Are you to tell me thats not real . Whether this show is a great masterpiece, or an overblown vanity project, or somewhere in between, will be decided by critics and audiences. Either way, theres plenty to see and amuse in these works by a man who once pickled a shark but now finds some of todays contemporary art baffling. Sometimes i look at new art and i think, what the hell is it . I can be like old fashioned. I can definitely walk into an exhibition and go, i dont understand these contemporary artists. Now, that is a reality for a lot of people. Will gompertz, bbc news, venice. In what appears to be a shift in the donald trump policy on syria, a future role for president assad has been ruled out. Discussions are taking place between the pentagon and the white house about possible Military Action against the assad regime. Lets return to our editor. What is the latest . Politically we have seen the most massive change in the last 2a hours with donald trump announcing that his view ha
Are you to tell me thats not real . Whether this show is a great masterpiece, or an overblown vanity project, or somewhere in between, will be decided by critics and audiences. Either way, theres plenty to see and amuse in these works by a man who once pickled a shark but now finds some of todays contemporary art baffling. Sometimes i look at new art and i think, what the hell is it . I can be like old fashioned. I can definitely walk into an exhibition and go, i dont understand these contemporary artists. Now, that is a reality for a lot of people. Will gompertz, bbc news, venice. In what appears to be a shift in the donald trump policy on syria, a future role for president assad has been ruled out. Discussions are taking place between the pentagon and the white house about possible Military Action against the assad regime. Lets return to our editor. What is the latest . Politically we have seen the most massive change in the last 2a hours with donald trump announcing that his view ha
Live from studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. It is sam good morning. It is 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in florida, where the leaders of the two economic superpowers have met for the first time. Chinas Resident Xijinping is having dinner with donald trump at his resort in palm beach. They will have a Working Lunch late on friday and we arent expecting any golf, as president xi is not a player. Reuters has said that President Trump has said he expects a very great relationship with president xi in the long term. Our correspondent is in florida for us. Our correspondent is in florida for us. What have we seen and heard so farfrom them . Us. What have we seen and heard so far from them . Well, they started with some socialising. This dinner they had, the two couples and their delegations. Trump said earlier that he had been talking to president xi for a long time already and had got absolutely nothing so far. He also continued to
from the taliban. but so far with five days left to go, those evacuations continue. as you indicated, 12,500 yesterday, over 100,000 evacuees since august 14th, jim. it is a remarkable number. and you were speaking there, that is a live camera, a live view of the kabul airport. we saw yet one more of the military jets, i believe a c-17 take off. hopefully bringing people to safety. john harwood, thank you. the u.s. said the threat from isis-k is still immeant. the pentagon is prepared to take action. the president will grant additional forces if needed. barbara starr is at the pentagon with more. and that was news from the president s press conference yesterday saying that he reached out to the military for target options against isis-k in response to this attack. do we have any more details? reporter: we do not. the military, always likes to say, it has optioned. but they are really focused