Is bbc world news. Its newsday. Glad you could join us. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in washington, where President Trump has spoken about the appointment of a Special Counsel to take over the russia investigation into any potential ties with his campaign. He said the entire affair was a witch hunt which hurt the country, as he put it, and he denied ever asking the fbi director to end the investigation into his National Security advisor Michael Flynn. From washington, aleem macqbool reports. The president s just not happy with the scrutiny he continues to come under over his links with russia. The entire thing has been a witch hunt. And there is no collusion between certainly myself and my campaign, but i can only speak for myself and the russians, zero. I think it divides the country. I think we have a very divided country because of that and many other things. Did you at any time urge former fbi Directorjames Comey to close or back down the investigation into Michael F
Pippa, gets married. Hello and welcome to the programme. By flying to saudi arabia President Trump has temporarily put some physical distance at least between himself and the ongoing turmoil in washington. As part of his first ever foreign trip since taking office, on sunday he will make a speech to a0 leaders of the muslim world about islam, extremism and countering terrorism. The challenges of showing appreciation for local customs apart, day one of the trip went according to plan. He was greeted with finest welcome the kingdom can provide, as you can see there, including red carpets and some more traditional events. And he can claim something concrete too deals signed including the largest ever us arms sales to the kingdom. Our North America editor jon sopel is in riyadh. With the mercury touching 100 degrees fahrenheit, donald trump probably found the blast of desert air refreshing compared to the political hothouse that hes left behind in washington. Hes hoping this first foreign
Pippa, gets married. Hello and welcome to the programme. By flying to saudi arabia President Trump has temporarily put some physical distance at least between himself and the ongoing turmoil in washington. As part of his first ever foreign trip since taking office, on sunday he will make a speech to a0 leaders of the muslim world about islam, extremism and countering terrorism. The challenges of showing appreciation for local customs apart, day one of the trip went according to plan. He was greeted with finest welcome the kingdom can provide, as you can see there, including red carpets and some more traditional events. And he can claim something concrete too deals signed including the largest ever us arms sales to the kingdom. Our North America editor jon sopel is in riyadh. With the mercury touching 100 degrees fahrenheit, donald trump probably found the blast of desert air refreshing compared to the political hothouse that hes left behind in washington. Hes hoping this first foreign
Pippa, gets married. Hello and welcome to the programme. By flying to saudi arabia President Trump has temporarily put some physical distance at least between himself and the ongoing turmoil in washington. As part of his first ever foreign trip since taking office, on sunday he will make a speech to a0 leaders of the muslim world about islam, extremism and countering terrorism. The challenges of showing appreciation for local customs apart, day one of the trip went according to plan. He was greeted with finest welcome the kingdom can provide, as you can see there, including red carpets and some more traditional events. And he can claim something concrete too deals signed including the largest ever us arms sales to the kingdom. Our North America editor jon sopel is in riyadh. With the mercury touching 100 degrees fahrenheit, donald trump probably found the blast of desert air refreshing compared to the political hothouse that hes left behind in washington. Hes hoping this first foreign
Pippa, gets married. Hello and welcome to the programme. By flying to saudi arabia President Trump has temporarily put some physical distance at least between himself and the ongoing turmoil in washington. As part of his first ever foreign trip since taking office, on sunday he will make a speech to a0 leaders of the muslim world about islam, extremism and countering terrorism. The challenges of showing appreciation for local customs apart, day one of the trip went according to plan. He was greeted with finest welcome the kingdom can provide, as you can see there, including red carpets and some more traditional events. And he can claim something concrete too deals signed including the largest ever us arms sales to the kingdom. Our North America editor jon sopel is in riyadh. With the mercury touching 100 degrees fahrenheit, donald trump probably found the blast of desert air refreshing compared to the political hothouse that hes left behind in washington. Hes hoping this first foreign