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welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi, from the world economic forum in davos where my guest is one of the world s most senior politicians, germany s defence minister ursula von der leyen. she s also deputy chair of angela merkel‘s ruling cdu party. does the arrival of donald trump in the white house, plus brexit, spell the start of a new world order and mark a shift in power away from the west? minister ursula von der leyen, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, zeinab. the president of germany, joachim gauck, has said, earlier this month, with the inauguration of a new us president, we face challenges to the international order and to transatlantic relations. germany and europe can no longer live as usual on the transatlantic partnership, can they? i am deeply convinced that they can rely on the transatlantic partnership because there is a strong foundation, the transatlantic partnership exists now since almost 70 years. there is a huge amount of common experienc ....
of his record nine gold medals through no fault of his own. and coming up in the sport on bbc news, serena williams says britain sjohanna konta can be a future grand slam champion, after knocking her out in this good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. there s been a sharp increase in the number of homeless people with more than half the councils in england recording a rise. on a single night last year more than 4,000 people were sleeping rough that s according to the government figures. it amounts to a 16%jump on the year before campaigners say it s an appalling rate. 0ur midlands correspondent sima kotecha reports now from birmingham one of the areas with the largest number of homeless people. as the darkness creeps in, the wind chill begins to bite. those who have nowhere to go look for shelter. volunteers roam the streets, making sure nobody has died because of the cold. one of those workers is paul aitken. the young man there, i m just checking that ....
it s gold again, the triple triple! usain bolt is to hand back one of his olympic gold medals because a team mate tested positive for a banned substance. and the woman in charge of british vogue is to step down after 25 years at the heart of the fashion industry. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news, will liverpool make it to their second wembley final in two years? they re playing southampton in the second leg of the league cup semifinal. good evening. we start tonight with a special report on the marked increase in knife crime. an investigation for bbc news at ten has found that, last year, a knife or blade was used in a crime every 16 minutes somewhere in the uk. the number of incidents involving machetes has risen by over 60% in the past the years. the information was provided by police forces in england and wales. and records show there were at least 2,300 victims of knife crime last year aged 18 or younger, a rise of 45% over three years in england and wales. ou ....
speak to the playwright david pair about his film on holocaust denial. good evening and welcome to bbc news. president trump has signed an executive order to build a wall along the us border with mexico. it was one of his key pledges during the election campaign. mr trump said he expected construction to start within months and that planning will begin immediately. he insisted that while american taxpayers would have to pay for the initial work, he would expect mexico to reimburse the cost. mexican president enrique pena nieto is reportedly considering cancelling next week s visit to washington following donald trump s order. our correspondent james cook reports from the us mexico border. donald trump s signature pledge is now one step closer to reality. with a stroke of his pen, the new president ordered the construction of a great wall on the mexican border. it would begin, he said, within months. a nation without borders is not a nation. beginning today, the united s ....
of the us mexican border, will begin within months. he s also signed an executive order increasing the number of staff to patrol that frontier. but the white house has distanced itself from suggestions there could be a return to some of the more extreme security measures which were dropped under president obama. james cook reports. donald trump s signature pledge is now one step closer to reality. with a stroke of his pen, the new president ordered the construction of a great wall on the mexican border. it would begin, he said, within months. a nation without borders is not a nation. beginning today, the united states of america gets back control of its borders. we re going to get the bad ones out. the criminals and the drug deals and gangs and gang members and cartel leaders. the day is over when they can stay in our country and wreak havoc. strengthening and extending the existing barrier on this frontier will be hugely expensive. mr trump has always insisted that mex ....