it s newsday. it s 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 9am in the morning in beijing where china has warned the united states that it won t back down over its territorial claims in the south china sea. on monday, donald trump s spokesman said the united states would protect its interests in the region, a shift from president obama s more neutral position. but a chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman said china will safeguard its own rights. our china editor carrie gracie reports on the growing tensions. there are three key flashpoints between the new trump administration and beijing trade, taiwan and the south china sea. the last two involve the risk of military confrontation between a fast growing naval power and the world s superpower. china lays claim to most of the south china sea, of the one of the busiest commercial waterways in the world, and one where several of its neighbours have competing claims. areas in the south china sea that are part of international waters
donald trump has reignited several major environmental disputes in the us. he s flexing the powers of the presidency, using executive orders to sign into action moves to re launch some controversial oil pipelines. they d been held up by the obama administration out of concern for the environment and native american lands. mr trump says the projects will create jobs, particularly in the us steel industry. our north america editor jon sopel reports. i am, to a large extent, an environmentalist, i believe in it. but it s out of control. the key word there seems to be but , as another day brings another set of executive actions that aren t exactly music to the ears of the green lobby. from now on, we re going to start making pipeline in the united states. we build it in the united states. we build the pipelines. we want to build the pipe. we re going to put a lot of workers, a lot of steelworkers back to work. and from former vice presidential candidate, sarah palin, this tweet,
donald trump has reignited several major environmental disputes in the us. he s flexing the powers of the presidency, using executive orders to sign into action moves to re launch some controversial oil pipelines. they d been held up by the obama administration out of concern for the environment and native american lands. mr trump says the projects will create jobs, particularly in the us steel industry. our north america editor jon sopel reports. i am, to a large extent, an environmentalist, i believe in it. but it s out of control. the key word there seems to be but , as another day brings another set of executive actions that aren t exactly music to the ears of the green lobby. from now on, we re going to start making pipeline in the united states. we build it in the united states. we build the pipelines. we want to build the pipe. we re going to put a lot of workers, a lot of steelworkers back to work. and from former vice presidential candidate, sarah palin, this tweet,
restricting immigration. us media say he will sign an order tightening security along the mexican border. he ll also be seeking tougher visa regulations. he tweeted that wednesday would be a big day for national security. more from david willis in washington. david, you have more detail? we do, mike. it s starting to look as though it could be a big few days as though it could be a big few days as far as the trump administration is concerned with immigration certainly. it was a signature issue of president trump, then candidate trump, on the campaign trail. he talked of course of building that wall along the border with mexico and he talked at one stage of banning muslims from the united states, only to basically row back on the second proposal in favour of a form of what he called extreme vetting. now, tonight he tweeted: big day planned on national security tomorrow, among many other things we will build the wall. during a visit to the department of homeland security later
be done in china to stop counterfeiters, as its own master builder struggles to tell a fake brick from a real one. president donald trump is reportedly preparing to sign several executive orders aimed at restricting immigration. american media say he will sign an order tightening security along the mexican border. he s also said to be seeking tougher visa regulations for citizens from seven middle eastern and african countries. mr trump tweeted that it would be a big day for national security. let s get more now from david willis in washington. what is going to happen and when? immigration reform was the centrepiece of donald trump s run for resident. he believes basically that some sort of reform is in the interest in the safety and security of american port and for the american economy. he proposed building a wall along the border with mexico to stem the flow of immigrants across it which is something he said the mexican government will be paying for. he proposed at one poi