protection measures in sports clubs. we will bring you all the details, including the extra background checks you might have to go through if you work with children. do get in touch on that, it would be really interesting to hear your views, two loopholes they are calling for the government to close immediately. i would be interesting to hear what it is like trying to get a background check now if you work with children. do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning use the hashtag #victorialive. if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today. the us president donald trump has said he believes that torture can work to get information out of suspected terrorists. but he said he would seek further advice before deciding whether to bring back techniques such as water boarding. speaking to the american abc network in his first televised interview since becoming president, he also repeated his pledge to make mexico pay fo
for a second time aboard the international space station. i saw this spacecraft every single day because our docking port was right next to the cupola window. so for six months in space, every time i would open the window, i would give to look out and see the soyuz spacecraft. good morning, it s thursday 26th january. welcome to bbc newsroom live. theresa may is to tell republican leaders that the uk and the us can renew their special relationship in what she ll describe as this new age , following brexit and the election of president trump. she ll make the comments in philadelphia this evening, a day before she becomes the first world leader to hold face to face talks with the new us president at the white house. meanwhile, donald trump has continued with a series of policy announcements. president trump has indicated he would support the water boarding of terrorism suspects if his defence secretary and the director of the cia want to reinstate the interrogation technique.
hour that malaysian police have arrested a woman in connection with the death of the estranged half brother of north korea s leader, kim jong un. kim jong nam is thought to have been poisoned while waiting to fly out of kuala lumpur airport. the woman who was carrying vietnamese travel documents was detained at the same airport. police say they are now seeking several other suspects as they continue their investigation. sarah corker reports. was kim jong nam poisoned by assassins as he prepared to board a flight in the malaysian capital on monday? confusion and mystery surround the death of the half brother of the north korean dictator. now south korean officials say they believe he was murdered. translation: the government is certainlyjudging that the murdered person is kim jong nam. since this case is still being investigated we should wait for details until the malaysian government makes an announcement. just before he died, kimjong nam is reported to have told medical
and lesbian christians in its stance on gay marriage and harrison ford lands himself in trouble after flying his plane onto the wrong runway narrowly missing a packed passenger jet. before we turn to events in the united states, some news hasjust come through regarding tata steel. workers have voted to accept reforms to their pensions. this is coming through from the unions in the last few moments. thousands of tata steelworkers had been balloted on this and all this in essence is about trying to save people s jobs. members were asked whether they would accept moving from a final salary pension scheme to a less generous scheme. the flip side of that would be continued commitment at port talbot and no compulsoryjob loss. the price was effectively accepting a less generous pension scheme. a 70% turnout in that ballad from one particular union. 72% of those workers accepting the deal. that is to give you a sense of the turnout from the community union. in essence, overall, the
a packed passenger jet. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. donald trump is coming under increasing pressure as questions continue about what he knew about the events surrounding the resignation of his national security adviser. there are calls for a formal investigation after claims that the trump team were in contact with russian intelligence officers during the election campaign. the kremlin has since dismissed the allegations. president trump has hit back tweeting this in the last hour, saying that the allegations are a cover up for hillary clinton s campaign. he then has also effectively accused the intelligence agencies of collusion. and finally he has branded the intelligence leaks as un american . all this as he welcomes the israeli prime minister benjamin neta nyahu to washington, with one white house official saying a peace deal between israel and the palestinians may not come in the form of a two state solution. our correspondent is in washington. you can gaug