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it s 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where the white house has vowed to fight the news media tooth and nail over what officials see as unfair attacks on donald trump. the new president has taken issue with estimates of the size of the crowd at his inauguration on friday. his press secretary says it was the biggest in history for such an event, but, as our north america editor jon sopel reports, the evidence doesn t support the claim. the weightiest issues on the planet were discussed at donald trump s inaugural address, but what the president is in a white rage about are suggestions that the crowds for him were not as big as they were for barack obama eight years ago, even though the evidence is incontrovertible, as these two photos, each taken 45 minutes before the inauguration started, make plain. but last night, journalists were summoned to the most extraordinary white house briefing to be told they were lying. this was the largest audie ....
i m christian frazier. from here, in the bbc‘s newsroom, we send out correspondents to bring you the best stories from across the globe. in this week s programme: putting their trust in trump. as the united states enters a new political era, john sudworth has been finding out how china is reacting to the new american president. before his election, china could simply dismiss donald trump s rhetoric as the over inflated bluster of the campaign trail. not any more. still haunted by violence and death. jeremy bowen reports from the ruins of eastern aleppo and assesses the future for the syrian conflict. foreign intervention has transformed this war and the way it s looking, right now, foreigners, not syrians, will dictate the way the war ends. is britain coming together over brexit? after the prime minister clarifies her brexit strategy, jeremy cook finds out whether people on both sides of the debate are stilljust as divided. crisis at stormont, as northern ireland s po ....
it s 9am in singapore, iam in london and 8:00 in the evening in washington, where the white house has vowed to fight the news media tooth and nail, over what officials see as unfair attacks on donald trump. the new president has taken issue with estimates of the size of the crowd at his inauguration on friday. his press secretary says it was the biggest in history for such an event, but as our north america editorjon sopel reports, the evidence doesn t support the claim. the weightiest issues on the planet were discussed at donald trump s inaugural address, but what the president is in a white rage about are suggestions that the crowds for him were not as big as they were for barack obama eight years ago, even though the evidence is incontrovertible, as these two photos, each taken 45 minutes before the inauguration started, make plain. but last night, journalists were summoned to the most extraordinary white house briefing to be told they were lying. this was the lar ....
at the top of the english premier league, after they beat hull 2 0 at stamford bridge. diego costa inevitably the man of the moment. he was dropped last week after an apparent run in with coach antonio conte and with reports of a potential move to china, well, he was back in the starting line up and of course back in the goals. costa broke the deadlock when he converted a low cross from victor moses in the seventh minute of first half injury time. the length of the added time due to sickening clash of heads, which saw ryan mason taken to hospital with a fractured skull. hull have confirmed he s in a stable condition. gary cahill made the points safe for chelsea nine minutes from time. this game was very difficult for us. it is not easy, it is not easy to play this type of game. i think our opponent was very good. they created difficulties for us. but i think we are in the second part of the season and every game now becomes very tough. it is important because the result ....
have entered the gambia to help improve security for the returning new head of state adama barrow. it follows the reluctant departure of his predecessor. former president yahya jammeh was flown out of the small west african country after pressure from regional presidents and the threat of military force. our africa correspondent alastair leithead reports from the gambia. it was the first chants gambians had to celebrate in the country s only ever peaceful change of president in half a century. at the gates of state house they gathered, knowing a new guard is on its way into power. the crowd welcomed foreign troops, a regionalforce the crowd welcomed foreign troops, a regional force led by the senegalese. the threat of military action helped remove a president who refused to accept a election defeat. now their extra security will help smooth the transition. 2a hours earlier, former president yahya jammeh had come to the airport, finally persuaded by regional heads of sta ....