Protests in the suburbs of paris following the alleged rape of a black youth worker by a city Police Officer. And a miserable night for arsenal in tonights Champions League match against Bayern Munich. Coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News more Champions League last 16 problems for arsenal as Bayern Munich take control of the tie thanks to three goals in 10 minutes at the allianz arena. Good evening. President trumps public dispute with his own Intelligence Agencies has intensified. Hes accused them of breaking the law by leaking classified information and he blamed them for the resignation of his National Security adviser, michael flynn. Mr flynn had admitted misleading colleagues about his contacts with russian diplomats. The president is now under even greater scrutiny following claims of repeated contacts between his team and russian officials during the election campaign. Our north america editor, jon sopel, reports. These are not the best of times. Not yet four weeks in, his travel
Welcome to bbc news. President trumps public dispute with his own Intelligence Agencies has intensified. Hes accused them of breaking the law by leaking classified information, and he blamed them for the resignation of his National Security adviser michael flynn. Mr flynn had admitted misleading colleagues about his contacts with russian diplomats. The president is now under even greater scrutiny in relation to alleged russian links, as our North America editor jon sopel reports. These are not the best of times. Not yet four weeks in, his travel bans been blocked, his National Security advisers been fired and the questions about his links with russia are piling up. And when the president is angry, the place he vents is on twitter and, boy, did he let rip this morning. And, on the reporting of this the president of the United States and the Prime Minister of israel. At his News Conference with the israeli Prime Minister, no mention of concerns about links with russia and youd never have
Are now the subject of criminal investigations. The new favourite, Emmanuel Macron, says he has a plan to clean up french politics. And, saddle up cowboy. The new us Interior Secretary arrives for the first day at the office on his horse im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. Allegations of inappropriate links between the Trump Campaign and russia just dont go away. Today, president trumps Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, has been accused of lying under oath after he failed to disclose to the senate that hed had two meetings with the Russian Ambassador during the election campaign. A Growing Number of Senior Republicans are demanding Jeff Sessions withdraw himself from overseeing any investigation into the administrations links with russia, while democrats are calling for the appointment of a Special Prosecutor and even a criminal investigation. This is how this story unfolded. Mr sessions joined the Trump Campaign last february. Injuly, he attended a Heritage Found
Im stephen sackur. After three years of fighting, 10,000 dead and hundreds of thousands displaced, is it time for ukraines leaders to acknowledge they are in a war they cannot win . Geopolitics, economics, and public sentiment dont seem to be working in kievs favour. My guest was ukraines Prime Minister until a year ago. Arseniy yatsenyuk described his own premiership as a kamikaze mission. So how does his nation avoid Self Destruction . Arseniy yatsenyuk, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me, stephen. Seems ukraines crisis has lurched into a new level of urgency in recent days with a blockade, which has been imposed by people who are actually nominally supportive of ukraines government, a blockade which is restricting all trade between the Eastern Breakaway regions and the rest of the country. Why is this happening . The reason is very clear. Under the minsk deal russians had to launch a full fledged ceasefire on the ground, to pull back its forces, and to pave the way for the po