Air force one friday night, en route to saudi arabia, but his team was still trying to firefight the latest twist in the sacking of the fbi director, and the russia connection if there is one. I just fired the head of the fbi. He was crazy, a real nutjob, the New York Times claims he told the Russian Foreign minister, i faced great pressure because of russia. Thats taken off. Well, if he did say it, that last part looks very premature. John mccain, the veteran republican senator, is among many to observe that this all feels horribly familiar. Stryker mcguire, they are all thinking of watergate. You were in the states, working as a journalist back then, all those years ago. Do you have a sense of deja vu . I was a mere child. Precocious journalistic talent journalists started at a young age back then. So, is it like watergate . No and yes. One thing is that watergate began with two break ins. May and june 1972. It built rather slowly, and the break ins themselves were rather inconsequen
To dateline london. This week Donald Trumps travels abroad and trouble at home. Can one escape the other . And now britains Political Parties have published their manifestos, their contract with the people if we vote for one of them, just what are we signing up to . With me, David Aaronovitch of the times. Annalisa piras, the italian writer and film maker. Nabila ramdani, the algerian journalist. And stryker mcguire, london editorfor bloomberg markets. A warm welcome to all of you. Good to have you with us. Lets begin with donald trump, because he may have been Onboard Air Force one friday night, en route to saudi arabia, but his team was still trying to fire fight the latest twist in the sacking of the fbi director, and the russia connection if there is one. I just fired the head of the fbi. He was crazy, a real nutjob, the New York Times claims he told the Russian Foreign minister, i faced great pressure because of russia. Thats taken off. Well, if he did say it, that last part looks
Many things could happen that could not happen before. But even while hes abroad the president battles controversy back at home could he seems to say he didnt tell the russians the intelligence was sharing came from israel. Also. Theresa may is supposed to win this election in a landslide so why are the polls narrowing. Tonight the Prime Minister speaks to the country after a rethink on one of her key manifesto pledges. And. The orb that lit up the internet. Twitter goes wild over this photo of President Trump on his weekend visit to saudi arabia. How would you write the caption . Hello, i am katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. Donald trump said today theres now a unique opportunity for peace between israelis and palestinians and the white house clearly believes hes the right man to take advantage of the moment. Good luck with that, is effectively the reaction of the many people who have tried and failed to bring about this ultimate deal. But whats new, says the adm
To be rewritten. In the sport on bbc news, Alun Wynjones will captain another all new British And Irish Lions starting 15 for the Third Tour Match in new zealand this weekend. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. Police investigating the london Terror Attack have made three more arrests following raids involving armed officers in east london. Five people remain in custody in connection with saturdays attack. Distressing cctv images have emerged showing the moment armed police gunned down the three killers responsible for the deaths of eight people. Other separate footage shows all three men together, laughing and joking outside a gym, five days before the attack. A warning that this report from Richard Lister contains distressing images. The final moments of saturdays attack, these images show and injured victim on the pavement. Police raise their weapons as three Men Wielding Knives reveal themselves. Seconds later, all three have been shot down. The fate of the injured
He didnt play great tennis, but he beat Kei Nishikori to reach the semi finals of the french open for the fourth year in a row. From Colgate Lasagne to green ketchup, well look at the ill conceived products that have been consigned to the first ever museum of failure. And matt is in rochester with the weather. A bit ofa a bit of a fail as well. In morning. We are failing to know our wildflowers. I am we are failing to know our wildflowers. Iam in we are failing to know our wildflowers. I am in kent to find out more. What we do know is there is rain this week. I will have all the details coming up. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story. In just one hour, Polling Stations will open for millions of people to cast their vote in the general election. Police forces say therell be increased security in some areas following the recent Terror Attacks in manchester and london. The first Election Results are expected at around midnight. Gary 0donoghue reports. Election day 2017, just two