of mrs may s in laws. let s ta ke let s take a look at what is fake and what isn t, with amrita sen, chief analyst at energy aspects, joining us now. good morning. an incredible headline. president trump fires fbi directorjames comey. i don t know what the british press have done, but you would think they would play on the apprentice, you are fired. i woke up and check the i iews are fired. i woke up and check the news and i was shocked. it is no joke. he thought it was a joke, james comey was at a press conference, speaking, and then he was handed a notice saying that he had been fired. he actually thought it was a joke, but it wasn t. what i found very intriguing about this is that coney was praised i trump early oi i that coney was praised i trump early on for bringing that investigation about clinton s emails out in the open. comey. since then they have been at loggerheads, he has apparently not done too much, and i iow apparently not done too much, and now the democra
seized in schools across england and wales in the past two years. also, dreams become virtual reality for one british tech firm. improbable manages raises almost £400 million in one of the biggest ever investments in an early stage european technology business. and. a close shave for paddle boarders in calfornia, after they re warned they re swimming next to 15 great white sharks. good morning. it s friday 12th may. i m annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, is to give a major foreign policy speech in about half an hour s time in which he is likely to say that he doesn t see himself as a pacifist, because he would use military force as a last resort but that he believes military intervention has become far too common in recent times. mr corbyn was chair of an anti war group and opposed intervention in kosovo and serbia. he is also known to bea kosovo and serbia. he is also known to be a long term supporter of unilateral disarmam
parts of england, and some sunshine for the women s fa cup final taking place at wembley, it should be a fine and dry evening. as we head into this evening, we have got this band of rain looking west. the odd heavy burst of rain. that will ease its way into eastern areas during the night and keep the temperature is up as well. we will find clearer skies arriving behind that, particularly across rural parts of northern ireland. this should not last too long, and then a south westerly breeze will usher in some sunshine, some heavy showers perhaps in the afternoon across scotla nd perhaps in the afternoon across scotland and northern ireland, and temperatures similar to today, in the sunshine it should feel quite pleasa nt the sunshine it should feel quite pleasant despite a slightly fresher feel. winds will pick up heading into monday, low pressure coming from the south, drawing in a lots of warm aircontaining a from the south, drawing in a lots of warm air containing a lot of
rights to share information with russia, after reports he reveal classified intelligence to the foreign minister last week. greater manchester police say the death of the moors murderer, ian brady, won t stop them looking for the remains of keith bennett whose body was never found. good afternoon. i m ben brown live in bradford where the labour leader jeremy corbyn has officially launched the pa rty‘s general election manifesto. he said it was a radical blueprint for britain. some of it was leaked last week but now we have the full thing. let s just tell you what we know so far from what has been published today. it includes proposals to renationalise the water companies, as well as the railways and the royal mail. there would be more free childcare for two year olds and some one year olds. and university tuition fees in england would be scrapped. 0n taxation, it proposes a 45p tax rate on earnings of over £80,000. and a 50p rate for those earning more than £123,000. ther
and we look back at the past week in business, when us markets had their worst day since november, and the economy was the main focus in the uk election. that s all with our business editor, simonjack. we always want to hear from you. it s easy to get in touch with the programme just use the hashtag #bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. it is friday, we have got that friday feeling. we start in france where the new president, emmanuel macron, says he expects no honeymoon from the public after his first week in power. he now has to try and win a majority in next month s parliamentary elections and implement the economic policy he says can turn the country around. so what is macron economics and can it solve france s problems? macron calls himself ‘neither right nor left‘, he s a centrist, and, sure enough, the team he announced on wednesday is a diverse mix of figures from the left, right and centre. he says his economic policy is based on the nordic mod