hello, good morning. iam annita mcveigh and welcome to bbc newsroom live. the us director of national intelligence has rejected suggestions made by donald trump that official agencies leaked claims russia had compromising material on him. in a statement, james clapper said he had called the president elect to say the information had not come from the us security services. meanwhile the bbc understands the ex mi6 officer who is believed to have prepared the memo containing the unsubstantiated claims is now in hiding. christopher steele, who runs a london based intelligence firm, is believed to have left his home this week. our washington correspondent laura bicker has the story. donald trump s not a huge fan of the press corps, but he had a message to send to the media and to us intelligence agencies. he believes they leaked unsubstantiated allegations that his election team colluded with russia. it is all fake news, it is phoney stuff, it didn t happen. there are also cla
the uk representative to the eu will hand over that letter from theresa may signalling the start of two years of negotiations on leaving. we ll bring you all the latest news and reaction throughout the day, from across the uk and european union. good morning. i m outside the houses of parliament on college green ahead of the triggering of article 50 which marks the start of the formal process for the uk to leave the eu. the prime minister, theresa may, has just left number ten downing st. she is on her way to parliament. she will be addressing mps this lunchtime after prime minister s questions. she will be telling mps that today marks the time for the country to come together as it embarks on what she describes as a momentous journey. we embarks on what she describes as a momentousjourney. we know that embarks on what she describes as a momentous journey. we know that the prime minister has already signed that letter giving official notice under article 50 of the lis
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