the newly elected us president donald trump has told a gathering of the central intelligence agency, the cia, that he stands with them ‘0ne thousand percent‘. speaking at the cia s headquarters in fairfax in virginia, he said there was no one he respected more. and he promised that islamic terrorism would be defeated. here s a little of what he said: we have to get rid of isis, we have to get rid of isis. we have no choice. applause radical islamic terrorism, and i said yesterday it has to be eradicated. just off the face of the earth. this is evil. mr trump also had plenty to say about the media. he accused reporters of being inaccurate in their reporting of his inauguration. as you know, i have a running war with the media. they are among the most dishonest human beings on earth. applause right? and a sort of made it sound like i had a feud with the intelligence community. and i want you to know the reason you are the numberone you to know the reason you are the numbe
welcome to bbc news. a court in america has ruled that donald trump s ban on travellers from seven mainly muslim nations is unconstitutional. a judge in seattle said it amounted to religious discrimination. the court temporarily lifted the ban and several major airlines say they will now allow passengers affected by it to fly to the united states. the government has pledged to overturn the ruling. a little earlier the president took to his twitter account, describing thejudge‘s ruling as ridiculous . he wrote: when a country is no longer able to say who can, it has been a week of confusion and protests outside the white house and inside airports. but the most significant opposition to donald trump s immigration ban came from judgejames robart in this seattle courtroom. i find that the court should and will grant the temporary restraining order. overruling president trump s executive order that he signed just eight days ago. now people are free to travel once again into th
i think the teachers would give me biscuits and teach us to sing and dance. their nearest school is an hour s walk away. struggling to pay the rent and facing eviction, there is no money for the bus. translation: i stopped going to school because it was too dark on the way home. there were three dogs that scared me. in the refugee camps in the countries that surround syria, aid is thinly stretched. billions of pounds has been donated, but overall, it is still only between half and tw thirds of what the un needs. between half and two thirds of what the un needs. a year ago, world leaders met in london and pledged that every syrian child who has been forced to flee their home would get access to quality education. 12 months on, and here in lebanon alone, around half of refugee children don t go to school. for theirfamilies, the priority is simply survival. progress has been made, and lebanon s schools run second sessions to accommodate syrian pupils. but teachers say the mo
i will be live from cardiff this week s addition of inside six nations. i will be joined week s addition of inside six nations. i will bejoined by week s addition of inside six nations. i will be joined by the former wales international martyn williams, to preview a raqqa preview all this we can s six nations action. yes we ll be back with lizzie in cardiff a little later in the programme. tonight though, can anyone stop chelsea 7 the premier legaue leaders are nine points clear at the top, a lead which could be reduced to six points, should second placed tottenham win tomorrow. they lead the chasing pack, but travel to anfield to face liverpool, who themselves have not given up their feint title hopes, despite having failed to win in therl last five league matches. strong opponent. until yesterday, not a flying situation for us. if we play like we played in the first half against hull, no chance. if we play like we played in the second half, but a chance. but we should play
which disappeared from a dry clea ners which disappeared from a dry cleaners after it had gone bust, has gone that back been found. the dress has been won by her grandmother in 1870. so much happening in the sport. high time to cross to the bbc sport centre for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday with karthi gnanasegaram and hugh ferris. the headlines this evening: wales against england is heading for a cracking conclusion in the six nations. two goals in two minutes for liverpool could derail totttenham s title hopes. and great britain beat croatia to force their way in to the fed cup group two play offs. it is a very busy day. we will get to the premier league in a moment but we really do have to start with a cracking game in the six nations between wales and england. england are the defending grand slam champions and are on a record unbeaten run. but as the game enters its final stages, it s tight at the principality stadium, as tim hague reports. wales at home to en