an end to the country s long liberal tradition? president trump has hit back at barack obama, accusing him of trying to take credit for the the incredible things happening to our country . it was in response to a speech by his predecessor, which said the republican party of abusing power and threatening democracy. with the key mid term elections just around in november, mr obama urged voters to come out in force to support democratic candidates. nick bryant reports from washington. cheering. this was barack obama returning to political centre stage. using what has always been the strongest weapon in his armoury the power of speech. and deploying it against donald trump. hello, illinois. and he addressed this week s explosive revelations that trump appointees are working secretly to subvert the president. you are not doing us a service by actively promoting 90% of the crazy stuff coming out of this white house and then saying, don t worry we re preventing the other io%.
barack obama has accused president trump s republican party of abusing power, dividing america and threatening democracy. in his first major speech of the us mid term election season, the former president said americans were living in dangerous times . he urged voters to come out in force to support democratic candidates in november, as nick bryant reports. cheering this was barack obama returning to political centre stage. using what has always been the strongest weapon in his armoury the power of speech. and deploying it against donald trump. hello, illinois. and he addressed this week s explosive revelations that trump appointees are working secretly to subvert the president. you are not doing us a service by actively promoting 90% of the crazy stuff coming out of this white house and then saying, don t worry we re preventing the other io%. that s not how things are supposed to work. this is not normal. these are extraordinary times. and they re dangerous times. the
a very warm welcome to the programme briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. you can, of course, be part of the conversation. as news emerges of a theft of customer data from british airways‘ website and mobile app, how confident do you feel entering your personal and financial data online? tell us what you think. just use the hashtag, #bbcthebriefing. one by one, many of president trump s closest aides have been publicly denying authorship of the anonymous editorial in the new york times. it paints a damning picture of the trump white house. the writer described by the times as a senior official describes an erratic, impulsive, amoral president, whose misguided impulses it claims need to be controlled or blocked by his senior staff for the good of the country. chris buckler reports from washington. ata at a rally in montana, donald trump was surrounded by supporters, people who believe in him. but this has been a week of per
clearing our seas of plastic we hear about the first attempt to get into the pacific ocean to dredge for rubbish. and a half century for alastair cook as he shines with the bat against india, in his last ever test match. british airways could be fined as much as £500 million, for a huge data breach which has affected tens of thousands of people. hackers managed to access details of 380,000 bookings made with the airline over a two week period. ba say personal and financial details were compromised, although passport information wasn t. it says any customer who s been affected financially will be compensated. many have been forced to cancel their credit and debit cards. a criminal enquiry is being led by specialist cyber officers from the national crime agency. here s our business correspondent, emma simpson. it s all about the customers. business travellers and holiday makers, transporting them around the world. but thousands have had their personal information stolen af
the circumstances around the disappearance of journalist kim wall, last seen on his submarine. what do you think happened? i have no idea, i have. i mean, it s really bizarre, it s really bizarre. i mean, he s been out there a lot with people, i ve been sailing with him in the submarine. obviously, he had girls out with him sailing and all that, but what happened that particular day, i ve absolutely no idea. today, the government published another position paper in the long running brexit negotiation saga. buckle up we with have at least two more years of negotiating positions to go. this briefing, following hot on the heels of proposals regarding the customs union, concerns the uk s position on the irish border and focuses on the need to avoid a hard border. northern ireland is the only part of the uk that will share a land border with an eu state post brexit. the government stresses that there should be no new physical infrastructure such as customs posts or cctv at t