Also the man who led the british inquiry into the iraq war speaks out. Sirjohn chilcot tells the bbc the former Prime Minister tony blair was emotionally involved in the argument and relied more on beliefs than facts. And its a beach day for the leaders of israel and india. Well tell you why they are hitting the waves. I am katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. There is a monument in Krazinksi Square In Warsaw that commemorates the polish uprising of 19114, which liberated the city from nazi occupation. A classic triumph of good over evil. Today donald trump stood in front of that monument to evoke a new struggle the battle for Western Civilisation. And it that moment the american president committed himself to standing with europe. The fundamental question of our time is whether the west has the will to survive, do we have the confidence in our values to defend them at any cost . Do we have enough respect for oui cost . Do we have enough respect for our citizens to p
Theresa may is in the us tonight. Charming Senior Republicans with a speech in philadelphia and stressing the historic ties between the uk and the us. Her messages on leadership, free trade and shared values went down well with her audience. Tomorrow the diplomacy might get trickier. In the commons before she left for philadelphia, politicians of all stripes were queuing up to offer her advice, but she has to walk a tightrope. If shed listened to the majority of them she would have a list of grievances in her briefcase, everything from human rights to Climate Change to misogyny. In fact, the new president has offered the hope that we might have a closer relationship than over the last eight years after all, he wants a new trade deal and hes a big fan of brexit. Our diplomatic editor mark urban is here. What was the tone of her speech . It was reaching out for what a lot of people in Downing Street Sea as a big political opportunity in the uk, but problematic as his reputation may be, h
About mexico, here is President Trump announcing the cancellation of his meeting with the mexican president in philadelphia today. The president of mexico and myself have agreed to cancel our planned meeting scheduled for next week. Unless mexico is going to treat the United States fairly, with respect, such a meeting would be fruitless and i want to go a different route. We have no choice. So david, was this sort of a mutual agreement, a mutual cancellation, or do you think that the mexican president pulled the plug . I think that the mexican president pulled the plug, and he did that because donald trump frankly put him in a corner. He kept in a tweet sort of pushing mexico saying you know you have to pay for the wall. I think nieto has to worry about his own political audience, mexicans were outraged, angry at
him for months, if we talk this way to china, chinese are not going to stand for china backing down. This is very different from a Business Deal where youre bluffing. Foreign
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort is on trial. Charges predate the Trump Campaign but could have ramifications for the campaign if he is convicted and could face up to 10 years. Lets take a look at some evidence presented by the Special Counsel against Paul Manafort. Case stands on two basic legs. One that manafort Made Tens Of Millions working for ukrainian politicians and russian oligarchs that he never paid taxes on and two that he took out fraudulent loans from u. S. Banks. Manafort spent upward of there is 14 million to buy several properties in alexandria, virginia, landscaping, housekeeping and Home Improvements done to boost the value of the homes. Then allegedly inflated his worth on loan applications like this one, taking out even more money. As the Specialty Counsel put it, he created cash out of thin air. He spent more than 1. 4 million at Clothing Stores in new york and and beverly hills. T
Refineries, and they re furious with the president over his trade war with mexico, canada, and china. and so climate change for that subset may be a secondary issue. and the foreign bureau supports paying farmers. so across the spectrum, farmers support the idea of getting paid for providing environmental services. bernie sanders says he has one million individual donors, that is a huge milestone, how surprising is it that sanders was the first to reach that milestone and does it mean anything? that is a big number. one million. a huge number. if is not that surprising. he had in the course of time