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and marine le pen in the presidential election. we re live in paris looking ahead to the result, which isn t just significant for the future of france, but also for the european union, as the brexit process unfolds. 82 nigerian schoolgirls are due to meet the country s president after being freed by the islamist militant group, boko haram. also in the next hour. tom daley dives into married life. the british 0lympian marries american film director dustin lance black in dartmoor national park in devon. and we follow up the 2005 documentary about children living in mumbai. that s india s millennials, in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. labour is promising not to raise income tax for anyone earning less than £80,000 a year as part of an election pledge to low and middle earners. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, said those earning over that amount would be asked to pay a bit more to help pay for public services. the conservativ ....
donald trump has now said he would have fired the head of the fbi, james comey, even if thejustice department hadn t recommended it. that contradicts the original reasons given by mr trump and his officials. and in his first interview since the news broke the president also seemed to draw a clear connection between the sacking and the fbi‘s investigation into links between the trump campaign and russia, though he still insists this russia thing is a made up story. tim willcox reports. 48 hours after the sacking, and the narrative keeps on changing. this presidential handshake was not an act of friendship at the beginning of the end for the fbi director. he isa of the end for the fbi director. he is a showboat, a grandstand. and it was not on the advice of the deputy attorney general. the white house had claimed that. this was directly from the president. i was going to fire comey. it was my decision. i was going to fire comey. yesterday, the white house claimed ja ....
he would have fired the head of the fbi, james comey, even if the justice department hadn t recommended it. that contradicts the original reasons given by mr trump and his officials. and, in his first interview since the news broke, the president also seemed to draw a clear connection between the sacking and the fbi s investigation into links between the trump campaign and russia, though he still insists this russia thing is a made up story. tim willcox reports. he s become more famous than me. 48 hours after the sacking, and the narrative keeps on changing. this presidential handshake not an act of friendship, it seems, but the beginning of the end for the fbi director. he is a showboat, he s a grandstander. .. and it was not on the advice of the deputy attorney general, as the white house had claimed. this was directly from the president. i was going to fire comey. it was my decision. you were going to make the decision. i was going to fire comey. yesterday, the white ....
even if the justice department hadn t recommended it. that contradicts the original reasons given by mr trump and his officials. and, in his first interview since the news broke, the president also seemed to draw a clear connection between the sacking and the fbi s investigation into links between the trump campaign and russia, though he still insists this russia thing is a made up story. tim willcox reports. he s become more famous than me. 48 hours after his sacking, and the narrative keeps on changing. this presidential handshake not an act of friendship, it seems, but the beginning of the end for the fbi director. he s a showboat, he s a grandstander. .. and it was not on the advice of the deputy attorney general, as the white house had claimed. this was directly from the president. i was going to fire comey, my decision. it was not. you had made the decision before they came into the room. i was going to fire comey. yesterday, the white house claimed james comey ....
donald trump has lashed out at reporters who pressed him on his response to the violence in charlottesville, virginia at the weekend. unscripted and in his own words, the president again blamed both sides for the clashes which broke out when neo nazis and white supremacists held a rally on saturday. david willis has this report violence. 0ur i have no doubt about it and if you reported accurately, you would say. condemned to failing to apportion blame for the violence and more than 30 others injured, the president took to the white house on monday to denounce racism and the white supremacist groups that organise this rally. a carefully worded statement which briefly served to cool the embers of outrage, only to the president to reignite them 2a hours later. outrage, only to the president to reignite them 24 hours later. you had a group on one side and you had a grip on the other side that was also very violent and nobody wants to say that but i will say that right n ....