Whether Angela Merkel can remain chancellor when germans go to the polls later this year . And Behind The Scenes at the white house. Well speak to a reporter about his dinner with the president , and finding out Donald Trumps favourite modern invention. Welcome to the programme. Im katty kay in washington. Clive myrie is in london. We are learning a lot today about the firing of the head of the fbi and we are hearing it from the president. Mr Trump Hasjust called mr comey a showboat and a grandstander. He also revealed he was determined to fire the director anyway, whatever the Justice Department recommended. Mr trump also reasserted the claim, that mr comey told him three times that he personally wasnt under investigation over ties to russia. Mr trump made those comments in an interview with nbc news thats just been released. He isa he is a showboat. He is a grandstander. The fbi has been in turmoil. You know it, dynamic, Everybody Knows it. You take a look at the fbi a year ago, it w
On aggregate to secure their place in the stockholm showpiece, later this month. We are live at manchesters beautiful, glorious, historic Victoria Baths. The pool has been refilled, ready for the first public swim in 2a years. We will have more on the plight of britains glorious historic pools and the fight to save them ina historic pools and the fight to save them in a little while. And matt has them in a little while. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Another dry day. , but for the rest of you there will be the smell of fresh rain in the air and maybe eight thunderstorms later. Dry day for scotland. Good morning. First, our main story. Thousands of weapons have been seized in schools across england and wales. They include swords, axes and airguns. Some of the cases involved children as young as five. Police chiefs said there had been a worrying increase in young people carrying knives. Andy moore reports. Some schools have taken to using metal arches to make sure no weapons are
Than 100 years. He is the sky diver who has broken a world record byjumping out of a plane at the age of 101. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Certainly not whether for skydiving. It is a wet start to the week for many of you but i will see if i can find some sunshine in the forecast to get you through the next few days. All the details coming up inis next few days. All the details coming up in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story there is a warning of fresh disruption from the global cyber attack this morning, when workers switch on their computers for the first time at the start of the working week. Microsoft has described the attack, which began on friday, as a wake up call, and criticised customers who didnt keep their systems up to date. Lets take a look at where things stand this morning. It is thought there are more than 200,000 victims of fridays cyber attack, but that figure may rise as people return to work this morning. Organisations in 150 countries were t
Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. A strong Earnings Results for way bow. Will we see similar numbers for tencent . Tencent . Good morning, asia. Glad you could join us for this midweek edition of Asia Business report. Chinese social Media Giant Weibo has reported reve nu es of Media Giant Weibo has reported revenues of just Media Giant Weibo has reported revenues ofjust under 200 million, an increase of 67 compared the year ago levels. Profits are coming in at about 47 million us. The Company Claims 347 million monthly active users, an increase of 30 over the past year. Another tech giant in china, tencent, is tipped to report encouraging numbers today. But with a saturated market, what are the other avenues for growth . Certainly they need to start looking outside of the chinese market. Theres still a lot of growth in chinese market, for example tencent are actively looking outside, looking at Notjust China but around hong kong and singapore. The chine
Why being fat and fit is a myth. A new study says people cant be obese and healthy. Good morning. In sport down to the wire. Arsenal keep themselves in the three way race for the last two Champions League spots. Theyll be decided On The Last Day of the season. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Good morning from the Clifton Suspension Bridge. It is cloudy and anzus morning. There will be some rain for england and wales, heavy through the day on and off, but for Northern England, ireland and scotland it will be dry, bright and scotland it will be dry, bright and sunny with just a couple of showers. I will have more details in 15 minutes. Thank you very much. So, we have carol on the bridge, we have steph on the buttie van, and over the next couple of weeks we will ta ke the next couple of weeks we will take Bbc Breakfast on the road to scotland, wales and Northern Ireland. Today we start in south west england, we are in bristol. One of the reasons why this city is so important is