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about their reunion. answer andy murray wins his first grand slam match since becoming world number one. here s a flea through to the second round of the australian open. he is safely through. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. just days before taking over the white house, president elect donald trump has promised a quick trade deal with britain. the former cabinet minister and brexit campaigner, michael gove who interviewed mr trump for the times newspaper said the president elect was enthusiastic about britain leaving the eu and that the offer of a us trade deal would strengthen theresa may s hand in the brexit negotiations with brussels. speaking to reporters on his way into a meeting of foreign ministers in brussels, borisjohnson described mr trump s comments as very positive. our political correspondent ben wright reports. by friday, he ll be president, the most powerful politician in the world. and getting a visit in first, formerjustice secretary and ....
i m not going to get an answer. it matters because the trial appears to have gone wrong just weeks before her new government asked mps to approve billions of pounds to keep the weapons. we are launching this strategy here. having failed to answer yesterday, today on a cabinet visit, the prime minister had to admit she did know. i m regularly briefed on national security issues, i was briefed on this successful certification of hms vengeance and her crew. we don t comment on the operational details for national security reasons. this spectacular misfire in the late 80s of an american trident missile is rare. the vast majority of tests have been successful. urgent question. and it s not clear what went wrong with this weapons trial. but labour has found a lot wrong with the government s handling of the facts. at the heart of this issue is a worrying lack of transparency, and a prime minister who has chosen to cover up a serious incident rather than coming clean with the b ....
welcome to bbc news. labour has accused theresa may and her ministers of a cover up after she once again refused to confirm or deny reports that during the last test of britain s nuclear deterrent a missile had veered off course. the defence secretary sir michael fallon who faced urgent questions in the commons said he would not comment on operational details. as our political editor laura kuenssberg reports the test occurred lastjune just before mps voted to renew britain s independent nuclear defence capability. set condition one 50 for weapons system readiness test. aye aye, sir. pressing the nuclear button. action stations. a process that is practised and practised. the hope, it never happens for real. butjust before the prime minister took charge, a test like this, it seems, did not go according to plan. but theresa may yesterday refused to say if she had known. prime minister, did you know? there are tests that take place all the time, regularly, for our n ....
in office with a decisive shift in america s dealings with the rest of the world. he has pulled out of a giant free trade deal with pacific rim countries and has warned he will impose a border tax on us companies that move jobs overseas then seek to import goods. from washington, david willis reports. withdrawal of the united states from the tra ns pacific partnership. withdrawal of the united states from the trans-pacific partnership. with that and a stroke of the pen, donald trump made good on a campaign promise to pull america out of the trans pacific partnership. a symbolic gesture given that the deal negotiated by the obama administration had yet to receive congressional approval. great thing for the american worker what we just did. but it was nonetheless a reinforcement of the president s campaign trail commitment to put americanjobs first. campaign trail commitment to put american jobs first. the 12 campaign trail commitment to put americanjobs first. the 12 nat ....
our look at the day at westminster. the headlines: the defence secretary says he has full confidence in the trident nuclear deterrent, but won t give the commons any details on reports of an unarmed missile going off course in a test last year. labour have questioned the prime minister s response. and yet when she came to this house on the 18th ofjuly to call on members to back the renewal of britain s nuclear submarines, she did not say a word, not a single word. but many conservative mps defended trident and the need to keep the tests secret. is it not the case that the unilateralists opposite who are complaining today are in the position of eunuchs complaining about the cost of viagra? also tonight, users of adult social care explain what the shortage of funding means for their lives. it s now legally acceptable for them to just say use incontinence pads even if you re not incontinent because you can t have a night time carer. the defence secretary has told mps he ha ....