we heard a bit of it in james robbins' report. rip up the trade deals, so he's formally announcing that america is going to pull out of the transpacific partnership, that it is seeking to renegotiate the north american free—trade area, the agreement with canada and mexico. you can remember the kind of build the wall slogan, well, there's going to be action probably taken on immigration quite quickly to expel illegal immigrants from the country, and there will be other measures from the country, and there will be other measures as from the country, and there will be other measures as well. another slogan we heard a lot of during the campaign was, draining the swamp. it may be that we are about to hear there will be a freeze on new federal employees, and also perhaps term limits for congressmen and women, term limits for congressmen and women, so term limits for congressmen and women, so they can'tjust carry on. change is coming to washington. donald trump will want to see that it's happening quickly. we shall be watching, jon sopel

james robbins looks back at her life and career. archive: this is a national programme from london. germany has invaded poland and has bombed many towns. but three days earlier, clare hollingworth‘s greatest scoop had already appeared in the daily telegraph. alone inside germany she'd seen the nazis massing for invasion. aged 27 and a journalist for less than a week, a woman in a man's world had beaten the lot of them. 1939, i went out to poland to become number two to hugh carleton greene of bbc fame and i got to warsaw and he said one of us has got to go to the frontier and i was on the german polish frontier when the german hordes, tanks, moved in. and clare hollingworth‘s scoops kept coming. in 1963 she uncovered kim philby‘s escape to russia as an m16 traitor. for weeks the guardian refused

james robbins looks back at her extraordinary life and career. news reel: this is a national programme from london. germany has invaded poland and has bombed many towns. but three days earlier, clare hollingworth‘s greatest scoop had already appeared in the daily telegraph. alone, inside germany, she'd seen the nazis massing for invasion. aged 27 and a journalist for less than a week, a woman in a man's world had beaten the lot of them.

james robbins has more. james: they rehearsed the inauguration in washington with a stand-in for president trump. but no one knows quite what to expect on friday's ceremony, still less what will happen in the first 100 days. the president-elect continues to amaze, now accusing germany's chancellor merkel, more than 11 with veryffice, catastrophic mistake, the open-doors approach to migrants. president-elect trump: i think it was a big mistake for germany. james: germany's chancellor did not return fire except to argue that refugees cannot be sacrificed in the fight against terrorism. chancellor merkel: i would separate us from the task of helping refugees. the majority of refugees have left syria because of pressure by assad. trump ond here is president putin. "we can make good deals with russia." one good deal would be on the nuclear arsenal, but what cost? some fear easing sanctions on russia. this echoes the famous reykjavik encounter between reagan and gorbachev 30 years ago. the summit may have failed bu

h “a fi james robbins' report. if you think of the slogans, we james robbins‘ report.you think of the slogans, we are going to rip up of the slogans, we are going to rip up the trade deals, so he‘s formally announcing that america is going to pull out of the transpacific partnership, that it is seeking to renegotiate the north american free—trade area, the agreement with canada and mexico. you can remember the kind of build the wall slogan, well, there‘s going to be action probably taken on immigration quite quickly to expel illegal immigrants from the country, and there will be other measures as well. another slogan we heard a lot of during the campaign was, draining the swamp. it may be that we are about to hear there will be a freeze on new federal employees, and also perhaps term limits for congressmen and women, so they can‘tjust carry on. change is coming to washington. donald trump will want to see that it‘s happening quickly. donald trump will want to see that it's happening quickly. we shall be watching, jon sopel in washington, thank you very much. newsnight‘

james robbins, bbc news. china has also reacted strongly to mr trump's latest pronouncements.g said china would take off the gloves and take strong action if mr trump continued to provoke beijing over taiwan. our correspondentjohn sudworth reports from beijing. not everyone in china is taking donald trump too seriously. his inauguration this week comes just ahead of the chinese new year of the rooster. and this factory is making, well, giant trump lookalike chicken balloons. the orders are flowing in, we can barely cope, the boss tells me. but increasingly mr trump is becoming a target of anger... ..rather than a figure of fun. mock—ups of taiwanese ships provide shooting practice at this chinese military museum. just across the taiwan strait. while us presidents have long avoided challenging beijing's claim to sovereignty, the so—called one china policy, mrtrump says he might. "china's military, especially our navy, is growing stronger, we don't fear us provocation", this man tells me. "we want peace, but if they cross our red line we have to take measures," this woman agrees

james robbins, bbc news. you are watching bbc news. hello.t that's not to say that we're all enjoying the same sorts of conditions. the weather watcher pictures again tell the tale. cold and frosty starts in the south of britain. converting to gloriously sunny days in many spots. and here is the variety that i was talking about. because in the flow of high—pressure we have had in the weather front, it has produced cloudy and murky conditions for many at times. initially across wales, the midlands, and at times, it has gone a little bit further north and east, such that it will be a real player in the east of the british isles on saturday. cloud in parts of devon and cornwall. keeping the frost at bay for some here. but then underneath those clear skies, i don't doubt somebody in the countryside on the borders between england and wales will be recording temperatures on the first part of saturday at —5, —6, something of that order. it will be a bright start across a good part of scotland. but as a consequence, a frosty one. as i was saying, the

james robbins, bbc news.fe melania's hometown, in slovenia. people in sevnica, a small riverside town overlooked by a castle, have been offering free tours to see her school and the house where she grew up. the shops have been selling themed gastronomic delights, including a torta melanija, a decorated white cake, and a first lady apple pie. # 0h, say can you see # by the dawn‘s early light, # what so proudly we hailed # at the twilights last gleaming? # who's broad striped and bright stars # through the perilous fight # 0'er the ramparts we watch... please, raise your right hand and repeat after me. i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. congratulations, mr president. fanfare. # 0'er the land of the free... from this day forward it is going to be only america first, america first. many of us have enjoyed quite a settled spell of weather in recent days, but that's not to say that we're all enjoying the same sorts of conditions. the weather watcher pictures again tell the tale.

james robbins, bbc news.ost inauguration ball, the third they have been to, this is called the salute to our armed forces ball, joined by mike pence and his wife, susan, as well as their families, and you can see the children coming out tojoin them and you can see the children coming out to join them now, and they were joined by members of the military, who were on hand to dance the night away. this is a ticket only affair, and it was traditionally only attended by veterans, first responders and serving members of the armed forces, but of course, this being a very special night, it was done slightly differently tonight. we willjust leave you with those pictures, donald trump and his wife, melania, at the last ball. hello. many of us have enjoyed quite a settled spell of weather over recent days, but that's not to say that we're all enjoying the same sorts of conditions. the weather watcher pictures again tell the tale. cold, frosty starts across the southern half of britain. converting to gloriously sunny day

james robbins, bbc news. trump administration has repeated its assertion that its travel ban was not aimed at muslims, and was only a pause while the government assessed america's security situation. but the political fall—out over the ban continues. overnight, mr trump sacked the acting attorney general sally yates — who was an obama appointment — after she questioned the legality of the ban. here's our north america editorjon sopel. donald trump was today's meeting leaders from the pharmaceutical industry after last night delivering a lethal injection to the country's most senior law officer, the acting attorney general. it's odd been dubbed the monday night massacre. the offence of sally yates list issued this memo to her staff at the department ofjustice. she schedules and convince the executive order was lawful and went on, consequently for as long as i'm the acting attorney general, the department ofjustice will not present arguments in defence of the executive order. this drama was unfolding is once ag

james robbins reports. it's not very good news.going to evacuate everyone back home today. today? yes, today. about half the holiday—makers in the gambia are british. most are following foreign office advice to leave, even if some are reluctant. asking us to leave is unnecessary, i think, at the moment. but i understand that we need to do it. to me, it feels stupid, because this will all be over within 24 to 48 hours. but it's not just foreigners fleeing the capital, banjul. many gambians fear possible violence, as the president tries to cling to power, defying his election defeat last month. president yahya jammeh at first conceded that he lost, 22 years after seizing power, and facing mounting accusations of torturing and murdering opponents. but then he changed his mind, and refused to step down. the man who won, adama barrow, fled to neighbouring senegal. he insists he will be sworn in as president tomorrow, and other west african states, including nigeria, are preparing their forces to intervene on his behalf. the foreign offi

james robbins bbc news.nt of the european council donald tusk has called president donald trump a "threat" to the european union. in a strongly worded letter to member states, mr tusk said america had joined russia, china and radical islam among threats to europe — and called on europeans to stick together. our europe correspondent damian grammaticas is in brussels. it was. what's interested is that donald tusk has done this just before a meeting of european leaders at the end of the this week. he chairs those sum its. he prides himself on being a tough talking, straight talking sort of chairman of those meetings. likes to lay out what he sees as the biggest issues facing the eu. he identifies threats externally, china assertive, russia, also the united states saying worrying declarations by the new american administration make our future highly unpredictable. he talks about the new administration putting into question 70 years of american policy. there is a sense of real concern. some disorientation in euro

. —— our diplomatic correspondent james robbins has this report.is nine days away from inauguration as president and america's commander—in—chief but is passed to the white house is now tangled in extraordinary controversy. what role might the kremlin under president putin have played to help mr trump to undermine hillary clinton and perhaps also to gather compromising material to use against president, once he is in power —— president trump. against president, once he is in power -- president trump. my friend annie president—elect of the united states of america, donald trump. this afternoon, donald trump was blunt. the allegations against him are totally untrue and designed to undermine him. it is all fake news. it is phoney stuff. it didn't happen and it was gotten by opponents of hours, as you know, because you reported it and so did many of the other people. it was a group of opponents that got together, sick people, and they put that together. so what could moscow's role has been? in shadowy work, both to promote donald trump and also gain a

james robbins, bbc news.evening. the deaths of 30 british tourists in the tunisia terror attack. an inquest hears lives could have been saved. and still to come: the mystery surrounding sherlock, who leaked last night's episode online before it hit our screens? coming up in sportsday on bbc news. big boots to fill, valtteri bottas is announced as nico rosberg's replacement at mercedes where he will partner lewis hamilton next season. some patients face "dangerous" delays getting specialist treatment, due to referral management centres used by some gps in england. the centres were designed to reduce nhs spending, by limiting unnecessary referrals to hospital. but the british medical association says they create barriers and take decisions away from doctors. and the bbc has found many referrals were refused due to administration errors, rather than clinical reasons. our health editor hugh pym has more. if a gp refers you for a hospital checkup or treatment, you might think it would happen automatically, but in

our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins, has the latest.—hey, oh—oh, donald trump has got to go! refugees are welcome here! days of protest across britain focused first on president trump's travel bans, then on the early state visit offered to him by theresa may. the government calls the travel bans divisive and wrong, now the home secretary has gone further, suggesting the president's actions might play into the hands of the extremists, so—called islamic state or daesh. isil and daesh will use any opportunity they can to make difficulties to create the environment that they want to radicalise people, to bring them over to their side. so, it is a propaganda opportunity for them, potentially. and the home secretary told a committee of mps that, seen from britain, the countries which are the subject of president trump's travel ban are not the main problem. the difficulties to the uk over terrorism are not caused by people largely coming from the sort of countries that the us has named, but from people becoming radicalised here. downing street

james robbins, bbc news. the author of the elite dossier has been named as christopher steel.d to be a former mi6 officer and once worked as a director of the corporate intelligence company. and once worked as a director of the corporate intelligence compa ny.l correspondent has the latest from washington. but not lose sight of the central allegation here which is donald trump, president—elect of the united states is vulnerable to blackmail by the russians. that is such an extraordinary claim, so much depends on the credibility of author of this dossier. he has now been named as christopher steele, a former mi6 agent who was in moscow in the early 19905. agent who was in moscow in the early 1990s. speaking to one intelligence source he is apparently very highly regarded among his peers as it turned and trustworthy and that reputation, i think, turned and trustworthy and that reputation, ithink, is turned and trustworthy and that reputation, i think, is one of the main reasons why what he said, the allegations that he repeated from russian security officers, were taken so serio

james robbins with one of the great trail blazers of journalism. we have always known chimpanzees are intelligent. for the first time, researchers show them making and using tools to get access to water that no other animal can. a life-saving skill. a mother and baby in ivory coast national park showing unique behavior. it is the dry season. to reach a water supply, they are making and using tools, another insight into the behavior of our closest primate cousins. 95 percent this same dna as humans. they are very intelligent. use are the kinds of things they can do, different cultures of chimpanzees have different skills. reporter: it is not new for chimpanzees to use tools. they use sticks to date for termites and begin to beehives for honey. they were impressed by how well crafted the drinking tools were. they strip long sticks and choose the ends into water absorbent brushes. breeding programs like these, scientists have to understand behaviors like these to keep the animals mentally stimulated. they have to use the stakes. we have to make them a

james robbins, bbc news. is close to this big ceremonial parade going on. even after the parade is over, the night is still young. it is. there are three official balls taking place tonight. donald trump will go to at least two of them. melania trump and donald trump are expected to take to the floor and danced to frank sinatra's my way. donald trump specifically chose that song because he believed it sums up his campaign. and frank sinatra's daughter nancy sinatra pointed out the first line that song talks about how the end is near. divided in america, a theme of the night. this is an occasion when washington celebrates an evening of glitz and glamour, black ties, magnificent gowns. and all eyes are on melania trump to see what she will be wearing tonight. we will leave it there to some of the sights and sounds from washington on the day that the billionaire businessman, property developer, and reality tv star, donald trump, became the 45th president of the united states. #0, say can you see, by the dawn's e

james robbins, bbc news. today's swearing in of donald trump makes him the 45th president.the 44th? here is john simpson to tell us. america's past 44 presidents have been a remarkably varied lot. some noble and decent, some dullards, a few crooks. but how will history regard the 45th? donald ]ohn trump clearly wants to align himself with america's best, and yet he's different from the others. unlike them he's got no background either in public service or in military service and he brings a lot of dubious baggage with him. his business practice has been questioned. it's alleged the russians helped him win the election. he spoke crudely and brutally of winning and his antics were interpreted as mocking the disabled. you've got to see this guy — oh, i don't know what i said. and in spite of all this he's still won. we've still got to see him as a one—off. he doesn't really come across particularly as a republican. he's been his own man. he's been anti—both houses, both democrat and republicans, fighting both sides, really. should the world be worried about president trump? i

james robbins, bbc news. the trump administration has repeated its assertion that its travel ban was not aimed at muslims and was only a pause while the government assessed america's security situation. but the political fall—out over the ban continues. overnight, mr trump sacked the acting attorney general sally yates who was an obama appointment after she questioned the legality of the ban. here's our north america editorjon sopel. donald trump was today meeting leaders from the pharmaceutical industry after last night delivering a lethal injection to the country's most senior law officer, the acting attorney general. it's already being dubbed the monday night massacre. the offence of sally yates was to issue this memo to her staff at the department ofjustice. she said she wasn't convinced the executive order was lawful and went on, consequently for as long as i'm the acting attorney general, the department ofjustice will not present arguments in defence of the executive order. this is what america looks li

james robbins bbc news.just begun debating the bill which gives the government the authority to start the formal process of leaving the eu. the legislation allows for the triggering of article 50. it looks set to be approved in a vote tomorrow, with labour mps being told byjeremy corbyn that they should back the bill. but some labour mps say they willjoin the snp in voting against it. our political correspondent ian watson reports. the phoney war is over. the courts have given parliament a say over whether and when britain leaves the european union. so now mps have to nail their colours to the mast — are they going to argue over what type of brexit they want, or are they going to oppose it entirely? the government's warning that for mps to vote against triggering article 50, the formal process of leaving european union, would be defying the will of the people. at the core of this bill lies a very simple question. do we trust the people or not? the democratic mandate is clear. the electorate voted for a gover

james robbins looks back at her life and career. archive: this is a national programme from london.bombed many towns. but three days earlier, clare hollingworth‘s greatest scoop had already appeared in the daily telegraph. alone inside germany she'd seen the nazis massing for invasion. aged 27 and a journalist for less than a week, a woman in a man's world had beaten the lot of them. 1939, i went out to poland to become number two to hugh carleton greene of bbc fame and i got to warsaw and he said one of us has got to go to the frontier and i was on the german polish frontier when the german hordes, tanks, moved in. and clare hollingworth‘s scoops kept coming. in 1963 she uncovered kim philby‘s escape to russia as an m16 traitor. for weeks the guardian refused to publish, fearing a libel action. but above all she was a war correspondent. across the middle east and notably in vietnam, revealing secret talks between hanoi and washington. i am passionately interested in war and if one is then one can't help be in it. happy birthday dear clare. last year in hong kong, fellowjournalists

james robbins looks back at her life and career. archive: this is a national programme from london.days earlier, clare hollingworth‘s greatest scoop had already appeared in the daily telegraph. alone inside germany she'd seen the nazis massing for invasion. aged 27 and a journalist for less than a week, a woman in a man's world had beaten the lot of them. 1939, i went out to poland to become number two to hugh carleton greene of bbc fame and i got to warsaw and he said one of us has got to go to the frontier and i was on the german polish frontier when the german hordes, tanks, moved in. and clare hollingworth‘s scoops kept coming. in 1963 she uncovered kim philby‘s escape to russia as an m16 traitor. for weeks the guardian refused to publish, fearing a libel action. but above all she was a war correspondent. across the middle east and notably in vietnam, revealing secret talks between hanoi and washington. i'm really passionately interested in war and if one is then one can't help like being in it. happy birthday dear clare. last year in hong kong, fellowjournalists celebrated clar

james robbins looks back at her extraordinary life and career.ed many towns. but three days earlier, clare hollingworth‘s greatest scoop had already appeared in the daily telegraph. alone, inside germany, she'd seen the nazis massing for invasion. aged 27 and a journalist for less than a week, a woman in a man's world had beaten the lot of them. 1939, i went out to poland to become number two to hugh carleton greene of bbc fame, and i got to warsaw and he said, "one of us has got to go to the frontier." and i was on the german—polish frontier when the german hordes, tanks, moved in. and clare hollingworth‘s scoops kept coming. in 1963, she uncovered kim philby‘s escape to russia as an m16 traitor. for weeks, the guardian refused to publish, fearing a libel action. but above all, she was a war correspondent, across the middle east and notably in vietnam, revealing secret talks between hanoi and washington. i'm really passionately interested in war and if one is passionately interested in war, one can't help like being in it. # happy birthday, dear

hollande of france said europe did not need "outside advice", as our diplomatic correspondent james robbinsrsed the inauguration in washington with a stand—in for president trump, but no one knows quite what to expect at friday's ceremony, still less what his first 100 days could bring. the president—elect continues to amaze, now accusing germany's chancellor merkel, more than 11 years in office, of a very catastrophic mistake with her open—doors approach to migrants. i think it's not good, i think it was a big mistake for germany. germany's chancellor did not return fire, except to argue that genuine refugees cannot be sacrificed in the fight against terrorism. translation: i would separate this from the task of helping refugees. the majority of refugees have left syria because of their oppression by assad. and here's the latest trump on president putin. we can make good deals with russia, he says. one good deal could involve reducing both sides' nuclear arsenals, but at what cost? some fear mr trump easing sanctions against russia. there's talk of an early summit in iceland's capital echo

our diplomatic correspondent james robbins is with me.p to washington to meet mr trump. it could be as soon as next month. that's right, substance and symbolism in this visit. attempting to get the us and uk relationship back on an even keel because the transatlantic ship was listing quite badly after nigel farage was so quick to trump tower after the election of the president elect donald trump. that sent an entirely negative signal, particularly from a downing street point of view, about where the axis of the us and uk relationship really lay. boris johnson is in new york and washington as a bit of a trailblazer. in new york, he saw members of the incoming trump administration, and that was very important. apparently they had very frank discussions, including big differences between washington and london over russia in particular. today the foreign secretary will be seeing republican leaders on the hill in congress, also very important. it's worth underlining that he cannot, for protocol reasons, see the likely next secretary of state r

our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports. nine days away from inauguration, but his path to the white house is tangled in controversy. what role might the kremlin and president putin have played to help donald trump undermine hillary clinton and to gather compromising material to gather against donald trump whilst he is in power? my friend and the president elect of the united states of america, donald trump. this afternoon, donald trump was blunt. the allegations against him are totally untrue, designed to undermine him. it is all fake news, it is phoney stuff, it did not happen and it was gotten by opponents of ours, as you know, because you reported it and so did many of the other people. it was a group of opponents that got together, sick people, and they put that crap together. so what could moscow's role have been? in shadowy work both to promote donald trump and also gain a hold over him? here he is visiting the russian capital in 2013 for the miss universe pageant, then co—owned by him. the most lurid claim is he used

our diplomatic correspondent james robbins is with me.a. one thing that stood out was what she appears to be signalling, a change in uk foreign policy. this is a hugely significant speech. arguably the biggest by a british prime minister in the united states since tony blair's in chicago in1999, states since tony blair's in chicago in 1999, when he first, openly advocated armed intervention is against dictators, and of course that was repudiated by theresa may this evening. as if to underscore the failure of current british policy, the foreign secretary boris johnson earlier on today told a committee of the house of lords that, now the policy in britain had changed, and that president assad should be permitted to run for election, as part of a democratic resolution of the syrian civil war. that's a complete reversal of british foreign policy. boris johnson himself called it, a com plete johnson himself called it, a complete flip—flop, but he said, the uk had been unable at any stage to fulfil its mantra that the syrian president should go

our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins, has the latest., oh—oh, donald trump has got to go! refugees are welcome here! days of protest across britain focused first on president trump's travel bans, then on the early state visit offered to him by theresa may. the government calls the travel bans divisive and wrong, now the home secretary has gone further, suggesting the president's actions might play into the hands of the extremists, so—called islamic state or daesh. isil and daesh will use any opportunity they can to make difficulties to create the environment that they want to radicalise people, to bring them over to their side. so it is a propaganda opportunity for them, potentially. and the home secretary told a committee of mps that, seen from britain, the countries which are the subject of president trump's travel ban, are not the main problem. the difficulties to the uk over terrorism are not caused by people largely coming from the sort of countries that the us has named, but from people becoming radicalised here. downing street mig

james robbins, bbc news.the gambia, umaru fofana, has been to banjul international airport to assess how holiday—makers on their way home are reacting to the news. thousands of european tourists are streaming out of the gambia, with special flights having been arranged for them. they are mostly from the united kingdom, which has nearly 1000 tourists in this country at present. but there are also others from france and from the netherlands. some of them have reacted negatively to having been asked to leave, but others say that it is safety first, therefore they are pleased to go back home, at the insistence of the governments and their families. all of this comes just a day after president yahya jammeh declared a state of emergency, which was endorsed by parliament, which also extended its mandates, which should have ended at midnight tonight. all of this comes amid uncertainty as to what will happen next, with a massive troop build—up by particularly senegal and nigeria. to install adam barrow as the elected

visit is months away and mps will debate the plans next month, as our diplomatic correspondent, james robbinst to go! say it loud, say it clear! refugees are welcome here! they don't like the new president or his policies. they certainly don't want him here as an honoured guest of the queen. there's never been so much public protest against a state visit before it even starts. the government is standing firm, its invitation to donald trump on behalf of the queen still stands though a former head of the foreign office says it was issued far too quickly. it's the government's role to make sure the queen isn't dragged into political controversy. i think they have to watch that dimension, given the level of public concern about this state visit invitation. a state visit is the highest accolade the country can pay to a foreign leader. normally, it's offered after a us president has been in office for several years. and to issue the invitation in the first days of president trump being in the white house, to happen in the next few months, felt to me a bit premature, frankly. president obama, much m

here's our diplomatic correspondent james robbins.is arguably a great prize, as the first foreign leader invited to sit down with president trump. but there are big risks as well. of getting too close to a man openly backing torture. when they are chopping off the heads of people because they happen to be a christian in the middle east, when isis are doing things nobody has heard of since medieval times, would i feel strongly about waterboarding ? as far as i'm concerned, we have to fight fire with fire. the president has not yet decided to return to waterboarding of terror suspects, a technique designed to simulate drowning in the hope of extracting information but if he allows it, the prime minister suggested to journalists she could withdraw some sharing of british intelligence, a significant threat. back home, the opposition had demanded clarity. i want to be very blunt that you cannot approach the problems of the world on the basis that you will bring back torture, bring back waterboarding, you will build a wall against your near

james robbins told us controversy on this scale in relation to a state visit has not been seen beforeink there has been a row on this scale about a state visit ever. it's clearly unprecedented. but then this is shaping up to be an unprecedented state visit. why do i say that? well, partly because the scale of public opposition, so long before the visit, merely on the fact of the invitation. the petition has gathered well over 1.6 million signatures. it has triggered, we now know, this debate in the commons in three weeks' time. i think it is as much the timing of the visit as anything else. those who object to it express a sense of outrage that it should be happening so soon after president trump takes office. the invitation was given to him by theresa may, i think, to seven days after his inauguration. other presidents, arguably much more popular in britain, including, for instance, president obama, have had to wait until their third year in office to be invited to come to britain and not to be invited within a matter of days. i think that's got a lot to do with the sense of public a

james robbins is at buckingham palace. this is getting messy.own a row like this over a state visit for an awfully long time? i don't think there has been a row on this scale about a state visit ever. it is clearly unprecedented. this is shaping up to be an unprecedented state visit. why do i say that? partly because of the scale of public opposition, so long before the visit, mainly on the fact of the invitation. the petition has gathered well over 1.6 million signatures. it has triggered this debate in the commons in three weeks' time. i think it is as much the timing of the visit as anything else. those that object to it express else. those that object to it ex press a else. those that object to it express a sense of outrage that it should be happening so soon after president trump takes office. the invitation was given to him by theresa may just invitation was given to him by theresa mayjust seven days after his inauguration. 0ther presidents, arguably much more popular in britain, such as president 0bama, have had to wait until their third

james robbins, bbc news.e extent of delays involving elderly people was revealed in an analysis of nhs data for the bbc‘s inside out programme. now some hospitals are adopting new ways of working to try and prevent such long waits. jemma woodman reports. it is early evening in the royal devon and exeter hospital. 92—year—old joyce taylor has been brought into the emergency department after a fall at home. coming down the stairs, and when i came right down to the bottom i didn't realise that i had hurt myself. joyce is among an increasing number of elderly patients coming into the department. we regularly have patience over 90 on an almost daily basis, 100 in our department. the majority of our patients are in their 70s or 80s. across england it is a problem. we have discovered that 56,000 patients who are over 80 spent more than 12 hours in a&e department last year. that's gone up by 280% in five yea rs. the paramedic gives us a hand over and as they do we will check your blood pressure. to stop patients wait

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jane fonda, james lee curtis, judd appa tau, christopher guest. tim robbins.d, aclu and climate change. brian: celebrities are not going to the inauguration and they need something to do. >> although these names? ainsley: liberal organizations. aclu, planned parenthood. brian: i love this theme, a brand new app to bring clinton supporters and trump supporters together? >> guess what it is called? hi from the other side. very appropriately named. willing participants get paired together. they will be given a guide so they can have a productive conversation together about politics. so do you think it will work? steve: no. >> i don't think it will work but e for effort, right? they're trying. steve: but it is on an app. you're not really talking anyway. you're yelling in caps. >> they hope that they could have in-person conversation. ainsley: at least they're trying. keep it positive. thanks a lot. >> thanks a lot. steve: go be on the radio. >> i'm going. ainsley: also trending this stop story. sickening video after special needs guy being tortured for being whit