exercise a week. The telegraph leads with a clash between the head of the nhs and number ten over hospitalfunding as the number of a e patients hits a record high. The sun follows the latest trial of rolf harris as he faces accusations of Sexual Assault from seven new victims. Where else can we start but with the tramp . The trump. He gave his First Press Conference for
The Football World pays tribute to the former england manger Graham Taylor whos died suddenly aged 72. And we speak to the writer of la la land the man whos brought the art of the musical back to hollywood. And coming up in the sport on bbc news west hams star player Dimitri Payet wants to leave and is refusing to play for the club this weekend. But the manager says he wont be sold. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. A former mi6 officer has gone into hiding after being named as the source of the latest allegations against President Elect donald trump. Christopher steele produced a dossier last year which included the allegations that mr trump had been caught in compromising financial and sexual activities. The allegations are unproven and americas cia, which has acknowledged the existence of the dossier, says it has made no judgement about its credibility. Heres our security correspondent Gordon Corera on the british connection. The murky world of intelligence gathering