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
they are working it. last thing here, i m sure that ukrainians are messaging the russian troops toward the front. you see what s happened? this is a lousy proposition, you ve been lied to. go home or come over to our side, hands up, because we are going to be moving your way. ambassador, if you are xi jinping and you are watching what has transpired in the past 24 hours, what are the conversations you are having with your own government about how to proceed? president jinping is undoubtedly asking his advisors, what were we thinking when we established this partnership without limits with putin? what were we thinking? here is a man, putin has demonstrated, just as general as whack just shed, he s not a competent wartime leader. he hasn t chosen good people.
ukraine. i just wondered in the context of leadership what you make of president zelenskyy. a man coming out of the world of comedy, got into politicians almost by chance, and certainly got into the role of military leader almost by chance. how he has done the transition from political leader to military leader. i can t imagine that is an easy transition to make for every president of every country yeah, you know, i think he is a phenomenal wartime leader. he s got the three characteristics every wartime leader needs first, you have to be courageous as you may recall, early on in the war, we offered him a ride out. he said, i don t need a ride out. i need more ammunition. i mean, it s one of the great lines, i think, in modern history, in terms of combat leadership the second thing you have to have is stamina. spending time in a war zone, he s probably getting four hours of sleep a night it is tough being a leader the final thing you have to do well is communicate and inspire the m