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ten years on from the financial crisis we examine its repercussions and will be speaking to the liberal democrat leader and former business secretary sir vince cable to ask what lessons have been learnt. this is a lone athlete on his own against the the botswanan this is a lone athlete on his own against the clock. the botswa nan sprinter, isaac makwala, qualifies for the semi finals of the 200 metres at the world athletics championships in london, after he was barred from competing earlier due to the norovirus outbreak. good evening and welcome to bbc news. 17 men and one woman have been convicted of sexual exploitation and drugs offences in newcastle. most of the men were from pakistani, indian or bangladeshi backgrounds. their youngest victim was just 14. the convictions are the result of operation sanctuary. 0ur correspondent peter harris has been following the case. they called the parties sessions. present were asian men, and teenage girls. there was drink, ther ....
forward to his new role. i have a few folks in the room that are with me that have helped me over the last month to get to this point in the confirmation and they represent a larger category of people who have worked enormously long hours tirelessly guiding me through the confirmation process and to them i will always be eternally grateful to the sacrifices they have made of their time these past week. i have also received over the last month so many messages and letters and phone calls of best wishes, encouragement and prayers from family, friends and colleagues who know me well. but i have also received an enormous outpouring of wonderful messages from people all over the country whom i do not know. it is their messages that are going to stand instead fast reminder to me asi to stand instead fast reminder to me as i enter the responsibilities as secretary of state, that as i serve this president, i serve their interest and will always represent the interest of all the ....
a decision on the future of arsenal manager arsene wenger won t be made until the end of the season, the bbc understands. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. president trump s most senior diplomat, the secretary of state, rex tillerson, is making his debut on the international stage. he s attending a meeting of foreign ministers from the 620 countries in germany. he will have talks with the foreign secretary, boris johnson, among others. state department officials say mr tillerson wants to listen, and to offer reassurances about president trump s approach to international affairs. david willis reports. america s secretary of state has a lot on his plate. rex tillerson‘s top priority will be reassuring nervous allies that the government he is part of is not in fact descending into chaos. given the evidence that exists to the contrary, however, it might prove a difficult message to sell. not yet four weeks into his term in office, mr trump has had his travel ban ....
jon sopel is in washington. according to the polls, a majority of british people are in favour of donald trump coming to the uk on a state visit. but there s a sizeable number of people who stand opposed. almost two million people signed a petition calling for the invitation to be withdrawn. that petition in line with the law forced a parliamentary debate currently under way in westminster hall. here s a flavour. we are in a position unlike any faced by any previous parliament, where we have a person of a unique personality running the united states. there are great dangers in attempting to give him the best accolade we can offer anyone, only been offered twice before, of a state visit. this would be terribly wrong, because it would appear that the british parliament, the british nation, the british sovereign is approving of the acts of donald] trump. outside that debate in westminster, in parliament square, there s a demonstration under way tonight. let s get mor ....
we ll look at some presidential errors. also, unreal and overoptimistic. for the nhs and welfare state if britain leaves the eu without a trade deal. that s the opinion of the former prime minister sirjohn major. and the greek economic crisis it goes from bad to worse, we ll speak to the former greek finance minister yanis va roufakis. i m katty kay in washington christian fraser s in london. big increases in defence spending offset by cuts to domestic agencies and the state department that s what president trump wants from his first budget. he s promised one of the greatest military build ups in american history , and briefings by the white house suggest the increase could be more than 9%. also today, the defence secretaryjim mattis is due to deliver his plan for defeating the self styled islamic state group. this is what donald trump had to say earlier about the military. we must ensure that our courageous servicemen and women have the tools they need to deter ....