after this bill was passed by barack 0bama, republicans immediately jumped on, and by barack 0bama, republicansit as immediatelyjumped on, and they used itasa immediatelyjumped on, and they used it as a large campaign tool that they used to take over both the house and the senate. and it is one of the major issues that largely helped secure donald trump's victory. now here we are, in the final hours here, where mitch mcconnell was trying to get his bill over the finish line, and now, just recently, we have seen two more republicans peel away from this bill. so it has become increasingly difficult for mitch mcconnell, who is widely seen as a very shrewd political operator, to now be able to bring along his caucus. i think this is a very problematic thing not only for the republicans but for mitch mcconnell personally, because he is always seen as a stalwart champion of being able to bring his caucus together. but now, just when we thought that he only needed maybe one or two votes, now you see more republicans peeling off. and suddenly the health ofjohn mccain isa suddenly the health ofjohn mcca

you have richard branson with whom the rat —— barack 0bama richard branson with whom the rat —— ba rackse people have a great deal of money if they use it for the public good? the argument i'd make is that that whole idea that we can outsource the most pressing problems that we face as global citizens, whether it is climate change or infectious diseases, whether it is poverty itself, to, rather than doing this with democracies, with accountability, we are going to hand it over to, as you say, bill gates, richard branson... it over to, as you say, bill gates, richard branson. .. i wasn't it over to, as you say, bill gates, richard branson... i wasn't going -- saying that. you said that bill gates... i didn't say that. nobody said that bill gates can help fix africa but his efforts need to be a applauded. sellar don't have that robber with charity but at the moment the gates foundation has arguably more power than the world health organization and many people who work within the un system talk about being absolutely stunned by the amount of power wielded by private, unaccountable wealth.

serving in the us military "in any capacity", reversing a policy announced by his predecessor barack 0bamaweeted that they would burden the military with "large medical bills and disruption". campaigners for transgender rights have called his decision "shocking and ignora nt". 0ur correspondent aleem maqbool reports from texas. there are thought to be thousands of members of the us military who identify as transgender. many have spent time in iraq or afghanistan. today they woke up to a shock from the very president they serve. "after consultation with my generals and military experts," he tweeted, "please be advised that the united states government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the us military." riley dosh spent the last four years as an officer in training at the military academy at west point. she came out last year, after president 0bama lifted the ban on transgender people serving openly. she now has to find a newjob, even though it was a lifelong dream to serve the us. ijust fell in love with this country. even those that completely fun

there was some during the barack 0bama administration, but not nearly enough.our initiatives, like military pressure, not to coerce north korea to give up its nuclear weapons because that is unrealistic. instead we need to calibrate our sanctions regime to contain illicit and illegal behaviour like proliferation of nuclear weapons technology which is illegal under the un statute, contain it on the peninsula, prevent them from spreading financial crime, money laundering, slavery of north korean citizens to other nations around the region and the world. we really are now looking at a containment regime rather than coercing them to get rid of nuclear weapons. that is the state of the world today. good to see you. thank you forjoining us, adam. thank you forjoining us, adam. i suspect tomorrow morning's front pages will have a lot to say about this. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are laura perrins, co—editor of the website the conservative woman, and torcuil crichton, westminster editor of the daily record. even before the grenfell tower inquiry has got under way, th

in the us congress to fulfil a long—standing promise to scrap the healthcare system set up by barack 0bamas on course to collapse. what happens next isn't clear because the republicans can't agree on how to replace 0bamacare, and they've only got a small majority in the senate. it's a complicated story. here's nick bryant to wrap it up. for seven years, republicans have been going to repeal 0bamacare, a central pledge of donald trump's election campaign was to do it immediately. but getting rid of that landmark reform and coming up with a replacement is proving politically impossible. two republican senators announced they weren't prepared to vote, even for the bill to be debated, they didn't think it went far enough in dismantling 0bamacare. but other moderate republicans have been opposed because millions of americans could lose their health coverage. the numbers simply aren't there. even though republicans have a majority in the senate. it's a huge blow to donald trump. the second time since he became president, the republican—controlled congress has failed to deliver on his slogan, rep

moscow makes no live how distressed and it is, the sanctions actually were signed by president barack 0bamapresident trump is going to do with the sanctions that have been passed by the house and the senate. it comes to his desk and he is facing this rather awkward decision now whether he beat as it or not. people will be watching him closely, nonetheless president putin has decided to act. in the words of his spokesman, today, russia is basing on the technical understanding of the sanctions bill will be signed by mrtrump. 0f the sanctions bill will be signed by mr trump. of course the speculation is that even if trump decides to go against the will of the parliamentarians, he will be overriding them with a veto. russia understands the sanctions will go through and again it is saying, basically blaming the united states for all the ills in the current relationship between the two countries. thank you for that update. raf fighterjets are playing a key role in a nato air policing mission in eastern europe. four typhoon aircraft from coningsby inlincolnshire have been based in romania since ap

translation: let's imagine barack 0bama translation: let's imagine barack obama or donald trump sitting about something important, about life, about politics. there is a point to all of this. the village has a population of less tha n this. the village has a population of less than 500, a fraction of what it was before the collapse of the soviet union. they hope they can boost the rhythm and help revitalise the area. actually, it is my first time in bulgaria. it is really great. i cannot compare this place to any other around the world that i have been to. some of the locals seem have been to. some of the locals seem impressed, or maybe bemused. either way, the writing, and the arts, is on the wall. tim allman, bbc news. plenty more on the website. thank you for watching. this is bbc world news. hello there, good morning. with all the energy and the instability in the atmosphere over the past 2a hours, we have seen a lot of heavy and thundery downpours. northern ireland for one has been battered by some storms earlier on, so too across parts of scotland, some fierce looking clouds, here

transgender people are to be banned from serving in the armed forces, reversing the policy of barack 0bamating generals and military experts. jon sopel is at the white house. how surprisingly is this announcement? the defence secretary said a few months ago there would be a review of this policy, but the timing has come completely out of the blue. no one was expecting it. we rang the pentagon expecting a comment, and they're referred everybody back to the white house. donald trump also announced it on twitter. where else? saint armed forces cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. he has also said transgender personnel will not be able to serve in any capacity. there are already a few thousand serving in the us military at the moment. to the question, what happens to them now? there is no answer. it doesn't sound like the policy has been formulated. a gay republican group said this is politics, pure and simple, nothing else to this. it seems this is a policy that is designed to appeal to donald trump's conservative b

defend the crowd size at donald trump's inauguration, denying that more people turned out for barack 0bamance to a witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe. but pictures suggested otherwise. and then there were his remarks about chemical weapons. his references to hitler caused outrage. we didn't use chemical weapons in world war ii. you know, you had someone as despicable as hitler who didn't even sink to using chemical weapons. his performances were mocked on late—night comedy shows. isaid i said that wrong when i said it and then i wrote it, which makes you wrong. because when i say something wrong. because when i say something wrong you guys should know what it isi wrong you guys should know what it is i meaning, right or wrong. when i say rocky start, i mean it in the sense of rocky the movie, because i came out here to punch you! in the face. also, i don't talk so good. sean spicer found himself under close scrutiny from donald trump, who prizes good on—camera performances. the president began looking for a strong defender, particularly as he faces a growi

defend the crowd size at donald trump's inauguration, denying that more people turned out for barack 0bamast audience to a witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe. but pictures suggested otherwise. and then there were his remarks about chemical weapons. his references to hitler caused outrage. we didn't use chemical weapons in world war ii. you know, you had someone as despicable as hitler who didn't even sink to using chemical weapons. his performances were mocked on late—night comedy shows. i said that wrong when i said it and then you wrote it, which makes you wrong! when i say rocky start, i mean it in the sense of rocky the movie, because i came out here to punch you! in the face. also, i don't talk so good. sean spicer found himself under close scrutiny from donald trump, who prizes good on—camera performances. the president began looking for a strong defender, particularly as he faces a growing investigation into whether there was collusion between the trump campaign and russia during last year's election. what prompted spicer‘s resignation was the appoi

this is so much more about a bummer, the person, —— barack 0bama, the person, than about people mightpeople might health care. between 18—20,000,000 people. but he is very removed from that. he just wants things to happen because he wants them to happen, therefore this should happen. he gets angry when they don't happen, and this is causing serious problems for the people who are actually writing the bill. i don't think he wrote the bill. i don't think he wrote the bill. shocking revelation! he is just not that kind of guy. what is going to happen when that many millions of people have lost their health care in excess elections? this is what's really in trusting. we sort of climate change and now we see it with health care. local government in the united states, the city ‘s mother state governments, governors had a meeting recently, this week in boston, and governors are overwhelmingly opposed, because they are right there, they don't in they are right there, they don't in the dirt with the health care bill and all of its repercussions. and so what is going to happen is there is huge

the us senate has rejected plans to repeal health care reforms enacted under barack 0bama, delivering

you have richard branson with whom barack 0bama holidayed recently, the british billionaire. yep.t deal on climate change, an agenda you are very, very attached to, so, what is the matter if these people have a great deal of money if they use it for the public good? so the argument i make is that that whole idea that we can outsource the most pressing problems that we face as global citizens, whether it is climate change or infectious diseases, whether it is poverty itself, to the davos class. you know, rather than doing this with democracies, with accountability, with transparency, we are going to hand it over to, as you say, bill gates, richard branson, maybe bono will show up... no, i wasn't saying that, but i mean, i know you've said that bill gates, you know, we've got to this assertion that... i said he paved the way. ..bill gates can fix africa. nobody‘s saying that bill gates can fix africa but his efforts in helping fix africa have to be a applauded. what i say in the book is that, i don't have a problem with charity but we're at a moment where the gates foundation has ar

found himself having to defend the crowd size at donald trump's inauguration, compared to that of barack 0bamaudience to ever witnessed an inauguration period, both in person and around the globe. the pictures clearly suggested otherwise. then there were sean spicer‘s about comments hitler and the use of chemical weapons that drew international criticism. we didn't use chemical weapons in world war ii, you know, you had a... you know, someone as despicable as hitler, who didn't even think to the, to the using chemical weapons. sean spicer found himself under close scrutiny from donald trump, who prices good on camera performances. in particular president trump began looking for a strong defender as his problems mounted, in particular with the investigation into whether there was collusion between the trump campaign and russia during last year's election. so today the president appointed anthony scaramucci. a wall street financier, as his communications director. shortly after sean spicer abruptly resigned, suggesting some turmoil inside the white house. in recent times there we re white house.

from serving in the us military in any capacity, reversing a policy announced by his predecessor, barack 0bama the military with large medical bills and disruption. campaigners for transgender rights have called his decision shocking and ignorant. 0ur correspondent aleem maqbool reports from texas. there are thought to be thousands of members of the us military who identify as transgender. many have spent time in iraq or afghanistan. today they woke up to a shock from the very president they serve. "after consultation with my generals and military experts," he tweeted, "please be advised that the united states government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the us military." riley dosh spent the last four years as an officer in training at the military academy at west point. she came out last year, after president 0bama lifted the ban on transgender people serving openly. she now has to find a newjob, even though it was a lifelong dream to serve the us. ijust fell in love with this country. even those that completely fundamentally disagree with me, ifelt

president trump's efforts to replace barack 0bama's healthcare system have run into more problems.aling 0bamacare a key election campaign pledge, and he delayed congress's summer holiday until the legislation was overturned. but two more of the president's own senators now oppose his reforms. there is now speculation that trump's plans will be abandoned. children who have been sexually exploited are being refused compensation on the grounds they "consented" to their abuse, according to campaigners. a coalition of charities — including barnardo's and victim support — are calling for an urgent review of the criminal injuries compensation authority's guidelines. the government says the issue of compensation is currently being examined as part of an independent inquiry. one parent told us how his teenage son was groomed and abused, yet refused compensation. we have changed his name and voice in order to protect the victim's anonymity. to have one organisation amongst so many now saying, "you were to blame." it has such a negative effect on the child. i'm sure not the only parents with

you saw quite how bad things had got last october when barack 0bama had his last meeting with putin.tter. there was lots of analysis of how long the meeting went on for, what the handshake and a body language was like. how much are they likely to achieve at the meeting like this? like. how much are they likely to achieve at the meeting like this7m was obviously a short meeting but it was obviously a short meeting but it was longer than we were expecting. this morning they were saying they would meet for 30 minutes and it turned out it was two hours and 16 minutes. these things are measure precisely. allowing for all of the translation. 0ne precisely. allowing for all of the translation. one hour ‘s worth of talks, basically. they appear to have had some discussions about syria. there seems to have been some progress on that. the americans have stressed that president trump talked about interference in the american elections. a very sensitive point for him. if the russians interfered in elections that helped him get into power, so he has two finesse that. a slightly odd formulation on

i can't quite understand why pictures of barack 0bama make you uncomfortable but zombies don't?ce. slightly 0rwellian. comes back. it's a pretty similar experience. slightly orwellian. on a serious note, we are not on air tomorrow, but it's a dramatic day with some pretty dramatic things that could unfold ? with some pretty dramatic things that could unfold? i think the meeting with vladimir putin is something everyone will be watching. some critical things including north korea. we are at a moment where the world might face this crisis, this test of this president. and what he can figure out with china will be essential. this is have veered from being so close to china and trusting china to fix this to almost swimming in the opposite direction, i'm not sure how helpful that about turn is on china either. a big day notjust for american politics but global affairs in hamburg. we will have it all on the bbc. goodbye for now. this is bbc news, the headlines. protests in hamburg as world leaders gather for the g20 summit. police say a planned march has been cancelled. a year after h

is this about barack 0bama promising doing that donald trump wants to stop?than that? frlghts it a bigger issue than that? frlghts it is difficult to analyse how big a deal this is because it has come out of the blue. it is a cull of tweets this morning making categorical state m e nts this morning making categorical statements saying that trance gepder recruits or officers or soldiers are not allowed to serve in any capacity because the army should not be burdened with the medical costs or disruption. we have had the pentagon refer a ll disruption. we have had the pentagon refer all questions to the white house. it seems that the pentagon was not prepared to say this or respond to this. it looks as if it was taken by surprise. what we do know is that the policy to accept transgender recruits know is that the policy to accept tra nsgender recruits is know is that the policy to accept transgender recruits is under review. now that decision was made a year ago by the former administration that transgender recruits would be allowed to apply and to serve openly f

unable to overturn barack 0bama's health—care legacy.n an extraordinary public feud with two senior colleagues into the job we have a report on this, the latest episode in the white house saga. president trump's west wing is at war with itself. the appointment of the flashy financier, anthony scaramucci, as the new director of communications has prompted a bitter battle to win the ear of the president. mr scaramucci has indirectly accused his colleague, the white house chief of staff reince priebus, of leaking information about the administration. he called a us network show to say that only mr trump could judge whether the tense relationship between the two was repairable. we have had differences. when i said we were brothers from the podium, that is because... but some brothers are like cain and abel. 0ther brothers can fight with each other and get along. i don't know whether this is repairable or not, that will be up to the president. in an extraordinary phone call with a reporter from the new yorker, anthony scaramucci described rei

that so perhaps it is a case of these two alpha males, and it was pointed at me that francois and barack 0bamaha males do find a rapport, can build on that in terms of some of their political disagreements as well. it's good to be fascinating. news just well. it's good to be fascinating. newsjust in well. it's good to be fascinating. news just in that the death of the chinese nobel peace prize winner has been confirmed by chinese government websites. the website said his condition had deteriorated in the last week or two and today he suffered multiple organ failure and could not be resuscitated. the nobel peace prize winner, in many ways china's most famous political prisoner and nobel laureate and the white house had called for his release, but china had refused to allow him to leave china to seek treatment elsewhere. advanced liver cancer, his condition had worsened in recent days. his family had been informed of the situation. according to medical staff in shenyang, he was diagnosed in may, imprisoned on charges of subverting the state after helping a writer with reforming china. if auto wa

donald trump has failed in his latest attempt to replace barack 0bama's healthcare law.gers are in custody in connection with one of the recent wildfires in the south of france. the pair are suspected to have deliberately set fire to scrubland on tuesday, the wildfires, which led to thousands of people, including british holidaymakers, being evacuated this week have largely been put out. firefighters have warned people to be vigilant as other blazes could still start. aid workers in greece have told bbc news they're dealing with hundreds of extremely vulnerable refugees being held on the island of lesbos. many have suffered torture and sexual abuse at the hands of so—called islamic state in syria and iraq. the european commission said that those refugees should be moved to athens for specialist treatment. bags of rubbish are piling up in birmingham as bin collectors continue to strike in the city. a row with the council overjob losses and changes to working practices is now in its third week. thousands of residents have been affected, despite council efforts to add extra