i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore — the headlines: held in contempt — us democrats vote to officially condemn the attorney general for refusing to release the full mueller report. we spoke for a long time about approaching a constitutional crisis, we are now in it. we are now in a constitutional crisis. no outright winner in thailand's election — so negotations begin over who will form the new government. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: another footballing fightback for an english team — tottenham beat ajax — tojoin liverpool in the champions league final.

and 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 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm 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 committe 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.

and in a separate development, the senate intelligence committee has subpoened donald trumpjunior over its russia investigation. i asked our north america correspondent, peter bowes, how damaging this has been for the president. well, it is very damaging. this is almost without precedence, certainly in recent times and it is a major clash between the two branches of government, the executive branch 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 ofjustice. and that is what they want to look at further. the attorney general has refused to hand over the report

without the redactions 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 that is a democratically controlled house. it seems the vote will go the same way. 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 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. 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. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. official results for the election held in thailand in march 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. our south east asia correspondent jonathan head has more. this was an interesting election in that it showed the country is clearly divided evenly between large numbers of people willing to support continued rule by the people who lead the coup 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 counting has given the opposition side fewer seats. on 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 fiercely opposed by a party who believe the election was rigged against them. also making news today. there has been a second sensational football match in as many days in the european champions league, with tottenham hotspur making up a three goal deficit to beat ajax to go through to the final. 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 pochettino , at the final whistle when ajax had thrown everything at them and when spurs had tried again and again and ajax were going for it, they had to because it was 3—3 and that away goal was crucial for spurs. and that emotion we saw at the end, pochettino 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 are in the final. an 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, 66 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, 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 draft agreement. this conflict may 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 ‘equal retaliation‘ is 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 not just 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 a bigger impact on the world economy. 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. 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 ensued.

she had not been allowed to use a cup that the other women were drinking from and in the end, those women accused her of blasphemy. it went to court and she was found guilty of blasphemy and sentenced to death. asia bibi remained in prison until october last year when the supreme court of pakistan 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 on her and herfamily‘s lives and already there are groups in pakistan 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. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: the us house judiciary 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 negotations 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 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. hello as you go 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. and finally, excitement about the royal baby continues in the uk, after the queen met her newest great—grandchild for the first time. london‘s free newspaper metro has devoted the whole of the front page

to this picture of the family welcoming archie harrison mountbatten—windsor into the world.nb do not use the zoom feature, it puts too much movement on the screen when used —— mountbatten—windsor into the world. australian farmers tick and kate everett lost their 1a year old daughter when she committed suicide after an extended period of bullying and cyber 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 otherfamilies from going through the same devastating experience. earlier this year they won an australia day award for their efforts. we would hope that bullying

and cyber bullying is going away, but sadly it‘s not. and 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 bullied. so days like do it for dolly day are really important for raising awareness of such an important issue that affects kids around the world. we know it‘s 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? yeah, 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 130,000 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. they‘re heavily involved in promoting events for tomorrow. tomorrow we‘ve got people wearing blue, like i am today. we also have activities being held at school and in the home. sausage sizzles, bake offs, singing competitions, all sorts of things. i think we will be eating a lot

of blue food tomorrow. sausage sizzles, bake offs, singing competitions, all sorts of things. i think we will be eating a lot of blue food tomorrow. all right. how will all of that help dolly? of course, it raises awareness, but government and the states 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, not just australia? yeah, it is really important. we‘ve got tremendous support through dolly‘s dream via different governments. we couldn‘t be happier with that. one of the things we know is an issue as the parents find it really difficult to talk to their teenagers, particularly around technology. they often feel like they don‘t know as much as the kids and can find that hard. so one of our goals is to really help empower parents to have meaningful conversations and to empower them to face into it

and to not be scared and not feel alone. tick and kate‘s story has resignation does make resonated with australians everywhere. but particularly in rural and regional communities and if we can go some way in providing other parents support, that will really make a difference. all right, linda, thank you so much forjoining us. linda barry telling us about the do it for dolly day campaign. thank you. that was the do if for dolly campaign in australia. 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. a warm welcome to archie harrison. harrison means son of harry — rather fitting. travelling can be stressful enough at the best of times, but how about taking your pet abroad? australian shandos cleaver has taken her miniature daks—hund —— dachshund called schnitzel to more than 30 countries. and she provides travel tips on her website travelnuity earlier shandos and schnitzel, joined me from sydney to tell me more. my husband and i love to travel. we have sometimes left schnitzel 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? 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 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. he 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 the last minute. that 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 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 we often do is we stay in airbnbs. 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. schnitzel was happy to be on tv but he got bored with me after a few questions. you have been watching newsday. i‘m kasia madera in london and i‘m sharanjit leyl in singapore. animals, pretty unpredictable. 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. 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 appear through the afternoon, but that gave way to showers and some thunderstorms with hail. all tied in with this area of low pressure, which is slowly moving out into the north sea, although its weather fronts will continue to affect parts of the country as we head through today. now, early on today it‘s going to stay quite damp across parts of scotland, northern england, with persistent rain, still quite a breeze blowing in off the north sea there. but northern scotland will start dry with clear skies. so here another cold one with a frost out of town. but further south, because of more cloud and rain around, then it should be a less cold start. so for thursday, 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 lighter across the uk as that area of low pressure continues to pull out. but into the afternoon, i think it will be a mixture of sunshine and showers for northern ireland, for much of england and wales. though the far south—west to stay dry. we‘ll see top temperatures of 111—15 degrees in the south. as we head on into friday, the low pressure continues to pull away. although this weather front will continue to bring showers mainly to central parts of the uk. but winds will be lighter still on friday, so we‘ll start off on a fairly cool note. there will be some sunshine around. but as those temperatures rise then showers will also develop, some of them could turn out to be heavy ones. again, southern scotland, northern ireland, into the midlands, northern england as well. i think the south—west should stay largely dry. highs of 15 or 16 degrees. and a little less cold across scotland. now 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. as that high pressure moves a little bit further eastwards we‘ll start to draw up some warmer southerly winds. it‘s 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‘s a chilly start in those northerly winds, quite bright with some sunshine around. but we think showers will develop — mainly across eastern areas. and some of these could be quite heavy. the best of the sunshine further west. and in the sunniest sports across the south—west we could see 16—17 celsius. but a little bit warmer further north too. 0n into sunday then, i think we will start off chilly again with some sunshine. a bit of cloud will develop here and there. probably the best of the sunshine again further west, probably closer to that area of high pressure. but it should be a little bit warmer across the board, with highs of 17—18 celsius. sunday into next week with that high pressure building in, southerly winds, turning warmer with some places seeing low 20s celsius.

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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 — the democratic chairman of the judiciary committee said that would happen rapidly. six weeks after an election in thailand which was supposed to return the country from military to civilian rule official results have been announced giving no party a majority in the 500 seat parliament. and football is trending on bbc.com. it was an incredible second night of drama in the champions league semi—finals, with tottenham hotspur snatching last minute victory from ajax. lucas moura scored three goals for his team against a devastated ajax. spurs will play liverpool in the final. that‘s all. stay with bbc news.