donald trumer was at the heart of his father's election campaign.he embarked on a high—risk strategy. fearing more revelations about a meeting at trump tower with a russian lawyer in june of last year, he decided to disclose the e—mails between himself and the publicist who arranged the meeting. the e—mails raise serious and disturbing questions. the four pages of e—mails reveal exchanges between trumer and a british publicist, rob goldstone. in one e—mail, mr goldstone offers to put him in contact with a lawyer linked to high—level russian officials, who are promising official documents and information that would incriminate hillary clinton and "would be very useful to your father." the e—mail continues... in reply mr trumer says... the meeting was set up by british publicist rob goldstone. much was promised, but the russian lawyer today denied any links with the kremlin. she was asked why those at the meeting thought she was going to deliver information on hillary clinton. translation: it's quite possible that maybe they were looking for such info

story, it is not unusual for 0n the donald trumer story, it is not unusualfor digging 0n the donaldal for digging an opposition politicians. 0bviously i'm the first person on a campaign to ever take a meeting to hear info about an opponent... went nowhere but had to listen. how bad do you think this is for the white house? does this leads from this story to impeachment? no, certainly not. it's the first time that somebody close to donald trump was prepared to talk to the russians about the campaign and information on hillary clinton. it does not look good for the president, izzard collusion? that will be the purview of the investigator. it is more ammunition for the investigations into the trump campion and their ties with the russians. the house of representatives and senate will not impeach at the moment. on sunday the statement said, i went along to try and get dirt and she did not supply and get dirt and she did not supply and therefore no story but in some measure it shows they were trying to potentially collude with the russians. it seems to show they were trying to get inform

telling that donald trumer changed his story.he was meeting with russian orphans who were being adopted by american parents but when the new york times had the e—mails, he went public. i think you can see the white house falling back on the naivete defence, we have heard this from their supporters in congress, well, we werne't involved in politics before, didn't really know what we were getting into. they say they did not realise that they were breaking the law, that was the defence whenjared kushner did not mention a meeting with a russian ambassador on his official forms. whether that works, remains to be seen. there is an investigation, probably more to come out. having spoken to three intelligence sources who have seen classified intercepts they have said there is no specific conversation speaking of a conspiracy but there are a number of suspicious contacts and that is what this investigation will be looking at. you can bet if the new york times has this transcript then the intelligence services have many more of them. this

by any exculpatory for donald trumer by a ny stretch exculpatory for donald trumer by any stretchry. i think you try to get ahead of the story. he was so explicit, going into this meeting, it will not help at all, the fact that he got this out a little ahead of time. and you heard mike pence there, trying to separate himself from the story as best he can. but he has been put in a position, multiple times now, with the marco fu and —— michael flynn allegations, where he was time to say things and then become. wouldn't you just love to know who is leaking this information? there is a lot of speculation. what more than one, 23, according to the new york times. —— two or three. he in the white house was donald trump? i have been told by people abroad, and here in the united states, this this isjust pa rt united states, this this isjust part of american politics. it's a brutal game people polled just do opposition research. here is a treat... he was the campaign strategies for mitt romney. he worked on the bush campaign in 2004. she worked forjohn mccain. this is not normal in american

donald trumer has a lot of explaining to do — and he's begun that process. he released emails which show him setting up a meeting on the promise of damaging information on hillary clinton that the russian government wanted to supply. now donald trumer has spoken to fox news. here he is on what his father knew about the meeting. a lot of people will want to know this about your father. did you tell your father anything about this? this about your father. did you tell your father anything about this7m was such a nothing, there was nothing to tell. i wouldn't have even remembered it until you started scouring through the stuff, it was literally a wasted 20 minutes, which was a shame. it is hard to imagine how the interview could have been more gentle. we'll see more of that interview in a moment. firs this is the context. on the 3rd ofjune 2016 donald trump junior received an emailfrom this man, rob goldstone. he's a music publicist and acquaintance of donald trumpjunior. in it, he explains a former russian business partner of donald trump had been contacted by

donald trump jr replies donald trumer replies simply...agerness of trumpjunior has left lawmakers of both parties deeply concerned. it is serious and this is a serious situation. and it is one that is a long way from over. it doesn't appear that when they had information that this person might be connected with the russian government or a russian national that they didn't immediately call the fbi. the fact that donald trump's son—in—law jared kushner was also present at the meeting at trump tower only adds to the concern here. now a senior adviser to the president, some are saying it is another sign of how keen the trunk campaign was for information about its presidential rival. president trump travels to france today, anxious no doubt to escape the impression that he is is an administration under siege. and there's plenty more detail about trump junior‘s e—mails on our website, they are all laid out there, including in depth analysis from our north america reporter anthony zurcher. just go to bbc.com/news. the battle to retake the syrian

tonight, we have donald trumer... mp's son out defending himself after revelations from e—mails that last year he met a russian lawyer who he believed would offer him incriminating information and hillary clinton. in retrospect, i probably would have done things a little differently. again, this is before the russia mania, this is before they were building it up in the press. for me, this was opposition research... in his interview, donald trumer said he hadn't referred the meeting to his father. it was such a nothing, there was nothing to tell. i mean, i wouldn't have even remembered it until you start scouring through this stuff. it was literally just a wasted 20 minutes, which was a shame. president trump was quick to praise his son's television performance, tweeting. .. so who are the key players involved in the meeting last year? the initial approach to donald trumer about a potential russian meeting came from rob goldstone, a british publicist. he helped schedule the appointment with natalia veselnitskaya, a russ

at the top of the e—mail chain, it shows that donald trumer forwarded e—mails to donald trump's son—in—lawhe meeting. they released a statement that they didn't know what the meeting was gone to be about when they went into it, but this seems to establish that at least, the day before the meeting, they had it e—mails in the inbox that detailed exactly what the meeting was called to be about, the fact that it was being sent forward as a meeting with a government lawyer from russia he was going to provide damaging information from the government of russia itself to age donald trump's presidential bid. and the whole series of e—mails is pretty remarkable, as you said. so many questions flow from this. give us many questions flow from this. give usa many questions flow from this. give us a sense many questions flow from this. give us a sense of the reaction in the last hour or so since they have, come i am sure is particularly whether people are saying, well, if this sort of language was said to you, back last year, surely, that should have been revealed at the time? absolutely. you have to re

we also don't know if donald trumer will decide to invoke the fifth amendment, which allows him to notwer questions. however, what we do know is that this would be significant because donald trump jr is this would be significant because donald trumer is the highest member of president trump's in a circle to be questioned in these congressional investigations —— in a circle. and remember, there's several congressional investigations. as you may remember, the senate intelligence committee wa nts to the senate intelligence committee wants to have a go at this and the top democrat on the committee mark warner has called this very disturbing and wonders why it has taken so long for facts to come out about this controversial meeting between donald jr, about this controversial meeting between donaldjr, the about this controversial meeting between donald jr, the trump campaign manager paul manafort and this russian lawyer. it seems every day there's a new revelation. it's taken some time for anything to urge about the second meeting at the 620 between mr trump and mr putin with only a russian

however, what we do know is that this would be significant because donald trumer is the highest memberpresident trump's inner circle to be questioned in these congressional investigations. and remember, there's several congressional investigations. as you may remember, the senate intelligence committee wants to have a go at this and the top democrat on the committee mark warner has called this very disturbing and wonders why it has taken so long for facts to come out about this controversial meeting between donald jr, the trump campaign manager paul manafort and this russian lawyer. it seems every day there's a new revelation. it's taken some time for anything to urge about the second meeting at the 620 between mr trump and mr putin with only a russian interpreter present. there's more emerging now, though? actuallyjust now mr trump himself just tweeted about this, he said fake news story of secret dinner with putin is sick, all 620 leaders and spouses were invited by the chancellor of germany, press new. he again tweeted after that saying the fake news is becoming more and more dishon

tonight we have donald trump tonight we have donald trumer... ations that he met a russian lawyer who he believed had incriminating information on hillary clinton. in retrospect, i probably would have done things a little differently. again, this is before the russia—mania. this is before they were building it up in the press. for me, this was opposition research. in his interview, donald trumer said that he hadn't referred the meeting to his father. it was such a nothing, there was nothing to tell. i mean, i wouldn't have even remembered it until you start scouring through the stuff. it was literally just a wasted 20 minutes. which is a shame. president trump was quick to praise his son's television performance, tweeting: sad, he said. so who are the key players involved in the meeting last year? the initial approach to donald trumer about a potential russian meeting came from rob goldstone, a british publicist. he helped schedule the appointment with natalia veselnitskaya, a russian lawyer. also in the room was paul manafort, trump's campaign m

be asked and quizzed about the meeting he took alongside donald trump meeting he took alongside donald trumer donald trump jr with meeting he took alongside donald trumerwitha meeting he took alongside donald trump jr with a russian meeting he took alongside donald trumer with a russian lawyer, a russian lawyer who had promised incriminating evidence about hillary clinton. now, in a statement, mr kushner said that in the meeting, he said it was a waste of time. he tried to find a way out of it. but he will be asked a bit more about why he decided to take it. and then when it comes to his meetings with the russian banker and russian ambassador, he said he did not seek those meetings, and he said he did not put them on his white house clea ra nce not put them on his white house clearance forms, because it was a d raft clearance forms, because it was a draft form. expect more questions about that. donald trump has described this investigation as a witchhunt and a hoax. he's clearly infuriated that it is overshadowing his agenda, and it may feel close to home. donald trump jr will his agenda, and

meeting, which also involved, as well as donald trump jr, donald which also involved, as well as donald trumer trump's son, his son—in—law, jared kushner, and also his campaign director at the time, paul manafort. the big question is, this meeting was set up by veselnitskaya, was it set up on the command of vladimir putin? and what has been the congressional reaction to this latest revelation? well, the house minority leader, pelosi, has called forjared kushner, the president's son—in—law, to have his security clearance revoked. he is the only one of the three who now has a formal role in the administration. no word, though, from the white house itself. neither officials they are nor from president trump himself, who was travelling back from paris tonight on air force one. and no further statement from donald trump junior. but all of this, as you can imagine, dominic, is going to be more grist to the mill, if you like, of the myriad of congressional enquiries that are currently under way, not to mention the federal investigation being led by the special counsel, robert mueller, into alleged li

———to — — — to donald trump — — — to donald trumer. ald trumer says: the meeting was set up by a british publicist, rob goldstein. much was promised but the russian lawyer today denied any links with the kremlin. she was asked, why those at the meeting thought she was going to deliver any information on hillary clinton. it is possible they were looking for such information, they wa nted looking for such information, they wanted the so bad lid. but the reaction from politicians today shows that these drip, drip revelations are proving damaging to the trump administration. it's serious and this is a serious situation and one that is a long way from over. it doesn't appear that when they had information that this person might be connected with the russian government or a russian national, that they didn't immediately call the fbi this is very problematic. we cannot allow foreign governments to reach out to anybody‘s campaign and say — we'd like to help you. it is a non—starter. like to help you. it is a non-starter. what does president tru

the e-mail citron exchange between donald trumer about. about. the e-mail citron exchange between donald trumer and a british publicist. early in the trade, the publicist of reciprocal meeting with a russian lawyer who he says has damaging information about hillary clinton, information that would be very useful to your father. he continues that this is obviously very high level and sensitive information, but it's part of russia and it is there's government support for your father. strong junior responded, if it's what to say, i love for your father. strong junior responded, if it's what to say, i love it. for your father. strong junior responded, if it's what to say, i love it. it for your father. strong junior responded, if it's what to say, i love it. it was for your father. strong junior responded, if it's what to say, i love it. it was such for your father. strong junior responded, if it's what to say, i love it. it was such a for your father. strong junior responded, if it's what to say, i love it. it was such a nothing, there was not

be clear from the e—mails we saw from donald trump jr, to be clear from the e—mails we saw from donald trumere e—mails that press conference faced the setting up of that meeting said that

donald trumer was at the heart of his father's election campaign. embarked on a high—risk strategy. fearing more revelations about a meeting at trump tower with a russian lawyer in june of last year, he decided to disclose the e—mails between himself and the publicist who arranged the meeting. the e—mails raise serious and disturbing questions. the four pages of e—mails reveal exchanges between trumer and a british publicist, rob goldstone. in one e—mail, mr goldstone offers to put him in contact with a lawyer linked to high—level russian officials, who are promising official documents and information that would incriminate hillary clinton and "would be very useful to your father." the e—mail continues. in reply mr trumer says... the meeting was set up by british publicist rob goldstone. much was promised, but the russian lawyer today denied any links with the kremlin. she was asked why those at the meeting thought she was going to deliver information on hillary clinton. translation: it's quite possible that maybe they were looking for such informat

tonight, we have donald trumer... self after revelations from e—mails that last year he met a russian lawyer who he believed would offer him incriminating information and hillary clinton. in retrospect, i probably would have done things a little differently. again, this is before the russia mania, this is before they were building it up in the press. for me, this was opposition research... in his interview, donald trumer said he hadn't referred the meeting to his father. it was such a nothing, there was nothing to tell. i mean, i wouldn't have even remembered it until you start scouring through this stuff. it was literallyjust a wasted 20 minutes, which was a shame. president trump was quick to praise his son's television performance, tweeting... so who are the key players involved in the meeting last year? the initial approach to donald trumer about a potential russian meeting came from rob goldstone, a british publicist. he helped schedule the appointment with natalia veselnitskaya, a russian lawyer. also in the room

donald trumer replied simply, "if it is what you say, i love it."ut this? it was such a nothing, there was nothing to tell. i would not have even remembered it until you start scouring through the stuff. it was a wasted 20 minutes, which was a shame. president trump has been largely silent on the issue, saying only that his son was a high—quality person and that he applauded his transparency, but the apparent eagerness of donald jr to accept a russian offer of help with his father's campaign has left lawmakers of both parties deeply concerned. this is obviously very significant, deeply disturbing, new public information about direct contacts between the russian government and its intermediaries at the very centre of the trump family, campaign and organisation. the fact that donald trump's son—in—law was also present at the meeting at trump tower only adds to the concern here. now a senior adviser to the president, some say it is another sign of how keen the trump campaign was for information about its presidential rival. president trump travelled to

donald trumer insists "no meaningful information" was provided about her in the meeting. tt reports from washington. this is donald trump's eldest son. this is donald trump's eldest sonlj am donald trump jr. last june, after the republican convention, he met with a russian lawyer who promised damaging material on hillary clinton's campaign. the meeting was here at trump tower in new york. until this weekend, donald trump here at trump tower in new york. until this weekend, donald trumer had not mentioned it but it was not a casual encounter, he brought along tromp's campaign manager and his son—in—law and then his story has changed. on saturday, he said they primarily discussed a programme about the adoption of russian children. by the following day, he said, "the woman lawyer stated she had information that individuals connected to russia were funding the democratic national committee and supporting mrs clinton". he was told there would be information that may be helpful to the campaign. there was no such information but again, i wa nt to was no such information but again

well, donald trumer would be the highest member of mrtrump, donald trumer would be the highest member, president trump's inner circle to be questioned as part of this russian investigation of the drum campaign's ties to russia. now there are several questions still remaining as to whether or not this will be in public. when it will take place and, also, if donald trumpjunior decides to invoke the fifth amendment or not which would allow him to not answer questions. the senate intelligence committee also wants to speak to everybody involved in that now controversial meeting between donald trump junior and paul manafort and controversial meeting between donald trumpjunior and paul manafort and a russian lawyer. the top of democrat on the intelligence to midi has closed all of this disturbing and is wondering why it has taken so long for all of the facts to come out. it seems every day there is some new revelation. quite disturbing indeed. what more do we know now of this previously undisclosed meeting between presidents trump and vladimir putin at the g20? between presidents trump and v

, arranged by donald trump donald trumer, arranged by donald trumer, donald trumer, arranged byump's hillary clinton —— donald trump's hillary clinton —— donald trump's rival, hillary clinton. jared kushner went along with donald trump jr, clinton. jared kushner went along with donald trumer, he said he turned up late. you said they were actually discussing russian adoption is due to the meeting, nothing too today with the campaign. —— nothing today with the campaign. —— nothing to do with the campaign. he said he realised that was a waste of time and e—mailed his assistant asking her to call him to get him out of the assistant. that corroborates donald trump jr's the assistant. that corroborates donald trumer‘s story the assistant. that corroborates donald trump jr's story that this was a waste of time, a nothing. when it amounts to these contacts with bilious blossoms, he says they were all in an official capacity and they we re all in an official capacity and they were not in any way colluded with russia to win the campaign. thank you very much indeed. the parents of charlie

in his interview, donald trumer said he hadn't referred the meeting to his father. a nothing — there was nothing to tell. i mean, i wouldn't have even remembered it until you start scouring through this stuff. it was literally just a wasted 20 minutes, which was a shame. president trump was quick to praise his son's television performance, tweeting: so who are the key players involved in the meeting last year? the initial approach to donald trumer about a potential russian meeting came from rob goldstone, a british publicist. he helped schedule the appointment with natalia veselnitskaya, a russian lawyer. also in the room was paul manafort, trump's campaign manager, and jared kushner, trump's son—in—law — a clear sign they thought the meeting would be significant. the e—mail shows an intent and a desire to have a foreign government interfere in the american election of the president. asking for that kind of assistance, if that was the assumption of the meeting, that in and of itself can be a crime. the white house has been active, pointing out that there has been no

in his interview, donald trumer said he hadn't referred the meeting to his father.was such a nothing, there was nothing to tell. i mean, i wouldn't have even remembered it until you start scouring through this stuff. it was literally just a wasted 20 minutes, which was a shame. president trump was quick to praise his son's television performance, tweeting. .. so who are the key players involved in the meeting last year? the initial approach to donald trumer about a potential russian meeting came from rob goldstone, a british publicist. he helped schedule the appointment with natalia veselnitskaya, a russian lawyer. also in the room was paul manafort, trump's campaign manager, and jared kushner, trump's son—in—law — a clear sign they thought the meeting would be significant. the e—mail shows an intent and a desire to have a foreign government interfere in the american election of the president. asking for that kind of assistance, if that was the assumption of the meeting, that in and of itself can be a crime. the white house has been active, pointing out that there h

our top stories: donald trumer defends his meeting with a russian lawyer last year, who was apparently offering to help his father's election campaign. for me this was opposition research that had something... may be contrary evidence that everyone is reporting, so i wanted to hear it out. he says he didn't tell his father about the meeting, but democrats say the disclosure is "deeply disturbing". all of the campaign denials of whether we knew this was going on and whether the russians had any involvement, whether the russians wa nted involvement, whether the russians wanted to help this campaign, obviously now have to be viewed in a com pletely obviously now have to be viewed in a completely different context. orphans of war: the desperate plight of the iraqi children trapped by the fight for mosul. a $2 billion boost for birth control. governments pledge to promote contraception around the world. and celebrating the silk road: china hopes its trillion dollar project will unite the country and usher in a golden age of trade. hello. president trump has defended his eldest son, who's re

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and then there is an insight into what donald trump jr and then there is an insight into what donald trumer insight into what donald trump jr felt about this offer to dish dirt on hillary clinton. he said, if it is what you say, i love it. how damaging is it, gavin? well, of course, it is damaging. and particularly that donald trump junior was prepared damaging. and particularly that donald trumpjunior was prepared to go to this meeting having received these e—mails beforehand. it also establishes the russian interest in influencing the american election. but i think there are questions as to the credibility of this impresario, what were the levels of his contacts in moscow, and of course, the open question as to what donald trump himself knew. but after today, if you read these texts, i think they are devastating and what they will do is deep in this investigation into what is really now a very serious matter for the trumpet ministration. thank you. workers on short term contracts in the uk should qualify for sick pay and holiday pay and their employers should make national insurance contr

you take these three names, manafort, kushner, donald trumer, they were the inner circle of the campaignd kushner has a job inside the white house right now, unlike these are the two men. donald trump jr has now, unlike these are the two men. donald trumer has tried to dismiss this e—mail chain is a nothing, as he put it, earlier today and in his interview last night, but it was not a nothing at the time because he got the inner circle together, he got them together within six days of having had this e—mail and we know that his reaction to this idea that a foreign power with connections to the russian government, as he believed at the time, whether that transpired to be the case or not, as he believed at the time, was offering him dirt on hillary clinton. his response? i love it. thank you, gary o'donoghue on capitol hill. a gay man has won a landmark ruling at the supreme court which will give his husband the same pension rights as a wife would receive. the ruling could have a dramatic effect on the entitlement of thousands of people in same sex marriages or civil partnerships. clive co

our top stories: donald trumer defends his meeting with a russian lawyer last year, who was apparentlyat had something... may be contrary evidence that everyone is reporting, so i wanted to hear it out. he says he didn't tell his father about the meeting, but democrats say the disclosure is "deeply disturbing". all of the campaign denials of whether we knew this was going on and whether the russians had any involvement, whether the russians wa nted involvement, whether the russians wanted to help this campaign, obviously now have to be viewed in a com pletely obviously now have to be viewed in a completely different context. orphans of war: the desperate plight of the iraqi children trapped by the fight for mosul.

the emails, which led to a meeting with a russian lawyer, show donald trumer was promised official documents that would incriminate hillary clinton. governments and private foundations have pledged more than $2 billion to family planning projects to make contraception more widely available. and the story surrounding a youtube sensation is trending on bbc.com: the video for see you again by wiz khalifa and charlie puth has had almost three billion views. the tribute to the fast and furious film actor paul walker is now even more popular than gangnam style by psy. stay with bbc news. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. our top story in the uk, the enquiry into the nhs blood contamination scandal will give answers to what the prime minister has called the appalling tragedy. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. it isa it is a day of protest for big online companies. find out why the likes of amazon and netflix are battling us rules on internet use. and china is spending billions on new aircraft but it may face a pilot shortage in the y

that meeting at trump tower lastjune, that controversial meeting which also involved, as well as donald trumer's son, his son—in—lanared kushner, and also his campaign director at the time paul manafort. the big question is — this meeting was set up by natalia veselnitskaya. was it set up on the command of the kremlin? that is what we don't know. commemorations have been taking place in the french city of nice to mark one year since the bastille day attack in the city. 86 people were killed after a lorry drove through crowds who'd been enjoying a fireworks display. after hosting donald trump in paris france's president emmanuel macron flew to the city to lead the tributes. greg dawson reports. it isa it is a day traditionally marked with fireworks. this year, the skies over nice were illuminated with 86 beams of light. 0ne over nice were illuminated with 86 beams of light. one for every life lost on this night one year ago. 15 of them children. earlier in the day, families of the victims placed flowers on the promenade. it was on this street where a tunisian extremist drove his 19 ton truck th

the e—mails feature an exchange between donald trump the e—mails feature an exchange between donald trumer an exchange between donald trump jr and the e—mails feature an exchange between donald trumer and the british publicist. early in the thread the journalist that he can broker a meeting with russian who says has damaging information about hillary clinton, information which would be useful for your father. e—mail continues... donald trump junior replied donald trumpjunior replied simply: in retrospect i probably would have done things differently. again, this is before russiamania. for me this was opposition research site wanted to hear it out. nowhere was it apparent that this is what the meeting was about. president trump has been largely silent on the issue, saying only that his son was a high—quality person and that he applauded his transparency, but the apparent eagerness of donald trump jr apparent eagerness of donald trump tho apparent eagerness of donald trump jr to accept a russian offer of help with his father's campaign has left the lawmakers of both parties deeply concerned.

that meeting at trump tower lastjune, that controversial meeting which also involved, as well as donald trumermp's son, his son—in—law, jared kushner, and also his campaign director at the time, paul manafort. the big question is — this meeting was set up by natalia veselnitskaya. was it set up on the command of vladimir putin? president trump has described america's relationship with france as ‘stronger than ever‘ — as he attended the bastille day military parade in paris. the parade marked 100 years since the americans entered the first world war — but events have also been held to remember the 86 people killed in the nice attack one year ago. our paris correspondent lucy williamson reports. france today celebrated its long us alliance with a series of increasingly forceful handshakes between their two heads of state. this event, though, was not about the ties between men, but between nations. joining the armed forces from both america and france, beginning with a fly past of visiting fighter jets. their soldiers, too, led the parade together, and america would never be divided. the france o

the emails, which led to a meeting with a russian lawyer, show donald trumer was promised official documents that would incriminate hillary clinton. governments and private foundations have pledged more than $2 billion to family planning projects to make contraception more widely available. and this video is trending on bbc.com. the video for see you again by wiz khalifa and charlie puth has had almost three billion views. the tribute to the fast and furious film actor paul walker is now even more popular than gangnam style by psy. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, it is time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm zeinab badawi. zimbabwe is gripped by a severe drought which has left a third of its 15 million people dependent on food aid. the state is running out of dollars, workers go unpaid and unemployment is very high — a dire situation that presents the opposition in the country with an opportunity in nationwide elections in 2018. my guest today is welshman ncube, who leads his own faction of the zimbabwean opposition party movement for democratic change, known as mdc—n. the mai

the latest headline: donald trumer says he's willing to testify about his links with russia during the comes as the new york times reports that he was told the russian government was behind efforts to help father's campaign. nasa's juno spacecraft is about to get humanity's best look atjupiter‘s great red spot. juno will fly over the storm, nearly 10,000 miles across, so big that three earths could fit inside it. and we have to wait till the weekend to process the signal and form the pictures on earth. mika mckinnon is a space geo—physicist for the seti institute and was atended the laucnh of juno last year. tell us about this great red spot and its significance, i know people have been studying it since 1830 but it's endlessly fascinating. have been studying it since 1830 but it's endlessly fascinatinglj have been studying it since 1830 but it's endlessly fascinating. i was there for the orbital orbit last year, the launch was a couple of yea rs year, the launch was a couple of years earlier than that. this storm is interesting, the largest longest—running storm in the solar system. i

donald trumer is also in discussions about testifying after it was revealed he met with a russian lawyernating information about hillary clinton during the campaign. white house spokesman sean spicer often struggled to convey the president's message amidst the barrage of questions about russian influence. if the president puts russian salad dressing on his salad tonight, somehow that's a russian connection. he's now saying farewell, resigning. i think it was in the best interests of our communications department, of our press organisation, to not have too many cooks in the kitchen. because he reportedly didn't want to work for this man. the slick, outspoken wall street financier anthony scaramucci will now be in charge of rebranding team trump. donald trump relishes a good fight. he's described the enquiries into his campaign's links with russia as a witch—hunt, a hoax. he's getting combat ready, just in case investigators do not agree with him. laura bicker, bbc news, washington. venezuelan soldiers on motorbikes have fired tear gas at hundreds of masked, stone—throwing protesters in ca

however, what we do know is that this would be significant, because donald trumer is the highest memberident trump's inner circle to be questioned in these congressional investigations. the top democrat at the intelligence committee, mark warner, has called all of this very disturbing, and is wondering why it has taken so long for information to come out, and it seems every day there is some new revelation. such as today, there was a new disclosure of a meeting twin president trump and russian president trump and russian president putin at a dinner at the 620, that president putin at a dinner at the g20, that was for state leaders and their spouses. now, the white house has pushed back against the notion that this was some secret meeting that this was some secret meeting that they didn't disclose. but the meeting was first reported by ian bremer, who is president of the eurasia group, who said that mr putin and mrtrump eurasia group, who said that mr putin and mr trump spoke for about an hour, and he said people familiar with this dinner said it was very animated, and it made others in

donald trumer played a key role in his father's ascent to the presidency.fearing further revelations about a meeting last year at trump tower, the president's eldest son chose to release copies of an e—mail exchange between him and the man who brokered meeting. those e—mails have released some disturbing questions. in retrospect, i probably would have done things a little differently. again, this is before the russia—mania, before it was being built up in the press. for me, this was opposition research and i wanted to hear it out. really, it went nowhere and it was apparent that wasn't what the meeting was about. the e—mails feature an exchange between donald trumer and a british publicist, rob goldstone. early in the thread, goldstone offers to broker a meeting with a russian lawyer who he says has damaging information about hillary clinton, information that would be "very useful to your father." he continues that this is obviously very high—level and sensitive information, but it's part of russia and its government's support for your father. trumer respon

our top stories: donald trumer defends his meeting with a russian lawyer last year, who was apparentlythat had something... maybe concrete evidence to all the stories i was hearing about for years, so i wanted to hear it out. he says he didn't tell his father about the meeting but democrats say it's deeply disturbing. all of the campaign denials of whether we knew this was going on, or whether the russians had any involvement, whether the russians wanted to help his campaign, obviously now have to be viewed in a completely different context. orphans of war — the desperate plight of the iraqi children trapped by the fight for mosul.

donald trumer is also in discussions about testifying after it was revealed he met with a russian lawyercriminating information about hillary clinton during the campaign. white house spokesman sean spicer often struggled to convey the president's message amid a barrage of questions about russia. if the president puts russian salad dressing on his salad tonight, somehow that is a russian connection. he is saying farewell, making way for a new face, the slick wall street financier anthony scaramucci. i figured was in the best interest of our publications department and press organisation to not have too many cooks in the kitchen. donald trump relishes a good fight. he's described the enquiries into his campaign links with russia as a witchhunt, a hoax. he is getting combat readyjust in case investigators do not agree with him. let's speak to anneke green, a columnist for the website real clear politics and formerly a speechwriter for president george w bush. good evening. good evening. what do you make of the resignation of sean spicer? i'm not surprised he resign, i'm surprised it took th

now there are calls for donald trumer to go before one of these committees and probably an internal investigationesident trump has described america's relationship with france as stronger than ever as he attended the bastille day military parade in paris. the parade marked 100 years since the americans entered the first world war, but events have also been held to remember the 86 people killed in the nice attack, one year ago. 0ur paris correspondent lucy williamson reports. france today celebrated its long us alliance with a series of increasingly forceful handshakes between their two heads of state. this event, though, was not about the ties between men — but between nations. joining the armed forces from both america and france, beginning with a fly past of visiting fighter jets. their soldiers, too, led the parade together in a tribute to their role in world war i. the us is an ally of theirs, i know sometimes you don't think so, but france was there for us and we are the for them. i didn't vote for president from but he is our president and we are proud to have him here. speaking to the crow

donald trumer is also in discussions about testifying after it was revealed he met with a russian lawyerincriminating information about hillary clinton during the campaign. white house spokesman sean spicer often struggled to convey the president's message, amidst a barrage of questions about russia. if the president puts russian salad dressing on his salad tonight, somehow that's a russian connection. he's now saying farewell, making way for a new face, the slick wall street financier anthony scaramucci. ijust think it was in the best interest of our communications department, or of our press organisation, to not have too many cooks in the kitchen. donald trump relishes a good fight. he's described the enquiries into his campaign's links with russia as a witchhunt, a hoax. he's getting combat ready, just in case investigators do not agree with him. laura bicker, bbc news, washington. and we'll be speaking to laura live from washington a little later in this programme. the london hospital treating the terminally ill baby — charlie gard says its staff are being subjected to intimidation a