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she has served seven years. it s a high profile and controversial move just days before mr obama leaves office. the bbc‘s rajini vaidyanathan, who covered the original trial, has the story. chelsea manning was responsible for one of the largest leaks of government secrets in american history. born bradley manning, it was while serving in iraq that the low ranking private hacked government databases, hacking 700,000 classified documents tojulian assange‘s wikileaks organisation. that included this classified video showing us forces machine gun iraqi civilians they mistook for insurgents. and also 250,000 diplomatic cables from across the globe and nearly 500,000 military records, which detailed american military tactics and revealed the names of afghan informants. but the main outcome was that it caused huge embarrassment to us diplomats by making public their private thoughts. it was a very unfortunate and damaging actions. . .action that were taken that put at risk ....
it comes as ee is fined for overcharging tens of thousands of customers who called its customer service number. we ll have more details on that shortly. do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning. use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today. the foreign secretary has said countries are queuing up to sign free trade deals with britain when it leaves the european union. borisjohnson also suggests that agreements could be achieved quickly after the article 50 negotiations are concluded, and said the uk would not be hauling up the drawbridge , despite the new migration controls promised by theresa may. our political correspondent tom bateman has more. theresa may s brexit speech brought the most clarity yet on her approach to the negotiations. she told ministers and european diplomats she wanted ambitious trade deals with the rest of the eu, but she confirmed britain would l ....
is affecting investment and that is basically future growth, so when you have investment decisions being delayed and baddiel and in some cases, just forgotten altogether, it tends to lead to negative outcomes in the future. that is when people might not be able to pay their debt. i suppose one of the interesting things about all of this is the talk that there had been over a number of yea rs that there had been over a number of years about the importance of rebalancing the economy, particularly after the financial crash. that does not appear to have happened in the way that people like george osborne when he was chancellor were hoping would be achieved. yes, the rebalancing the shift away from the financial services into more manufacturing. on the march of the makers, i am not wearing a high vizjacket but you can pretend! it is not necessarily happening to the same extent and a lot of people thought that the depreciation of sterling that has fallen by 50%, that we would ....
welcome to bbc news. us president donald trump s decision to impose a temporary ban on all refugees entering the united states has provoked strong condemnation from france, germany and human rights groups. america s borders will also effectively be closed for 3 months to anyone from 7 middle eastern countries including iran, iraq and syria. in the last hour the spokeswoman at the department of homeland security has confirmed in an email that the executive order also applies to resident permit holders, also known as green cards. mrtrump said the mr trump said the measures help the country to be protected from islamic terrorism. protection of the nation from foreign terrorists‘ entry into the united states. with a flourish of his pen, another sweeping change, a halt on visas for people from seven mainly muslim countries, heavy restrictions for refugees wanting to enter the us, to stop, says president trump, another 9/11. i m establishing new vetting measures to keep rad ....
a trilogy makes sense for both parties as frampton aims to win back his world title. in bowls, paul foster came from behind to win the world indoor bowls title for the fifth time. it went down to a tie break end. his opponent needed to knock foster‘s ball away but missed. his commonwealth games partner holds the record for most wins with six. katie archibald claimed her third gold medal on the final day of the national track championships in manchester. the olympic team pursuit champion added the points title to previous victories in scratch and individual pursuit, as well as her silver in the keirin. that s all from sportsday. there ll be more sport on the bbc news channel throughout the evening. up up next is meet the author. chris cleave knows how to spin a story. his novels have been huge bestsellers, gripping thrillers they we re bestsellers, gripping thrillers they were also psychological studies. his new novel, everyone brave is forgiven, takes us back to the e ....