reported that president biden had urged the israeli prime minister to halt a pre emptive strike against his brother forces in lebanon, days after hamas militants october 7th assault on southern israel, warning that such an attack could spark a wider regional war. further north, this is the view across the israel lebanon border. in the past couple of hours, we ve seen a thick plume of black smoke in the sky there. in our continued hostilities in that border area. in our continued hostilities in that borderarea. in our continued hostilities in that border area. there are continued hostilities. we ve been hearing from the israeli prime minister today here s a little of that. translation: last night, - i talked again with president biden. i do appreciate us steadfast position at the security council a position which backs our war effort. yesterday, i told president biden that we will fight until total victory, as long as it takes. the us understands this. i saw false
Then he had to fly home from the west coast to face the reality. Also. Spicing up the drama today, the Russian Foreign minister is in washington, with a trip to the white house on the itinerary. After the meeting Sergei Lavrov called allegations that russia tampered in the us election fake, accusing american lawmakers of damaging the political system. Plus. Is washingtons political scene more chaotic than ever, or does it just feel that way . We delve into the archives to our coverage from the past. Im katty kay in washington, clive myrie is in london. Christian is off today. In the firing of fbi Directorjames Comey, donald trump either showed strong and decisive leadership, or he demonstrated undemocratic nixonian tendencies. Take your pick. James comey had no idea his pink slip was on the way, and hed be shown the door. But mr trump says he has his reasons forfiring mr comey now, right in the middle of the russia investigation into his own Election Campaign. Hes used 139 characters o
After a high turnout forced them to be extended three times. Hello and welcome to the programme. We start with yet more Turbulent Development in washington, hot on the heels of president froms departure on his first foreign trip, us media published two new revelations. The New York Times is reporting that the president described his sacked fbi chief james coney the president described his sacked fbi chiefjames coney as a nutjob. They show document summarising the meeting saying i face great pressure because of russia has taken off. The Washington Post has also published an article saying a Current White House official has been identified Asa House Official has been identified as a significant person of interest. In the fbi investigation into links between russia and the tramp campaign. We will have more for you with our correspondent in a moment. But both those stories were published only minutes after Air Force One took off from Andrews Air Base taking donald trump on his first foreig
Cancelling the last Administration Com Pletely Cancelling the last administration completely one sided deal with cuba. And hes one of the political giants of modern european history. Germanys longest serving chancellor, helmut kohl, dies at the age of 87. Could ronaldo be getting rid of real . The bbc learns hes so upset at being accused of tax fraud, he wants to leave madrid. Hello and welcome to world news today. Police say that at least 30 people are now confirmed to have died in the fire that engulfed Grenfell Tower in west london. The bbc understands that the total number of people who are dead but the bbc understands that many more people are missing. There is growing anger at the way the authorities have dealt with the aftermath of the fire earlier around 500 protestors stormed kensington town hall. Some protestors then moved to the centre of london, and staged a sit in at oxford circus, in the heart of londons west end, and just a few hundred metres from this building. With the
Donald trump promised to be a disruptive president. Right now the thing hes disrupting the most is his own White House Team. He now has a new Chief Of Staff and a new Director Of Communications, but what he seems unable to shift is the sense of a presidency in crisis, at odds with republicans in congress and still dogged by federal investigations of russias alleged meddling in last years election. My guest is sebastien gorka, a Deputy Assistant to the president on National Security. Where does the Trump Presidency go from here . Sebastian gorka in washington, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. I want to begin with something you just said five days ago, you said, the atmosphere here in the white house is absolutely wonderful. Weve got a new broom sweeping through the Communications Shop in Anthony Scaramucci and we are humming along on all cylinders. Plenty has happened since then. Whats the atmosphere in the white house like today . Fabulous. I literally just left the oval office