Coverage of donald trump. He details allegations that russia has Compromising Material on donald trump that could be used to blackmail him. The dossier was written by a former uk Intelligence Agent called christopher steele. Heres our security correspondent frank gardner, with more about him. Hes a former Intelligence Officer at mi6, he is a specialist in russia. His firm was hired by a washington lobbyist, initially they we re washington lobbyist, initially they were hired by the republicans, who we re were hired by the republicans, who were looking to come up with some dirt about donald trump. Eventually it was the democrats who were interested. What he found in tapping up interested. What he found in tapping up his old russian contacts in the russian successof up his old russian contacts in the russian successor to the kgb, he eventually got the document passed to the fbi. That was in august last year. In october it started to leak out, partly from a Security Conference that took pl
Coverage of donald trump. He details allegations that russia has Compromising Material on donald trump that could be used to blackmail him. The dossier was written by a former uk Intelligence Agent called christopher steele. Heres our security correspondent frank gardner, with more about him. Hes a former Intelligence Officer at mi6, he is a specialist in russia. His firm was hired by a washington lobbyist, initially they we re washington lobbyist, initially they were hired by the republicans, who we re were hired by the republicans, who were looking to come up with some dirt about donald trump. Eventually it was the democrats who were interested. What he found in tapping up interested. What he found in tapping up his old russian contacts in the russian successof up his old russian contacts in the russian successor to the kgb, he eventually got the document passed to the fbi. That was in august last year. In october it started to leak out, partly from a Security Conference that took pl
Ido i do geta i do get a lot of abuse. What do you normally do when you hang out together . This. We sit around, he abuses me. David baddiel will tell us about life with his father whose rare form of dementia makes him prone to extreme outbursts of swearing and sexual inappropriateness. Really keen to hear your experiences of caring for a relative with dementia. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Use the hashtag victorialive. And if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Council tax rises are planned by nearly all of englands local authorities in the coming year, but the organisation that represents them is warning that deep cuts to services will still be needed. The local Government Association says social Care Services for the elderly and disabled are at Breaking Point and will swallow up any extra money raised. Heres our social Affairs Correspo
London, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Thanks forjoining us. It is sam Thanks Forjoining us. It is 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 3am in mosul, where iraqi forces have made a breakthrough in their offensive against the so called Islamic State, in iraqs second city. Theyve taken the airport, a key point in the battle to drive the militants from the western half of the city. This report from the front lines. Before the attack came the air strikes, rockets and artillery. Its day five of the offensive to retake western mosul. Slowly, the forces make their way past a suspected is car bomb, talks en route. These armoured columns are now moving forward to mosul airport. The attack of the airport is under way. All night long weve heard Coalition Aircraft and iraqi artillery slam this area just to the north of us. And in daylight, they didnt let up. This factory flew the is flag yesterday. Today it burned. In less than four hours iraqi forces had breached the airport perimeter,
government 20 show incumbents the vice president of america. my family has no show incumbents. there is enough proof the biden family needs to come forward and show there wasn t a pay to play. america deserves more. julie: we start with julian turner who joins us live from the white house, good morning. president biden out west and the number of days touting climate crisis and clean energy agenda. he has left behind it white house. increasing now over his alleged involvement in his sons divided foreign business deals. we last saw the president here at the white house yesterday. he welcomed houston astros briefly. he didn t take any questions from the press but he did take a moment to crack a couple of jokes. people say you are past your prime. i know something about that. [laughter] digital investigation finds hunter biden s business