several major news organisations, including the bbc, have been barred from a press briefing at the white house. president trump s spokesman said he was not going to sit back and allow false narratives, false stories and inaccurate facts to get out. mr trump has called some us news outlets enemies of the american people . tulip mazumdar is in washington for us. tulip, steve bannon has said that the press or some parts of the media are enemies of the american people. and he said it will get worse the wrekin media. how worrying is this for journalists and there? wrekin media. how worrying is this forjournalists and there? this is a very worrying development. notjust steve bannon, the chief strategist, but president donald trump, himself, who said the phrase again at a conference in maryland, a conservative conference where he had described some parts of the media, again, as fake media, dishonest news, and enemies of the people. he lambo said the media for about 15 minutes, in f
iraqi troops have entered western mosulfor the first time in their offensive to drive out so called islamic state from the country s second city. west mosul is the last is stronghold in iraq. they re surrounded, along with an estimated three quarters of a million civilians. but government forces met fierce resistance, as they fought their way into the city from the airport. our correspondent quentin somerville and cameraman nick millard were the first journalists to head in to the district of jawsaq. they sent us this report. the so called islamic state breached. the very first iraqi government forces roll into west mosul, and into a firefight. is were waiting, and well defended. iraqi forces are encountering heavy resistance as they move into west mosul. it has taken them less than a week to get this far, but this is a victory two years in the making after the humiliation of the islamic state sweep across iraq. that was an outgoing rocket there. for these men, they realise t
meeting is taking place in the great hall of the people and will last for about ten days. the chinese premier is due to deliver the country s economic report card. we can go to carry who is in tiananmen square for us. carry who is in tiananmen square for us. carrie, what will be the policy priorities that the chinese leaders will announce today? as you said a moment ago, the key thing this morning is the prime minister s work report. a kind of state of the nation address in which he sets out the achievements of the past year and the challenges and objectives of the year ahead. so there are two key numbers that for in this report the first is the rate of growth and that is the number thatis of growth and that is the number that is important not only to china but because china provides one third, one third of the world s growth, the economic growth rate inside china matters internationally. we expect that to be. last year was between 6.5 and 7% announced and they turned in a he
the meeting is taking place in the great hall of the people and will last for 10 days. the congress is the body which debates and approves government policy. these are live pictures. high on the agenda is the state of the chinese economy, and concerns about economic growth. they are also expected to discuss ways to reform finances, the future of international trade policies and how to tackle pollution. chinese premier li keqiang will deliver the country s economic report card to the npc. our bbc china editor, carrie gracie, is in beijing. lots to talk about in the next few hours and days? that s right. the government work report this is the state of the union address, effectively, from the prime minister and it sets out the growth rate, the rate of defence spending, other key targets, it looks at achievements and looks to challenge is up ahead. as expected, a key figure in this report is that the growth rate around 6.5%, possibly higher is why they are aiming at for 2017.
trade policies and how to tackle pollution. chinese premier, li keqiang, is delivering the country s economic report card to the npc. 0ur china editor, carrie gracie, is in beijing. what will be the main policy priorities that will be announced at this year s congress? well, they are all being announced writenow. premier li keqiang is delivering this, the report on the work of the government. it is a state of the nation address. he does it every year. don t expect any fireworks. it is sober and methodical. i have been going through it with him and he is halfway through right now. the key thing is the achievement of the year just past and what they will do next year. they want to achieve a high growth rate, which is difficult writenow given the economy is so large. 6.7%. and they will set out the ambition for next year. what is noticeable about the speech this year, going through it, is the references to xi jinping, the president of china, the leader of the commonest party at