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conflict, bbc arabic is going to explain why. todayis today is the formal start of a major shift in power in america, we had the newly elected congress meeting to the first time, the republicans hold both houses, these are, i was going to show you live pictures, they dropped off, as well as congress, bear in mind, january 20, the republicans control the white house, the dynamics within the republican party are becoming very interesting. republicans in the house of representatives had hoped to push this through, it is an amendment to weaken the body that overseas claims of misconduct against members of congress, a niche concern but it has become a symbolic issue, it went ahead despite senior republicans in congress objecting but then a few hours ago, we heard this. in fact, but then a few hours ago, we heard this. infact, and but then a few hours ago, we heard this. in fact, and this is from writers, in fact, the us house republicans reversed course, withdrawing these pr ....
coverage of donald trump. he details allegations that russia has compromising material on donald trump that could be used to blackmail him. the dossier was written by a former uk intelligence agent called christopher steele. here s our security correspondent frank gardner, with more about him. he s a former intelligence officer at mi6, he is a specialist in russia. his firm was hired by a washington lobbyist, initially they we re washington lobbyist, initially they were hired by the republicans, who we re were hired by the republicans, who were looking to come up with some dirt about donald trump. eventually it was the democrats who were interested. what he found in tapping up interested. what he found in tapping up his old russian contacts in the russian successof up his old russian contacts in the russian successor to the kgb, he eventually got the document passed to the fbi. that was in august last year. in october it started to leak out, partly from a security confe ....
the striker has been left out of the premier league leaders‘ squad for their match at leicester, amid rumours of a big offerfrom china. good evening. there s been further confirmation of the difficulties within the nhs, as it s emerged nearly half of all hospitals in england declared a major alert in the first week of the year. that means they had no more beds available, all routine surgery was cancelled, and doctors were called in from leave. four out of ten trusts were forced to raise the alarm, as hospitals and accident and emergency departments struggled to cope. nhs england says six of the trusts overall issued the highest alert, meaning patients‘ safety could be at risk. our health editor hugh pym has more. how do you feel now? it s still sore but a lot better than it was. perfect. another day, another a&e patient. here a fractured wrist is dealt with. apologies for the delay. patients waiting and nhs staff doing the best they can under extreme pressure. t ....
donald trump has not yet been inaugurated but already the process of dismantling one of his predecessor s landmark policies has begun. the affordable care act, or obamacare, was designed to give healthcare to millions of people who could not otherwise afford it. but republicans have always disliked it. the house of representatives voted to begin the repeal process. our correspondent gave us this update. all throughout the campaign the cry from donald trump was that he would repeal and replace obamacare and he has already praised the swift action of his republican colleagues and by getting this through congress and saying that soon the unaffordable ca re saying that soon the unaffordable care act would be history. however there is that repeal process under way. it is a budget measure that has gone through today and that will make way for a repeal and replace bill. however there is yet to be a replacement. we spoke to people today in the house was a clear choice, keep aff ....
to us from washington. all throughout the campaign, the cry from donald trump was that he would repeal and replace obamacare and he has already praised the swift action of his republican colleagues by getting this through congress and saying that soon the ‘unaffordable care act‘ would be history. however there is that repeal process under way. it is a budget measure that has gone through today and that will make way for a repeal and replace bill. however there is yet to be a replacement. we spoke to people today in the house and there was a clear choice keep affordable care or have chaos. they fear in the meantime amidst the uncertainty, insurance payments would continue to rise. there are also 20 million americans who now have insurance under obamacare who did not previously have it. the worry is what will happen to them. many have pre existing conditions, be it multiple sclerosis, viruses, diseases, cancer, and many would not have health insurance without obamac ....