Make Funding Pledges to tackle Cash Shortages in schools in england. The boss of barclays will be facing pressure today over his pay and also his handling of a controversy surrounding recruitment in the bank. Ill have the details shortly. In sport, the french opens a fortnight away and andy murray says he still needs to get better but hes through to the third round in madrid. Our build up to this years Eurovision Song Contest starts here the bbcs Steve Rosenberg is in kiev with all the tunes and all the facts you need to enjoy the worlds biggest singing competition. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Thank you. Iam in kew gardens next to the Japanese Gateway. I will tell you more about it through the morning but if you adjust stepping out it is a chilly start although most of us will have a day of plenty of sunshine, except in the north of scotland where we have some patchy rain. Good morning. First our main story. President trump has fired the head of the fbi james comey in a mo
Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7 30 in the morning in pyongyang where the north korean government is facing criticism for its latest Ballistic Missile test. The newsagency saying it can do that successfully and missile test. The newsagency saying it can do that successfully and Missile Testm may be able to carry large Scale Nuclear warhead. The us said pyongyang had been a menace forfar too long and sanctions should be tightened. He is in a state of paranoia, this was a message to south korea after the election so what we are going to do is continue to tighten screws. He feels it. We will continue whether it is sanctions, press statements. We will be rallying the troops and saying what do we need to do next . Listen, there are more sanctions we can do, whether it is with oil, energy, and lots of other things. Our options are there but we have to send a strong unified a siege that this is unacceptable and i in key will see the International Community do that. I think it i
And welcome to the British Television awards. Now, it is Current Affairs and single documentaries. Nobody tell my latvian grandmother she will try to set it up with another single documentary stacey dooley. Tonight s wonderful nominees are. What the Reagan Administration were doing was a blurring of fact and fiction but it was part of a broader programme. The president advisers had given us a name, they called it perception management. The police just standing there. I mean, why would you just stand there. So i went up to one of the police and i said, what is going on . He looked straight at me. How many . How many . And he started sobbing. In the last year, around one in 12 have reported domestic abuse. But an average level and drop 50 incidents before calling for help. They will only call emergency when there is a threat to life. I hate the fact that he thinks that because he has an illness he was less worthy to be able to live. I felt very strongly that he is not a burden. And the i
Business news live from singapore. Chinas one belt one road for it kicked off in beijing. Just how lofty are its Silk Road Ambitions and can they be filled . More victims are expected of the cyber attack as they return to work after the weekend. Hello and welcome to Asia Business report. Leaders from 28 nations are gathered in beijing to bring chinas grand plan to invest billions of dollars to improve its global trade links one step closer to reality. Called the one belt one road initiative, it was proposed in 2013 by president xi xin ping. Its ambitions span over 60 countries and the president has pledged billions of dollars for the scheme. There are sceptics that say it is an expensive exercise to extend chinas political and economic influence. We are joined by our asian Business Correspondence in the studio. 124 billion, no small number. Of course, this was an announcement that was made to all of the World Leaders that were gathered to listen to president xi. Why are the chinese mak
one in 2015, no real stars in the ivorian team this time but they are considered one of the favourites because all of their players play in a top leagues in europe and you mention depression, that was something couch addressed when he spoke to the media yesterday in a press conference. frenchman, he was saying that it has been difficult for them, saying that it has been difficult forthem, putting saying that it has been difficult for them, putting it into context, they feel the pressure, they know they feel the pressure, they know the expectations. a very demanding public here in the ivory coast, they expect their team to do well tonight. they are playing against guinea bissau, having qualified last for africa cup of nations but haven t won a match, haven t even got out of the group. it would be a big shock if they were to grab something of the ivorian is, for the ivories that would be devastating, they expect nothing less than i comfortable victory. aha,