i'm kasia madera with bbc news. our top story: house democrats have voted to hold the us attorney—general, william barr, in contempt of congress. he'd refused to hand over the full, uncensored report on russian interference in us elections. the contempt issue will now go before the full house — i'm sharanjit leyl in the democratic chairman of the judiciary committee said that would happen rapidly. six weeks after an election singapore — the headlines: in thailand which was supposed to return the country from military to civilian rule, held in contempt — official results have been us democrats vote to officially announced, giving no party a majority in the condemn the attorney general for refusing to release the full mueller report. 500—seat parliament. we talked for a long time about and football is trending on bbc.com. approaching a constitutional crisis. we are now in it. we are now in a it was an incredible second night of drama in the champions league semi—finals constitutional crisis. — with tottenham hotspur snatching no outright last minute victory from ajax. winner in thailand's election — so negotations begin over who will form the new government. i'm kasia madera in london. lucas moura scored three goals also in the programme: after imposing millions for his team against a devastated of dollars of tariffs ajax. spurs will play on one another — the us and china liverpool in the final. that's all. are due to resume trade talks. stay with bbc news. after the world's first glimpse,

now a name for britain's new royal baby — archie harrison mountbatten—windsor. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 7 am in singapore, midnight in london and 7 pm in washington where the fight over access to the mueller report into alleged russian interference in the 2016 us presidential election has escalated to a new level. democrats on the housejudiciary committee have voted to hold the us attorney general in contempt of congress for refusing to release a full, unredacted version of the report. meanwhile, the president used his executive power to shield the document from congress scrutiny.

let's bring in our north america correspondent, peter bowes. this is being described as a constitutional crisis and a grave matter. how damaging is this to the president? well it is very damaging. this is almost without precedent, certainly in recent times and it is a major clash between the two branches of government, the executive ranch and, essentially, congress which wants to see, at least the judiciary committee of the house wants to see the full report because it believes there is a further investigation to be done because of the references in the mueller report to the times that the report says the president impeded the russia investigation. possibly an obstruction of justice. the russia investigation. possibly an obstruction ofjustice. and that is what they want to look at further. the attorney general has

refused to hand over the report without the reductions and they want to see it with everything, including the supporting documents and every small detail of all of the witnesses that spoke to the mueller investigation. and that is the clash between the house and the full house will get to vote on this next and thatis will get to vote on this next and that is a democratically controlled house. it seems the vote will go the same way full up and next, if that is what happens it is likely to go to the courts to essentially decide between these two branches of government. the process could take some time. the us senate intelligence committee has also subpoenaed the son of donald trump, donald trump junior, to talk about his connections to russia. what has been the reaction to that? people are surprised. initially because this is

a republican controlled committee here that the chairman is a republican calling donald trump here that the chairman is a republican calling donald trumer to essentially answer questions about his previous evidence about the russia investigation. now what they want to ask him we don't know. perhaps they believe there are discrepancies in what he had to say earlier. but it shows us that this is farfrom over this earlier. but it shows us that this is far from over this whole russia investigation that has dogged the trump administration ever since donald trump took office. it is far from over with these investigations still hanging and this bombshell today about the attorney general being held in contempt. thank you for that. peter bows with the very latest on that story. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. football is dominating but first let's look at the official results for the election held in thailand.

they have finally been announced, with no party gaining a majority of the 500 seats in parliament. so, it's time for negotiations to try to form a governing coalition for the first elected government for five years. a second sensational football match and just as many days. tottenham hotspur making up a three goal deficit to defeat ajax. lucas moura scored in the 96th minute, to draw the semi—final tie, 3 all on aggregate, sending spurs through on away—goals. spurs will now play liverpool in an all—english final in madrid. here's natalie pirks. no—one could believe it. yet here we are and what a chino, at the final whistle when ajax had thrown everything at them and when spurs had tried again and again and ajax we re had tried again and again and ajax were going for it, they had to because it was free all and that away goal was crucial for spurs. and that emotion we saw at the end, the

manager is often quite caustic and does not want to talk to the media but my goodness did he let his emotions go at the end. ajax, down on the floor. football can be so cruel and they have been amazing this season. beautiful to watch and thrilling. their brand of football has blown us away and they deserve to get something from this game but spurs to get something from this game but spui’s are to get something from this game but spurs are in the final. and all premier league affair and madrid better get ready because the english are coming. the us secretary of state mike pompeo has said iran's decision to suspend some commitments to a landmark nuclear agreement is intentionally ambiguous. the trump administration has already pulled the us out of the deal between major world powers and tehran to curb the latter‘s nuclear production. iran's president rouhani now says iran will keep enriched uranium stocks rather than sell them abroad. the us defence department has suspended work to recover the remains of thousands of service personnel still missing in north korea, sixty—six years

afterfigting ended in the korean war. a pentagon spokesman said the investigation was halted because north korea had stopped communicating after the inconclusive second summit between president trump and kimjong—un, in february. singapore's parliament has passed controversial laws designed to crack down on fake news. under the new rules, the government can order platforms to publish corrections or, in extreme cases, remove content it deems to be false. penalties also include jail time and large fines. critics say the legislation will stifle political discourse. but the government says it's only targeting falsehoods — not opinion and criticism. trade talks between chinese and american negotiators are due to restart on thursday. china has gone on the offensive after a week of threats from the us. from friday, washington will slap new import charges on another $200 billion of chinese exports into the us, pushing up costs

for american customers. beijing has promised to respond in kind. earlier i spoke to zhaoyin feng, our chinese service colleague based in washington about how bad this could get. the american negotiators are obviously very angry because this is exactly what the us has been complaining about for years. the chinese will make certain commitment and promises and they never carry them out. so if the report is true, them out. so if the report is true, the us is demanding china to make some legal changes to address some core issues in bilateral trade. the chinese initially agreed to that but later changed the language in the d raft later changed the language in the draft agreement. this conflict may have said of trump's threat raising

ta riffs have said of trump's threat raising tariffs again. and you are referring to the reuters report that suggests china backtracked on all aspects of the us trade deal. how worrying is that? how can they move on from here? it can go either way, really. if it goes well the two countries will have to make progress on some sticking points such as forced technology transfer, ip threats and whether to remove existing tariffs. but if it goes the wrong way, the us will raise tariffs on friday and china wants to retaliate. a keyword of missing here. in the last few months when the chinese warned of retaliation it always says it will be an equal retaliation. but equal is missing this time. so the chinese

may be open to other options. we know it is notjust between the us and china, it is about global growth as well. most countries are impacted by this to some extent full up how worrying is the fact that perhaps as the imf and others have warned, we may need to be prepared for slower growth? indeed. we're talking about the world ‘s largest economies here. so for china, if tariffs go up on friday that will wipe out .2, .3% of gdp growth. and if tariffs are extended to all chinese goods into the us the impact will be bigger. everyone will have to pay a price and that will have to pay a price and that will have a bigger impact on the world economy. let's return back to the tire election results. six weeks since the vote we finally have a result.

no party has a majority so what does this mean? negotiations are starting? yes. in fact negotiations have probably been going on for some time. this was an interesting election in that it showed countries clearly divided evenly between large numbers of people willing to support continued rule by the people who lead the crew and their supporters and those who oppose military involvement in politics. an initial count of the seats suggested that the opposition, the anti— military side have a majority. the electoral commission which, among many controversial aspects was appointed by the military government used a very controversial way of counting the proportional seats, there were 150 of the 500 counted according to the total proportion of votes the parties have won. that much criticised method of accounting has given the opposition

side fewer seats. 0n the other hand the ruling party only has 115 seats and it will need to bring in every non— opposition party, some very small, in order to form a government. it will be fairly —— fiercely opposed by a party who believe the election was rigged against them. asia bibi, the christian woman, who was cleared last year of blasphemy charges in pakistan, has finally left the country after spending eight years on death row. her lawyer for told the bbc that she is now in canada where two of her daughters already live. 0ur north america correspondent aleem maqbool is there.

that asia bibi has now arrived here in canada and if that is true it would mark the end of a prolonged and traumatic chapter in her life that began ten years ago in pakistan where she, a christian woman, was working with muslim women picking berries when an argument insular. she had not been allowed to use a cup that the other women were drinking from and in the end of those women accused her of blasphemy. it went to court and she was of blasphemy and sentence to death. asia bibi remained in prison until october last year when the supreme court of palestine finally decided that they had not been enough evidence to uphold a conviction and it was recommended that she be released then. but the government then decided that although, indeed, her conviction had been overturned she would not be allowed to leave the country. given what has happened to others in

pakistan who have been accused of blasphemy, that was seen as a move that was, in a sense, signing her death warrant. but this is not the end of the story for her. we can only imagine the toll it has taken only imagine the toll it has taken on her and her family's only imagine the toll it has taken on her and herfamily‘s lives and already there are groups in pakistan on who have promised to find asia bibi and kill her wherever in the world she is. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we talk to a woman who travels abroad with her dog about how she does it. i, nelson rolihlahla mandela, do hereby swear to be faithful to the republic of south africa. after six years of construction and numerous delays, the channel tunnel has been formally opened by the queen

and president mitterand. but the tunnel is still not yet ready for passengers and freight services to begin. for centuries, christianity and islam struggled for supremacy. now, the pope's visit symbolises their willingness to coexist. roger bannister became the first man in the world to run a mile in under four minutes. memories of victory as the ve celebrations reach their climax. this night is dedicated to everyone who believes in the future of peace and freedom. welcome back and thanks for staying with us. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore.

and i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: the us housejudiciary committee votes to hold attorney general william barr in contempt after he refuses to turn over the full mueller report. no outright winner in thailand's election, so negotiations begin over who will form the new government. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the south china morning post focuses on the rising trade tensions between china and the us. and it quotes a senior chinese government adviser who says it would've been "suicidal" for china to commit to the draft deal. he added that beijing is "prepared for failure" in these talks. let's look now at the new york times' international edition, reporting on the devastating effect the easter sunday bombings has had on sri lanka's tourist industry. losses this year could amount

to as much as $1.5 billion. that brings you up—to—date with some of the papers. astoria can guarantee we'll be dominating the papers. the duke and duchess of sussex have been showing their newborn baby boy to the world for the first time. and they've announced their choice of name. the seventh in line to the throne is called archie harrison mountbatten—windsor. he's the queen's eighth great—grandchild. harry and meghan say he's very calm — with the ‘sweetest temperament‘. 0ur royal correspondent sarah campbell has the story. the first of many royal photocalls. and having had two days to get to know baby archie in private, this was the time for his proud parents to show him off. it's magic. it's pretty amazing. and, you know, i have the two best guys in the world, so i'm really happy. yeah, it's great. i mean, parenting is amazing. it's only been, what,

two and a half, three days. yeah. but we are just so thrilled to have our own little bundle of joy. nestled in his father's arms, getting a close—up view of the baby's face was tricky, so who does the seventh in line to the throne take after? we are still trying to figure that out. well, everyone says that babies change so much over two weeks, and we are basically monitoring how the changing process happens over the next month, really. and what do the public make of his name? archie harrison. what do you think? archie harrison? 0k. was not expecting that, i'm not going to lie. i was thinking of something a little bit more traditional. i think it is a good choice. i think they've gone with something a little bit left field, a little bit different. and i think good for them for going for something that's clearly their choice and not a traditional royal name. no title, archie harrison. that's kind of it. that surprises me, actually. there yet, it does, but... yes. it's kind of of the time. unaware of his royal

status and unique place as an anglo—american, mixed—race child at the heart of monarchy, he slept through this entire photocall. he has the sweetest temperament, he is really calm. i don't know where he gets that from?! he hasjust been a dream, it has been a special couple of days. thank you all so much. thank you. thank you, everybody, for all the well wishes and kindness, it's meant so much. and then it was off to meet the family. meghan‘s mother doria was present for the first meeting of baby archie and his great—grandparents, the queen and duke of edinburgh, both said to be delighted to welcome an eighth great—grandchild. sarah campbell, bbc news, windsor. australian farmers tick and kate everett lost their 14—year—old daughter when she committed suicide after an extended period

of bullying and cyber bullying. her nickname was dolly. on friday, the very first do it for dolly day kicks off to fight bullying. it's all part of a movement called dolly's dream that tick and kate have initiated to help prevent other families from going through the same devastating experience. earlier this year they won an australia day award for their efforts. to tell us more about do it for dolly day and its anti—bullying message for kids and adults, we're joined now by linda barry. she's the general manager of programs for dolly's dream and the alannah & madeline foundation. welcome to the programme. we know that cyber bullying is an issue around the world and it's really impacted a lot of people's lives, just how bad is it in australia? well, thank you, thank you so much are having me. we would hope that bullying and cyber bullying is going away, but sadly it's not. in

australia, in particular, schools are doing a greatjob in combating bullying and cyber bullying, but the numbers don't lie in recent research tells us one in four children are bullied and one in five are cyber bully. days like do it for dolly day are bully. days like do it for dolly day a re really bully. days like do it for dolly day are really important for raising awarness of such an important issue that affect kids around the world. we know it is targeted at kids, but you involving parents, teachers who will really have to be the ones who spearhead this kind of thing. so how are you getting everyone involved? yes, so, look, parents and teachers play such a critical role in helping combat bullying. we have a terrific support via dolly's dream, we have a facebook page with over 130 inch thousand followers. they are mostly made up of parents. so it's a great way for us to connect with parents, particular in rural and regional australia —— 100 and that is,000 followers. tomorrow we have people

wearing blue, like km today. we also have activities being held at school and at home. sausage sizzle, baking contest, i think we will be eating a lot of blue food tomorrow full up how will all of that help dolly? of course, it raises awareness, but government and these days are to some extent backing it, but not fully, so how do you get communities involved in something like this when it is such an intractable problem all around the world, notjust australia? yeah, it is really important. we have got tremendous support through dolly's dream via different governments. we could not be happier with that. one of the things we know is an issue as the pa rents things we know is an issue as the parents find it really difficult to talk to their teenagers, particularly around technology. they often feel that they don't know as much as the kids and can find that ha rd much as the kids and can find that hard top so one of our goals is to really help empower parents to have meaningful conversations and to empower them to face into it and do

not be scared and not feel alone. tick and kate everett‘s story has resignation does make resonated with australians everywhere. all right, linda, thank you so much forjoining us. linda, thank you so much forjoining us. linda barry telling us about the do it for dolly day campaign. thank you. travelling can be stressful at the best of times, but how about taking your pet abroad? australian shandos cleaver has taken her miniature dachshund called ‘schnitzel‘ to more than 30 countries. and she provides travel tips on her website travelnuity, including best sight—seeing, how to fly safely, and where to stay — all with a dog. shandos — and schnitzel — joined me earlierfrom sydney to explain why she wants to inspire more people to follow in her footsteps. my my husband and i love to travel. we have sometimes left schnitzel behind. as part of the family so we wa nted behind. as part of the family so we wanted to bring him with us. so we headed off overseas to europe a

couple years ago. that is one of the first places you went. what were the kind of things you found difficult to begin with? probably one of the things is the paperwork, because you are used to travelling as a human and it is pretty easy for a lot of people in the world, but for a dog there are different rules that apply and just trying to find out what they are and how they differ. and what about actually, say, flying with a dog? they can't imagine it. where does he stay was yellow so flying to and from australia he has had to go down below in the hold, but a lot of the time in the europe and the us he was able to fly with us and the us he was able to fly with us in the cabin, because he is small enough to fit underneath the seat in front of us in his own little bag. that's lovely. you have him close by. i'm not surprised. is absolutely gorgeous. when it comes to places stay, because let's face it, some hotels would prefer not to see a a—legged furry friend, regardless of how cute, how do you get around that? what you advise on your website? one of the main things is

to plan in advance. don't leave it to plan in advance. don't leave it to the last minute. that particularly applies if you're going toa particularly applies if you're going to a popular holiday destination where there is not much accommodation, such as when we went to the isle of skye. make sure you bookin to the isle of skye. make sure you book in advance. the other thing is there are a lot of hotels across europe and the us, in particular, that allow dogs. the other thing that allow dogs. the other thing that we often do is we stay in airbnb places. there are plenty that allow dogs. you often staying in a residential apartment where there are other people in the same building with their own dogs and you just fit in. we area we are a pet friendly, animal friendly show. travelnuity as the website. you have been watching newsday. i'm kasia madera in london. and i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. stay with us. we'll find out why uber drivers are hitting the streets to protest outside their company's headquarters in san francisco — just days before its debut

on the new york stock exchange. will catch up with you in a short time. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello there. wednesday was a thoroughly wet, cold, windy day for many areas. further south we did see the sunshine appeared through the afternoon, but that gave way to showers and some thunderstorms with hail. all tye dean withers area of low pressure, which are slowly moving out into the north sea, although its weather fronts will continue to affect parts of the country as we had three today. now, earlier today it will stay quite damp across parts of scotland, northern england, with persistent rain, still quite a breeze living in of the north sea. but northern scotla nd of the north sea. but northern scotland will stay dry with clear skies stop here another cold one with a frost out of town. further south, because more cloud and rain, it should be a lescott start. for those they come it will be a damp start for many. a lot of cloud

around. the best of the sunshine across the northern half of scotland. winds will be generally light across the uk. that area of low pressure continues to belong. into the afternoon, a mixture of the joanna jozwik northern ireland, much of england and wales. the far south—west to stay dry. doctor temperatures 14/15 in the south. as we head on into friday, the low pressure continues to pull away. this weather front will bring showers to central parts of the uk. winds will be later still on friday, so we will start off on a vertical note. there will be some zengin around. as those temperatures rise the showers well developed, some could turn out to be happy once again, southern scotland, northern ireland, into the metres, northern england as well. a little less cold across scotland. into the weekend, it looks like high pressure is going to start building in, although there will be northerly winds on its eastern flank for a while, so it will stay quite chilly into the weekend. but then as the high pressure m oves weekend. but then as the high pressure moves a little bit further

eastwards we will start to draw up some warmer southerly winds. so is a slow process but this weekend looks like it will be turning drier and it should turn a little bit warmer as well, particularly beyond sunday. now for saturday, it is a chilly start to those northern winds, quite bright with some zengin around. we think showers will develop mainly across eastern areas. some of these could be quite heavy. the best of the sunshine further west. the south—west we could see 16— 17 celsius. a little bit warmer further north too. on into sunday, i think we will start of geli again with some sunshine. a bit of cloud will develop here and there. probably the best of the sunshine closer to that area of high pressure. it should be warm across the board with highs of 17- 18 warm across the board with highs of 17— 18 celsius. and then beyond sunday into next week without high pressure building in, southerly winds, it will be turning warmer with some places are seeing the low 00:28:52,644 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 20s celsius.