and it is russia leading the way. could president trump s warming relations with moscow break the deadlock? and when it comes to foreign relations, what does president trump s foreign policy mean for europe and its longer term security? hello and welcome to 100 days. our new programme dominated by the first few months of donald trump s presidency, and what kind of changes it might bring. there are big things happening in europe. upcoming elections, brexit, the conflict in syria. over this next 100 days, we will be looking at all of that and how the america first policy will re shape relations around the world. but let s start here in washington. in this past half hour, sean spicer, president s trump s spokesperson, has been speaking to the white house press corp. 0ur washington reporter anthony zurcher is with us. i was listening to the beginning of the press conference. it sounded like a remarkably normal press conference? it was. this came off the hills of saturday where se
it s 8am in singapore, and midnight in london and 7pm in washington where donald trump has made a decision with huge implications for the rest of the world. the trans pacific the rest of the world. the tra ns pacific partnership is the rest of the world. the trans pacific partnership is a major trade arrangement with countries in the pacific rim. now, mr trump has said he will pull out of the deal negotiated by the obama administration. he says it would have damaged us manufacturing and jobs. the bbc‘s north america editor jon sopel has the details. we ve been talking about this for a long time. oh the power of the pen. these are executive orders signed by the president as he starts his first week in thejob. from now on america will have nothing to do with the pacific trade deal. another order sets in trade plans to renegotiate the nafta agreement with mexico and canada. a far more complex undertaking. and there s to be a freeze on recruitment forfederaljobs. one other exec
and london, this is bbc world news. it s newsday. it s 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 8pm in washington, where president donald trump has marked his first working day in office with a decisive shift in america s dealings with the rest of the world. the tra ns pacific partnership is a huge trade agreement with countries in the pacific rim. now, mr trump has said he will pull out of the deal negotiated by the obama administration. he says it would have damaged us manufacturing and jobs. our north america editor, jon sopel, has the latest. we ve been talking about this for a long time. oh the power of the pen. these are executive orders signed by the president as he starts his first week in thejob. from now on america will have nothing to do with the pacific trade deal. another order sets in train plans to renegotiate the nafta agreement with mexico and canada. a far more complex undertaking. and there s to be a freeze on recruitment forfederaljobs. one other executive ord
britain has stepped significantly closer to leaving the european union. parliament has given its final approval to a crucial law that allows the government to trigger brexit. mps in the house of commons overturned amendments from the upper house, the lords, seeking guarantees on the rights of eu nationals in the uk, and on how much say parliament will have on the final terms of the brexit deal. this from our political correspondent chris mason. so, it was the final stage of the whole process of getting a law to give the british prime minister, theresa may, permission to say to brussels that the uk is going to leave the european union. now, you might think, well, that s a bit odd. didn t british people leave the european union almost a year ago, so why couldn t she have just done it anyway? well, there was a challenge in the courts, that decided that there had to be this law for the brexit process to start. that took place a couple of months ago. since then, the legislation ha
britain has stepped significantly closer to leaving the european union parliament has given its final approval to a crucial law allowing the government to trigger brexit. mps in the house of commons overturned amendments from the upper house, the lords, seeking guarantees on the rights of eu nationals in the uk and on how much say parliament will have on the final terms of the brexit deal. this from our political correspondent, chris mason. so, it was the final stage of the whole process of getting a law to give the british prime minister, theresa may, permission to say to brussels that the uk is going to leave the european union. now, you might think, well, that s a bit odd. didn t british people vote to leave the european union almost a year ago, so why couldn t she have just done it anyway? well, there was a challenge in the courts, that decided that there had to be this law for the brexit process to start. that took place a couple of months ago. since then, the legislatio