hello and welcome. ukraine says it will keep pushing to be supplied with modern tanks, after a meeting of allied nations in germany ended without an agreement to provide them. protests have taken place in berlin to demand the approval of german made tanks to be sent to kyiv. aruna iyengar has this report. this is what kyiv wants but can t yet have. german made leopard 2 tanks as part of hopes for hundreds of western battle tanks to help defend their country and take back their land. ukraine says modern tanks are key to holding back russia s expansion plans. translation: the partners are firm in their attitude. i they will support ukraine as much as necessary for our victory. yes, we will still have to fight for the supply of modern tanks, but every day we make it more obvious there is no alternative to making the decision on tanks. president zelensky has made his appeal to this meeting of defence chiefs at ramstein airbase. poland has agreed to train ukrainian soldiers in usi
Is bbc world news. Its newsday. Glad you could join us. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in washington, where President Trump has spoken about the appointment of a Special Counsel to take over the russia investigation into any potential ties with his campaign. He said the entire affair was a witch hunt which hurt the country, as he put it, and he denied ever asking the fbi director to end the investigation into his National Security advisor Michael Flynn. From washington, aleem macqbool reports. The president s just not happy with the scrutiny he continues to come under over his links with russia. The entire thing has been a witch hunt. And there is no collusion between certainly myself and my campaign, but i can only speak for myself and the russians, zero. I think it divides the country. I think we have a very divided country because of that and many other things. Did you at any time urge former fbi Directorjames Comey to close or back down the investigation into Michael F
And from amberley in west sussex, had wanted to be rid of hazel allison, so that he could inherit herfortune and then live with his 28 year old girlfriend. Our correspondent Duncan Kennedy reports. For 30 years, david harris and Hazel Allenson were partners but harris had a secret. Ugne cekaviciute, a woman hed met in a brothel but he couldnt afford to wine and dine her. So harris tried to trick not one, not two, but three innocent men into becoming hitmen. His aim was to get rid of hazel and get his hands on their £800,000 house here in west sussex. Harris, on the left, was secretly recorded by one of the so called hitmen who was alarmed by the plan. I mean whatever happens, the £150 grand is there, thats yours. 0bviously whatever happens, it will look like an accident or a mugging gone wrong or something. Another of the supposed hitmen was duke dean, who met harris in london. Dean said he couldnt believe what harris wanted and went to the police. Did you get the impression he was s
And from amberley in west sussex, had wanted to be rid of hazel allison, so that he could inherit herfortune and then live with his 28 year old girlfriend. Our correspondent Duncan Kennedy reports. For 30 years, david harris and Hazel Allenson were partners but harris had a secret. Ugne cekaviciute, a woman hed met in a brothel but he couldnt afford to wine and dine her. So harris tried to trick not one, not two, but three innocent men into becoming hitmen. His aim was to get rid of hazel and get his hands on their £800,000 house here in west sussex. Harris, on the left, was secretly recorded by one of the so called hitmen who was alarmed by the plan. I mean whatever happens, the £150 grand is there, thats yours. 0bviously whatever happens, it will look like an accident or a mugging gone wrong or something. Another of the supposed hitmen was duke dean, who met harris in london. Dean said he couldnt believe what harris wanted and went to the police. Did you get the impression he was s
Studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 7am in singapore, Midnight In London and 1 am in the german city of hamburg, where World Leaders have arrived for a summit of major global economies. Although its not officially started, President Trump has already grabbed the spotlight. Speaking in poland just before the summit hes said Western Civilization needs to defend itself. And ahead of his meeting with President Putin, hes called on russia to stop destabilising other countries. Jon sopel reports from hamburg. The famous port of hamburg, tonights disembarkation point for anarchists, anti capitalists, anti globalisation protesters and the leaders of the worlds 20 richest nations. The protesters stones and fireworks were met by Police Teargas water cannon. No such hostility when the president ventured out in warsaw this morning. Not everywhere in europe would they chant Donald Trumps name so loudly or so approvingly. But with its populist anti immigration g