Is bbc world news. Its newsday. Glad you could join us. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in washington, where President Trump has spoken about the appointment of a Special Counsel to take over the russia investigation into any potential ties with his campaign. He said the entire affair was a witch hunt which hurt the country, as he put it, and he denied ever asking the fbi director to end the investigation into his National Security advisor Michael Flynn. From washington, aleem macqbool reports. The president s just not happy with the scrutiny he continues to come under over his links with russia. The entire thing has been a witch hunt. And there is no collusion between certainly myself and my campaign, but i can only speak for myself and the russians, zero. I think it divides the country. I think we have a very divided country because of that and many other things. Did you at any time urge former fbi Directorjames Comey to close or back down the investigation into Michael F
Our social care policy remain the same. And in sport we will be looking across a number of the big football leagues, with winners in italy, england, scotland and spain. So, its just over two weeks until election day here in the uk. And in the build up to june election day here in the uk. And in the build up tojune eight, andrew neil is interviewing each party leader, five interviews across the week. Today he spoke to Prime Minister team may. She has had a challenging day. Theresa may. She had to add a cap to the amount of money one individual could be asked to pay. There has been sharp criticism from some quarters. Here is some of theresa mays interview with andrew neil. Andrew, we have not rewritten the manifesto. This must be the first time in modern history that a party has broken a Manifesto Promise before the election i set out in my ma nifesto the election i set out in my manifesto the challenges that we need to address as a government. And ive been very clear with people. There
Our social care policy remain the same. And in sport we will be looking across a number of the big football leagues, with winners in italy, england, scotland and spain. So, its just over two weeks until election day here in the uk. And in the build up to june election day here in the uk. And in the build up tojune eight, andrew neil is interviewing each party leader, five interviews across the week. Today he spoke to Prime Minister team may. She has had a challenging day. Theresa may. She had to add a cap to the amount of money one individual could be asked to pay. There has been sharp criticism from some quarters. Here is some of theresa mays interview with andrew neil. Andrew, we have not rewritten the manifesto. This must be the first time in modern history that a party has broken a Manifesto Promise before the election i set out in my ma nifesto the election i set out in my manifesto the challenges that we need to address as a government. And ive been very clear with people. There
Made desperate appeals to try to find her. Good morning. French Interior Minister said that the Manchester Bomber Salman Abedi is believed to have been travelled to syria and had proven links with so called Islamic State. This from the French Interior minister. He said that the manchester bomber, salman abedi, is believed to have travelled to syria and had, proven links with the Islamic State terror group. Good morning from manchester. Its a cool good morning from manchester. Its a cool, grey morning and this is a city thats still grieving, clearly. A city thats still in shock. So many people have said to me, they still cannot believe it happened. Let me tell you where were broadcasting from this morning. Were in Albert Square. It is in the centre of manchester, the heart of the city. Were in front of the town halland in the city. Were in front of the town hall and in this square which is where the vigil was held last night, collections of flowers have sprung up. This is at the bottom
Good morning. There are just six days to go until the General Election and we have bought the sofa to scotlands ancient capital, dunfermline. What does the politics mean for the money in our pockets and how does that affect how people vote in six days time . We have come to meet local voters and local businesses to find out what it means for them. Matt is also here with the weather. Good morning. Iam in the grounds of Dunfermline Abbey finding out what place it plays in the towns history. Brighter and fresher conditions on the way and that lasts into the weekend. I will tell you what that means for you in 15 minutes. We are in the historic surgery of dunfermline in the kingdom of fife. Let me set the scene will be here all morning with the sofa talking to voters and politicians about the issues that matter to them six days ahead of the General Election. You will see in the background, lars, a historian. Youll be teaching us about Robert The Bruce who is buried here. Also this was home