Will rule this morning on whether millions of women following President Trumps were discriminated against over their state pension. Well speak to a former Heated Press Conference with finnish president , sauli niinisto, the hashtags trumpmeltdown and impeachment pensions minister at 9. 15. Are now trending and gathering pace this tweet by democratic congressman eric swalwell, apologising and in sport, dina does it. Asher smith becomes the first to mr niinisto, for Donald Trumps british woman to win a major global sprint title, as she takes gold in the 200 conduct, has been metres at the athletics shared over a000 times. Trump also clashed with the reuters journalistjeff mason during the press conference. World championships. Mr mason asked what he wanted ukrainian president zelensky to do about the former Vice President joe biden and his son. This is how the president responded. I hear talking to me . It wasjust a good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Of what ijust good morni
Much. I am awaiting our conference. Junko he is a man of few words and gets it done. That is what i like about him. The whistleblower is very inaccurate. The whistleblower started this whole thing by writing a report on a conversation i had with the president of ukraine. Ukraine. The conversation was perfect. It could not have been nicer. And the conversation was perfect. Not a thing wrong. Unless you heard the adam schiff made up part of the conversation. It should be criminal. It should be treasonous. He made it up, every word of it. I tell you what, he should be forced to resign. Adam schiff is a lowlife. He should be forced to resign. Realized he could not read it to congress. It was a very nice conversation. Many people were on the phone. We had stenographers on the phone taking it down word for word. He took that conversation which was perfect. He said i cant read this. He made up a conversation and he reported it and said at the congress and the American People. It was horrible
Pres. Trump thank you very much. Thank you. Look at all the press that you attract. Do you believe it . I hope not. You are lucky. Thank you very much. Today it is my honor to welcome president new nist oh of finland to the white house. Mr. President , it is wonderful to host you once again in washington once again. We have gotten to know each other over the last period of time and it has been a great experience. The president and i have concluded productive discussions on a number of exciting opportunities for our two nations. I want to express our dip console and says over the horrific stabbing attack our deep condolences over the horrific stabbing attack at a college in finland. The american and finnish people are linked by an abiding commitment to selfgovernment, individual rights, democracy, and the rule of law. This past may come our countries celebrated the 100th anniversary of americas recognition of the independent nation of finland in 1919. As president wilson wrote at the ti
dw. strikes by security guards at london heathrow airport will go ahead as planned from today, after last ditch talks failed to resolve a pay dispute. the walkout will end on easter sunday. it threatens disruption at the uk s largest airport at the start of the easter school holidays. i spoke to our transport correspondent katy austin a little earlier. well, it s security guards who work at terminal five at heathrow, which is only used by british airways. they are walking out today, and also security workers who deal with cargo coming in and out of the airport as well. but even though it is only those specific groups of security officers taking part in the strike, it does mean that staffing is stretched when it comes to security, and this is a very busy few days. today, the weekend, is the start of the easter getaway, so lots of passengers expected to be turning up to go on those holidays. and i think the impact on the ground, when we were at terminalfive earlier, to be fair,
of 30 billion dollar rescue package for the embattled first republic bank in the us. hopes turkey will ratify finland s application for nato membership as the leaders of the two countries meet. and a former professional surfer has broken the world record for the longest surf session in australia. hello and welcome. the chinese president, xijinping, will travel to russia next week for talks with president putin. the state visit follows us claims that china may be considering sending weapons to russia to support its war in ukraine. meanwhile, there s been a big boost for the ukrainian government. slovakia has followed poland with a promise to send it combat aircraft. from kyiv, james landale reports. before the war, they agreed what they called a partnership with no limits. one that next week will bring president xi to moscow in a rare show of solidarity, for a leader in need of allies. china has neither endorsed nor condemned president putin s invasion of ukraine. but it has k