And london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 8pm in washington, where President Donald Trump has marked his first working day in office with a decisive shift in americas dealings with the rest of the world. The tra ns Pacific Partnership is a huge Trade Agreement with countries in the pacific rim. Now, mr trump has said he will pull out of the deal negotiated by the Obama Administration. He says it would have damaged Us Manufacturing and jobs. Our north america editor, jon sopel, has the latest. Weve been talking about this for a long time. Oh the power of the pen. These are Executive Orders signed by the president as he starts his first week in thejob. From now on america will have nothing to do with the pacific trade deal. Another order sets in train plans to renegotiate the nafta agreement with mexico and canada. A far more complex undertaking. And theres to be a freeze on recruitment forfederaljobs. One other Executive Order particularly
And booktvs live coverage of the savannah book festival now continues. Heres author and former cia agent William Daugherty talking about in the shadow of the ayatollah. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. We have a few more people coming in, but were going to go ahead and get started. How are you enjoying the book festival so far . [applause] great, great. My name is diane thompson, and were delighted to have you join us at the tenth annual anniversary of the saw van a that book festival presented by Georgia Power and the Sheehan Family foundation. We are blessed to have such celebrated authors in Trinity United Methodist church today which has been made possible by the generosity of kurt and leba anderson. Wed also like to extend special thanks to our literati members and individual donors who have made and continue to make Saturdays Free festival events possible. Before we get started, i have a couple of housekeeping notes. Immediately following this presentation, William Daugh
Family foundation. We are blessed to have such celebrated authors in Trinity United Methodist church today which has been made possible by the generosity of kurt and leba anderson. Wed also like to extend special thanks to our literati members and individual donors who have made and continue to make Saturdays Free festival events possible. Before we get started, i have a couple of housekeeping notes. Immediately following this presentation, William Daugherty will be signing festivalpurchased copies his book in the square. He does have an interview directly with cspan after this, so he may be just a few minutes late getting there. We have a new policy this year. If youre planning to stay for the next author presentation, please move forward in the venue so the ushers can determine how many available seats we have. Now, please take this moment to turn off your cell phones, and please, we can you not to use flash photography. And for the question and answer portion, please raise your hand
Americans. They were responsible for the destruction of the Marine Barracks this beirut in april of or, im sorry, october of 198ing 3. 241 dead american marines. Not many wounded because at that time it was the largest nonnuclear explosion ever in history. 241 dead marines. And there was no retaliation on the part of the americans. Since then the [inaudible] towers, 19 dead americans. By grace of god, there was not more. Ultimately, over 900 americans have been killed by iranian terrorism. Ask you know what . And you know what . There has not been a single day of payment on the part of the iranians. We have never made the iranians pay in any significant way for killing americans. Are we done . I think we are. Okay. Sorry. Unfortunately. [applause] thank you, dr. Daugherty. Gosh, we could stay here forever. But upon exiting the venue today, our wonderful volunteers will enthusiastically accept your donations to the savannah book test value. It is because of your generosity were able to
Islamic state atrocities. Emmanuel macron has launched his manifesto and Francois Fillon has had more bad news today, a property of his raided by police. Well have the latest on the french president ial election. If you bought shares in the company that owned snapchat you probably had a good day, the stockjumping by more than 40 just since the company floated. There were a few hours after Donald Trumps speech to congress where something resembling calm had descended on washington, dc. But it didnt last long. There is now huge pressure on mr trumps Attorney GeneralJeff Sessions and what relationship and connections he has had with the russians. Mr trump has been talking about this in the last few hours, he says he has total confidence inJeff Sessions, that he thinks theres no need for the Attorney General to recuse himself from an investigation into contact between the Trump Campaigner russian officials during the election. He told reporters he wasnt aware mr sessions had these two meet