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Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC Newsroom Live 20180112

Will prioritise interactions between family and friends, over media and business content. As the queen marks 65 years since her coronation, her majesty left the lead for the first time on what life is like when you have two win a heavy crown. You youre watching bbc news on friday 12th january, im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Donald trump has confirmed he wont be visiting britain next month. It had been thought that the us president would come over to mark the official opening of the new American Embassy in south london. It replaces the existing us embassy in the centre of the city. But in the early hours of this morning President Trump tweeted that he had cancelled his planned visit because he was not a big fan of the new embassy, which he said had been commissioned by his predecessor, barack obama. The move was actually initiated in 2008 under the George W Bush administration. Meanwhile, the president is facing backlash over reported comments he made out during talks over a immigration deal. Dan johnson reports. After nearly 60 years flying above Londons Grosvenor square, the stars and stripes were lowered, ready for the opening of the new us embassy. Its a billion dollar building on the southbank and donald trump was due to open it next month. Now we know he wont and early this morning, he posted his reasons on twitter but did the prospect of protests like this also put him off . This was the response to his ban on travellers from certain muslim countries. A petition drew 1. 8 million signatures with calls to ban him. It shouldnt be a state visit because it would be embarrassing to the queen and the rest of the uk. Theresa may was the first world leader to reach out to the new president and a return trip, a state visit, was promised soon. But then the president strained the special relationship by sharing online far right videos from the group called britain first. When theresa may condemned, he then retorted. Just last weekend, she confirmed the invite still stands. He is taking decisions in the best interests of the United States. And he is coming to this country . He will be coming to the country. The foreign secretary denied the queen would be embarrassed. I think her majesty the queen is capable of taking this american president or any american president in her stride, as she has done over six remarkable decades. Lets be clear. Opening this place was never the same as a state visit. It would have been a shorter, less formal trip. Meeting the queen is still on, expected this year, but no date has been set. The president is denying this decision is down to politics but after he offended more countries with a foul mouthed remark last night, the list of places he is welcome certainly isnt growing. The former ukip leader nigel farage has been defending President Trump decision to cancel his visit to the uk. Donald trump wants to disassociate himself from any profligate spending by barack obama, as he sees it. I am not a real estate guy and cannot comment on that. I also think, he has been all over the world, france, belgium, italy, saudi arabia, china and everywhere he has been he has been treated pretty well. In this country we have the mayor of london, Jeremy Corbyn and others encouraging large scale Jeremy Corbyn and others encouraging la rge scale protests Jeremy Corbyn and others encouraging large scale protests against him and that must be part of his calculation. Should he still come . I want him to come at some point. We do lots of business with america, an important military alliance and an american president who is the most pro british president in 75 7 jii , 17 and i would 5; see him copier and i would liketn see, him 7 with copier and i would iikejn see, him 7 with his critics in a public deal with his critics in a public and proper debate and he will come at some point in time. So the state blizzard should go ahead . The state visit should and will go ahead. Jon donnison is at the new Us Embassy Building in south london. Just tell us about the decision to move from its Central London location and who was responsible for that. Well, the decision was made in october 2008 under president obamas predecessor George W Bush, a republican president. It may have been barack obama who negotiated the financial deal but the decision to move the embassy to vauxhall was made and George W Bush and at the time they cited security reasons for the move. The building here is due to open for business next week, on monday, the official opening with Rex Tillerson in february. In the past hour the flag has been raised for the first time and we have been getting more reaction, some from the mayor of london in a statement he says, it appears President Trump is hiding from the many londoners who love america and americans but find his actions the polar opposite of the values of the city. He said if the values of the city. He said if the thought 123535 efiefifff , 7 123535 efiefifff 7 7 for e. 7. 7. 7. 7. 7. 77. 123535 efiefifff 7 w for . r deciding 123535 efiefifff 7 w for g deciding to i this, the reason for him deciding to cancel the visit is because he is very wary of any protests that would welcome him but in terms of a later visit, state visits, whose court is the ball now . To be honest, it is probably in Donald Trumps court at the moment. That invitation is still out there, the invitation for a state visit from theresa may, but its not by any means certain it will take place. We are told it should happen later in 2018 but the fa ct should happen later in 2018 but the fact that this visit has been cancelled and we have spoken to some sources who said some of the concerns were about possible protests a nd concerns were about possible protests and that might mean the state visit is unlikely. The question, looking at the wording of his tweets when he blamed president obama for the decision to move here, its not so much a snub to britain, i think, but the real refusal of President Trump to rubber stamp any decisions or any policies he believes were put in place by president obama. Briefly, does it strike you as an off location, where you are . Its not as prestigious as the previous location but it is pretty central, just over the river from the houses of parliament and it will be the change this neighbourhood, lots of apartments are in the process of being finished all around the embassy, everyone who wants to live there has to be carefully vetted, and there are many security cameras everywhere so vetted, and there are many security cameras everywhere so it will be a big change for this part of london. A large fire has broken out at Nottingham Railway station. Nottinghamshire fire and rescue say theyre dealing with a large incident with eight appliances in attendance. The station has been evacuated. East midland trains say all trains through the station are cancelled we are outside the car park and not a country station and behind other platforms. You can see there is still a strong Emergency Service presence, the fire crews were called around 620 this morning and that is when we saw plumes of smoke coming out of the station, we had reports of the fourier of the station was filled with smoke and one unreported report of smoke coming out of the toilet. It is fairly quiet in the sense of the smoke has disappeared, but as you can imagine it has caused travel chaos, with trains in and out of the station stopped and cancelled and we understand there will be nothing going in and out and it has also affected roads around the station and commuters coming in and out of the city. The bbc is said to be deeply unimpressed with an off air chat in which two of its presenters joked about the pay gap between the sexes. Thats according to a source at the corporation. Bbc radio 4 today presenter John Humphrys and north america editorjon sopel were discussing carrie gracie, who had just quit her china editorjob over equal pay. In an exchange before mondays show, its reported they joked about handing over pay to keep her in post. A bbc spokeswoman said the presenter regrets the ill advised conversation. Nigel farage has clarified remarks he made yesterday calling for a second eu referendum. The former ukip leader has said although another vote was the last thing he wanted, he thought it might be forced on the country by parliament. His initial remarks were seized upon by remainers, with labours chuka umunna saying mr farage had made a valid point for the first time in his life. The role played by the media is to be examined by the Manchester Arena bombing inquiry. 22 people were killed at the end of an Ariana Grande concert last may. Some families who used social media to appeal for information about missing relatives found themselves subjected to intrusive attention. Judith moritz reports. The Manchester Arena explosion shattered countless lives. 22 were lost. Many more were changed forever. The attack made International Headlines and that meant there was huge media interest in the stories of those most closely affected. They included the family of martin hett, one of those killed in the blast. Martin had a large social media following and had previously been on tv. Possibly as a result of his family found themselves in the spotlight from almost the very moment they heard about the explosion. And before the new martin did. We had people coming to the door and asking for comment and he was not even dead by that point. The same with his flatmate. It seems a bit distasteful really. How can anybody be so cruel and go and say sorry for your loss . We did not find out officially until that evening he was dead. Now an independent panel will consider the way the media covered the stories of the bereaved and entered. The Kerslake Review Panel will also recommend that public organisations adopt a charter which uses Lessons Learned from the hillsborough disaster. It states that the bereaved and vulnerable should be treated with respect and put first by those responding to such public tragedies. Judith moritz with that report from manchester. Well, the chair of the review, Lord Kerslake has explained what the inquiry is looking at and what first steps have been taken. The point of today is to tell the public of the first steps we have taken and public of the first steps we have ta ken and crucially public of the first steps we have taken and crucially to get across the point that this review is a fundamental it started from the point of view of the bereaved families, the injured and the public and that has impacted on how we have done the review and things we have phoned. We have also proposed that the public agencies and bodies in Greater Manchester and the north west sign up to the charter that came out of the hillsborough view, not because the two situations are at the same but they are important things he has proposed hillsborough review. The advent of social media has changed the dynamics of communication here and information very quickly goes online about families and of those who might be missing. I think that changes the whole way in which communication happens and in particular the question is how does the broadcaster and Mainstream Media respond to those stories that are online and how do they treat the family is referred to . That is one thing we need to look at. Much of the media handles families in a very respectful way but we have heard exa m ples respectful way but we have heard examples where that was not the case and we think they need to be explored and understood. The headlines on bbc newsroom live donald trump cancels his visit to the uk criticising the location of the new American Embassy in london. Dozens of firefighters have been battling a blaze at Nottingham Railway station, the station is shut causing major disruption. A breakthrough in talks to form a new government in germany between chancellor Angela Merkels christian democrats and their former partners the social democrats. Sport. Tennis great Billiejean King has once again called for the Margaret Court arena in melbourne to be renamed. Thats after court, a 24 time grand slam winner, made derogatory comments regarding lesbian and trangender people in may of last year. King says as a gay woman, she would not play on the court if she was still playing. Heather watson missed out on a first wta final in 2 years after she was beaten in the semi final of the hobart international. She lost her semi in three sets to defendsing champion elise mertens. And after 12 years at arsenal, theo walcott looks like he may well be on his way out of the club soon. Everton boss Sam Allardyce has confirmed the teams have entered negotiations over the 28 year old. That is all the sport for now. I will be back just that is all the sport for now. I will be backjust after 11 30am. Some lines coming to us from westminster about the decision by donald trump to cancel his uk visit to open the new us embassy, amongst other things. Asked if downing street is disappointed about the cancellation of an official spokesman for theresa may said, the state visit has been extended and accepted. No date was confronted for any visit, the opening of the us embassy is a matter for the us any visit, the opening of the us embassy is a matterfor the us no date was confirmed. They are one of our oldest and most important allies and our strong and the partnership will endure. And asked if the state visit would go ahead the spokesperson repeated the line but the visit has been accepted but no date has been confirmed. And eat wheat from Boris Johnson saying date has been confirmed. And eat wheat from borisjohnson saying the usa is the single biggest investor in the uk yet sadiq khan and Jeremy Corbyn seem determined to put this crucial relationship at risk. He is speaking about comments from those two. Some alliteration and probably a classic borisjohnson suites their own response to that News Donald Trump is not coming next month to the uk. Theres been a breakthrough in talks in germany on forming a new Coalition Government. After overnight talks, chancellor Angela Merkels conservative christian democrats and their former Coalition Partners, the left wing social democrats, have agreed a basis upon which a Coalition Treaty can be negotiate, opening the way to formal talks. Germany has had a caretaker government since inconclusive elections in september. Our correspondentjenny hill joins me from berlin. All my socks to get to this point, a step in the right direction for Angela Merkel but not a done deal yet all night talks. This was a marathon negotiating session and a Angela Merkel emerged this morning to face reporters looking exhausted but relieved. She seems to have managed to clinch the deal over differences on policy areas like health, finance and refugee policy. But she knows this is just the refugee policy. But she knows this isjust the beginning refugee policy. But she knows this is just the beginning and refugee policy. But she knows this isjust the beginning and a Coalition Government is by no means set in stone. These were exploratory talks designed to establish whether it is even worth progressing to formal Coalition Negotiations. You can see how difficult they might be. She has got another headache to consider now, that is her would be Coalition Partners the social democrats, many do not like Angela Merkel and that party and many blame herfor merkel and that party and many blame her for their terrible showing in septembers general election and do not think it is a good idea to go back into coalition again. So the spd leadership has to persuade the party and because the party get to vote at the special conference later this month on whether those Coalition Negotiations can proceed as they say yes, by the time a deal is finally agreed, every single one of the spd party members, 400,000 people, will take in a postal vote to vote on whether they want that Coalition Deal to go ahead. Ifi Coalition Deal to go ahead. If i could just ask, sorry to interrupt, could i ask what is Angela Merkels position . She has been at the forefront of german and european and World Politics for many yea rs european and World Politics for many years now, but has this should improve conditions . Shaken her foundations. Improve conditions . Shaken herfoundations. She is significantly weakened. The election result was one of the worst in the history of her party and then she failed to establish her preferred Coalition Government last year. This has been very painful, the coalition of the social democrats. It is a small triumph for her at the moment but assuming she does manage to create this stable gove

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