We report from what could be the Worlds Largest wildlife sanctuary. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Glad you could join us. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 2am in the swiss resort of davos, where one issue is dominating the start of the World Economic forum, protectionism. It follows the decision by the us President Donald Trump to impose steep import tariffs on washing machines and solar panels. The move has been condemned by china and south korea, who fear it could choke off the revival in global trade. Heres what both sides of the debate had to say. For both solar and washing machines, executive actions uphold the principle of fair trade and demonstrate to the world that the United States will not be taken advantage of any more. Translation our government is expressing regret for the latest us safeguard measures against our industry, ivejust spoken to professor david kang, director of the Korean Studies Institute at the un
Coming up in the next half hour the government confirms it wont appeal a High Court Ruling on benefit payments for people with mental illness. Labour reckons its good news for ha rd pressed claimants. The cuts that have been brought on disabled people by this government is an absolute disgrace. Also on this programme the former chair of the social Mobility Commission says ministers werent willing or able to put their shoulders to the wheel to tackle the problem. And an mp says its time to put an end to rip off rickshaw rides in london. Charging £200 £300 to go the half mile from Oxford Circus. But first the work and pensions secretary has confirmed that up to 220,000 people could have their benefits restored to a higher level following a High Court Ruling. Ministers announced on friday that they would not appeal against a high courtjudgment on disability benefits. The row is over those with Mental Health conditions and whether they should qualify for higher rates of personal independ
The Justice Department what is the latest . You are correct. TheJustice Department is confirming todayjeff sessions, the attorney general was interviewed by Robert Muellers Team Investigating alleged collusion between russia and the donald Trump Campaign. That took place last week. The interview with the special counsel, Robert Muellers team, was conducted, it is being reported, in the presence of the lawyer ofjeff sessions. He is the lawyer ofjeff sessions. He is the attorney general, the first member of the donald trump cabinet to be interviewed by Robert Muellers team. That team, as well as investigating allegations of collusion between Trump Campaign and russia, is also, of course, looking into whether the president obstructed justice by firing former fbi directorjames comey. One of the thingsjeff sessions was involved in was a meeting in the oval office to discuss the firing of james comey, apparently. So, that is certainly an area of interest to Robert Mueller and his team. Meanw
The us attorney general, the countrys top prosecutor, has become the first member of president trumps cabinet to be questioned by the special counsel investigating allegations of russian interference in the president ial election. Its understood Jeff Sessions was also questioned about whether the trump team colluded with russia, and then tried to impede the russia inquiry. And the Washington Post is reporting that special Counsel Robert Mueller is seeking to interview the president , as well. The bbcs david willis is following events in washington. You are absolutely right to the Justice Department confirming today thatJeff Sessions, the attorney general, was interviewed by Robert Muellers team, investigating alleged collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia. Trump. They are taking place last week. The interview with the special counsel, Robert Muellers t, was conducted its reported in the presence ofJeff Sessions war you. It makesJeff Sessions, the attorney general, the first me
I think blackburn will eventually become a completely muslim asian town. Should i stay or should i go. Blackburn, lancashire. A town with an identity crisis. There are many ethnic groups here, but, according to the latest census, the two biggest are around 100,000 White British people and roughly 40,000 asians or british asians, many of whom are muslim. The question is, how well do they get along . Ten years ago, panorama made a programme in blackburn posing that very question. We met two minicab drivers, mohammed nawaz, whose taxi firm was staffed by all asian drivers. And ian goodliffe, whose fellow cabbies were all white. This end is predominantly white. At the other end of town its predominantly asian. Mohammed had a similar story to tell. Were living two different lives here, arent we . Were just going to grow apart and its going to get worse. A decade on, panorama has returned to see if thats the case. Ian now works as a Delivery Driver and still knows the town like the back of h