Collea g u es out and i support my female colleagues who have rightly said that they should be paid the same when they are doing the same job. It is just when they are doing the same job. It isjust a when they are doing the same job. It is just a no brainer. When they are doing the same job. It isjust a no brainer. So it wasnt when they are doing the same job. It is just a no brainer. So it wasnt a problem for me. So it wasnt a problem for me. And new guidance for a sore throat an nhs watchdog tells doctors to prescribe painkillers not precious antibiotics to patients. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom life. Welcome to bbc newsroom life. President trump has offered to apologise for sharing anti Muslim Videos posted online by the far right group, britain first. Speaking to itvs good morning britain, mrtrump said he hadnt known about the organisation when he shared their content and has described the videos as a depiction of radical islamic terrorism saying he was a big believer in fighting it. It was done because i am a big believer in fighting radical islamic terror. This was a depiction of radical islamic terror. They were an verified videos. I didnt do it. I did a retweet. It was a big story where you are but it was a big story where you are but it was not a big story where i am. So youre telling me something. This is airing in britain and i want them to get to the real you. The real me somebody who loves britain, loves the uk. I love scotland, i wish, you know, one of the biggest problems i have in winning, i wont be able to get back there so often. I would love to go there, as you know, before this happened, i would be them a lot. Very special people and a very special place. I dont want to cause any difficulty for your country, that i can tell you. Cani for your country, that i can tell you. Can i getan for your country, that i can tell you. Can i get an apology out of you just for the retweets . I think it would go a long way. He rose what is there. If youre telling me these horrible people, horrible, racist people, i would certainly apologise if you would like me to do that. I know nothing about them. And you would disavow yourself of people like that . Youre telling me about these people because i know nothing of these people. That was a clip from itvs President Trump the piers morgan interview. President trump is to give a speech about trade later today. You can see that live here on bbc news after one oclock. Earlier this month Carrie Gracie resigned her post as china editor in protest at the salary discrepancy between her and Mail International editors. The bbc radio 2 presenter jeremy vine has confirmed that he is one of those taking a pay cut. I think it all needs to be sorted out and i support my female collea g u es out and i support my female colleagues who have rightly said that they should be paid the same when they are doing the same job. It is just when they are doing the same job. It isjust a when they are doing the same job. It is just a no brainer. When they are doing the same job. It isjust a no brainer. So it wasnt when they are doing the same job. It is just a no brainer. So it wasnt a problem for me to accept one. We will be talking about that story a little bit more in a few minutes time. The labour peer, lord mendelsohn, has been sacked from his partys frontbench for attending the controversial president s club Charity Fundraising event, where women working as hostesses were reportedly groped. A labour spokesman said there could be no excuse for anyones attendance, and Jeremy Corbyn had asked him to step down. Lord mendelsohn said he went to the event as president of a charity that received support from it but did not witness any of the alleged incidents, which he condemned as appalling. The defence secretary has accused russia of spying on britains energy networks, which he said could lead to chaos in the country if supplies were hit. Gavin williamson told the Daily Telegraph that crippling the uks infrastructure might cause thousands of deaths. Mr williamson said russia was the biggest threat facing the country at the moment. Britains economy grew faster than expected during the Fourth Quarter of 2017, the office for National Statistics says. Figures released this morning show that gdp grew by half a percent in the last three months of 2017 driven by growth in the Services Sector. That means that for the whole of 2017 growth was 1. 8 percent that means that for the whole of 2017 growth was 1. 8 percent. That makes 2017 with slowest rate expansion since 2012. Im joined now by lena komileva, chief economist of g plus economics. Very good to have you with us. Take us very good to have you with us. Take us through in a little bit more detail, first of all, the reasons for that rate of growth in the last quarter of 2017. Well, it is a bittersweet mix of news because of course growth for stronger in the final three months of the year according to the preliminary estimates. That is based on 44 of the available data we will get in the end compared to the third quarter. And it was of course stronger than the 0. 3 quarterly average growth for the first half of the year. As you mentioned, the underlying pace of growth slowing down so well in the short term we have this resilience of the Services Sector and Robust Manufacturing recovery supported by a Global Economy, the underlying pace is still pointing toward slightly wea ker still pointing toward slightly weaker outlook in the short time with uk growth in annual terms coming in at about a percentage point below that of its major trade partners, germany free sample and the us which is coming closer to 3 than the sub 2 that we saw in the uk. You are talking about the Services Sector under growth in manufacturing but not in construction. In the midst of all that data, what, if anything, can you say about Consumer Confidence because of those figures . Well, the consumer is holding up better than expected. We have some mixed data recently but we would not have a strong leader to growth and the fact that Global Growth is expanding strong leaders taking some of the pressure wave. The outlook Going Forward will depend on the uks Consumer Finances and so the hope here is that with inflation picking up the Labour Market being quite robust, that were going to see real wages providing a stronger supports the consumers dont have to max out their credit card quite to the said that we saw the final months of 2017. Growth has been downgraded for next year by the imf. 0bviously, politically, more than ever before, these figures are analysed, seized upon by both sides of the argument over whether or not written should be leaving the eu, which it is due to do in march of next year. Talk about those longer term transitions as we go into 2019 and beyond. For now uk growth stronger than even the bank of england expected three months ago, but it does not mean that the economy is immune to the uncertainty surrounding the future of trade between britain and the eu. It would appear that businesses are relying on building up various costs and capacity to grow through hiring more workers but it is perhaps coming at the expense of businesses investing in stronger growth to bastien stronger growth powers in the future. That is very much linked to that uncertainty about how britains relationship with the eu will evolve after the current negotiations. Thank you very much. Lets return to our top story. Delegates have been sharing their thoughts with the bbc ahead of president ,s speech about trade later on today. President trump. Actually, globalisation is something that we can harness for good. And that actually closing markets and closing countries is not going to help us move forward. Lets wait and see. You canjudge. I have no idea but whatever it is i hope it is good for the world. All of his cabinet members so far have been quite impressive, quite strong. They have delivered a very good performance. I was told that it might be about tpp. Very fascinating if its true. Lets speak to our correspondent. First of all, what can we extrapolate from that interview that President Trump has done with itv about the relationship between the us and britain about his relationship with the uk . Yes, he was pressed very hard in that interview to give some kind of apology for retweeting those tweets from far right group, those unsubstantiated videos. And you sort of did but it wasnt the most fulsome apology, ipod. He said, i didnt really know who these people werent eiders retweeted its out. It wasnt me who tweeted it initially entered in no very much about it and by the way its a much bigger story in your country and it wasnt a big story in the usa. I think it was quite an insight into President Trump. It was a problem for you but wasnt really a problem for me and anyway i didnt really know much about it, rather than thinking, i should know much about it, rather than thinking, ishould have know much about it, rather than thinking, i should have known about it before i be tweeted those videos. That wasnt the tone about what he was saying. It was sort of an but mostly a justification, a self justification for what he did. What can we expect from a speech later . Were hearing that is going to give a more conciliatory speech than he did a year ago at his inaugural address. This is a victory lap. Isa inaugural address. This is a victory lap. Is a World Business leaders with a lot of money to spend and he wa nts with a lot of money to spend and he wants them to spend it in the United States sub is unlikely he would come here and in his speech in a few hours time, read them the riot act. Hes going to say america is open for business. We understand he is going to urge more Global Cooperation on key issues like north korea and fighting crisis. It will talk about the need, from americas point of view, for free and fair trade. This is the question that a lot of the delegates here will have. These Global Business leaders. What is that it is their trade mean in american terms . Isnt the same thing as it our individual countries can we expect more protectionist measures . This is exuberant conference. There is a cloud on the horizon it is the prospect of protectionism from the United States and the global trade war. They will be listening carefully for that. Just avoid what is happening in the us in terms of the line that was breaking about the babette donald trump had to be talked down by special counsel last summer from sucking robert ruler who is leading this investigation into allegations of interference from russia in the trump president ial campaign. Donald trump flies halfway across the world in the cloud of the brush investigation still follows. This was a story in the New York Times that he ordered the firing of him in june. It was the white houses lawyer who had to from it. In the end he said, listen, mr president , if you fire Robert Mueller it will have a catastrophic impact on your presidency. And if you do it, i am quitting. At that point he seems to have reconsidered and said he would not go ahead with the firing. We know all along he has had criticism about Robert Mueller and sees the investigation as something of a witchhunt and something that is partisan and not unbiased. It is not surprising that he might have thought about trying to fire to won, it is pretty surprising to me that he went this far and that was the white houses lawyer who said, stop, you can stick this. Thank you very much. President offers to President Trump is to give a speech about trade later today. You can see that live here on bbc news after one oclock. Downing street has distanced itself from comments made by the chancellor, Philip Hammond, after he said any future change to the uks relations with the eu could be very modest. His remarks during a speech at the World Economic forum were seized upon by tory leave campaigners, and criticised by a number of cabinet ministers. Today, the brexit secretary, david davis, will give details of the governments plans for the transition phase after the uk leaves the eu next year. The row over this phrase, very modest. It illustrates the tension between those in the cabinet and the conservative government you are pro brexit. Those who are pro remain. And of course, theresa may, in the middle of it. Absolutely. The Prime Minister has had a balancing act and she became Prime Minister after the referendum. To keep those two very different parts of her party together. Those pro brexit, there is more like Philip Hammond, a softer brexiteer, a remain, really. Now the softer end of brexit. Philip hammond suggesting that we are not two types of economy coming together, we are aligned economies, in his words were going to try and find some modest ways of moving apart. That has inflamed and incendiary statements. Some were telling the chancellor he should put a sock in it. Downing street has made it very clear that they are, as they have been saying all along, looking very deep and special partnership with the European Union economic lee after brexit and they say that that cannot be described as modest. Talk to us about this speech from david davis later on today in the north east. What are we expecting to hear from north east. What are we expecting to hearfrom him. He will discuss what is known as the transition period. The couple of yea rs transition period. The couple of years after we leave the European Union but in which we will look presumably to stay alongside the Single Market. Alongside the Customs Union. I think what well hear from david davis is him saying, yes, we went to be in. Will be alongside those and therefore, the consequence, unlike when youre in the Single Market we will be free to start negotiating around trade deals. Which could come into effect the minute that transition period is over. Certainly it is an area i think where weve heard from some brexiteers. The likes of Jacob Rees Mogg, a strong proponent of brexit. He got a sort of thoughts in ahead of david daviss speech this afternoon suggesting that the government has been a bit too timid and cowed by the eu and has been accepting terms on things like this that the eu has set rather than demanding what we want. Having quite a lot of eyes on david davis this afternoon to really set out what he sees those terms what he will be going into bat for when the negotiations start in earnest. Thank you. Well be speaking to leading the leading eurosceptic mp, Jacob Rees Mogg shortly. And later this aftenoon you can see the full speech from brexit secretary davis davis thats here on bbc news after 2. 30pm. The headlines on bbc newsroom live donald trump says he is prepared to apologise for retweeting posed by the far right Group Britain first. The uk economy grew by have a percent during the Fourth Quarter of 2017, official figures show. And downing street distances itself from comments made by the chancellor after he said any change the uks relations with the eu could be very modest. And in sport, six time champion Roger Federer has made it through to the final of the Australian Open. South koreas player suffered with blisters to speak and retired with a set down. Roger federer will defend his title on sunday. In cricket, england lost their first five wickets as australian won the Fourth One Day International by three wickets in adelaide. England lead the five match series 3 1. Manchester united boss is called new signing thejuiciest Manchester United boss is called new signing the juiciest orange on the tree. Sanchez could make his debut later. In double back i will be back with more just after half past. Lets return to the news concerning pat Nicky Campbell has confirmed that he is among a number of top male bbc presenters and correspondents who have agreed to a take a pay cut following revelations about a gender pay gap at the corporation. Im joined now by our media correspondent david sillito. Just take us through who has said what so far today. The only person who is actually, in public, spoken about this, well, two people actually. There isjeremy vine. He said, yes, he has agreed in principle to a pay cut. And of course he is earning, according to the figures that were released last year, more than £700,000. We also understand thatjohn humphrys, any more than £600,000 and Sheila Edwards have agreed in principle that they will be taking pay cuts. Nicky campbell on five live this morning said that, yes, he was on the list as well. This is part of a much wider thing. There are two issues here. When those first revelations came out of top page was a question, are all these people been paid too much . And the other issue, which is, there was a wide discrepancy. You look at the top ten names, most of them are male. There was a big discrepancy between male and female. So there is the equality issue there. There is a full review of all on our paid talent ongoing at the moment and will be published we think probably next