of the bloodiest episodes of the first world war, will be held this summer. and going full circle. how vinyl is making a comeback, with the sales of records hitting a 25 year high. it s 5 o clock. our main story: the uk s most senior diplomat in brussels has resigned just weeks after he warned it could take a decade to reach a trade deal with the european union once britain has left. sir ivan rodgers told his office today that he would be stepping down as ambassador to the eu early just two months before formal brexit talks are due to start. he was appointed by the then prime minister david cameron in november 2013. while his four year term would have come to an end this november, some believed he might stay on for the brexit talks. the reasons for his resignation haven t been revealed. in the last hour, brexit campaigner and former ukip leader, nigel farage, has told the bbc that he s very pleased to see sir ivan hand in his resignation. afterall, he s a committed europhil
i m a refugee, i came to england at the age of six. he campaigned for more to be brought to the uk. today he reacts to a government decision to stop receiving children under the scheme he championed, calling it shameful . hello, welcome to the programme, we re live until 11am this morning. do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning use the hashtag #victorialive. if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today accident and emergency departments in england had their worst waiting time performance last month since targets were introduced 13 years ago. provisional figures leaked to the bbc also suggest that record numbers of patients have had to wait on trolleys for a bed to become available. the department of health insists the vast majority of patients are treated quickly. our health correspondent dominic hughes has more. for months now, accident and emergency departments across england have been struggling. last
we ll look at some presidential errors. also, unreal and overoptimistic. for the nhs and welfare state if britain leaves the eu without a trade deal. that s the opinion of the former prime minister sirjohn major. and the greek economic crisis it goes from bad to worse, we ll speak to the former greek finance minister yanis va roufakis. i m katty kay in washington christian fraser s in london. big increases in defence spending offset by cuts to domestic agencies and the state department that s what president trump wants from his first budget. he s promised one of the greatest military build ups in american history , and briefings by the white house suggest the increase could be more than 9%. also today, the defence secretaryjim mattis is due to deliver his plan for defeating the self styled islamic state group. this is what donald trump had to say earlier about the military. we must ensure that our courageous servicemen and women have the tools they need to deter war, a
today. it s five o clock. our main story. two british medical students who travelled to join so called islamic state almost two years ago have been killed in fighting in the iraqi city of mosul. they were pa rt of a group of british medics, many of them of sudanese origin, whojoined is in 2015. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. the young british medic who travel to join so called islamic state, then made a propaganda video to encourage others to follow. ahmed sadi khider was seen in 2015 a p pa re ntly sadi khider was seen in 2015 apparently pitching is medical stu d e nts apparently pitching is medical students anatomy and appealing for other doctors tojoin the self declared caliphate. other doctors tojoin the self-declared caliphate. all the people who specialise, surgeons, anything where you can help would be great, there will be great reward. and this isjihad. he was one of a group of around a dozen british students, mostly from sudanese families,
prices have been rocketing in china. is that suddenly we should be concerned about? rico hizon will make sense of that for you in a moment. but we start in seoul, where the trial of the century is getting started. the head of the biggest company, samsung, is on trialfor bribery. samsung might be a household name, globally, but his bossis household name, globally, but his boss is not. so what we know about him? he is the boss of the company, jay y lee, but is known by south korean media as the crown prince of samsung . that is because he is the only son of the chairman, lee kun hee, who was convicted of bribery and tax evasion himself, but was pardoned. so jay y lee has been in charge since his father had a heart attack in 2014. he has been the de facto boss. so the lee family are phenomenally wealthy. you can see the figure behind me. forbes magazine ranking them asia s richest family last yearfor magazine ranking them asia s richest family last year for the second year ina