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the plan, which outraged democrats, also drew criticism from the president elect, donald trump, who said it was not a priority. laura trevelyan reports. the house will come to order. as the brand new congress convened on thursday, rather than celebrating the republicans‘ dominance of washington, lawmakers were the centre of the debate. it is over their behaviour is policed in the name of avoiding corruption. on monday night, republicans in the house of representatives tried to gut the independence of the office of congressional ethics by bringing it under the control of a house committee, prompting an outcry from democrats and government watchdogs. despite the row, it looked like a done deal. so republicans had to decide whether they wanted to cross mr trump before he had even taken the oath of office. some had staked out their positions before the tweets. i voted against this particular amendment because of the oversight language that i thought was ambiguous and need ....
congressional ethics watchdog of its powers. the plan, which outraged democrats, also drew criticism from the president elect, donald trump, who said it was not a priority. laura trevelyan reports. the house will come to order. as the brand new congress convened on tuesday, rather than celebrating the republicans‘ dominance of washington, lawmakers were the centre of the debate over their behaviour is policed in the name of avoiding corruption. on monday night, republicans in the house of representatives tried to gut the independence of the office of congressional ethics by bringing it under the control of a house committee, prompting an outcry from democrats and government watchdogs. despite the row, it looked like a done deal. until donald trump took to twitter, saying: so, republicans had to decide whether they wanted to cross mr trump before he d even taken the oath of office. some had staked out their positions before the tweets. i voted against this particular a ....
beginning to inflate? we ll find out in the next few hours if price rises in the block are now back on track. britain s top diplomat at the european union has resigned just a few months before the uk begins negotiations to leave the bloc. announcing his resignation, he s said there is muddled thinking about britain s departure from the eu, a comment believed to be directed at the government. it s not known exactly why ivan rogers has stepped down, but the country s ambassador to the eu had recently warned of the difficulties the uk would face in reaching a deal for its exit. tim allman reports. he was britain s man in brussels. the uk s ambassador to the european union. now sir ivan rogers has decided to quit his post. he is going, he says, to allow a new team to ta ke going, he says, to allow a new team to take over before brexit negotiations begin but, as he was metaphorically walking out the door, sir ivan appeared to criticise the government s preparations for that ....
course. it was! it is 2017, so that was last year. the financial times reports china is flexing its muscles over south korea s decision to deploy a us ballistic missile shield. it says a chinese government official has visited seoul, threatening south korean companies by saying their business in china could suffer. the international new york times writes about how china is investing heavily in the beautiful game. it has the world s biggest football boarding school, boasting 48 fields, and the country s offering multi million dollar contracts to top players. sushi anyone, or everyone! 7 the japan times has this enormous fish and its flamboyant owner. the sushi restaurant owner nicknamed tuna king has paid over $600,000 for this 212 kilogram blue fin tuna. joining us is justin urquhart stewart, director of seven investment management. good morning. good morning. we will get onto fishy matters later. let s start with donald trump and his continued scepticism despite the ....
president elect donald trump on claims that russia interfered with the us election. a whistle blower alleges that at least one person died asa alleges that at least one person died as a result of a computer failure at the london ambulance service on new year s day. gangs trespassing on farmland to chase and kill hairs with dogs. farmers tell us kill hairs with dogs. farmers tell us why they need more help to stop the illegal blood sport taking place on their land. and, tributes for vetera n on their land. and, tributes for veteran bollywood star 0m puri star of east is east who has died aged 66. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a terminally ill man has begun a legal fight for the right to help for him to die. noel conway, who s 67, has motor neurone disease and says he fears becoming entombed in his own body as his muscles gradually weaken. mr conway, who is being backed by the campaign group dignity in dying, wants a doctor to be able to prescribe a lethal dos ....