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of the united states and yetjust days from the inauguration, the rift between the president elect and the intelligence services seems to be widening. the outgoing director of the cia has warned that mr trump doesn t fully understand russia s actions, intentions or capabilities. john brennan added the president elect should be very careful about lifting sanctions against moscow. in washington, preparations are well underway for the handover of power, as our correspondent laura bicker reports. the stage is set and rehearsals are underway for the moment when donald trump will take the oath of office. after a week of swirling controversies, this will be the day that matters but already figures have said they will not be there. that matters but already figures have said they will not be therem will be very difficult. i do see the president elect as illegitimate president. john lewis is a respected and much loved civil rights icon. his words matter but donald trump attacked h ....
good evening and welcome to bbc news. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has accused the government of threatening a trade war with europe if it doesn t get the deal it wants over brexit. he was responding to comments by the chancellor, phillip hammond, who s told a german newspaper that the uk wouldn t lie down, if access to the single market was closed off. mr hammond hinted at steep cuts in business taxes, to regain competitiveness. this week, theresa may is expected to reveal details of her brexit strategy. here s our political correspondent vicki young. slowly, a picture is emerging of theresa may s brexit plans. if she gets her way, exit negotiations will be triggered injust over two months. today, one of her most senior ministers made it clear that britain is prepared to play hard ball. philip hammond was asked by a german newspaper about the merits of the uk lowering tax rates to entice businesses here. he said he favoured the current system with european style t ....
at tomorrow morning s front pages, including the financial times which says the prime minister is keen to calm eu fears when she unveils her brexit blueprint on tuesday. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has accused the government of threatening a trade war with europe, if it doesn t get the deal it wants over brexit. he was responding to comments by the chancellor, phillip hammond, who told a german newspaper that the uk wouldn t lie down, if access to the single market was closed off. mr hammond hinted at steep cuts in business taxes, to regain competitiveness. this week, theresa may is expected to reveal details of her brexit strategy. here s our political correspondent vicki young. slowly, a picture is emerging of theresa may s brexit plans. if she gets her way, exit negotiations will be triggered injust over two months. today, one of her most senior ministers made it clear that britain is prepared to play hard ball. phili ....
is to create fairer trade deals for the us, and support strong borders everywhere. the us president elect has been giving details of his foreign policy goals in an interview with british and german newspapers the times and bild. the president elect also raised the possibility of a deal with russia. he said he would reverse sanctions in return for moscow substantially reducing its arsenal of nuclear weapons. he reiterated his campaign message that he wanted to get the us a fairer deal within the nato alliance. he described it as an obsolete organisation, and argued that many of the countries the us had signed up to protect did not pay theirfair share. and he had these comments on one of his most controversial policies, free trade, and how america is losing out to china. the problem is, the united states is always taken advantage of. yes. we have hundreds of billions of dollars of trade deficits with china. we have $805 billion in trade deficits, with the world. you almos ....
who was so close to george michael they described themselves as cousins at 9:15am. and we ll meet one of britain s most prolific organ donors who s already donated a kidney, 16 eggs and 80 pints of blood to people she s never met and plans to do much, much more. hello. welcome to the programme, we re live until 11am. do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning use the hashtag #victorialive. we will bring you the latest news and stories throughout the day. what do you want to hear theresa may say in her big brexit speech which is due at around 1145, you will see that on bbc news. if you have donated an organ, tell us if you have donated an organ, tell us what motivated you. if you have received a stranger s organ, tell us about that as well. if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story. the prime minister will this morning set out her vision for the terms of the uk s departure from the european union. theresa ....