it s 9am in singapore, iam in london, and 9am in the philippines, where anti terror forces are searching for the militant group which first kidnapped, and then killed a german tourist. juergen kantner‘s death was apparently filmed by members of the abu sayyaf group. it s thought he was killed after their ransom demands were not met. mr kantner had been abducted from a yacht last november. the philippines government says it lost some of its best men trying to rescue him. our asia editor, michael bristow, reports. it s thoughtjurgen kantner was beheaded. abu sayyaf militants wanted $600,000 for his release, but the deadline for payment passed on sunday. the german yachtsman was kidnapped in november. his boat was found drifting in the sea in the southern philippines. his partner was killed in the abduction. the philippine army had spent the last few days looking for mr kantner. the insurgents could have killed him because he was too ill to move around. the german government w
and the losers. also in the programme robots are increasingly taking ourjobs, but will it be good for the economy? our economics editor kamal ahmed will be here to discuss that and the latest on brexit. today we want to know, would you pay to tweet? twitter is considering a paid membership option for businesses and power users what do you think? use the hashtag #bbcbizlive. get in touch with us, we do love to hear from you. welcome to the programme. we start in the us, where president trump is battling to deliver on one of his biggest election promises, and to hang on to his credibility with investors. late on thursday, republicans were forced to delay a vote in the house of representatives on scrapping and replacing the healthcare reforms known as obamacare becuase they struggled to drum up enough support across their own party. mr trump is now trying to force a vote this afternoon, without knowing if it will pass. on wall street it s being seen as a key test of the trum
through a home on florence, just feet from hitting a 10- year-old boy inside. fox 19 now s frankie jupiter spoke with him about the terrifying morning. the isaacs family is counting their blessings tonight, two of those bullets from this morning shootout entered their home, just feet away from one of the children. shortly before 11:30 this morning, some people here in the hazelwood neighborhood got a shocking wake up call. something like this would happen here in blue ash 10-year -old aidan isaacs was watching tv in the living room. when i heard like five gunshots go off, and i run upstairs asking my dad what going on. police say at least in the area. and the two of those bullets entered their home. one went through their through the backyard, after penetrating another wall. adian was sitting just feet away. i was like scared cause i didn t know what was happening like, if they were targeting us or if they were just shooting for fun or something another bullet went throu
western hostages. he s believed to be an associate of a former control order suspect. he traveleded to somalia in 2006 and is allegedly linked to an al shabaab association. he first appeared on a video put out by islamic state in august of last year when he apparently beheaded american journalist james foley, and has appeared in numerous other gruesome videos since. well joining me here in the studio now is our special correspondent, lucy manning, for more on this. just describe how important an announcement this is. who is jihadi john? jihadi john has become the figurehead of all of these barbaric video that the so-called islamic state have been putting out, showing numerous beheading of hostages. and his name has been known for some time by british and american police and authorities, but for operational reasons, hasn t been disclosed. but the bbc understands that he is mohammad emwazi. the metropolitan police have said they re not going to confirm the identity of anyone
lou: good evening, everybody. president obama back on the campaign trail to push his state of the union message, his so-called year of action. today beginning with the signing of an executive order to expand federal job training programs. president obama himself admitted his proposal lacks anything that could be described as a new idea. president obama: so what we re going to do is review all of the federal job training programs and we re going to be supporting local ones. let s find what programs are working best and let stickel due them and expand them. lou: it would worry some of the presidents doesn t already know which programs are working and which do not. the president s remarks included somewhat of a bizarre shot at higher education. mr. obama telling his audience that college is just not necessary for success. a lot of young people no longer see the trades and skilled manufacturing as a viable career, but i promise you folks can make a lot more potentially with s