And its Transfer Deadline Day in england as premier League Spending nears a january record. Good morning. Its tuesday january the 31st. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Donald trump has sacked the United States top Legal Advisor after she questioned the legality of his travel ban. Sally yates, who was Acting Attorney General, said she couldnt defend his decision to temporarily stop refugees and citizens of seven mainly muslim countries from entering america. But the white house said in a statement that she had betrayed the department ofjustice. In the uk a former head of the horror Foreign Office has criticised theresa mays State Invitation to the president. He said the offer had been premature and put the offer had been premature and put the queen in a very difficult situation. Protests have been held in cities across the uk as of last night including in cardiff, seen here. An online petition calling for the state visit to be cancelled has gathered more than 1. 6 million signatures. His
Today. The United States has imposed new sanctions on iran to punish it for a recent Ballistic Missile test, and for what was described as tehrans continued support for terrorism. The measures target 12 companies and 13 individuals in iran and elsewhere. Iran said the sanctions breached the un deal under which it agreed to curb its nuclear programme. The white house spokesman, sean spicer, said President Trump was determined to keep iran in check. These sanctions really represent a very very strong stand against the actions that iran has been taking, and make it very clear that the deal that was struck previously was not in the best interests of this country, and that President Trump is going to do everything he can to make sure iran stays in check. These kind of sanctions dont happen quickly. But i think the timing of them is clearly in reaction to what weve seen, you know, over the last couple of days. We knew we have these options available to us because they had been worked through
Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 9am in kuala lumpur, where north korea has asked the malaysian authorities to hand over the body of a man widely thought to be the half brother of the north Korean Leader kim jong un. North korea has objected to a Postmortem Examination that could determine how kimjong nam died. Our correspondent in kuala lumpur, karishma vaswani, has the latest on the investigation. Its Business As Usual in pyongyang, everything moving at clockwork precision. Today, north koreas reclusive leader, kim jong un, made an appearance at a rally celebrating the 75th Anniversary of his fathers birthday. But away from the pomp and the pageantry, a tale of murder and mystery. This man, kimjong nam, is the north Korean Leaders exiled older half brother. Hes believed to have been murdered at an airport in malaysia on monday. Between the hours of 9am to 10am in the morning on monday, the man believed to be kim jong nam was attacked in this crowded, busy airport. Police say t
Zeinab badawi, from the World Economic forum in davos. My guest is humanitarian, Activist And Hollywood Actor forest whitaker. Hes probably best known for his oscar winning role ten years ago as the ugandan dictator idi amin in the last king of scotland, and hes remained deeply involved with uganda through his work with the Whitaker Peace Development initiative, which helps young People Living in communities affected by violence across several continents. Hes also a Special Envoy for unesco and a member of the uns Advocacy Group on Sustainable Development goals. But can Celebrity Activists like him be real Agents For Change . Forest whitaker, welcome to hardtalk. Its great to be here with you. Now, in your acting career, youve been a very, very versatile actor. Mainstream, Popularfilms Like Rogue One a star wars story, and also the great debaters, back in 2007, about black students striving for equality. Mm hm. Do you like to act in any genre of films . Im trying to continue to grow as
Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 9am in kuala lumpur, where north korea has asked the malaysian authorities to hand over the body of a man widely thought to be the half brother of the north Korean Leader kim jong un. North korea has objected to a Postmortem Examination that could determine how kimjong nam died. Our correspondent in kuala lumpur, karishma vaswani, has the latest on the investigation. Its Business As Usual in pyongyang, everything moving at clockwork precision. Today, north koreas reclusive leader, kim jong un, made an appearance at a rally celebrating the 75th Anniversary of his fathers birthday. But away from the pomp and the pageantry, a tale of murder and mystery. This man, kimjong nam, is the north Korean Leaders exiled older half brother. Hes believed to have been murdered at an airport in malaysia on monday. Between the hours of 9am to 10am in the morning on monday, the man believed to be kim jong nam was attacked in this crowded, busy airport. Police say t