And london, youre watching bbc world news. Its newsday. Thanks forjoining us. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 8pm In Washington, where donald trump began his day by pushing mexicos buttons a bit over who will pay for his border wall. And after a few hours, the Mexican President pushed back, saying he wont come to the us next week to attend a meeting with mr trump. Not to be outdone, mr trump then stood in front of republican lawmakers and said any such visit would be fruitless unless mexico agreed to foot the bill. And hes now threatened to impose a tax on mexican imports to fund his border wall. Nick bryant has more on this cross border spat. Donald trumps new executive toy. His first ride today on air force one, that potent symbol of us president ial power. But it was the cancelled travel plans of the Mexican President were at the centre of a diplomatic storm. His plane will Stay Grounded after a summit between the two leaders scheduled for washington next week was abruptly
From the World Economic forum in davos. My guest is humanitarian, Activist And Hollywood Actor forest whitaker. Hes probably best known for his oscar winning role ten years ago as the ugandan dictator idi amin in the last king of scotland, and hes remained deeply involved with uganda through his work with the Whitaker Peace Development initiative, which helps young People Living in communities affected by violence across several continents. Hes also a Special Envoy for unesco and a member of the uns Advocacy Group on Sustainable Development goals. But can Celebrity Activists like him be real Agents For Change . Forest whitaker, welcome to hardtalk. Its great to be here with you. Now, in your acting career, youve been a very, very versatile actor. Mainstream, Popularfilms Like Rogue One a star wars story, and also the great debaters, back in 2007, about black students striving for equality. Mm hm. Do you like to act in any genre of films . Im trying to continue to grow as a person, so e
And london, youre watching bbc world news. Its newsday. Thanks forjoining us. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 8pm In Washington, where donald trump began his day by pushing mexicos buttons a bit over who will pay for his border wall. And after a few hours, the Mexican President pushed back, saying he wont come to the us next week to attend a meeting with mr trump. Not to be outdone, mr trump then stood in front of republican lawmakers and said any such visit would be fruitless unless mexico agreed to foot the bill. And hes now threatened to impose a tax on mexican imports to fund his border wall. Nick bryant has more on this cross border spat. Donald trumps new executive toy. His first ride today on air force one, that potent symbol of us president ial power. But it was the cancelled travel plans of the Mexican President were at the centre of a diplomatic storm. His plane will Stay Grounded after a summit between the two leaders scheduled for washington next week was abruptly
United held on to win 3 2 on aggregate, and they are now through to a ninth league cup final. They will face southampton at wembley on 26 february. He was doing fantastic work, and there were a very good team in both matches. We had more power, we were the best team. We could score lots of goals in the first match. And today, as i was saying, the game was. Was under control. So we deserved to be in the final. We have got a very good performance, of couise. Got a very good performance, of course. Very good win for us. It is not enough to achieve our goal, of course, but surely it is a gift of confidence for our players in the la st confidence for our players in the last three games at home, we have woii last three games at home, we have won these three games. It is important to give his confidence for oui important to give his confidence for our players, for our fans, for us as a club. In spain, barcelona are through to the semi finals of the copa del rey. Lionel messi and luis suarez w
From the World Economic forum in davos. My guest is humanitarian, Activist And Hollywood Actor forest whitaker. Hes probably best known for his oscar winning role ten years ago as the ugandan dictator idi amin in the last king of scotland, and hes remained deeply involved with uganda through his work with the Whitaker Peace Development initiative, which helps young People Living in communities affected by violence across several continents. Hes also a Special Envoy for unesco and a member of the uns Advocacy Group on Sustainable Development goals. But can Celebrity Activists like him be real Agents For Change . Forest whitaker, welcome to hardtalk. Its great to be here with you. Now, in your acting career, youve been a very, very versatile actor. Mainstream, Popularfilms Like Rogue One a star wars story, and also the great debaters, back in 2007, about black students striving for equality. Mm hm. Do you like to act in any genre of films . Im trying to continue to grow as a person, so e