the issue facing local authorities in england with £35 million paid out in compensation to people living in unfit accommodation. and back on track, it s full steam ahead for the first timetabled train service featuring a traditional locomotive. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. it s got to be some kind of record with donald trump facing his first scandal and a top level resignation just 2a days after his inauguration. his national security adviser, michael flynn, has resigned over his contacts with russia. he s alleged to have discussed us sanctions with the russian ambassador before mr trump took office, then misled officials including the vice president about the conversation. the kremlin has refused to comment on the resignation saying it was an internal matter for the united states. in the last half an hour, president trump has given his reaction on twitter. and in the latest development, president trump will speak to theresa may in about 90 minutes at about ii
to respond to claims he made regarding the hillsborough disaster. you said you lost a close personal friend, it is on your website. in a radio interview, he said it was wrong to say he lost close friends in the tragedy. full steam ahead on the settle to carlisle line. passengers will find an old fashioned name on the timetable for the next few days. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the white house has said it was a matter of trust that led to the president asking for his national security adviser‘s resignation, only a matter of weeks after he was appointed. michael flynn quit overnight after it emerged that he d misled the administration about the extent of his conversations with russia s ambassador in washington. tonight, sean spicer, the white house spokesman, told reporters that mr trump was convinced that michael flynn hadn t done anything wrong. the president instinctively thought michael flynn did not do anything wrong. it is not ordinary for an incoming national
killed apparently assassinated in malaysia. kimjung nam was at kuala lumpur airport, about to catch a flight to macao. on his way to hospital, as he was dying, he told police he was grabbed from behind and had liquid splashed in his face. some south korean media outlets are saying he was poisoned, and the authorities in seoul say he was murdered. rupert wingfield hayes has the story. this is kim jong nam, whose body is thought to be the one now lying in a malaysian morgue. 0fficials there say he died after being sprayed in the face with something at kuala lumpur airport this morning. south korean media immediately claimed north korean agents had assassinated kim on the orders of his own younger brother, kim jong un. north korea s young dictator has been tightening his grip on power, ruthlessly purging potential opponents. what s so sensitive? last year i saw for myself how strange north korea can be. i was detained and expelled for insulting the kim leadership. much more