For a second time aboard the International Space station. I saw this spacecraft every single day because our docking port was right next to the cupola window. So for six months in space, every time i would open the window, i would give to look out and see the Soyuz Spacecraft. Good morning, its thursday 26th january. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Theresa may is to tell Republican Leaders that the uk and the us can renew their Special Relationship in what shell describe as this new age, following brexit and the election of President Trump. Shell make the comments in philadelphia this evening, a day before she becomes the first world leader to hold face to face talks with the new us president at the white house. Meanwhile, donald trump has continued with a series of policy announcements. President trump has indicated he would support the Water Boarding of Terrorism Suspects if his Defence Secretary and the director of the cia want to reinstate the Interrogation Technique. Mexico will not
And power and ardent remainer, you should now be happy, that we have a president who looks optimistic and positively at the path that we are set on. You may dislike donald trump oi set on. You may dislike donald trump or many other reasons and those reasons may be valid but on this it is good fry country that it happened, and went the way that we did. Do you see this as some British Press sees it, as a danger that a Prime Minister gets too close to an american president. It was said that tony blair got too close to george bush and that lead us into the mess of iraq . When i watch the Press Conference, i thought the Prime Minister came out of that exceptionally well and if you think about anyone whos policy positions changed, it was trump, not may. One week ago he was saying that nato was obsolete, with encouragement of theresa may it is now 100 relevant and he supports it. And maybe general matias two. He said that he would step back, and support the general s position. In the same way
Horrendous act, a Chemical Attack against your own people, Syrian People are going to be positive about anything that retaliates against that, to show that in an International Community that is not acceptable. It is also measured in the sense that syrians would say thatis the sense that syrians would say that is good but why are there no similar reactions when there is a tax when the Syrian Regime throws barrel bombs on us all when there are Chlorine Gas Attacks . There was also a reservation in terms of what is this actually mean . Does this change anything on the ground . Is this a recalculation in terms of us policy . It has been clear that they have been keen to stress this doesnt change its policy, it is a one off strike of retaliation for those Chemical Attacks. The trouble with these things is that offer Military Attacks have their own calculation. When we look at the syria conflict, it is clear half a Million People have been killed. 2 Million People have been killed. 2 million