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wednesday 25th january. welcome to bbc newsroom live. president trump has promised a significant day ahead on national security, including an announcement about his plans for a wall on the mexican border. he tweeted: big day planned on national security tomorrow. among many other things, we will build the wall! building a 2,000 mile wall along the mexican border was one of trump s key election promises. he s said the wall would cost $8 billion and will be up to a0 feet high. the new president is also expected to approve immigration restrictions on seven mostly muslim countries in the middle east and africa: iraq, iran, libya, somalia, sudan, syria, and yemen. and trump wants to make all us cities co operate to deport illegal immigrants a move aimed at so called sanctuary cities like san francisco, where local police do not help with most deportations. our washington correspondent david willis has more. we re going to have our borders nice and strong. we re going t ....
silently helps along. but the president has again defended his policy saying he needs to keep a lot of bad dudes out of the us. we ll have the latest on reaction to the trump travel ban and the plans for a state visit to the uk with protests planned in british cities this evening. the other main stories on bbc news at 5: six people including former hbos bankers are found guilty of bribery and fraud that cost customers and shareholders hundreds of millions of pounds. after six people were shot dead in what s described as a terror attack at a mosque in canada two suspects have been arrested. in cardiff, leaders of the devolved governments in wales, scotland and northern ireland meeting with theresa may, have demanded a greater say in the brexit process. and mapping the mood of urban britain we hear from the man who s walked more than a thousand miles to do so. it s 5 o clock. our main story is the continuing worldwide reaction to president trump s order ba ....
the way we buy tickets. the age of the selfie and the scientists who made it possible they win the world s most prestigious engineering prize. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news. england s cricketer‘s collapse, losing eight wickets for eight runs, to hand india a hatrick of series victories. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the people had their chance last june, now its parliament s turn. in an hour s time mps will vote on a bill that will give theresa may the power to start negotiating britain s exit from the european union. with labour backing the government s bill it is likely to pass. but britain s former ambassador to the eu issued a warning today, saying once the talks begin they will take place in what he called a feisty atmosphere which could descend into name calling. here s our political editor laura kuenssberg. are you in a muddle over brexit, prime minister? departing from the eu is the biggest thing theresa may will ....
he s the president s nominee for the supreme court but democrats say he s too hardline and unlikely to command confidence. three generations of one family killed in a terror attack in tunisia. the inquest hears from the grandson who survived. why building new homes on green belt land would ease the housing crisis, according to one of britain s biggest builders. a nice view. the best seat in the house. and not everywhere s like the emirates. the premier league is told to stop making excuses about disability access at football grounds. coming up in sportsday on bbc news, we ll have the results from tonight s premier league matches as manchester city looked to close the gap on the top four with a win at west ham. good evening. members of parliament at westminster have taken the first step towards invoking article 50 of the lisbon treaty the start of the process of leaving the european union. the house of commons voted by an overwhelming majority 498 to 114 in favou ....
in the presidential race, despite controversy about employing family members. after a record 59 test matches as england captain, alistair cook steps down, but says he will carry on as an england player. and a royal salute in central london, to mark 65 years of the queen s reign. it s five o clock. our main story is that research by bbc news has found that the number of patients on hospital wards in england has been at levels considered unsafe in nine out of ten nhs trusts this winter. the pressure on beds has meant that many patients have been at a higher risk of infection or have experienced delays in treatment. nhs providers, which represents hospitals, said that what it called the extraordinary pressure on beds was no way to run a safe and effective health care system . similar bed occupancy data is not available for scotland, wales and northern ireland this winter. our health correspondent jane dreaper has more details. it has been a very difficult winter at yeov ....