London and 7pm in washington, where President Trumps newly appointed Communications Director, Anthony Scaramucci, has been fired. He had beenin scaramucci, has been fired. He had been in thejobjust scaramucci, has been fired. He had been in the job just ten days. It has been reported that President Trump decided he should go after a request from john kelly who was sworn in as the president s new Chief Of Staff. A former a star general, it is hoped mr kelly will bring discipline and strength to a white house seemingly in chaos. Our North America editor reports. Im going to be brief, im going to make my remarks informal. Well, he was right about that, wasnt he . It is day one on the job, and certain things are instantly clear. Anthony scaramucci does not lack for self confidence, swagger or bravado. But i love the president , and im very, very loyal to the president. This would be his first and last appearance at the white house podium. Ten days later, the new Communications Director is
Im sarah montague. Sirjohn tavener composes music for god, even referring to it as a form of divine dictation. In doing so, he has become one of britains most celebrated living composers. A0 years ago, his work was sometimes dismissed as bland, populist, new age. But since then, he has defied the critics. The Protecting Veil was one of the biggest selling classical cds ever. Six years ago, he had a heart attack that nearly killed him, and since then, he says, everything has changed his music, his outlook on life, and his faith. So what happened, and how did he change . Sirjohn tavener, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. What happened to your music . Well, it nearly vanished altogether. Because i was taken ill in switzerland, and they didnt not know whether i was conscious, whether i was brain dead or not. And my wife came over from england, and she played me mozart, and i started conducting, like that. And the doctors realised my brain wasnt dead. I didnt become conscious after that, but
Ciaran maxwell stockpiled weapons while serving with a Commando Unit in somerset. Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. Downgraded. Toshiba moves off the main stock board of tokyo because of financial problems. And a snap deal going at a loan after calling off a sale to a rival, flipcart. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Welcome to another edition of Asia Business report. Its a tuesday. Im sharanjit leyl. Report. Its a tuesday. Im shara njit leyl. We report. Its a tuesday. Im sharanjit leyl. We will start with the ongoing problems around the tech giant toshiba. The markets opened for trade and its shares got demoted to the second section of the tokyo stock exchange. We have that story. Tell us about this demotion. They opened higher this morning. Tell us about this demotion. They opened higherthis morning. Up tell us about this demotion. They opened higher this morning. Up about 2. 596 opened higher this morning. Up about 2. 5 this hour. Yesterday as well
And we are very excited. How have you come to this deal is the question many people will want to know . Two years ago the words olympic were not even in angelenos vocabulary at that point in time so i think weve come a long way from when we first indicated there was an outside shot that wed be given the opportunity to even compete. So here we are today saying we are down to the dotting of the is and crossing of the ts, and in a short period of time you will be hearing the olympian theme music rolling through the city of a lay. Obviously paris has been bidding for 2024, and you have bid for 2028, what convinced you do go for 2028 . Two years ago no one even thought we were in the game and now here we are at the table. We believe in going for 2028 we might get some additional perks that we could use to help benefit the city of los angeles, but i think the most important thing is that this is like a once in a lifetime thing. We have the opportunity to be a government in la that for all of
Recruit another 20,000 new Health Workers in england. Jeremy hunt said it is time to end what he called an historic imbalance between mental and physical health services. The Royal College of nursing has questioned if there is enough time to train so many staff. As a teenager, hope had a serious eating disorder. She thought shed got through it after treatment but, last year, a Family Bereavement triggered a relapse. She was offered therapy, but was told there would be a 12 week wait news she said was devastating. The way i was treated last year wasnt right. There were points when i did want to kind of end everything, and when i never thought id ever be well again. And it was at those points that i was so angry and annoyed at the system, because when you cry out for help, you already feel guilty because youve got this voice in your head telling you that you shouldnt be eating, you shouldnt be asking for help, so when you do call out for help and you get turned away, you think that actua