Ratcheting up the tension with china the uk looks set to suspend its extradition treaty with hong kong. Beijing accuses the uk of brutal meddling in its internal affairs. Britain says it cant ignore whats going on in china. Im not going to be sort of pushed into a position of becoming a knee jerk sinophobe on every issue, somebody who is automatically anti china. But we do have serious concerns. Well be gauging the damage this could do to anglo sino relations with our diplomatic editor. Also this lunchtime. The race for a Coronavirus Vaccine the government signs global deals to purchase millions of doses. More retail misery as high Street Stores Marks Spencer and ted baker announce major job cuts. I was afraid hed kill me
amber heard takes to the witness stand at her ex husband johnny depps libel case. 0h, close, close, gone and vital early wickets as England Press for victory in the second test at old trafford. And coming up on bbc news. Nigel pearson says hes been overwhelmed by sup
General, the fbi and id report it to law enforcement, absolutely. One thing that is different with the president , i had dinner with the queen. I met with the Prime Minister of the uk. I was with the head of france. I was with the head of all these nations and i am constantly talking to them and, you know, that puts us in a different we have many, many conversations and i am just thinking, gee, if they say, we dont like your opponent, am i supposed to put, you know, the president of france am i supposed to report him to the fbi . Im in a little bit of a different position. And the president also hitting back at House Speaker nancy pelosi who is accusing him of being involved in a criminal cover up. Its a disgraceful statement. I call her nervous nancy. She is a nervous wreck. We have our team here with this story and the many others were bringing you over the next 60 minutes. Hans nichols at the white house and leeann caldwell. National reporter for politico and jeff mason. Gangs all h
Michelle kosinski is at the state department. Matthew, what are you hearing there . Whats expected to come out of this meeting . Well, first of all, secretary of state mike pompeo struck a very conciliatory tone when he make his initial remarks, having first arrived in sochi, that town in southern russia where hell be meeting in the next few minutes, vladimir putin, the russian president. He said russia and the United States essentially dont have to be adversaries on every issue. There are areas of differences, but he would look at areas like counterterrorism, arms control, where there could be areas of overlap and areas of agreement. What he didnt mention are some of the big outstanding issues like the russian attempts to meddle in the u. S. Election in 2016. The fact that obissues like venezuela and syria, theyre miles apart and on opposite sides of the conflict. The biggest issue, the issue of iran and the growing military and political confrontation between the United States and th
The 20 plus 2020 hopefuls. As a democrat governor in a state trump won by 20 points i dont have the luxury of just talking to people who agree with me. I go all across our states 147,000 square miles and look for Common Ground to get things done. We have a packed hour ahead, including a big test of whether the president can keep telling congress to take a hike when it demands information. The president s Accounting Firm in court right now trying to fend off a house subpoena for all the president s financial statements, but we begin with breaking news about the attorney generals investigation of the investigators. A new cnn reporting showing how big and broad the group is looking into whether the fbi acted with good cause when it started investigating ties between Trump Campaign aides and russia. The president just moments ago outside the white house said he did not ask for or order this big new probe, but he likes what he sees. No, i didnt him to do that. I didnt know it. I didnt know
President trump says theres a food chance of reaching a deal to avoid tariffs on everything we import from mexico. He also says if there is no deal, the new taxes kick in on monday. Were keeping an eye on the state department where mexicos top diplomat has been meeting with u. S. Officials. The president threatening tariffs at 5 unless mexico does more to stop immigrants heading to the United States. That is triggering a threat of a revolt from his own party. A tariff is a tax. Economists confirm you will pay the price. A big part of the talks in d. C. , the issue of asylum and migrants trying to escape poverty and violence in Central America. The u. S. Calling for mexico to accept almost all Asylum Seekers in an effort to stop them from crossing into the United States. Rich edson reporting live from the white house. Rich . Shep, three Straight Days of negotiations between american and mexican officials trying to reach an agreement on migration. The white house says its unclear if the