growth figures later. they are expected to show the economy did pretty well at the end of last year, but with rising prices and a fall in the value of the pound, what will the value of the pound, what will the year ahead have in store? in sport, a wembley final for southampton. they knock liverpool out of the league cup with an injury time winner. it has taken tim peake to space and back. now the soyuz capsule is going to be landing in london. we ll be finding out why. and carol has the weather. good morning. today is a cold start to the day. we ve also got a fair bit of cloud around. some of it will break to see some sunshine and a few of us will see some snow. wherever you are it will feel raw in the wind. more details in 15 minutes or so. good morning. first, our main story: the us president donald trump has said he believes that torture can work to get information out of suspected terrorists. but he said he would seek further advice before deciding whether to bring back t
protection measures in sports clubs. we will bring you all the details, including the extra background checks you might have to go through if you work with children. do get in touch on that, it would be really interesting to hear your views, two loopholes they are calling for the government to close immediately. i would be interesting to hear what it is like trying to get a background check now if you work with children. 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. the us president donald trump has said he believes that torture can work to get information out of suspected terrorists. but he said he would seek further advice before deciding whether to bring back techniques such as water boarding. speaking to the american abc network in his first televised interview since becoming president, he also repeated his pledge to make mexico pay fo
for a second time aboard the international space station. i saw this spacecraft every single day because our docking port was right next to the cupola window. so for six months in space, every time i would open the window, i would give to look out and see the soyuz spacecraft. good morning, it s thursday 26th january. welcome to bbc newsroom live. theresa may is to tell republican leaders that the uk and the us can renew their special relationship in what she ll describe as this new age , following brexit and the election of president trump. she ll make the comments in philadelphia this evening, a day before she becomes the first world leader to hold face to face talks with the new us president at the white house. meanwhile, donald trump has continued with a series of policy announcements. president trump has indicated he would support the water boarding of terrorism suspects if his defence secretary and the director of the cia want to reinstate the interrogation technique.
judge neil gorsuch has been nominated to the us supreme court. at a9, gorsuch is the youngest supreme court nominee in a quarter of a century. a conservative, he fill the seat left vacant by the death last year of antonin scalia, who was then the right‘s most powerful voice on the high court. this is how president trump made the announcement. whenjustice antonin scalia passed away suddenly last february, i made a promise to the american people. if i were elected president, i would find the very bestjudge in the country for the supreme court. i promised to select someone who respects our laws and is representative of our constitution and who loves our constitution, and someone who will interpret them as written. this may be the most transparent judicial selection process in history. months ago as a candidate, i publicly presented a list of brilliant and accomplished people to the american electorate and pledged to make my choice from among that list. millions of voters said