As australias batsmen pile on the runs. And the mother of one of argentinas disappeared children talks to witness. Thats in half an hour here on bbc news. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. In the last few minutes, President Trump has been hitting back on twitter at michael wolff, the author of an explosive book about the white house. This is what he has tweeted. The fake news Mainstream Media are taking out the old Ronald Reagan playbook and screaming mental stability and intelligence. He then added, throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart. He continued, saying, i went from very successful businessman, to top tv star to president of the United States. I think that would qualify as not smart, but genius, and a very stable genius at that earlier one of the most senior members of Donald Trumps administration has said he has never questioned the president s mental fitness. The us secretary of state Rex Tillerson was respondi
Scrutinised after a huge leak of documents. Ill have more in a moment. In sport, west ham are looking for a new manager. And could it be this man . The former Manchester United and sunderland head coach david moyes is expected to take over. Clinging on for dear life. The first baby gibbon born in the wild to parents rescued from the illegal pet trade. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Weve got a cold front moving from west to east at the moment producing some rain, some blustery winds and ahead of it will be mild, buying it, sunshine and showers and this morning the temperature dropping. More details in15 temperature dropping. More details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First our main story donald trump has arrived on the Korean Peninsula for the First Time Since taking office ahead of talks on a key Foreign Policy issue facing his presidency, north Koreas Nuclear programme. We can speak now to our china correspondent, robin brant, who is in seoul. Good morning. As we can see, as
A regional crisis its at the center often seems only to get worse theres still no solid word on the whereabouts of lebanese Prime Minister saad hariri days after he resigned in riyadh saying if he had for his life the leader of iran seventies hezbollah says hariri is being held against his will have a live report from beirut also on the great trump talks tough to asian leaders speaking at the apec summit in vietnam a u. S. President says hell no longer be taken for a ride on trade volleying to put americas interests first and stark contrast chinas president is backing more globalization so what will this mean for u. S. China relations and where out of the office on equal pay day women turn off their email to protest against gender Pay Gap Campaign is want to highlight the fact that women are effectively working for free for the rest of the year makes for what this pay gap looks like iran. World and ask why it will take more than two centuries to correct it. There are still nearly six h
Of the end of one of the bloodiest battles of all passchendale. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The uk has two weeks to make it clear what it will pay for to leave the eu or talks on a trade deal wont start next month. That is the ultimatum from the eus chief negotiator Michel Barnier. He says its vital that the uk makes concessions and increases its offer. The brexit secretary david davis says Good Progress has been made in talks so far though how to resolve the border between ireland and Northern Ireland remains a Sticking Point. Our europe editor katya adler has been following the latest round of talks in brussels. Time is a precious commodity. And dont the uk and the eu know it. Were halfway now between the date of our Eu Referendum and actually leaving the club. Expect many more face offs along the way. By now, round six of brexit negotiations all attempts at bilateral banter have gone. This is a serious business. Said david davis. It is. The eu is the uks biggest trading pa
Strips the person of their personality. And as ukip call for a ban on full face veils one woman who wears a niqab tells us it will lead to a rise in attacks on muslim women. Hello. Welcome to the programme, throughout the programme, the latest Breaking News and developing stories and as always, really keen to hear from you. A little later, well be talking about scoliosis. If you were watching britains got talent on saturday night, you will have seenjulie, the dancer in the middle, talking about her curvature of the spine. That is what scoliosis is. As a result of discussing that on prime time telly on a saturday night, people are learning about it sometimes for the first time. If youre affected by scolosis, do get in touch this morning use the Hashtag Victoria Live. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Voters in france have chosen the two candidates who will go through to the final round of the president ial election in two weeks time. The