And london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Thanks forjoining us. Its 8am in singapore. Midnight in london and seven pm in washington where the row between donald trump and his former strategist steve bannon shows no sign of abating. Lawyers for the president are trying to prevent the publication of a new book, which has mr bannon making explosive allegations about the trump presidency. And theyre suing him over it. But the book is currently being rushed to stores, ready for sale on friday, four days earlier than planned. Jon sopel reports from washington. Hell hath no fury like a bannon scorned, it would seem. Steve bannon, who was described as the brains behind donald trump, is now out in the washington cold after his extraordinary attack, the warm words of last summer, but a distant memory. I like him, hes a good man. He is not a racist, i can tell you that. Hes a good person. He actually gets a very unfair press in that regard. But we will see what happens with mr bannon, but
Its 9am in singapore. 1am in london and 8 pm in washington, where the row between donald trump and his former strategist steve bannon shows no sign of abating. Lawyers for the president are trying to prevent the publication of a new book, which has mr bannon making explosive allegations about the trump presidency. And theyre suing him over it. But the book is currently being rushed to stores, ready for sale on friday, four days earlier than planned. Jon sopel reports from washington. Hell hath no fury like a bannon scorned, it would seem. Steve bannon, who was described as the brains behind donald trump, is now out in the washington cold after his extraordinary attack, the warm words of last summer, but a distant memory. I like him, hes a good man. He is not a racist, i can tell you that. Hes a good person. He actually gets a very unfair press in that regard. But we will see what happens with mr bannon, but hes a good person, and i think the press treats him, frankly, very unfairly. Bu
Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. His team mix business with politics . Donald trump jr visit india. His team mix business with politics . Donald trumer visit india. Is he mixing. A look at how chinese internet giant aliba ba he mixing. A look at how chinese internet giant alibaba has turned a little known chinese city into a start up capital. It is wednesday, everyone. Good morning, asia, hello, world. Magic a drone is this midweek edition of Asia Business report. I am rico hizon. We start off with the us president s summit, Donald Trump Jr, he will be talking with buyers of trump branded apartments. Could xa he is cashing in on the president s name but mr trump says he has been building relationships in india for years. We managed to catch as he was leaving trump tower. On his first day in india, donald trump on his first day in india, donald trumerwas on his first day in india, Donald Trump Jr was not giving on his first day in india, donald trumer w
Muchas gracias for the new arrangement. This comes as the spat between seoul and washington gets worse over steel tariffs. That is right. It is not only rewriting the free trade arrangement, but now seoul has a wide ranging complaint to challenge the antisubsidy duties slapped on seoul. The tariffs are a whopping 50 . Seoul is crying foul as it does not want countries to be hit by this tariff, while other exporters like japan and canada have been included. This ongoing negotiation between the koreans and the United States on free trade is happening now. Lots of detail on that story. Lets go elsewhere now. The worlds biggest miners seem to be digging up profits by the truck load as well as commodities. With the Global Economy firing on all cylinders theres resurgent demand for everything from coal to copper and this week weve already seen strong numbers from bhp billiton and anglo american. And it seems the worlds number one Mining Company glencore willjoin them when it gives us its lat
Perspective of some the major events in history in witness at 2 30. That includes the partition of india in 1947. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The metropolitan police has confirmed it has paid compensation to the former chief of the Defence Staff field marshal lord bramall, and the family of the late home secretary lord brittan, who were both falsely accused of child sexual abuse. Both men were named a by an informant known as nick whos now being investigated for allegedly perverting the course of justice. Angus crawford reports. They were horrifying allegations, of a paedophile ring at the heart of the establishment, but they all proved to be false. During 0peration midland, police raided the homes of the former chief of the Defence Staff lord bramall, ex home secretary leon brittan, and former tory mp harvey proctor. All on the say so of this one man, nick, whose real identity cant be revealed. But a scathing review of the investigation found nicks credibility wasnt proper