the right to abortion. the two candidates to be uk prime minister are going head to head in cardiff at the latest hustings for party members. the former health secretary sajid javid is the latest to come out saying he s backing liz truss to win. hello, and a warm welcome to the programme. we start in taiwan a historic visit from us house speaker nancy pelosi has come to a close. but the fallout from it is just beginning. in the last few hours, taiwan s defence ministry says it scrambled jets to warn off 27 chinese warplanes in its defence zone. remember, nancy pelosi is the most senior us politician in 25 years to go to taiwan. and the visit has sparked fury in beijing, which views taiwan as its own. we ll be going into why, as well as all of the reaction. first, here s a little of what ms pelosi had to say. our solidarity with you is more important than ever, as you defend taiwan and your freedom. we are supporters of the status quo, and we don t want anything to happen to
held, we ll have the latest from paris as the olympic inspectors pay a visit. good evening in five days, the premier league season will come to a close. we know who the champions are, chelsea, we know which teams will be relegated, sunderland, middlesbrough and hull. but for three teams, there is still something to play for. a top four finish and champions league qualification. spurs are guranteed second place but liverpool, manchester city and arsenal are all vying for third and fourth. city and the gunners have a game in hand on livewrpool city and the gunners have a game in hand on liverpool and they play that tonight. city are at home to west brom, arsenal can t afford to slip up at home to bottom club sunderland if they are to have any chance of reaching the top four. let s get the latest from the emirates now ahead of that match, there for us is conor mcnamara. liverpool s big win at west ham on sunday has put a huge dent on arsenal s hopes of continuing their 20 cons
it s 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in washington where it seems every hour, president donald trump is in more and trouble. the new york times is reporting that president trump asked mr comey to drop the bureau s investigation into alleged ties between russia and michael flynn, the national security advisor at the time. was mr byrne was sacked last week and the white house has denied the claim. democrats said that other senators were shaken and called for a special prosecutor to be appointed. well, this stunning and breathtaking revelation that the president is accused of reaching out directly to the head of the fbi to stop an investigation of general flynn under the circumstances raises serious questions about obstruction of justice. it is a fundamental question here. is anybody, including the president of the united states, above the law? can everybody be held accountable under the rule of law? and this revelation of this statement that has been alleged has raised
arsenal could also mathematically catch third placed manchester city but that is a more complicated equation. 71 last year, we were second, at the moment we have 72 and we want of course to go to 75, to focus on that after. we have to deal with what happens, but we want to give everything to get to 75. at the etihad stadium, pep guardiola s team moved up to third in the premier league with a 3 1win over west brom. goals came from gabrieljesus, kevin de bruyne and yaya toure. but the victory was tinged with sadness, as the blues said goodbye to argentinian defender pablo zabaletta in his final home game after nine years‘ service. he wore the captain s armband for the end of the match after vincent kompany went off. so, chelsea and tottenham have taken the top two champions league places already. the fight is on for the third automatic spot and the fourth qualifying place. manchester city are on 75 points, two ahead of liverpool on 73, and arsenal are on 72. three points are
us media outlets are reporting that president trump asked the former director of the fbi, james comey, to close down an investigation into links between mr trump s national security adviser, michael flynn, and russia. the times reports mr comey was so appalled at this suggestion that he noted it down in a memo. and a powerful committee of congress is now demanding to see that memo. white house officials insist the story is not a truthful or accurate portrayal of what was said. here s our north america correspondent, david willis. and this report in the new york times, borne out by other elements of the american media, the allegation basically that, at the end of a meeting in the white house in the middle of february, donald trump got other participants in that meeting to leave, and then he took the former fbi directorjames comey to one side and basically asked him to shut down, to drop the investigation that the fbi has been carrying out into the conduct of former national se