In take days not weeks no woman or man for that matter coming to work in this house should be subjected to unwanted sexual advances from those in a position of power. The hollywood Actor Kevin Spacey apologises after being accused of making sexual advances towards a teenage boy in the 1980s. Lewis hamilton celebrates becoming the most successful british formula one driver of all time, after winning his fourth world title at the mexican grand prix. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that president trumps former Campaign Manager, Paul Manafort, has been charged with conspiring to defraud the us, in his dealings with ukraine. The 12 charges brought against mr manafort and one of his business associates, rick gates, include conspiracy to launder money. And George Papadopoulos, a Foreign Policy advisor to the Trump Campaign, has admitted lying to the fbi. The charges are the first to stem from an inquiry, led by special counsel Robert Mueller, into allegations of russian meddling, in the presi
The conservative mp Charlie Elphicke has denied any wrongdoing after being suspended by the party for what Officials Say are serious allegations which have been passed to the police. The party didnt give any details about what the allegations are, or who had made them. It comes amid growing concern in westminster over the conduct of politicians following a string of allegations of sexual abuse in parliament. The conservatives have published a new code of conduct for mps and other elected representatives, while labour has introduced a new complaints procedure. It has been described as a torrid week here in westminster with what feels like decades of Sexual Misconduct coming to life. There are a number of mps facing allegations and many are being strenuously denied. Theresa may and Jeremy Corbyn are both under pressure and that this. Many feel that what we are seeing here is a culture change in british politics and it is long overdue. New allegations are emerging frequently. This is Char
Sits down with the bbc to talk about his latest work in Washington A Sprawling tribute to those who fight for freedom. I am katty kay in washington Christian Fraser is in london. The pentagon says the intelligence is compelling it has identified planes and also the hangar in which it says the Syrian Government may be preparing another Chemical Attack. The white house said to President Assad he will pay a heavy price if the weapons are used. In april, a Sarin Gas Attack on the rebel held town of Khan Sheikhun killed at least 87 people, many of them were children. The attack was launched from this same base. Today the syrian president Bashar Al Assad denied any new preparations were under way. And perhaps in defiance of that us threat, he paid a visit to a russian airbase in the west of the country even climbing into the cockpit of this sukhoi fighter jet. Not the image of a man cowed by american threats. A short while ago the Us Ambassador to the un, nikki haley issued this statement ab
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