From the jungles of colombia. She came as a free woman after more than six years as perhaps the most famous captive in the world. Hers is an extraordinary story, from Hellish Imprisonment to miraculous rescue. And now Ingrid Betancourt is ready to tell it. Ingrid betancourt, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you so much, im so glad to be here with you today. Were very glad to have you on the programme. Youve had a week and a little bit more of freedom. How do you feel now . Well, its a shock. First, because after years of being every day submerged into sadness, im the opposite now. Its the euphoria of being with my family, and feeling so much happiness, its just great. Has the euphoria to any extent worn off yet . No. I hope it wont go ever again. I mean, i would like to always remember how great it is to be alive and how great it is to be free. I dont want to forget it. I think we shouldnt forget. Its a privilege. Has it been somewhat disorientating to be, for more than six years, a captive
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
Re elected. Now all the latest Business News live from singapore. Apec Trade Ministers gear up for a busy weekend in vietnam, as it faces restructuring of major trade agreements. And who knew what you could do with used Coffee Grounds . Good morning, asia, hello, world. Glad you could join us for this edition of Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. Trade ministers are gathering in vietnam this weekend and the person they will be wanting face time with, americas new trade representative, who is in charge of president trumps America First policy. Earlier i spoke to the Executive Director of a segment of apec and he told me what ministers are keen to find out. We are pretty interested to talk to the United States trade representatives and have him come and elaborate for us some details of us trade and other related policies. We are pushing ahead with a lot of initiatives in apec. It is a pretty important time. We have to have more clarity on what the us will be supporting, where their sen
All this week on breakfast were looking at what it means for your generation. To we are focusing on the millennial is, those born in the 805 and 905. I have come here to aberdeen to see what these workers want for the economy. In sport, double gold for laura muir as she adds the 3000 metre title to her 1500 metre win at the european indoor athletics championships. Pollution is not a joke is the message from students at this Primary School. We are talking today about Cars Idling Outside Schools and the damage it does. And carol has the weather for us this morning. Good morning. Actually start, some have frost, but for many it will be sunshine with some showers. Rain across the south, blustery here, and snow would hide. I will have more details of about 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Theres uncertainty for thousands of british car workers as a deal that will see vauxhall sold to the french owners of peugeot and citroen, is expected to be announced within the next hour.
Soon after setting sail for dover. And bt sport are to pay £1. 2 billion to carry on showing the Champions League and Europa League until 2021. The new deal ends the Highlights Shows On Terrestrial Tv. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The uk factories at Ellesmere Port and luton employee. The new owners met government and unions last week and provided insurance that existing Production Commitments would be honoured at Ellesmere Port until 2020 and luton for some years beyond that but the combined company will have 2a factories in europe and some say that is too many. Its one of the biggest deals in the car making sector. British and german Brands Vauxhall and opel are to merge with the french brands peugeot and citroen. Together they will make a company which is the second largest automotive player in europe. Today, the bosses of General Motors and psa welcomed the £1. 9 billion deal and stressed their commitments to vauxhall and opel at least until 2020. After that it was