Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington where it seems every hour, President Donald Trump is in more and trouble. This time its the sacking of the fbi Directorjames Comey thats causing the trouble. The New York Times is reporting that President Trump asked mr comey to drop the bureaus investigation into alleged ties between russia and Michael Flynn, the National Security advisor at the time. Thats been denied by the white house, but theres no doubt just how serious this allegation is. One senior democrat said other senators were shaken and called for a Special Prosecutor to be appointed. Well, this stunning and breathtaking revelation that the president is accused of reaching out directly to the head of the fbi did stop an investigation of general flynn under the circumstances raises serious questions about obstruction of justice. It is a fundamental question here. Is anybody, including the president of the United States, Above The Law . Can everybody be held acc
Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington where it seems every hour, President Donald Trump is in more and trouble. This time its the sacking of the fbi Directorjames Comey thats causing the trouble. The New York Times is reporting that President Trump asked mr comey to drop the bureaus investigation into alleged ties between russia and Michael Flynn, the National Security advisor at the time. Thats been denied by the white house, but theres no doubt just how serious this allegation is. One senior democrat said other senators were shaken and called for a Special Prosecutor to be appointed. Well, this stunning and breathtaking revelation that the president is accused of reaching out directly to the head of the fbi did stop an investigation of general flynn under the circumstances raises serious questions about obstruction of justice. It is a fundamental question here. Is anybody, including the president of the United States, Above The Law . Can everybody be held acc
We must be brave enough to admit that the War On Terror is not working. We need a smarter way to reduce the threat from countries that Nurture Terrorists and generate terrorism. This is a very badly timed speech, showing some very muddled and dangerous thinking. He seems to be implying that somehow its our fault, somehow britains fault. At the g7 summit in sicily, theresa may urges World Leaders to discuss fighting online extremism. Ijust happen i just happen to ijust happen to be captainjack sparrow. And jacks back. Well get Mark Kermodes take on the latest Pirates Of The Caribbean offering and the rest of the Cinema Releases, in the the film review. Its five oclock. Our main story police say they believe they have got hold of a large part of the network involved in the Manchester Bombing and have made immense progress in the investigation. They say they expect further arrests. But they also urged people to go out as planned and enjoy themselves over the weekend as they have reviewed
Captain jack sparrow. No, it cant be. Ive spent years searching for this . The great jack sparrow is not some drunk in a cell. Do you even have a ship . A crew . Pants . A great pirate does not require such intricacies. Do you know how long ive been waiting for this moment . The audiences love it, so give them more and more . Have you seen the other pirates movies . I think i saw the first one, a long time ago. My daughter was all right, but i didnt need more. Do you think this gag is so fabulous its going to take five movies . Firstly, i was never a fan of the first one, the second and third i found increasingly annoying, and the fourth just felt like a postscript. You Havejohnny Depp doing that same performance that has been getting more and more broad during the various movies. When he first started doing it, someone said he was like Keith Richards from the rolling stones. It has become more and more like a pantomime. His accent seems to have gone to the other side of the world. He
The day s news. But first, its newswatch. Hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. After the Manchester Arena bombing, we discussed how news should report the horror of a Terrorist Attack without giving the perpetrators the publicity they crave. And we look at how newsround covered that news for its young audience. It was shortly after half past ten on monday night when the news came through of what would turn out to be the worst Terrorist Attack in the uk for almost 12 years. Lets break away from the Election Campaign for a moment, we have some news coming into us out of the north west. Greater Manchester Police have warned people to stay away from Manchester Arena. As officers respond to what they are describing as an incident amid reports on social media of some kind of explosion. By the following morning, the scale of the violence had become clear. Breakfast invited three of those who had been at the Ariana Grande concert into the studio. Im still processing it myself.