girl in her prom dress, in the ruins of her school in kharkiv. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. it s 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in washington where lawmakers have been hearing searing testimony from the victims and families of those caught up in several recent mass shootings. among them was an 11 year old girl, mia cerrillo. a student at the robb elementary school in texas, she described how she smeared herself in blood and played dead to avoid being killed along with 19 other children and two teachers. the shooting, carried out by an 18 year old gunman, has provoked a nation wide debate about the sale of firearms. our north america editor sarah smith has more from washington we should warn you, her report contains some graphic testimony which some may find distressing. this is the last photograph of lexi rubio, getting a school prize just hours before she was shot dead, the last time her paren
Singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in washington, where President Trump has roped in global diplomatic norms by saying he would be open to meeting with north Korean Leader kim jong un. The president said he would be honoured to meet mr kim under the right circumstances. That may worry americas allies. Japan has just sent its biggest warship to protect a navy supply vessel, a historic first for tokyo. A short time ago mr trump spoke of the danger posed by north korea to the region and beyond. I can say this. He is very threatening, he is a big threat to the world. How safe our troops in the world. How safe our troops in the demilitarised zone, and our ally in south korea, how safe are they with some of the Defence Systems we have provided, and what is the status of those . Well, nobody is safe. The guy has nuclear weapons. I would like to say they are very safe. These are great, brave soldiers, these are great trips. And we know the situation, with 20,000 troops on the line, and the
Singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in washington, where President Trump has roped in global diplomatic norms by saying he would be open to meeting with north Korean Leader kim jong un. The president said he would be honoured to meet mr kim under the right circumstances. That may worry americas allies. Japan has just sent its biggest warship to protect a navy supply vessel, a historic first for tokyo. A short time ago mr trump spoke of the danger posed by north korea to the region and beyond. I can say this. He is very threatening, he is a big threat to the world. How safe our troops in the world. How safe our troops in the demilitarised zone, and our ally in south korea, how safe are they with some of the Defence Systems we have provided, and what is the status of those . Well, nobody is safe. The guy has nuclear weapons. I would like to say they are very safe. These are great, brave soldiers, these are great trips. And we know the situation, with 20,000 troops on the line, and the
This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in washington, where the us House Of Representatives has narrowly passed a Republican Party proposal to repeal Barack Obamas affordable healthcare act. After suffering an embarrassing setback in march, President Trump finally notched up his first major legislative victory. The vote in the House Of Representatives was tight. 217 to 213, with no democrats voting in favour. But quite how quickly this bill becomes law is a very different matter, as it still faces steep hurdles in the senate. Heres our north america editor, jon sopel. The moment itjust after two oclock this afternoon in washington when trumpcare this afternoon in washington when trumpca re became a this afternoon in washington when trumpcare became a thing. The ayes are 217. The nays are 213. The bill is passed. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. Shame, shame, shame, shame. But outside, a rat
Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7 30 in the morning in pyongyang where the north korean government is facing criticism for its latest Ballistic Missile test. The newsagency saying it can do that successfully and missile test. The newsagency saying it can do that successfully and Missile Testm may be able to carry large Scale Nuclear warhead. The us said pyongyang had been a menace forfar too long and sanctions should be tightened. He is in a state of paranoia, this was a message to south korea after the election so what we are going to do is continue to tighten screws. He feels it. We will continue whether it is sanctions, press statements. We will be rallying the troops and saying what do we need to do next . Listen, there are more sanctions we can do, whether it is with oil, energy, and lots of other things. Our options are there but we have to send a strong unified a siege that this is unacceptable and i in key will see the International Community do that. I think it i