London, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 8am in singapore and midnight in london and 7pm in washington, as the transatlantic rift between britain and the us over President Trumps sharing of anti muslim tweets has deepened. Speaking on a visit tojordan, the Prime Minister theresa may said donald trump was wrong to share the images from a british far right organisation. Mr trump responded with a tweet, effectively telling her to mind her her own business. She insists the special relationship continues, but britains ambassador to the us has visited the white house to raise concerns about the president s tweets. Our correspondent alex forsyth reports. This was a trip focused on building relationships around the world. But while theresa may was meeting kings and ministers injordan, a major diplomatic row was brewing elsewhere. President trump had been personally rebuked by downing street for sharing far right videos online. His response to theresa may, on twitter, of course madame P
Tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. Robert muellers star witness on the stand in the trial of Paul Manafort. Rick gates is asked, were you involved in any criminal activity with Paul Manafort . His answer, yes. And what rick gates also said in that courtroom just a short time ago. The deadly nose dive, the plane crashing into a parking lot. Tonight, the identities of those onboard now revealed. The pilot declaring an emergency in the moments before that plane went straight down. The dangerous heat tonight on both coasts. 16 major fires now burning. And the new fire tonight in orange county. Authorities concerned about hikers in the area. The secondlargest in history. And in the east tonight, bracing for blistering heat in the next 24 hours. The public outcry tonight. Authorities before the cameras
and their new plea to break the code of silence, after 14 people were shot and killed, dozens wounded over the weekend in chicago. The deadly highway blast. The tanker truck explodi
A roundup of the days events. Reporter he was a background political operative on the trump campaign, literally right there behind the candidate at the Republican National convention. But today, rick gates took the stand in a virginia federal courthouse playing the role of special counsel Robert Muellers star witness. Coming facetoface with his former business partner, paul manafort, gates testified that they committed crimes together, including not reporting more than a dozen offshore accounts. The prosecutor asking, were you involved in any criminal activity with mr. Manafort . Yes, gates answered. Did you commit any crimes with mr. Manafort . Yes, gates answered again. The two men spent years working sidebyside. In february, gates pleaded guilty to conspiracy and lying to federal authorities. But today, as a flipped witness cooperating with the special counsel, gates told the court he lied because manafort told him to. And he also admitted he embezzled several hundred thousand dolla
Updates of the days news. Theres a lot more to what they did that nobody knows about yet, and mueller is going to have a lot to answer for and in ohios congressional Special Election the race is tighter after a late addition to voting tallies. Officials in Franklin County announced yesterday an additional 588 previously uncounted votes had been found in a columbus suburb. The result has given Democrat Danny Oconnor a net gain of 190 votes. He and republican Troy Balder S son are separated down from yesterday. Balderson declared victory tuesday night, but oconnor is waiting for all votes to be counted. Whatever the outcome, these two will go headtohead again in november when they compete for a full term in congress. The Trump Administration is hitting russia with new sanctions, punishing Vladimir Putins government for the poisoning of a former russian
russia has denied any involvement in the uk poisonings. The president , facing political pressure, to unleash the penalties. All of it co
A powerful earthquake once again jolt indonesia the tremors unleash fresh panic in the region hit just two weeks ago by deadly quake. And a big day for greece as it emerges from its final sale out program athens will now be able to tap into money on Financial Markets for the first time in eight years it follows years of austerity that led to widespread anger as the country tried to cut its that. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program Brazil has announced that it will send troops and extra policemen to a border town which saw clashes between then a swollen migrants and the local population the incident over the weekend has highlighted the growing migration crisis of venezuelans fleeing the economic and political turmoil in their country other south american nations are struggling to. Cope with the venezuelan exodus across the continent and our next report starts out in aqua door where migration numbers have increased dramatically pushing authorities to tighten border controls. It was hop