be done in china to stop counterfeiters, as its own master builder struggles to tell a fake brick from a real one. president donald trump is reportedly preparing to sign several executive orders aimed at restricting immigration. american media say he will sign an order tightening security along the mexican border. he s also said to be seeking tougher visa regulations for citizens from seven middle eastern and african countries. mr trump tweeted that it would be a big day for national security. let s get more now from david willis in washington. what is going to happen and when? immigration reform was the centrepiece of donald trump s run for resident. he believes basically that some sort of reform is in the interest in the safety and security of american port and for the american economy. he proposed building a wall along the border with mexico to stem the flow of immigrants across it which is something he said the mexican government will be paying for. he proposed at one poi
on private jets from the man fled madagascar‘s civil war as a child, but soared on to sell planes to the world s top business leaders. and, as always, we d love to hear from you about any of the stories we re covering. just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. welcome to the programme. now mexico seems to be the most important foreign country when it comes to donald trump s in tray, now that he is us president. and in a few hours‘ time, mexico s economy and foreign ministers are set to meet some of his top trade officials in washington as they try to keep border open for trade. and the mexicans appear to have conceeded that to do that. there will have to be changes to the nafta trade deal which also covers canada. n0w president trump is pushing to bring more manufacturing jobs back to the us. he s already met with the heads of ford, general motors and fiat chrysler, telling them they must make more of their cars in america. now the us is a key market for mexico. taking a look at t
wednesday 25th january. welcome to bbc newsroom live. president trump has promised a significant day ahead on national security, including an announcement about his plans for a wall on the mexican border. he tweeted: big day planned on national security tomorrow. among many other things, we will build the wall! building a 2,000 mile wall along the mexican border was one of trump s key election promises. he s said the wall would cost $8 billion and will be up to a0 feet high. the new president is also expected to approve immigration restrictions on seven mostly muslim countries in the middle east and africa: iraq, iran, libya, somalia, sudan, syria, and yemen. and trump wants to make all us cities co operate to deport illegal immigrants a move aimed at so called sanctuary cities like san francisco, where local police do not help with most deportations. our washington correspondent david willis has more. we re going to have our borders nice and strong. we re going to buil
boss can t tell the difference. this is lego. this is lego, you re telling me? this is not lego. it s trying to be lego, is my assessment of it. out of vogue after 25 years at the helm, the editor of british vogue, alexandra shulman, says she s stepping down. and coming up in the sport on bbc news. serena williams has backed britain sjoanna konta to be a future australian open champion despite knocking her out in the quarter finals in straight sets. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. donald trump is promising a big day on national security today, as he makes good on his pre election promises to crack down on immigration, and tighten internal security. he s expected to give details of how america will build its wall along the border with mexico. he s also expected to halve the number of refugees allowed into the us, and tighten visa controls on visitors from a number of predominantly muslim countries. 0pponents have reacted with alarm to the plans, as da
firms should be fined for trying to impose sexist dress codes at work, according to a group of mps. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. theresa may says the government is to publish a formal white paper detailing her plans for how britain should leave the european union. the white paper will be separate from the bill which will trigger the process of leaving the eu, expected to be published tomorrow. here is oui’ to be published tomorrow. here is our political correspondent carole walker. off to the commons. are you worried about defeat, prime minister? yesterday the supreme court ruled against the prime minister, forcing her to consult parliament before starting formal brexit negotiations. that wasn t enough for some mps who complained about the lack of a clear vision of the government s plans. order, questions to the prime minister. but today she sought to seize the initiative with an unexpected announcement. i can confirm to the house that our plan will be set out in