As the clock ticks towards the point when it is thought the Secretary Of State will call elections. And we will be taking a health check of the state of the nhs in england. Good morning. It is monday the 16th of january. I am joanna gosling. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Donald trump has promised that a trade deal between britain and the United States will be a priority when he takes office on friday. He was speaking to the former Justice Secretary and prominent Brexit Campaigner michael gove for the Times Newspaper in his first british interview since becoming us President Elect. Heres our Political Correspondent vicky young. Theresa may is about to tell us more about how she thinks the uk can prosper outside of the European Union. Her critics say the economy will suffer if britain leaves the Single Market and is no longer able to trade freely with the eu. But the President Elect donald trump says he will offer britain a quick and fair trade deal with america within weeks of taking of
Next year. And im mike hannah in romalia where palestinians are saying they are bearing the brunt of the anger over iraqs nuclear deal. At least six government buildings have been stormed or surrounded in thailand has thousands of people demand that the Prime Minister step down. Her brother is in this exile after being convicted of corruption. The standoff has been growing now for three days. Demonstrators have occupied her office at Government House as well as the finance ministry cam campground, and despite this, the government says it wont use force. Reporter a new day begins with hundreds of protesters still inside government coming pounds. The ministry of finance transformed into an Anti Government movement de facto headquarters and marketplace. By late morning with an arrow pointing the way, they set their sites on closing down more ministries. Further their promise that they would spark the collapse of the government. They say it no longer represents them. Look at the people aro
Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. I am stephen sackur. In ireland, all the talk earlier this year was ofa the talk earlier this year was of a political earthquake, a radical nationalist Party Sinn Fein won the most votes in the general election and promised to his smash the status quo. Well, so much for that, in fa ct, well, so much for that, in fact, islands two oldest parties formed a coalition and they are guiding their country through a pandemic and brexit. My through a pandemic and brexit. My guest today is mary lou mcdonald, the leader of sinn fein. Has her party missed their moments . Mary lou mcdonald, in dublin, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. After the february election when you and your party did remarkably well, your party did remarkably well, you won the most first preference votes in ireland the general elections, you talked about a revolution at the ballot box. Five months on, what has happened to the revolution . The five months on we are into uncharted an
Now on bbc news, its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. I am stephen sackur. In ireland, all the talk earlier this year was of a political earthquake, a radical nationalist Party Sinn Fein won the most votes in irelands general election. They promised to smash the status quo. Well, so much for that. In fact, irelands two Old Established parties formed a grand coalition and they are guiding the country through a Global Pandemic and brexit. My guest today is Mary Lou Mcdonald, the leader of sinn fein. Has her party missed their moment . After the february election, when you and your party did remarkably well, you won the most first preference votes in irelands general elections, you talked about a revolution at the ballot box. Well, five months on, what has happened to the revolution . Five months on, we are into uncharted and unprecedented times, no more than yourselves with a Global Pandemic, with a Public Health emergency here, on our island and that has caused considerable disruption to