Here in singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in washington, dc, web donald trump is under new pressure over his sacking of the former fbi director. Where. James comey will give evidence on thursday about whether he was given any pressure to drop an enquiry into links between a senior white has official and russia. And Written Testimony has been released injames comey. In it, he says he believes that the president asked him to drop the investigation into general michael flynn. Here are the key lines from his statement. 0ur Washington correspondent says that the evidence is eagerly anticipated. They are saying that this could be a bigger box office, if you like, as far as capital hill is concerned, then the Clinton Impeachment hearings, all watergate. It will very closely watched. We have this Opening Statement released on the Senate Intelligence committee website. Or watergate. On the Senate Intelligence committee website. Orwatergate. It reveals, amongst other things, the donald trum
We will get the latest on wimbledon a little later throughout the morning. How will the weather be . Helen has got the details. A little more clout in the south. It looks at a decent day. I will have all the weekend detailfor you if you can join me in around 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Low Water Pressure and insufficient equipment are among a set of reported failings the bbc has uncovered which may have hampered firefighters efforts to tackle the Grenfell Tower blaze. A Newsnight Investigation has found London Fire Brigade has now changed its procedures after a tall ladder did not arrive on site for more than half an hour. John sweeney reports. Firefighters say they experienced problems with Water Pressure and equipment that was either lacking or did not arrive on scene before the fire got out of control. They also described weak radio reception inside the tower and that they lacked enough of the extended duration Breathing Apparatus they needed, especially when re
We will get the latest on wimbledon a little later throughout the morning. How will the weather be . Helen has got the details. A little more clout in the south. It looks at a decent day. I will have all the weekend detailfor you if you can join me in around 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Low Water Pressure and insufficient equipment are among a set of reported failings the bbc has uncovered which may have hampered firefighters efforts to tackle the Grenfell Tower blaze. A Newsnight Investigation has found London Fire Brigade has now changed its procedures after a tall ladder did not arrive on site for more than half an hour. John sweeney reports. Firefighters say they experienced problems with Water Pressure and equipment that was either lacking or did not arrive on scene before the fire got out of control. They also described weak radio reception inside the tower and that they lacked enough of the extended duration Breathing Apparatus they needed, especially when re
We will get the latest on wimbledon a little later throughout the morning. How will the weather be . Helen has got the details. A little more clout in the south. It looks at a decent day. I will have all the weekend detailfor you if you can join me in around 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Low Water Pressure and insufficient equipment are among a set of reported failings the bbc has uncovered which may have hampered firefighters efforts to tackle the Grenfell Tower blaze. A Newsnight Investigation has found London Fire Brigade has now changed its procedures after a tall ladder did not arrive on site for more than half an hour. John sweeney reports. Firefighters say they experienced problems with Water Pressure and equipment that was either lacking or did not arrive on scene before the fire got out of control. They also described weak radio reception inside the tower and that they lacked enough of the extended duration Breathing Apparatus they needed, especially when re
Good morning and welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Downing street has rejected calls to cancel the state visit to the uk by President Trump, which is expected to ta ke President Trump, which is expected to take place this summer. An online Petition Calling on the Prime Minister to withdraw the invitation has gathered more than a million signatures. Government sources say it is in britains long term interest to maintain links with the us. Foreign secretary borisjohnson will give a statement to mps this afternoon after the us says britons who have shared nationality with one of the seven Middle Eastern and african countries would not be stopped from coming into america. The Uk Foreign Office has advised that only those dual nationals travelling from one of the blacklisted seven countries would be subject to extra checks and those travelling between the uk and us would not be affected. Thousands have gathered at us airports in protest at the measures. President trump says the ban is an interi