heading back to the gambia to resume power. and i will be speaking to the bbc s power. and i will be speaking to the bbc‘s media editor about donald trump s complex relationship with us network television. tensions between mexico and all trump are escalating. the mexican president has cancelled his visit to washington next week. to be honest, he wasn t left many options after mr trump unleashed a series of tweets in which he said that there is a trade deficit with mexico, it is a one sided deal. he said with massive numbers of jobs and one sided deal. he said with massive numbers ofjobs and companies lost, he says if mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall, it would be better off cancelling the upcoming meeting, and that is exactly what has come to pass. let s picture will grant to in mexico. it is hard to see what other options the mexican president had. is hard to see what other options the mexican president hadlj is hard to see what other options the mexican
laboratory during a search. in the next hour: the legal victory for the self employed plumber which could affect thousands of workers. a firm of london plumbers loses its legal battle over whether to give freelance workers the same employment rights as full time staff. and, first it was beyonce and jay z, now the clooneys celebrate as well, as george and amal announce they re expecting twins. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the health secretaryjeremy hunt says it s completely unacceptable that some patients in england are waiting up to 13 hours in a&e. figures show that waiting times in casualty units are worse than at any time in the last decade. mr hunt says he does have an improvement plan, but admits it will take time, and says there s no silver bullet. our health editor hugh pym reports. nhs england figures this winter show the worst waiting time performance since records began more than a decade ago. jeremy hunt paid tribute to the work of staff, but said tha
vetera ns has put a lot of pressure on veterans who avoided been through an awful lot. the government is the same label nb claims brought against vetera ns same label nb claims brought against veterans from the afghan conflict. this is a very popular move across the country. yes, there may have been things that were wrong but where other word criminal acts they deserve to be investigated properly and we have had cases where service men have been jailed and we have had cases where service men have beenjailed for what they did, which was wrong. a lot of these issues clearly were not and there has been significant investigation that has found no basis to the allegations made. now they are talking about the closure of this ongoing investigation. 3600 claims we re ongoing investigation. 3600 claims were looked at by the iraq historic delegation team and that will be down to 20. the most serious cases need to be investigated, but this consta nt need to be investigated, but this con
will be reduced to six point five % and that policy makers will focus on reducing pollution with major reforms involving its steel and coal companies. premier li keqiang was speaking to more than 3,000 chinese lawmakers at the annual national people s congress in beijing. the congress is the body which debates and approves government policy. high on the agenda is the state of the chinese economy, and concerns about economic growth. mr li started the session by outlining the country s economic report card. translation: the economy has registered a slower but stable performance with good momentum for growth. gross domestic product reached 74.1; trillion yuan, representing 6.7% growth and seeing china outpace most other economies. china contributed more than 30% of global growth. domestically, china faced multiple difficulties. major structural problems, prominent risks and dangers and mounting downward pressure on the economy. china found itself in a complex environment and ref
bellew reads david haye with an 11 round stoppage in london. beats. and sarah keith lucas has the weather. it isa it is a windy day to come, with spells of rain at times, but an improving picture in scotland and northern ireland. a full forecast in about 15 minutes. there s growing pressure this morning on the prime minister to safeguard the rights of more than three million eu citizens living and working in the uk. at the moment there s no guarantee they ll be allowed to stay after brexit. but a cross party committee of mps has called on theresa may to clarify their position, rather than waiting for the european union to decide what will happen to british people living on the continent. among the group of ten conservatives, the prominent leave campaigner michael gove. let s speak to our political correspondent, susana mendonca. talk us through this report. it is interesting, given all we ve heard this week, especially about triggering article 50. there is robust language