this is bbc news. i'm julian worricker. the headlines at 11:00: the fbi confirms for the first time that it's investigating possible links between russia and donald trump's presidential campaign. prime minister to reason they say she will start the process to take britain out of the european union next wednesday. marks & spencer is the latest company to pull its online ads from google after they appeared next to extremist videos on youtube. and on newsnight, the former governor of the bank of england, lord king, joins us to say he is not scared of brexit that he is worried that politicians are thinking about nothing else because he thinks are a bigger problems to deal with. good evening and welcome to bbc news.

that he's investigating allegations of collusion between the trump presidential campaign and the russian government before james comey also told a congressional hearing there was no evidence to support mr trump's claims that his home had been of collusion as ‘fake news‘. our north america editor jon sopel reports. the kremlin has cast a long shadow over american politics in the last year. intelligence hacked computers belonging to the democratic party before the election. from that, one question — was there collusion between the trump campaign and moscow? the president said that is fake news. then there's the allegation that barack obama tapped the phones in trump tower before the election, perhaps using british

big questions for a big man. at six foot eight, james comey stands head and shoulders above all around him. would he stick his neck out today at this hearing? the fbi, as part of our counter intelligence mission, is investigating the russian in the 2016 presidential election. and that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the trump campaign and whether there was any co—ordination between thecampaign! 36 iii? fiéiéil if iii? ififiéiiigéiififi. into russian collusion, ames comeyrwould not be dram but what about the president's claims, that his predecessor barack obama had wiretapped trump tower? directed at him by the prior administration, i have no evidence

50 president obama could not unilaterally order a wiretap of anyone? no president could. the president accused mr obama and presumably the fbi of engaging i try very hard not to engage in any isms of any kind, including mccarthyism. then they turned to the director of the national security agency and to answer questions about british involvement. again. the r§;£& did you request your counterparts in gchq should wiretap mr trump on behalf of president 0bama? in place for decades... . have called the president's suggestion that they wiretapped him nonsense and utterly ridiculous, would you agree? yes, sir.

does it do damage to our relationship with one of our closest intelligence partners for the president to make a baseless claim that the british participated in a conspiracy against him? it does frustrate a key ally of ours, but i believe the relationship is strong enough, this is something we should be able to deal with. blight fjé‘; trump didn't wake of the committee to start before he tweeted his verdict. in the white house you we re in the white house you were getting ready to hoist the white flag was? of course not. were getting ready to hoist the white flag was? of course not. we started a hearing, it is still ongoing. aspar - with

started a hearing, it is still ongoing. aspar- with the ongoing.— there is no pollution. russians? there is no pollution. there is no evidence that leads them believe that that exists. to believe that that exists. president's one nah?! '. to believe that that exists. president's one nah?! meeting today president's one public meeting today l, president's one public meeting today -e: with. the 7 , president's one public meeting today .; grg the - prime president's one public meeting today ti; gr the. prime minister was with the iraqi prime minister and even he got in on the act, the president's arm in the grabbing the president's arm in the end - saying, grabbing the president's arm in the end saying, "we had ,. — grabbing the president's arm in the end saying, "we had nothing 7 grabbing the president's arm in the end saying, "we had nothing to7 end and saying, "we had nothing to dog thei end and saying, "we had nothing to do q the wiretappig": it is not do with the wiretapping". it is not recorded whether the president at thejoke. the process of negotfatingrbritain'se departure from the european union will start in nine days' time. downing street has announced that theresa may will trigger article 50 on the 29th of march. the european commission has said everything is ready mrs may promised to negotiate hard for britain's interests but opponents say it's extraordinary to start the process without clarity about the plans, as our political correspondent vicki young reports. she is stepping inte britain's meet

for a generation. huge uncertainty lies ahead, but on a trip to swansea, theresa may said their aims were clear. those include getting a good free trade deal and putting issues we are going to be out there, negotiating hard, delivering what the british people voted for. we are readyo begin negotiation; we are waiting for the latter. we know it will come on the 20 night. and yes, everything is ready on this site. i side. the president of the european council tweeted he would respond swiftly next week with negotiating guidelines for 27 countries staying in the eu. so what is the timetable ahead? the formal process of triggering

article 50 happens on march the 29th when the prime minister sends a letter. to two years to try to agree a deal. cheering celebrations started early for ardent supporters. 0thers celebrations started early for ardent supporters. others said minister has failed to provide any certainty about plans. across scotland, wales and northern ireland, there is no unity of purpose. that means the prospect of crashing out of the eu without a deal is a real one and it will be highly destructive for our economy. whether you like it or not, big changes coming. i think it's that the disappointing that the prime minister hasn't tried to seek an agreement and comprise with the scottish government and other before she did this administrations before she did this will stop to reason a's government raises are monumental task. negotiating an excellent deal that

doesn't punish the uk. —— theresa alongside all of that, here may's. alongside all of that, here in parliament, numerous laws will be needed to set up new systems covering everything from immigration severe; ---u——— s.-.-..-.-. ten—nrflyeewee w w we to wwerw ---u——— set-e. thwnrewee'eeww w w we to fishing and ee-e-e-e-wre—e—e ---u——— seeee. twwrweyeeeeeee w w we to fishing and ministers to fishing and farming. ministers insisted today they are preparing for all; them chew insisted today they are preparing for all sit them chew each —— for all of them chew each —— eventualities, including leaving the eu with no deal. they are optimistic about talks. telematics in the interest of not just the about talks. telematics in the interest of notjust the uk but the continuing of the european union that should be continuing of the european union that - should be as continuing of the european union that- should be as sensible. —— that there should be as sensible. —— it should be in the this it should be in the interest. this magazine article shows a pensive theresa may. next week, she will embark ona theresa may. next week, she will embark on a much more to assignment. 7 " p 5 pp i ' p _’.;.’.’.;. . , after online adverts for companies and organisations appeared alongside extremist

content on you tube. marks & spencer has become the latest firm to withdraw material from google platforms. qur media editer arnel millions of videos 5—5 uploaded onto youtube every day. but they include extremist material such as jihadi propaganda and - from the propaganda and footage from the album is a campaign. both of which are outlawed. - yet, these hate are outlawed. and yet, these hate filled videos attract advertising, often randomly generated. here a radical islamist preachers above a holiday advert. and also a bbc holidaudverm an anti—semitic video but programme. an anti—semitic video but the advert promotes tourism in the advert gromotes tourisgjg = today, owner israel. today, youtuber‘s owner google apologised. you have probably read stories recently about some is? fine; 5253‘s? e‘ei 5735 appearing next to contact brands appearing next to contact that they didn't want to —— content. in the spotlight has been youtube. we start by saying sorry and we

apologise. we don't want it happen, you don't want it to happen and we ta ke you don't want it to happen and we take responsibility i it. here is take responsibility for it. here is why. a growing list of household names from banks to media organisations have said they names from banks to media orga advertising ve said they names from banks to media orga advertising with id they names from banks to media orga advertising with google until stop advertising with google until it this broadcaster stop advertising with google until it this - broadcaster channel it this problem. broadcaster channel 4 it this problem. broadcaster channel liis it this problem. broadcaster channel 4 is one of those that paid google to promote its programme. now it is angry at what is happening. we specifically asked that our adverts do not appear alongside offensive videos and i that's exactly what do not appear alongside offensive videos and it's that's exactly what do not appear alongside offensive videos and it's incredibly ctly what do not appear alongside offensive videos and it's incredibly damaging happened. it's incredibly damaging for a brand like channel 4 to have its adverts along side neo—nazi and homophobic videos and specially —— especially we are actually funding the that in the the organisations that videos in the google is one of the first place. google is one of the most powerful companies in the world g there most powerful companies in the world if there a most powerful companies in the world g there - a responsibility. but there comes a responsibility. they say it is a technology company,

not a media company but some of its advertisers now clearly disagree. 0ne advertisers now clearly disagree. one of the most influential men in one of the most influential meneid recognises that brand and marketing recognises that brand and tech "mrs“? need to marketing recognises that brand and tech “m515"? need to work together tech companies need to work together to control where their adverts go. the have to ie the have to m the have to what they have to do is to make sure s—e—w is what they have to do is to make sure safes; is a what they have to do is to make sure e”, is a sort what they have to do is to make sure fi is a sort of white list of there is a sort of white list of sites where the advertising can go sites where the advertisigfcan £= a blacklist where they can't. and a blacklist where they can't. that is the question and that's what we have to work on. i think we will get to a solution, there's too much at stake. google says it is taking action but until they break the link between advertising and hate online, internet giants face a level of scrutiny that they are used to. the backlash against big has begun. —— big tech. the labour party is in the grip of a civil war, who's declared that there's a secret plot by left—wing supporters ofjeremy corbyn which could destroy the party as an electoral force. mr watson was reacting to claims that the grassroots momentum group which helped make mr corbyn leader

is hoping to get financial support from britain's largest trade union — unite. he keeps saying he loves being leader. morning, mr corbyn — the labour party? but qmm, h‘ ‘la. 4.7 life's tough for labour on a good day, and this was a bad one. i'm late for a meeting, i'm afraid. as his team gathered together, the party tore itsfliaeatt— and his deputy condemned what he called a new and potentially lethal threat. of a secret plan by the hard left to take control of the labour party, using the members' money from unite the union to organise it threatens our very existence. and it needs to stop. momentum is the party leader's army of loyal e—[figéggéé it's

momentum is the party leader's army of loyal fiéfii’é it's leader was of loyal supporters. it's leader was trying to help another leader to succeed jeremy to trying to help another leader to succeed jeremy - to pick succeed jeremy corbyn, to pick left—wing candidates and drop others. it's personal, too. this is the leader's most powerful ally, running for a new term heading can len mccluskey win and help the left tighten its political grip? he has chosen to use his members' money to take control of the labour party, rather than develop policies and a manifesto that are attractive to millions of voters. not true, according to the