Oui Her Royal Status for love. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc news it is newsday. Hello, everyone. It is 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in Washington Dc where a special prosecutor has been appointed to lead investigations into russian interference in last years residential election. He is Robert Mueller, serving as fbi chief in 2001 2013, and the mueller, serving as fbi chief in 2001 2013, and the news comes as donald trump is accused of trying to getjames donald trump is accused of trying to get james comey and, donald trump is accused of trying to Getjames Comey and, another former head of the fbi, to drop a probe into link between his former National Security adviser and the russians. For the latest, lets cioss russians. For the latest, lets cross over russians. For the latest, lets cross over to washington, and the bbcs laura bicker. How is this appointment is seen by democrats and republicans . Well, Donald Trumps political opponents have
Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Every day, venezuela seems to get one step closer to economic and political chaos. Mass Anti Government protests have swept the country for the past month. Close to a0 people have been killed in clashes with President Maduros Armed Enforcers. The shops are short of food, hospitals low on medicine, something it seems, has got to give. My guest isjulio borges, speaker of the opposition controlled national assembly. Is the Chavista Socialist Revolution dying on its feet . Julio borges, in caracas, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. We have seen more than a0 days of mass protests on the streets and we see the violent clashes between protesters and the Armed Enforcers of President Maduro and we see the casualties, many injured and around a0 people, many of them very young, killed. How long can this go on . Well, listen, it is not only a5 days, we have been fighting for 18 years and a5 days. And we are fighting for democracy in venezuela and that
And theres confirmation that real are three points clear heading to malaga while barcelona need to win at home to eibar in the hope that their fierce rivals slip up with both matches kicking off at 18 gmt on sunday. He team real will face in the Champions League final next month, juventus, are one step closer to potentially winning their first ever treble after they defeated lazio 2 0 to claim the coppa italia title in rome. Goals from dani alves and Leonardo Bonucci inside the opening 25 minutes proved to be enough for massimilliano allegris side as they made it a third successive trophy in this tournament. If they can add the serie a and Champions League titles to their haul they would become just the second italian club, and first since inter under Jose Mourinho in 2010 to claim the hat trick of trophies in one campaign. Monaco have confirmed their first french title since 2000 with a comfortable 2 0 win at home to saint etienne. Goals from kylian mbappe, His 15th League goal of the
Evening, 77. More on the cooling trend and the Holiday Weekend forecast coming up. Heres alexis with your morning commute. A new problem southbound 101 out of San Francisco. This is a rollover crash. It sounds like just one vehicle involved but that flipped over and thats in the bushs so a little delay around Candlestick Park. Ill keep a close eye on that one, weve had trouble with the bay bridge. Not looking too bad right here but westbound 80 before the harrison exit, reports of a coach bus that is disabled in the left lane. So an update on that and that rollover in less than 10. We are following several developments out of manchester, england. Isis is claiming responsibility for the attack at the Ariana Grande concert. Manchester police say the bomber detonated an improvised explosive device. Bbc news reports the youngest victim is believed to be just six or seven years old. Ambulance Officials Say a quarter of the 59 people hurt were under the age of 16 and President Donald Trump h
Good afternoon, everyone. My name is carol warner, and the director of the environmental and energy study institute. Im delighted to welcome you to the briefing this afternoon on the National Security implications of Climate Change. Were honored for this breaking to happen at this very timely. In time as well as a look at these important issues. And i want to express my gratitude and enthusiasm for the partnership that we have in terms of bringing this briefing through the partnership with the Henry M Jackson foundation as well as the center for climate and security. And i wanted to be sure and mention that were joined by some members from the henry m. Jackson foundation today, including john handelman, who is the president of the Jackson Foundation board, as well as laura who is the foundations executive director. So thank you very, very much for your support, for your long understanding and visionary approach to this important issue and in carrying out the legacy of senator jackson w