The uk will pay double what it offered the eu just two months ago in the hope it will pave the way to trade talks. Get in touch with us using the hashtag beyond100days. Hello, i am katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london and donald trump is causing outrage on both sides of the atlantic. We dont know why the president of america chose to retweet incendiary, unverified, anti Muslim Videos posted by the convicted leader of a far right British Group but we do know that doing so has incensed americas closest ally. The videos are from the account of the british fascist jayda fransen, the deputy leader of the group, britain first. She was convicted last year of a hate crime on a muslim woman. Currently, she is on bailfacing four charges of religiously aggravated harassment. Membership that often endades to raise its profile. Early this morning, it received a huge propaganda gift from donald trump, the America First president. On his twitter feed, he retweeting three inflammator
To the director of the oscar winning film, elizabeth, shekhar kapoor, ahead of the 28th Singapore International Film Festival. 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 8pm in the evening in new york, where an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council is taking place. It follows the latest launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile by north korea. Experts believe this icbm could bring the us mainland within range, although north korea is yet to prove it has reached its aim of miniaturising a nuclear warhead. The Us Ambassador to the un warned the leadership in pyongyang that it would be utterly destroyed if war broke out. The dictator of north korea made a choice yesterday to bring the world closer to war, not further from it. We have never sought war with north korea, and still today, we do not seek it. If war does come, it will be because of continued acts of
The arrest of Peaceful Protesters during a second day of Anti Government demonstrations in iran. The Us State Department said it urged all countries to support the iranian people and their demands for basic rights, as well as for an end to corruption. Thousands of people are said to have participated in protests on friday, including the capital tehran. People came out onto the streets in rasht, and kermanshah in the west, with smaller protests in mashhad, shiraz and elsewhere. Wyre davies reports. These are extremely rare sights. Iranian cities hit by large Anti Government protests. This is the western city of kermanshah. Despite the repressive action of the police, the protests have quickly grown and spread. Iranians have suffered tremendous Economic Hardship in the last decade with a huge fall in living standards. But what started as a protest against rising prices has grown into wide anger against strict clerical rule and irans supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei. There is seethi
Demonstrators at the made in the Political Prisoners should be freed into the government should stop spending millions on foreign wars. There is seething discontent with iranians spending money on wars abroad, on spreading shiaism broad, supporting hezbollah abroad. Abroad, on spreading shiaism abroad, supporting hezbollah abroad. And that has changed the character of the demonstration into a political one, undermining the whole clerical regime now. Irans relatively moderate president , hassan rouhani, has promised the benefits of Economic Growth after an International Deal to limit its nuclear activities. But those promises have failed to materialise. It is too early to say if the regime is under serious threat. These are the biggest protest in a run for almost a decade and the government will use greater force if it feels it is losing control. Officials in new york say a fire which tore through an apartment block in the bronx appears to have been started by a young boy playing with a
The United States team. She is the latest athlete to accuse larry nassar of sexual abuse. Hes already been jailed for 60 years for possessing indecent images of children and has admitted assaulting female gymnasts. Hell be sentenced this month. Andrew plant reports. She is a a time olympic champion with 19 combined world and olympic medals, she is americas most decorated gymnast. Now in a statement, the star of the rio games has said that she was sexually abused by the former teen usa gymnastics sports doctor, larry nassar. Nassar has already been jailed, sentenced to 60 years for possessing indecent images of children and has also been accused by other gymnasts of sexual abuse and has a limited Sexual Assault in two cases and will be sentenced this month. Her talent clear from a young age, simone biles is regarded by many as the greatest to ever perform in her sport. Team mates said the abuse happened under the guise of her treatment. In a statement, simone said she would allow the do