david rhodes, bbc news.tory and others on breakfast at six o'clock. that is with louise minchin and dan walker. there will also have theresa may ‘s day ahead. —— they will also have. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: president trump has used his annual state of the union speech to appeal for a compromise deal that will get his border wall with mexico built and reform the us immigration system. he said america would continue working towards a new trade deal with china, but warned beijing that what he called the theft of american jobs and wealth had come to an end. he also revealed that he's set for another summit with north korea's kimjong—un in vietnam later this month. now, it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. the state of the union address, lots of reaction. we begin with the washington post, and us president donald trump who, in his state of the union address, called for more bipartisan cooperation, as well as warning democra

david rhodes reports.jected to rising levels of verbal and physical abuse. it's almost on a daily basis, verbal abuse. it's a growing issue. i was speaking to this chap, i was trying to explain things and make sure that he got the medications he needed. he said, "will menzies, prepare yourself, i'm coming to kill you." just completely aggressive down the phone, screaming, shouting. that's why i transferred the call through to the manager for him to take it from there. the practice had to close then. we did, yeah. we had to close the practice and phone the police. an increasing demand for gp services and patients excepting to be treated straightaway are some of the causes behind the rise in levels of abuse. and such is the concern of staff at this practice, everyone has undergone self—defence classes. staff said they wanted that, so they can have all sorts of strategies and techniques for dealing with these issues. over 300 million gp appointments took place in england last year and figures from the nhs sho

david rhodes, bbc news, york.d of blasphemy after spending years on death row, is now free to leave the country if she chooses. she will also be offered protection for the rest of her life, if she stays in pakistan. the country's foreign minister said any nation thinking of helping her should show restraint, and pursue what he called "quiet diplomacy". the fracking firm cuadrilla has called on the government to relax its limits on the size of tremors that are allowed as a result of its drilling operations. under the present rules, drilling must be stopped for 18 hours if it triggers earth tremors above a 0.5 magnitude. the company resumed operations near blackpool last year for the first time since the process was halted in 2011. the veteran presenter of bbc radio 4's today programme, john humphrys, has confirmed he'll be leaving the show, probably in the autumn. he joined the programme in 1987, after presenting television news bulletins. now 75, he's known for his rigorous interviewing style, and said today his d

government association says councils collect over 99% of bins without complaint. 0ur correspondent david rhodesents on this street in leeds has been pretty grim for weeks. jono it's been about three to—li weeks. as you can see, it's overflowing full stop ——it has been about 3— four weeks. overflowing full stop ——it has been about 3- four weeks. it is disgusting and we have seen rats everywhere. since we filmed this week, leeds city council that they have come back to cat —— collect these bins but last year 1.8 million complaints were made about rubbish being uncollected and figures from councils across the uk show the number of complaints has increased by one third since 2014. waste collection teams go out in all weather, bad winters coupled, making it easierfor residents weather, bad winters coupled, making it easier for residents to complain online can contribute to more complaints. there are warnings that budget cuts are now making the job harder. there is considerably less money. i think every year from that, we have been saving money. local government association said 99% of bins up collec

our reporter david rhodes has been to one surgery where staff have been given self—defence training.help about the star psa they are being subjected to rising levels of verbal and physical abuse. it is almost on a daily of bases, verbal abuse. it is a growing issue. others trying to explain things to a chap, make sure he got the medications. he said he was coming to kill me. completely aggressive, screaming, shouting and thenl aggressive, screaming, shouting and then i transfer the call to the manager for him to take it from there. it had to close the practice and phoned the police. an increasing demand for gp services and patients except on to be treated straightaway at some of the causes behind the rising levels of abuse. such is the concern of staff that this practice, eve ryo ne concern of staff that this practice, everyone has undergone self defence classes. staff said they want that, s0 classes. staff said they want that, so they can have all sorts of strategies and techniques for dealing with these issues. over 300 million gp appointments to race in england last year and figur

david rhodes, bbc news.d in melbourne and has been told he faces several years in prison following his conviction for sexually abusing two choirboys in australia, in the 1990s. he'll be formally sentenced on march the thirteenth. the court of appeal will today begin hearing a landmark domestic abuse case. lawyers for sally challen, who was convicted of killing her husband richard, are trying to have her murder conviction reduced to manslaughter on the grounds that she was a victim of his coercive control. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly reports. sally and richard challen were married in 1979. she was just 15 when they met, and he was her only boyfriend. they made their home in claygate in surrey, and this is where they raised their two sons. but, throughout their marriage, richard challen was said to have controlled and emotionally abused his wife. in 2010, she killed him. sally challen is now serving 18 years, as a convicted murderer. since the killing, extreme psychological abuse, known as coerc

our correspondent david rhodes reports. piled high and going nowhere.rse. like, i've lived in hyde park now for three years and i've not seen it this bad. here, students live next to those who have called the streets home for decades. all agree, though, that the council could do a betterjob at collecting the bins. it's awful. they are not coming. and sometimes... too windy, they blow down, go everywhere. as you can see, it's overflowing. we've had this issue for a while and it's just really disgusting, we see rats everywhere. since we filmed here last week, leeds city council say they've been back to empty these bins and that they collect over 99% of all waste on time. waste collection teams go out in all weather. here in barnsley, complaints about bin collections have been falling, and across the country, over 800 million bins are collected by councils every year. bad weather, the rise of social media, all reasons why complaints to councils about bins not being picked up are, yes, going up. but there is a clear trend. more of us feel our bins are not b

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david rhodes, bbc news.is lunchtime, the speaker is expected to select a number of amendments. yesterday the prime minister signalled that there would be another vote on her withdrawal agreement by the 12th of march. my colleague, joanna gosling, is at westminster. yes, a lot of those amendments are now effectively redundant. they were pushing for no—deal brexit on 29th of march to be rolled out, and for there to be a possibility of an extension. one of them wanted that all enshrined in legislation, the others not so far. now, yesterday, from theresa may her commitment to a series of votes which would mean we would not leave the eu on the 29th of march without a deal, unless it was explicitly ready for by mps, which will not happen because there is not a majority in the commons. lets talk more about what may happen from here on in with the leader of the liberal democrats, vince cable. what will materially change if there isa what will materially change if there is a delay? i think what it means that today is

local government association says councils collect over 99% percent of bins without complaint, as david rhodes going nowhere. life for residents on this street in leeds has been pretty grim in recent weeks. the bins haven't been collected for a while, it's been about three to four weeks. as you can see, it's overflowing. we've had this issue for a while and it's just really disgusting, we see rats everywhere. since we filmed here last week, leeds city council say they've been back to empty these bins but councils across the uk have seen growing numbers of complaints about waste not being collected. last year, 1.8 million complaints were made to councils about rubbish being left uncollected and figures from over 200 councils across the uk show the number of complaints has increased by one third since 2014. waste collection teams go out in all weather and bad winters, coupled with councils making it easier for residents to complain online, can contribute towards a rising number of complaints. here in barnsley, the number of waste collection complaints has been falling but there are now warnings

government association says councils collect over ninety—nine percent of bins without complaint as david rhodesy grim in recent weeks. the bins haven't been collected for a while, it's been about three to four weeks. as you can see, it's overflowing. we've had this issue for a while and it's just really disgusting, we see rats everywhere. since we filmed here last week, leeds city council say they've been back to empty these bins but councils across the uk have seen growing numbers of complaints about waste not being collected. last year, 1.8 million complaints were made to councils about rubbish being left uncollected and figures from over 200 councils across the uk show the number of complaints has increased by one third since 2014. waste collection teams go out in all weather and bad winters coupled with councils making it easier for residents to complain online can contribute towards a rising number of complaints. here in barnsley, the number of waste collection complaints has been falling but there are now warnings that budget cuts are now making the job harder. there is considerably less

david rhodes, bbc news.to stay in the uk, an immigration lawyer has said. campaigners claim that meanwhile a number of others have left on a plane this morning. the government has said they are all foreign nationals who have criminal convictions. we are joined now by our news correspondent, andy moore. there has been lots of controversy around immigration status of people after everything that has emerged around the windrush scandal. ring is up—to—date with what has been happening today, who these people are who have been affected. there has been a lot of controversy about this flight. has been a lot of controversy about this flight. we did not know when or where it was due to take off from. and we still have had no confirmation from the home office. understandably, they are worried about the security of these flights and there is sentencing today 15 protesters. one of these flights from stansted. protesters. one of these flights from sta nsted. but protesters. one of these flights from stansted. but campaign

david rhodes reports. look at my cardigan lisa, a mum of three, over was over £1000 in unpaid rent.. you don't know what's coming next with universal credit. i was out of date in 2017, and since i've got on universal credits last year as nearly lost my house twice and i just... just end up in debt again. universal credit is designed to make home and benefits simpler, and to help people back into work. over 1.5 million people in great britain see their benefits now merged into one monthly payment. four years ago, councils were owed around £250 million by current tenants. larger, that figure had climbed to over £300 million. the welsh government doesn't collect comparable figures to the rest of the uk. the government has said there is no one single cause why rent arrears build—up and that many people join universal credit with pre—existing housing debt, adding that 500 social landlords have recently signed up to a scheme that can arrange direct rent payments and help recover arrears. in a moment the weather but first let's here's victoria derbyshire with what she's got coming up in he

david rhodes reports. look at me. look at me cardigan.ee, owes york council over £1000 in unpaid rent, she says because universal credit has pushed her into debt. you don't know, like, what's coming next with universal credit. i was out of debt in 2017, and since i got on universal credit last year, i've nearly lost my house twice. and then ijust — yeah, ended up in debt again. universal credit is designed to make claiming benefits simpler, and to help people back into work. over 1.5 million people in great britain see up to six benefits merged into one monthly payment. but four years ago, councils in england, scotland, and northern ireland were owed around £250 million by current tenants. last year, that figure had climbed to over £300 million. the welsh government doesn't collect comparable figures to the rest of the uk. the government said there is no one single cause why rent arrears build up, and that many people join universal credit with pre—existing housing debt. adding that 500 social landlords have recently signed up to a scheme

david rhodes, bbc news.gp who's been threatened and racially abused. let's bring you up to date with all things brexit. theresa may has opened up the possibility that the uk's departure from the european union could be delayed. the prime minister has offered the house of commons a series of votes. first, there'll be a vote on whatever deal she negotiates by the 12th march. if that's rejected, mps will then have the chance the following day to vote on whether to leave with no deal. then, if the commons votes against that too, there'll be another vote by the 14th of march on delaying brexit (ani) beyond the current deadline of march 29th. 0ur political correspondent ben wrightjoins me now. ben, despite all of this the prime minister is still confident she can get her deal accepted? does the timetable takes some of the sting out of what would have been happening today? definitely, because theresa may face the real threat. when mps yet again go through a series of votes. ministers are angry that no deal brexit w

david rhodes reports. piled high and going nowhere.ts live next to those who have called the streets home for decades. all agree, though, that the council could do a betterjob at collecting the bins. it‘s awful. they are not coming. and sometimes... too windy, they blow down, go everywhere. as you can see, it's overflowing. we've had this issue for a while and it's just really disgusting, we see rats everywhere. since we filmed here last week, leeds city council say they‘ve been back to empty these bins and that they collect over 99% of all waste on time. waste collection teams go out in all weather. here in barnsley, complaints about bin collections have been falling, and across the country, over 800 million bins are collected by councils every year. bad weather, the rise of social media, all reasons why complaints to councils about bins not being picked up are, yes, going up. but there is a clear trend. more of us feel our bins are not being collected on time. last year, 1.8 million complaints were made to councils about rubbish bein

democratic congressman, david cicilline, joining us from rhode island.when you look at what the president is doing here, and there's also criticism from republicans, how do you see this playing out? obviously the house is going to take action. do you think the senate will also register disapproval? >> i hope so. look, it is very clear there's no national emergency. illegal border crossings at the southern border are at a 40-year low. the president's own intelligence community when they testified before congress doing their world threat assessment barely mentioned the southern border. so there's no factual basis for this. the president is violating his oath of office, violating the separation of powers, purporting to take money from military construction and counter narcotics work. so the very things he claims he's worried about he's taking money from those efforts to fund a wall. and you don't get to use emergency power simply because you lost at the negotiating table. we live in a democracy, the american people will decide how their money is intent they

government association says councils collect over ninety—nine percent of bins without complaint as david rhodesen falling but there are warnings that budget cuts are making the job harder. there is considerably less money. in 2008 and 2009, every essence that we have been saving. local government association said most bins are collected without complaint and that councils will receive £1 billion of funding in the coming year to provide all services. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. a lot more cloud around across the uk today but we are on the transition to something much milder. yesterday afternoon around the moray firth we had 16 degrees. the same sort of areas will be warmest by thursday, 15 celsius possible, a big hike on where it should be for the time of year. to get to that milder air coming up from the atlantic bringing plenty of cloud today and the cloud thick enough in the northern half of the uk in particular for some outbreaks of rain. seeing it so far across parts of scotland and northern ireland and we will see other bursts of rain push through eastwards

. >> that was rhode island democrat david cicilline. he joins us momentarily. there was another moment of note at the hearing today. two republicans, including ranking member doug collins of georgia raised the issue of roger stone's arrest in florida, which cnn was there exclusively to cover, suggesting along with the acting attorney general that there was something nefarious about cnn's presence there. >> are you familiar with public reports or otherwise that a cnn reporter was camped out outside of stone's house when the fbi arrested him? this wouldn't be part of the investigation. >> i am aware of that. it was deeply concerning to me as to how cnn found out about that. >> well, i'm glad we're going down that road, mr. attorney general, because did somebody at the department of justice seemingly share a draft indictment with cnn prior to stone's arrest? or prior t a grand jury's finding of a true bill? >> this should be on our ridiculist. cnn has been upfront from the start how we came to be there that morning. in fact we wrote a full piece on it the day of t

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let's discuss now with congressman david cicilline, a rhode island democrat who sits on the house judiciaryeign affairs committees. never a dull moment. here it is friday night and we're talking very serious stuff. thank you, congressman. i appreciate you joining us here. you're demanding this full mueller report that it be submitted to the doj, that it be made public. give us a preview of the battle we're going to see if this new a.g., bill barr, only gives you a summary of this report. >> well, we should remember, don, that this investigation began on behalf of the american people to investigate allegations that there is a foreign adversary that attacked our democracy and interfered with an american presidential election. so this was done on behalf of the american people. it's an investigation which has taken two years. it has resulted in 199 criminal charges against 39 individuals or organizations with seven convictions and four people already going to prison. so there's a lot here. and the american people have a right to know what this report says. we'll first ask that it be produced. i

joining us now is democratic congressman david s congressman of rhode island. he's on the policy and communications committee and he has visited the u.s.-mexico border multiple times. congressman, good to see you. thanks for joining us tonight. >> good to see you. my pleasure. >> the president was having trouble making a clear justification for why he declared this national emergency. he did mention ann coulter. he mentioned rush limbaugh. he mentioned sean hannity, but in the end he may be diverting funds that would otherwise be used for legitimate military purposes. i want to just play for you quickly what donald trump said about why he would to that. >> we had certain funds that are being used at the discretion of generals, at the discretion of the military. some of them haven't been allocated yet, and some of the generals think that this is more important. i was speaking to a couple of them. they think this is far more important than what they were going to use it for. i said, what were you going to use it for? i won't go into details, but didn't sound too

rhode island. she has two young children. they went for a month without it. we can't allow the president to do that. >> davidu. >> thanks for having me. >>> the president praising his accomplishments during the state of the union address, from the fight against isis to his upcoming summit, another one, with kim jong-un. we'll break it all down coming up. >>> the president sets the date, three weeks from today round two of face to face talks with north korea's kim jong-un. plus, after weeks of facing backlash for his call to withdraw troops from syria without warning, the president touting the fight against isis there. >> when i took office, isis controlled more than 20,000 square miles in iraq and syria, just two years ago. today we have liberated virtually all of the territory from the grip of these bloodthirsty monsters. >> the president notably did not repeat his debunked claim that isis has been defeated. joining me will ripley and ben wedeman. ben, you're on t were on the gr syria. the real concern is you pull out and leave u.s. allies on the ground in the lurch and that fight against isis threatened. w