president trump has finally notched up a major legislative victory, the first stage in repealing barack obama s signature achievement, the affordable care act. the us house of representatives has narrowly passed the republican replacement for obamacare. but how quickly the new bill becomes law, whether it does at all, is a whole other question. it will face a very tight vote in the senate. here s our north america editorjon sopel. the moment at just after two o clock this afternoon in washington, when trumpcare became a thing. the ayes are 217. the nays are 213. the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. shame, shame, shame, shame. but outside, a rather different scene, as protesters chant, shame. this fight isn t over yet. getting the measure through the senate is going to be every bit as tough. because, as today s debate showed, this is a deeply divisive issue. so, i ask you, my colleagues, does trumpcare lower health costs? no
french, german and italian interior ministers have been holding talks with senior eu officials in paris to work out a joint strategy for dealing with italy s growing migrant crisis. so far this year, more than 83,000 people have been rescued in the mediterranean and taken to italy while attempting to cross from libya. that s up almost 20% on last year. a source close to the talks told the afp news agency that the meeting was aimed at finding a coordinated and concerted response to the migrant flux in the central mediterranean . italy said the talks went well but no other details have been released. 0ur correspondent rami ruhayem has been witnessing the relief effort that s underway in the central mediterranean, and sent this report from sicily. no, no, no. leave it, leave it, leave it! rescuing migrants in the central mediterranean. a delicate task, even in fairly calm waters. no, go back! as the rubber boat deflates, people panic, and the rescuers lose control. go back, go
he was sworn in in front of several hundred thousand people on the steps of capitol hill in washington. in his inaugural speech he said that from this day forward, it s going to be america first . and president trump and the new first lady took to the dance floor, as is the tradition, for the latest incumbents to the white house in what was the first in a series of inaugural balls. they danced to a rendition of the classic song ‘my way‘ at the end of what has been such an eventful day. well, we did it. we did it. we began this journey and they said we, we and me, we didn t have a chance but we knew we were going to win and we won. and today we had a great day. people that were not so nice to me were saying that we did a really good job today. and as the inauguration celebrations kick off with president trump and melantia trump s first dance, our correspondent laura trevelyan is in washington to tell us more about the series of inaugural balls. i found it fascinating that
he was sworn in in front of several hundred thousand people on the steps of capitol hill in washington. in his inaugural speech he said that from this day forward, it s going to be america first . and president trump and the new first lady took to the dance floor as is the tradition for the latest incumbents to the white house in what was the first in a series of inaugural balls. they danced to a rendition of the classic song ‘my way‘ at the end of what has been such an eventful day. whirl. we did it. we did it. we began this journey and they said we, we, and me, we didn t have a chance but we knew we were going to win and we won. and. today we had a great day. people that weren t so nice to me were saying that we did a really good job today. our correspondent laura bicker is in washington. donald trump was quite triumphant. he has been sworn in and he is saying that people who were not nice to him have to be nice to him now, essentially. he smiled his way around was
can brexit britain and trump s us beat the likes of ireland at their own game and lure back the multinationals and their billions? donald trump has says waterboarding and other interrogation techniques which are widely seen as torture and prohibited by law absolutely work. but he s also stated he will defer to his cia and pentagon chiefs on whether to reinstate them. his comments came amid reports which suggest his administration may be planning to reinstate secret overseas cia black site prisons. earlier, president trump outlined his plans to construct a new wall along the us mexican border. james cook reports from that border. he is meant to meet enrique pena nieto on tuesday and that meeting has been put in doubt, in the last few minutes mexico s foreign minister has said it will indeed go ahead. james cook reports from that border. donald trump s signature pledge is now one step closer to reality. with a stroke of his pen, the new president ordered the construction of a