hello everyone. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the - stories. the singapore. the top stories. the fbi confirms i is looking into —— russia in the russet :: russia interfered in the ' election. that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated - the individuals associated with the g individuals associated with the —'"§§;flg and the russian trump campaign and the russian more bad news for donald - as coney - there is no james coney says there is no evidence his phones were tapped by evidence his phones were tagged'lrt obama i'm babita sharma in london. south korea says china is trading unfairly in the us anti—missile 2—751 ii google i apologising about adverts appearing alongside live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. and london. this isrbbqworldflewt newsday. glad you can join

glad you canjoin us. if glad you canjoin us. hg in| singapore, in london glad you canjoin us. hg in| singapore, - in london and it singapore, midnight in london and it into evening in —— into evening in washington, dc —— 8am. where it has - a difficult 8am. where it has been a difficult damaging 2a hours for donald the reason, the head of the t’lu’qll the teesee; the heed efthe — , , ~ , , service, puree. the teeseh; the heed efthe — , , ~ , , service, the trdrdd. the teeeeh; the heed tithe 7 , , ~ , , service, the fbi, is intelligence service, the fbi, is saying that they are investigating seying thet they ere investigeting russian r i'fre iii? interfering in the us campaign. he says there is no evidence to support trump's claimed that his phones had been tapped by the obama administration. from washington, john sopel. with james coney stick his neck eet

at this hearing? the answer, yes. the fbi as part of our counterintelligence mission is investigating the russian‘s efforts to interfere in theory presidential election in 2016 —— the us. that includes investigating the nature of includes investigating the naturmi links between individuals any links between individuals associated with the trump campaign and the russian government and whether there was any co—ordination between the and russia's between the campaign and russia's efforts. on the - of the efforts. on the detail of the investigation into russian coalition, james coney would not be drawn. but what about the president's claims that his predecessor barack president's claims that his predecessor ba rack 0bama president's claims that his predecessor barack obama had wiretapped trump tower? here, he was wiretapped trump tower? here he was forthcoming. with respect wiretapged trqu tower? here he was forthcoming. with respect to more forthcoming. with respect to the president's week about alleged wiretapping direceteg l* by the wiretapping directed at him by the previous administration, i have no those information that suggorts those= and we have looked carefully tweets and we have—tookeohcarefullyfll inside the fbi. so president obama could not unilaterally order a wiretapped of- noble - --

wiretapped of anyone? noble and -- no president could. the president accused the fbi of engaging in mccarthyism. do you engage in mccarthyism, mr - | try mccarthyism. do you engage in mccarthyism, mr - i try very mccarthyism, mr coney? i try very ha rd mccarthyism, mr coney? i try very hard not to engage in any isms as any~'—4='~el then he turned . the any kind. then he turned to the national security, again the eeeeeel eze—eea gage iii; we re mr trem'e'en fleshed; no sir. and nor would i ~~ 0ur british allies have called the president's suggestion that they wiretapped him for obama would you agree? yes, sir. tweeting his verdict.

the white flag? of course they weren't. is the president prepared to withdraw the accusation what collusion? there is no evidence according to the people that have been briefed of any collusion or activity thggg that that exists. thepresidm grabbing the president's arm at the end and saying, it is not recorded whether the president

and other top stories the sour, the uk has announced it will start the process known as brexit next wednesday. - british wednesday. the british—prime— — , said she will officially minister said she will offieietty minister said she will offieiatty the eu that big uk is notify the eu that big uk is leaving, triggering - 50 which of course start the will of course start the clock ticking on a two—year deadline. theresa may set her objectives clear. those include getting a good free trade deal, they include putting trade deal. they include putting like our continuing working issues like our continuing working together. issfi like security issues like our continuing working together. issg like security at together on issugs’l’ijre—fififififaf the together on issuesdrike—sefifrifiaf the core together on issuestikefieerifier the core of eh? we're doing. 2 are the core of—ehe—t we‘re deifi-awm‘e etee — e to be out - negotiating going to be out there negotiating— hard, delivering on what the british eeee— reagee—etee—ee "e eee ee'e'ee people voted for. also making news, china and south korea - suspended imports from over that brazil over allegations that i brazil over allegations that compenel’e sold unsafe company's sold unsafe produce.

have been accused of inspectors have been accused of telef“? inspectors have been accused of % bribes to all our sales of taking bribes to all our sales of tainted food. brazil is the world's biggest red meat and poultry exporter. their said the , 7 exporter. their president said the government is confident of the footage has emerged of the moment a "her! footage has emerged of the moment a me" and tapped a soldier at 0rly man and tapped a soldier at 0rly airport in paris on saturday.