now on bbc news, it's time for dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london.week, the war of elections in france and the uk, and a new round ofjaw—jaw to try to bring peace to the middle east. to discuss that, four eminent "jaw—ers", british conservative commentator alex deane, thomas kielinger, who writes for germany's die welt, agnes poirier, uk editor of marianne in france, and the american journalist and broadcasterjef mcallister. a warm welcome to you all. let's begin with france. if emmanuel macron wins, what kind of france will we get? nobody knows. we have seen him at the debate with marine le pen. marine le pen had a disastrous, car crash debate. he held the fort. he was relaxed and calm. so at least we know he is kind of presidential for a 39—year—old. what do we know? his programme is pro—business but also quite socially conscious. he is a centrist. the real thing is, of course, the general elections which will be taking place in june. we need to fill all the mps‘ seats at the national assembly. it is the first time we might have a president without

now on bbc news, dateline london. hello, welcome to dateline london. this week: a sacking in washington, a timely election leak in the uk, and donald trump's visits to the middle east and the vatican. debating all of that are stephanie baker, from the international news agency bloomberg news, janet daley, political columnist with britain's sunday telegraph newspaper, jonathan sacredoti from i—24 news, an israeli international news channel and mustapha karkouti from the dubai—based newspaper, gulf news. donald trump sacked plenty of would—be business moguls on the reality tv series "the apprentice", barking "you're fired" to theirface. james comey received his dismissal as director of the fbi in a note. getting rid of tv contestants doesn't have many consequences; sacking the head of the country's key crime fighting agency when he's investigating those around you, well that's proving harder to forget. what was he thinking? he did not handle this well. he is not good at firing people. the messaging was incredibly messy. he tried it out and then various t

now on bbc news, it‘s time for dateline london. hello, welcome to dateline london. up to? with me is david aaronovitch of the times. annalisa piras, the italian writer and filmmaker. nabila ramdani, the algerian journalist. stryker mcguire, london editor for bloomberg markets. good to have you with us.

now on bbc news: dateline london. hello, and welcome to dateline london. i'm jane hill. we'll be discussing general elections — the campaign is in its early stages here in the uk, rather more advanced in france. we'll assess donald trump's first 100 days in office and look at the under—reported tensions between india, and china. with me today are ashis ray, the indian broadcaster the north american broadcaster jeffrey kofman, ned temko, the political commentator and eunice goes, the portuguese writer. just a few days, it feels like coming to a british general election. ned, don't look bored at the start! it is low—key? it might get even lower, you never know. the british press often talks about a phoney war before an election campaign really starts. what is odd about this is it is kind of a phoney election. despite the prospectus, theresa may saying i need this mandate to strengthen my negotiation position with the eu, even she must know that it has nothing to do with the eu. even if she were to get putin sized majorities in this election, it would not change the basic s

now on bbc news, it's dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm jane hill. warm welcome after a difficult week for many. we will of course be discussing the aftermath of the manchester suicide bombing. we'll assess president trump's first overseas trip. and we look at the state of the general election campaign here in the uk, with less than two weeks to go to polling day. to discuss all of this with me today iain martin, a times columnist, the american broadcaster jeffrey kofman, thomas kielinger of die welt, and nisreen malik, the sudanese writer. a warm welcome to all of you. and in manchester, on monday night, a pop concert by an american singer popular with young girls ended in carnage when a 22—year—old man born in the city blew himself up, in the foyer of the concert arena. children as young as eight were killed, and scores of people remain in hospital. the hunt is continuing for the people who supported salman abedi. many people have been arrested here in the uk. and in libya, abedi's father and one of his brothers are under arrest. let's talk about t

now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello. welcome to dateline london.his week: donald trump's travels abroad and trouble at home. can one escape the other? and now britain's political parties have published their manifestos, their contract with the people — if we vote for one of them, just what are we signing up to? with me: david aaronovitch of the times. annalisa piras, the italian writer and film—maker. nabila ramdani, the algerian journalist. stryker mcguire, london editor for bloomberg markets. good to have you with us. let's begin with donald trump, because he may have been onboard air force one friday night, en route to saudi arabia, but his team was still trying to fire fight the latest twist in the sacking of the fbi director, and the russia connection — if there is one. "i just fired the head of the fbi. he was crazy, a real nutjob," the new york times claims he told the russian foreign minister, "i faced great pressure because of russia. that's taken off." well, if he did say it, that last part looks very premature. john mccain, the veteran r

hello and welcome to dateline london. commentator alex deane, thomas keilinger who writes for germany‘s die welt, and agnes poirier, uk editor of marianne in france. if emmanuel macron wins, what kind of france will be get? nobody knows. we have seen him at the debate with marine le pen. marine le pen had a disastrous car crashed debate he held the fort.

and later on bbc news, dateline london.ernational correspondents based in london will cast a critical eye over the weeks big news stories. that's coming up at 11:30. good morning and welcome to bbc news. routine appointments and operations at some hospitals remain cancelled this morning after nhs organisations across england and scotland were disrupted by a global cyber attack. some doctors have been unable to access patient records, while a number of hospitals are asking patients not to attend unless it's urgent. there's no evidence that patient data has been stolen. the first indication that something was wrong was mid—afternoon yesterday, when some hospital trusts and gp surgeries reported being locked out of their computers. vital information such as patient records and appointment schedules, became inaccessible. it meant operations were cancelled, patients were sent home and ambulances were diverted. the home secretary, amber rudd, says that around 45 trusts and some surgeries in england and scotland had been affected.

and dateline london assesses president trump's first overseas trip.hat's in half an hour here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. british airways is apologising to customers are facing delays following what the airline is calling an it outage. our correspondent is following events. what do we know? we have a brief on line confirmation of some sort of problem. we do not know the extent of the problem. what happens in these circumstances is that you find out social media are ahead of confirmation from official sources and certainly people at heathrow airport, terminalfive, predominantly used by british airways, are reporting problems. we hear that there are long queues. we also hear from hear that there are long queues. we also hearfrom individual travellers about being stuck on aeroplanes are unable to take off. notjust at heathrow but other airports around the world. this is yet to be confirmed. i spoke to a source at heathrow airport who said he understood the problem is wider than just heathrow airport. it suggests it isa just heathro

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that's it for dateline london for this week. we're back next week at the same time.ortunes for many of us today. the best of the sunshine further north and west. take a look at this picture from the lake district. there is some rain in the forecast. the day of contrast in the south—west. the isles of scilly, cornwall and the channel islands seeing some heavy and persistent rain today. we are desperate for some wet weather but it will only be across the extreme south—west. a few showers ahead brushing into devon and somerset. hopefully the drizzle will thin and break from time to time if that does happen then temperatures will respond. again, the western half of scotland but through the highlands, we see highs of 19 degrees. more cloud coming in of 19 degrees. more cloud coming in of the north sea, making it feel cool of the north sea, making it feel cool. there are some lovely spells of sunshine and warmth. this afternoon, we will only see 13, 14 degrees will do if we get the cloud making up, along the south coast, we could see ten pigeons as high as 19. that front w

hello, welcome to dateline london. this week: donald trump's travels abroad and trouble at home.have published their manifestos, their contract with the people, if we vote for one of them, just what are we signing up to? with me: annalisa piras the italian writer and film—maker. nabila ramdani the algerian journalist. stryker mcguire, london editor for bloomberg markets. good to have you with us. donald trump may have been onboard air force one friday night, en route to saudi arabia, but his team was still trying to fire fight the latest twist in the sacking of the fbi director and the russia connection— if there is one. "i just fired the head of the fbi he was crazy, a real nutjob," the new york times claims he told the russian foreign minister, "i faced great pressure because of russia. that's taken off." well, if he did say it, that last part looks premature. john mccain, the veteran republican senator, is among many to observe that this all feels horribly familiar. stryker mcguire, they're all thinking of watergate. you were in washington in the early 1970s. does it feel like

and the dateline london panel assess president trump's first overseas trip.in half an hour, here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. british airways has warned of further delays and cancellations today, as it resumes flights following the major it failure that saw most services cancelled yesterday. passengers due to fly today are being urged to check the status of their flights before arriving at heathrow airport. ba has apologised, and says it will refund reasonable costs, and assist passengers with rebooking flights. live to heathrow — and the latest from our correspondent andy moore. what the picture there at the moment? the problems are continuing here today. london gatwick seems to be ok. there are only about one consolation is that. ba says they will fly the majority of their flights from heathrow today, that does seem to be the case. around a third of the flights have been cancelled. between six o'clock and nine o'clock this morning and there we re nine o'clock this morning and there were 42 ea departures, but there we re were 42 ea depa

that's it for dateline london for this week — we're back next week at the same time.programme on twitter @bbcshaunley. goodbye. hello there. it is not plain sailing weather wise. they have low pressure across the north—west of the uk and thatis across the north—west of the uk and that is giving quite a bit of cloud train but for many, there is sunshine on offer. that was plymouth earlier. this scene in aberdeen is more typical of the north—eastern coast of scotland and also the north—east of england because we have got the easterly winds bringing moisture from the north sea and we are going to lose that this weekend. you can see a large area of cloud spiralling around which is pushing rainer north across northern ireland, northern england and into scotla nd ireland, northern england and into scotland and then following on behind, a scattering of showers, decent weather for many. we have got more rain to come later in the day coming into the south west and northern ireland. not plain sailing, big showers breaking out across north—west scotland and grampian this afterno