turkish conglomerate cengiz says it's ready to bid for british steel if a sale to china'sjingye groupounced a provisional deal to buy british steel in november and is seeking regulatory approval. but cengiz says it's "watching developments closely" — and is ready to make a bid for the whole of british steel. uk police are struggling to cope with a surge in fraud cases, according to an official report. it found that fraud now accounts for one crime in three — but that only one fraud in fifty is prosecuted. officials blame lack of adequate equipment for officers. us basketball legend kobe bryant and his daughter gianna are among nine people killed in a helicopter crash in california. he's been credited with helping spread the popularity of basketball in asia. sharanjit leyljoins us now from our asia business hub. so much of the popularity and the growth of the sport there was down to kobe bryant and the personality that he brought to it. absolutely. his influence was truly international and his passing today is being mourned in asia as much as it is anywhere else in the world, including

failing using government money to prop up individualfailing businesses, witness what happened with british steelers, and it breaks eu state aid rules so they are trying to come up aid rules so they are trying to come up with a package that gets money to flybe but they would have to make that available to others and i'm told it could involve a tweet to the air passenger duty fares on domestic routes which will come out in the budget. but they met this morning, they are going to put those proposals to the company this afternoon, any deal would require at the current owners putting in tens of millions more in capital. but as i say, very delicate balance to strike between supporting an individual company, not breaking state aid and the environmental lobby will say what on earth are you doing subsidising air travel in a time when we are trying to reduce climate emissions? a very delicate balance, the future of this airline very much in the balance. simon, thank you. police and social workers investigating child sex exploitation in greater manchester knew that children were suffering "the most profoun

chinese firm jingye, which came forward to rescue british steel, says it intends to reduce the headcount british companies are enjoying their best month in more than a year, according to a survey out this morning. the early readings of the ihs markit/cips uk purchasing managers‘ index showed britain‘s vast services sector returned to growth injanuary for the first time since august, while a downturn in manufacturing eased. it‘s been seen by some as the clearest evidence of a post election boost for the economy. the buoyant figures are expected to deter the bank of england from cutting interest rates next week. britain‘s performance bettered the euro zone‘s for the firsttime since december 2018, as the pmi suggested —— since december 2018. nina skero is chief executive of the centre for economics and business. did you expect this boost to the economy, particularly the services sector? the prediction was for a pick—up at the extent of the pick—up was stronger than most expected. the direction of the move is not so much ofa direction of the move is not so much of a surprise, that the streng

chinese firm, jingye, which came forward to rescue british steel, says it intends to reduce the headcountut acknowledged that "if the business is to survive, change is required". also, you are looking at news that tinder is putting a panic button on the app. yes, this is one of a range of safety features that the dating app, tinder, is introducing. when a tinder user heads out on a date, they will be able to log information such as the time and location. if they feel threatened by the person they‘ve met up with, then they can trigger an alert that sends these details to the authorities. users will be able to add a badge to their tinder profile that lets others know they are using the security feature. you are some people say this will act as a deterrent. also, there‘s going to be additional photo verification — how will that work? the app‘s new photo verification feature will help users avoid so—called "catfishing", when someone uses a fake identity online. it will employ human—assisted artificial intelligence to check that profile pictures uploaded to the app, with users asked to verify

british economy. where coal and steel and empire trade had once defined british enterprise, finance emerged as the country'szying expansion does the city of london owe to european markets, and what new barriers to those markets will now rise? i have talked a lot about trade. it is also about values, about how a country carries itself in the world, the friendships it seeks beyond its shores. in this, too, britain has chosen to steer a new course, still undefined. tennis now, and there's just one match of interest today, as it's the second men's semi—final. let's speak to the bbc‘s let's speak to the bbc'sjohn watson in melbourne. remind us of who is throughout this stage. we know that we've got the lineup for the women's final, that is to come tomorrow, severe caning against garbine muguruza. a bit of a surprise considering how many top seeds fell at the early stages —— sofia kenin against garbine muguruza. two names we wouldn't have expected at melbourne park but muguruza and ken it is, two surprise packages but you would expect muguruza with the experience would go in as favourite. we saw novak djokovic be

british economy. where coal and steel and empire trade had once defined british enterprise, finance emerged as the countryy of london owe to european markets, and what new barriers to those markets will now rise? i have talked a lot about trade. it is also about values, about how a country carries itself in the world, the friendships it seeks beyond its shores. in this, too, britain has chosen to steer a new course, still undefined. and there will be a special programme on bbc news, leaving the eu, with katty kay and christian fraser in london and ros atkins in brussels, from 7:00pm gmt on friday until 12:30am. mexican authorities have released security video showing the escape from high—security prison, of a man alleged to be a senior member of the powerful sinaloa drug cartel. footage shows what is thought to be victor felix beltran and two other inmates getting into a prison vehicle and driving out of the jail in mexico city. they managed to get through five locked doors to make their escape. ten prison staff are being investigated. shakespeare in love, gangs of new york, the favourite — some of the bi

the dossier as a privately commissioned intelligence report as written by former british intelligence agent christopher steele in 2016 his company was hired to look into allegations of coalition between donald trump and moscow but also a claims that russia has compromising material on trauma from when he was in the country 7 years ago west again says none of the reports sources have been validated so-called primary sub source a russian emigre real estate broker in the united states and he in effect distance and self from the sourcing of the information and the really salacious material they were relating to president trump he claims he received in a 10 to 15 minute telephone call from somebody who he didn't know an anonymous source and run him and gratuitously volunteered this information so none of this kind of material should appear unless it's been validated i say is the basis of intelligence reporting. still to come in the program china confirms new coronavirus victims as countries step up cautionary measures to tell top to the sharp right. i would hope to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or r

law firm back in 2017 to look into the dossier more closely it was had by former british intelligence agent christopher steelein 26 think his company was hired by the d.n.c. to look into allegations of collusion between trump a mosque and now the dossier itself claims russia has compromising material on trump from when he was in the country 7 years ago west again says many of the reports sources though haven't been validated. this so-called primary sub source a russian emigre real estate broker in the united states and he in effect distance in self from the sourcing of the information and the really salacious material we were relating to president trump he claims he received in a 10 to 15 minute telephone call from somebody who he didn't know an anonymous source and run him and gratuitously volunteered this information so none of this kind of material should appear. unless it's found. that is the basis of intelligence reporting the us confirms it's investigating the crash of one of its military plants in afghanistan details after this break. what. they put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. s

british economy. where coal and steel and empire trade had once defined british trade, finance emerged as the country‘we to european markets, and what new barriers to those markets will now arise? i have talked a lot about trade. it is also about values, about how a country carries itself in the world, the friendships it seeks beyond its shores. in this, too, britain has chosen to steer a new course, still undefined. and there‘ll be special programme on bbc news. leaving the eu with katty kay and christian fraser in london and ros atkins in brussels, from 1900 gmt until 0030 on friday 31 january. shakespeare in love, gangs of new york, the favourite — some of the biggest films of the past 30 years, and british costume designer sandy powell worked on them all. she‘s now been nominated for a bafta and an oscar for martin scorsese‘s mob movie, the irishman. on thursday she was honoured, by uk film critics, with the top award for excellence in film. our arts editor, will gompertz, went to meet her. the oscar nominees‘ class photo, 2020. packed with famous faces and a few not so familiar, like the acclaime

british economy. where coal and steel and empire trade had once defined british trade, finance emerged as the country'ses the city of london owe to european markets, and what new barriers to those markets will now arise? i have talked a lot about trade. it is also about values, about how a country carries itself in the world, the friendships it seeks beyond its shores. in this, too, britain has chosen to steer a new course, still undefined. and there'll be special programme on bbc news. leaving the eu with katty kay and christian fraser in london and ros atkins in brussels, from 1900 gmt until 0030 on friday 31 january. authorities in the australian capital territory have declared a state of emergency for the first time since the canberra fires of 2003. people on the southern fringes of australia's capital have been told to prepare to evacuate over the next few days — as a heatwave and strong winds increase the fire danger. now, these names should mean something to you. shakespeare in love, gangs of new york, the favourite — british costume designer sandy powell has worked on some of the biggest films

law firm back in 2017 to look into the dossier closely it was written by former british intelligence agent christopher steele in 2016 his company was hard by the d.n.c. to look into allegations a collision between donald trump and moscow and claims that russia has compromising material on trauma from when he was in the country 7 years ago west again says many of the reports sources haven't been validated the so-called primaries sub source a russian emigre real estate broker in the united states and he in effect distance and in self from the sourcing of the information and the really salacious material in relation to president trump he claims he received in a 10 to 15 minute telephone call from somebody who he didn't know an anonymous source and run him and gratuitously volunteered this information so none of this kind of material should appear. unless it's been validated that is the basis of intelligence reporting. still to come on the program an arctic guest apparently falls victim to the u.s. social media purge of iranian voices that story and more after this short break. i'm max keiser with more of my gui

beltway is a privately commission intelligence report it was written by a former british intelligence agent christopher steele in 2016 his company was hired to look into allegations of collusion between donald trump and moscow that asked a claims that the russians have compromising material on turn obtained when he was in russia 7 years ago this so-called primary sub source a russian emigre real estate broker in the united states and he in effect distance and in self from the sourcing of the information and the really salacious material in relation to president trump he claims he received in a 10 to 15 minute telephone call from somebody who he didn't know an anonymous source and run him and gratuitously volunteered this information so none of this kind of material should appear. unless it's been validated that is the basis of intelligence reporting. deadly coronavirus continues to spread across china with the number of victims now at more than 100000 have been infected and almost 50000 people are now being monitored and iris has moved worldwide with cases uncovered in countries including the u.s. and canada

firm back in 2017 to look into the dulles here closely it was written by former british intelligence agent christopher steele in 26 thing his company was hired by the d.n.c. to look into allegations of collusion between trump moscow the dossier claims that russia has compromising material on trumped from when he was in the country 7 years ago at west again says many of the reports sources hadn't even been validated. sokol primaries sub source a russian emigre real estate broker in the united states and he in effect distance and self from the sourcing of the information and the really salacious material relating to president trump he claims he received in a 10 to 15 minute telephone call from somebody who he didn't know an anonymous source and run him and gratuitously volunteered this information. so none of this kind of material should appear. unless it's been validated that is the basis of intelligence reporting. now nancy guesses apparently fallen victim to the u.s. social media purge shit all the brainy invoices details after the birth. seem wrong but we all just don't call. me. yet to shape out this day

democratic national committee paid for russian disinformation that was composed by and ask british spy, christopher steele, and the amazing part, i explain this in "witch hunt: the story of the greatest mass delusion in american political history," he puts together his anti-trump dossier within the course of 10 to 14 days. that is impossible. read the first memo of his dossier, that's the kind of information that would take months if not years of working information on the ground, he hadn't been in russia in more than 10 years. it is almost as if he picked up the telephone, called the kremlin and said give me something, anything, true or not, about donald trump. i think in the end he was simply said russian disinformation with little tidbits of truth which is classic russian information. the truth is public information that anybody could find on the internet. >> did christopher steele or brennan and the obama appointee did they use allies like the brits and others to try to handle some of this, to wash their hands of the fact this information was being dredged up? >> the cia than under john brennan, the d

and financial information about mr trump this is a confidential report written by an ex british spy christopher steele on secret links between trump his businesses and the russians. it claims moscow has been helping trump all along with the regular flow of intelligence and that the russians have compromising material on. the main point of the steel dossier that it was an ongoing attempt by the russians to get close to the trump campaign is undisputed at this point he doesn't like the fact that the press said it but it is out there no mr president i like the way president since you were trying to organize a decision in your with the still dossier made public news trucks battle with the press intensifies rights are going to point mr rosen along the way you say categorically why should the president like can you give us are going to be reuniting us can you give us are going to be you know yesterday or today during his 1st weeks at the white house trump is on the defensive the man he just appointed national security adviser general michael flynn is caught in the eye of the storm. he lied about his contact

that with the clinton campaign sought when it was corroborated in uncontested the steel dossier with assets of a former british spy had in russia to get information was that not an attempt for foreign interference? but let's look at what the evidence says. here's what the evidence says. there was foreign involvement but let's not forget where it originated from. actually we don't begin until tomorrow morning. where did that foreign intelligence come from? connections from the fbi. the number three whose wife happened to work for fusion gps happened to be hired by the dnc happened to do an investigation on donald trump by the way she was also involved with the steel dossier and ukraine. we haven't put our case out yet obviously but you should be able to get a sense from what i'm saying right now we will over but in review can put on an affirmative case tomorrow. and for the life of me why they opened up the door as wide as the double door on hunter biden and joe biden and burisma that was their way to get ahead of it? we will address it. why one - - i will say one less thing. joe biden was charged that was a sp

campaign folks that can do opposition research no matter where it is, just like the dnc hired british citizen steelet for "the washington post" and an msnbc analyst george will. >> and the reason i wanted to play senator lankford is that's the fist time i've heard a senator this week offer a senator's view of the phone call. and there's senator lankford saying he sows nothing wrong with it including the idea giuliani is working for the re-election campaign. >> let's go up to 30,000 feet for a minute. the impeachment calling for the senators to be an impartial jury were written in the 1780s. in the 1790s something happened that the framers of that provision neither anticipated or desired and that is the emerges of political parties. now fast forward 230 years to 2020. most senators, not all. there are honorable exceptions, but most senators of most parties when there's a president of their party in the white house think of themselves as doing the blocking and tackling of a presidential quarterback who calls the plays. they are essentially passive people carrying out other peoples instructions. and fo

of british intelligence expert has cast doubt on the infamous steel dull theory on alleged trump russia collusion module west who's examined it and also knows it's also claims it's likely the material was fabricated the dossier is a privately commissioned intelligence report it was written by former m i 6 agents christopher steel and 26 see his company was hired to look into allegations of collusion between donald trump and mosco the dossier claims that the russians possess compromising material on trump obtained when he was in russia 7 years ago. well we discussed the dossier with lie to west himself the intelligence experts who claimed they could open a fake i was commissioned by a lawyer in washington d.c. to see to examine the original so-called steel dossier and to conduct a forensic examination and then coming to a conclusion and the background to this incidentally is that i specialize in this particular field intelligence officers and others who fabricated material you have to understand about the management of so orses if you're a case officer and you manage let's say 3 or 4 sou

about the fact the clinton campaign, it is completely uncontested, the steel dossier, utilizing supposedly assets that are former british spy had in russia to get information on the president, then candidate. was that not foreign interference? saturn attempt to foreign interference? you can get on your horse and act hottie and proud about it but let's look at what the evidence says. here's what the evidence says. there was foreign involvement but for let's not forget where it originated from. we will not begin until tomorrow morning but i want you to think, where did that foreign intelligence come from? came from connections from the federal bureau of investigation, the number 3 whose wife happened to work for fusion gps, happens to be hired by the dnc, happens to do an investigation on donald trump and didn't just do with the steel dossier, she was also involved with what? ukraine. so we haven't put our case are obviously, having begun to but you should be able to get a sense from what i am saying that this, you're going to hear that, we will refute, we will put on an affirmative case tomorrow but that is just one issu

and pointed to hillary clinton saying that hillary clinton set the precedent having a foreign british spy steeler. this is a sign of the times f. you can't get two serious sober minded senators like burr and warner to see this specific issue in the same terms then certainly there's a deeper problem here. >> geoff bennett on capitol hill for us, thank you, my frenld. let me play adam schiff responding to the constitutional madness. >> what we have seen over the last couple a descent into constitutional madness because that way madness lies. if we are to accept that a president can essentially do whatever he wants n gauge in whatever quid pro quo that he wants, i will give you this f you give me that. i will give you military dollars to help in my reelection if you will give me elicit foreign interference in our election. now, the only reason you make that argument is because you know your client is guilty and dead to rights. that is argument aid of desperation. >> and sources telling me that the only way donald trump would sit down and answer questions from the mueller investigators, of which you

just like the dnc hired a british citizen, steele to try to get dirt on president trump during the 2016 that was a foreign influence to be able to do than than rudy giuliani has the ability to do that. president trump shouldn't have raised that initially, but when it was raised he could respond to that, but he shouldn't have raised that initially, because that's a campaign separate oush. >> it's wrong for a president to have a contact with a foreign head of state to ask for political help. >> when he's answering the question, rudy giuliani, that's separate. that's a different issue with rudy giuliani getting engaged with that. that's a campaign engagement. just like all the dossier document was from a british senator. >> senator james langford, state of oklahoma. thank you for taking our questions. >> glad to visit with you. >> another break for us. as promised, steve kornacki standing by. there he is. just as proof that we're good for our word. we're right back with steve and the rest of our friends after this. nds after this free shipping. you get everything you need for your home at

campaign folks that can do opposition research no matter where it is just like the dnc hired a british citizen, steelescussion is pulitzer prize-winning syndicated columnist for "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst george well. thank you very much for joining us. the reason i wanted to play senator langford is that's the first time i think i've heard a senator certainly this week offer a senator's view of the phone call. and there's senator langford saying he sees nothing wrong with it, including the idea that rudy giuliani is working for the re-election campaign. >> let's go up to 30,000 feet for a minute. the impeachment provisions of the constitution, calling upon the senators to be an impartial jury, were written in the 1780s. in the 1790s, something happened that the framers of that provision neither anticipated nor desired. that is the emergence of political parties. now, fast forward 230 years to 2020. most senators -- not all, there are honorable exceptions -- but most senators of both parties, when there is a president of their party in the white house think of themselves as doin

here is the bottom line, when christopher steele, who hates donald trump, is hired by the fbi, when britishi, you know what, i just made that stuff up, you know, barroom talk, they go forward with this document, the dossier paid for by hillary clinton, laundered money through fusion gps foreign agent and decide they are going to surveil american citizen to use him as a telescope into the trump campaign, it was illegal, it was wrong and what's infuriating is it took us this long to figure this thing out. >> this weekend, are you going to be covering this with senator lankford and senator ted cruz and rudy giuliani. >> that and more. steve: we had rudy earlier and used up a lot of time. [laughter] >> i could feel it coming, they are saying what my show is about. you want me to talk now or saturday night? >> she would be broadcasting. >> that's right, i'm going to sit in on the fake trial, it's not predicated on probable cause either. brian: you'll be seeing the president defended for the first time. >> good to be here. [laughter] >> round of applause. [applause] >> thank you. brian: jillian,

wrong because if we wanted to find out what the british people thought about leaving or remaining in the european union or what we thought of borisjohnson steelwords you shouldn't have acquiesced ? referendum. in other words you shouldn't have acquiesced? no, general election is on general issues and i think we went into that election without a clear message, accept that, but trying to change a subject impossible to do, and what we have allowed borisjohnson to do is wrap himself up in a lie that he can get brexit done by the end of january, which he will not be able to do. we have to negotiate an ongoing relationship with europe. we have given him powerfor the next five years and the best christmas present he could have wanted and, frankly, it was a mistake for us to do that and we should have got brexit done by way of a referendum on boris his steele and dunn, of course, had a general election on everything. labour lost a large number of seats in the north of england, many seem to have not lost in your history except at the time in the late 1930s, can you really argue convincingly that you should replace one islington mp with another to send

report called the steel dossier claiming the us president conspired with the kremlin however after the publication the report was repeatedly proven to consign multiple phone now british intelligence expert and former member of parliament 9 to west whose examine the document unknown still personally claims much of the material in it was probably catered. i was commissioned by a lawyer in washington d.c. c. to examine the original so-called steel dossier and to conduct a forensic examination of the content which means going through it line by line looking at the attributions working out the value of each individual source and then coming to a conclusion the. fabrication had been much greater than i had suspected i do west said he was hired by republican law firm back in 2017 to look into the dusty closely it was written by former british intelligence agent christopher stale in 26 think his company was hired by the d.n.c. to look into allegations of collusion between tampa moscow and duffy itself claims russia with in possession of compromising material about trump from when he was in the country 7 years prior at west again says many of the reports sources haven't even

campaign had when it's completely corroborated, uncontested, the steel dossier was utilizing both supposedly assets that a former british spy had in russia. to get information on the president. then candidate. was that not foreign interference? was not an attempt for foreign interference -mark you can get on your horse and ask party and proud about it, but let's look at what the evidence says . and here's what the evidence says. there was foreigninvolvement , but let's not forget where it originated from let's not forget and we haven't begun to put on her case yet, we will still not begin until tomorrow morning . and i want you to thinkabout this, where did that for intelligence come from ? foreign information come from. it came from connections from the federalbureau of investigations . the number three, whose wife had to work for using gps to be hired by the dnc, who happened to do an investigation on donald trump and by the way, she didn't just do it on the steel dossier, she was involved with guess what? ukraine. we haven't put our case out obviously, it hasn't begun but you should be able to get a sense from what i

british dissen dissent. so my question is the rising nonwhite majority of every incentive will be nonwhite for the next 200 years. richard alba and a professor name steel frail looked at latino rates of assimilation latinos use spanish as their primary language but at exactly the same rate as the irish americans and the german and irish and italian americans did one century ago. i would go further the reach - - the suppose it racial polarization is exaggerated if you look at every group except african-americans of 90 percent of the democrats and 10 percent republicans the other groups are less polarized including asian americans and hispanic americans and non-hispanic whites that are equally divided. so it isn't polarized in that sense. latinos depending on the state politics in texas with 40 percent with governor abbott and 29 percent with donald trump if your definition of polarization is to be polarized but that's not enormously polarized. >> and want to shift the discussion to the criticism people who advocate for populist politics i'm not saying that's what you are doing but you don't actually advocate you just want to tear everything down you are

steel industries in 1951 the u.k. didn't join the new club it was the e.u. forerunner created to stop a war ravaged continent have a fighting itself again the british attitude was well this is the greater the go ahead but we don't really need things as we were in the war i think there was a sense here that a we were we can after need that sort of crutch and that actually we had the rest of the world we had the commonwealth we had the united states in addition to europe and as a leading colonial power with a global role we didn't want to tie ourselves to something as regional and small simply by the sixty's the european economic community as the 6 countries had become looks more alluring to british eyes it was economically successful compared to an increasingly on competitive u.k. but french president showed a cool played hard to get twice rejecting london's proposal it wasn't until 900 $73.00 that the u.k. and europe finally tied the knot. but the u.k. always wanted something of an open relationship it stayed out of the passport free schengen area it didn't join the common currency the euro and it paid proportionately less. than other member states none of

steel industries in 1951 the u.k. didn't join the new club it was the e.u. forerunner created to stop a war ravaged continent ever fighting itself again the british attitude was well this the greater the go ahead but we don't really need it thanks as we won the war i think there was a sense here that a we were we can after need that sort of crutch and that actually we had the rest of the world we had the commonwealth we had the united states in addition to europe and as a leading colonial power with a global role we didn't want to tie ourselves to something as regional and small as simply or by the sixty's the european economic community as the 6 countries have become looks more alluring to british eyes it was economically successful compared to an increasingly uncompetitive u.k. but french president showed a cool played hard to get twice rejecting london's proposal it wasn't until 973 that the u.k. and europe finally tied the knot but the u.k. always wanted something of an open relationship it stayed out of the passport free schengen area it didn't join the common currency the euro and it paid proportionately less. than other member states none of these exem