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known as obamaca re. the incoming trump administration has promised to repeal it as soon as possible and with the republican party now in control of both houses the democrats will struggle to save it. laura trevelyan reports from washington. they swarmed across capitol hill today with rival entourages and duelling missions. one to protect his signature health care law, the other to drive a stake through it. president obama and vice president elect mike pence met with their respective lawmakers to plot their opposing strategies. according to those present, mr obama encouraged democrats to fight republicans hard, nickname their attempts trump care and not rescue them by helping to pass a replacement law. for his part, mr pence confirmed dismantling obamacare is mission number one for the incoming administration. my message to members of congress is that we are going to be in the promise keeping business and the first order of business is to keep our promise to repeal ob ....
welcome to bbc news. donald trump will meet the heads of the us intelligence services later today, after claims that russia interfered in the american presidential election. the heads of the cia, fbi and national intelligence all insist the kremlin ordered a cyber attack to help donald trump s campaign. but the president elect has made his doubts very public, in a series of comments on social media. last night, the outgoing vice president, joe biden, told mr trump to grow up , saying it was absolutely mindless not to have faith in america s intelligence agencies. us intelligence is convinced russia tried to influence the american election by hacking democratic party e mails. president elect donald trump has not only dismissed that, but set himself on a collision course with the intelligence agencies. their determination to show that they re right was made clear at a congressional committee hearing. the hacking was only one part of it and it also entailed classical pr ....
italy on sunday. joe wilson reports. winters evening, west yorkshire. on stage the man who says he started it. joe stead first sang this in his rugby club, february 1960. # swing low sweet chariot. it reached twickenham. and the song, whatever its original meaning, is now england s celebration. in 2016 they won every match, five more wins would set a new world record. yeah, but there are five other nations with huge motivation. who can beat them? well, that remains to be seen. i think it s going to be a tight championship this year. any team that comes up against england will want to try and take their scalp. exactly. scotland start confident but play ireland who are highly rated and buoyant, having beaten new zealand recently. wales are vastly experienced, even their new captain alun wynjones has over 100 caps. but there is something new for everybody at this year s six nations. for the first time bonus points are available in the tournament as a reward for try scoring ....
by police investigating the alleged misuse of electronic tags used to monitor criminals. french authorities say they believe the man who tried to attack the louvre museum in paris yesterday is a 29 year old egyptian man. labour say they d legislate to limit future price hikes by the energy companies. now on bbc news the travel show. this week on the travel show, i had to brunei to check out the words largest floating town. hello. ade is in london to find out why so many nightclubs are closing down. bingo. i m mixing. it kind of looks like a spare part that has fallen off a stormtrooper. and tommy plays around with the latest in travel gadgets. for many, london is a dream destination. it is a city steeped in a rich history and maybe that is why it s the most visited city in europe. but is it still top when it comes to it s nightlife? in the last five years, an estimated a0 club venues have closed their doors in london and that has got promoters worried. some of the mos ....
the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell said legislation was needed to end years of excessive profits. it follows widespread criticism of npower who have announced price rises of up to 15% for some customers. our political correspondent iain watson reports. labour has not exactly been cooking with gas in the opinion polls, but, with npower increasing some of its energy prices by 9%, the party sees an opportunity to appeal to people struggling to get by. people s wages have largely been frozen since 2007 2008 in the economic crash. since then that inflation has began to hit them as i know they are being hit by massive increases in energy prices. it is unacceptable, so in the short and we will have a cap and introduce legislation to do that. the competition and markets authority last year poured cold water on the idea of price caps, but labour say this will be a temporary measure until the market is reformed. and haven t we been here before? the next labour government will ....