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
Will eu countries be added to the us flight laptop ban . Top officials are due to meet in brussels. Will robots ever replace humans . We show you the latest creations that are grabbing the attention of company bosses. Welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Also in the programme its risk off for the worlds financial markets, thanks to the latest trump turmoil. But first today eu and us officials are meeting to discuss a potential extension of the laptop ban on aircrafts. In march, the Trump Administration imposed new restrictions which prevent us bound travellers from carrying Electronic Devices larger than a mobile phone into the cabin. The original set of restrictions affected flights from eight mostly muslim countries including turkey, egypt, the United Arab Emirates and saudi arabia. This affected many of the gulf carriers including emirates, etihad and qatar airways, but now there are reports suggesting that the ban could be extended to include some countries within th
Dedicated to ideas that never took off. The museum of failure. Good morning. Its june 8th. Iam i am annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Polling stations are open across the country as millions of people go to cast their votes in the general election. Theyll close at 10pm this evening, with the first results due before midnight. Police say therell be increased security at some Polling Stations with Armed Officers in some areas. Joining me now from westminster is our Political Correspondent alicia mccarthy. And intensive seven Week Campaign and now people get to go and cast their votes, tech as to what has been happening. 50 days since mps voted to hold the selection and finally, today is the day. Polling stations will be open for another 11 hours. We have seen theresa may, tim farron, nicola sturgeon, jeremy corbyn, they have all been out to vote so far. We are electing 650 mps. We have got 3301 candidates standing in the selection. 986 of those women. The polls dont close unt
Its calling for a new constitution for the war torn country the leaders of Turkey Russia germany and france said a Constitutional Committee should be convened by the end of this yet at least Three Hundred sixty thousand people have died in the syrian conflict. Youre watching the news thanks for watching. The lead. Sleep. Carefully. Looking at least simply. To get. Discover her. Legs. Subscribe to. Documentary to. Get the. The e. U. And the Italian Government were on collision course this week the conflict was showcased by an attack by a right wing italian m. E. P. Symbolically trampling On Qana Me Commissioner Pierre Moscovici says notes the stunt came after the European Commission took the unprecedented step of rejecting romes draft budget because it increased Government Debt beyond e. U. Rules that is respected they have to respect joint rules as all e. U. Countries are done for ten years with policies that are left or right or elsewhere
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