seen across greater manchester will have seen a across greater manchester will have seen a significant increase in the number of armed officers on mobile patrol and at static points across the city. we have been supported by forces from across the north west and beyond and this forms part of oui’ and beyond and this forms part of our well tried and tested plans for any major terrorist attack. obviously with the announcement from the prime minister last night of the increase in the threat level to critical, you will be aware that the military are supporting policing gci’oss military are supporting policing across the country under the codename operation temperer. this is about the military being used to guard iconic sites and other sites outside of london and across parts of the north. this frees up armed police officers to then give the police service capacity to deploy them to places like manchester as pa rt them to places like manchester as part of our plans for keeping
now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. how well has india s economy whether the cash ban on big notes? we find out when the government releases economic growth figures later today. and we are nearly halfway to the year. for and we are nearly halfway to the yea r. for investors and we are nearly halfway to the year. for investors it has been a steady climb upwards, but could there be trouble spots ahead? welcome to asia business report. we start with india, and the latest economic growth figures due later today. gdp data generated in the march quarter should offer clues on any more effects from the controversial cash ban. the south asian economy has been expanding at a rate of around 7%, lower than previous quarters due to this sudden withdrawal of two of the most commonly used banknotes late last year. so, our businesses there feeling the pinch? our team and by when to find out. in mumbai. funky music it is difficult for us to get to the 7% plus
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 thin
parliamentary elections. prime minister theresa may said of the weekend there was work to do and on that we can all agree. the uk continues to career towards the exit negotiations with seven days to go and this is where we have got to. it remained unclear what type of brexit the government will seek, no details on the deal the tories intend to do with the dup in order to pass laws and the queen speech, where the government lays out its legislative agenda, may be delayed. this is why that has happened. obviously we are in talks with the democratic unionist party to see that the deal we can put together and are optimistic that will happen but until we have that we can t agree the final details of the queen s speech. as soon as we have we will be able to say when the queen speech will be. the prime minister is only in thejob because will be. the prime minister is only in the job because the tory party neither wants another election nor a leadership contest. that time may come, w
time in shenyang china where china s most famous dissident, liu xiaobo who s dying of cancer, is the centre of a diplomatic row. germany, whose doctors are treating mr liu, has accused the chinese of leaking pictures of him in hospital. and it s called on beijing to ‘show humanity . the chinese says it s a matterfor them and no one should interfere in china s affairs. julia macfarlane reports. he s the most famous dissidents in china, held since 2008 for cowriting a document calling for sweeping democratic reform in china. liu xiaobo is now dying of cancer and the circumstances of his treatment are causing international concern. the german embassy says the visit by a german doctor to treat him at a hospital was filmed and released to the media. diplomats call that a breach trust, as you backed up by angela merkel‘s speaks in. to? the tragic case of liu xiaobo is of great importance to the chancellor and she would hope for a sign of humanity for liu xiaobo and his family