And its Transfer Deadline Day in england as premier League Spending nears a january record. Good morning. Its tuesday january the 31st. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Donald trump has sacked the United States top Legal Advisor after she questioned the legality of his travel ban. Sally yates, who was Acting Attorney General, said she couldnt defend his decision to temporarily stop refugees and citizens of seven mainly muslim countries from entering america. But the white house said in a statement that she had betrayed the department ofjustice. In the uk a former head of the horror Foreign Office has criticised theresa mays State Invitation to the president. He said the offer had been premature and put the offer had been premature and put the queen in a very difficult situation. Protests have been held in cities across the uk as of last night including in cardiff, seen here. An online petition calling for the state visit to be cancelled has gathered more than 1. 6 million signatures. His
Changed the way well watch films forever . Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Its five years since the week that marked the height of europes migrant crisis, and now a fresh upsurge of arrivals is stoking political divisions. In italy, local officials have warned that, once again, they cannot cope with the number of people now crossing the mediterranean from north africa and the middle east. So far in 2020, 19,400 people have made the perilousjourney. That compares with just 5,200 in the whole of 2019. 0ur italy correspondent mark lowen has been to sicily and the tiny island of lampedusa, for this special report. The joy of getting a chance at life. Her name, francesco miracle, after her birth on and it dalian rescue boat in 2015, as her mother fled it dalian rescue boat in 2015, as her motherfled libya. Suffering seizures and in intensive care, they almost did not make it. The bbc met them back and, now settled in sicily we have come back. Was everything yo
Hello and welcome. Tropical storm sally has made landfall along the gulf coast in alabama, bringing historic levels of flooding and cutting power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses. Alabama, florida and mississippi have all declared states of emergency. Mark lobel reports. Striking slowly but mercilessly in alabama, some riding out the storm by clinging on. As day came, signs and trees uprooted and power cut for the residents. Got on the first floor and we started hearing the windows pop and part of the roof started coming off any signage was sweeping and we rated out. My kids were so scared and i told them it would be ok. But we will try to survive these. We will try to go through this. We will try to be safe. This is the view from the third floor of my room. Pocket the street roads now rivers in floridas westernmost city. My goodness mac i have never seen anything like this the third worst storm surge ever to hit he, wins reaching 158km h and up to 80 inches of rainfall
A sharp rise in unemployment. Also in the programme. More angry protests across america follwing a decision not to purse a murder charge in the case of Breonna Taylor. The fbi says it is still investigating and federal charges are still possible. And the legacy lives on. As they gather to honour Ruth Bader Ginsburg in washington we will hear from 3 women whose lives were changed by the life of the late Supreme Courtjustice. Hello, i amjane obrien in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. The peaceful transition of power is the hallmark of this countrys democracy. Americas very first president , George Washintgon said its what will separate us from every other nation in the world. So, Donald Trumps refusal last night to commit to the most basic tenet of the constitution, has enraged democrats. And again it has put his own party on the defensive. Many republicans have stayed silent today about mr. Trumps comments. But prominent figures in the party have rushed to say that the party w
Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Donald trump has said he and his wife, melania, have tested positive for coronavirus and have begun a period of quarantine. They were both tested after one of mr trumps most senior advisers, hope hicks, found out she had the virus. The white house doctor has said both the president and the first lady are well and that mr trump will continue to carry out his duties while he self isolates. President trump confirmed the news on twitter, saying that he and the first lady will begin our quarantine and Recovery Process immediately and that they will get through this together this is the scene live in washington dc, well, im sorry, this is clearly not the image of washington we were hoping to show you with just a month to go until the president ial election, all the states wondering what this means for that vote. Before his positive test for covid