some of donald trump s closest aides line up to say they weren t behind the anonymous article by an insider which has slammed his presidency. the government scraps a planned tax cut for almost three million self employed workers. british airways says it s investigating the theft of customer data from its website and mobile app, affecting hundreds of thousands of customers. and the hollywood star burt reynolds has died, at the age of 82. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news: wales go in search of revenge on the republic of ireland in the nations league, for ryan giggs first competitive game in charge. good evening. world leaders have backed the uk over its assessment that the salisbury novichok attack was carried out by officers from russian military intelligence. the us, france, germany and canada all agreed that the russian government ‘almost certainly‘ approved the poisoning of former spy sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia, in march. this afternoon, the british a
one by one, many of president trump s closest aides have been publicly denying authorship of the anonymous editorial in the new york times, which has painted such a damning picture of the trump white house. the writer described by the times as a senior official describes an erratic, impulsive, amoral president, whose misguided impulses , it claims, need to be controlled or blocked by his senior staff for the good of the country. let s go live now to washington dc and our correspondent, chris buckler. what is the latest on this? yeah, as you can imagine, there is a feverish guessing game taking place in washington. this is a city of political scandals and intrigue, but there is a real sense particularly of this new york times opinion piece, that people want to get to the bottom of who exactly is responsible. there is no doubt that they are trying to find who is responsible for it. while the white house will not confirm that they are on the hunt. we have had senior wh
one by one, many of president trump s closest aides have been publicly denying authorship of the anonymous editorial in the new york times, which has painted such a damning picture of the trump white house. the writer described by the times as a senior official describes an erratic, impulsive, amoral president, whose misguided impulses , it claims, need to be controlled or blocked by his senior staff for the good of the country. in that context in the past few minutes the president has been addressing a rally in montana complaining again about the way he has been portrayed in the media. you look at the washington post or the new york times. i can never get a good story. you look at this horrible thing that took place, it is it treason? it is a horrible thing. the good thing about that, even liberals that hate me say that thatis even liberals that hate me say that that is terrible what they did. the president at supporting his republican candidate. let s go live now to
also we will come after you and find. you u.s. special forces kill isis top leader in a nighttime raid in syria. it raises the question just how strong is isis today? how much of a threat does it pose? fawaz gerges will join me. finally, from cars to milk to housing and more, we are paying more than we were a year ago for so many items. inflation is to blame for certain, but just how bad is it? i will do a deep dive that might surprise you. but first, here is my take. it s a tale of two olympics. remember the 2008 beijing games? china was dazzling the world with its economic prowess and technological sophistication, determined to impress the world with its soft power. praise filled the headlines in countries like australia, the united kingdom and the u.s. the sydney morning herald said that the opening ceremony was a perfect ten. london s evening standard described the event as the beginning of china s new era of greatness, witnessed and implicitly approved by much
also we will come after you and find you. u.s. special forces kill isis top leader in a nighttime raid in syria. it raises the question just how strong is isis today? how much of a threat does it pose? fawaz gerges will join me. finally, from cars to milk to housing and more, we are paying more than we were a year ago for so many items. inflation is to blame for certain, but just how bad is it? i will do a deep dive that might surprise you. but first, here is my take. it s a tale of two olympics. remember the 2008 beijing games? china was dazzling the world with its economic prowess and technological sophistication, determined to impress the world with its soft power. praise filled the headlines in countries like australia, the united kingdom and the u.s. the sydney morning herald said that the opening ceremony was a perfect ten. london s evening standard described the event as the beginning of china s new era of greatness, witnessed and implicitly approved by