Hello, good morning. Iam Annita Mcveigh and welcome to bbc newsroom live. The us director of National Intelligence has rejected suggestions made by donald trump that Official Agencies Leaked claims russia had Compromising Material on him. In a statement, James Clapper said he had called the President Elect to say the information had not come from the us Security Services. Meanwhile the bbc understands the ex mi6 officer who is believed to have prepared the memo containing the unsubstantiated claims is now in hiding. Christopher steele, who runs a london based intelligence firm, is believed to have left his home this week. Our washington Correspondent Laura Bicker has the story. Donald trumps not a huge fan of the press corps, but he had a message to send to the media and to Us Intelligence agencies. He believes they leaked unsubstantiated allegations that his Election Team colluded with russia. It is all fake news, it is phoney stuff, it didnt happen. There are also claims that russian
Wednesday 25th january. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. President trump has promised a significant day ahead on National Security, including an announcement about his plans for a wall on the Mexican Border. He tweeted big day planned on National Security tomorrow. Among many other things, we will build the wall building a 2,000 mile wall along the Mexican Border was one of trumps key election promises. Hes said the wall would cost 8 billion and will be up to a0 feet high. The new president is also expected to approve Immigration Restrictions on seven mostly muslim countries in the middle east and africa iraq, iran, libya, somalia, sudan, syria, and yemen. And trump wants to make all us cities co operate to deport Illegal Immigrants a move aimed at so called Sanctuary Cities like san francisco, where local police do not help with most deportations. Our washington correspondent david willis has more. Were going to have our borders nice and strong. Were going to build a wall. Were going to
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
An estimated 620,000 people in the uk have a faulty gene that puts them at risk of sudden death, the British Heart Foundation has warned. Mps will vote tonight on legislation that would allow the Prime Minster to formally start the process of leaving the European Union. The government is expected to win the vote quite comfortably, despite opposition from some labour rebels. Well be looking to see exactly how many. Plus the Liberal Democrats and the snp. Yesterday saw impassioned speeches for and against the bill in the House Of Commons. The debate went on right up till midnight and will continue today with a vote around 7pm tonight. If the bill is passed, it will continue its passage through parliament and ultimately allow theresa may to trigger article 50 of the lisbon treaty. 0ur Political Correspondent chris mason reports. Heading home into the winters night after nearly 12 hours of debate. Midnight in westminster with another afternoon of discussion to follow today. This is a debat
That the plans are wrong. The plans could make it harder four troops and theirfamily to could make it harder four troops and their family to sue the government if something goes wrong in carpet. And steam power, for the first time in almost half a century, a timetabled steam Train Service returns to the english railways. Good morning, its tuesday 14th february. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Donald Trumps National Security Adviser, Michael Flynn, has resigned over his contacts with russia. Telephone intercept is show that Michael Flynn, mr Trumps National Security Adviser, had discussed us sanctions with the russian envoy before mr trump took office. Its illegal for private citizens to conduct us diplomacy, and the phone calls happened late last year before mr flynn was appointed to the administration. Before being appointed, he was known for his close ties with the senior russian officials. Here he is sat with President Putin at a dinner in 2015. Hes also been accused of misleading the