is bbc world news. it s newsday. glad you could join us. it s 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in washington, where president trump has spoken about the appointment of a special counsel to take over the russia investigation into any potential ties with his campaign. he said the entire affair was a witch hunt which hurt the country , as he put it, and he denied ever asking the fbi director to end the investigation into his national security advisor michael flynn. from washington, aleem macqbool reports. the president s just not happy with the scrutiny he continues to come under over his links with russia. the entire thing has been a witch hunt. and there is no collusion between certainly myself and my campaign, but i can only speak for myself and the russians, zero. i think it divides the country. i think we have a very divided country because of that and many other things. did you at any time urge former fbi directorjames comey to close or back down the investigation
the appointment of a special counsel to oversee the inquiry into russian influence on the election hurts our country terribly and he called the decision the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in american history. but he says he wants to get back to running the country, and at a news conference in washington, said he would respect the appointment. he again denied any collusion with russia. aleem maqbool reports. the president s just not happy with the scrutiny he continues to come under over his links with russia. the entire thing has been a witch hunt. and there is no collusion between certainly myself and my campaign, but i can only speak for myself and the russians, zero. i think it divides the country. i think we have a very divided country because of that and many other things. did you at any time urge former fbi directorjames comey to close or back down the investigation into michael flynn? no. . . no. next question. the major development of the last 2a hours
president trump has said the appointment of a special counsel to oversee the inquiry into russian influence on the election hurts our country terribly and he called the decision the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in american history . but he says he wants to get back to running the country and, at a news conference in washington, said he would respect the appointment. he again denied any collusion with russia. aleem maqbool reports. the president s just not happy with the scrutiny he continues to come under over his links with russia. the entire thing has been a witch hunt. and there is no collusion between certainly myself and my campaign, but i can only speak for myself and the russians, zero. i think it divides the country. i think we have a very divided country because of that and many other things. did you at any time urge former fbi directorjames comey to close or back down the investigation into michael flynn? no. . . no. next question. the major develop
to explore a vast hidden city. wow! and get to see some amazing meditation in motion up close. and we also head to italy, to talk to the mayor who wants to take meat off the menu in her town. sumptuous. really, really nice. now, italy is a country perhaps best known for its history and its food, and apennine mount region sees itself as the nation s and its food, and the piedmont region sees itself as the nation s home of gastrononmy, but now the mayor of turin wants to start a revolution in the city s restaurants. we sent rajan to find out why. quattro spaghetti! some historical cities never lose their grandeur, even in mid winter. the elegant royal city of turin and, yes, those really are the alps behind me. now, this city is famous for its cars, its cuisine and its role in the creation of the italian nation, but now it s staking a claim as being the capital of vegetarianism. that s the dream of turin‘s new mayor, the 31 year old chiara appendino, who swept into power last
outbreaks of rain pushing northward to bring milder weather to much of the uk, still cold and offers an hill snow in higher parts of scotland. above 300 metres elevation. things could be slippy here for a time. the rain reluctant to clear from northern areas in the south and west some sun shines, blustery showers following in, relatively mild, 8 10. overnight, some icy stretches in northern areas. frost in rural parts and showers in across scotland and northern ireland england. later and iit northern ireland england. later and i it should turn a bit milderfor wales in south west england, as we see the next system moving in. that will bring another spell of rain on sunday. after a bright start in eastern areas, the rain will push northwards and eastwards. not reaching north east england or scotla nd reaching north east england or scotland until after dark, so here holding onto some sunshine. highs at best 5 6, milder the south west. hello this is bbc news, with maxine mawhin