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signature policies is facing a delay. he s now said he s willing to delay trying to secure us federal funds to build his wall along part of the border with mexico until september. the president has until the end of the week to agree federal spending plans with congress, or risk marking his hundredth day in office with a government shutdown. our north america editor jon sopel has more details. reporter: mr president, are you going to insist on border funding? donald trump made his fortune as a builder. now the president is staking a huge amount of political capital on the most controversial construction project of his life, a 2,000 mile long wall to separate the us from its southern neighbour, mexico. and no one can say it has come out of the blue. it was almost his campaign theme tune. we re going to do the wall, and by the way, who s going to pay for the wall? crowd: mexico! who is going to pay for the wall? mexico! who? mexico! but the mexicans have been blunt in thei ....
which brought down that country s president. hello, and welcome to bbc world news. one of president trump s signature policies has hit the buffers. his plan to build a wall along the mexican border. mr trump says he accepts he ll have to wait until at least september to get the taxpayers‘ money he needs to start construction. that cash was part of federal spending plans which democrats in congress are blocking. if it s not removed from the draft budget, that may lead to a government shutdown, coinciding with his 100th day in office. our north america editor jon sopel has more details. reporter: mr president, are you going to insist on border funding? donald trump made his fortune as a builder. now the president is staking a huge amount of political capital on the most controversial construction project of his life, a 2,000 mile long wall to separate the us from its southern neighbour, mexico. and no one can say it has come out of the blue. it was almost his campaign t ....
us senators leave capitol hill for a security briefing on north korea at the white house. surviving cancer a blood test that can tell doctors which patients are most likely to see the disease. most likely to see the disease return. also coming up this hour: could climate change affect your garden? a new report suggests the prospect of rising temperatures could mean the end of britain s immaculate green lawns. and bristol s biggest music venue is to be renamed, following a campaign to end its association with the slave trade. good evening and welcome to bbc news. there were angry clashes in the commons today in what was the final prime ministers questions before parliament is dissolved next week. labour leaderjeremy corbyn accused the conservatives of representing the strong against the weak and weak against the strong , and opted to read out questions from members of the public. theresa may hit back in a notably personal reply she said every vote for mr corbyn ....
british scientists develop a blood test, which can detect the return of lung cancer, before it shows on conventional scans. and, the concert hall in bristol, soon to be renamed, because of associations with the slave trade. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: tottenham needed a win tonight at crystal palace to reduce chelsea s lead at the top of the premier league to four points find out how they got on at selhurst park. good evening. all members of the us senate, have been at the white house this evening, to be briefed on the deepening crisis, involving north korea. the americans have started installing an anti missile defence system, in neighbouring south korea, in response to the weapons programmes being developed by the north. china has accused the americans of destabilising the entire region. but the us state department said tonight it was still open to negotiations to try to resolve the crisis, as our north america editorjon sopel reports. this isn t for rea ....
members of the us senate have been at the white house today to be briefed on the deepening crisis involving north korea. the americans have started installing an anti missile defence system in neighbouring south korea in response to the weapons programmes being developed by pyongyang. china has accused the us of destabilising the region. but the state department said it was still open to negotiations to resolve the crisis. our north america editor jon sopel reports. this isn t for real but it looks terrifyingly like it. a live fire exercise conducted by 2000 us and south korean troops, just miles from the north korean border at a time of extraordinary tension. it s a show of force, and a show of unity. a military exercise with an unmistakable message to the south s unpredictable northern neighbour we want peace, but we are ready for all eventualities. in washington this morning, the head of us pacific command put it like this. as president trump and secretary mattis h ....