since she became the new doctor who, jodie whittaker says she can t wait to start life as a timelord. i hope my gender isn t a fearful thing for the fans because in this world particularly, there are no rules and that is a great thing. new laws will be introduced, giving people greater control over what happens to their online personal data. the government says the legislation offers the right to be forgotten . proposals in the data protection bill would make it easierfor users of social media platforms like facebook to get content about themselves deleted. meanwhile companies would also have to get explicit consent to collect personal data, rather than rely on pre selected tick boxes. here s our political correspondent, leila nathoo. our lives are led online. we all leave a digital trail. but what happens to all the information we upload about ourselves? a new law will ensure that the united kingdom will retain its world class regime of protecting personal data. now we wi
most senior legal official, his acting attorney general, sally yates. she had taken the rare step of defying the white house, and ordered justice department lawyers not to defend in court the president s travel restrictions targeting seven muslim majority nations. she said in a statement she wasn t convinced they were legal. a white house statement accuses her of betraying thejustice department. mr trump has now named dana boente, us attorney for the eastern district of virginia, to replace sally yates as acting attorney general. live now to the bbc‘s david willis, in washington. well, david, what is the latest? well, david, what is the latest? well, a night of swiftly moving developments, mike. here, yet another night of that kind. trump white house, clearly affronted by the behaviour of sally yates, her writing to thejustice department lawyers to basically say that they shouldn t be defending challenges to the donald trump executive order in court, because she is not conv
donald trump has fired america s most senior legal official, his acting attorney general, sally yates. she had taken the rare step of defying the white house and ordered justice department lawyers not to defend, in court, the president s travel restrictions targeting 7 muslim majority nations. she said in a statement she wasn t convinced they were legal. a white house statement accuses her of betraying the justice department. mr trump has now named dana boente, us attorney for the eastern district of virginia, to replace sally yates, as acting attorney general. he has also been dismissed the act acting director of immigration is an customs. a short time ago i spoke to the bbc‘s david willis in washington for the latest. the trump white house, clearly affro nted by the behaviour of sally yates, her writing to thejustice department lawyers to basically say that they shouldn t be defending challenges to the donald trump executive order in court, because she s not convinced
some of our biggest cities and its busiest right here in birmingham. so what does the state of the construction industry tell us about the economy? i ll be finding out. in sport, it s the tie they wanted. the lowest ranked side left in the fa cup sutton united will host the 12 time winners arsenal in the last 16. tastes like burnt rubber! and carol has the weather. a cloudy and wet start to the day with rain or drizzle. brightening up later in northern ireland but for the rest of us what you start with is more or less what you re going to end up with during the day. more in about 13 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. donald trump has sacked the united states‘ top legal advisor after she told government lawyers not to enforce his travel ban. sally yates was the latest critic to speak out against his decision to stop refugees and citizens of seven mainly muslim countries from coming to the united states. meanwhile, barack 0bama has made an unprecedented interventio
straight scottish title by the end of the evening? if aberdeen fail to win tonight, celtic will be champions again. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the eu has asserted its control over the brexit negotiations, by publishing its draft guidelines for the talks ahead. it has rejected the government s plan to negotiate a trade deal at the same time as the price to be paid for leaving the eu. the guidelines state that only when there has been what it calls sufficient progress on the separation settlement, can trade talks begin. they also say establishing the future status of eu citizens living in the uk is a priority, along with keeping open northern ireland s borders with ireland. our europe correspondent, damian grammaticus, has more. after a ll after all the shadow boxing, now coming into focus the eu s terms for brexit. they are guidelines for now, but donald tusk made clear the eu will insist the uk sorts out its exit arrangements first. so an outline agree