mr trump's lawyer denies having any threat against stormy daniels, and mrtrump having any threat against mr trump himself denies the affairs. james, thank you for bringing us up—to—date with that interview. that is still being broadcast, of course we hope to bring you some clips of that interview as it as it is finished. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... the metoo campaign catches on in south korea. in a traditionally male dominated culture, a new movement of women says it's time for change. also on the programme: tributes to the man who provided free music education to thousands of children in venezuela's shantytowns. let there be no more wars or bloodshed between arabs and israelis. i'm so proud of both of you. with great regret, the committee have decided that south africa should be excluded from the 1970 competition. streaking across the sky, the white—hot wreckage from mir drew gasps from onlookers on fiji. woman: wow! this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm sharanjit leyl in london. our top stories: at least 37 people have di

are not going well, and then it falls apart and both sides come back with hardened positions, and mrtrump well, look, come back with hardened positions, and mrtrump saying, well, look, i tried diplomacy and it didn't work and i'm really angry, and now i'm going to make another impulse of decision. so i think homework is important here, planning, seriousness. so there is a real opportunity, but i am nervous. i am thrilled and i'm nervous. what do you think north korea wants? i suppose we have to assume that sanctions are really biting, don't we? this is a regime which doesn't ca re we? this is a regime which doesn't care about its own people but cares about survival, and yet it is a regime that wants to separate south korea from its ally, the united states. how will that factor? well, you have really put your finger on both possibilities here, and they are very different possibilities. pa rt are very different possibilities. part of the sanctions causing this. you know, we don't have a lot of evidence that suggest that the sanctions have really altered the regime's thinking, and certainly

when mrtrump had alongside benjamin netanyahu.d to say. this is the first time we have met in washington, america's capital after you declared, mr president, jerusalem as israel's capital. this was an historic proclamation, followed by your bold decision to move the embassy on our up and coming national independence day. why has this been such a very big deal? in its context it is good news for benjamin netanyahu because he is mired in bribery and corruption scandals at home. abysmally by mr trump to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel and saying the us will move it embassy there is popular. we expect benjamin netanyahu popular. we expect benjamin neta nyahu make a popular. we expect benjamin netanyahu make a big deal of it in his comments and he did. mr trump responded by saying he may go to israel for the opening of the embassy. but as we know, the palestinians are furious about this decision because they want east jerusalem as their capital and they feel mr jerusalem as their capital and they feeertrump jerusalem as th

but for workers in suburban pennsylvania, many of whom voted for mrtrump, the pennsylvania, many of whomed for mr trump, the tariffs cannot come soon enough. jo miller has more. for almost two centuries, the —— this has been a mainstay of america industry, producing up to half the time it —— halfi million tonnes of steel per year. i was time it —— halfi million tonnes of steel per year. i was able to build my house and provide a good lifestyle for my son and i, but right now, i am injeopardy of having to start over at 47 years old. last autumn, kimberly and do hundred 50 of her fellow employees we re hundred 50 of her fellow employees were told that with the price of steel dropping, their employer would idle the mill, and ask 100 jobs. but just a year before, many of them voted for a man who campaigned on a pf°p voted for a man who campaigned on a prop but does promise to end their industry's relentless cycle of boom and bust. after months of dithering, the trumpet administration has announced its intention to slap ta riffs of announced its intention to slap tariffs of 25% on steel impor

mrtrump wants china to reduce its trade imbalance with the united states by $1 billion. private message is on its way from north korea to the us. the undisclosed communication from kim jong—un was given to diplomatic envoys from south korea on monday. and this video is trending on bbc.com. an amazing escape from an avalanche captured on a helmet camera worn by thomas kray while he was on the alpine slopes at tignes. thomas was saved activating an avalanche airbag. it allowed him to escape being buried. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: british police say a nerve agent was used in a deliberate attempt to kill a former russian spy and his daughter. sergei and yulia skripal remain in a critical condition in hospital. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. president trump is expected to go ahead with new controversial tariffs within the next day, but could canada and mexico be exempt? and on international women's day, we ask if gender equality and pay are a distant dream or something achievable. good

recently, he gave a speech on sunday where he was asked, mrtrump, how do speech on sunday where he was you deal with a mad and? said it is not my problem. why do you think north korea has decided to come to the table now?” do you think north korea has decided to come to the table now? i am not being tongue in cheek, i believe it is donald trump. is it notjust about the fact that the sanctions have been tightened quite significantly? donald trump. not just by donald trump. he was leaving it in the un. —— leading. just by donald trump. he was leaving it in the un. -- leading. let's move on. looking at the fire scenario —— five scenarios for italy's next couple and on the front it says that the leader of the league, one of the anti— establishment parties that did really well. this can go on for weeks, it will go on for weeks, but the question is what will the outcome be? i love how it said five scenarios. not one or two, five. the old joke goes, the italians have a87 cheese. the good news for the rest of europe and brexit and although it is the eurozone's third—largest economy there won't

, the truth is, the republican party, mr trump's party, now, the truth is, the republican party, mrtrump's party, is now, the truth is, the republican party, mr trump's party, is a free trade party. it seems as if there is some unease, so trade party. it seems as if there is some unease, so there could be a possibility these measures could be walked back a little in the next few weeks. big question over whether any jobs back to the united states or whether it will cost jobs jobs back to the united states or whether it will costjobs and cost the economy even though the number ofjobs in the steel industry have fallen by many thousands over the number of years. the us is concentrating on other technologies. they talk about the revolution in technology and where the us leads in areas such as that. this will be a temporary thing for some steelworkers. but, overall it will cost jobs because even steelworkers. but, overall it will costjobs because even toyota has already signalled, costs of cars, costs of production will go up and therefore consumers will be affected and that could inevitably lea

more than a year ago, mrtrump more to be seen.wrench into ago, mr trump through a wrench into a free—trade arrangement once ranked as the world's largest and now the remaining 11 countries are going ahead without america and signing a revamped version. it's been rebranded as comprehension —— copperhead seven progress of agreement for the trans—pacific partnership or cp tpp. we sat down with the australian trade minister. we know already there is interest from other economies who would like tojoin. the more that from other economies who would like to join. the more that do, from other economies who would like tojoin. the more that do, the stronger the value of the trans—pacific partnership. stronger the value of the trans-pacific partnership. seeing this become a reality, there are some huge hurdles in each of the countries to deal with congress. ultimately that will be determined by the domestic processors each country must pursue but the consensus view, the agreement coming into effect by the end of this year 01’ into effect by t

mrtrump said that a proposed meeting with the north korean leader, kim jong—un, could lead to the greatesteal for the world. government forces in syria are reported to have advanced into rebel—held enclave of eastern ghouta, splitting it in three. the rebels have denied the claims. monitors say that more than a thousand civilians have been killed in the three weeks since the government launched its offensive. the bbc understands that traces of a nerve agent poison used to attack a former russian spy and his daughter in a british town have been found in a restaurant the pair had visited. the education secretary says he wants to resolve a recruitment crisis in england's schools by cutting the work load of teachers. damian hinds told a conference of head teachers, that the government would strip away pointless tasks so their staff can focus on what actually matters. here's elaine dunkley. this is passmores academy in essex and, like so many schools, it's struggling to recruit teachers. it's had to use innovative ways to attract staff. we even offer housing. that's one of our school houses ove

mrtrump mr trump described the development as great progress but stressed sanctions on north korea willemain and thejoint sanctions on north korea will remain and the joint military exercise between the us and south korea, to which the north koreans are strongly opposed, will go ahead. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. seven candidates are challenging vladimir putin in this month's russian presidential election, and not one of them has a hope of victory. to all intents and purposes, this is a show election to confirm the popularity and power of mr putin. but is there a danger for russia in this putinisation of politics? my guest is one of the seven hapless other candidates. boris titov, a vladimir putin appointee as government ombudsman for business. does russia need reform rather than authoritarianism 7 boris titov in moscow... hello. welcome to hardtalk. you are going to be in the election that comes ahead in just a few days from now. to the outside world, it looks at the charade, a mockery of a democratic process. is that the way it feels to you? no,

mrtrump wants china to reduce its trade imbalance with the united states by $1 billion.ssage to the us president from north korea when they visit washington later this week. the undisclosed communication was given to them by kim jong—un during rare talks between the north and south on monday. and the story in britain of what looks like a murder attempt on a former russian spy is trending on bbc.dom. british police say a nerve agent was used in a deliberate attempt to kill sergei skripal and his daughter. they were found collapsed on a bench in a public park on sunday. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news.

european commission president jean—claude juncker says the eu will react in kind if mrtrump goes aheadfor escalation is real, and that a trade war

mrtrump wants china to reduce its trade imbalance with the united states by $1 billion. undisclosed communication from kim jong—un was given to diplomatic envoys from south korea on monday. and this video is trending on bbc.com. an amazing escape from an avalanche captured on a helmet camera worn by thomas kray while he was on the alpine slopes at tignes. thomas was saved activating an avalanche airbag. it allowed him to escape being buried. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: british police say a nerve agent was used in a deliberate attempt

mrtrump between the two largest economies.long with him to a certain extent, that has not worked, and away i will do is to rattle a few cages, get eve ryo ne is to rattle a few cages, get everyone round the table in a few months and i might get a result. everyone round the table in a few months and i might get a resultm you want to rattle cages, i'm not sure this is the best way to do it. it only grinds discussions a halt in the wto and elsewhere. it adds political instability and uncertainly. it is a huge concern for businesses around the world. we have to make that system work. the us is the biggest user of the dispute system at the wto summit is not entirely true that the wto does not entirely true that the wto does not deliver services to the us. trump the businessman operating as the president — push harder and get what you can. the markets are pretty uncomfortable. it is the spin off really, isn't it was like this is not just a china— really, isn't it was like this is notjust a china— us issue. really, isn't it was like

but the move is fulfilling mrtrump's campaign promise of cracking down on unfair trade practices. he described the imbalance with china. it is the largest deficit of any country in the history of our world, it's out of control. we have a tremendous intellectual property theft situation going on which likewise is hundreds of billions of dollars and that's on a yearly basis. for more on the impact of these tariffs i spoke a brief time ago with robert daly, director of the kissinger institute at the wilson center. the markets have reacted very badly, how likely is a trade war? we are not ina how likely is a trade war? we are not in a trade war yet but this is one step, we will know in two weeks, 15 days, what kind of chinese imports the president is going to target and there is a period for comment now. during these periods the president tends to walk back on some of his more extreme proposals, he said he was going to put tariffs on all steel and some others, but 110w on all steel and some others, but now eu and mexico and canada are exempted. it is a bit more likely today, the trade

cover—up, about the lies and deceit that have been laid out for the american people by mr cohn and mrtrump cohn and mr trump by his surrogates. the is about the hiding of the knowledge of the president relating to the agreement and the negotiation agreement, as well as this $130,000 payment. he wants the american people to believe that this is all false, and he paid the money even though there was no basis to the allegation. well, if that's true, every viewer right now should call michael cohen's office in new york city, claimed they had an affair with the president, and according to michael comte, he will send you $130,000 immediately. stormy daniels also claimed she was threatened in 2011. here is the relevant clip. i was in a parking lot, going to a fitness class with my infant daughter, taking the seats facing backwards on the back—seat, diaper bag, you know, getting all the stuff out. and a guy walked up on me, and said to me, "leave trump alone. "forget the story." and then, he leaned around and looked at my daughter, and said, "a beautiful little girl. "it'd be a shame if something

european commission president jean—claude juncker says the eu will react in kind if mrtrump goes aheadwhile the world trade organisation says the potential for escalation is real, and that a trade war is in no one's interests. canada's prime minister, justin trudeau, said the whole business was unacceptable — warning of serious problems. the integrated nature of our supply chains means that there would be significant disruption, in canada obviously, but also in the united states. we buy more steel from the united states than any other country, and disruptions to this integrated... integrated market would be significant, and serious. at that is why we are pressing upon the american administration the unacceptable nature of these proposals that are going to hurt them every bit as much as they will hurt us. and we are confident we will continue to be able to defend canadian industry. our correspondent in washington, chris buckler, gave us his assessment of president trump's trade plans. the tweets keep on coming, and there are two bases for donald trump — there is the base that voted for

canada opposed the idea, justin trudeau urging mrtrump to opposed the idea, justin trudeau urging mrld trump has hit back threatening to increase tax on imported european cards, america eu's biggest car market in a tweet he said if the eu wants to further increase the already massive carriers and —— tariffs and barriers on us companies doing business there we will simply apply a tax on their ca i’s we will simply apply a tax on their cars which freely bought into the us and make it impossible for our cars and make it impossible for our cars and more to sell there. big trade imbalance. as yet there has been no retaliatory response, the white house press secretary simply saying no one should be surprised at mr trump's amendments. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in today's front pages. at 09:30 and 10:30 this morning the papers — our guestsjoining me are katy balls, political correspondent at the spectator and ben chu, economics editor at the independent. in the last hour we have heard from germany that members of germany's ce ntre—left germany that mem

well, ironically, i don't think that they would put their friend mrtrump in such a precarious positionful thinking — who knows? thank you very much. let me turn to sir tony brenton. we got the first idea for what we do, which is not to recognise the legitimacy of the russian election. we don't recognise elections but governments. we have to deal with the government that this election produces, whatever you feel about the quality of the election. we have alljumped on russia. russia, of course, says, you are jumping to conclusions, it's not fair. you've jumped to the conclusion as well. i resist the suggestion that i have jumped to the conclusion. i was cautious two days ago, but us the bag as the evidence has accumulated that this is a sophisticated nerve agent, it points more and more clearly to russian state action. they have both motivation, the victim had already been accused personally by putin of being a traitor, and they are one of the very few agencies in the world who deploy this sort of poison, actually, as a matter of routine. you were in moscow at the time of the litvinenko

but mrtrump is because my closest trading partners.riffs that the eu, china, other major players? yes, and the reason for that is the original, i suppose, instinct for imposing these tariffs has not gone away. donald trump‘s base, lots of whom were in former industrial heartlands, they really called for these tariffs and in the short term they will seize on benefit from them. we have seen an announcement by us steel, one of the last remaining big us steel companies, that it will reopen a plant in illinois and bring back 500 employees that it laid off last year. the good news will come to the places that donald trump wants to please most, that is why he will stick to these tariffs. the question is in what form, when we finally see what the tariffs look like in detail, will it be the blanket across—the—board tariffs detail, will it be the blanket across—the—boa rd tariffs or will detail, will it be the blanket across—the—board tariffs or will it be what‘s on wall street call sensible exceptions for countries that perhaps the us does not

people certainly see mrtrump has here is divided. people certainly see mr trump has a point.rade tariffs the best way to go about fixing that? what if these countries take reciprocal action? the truth is the biggest exporters of steel to the us, it's not china, commits canada, brazil, turkey, south korea. those are the biggest exporters of steel. the threat is you could be sparking off a trade war countries around the world. he said what he wants to do in another tweet is introduced reciprocal taxes. thank you so much, yogita limaye in new york. it's interesting, remember that about the amount of import in the steel. they come from canada, not china at all. we'll see you at a quarter to four. back to theresa may's speech, let's get some reaction from anna soubry, the conservative mps who voted to remain in the brexit referendum. she joins us from our westminster newsroom , joins us from our westminster newsroom, thank you forjoining us. if theresa may work to get all she set out this afternoon, how a cce pta ble set out this afternoon, how acceptable to you would it be, that

considered leaving several times in the last few months and ultimately concluded that in your tank whether mrtrumpssia‘s ambassador to london has condemned remarks made by the foreign secretary, comparing russia‘s hosting of the world cup to adolf hitler‘s 1936 olympics. alexander ya kovenko called boris johnson‘s comments totally irresponsible, and added that the british government hasn‘t provided any evidence that his country was behind the poisoning of the double agent and his daughter. the uk had a record of violating international law and misleading the international law and misleading the international community which includes invading yugoslavia, 78 days of bombing, iraq, and libya, and the false pretence and supporting the coup d‘etat in ukraine. at the end i would like to quote president ronald reagan who frequently refers to the russian proverb, trust but verify. history shows that britain‘s statements must be verified. our diplomatic correspondent jonathan marcusjoins me now. the general sense things are going into the deep freeze. the wisdom with that remark yesterday, what‘s the take

mrtrump wants china to reduce its trade imbalance with the united states by $1 billion. diplomatic envoys from south korea are expected to bring a private message to the us president from north korea when they visit washington later this week. the undisclosed communication was given to them by kim jong—un during rare talks between the north and south on monday. and the story in britain of what looks like a murder attempt on a former russian spy is trending on bbc.dom. british police say a nerve agent was used in a deliberate attempt to kill sergei skripal and his daughter. they were found collapsed on a bench in a public park on sunday. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news.

the sentimental farewell, kim jong—un sending them off not just with a wave but an invitation to mrtrumpite house claims his tough talk has worked. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. washington has been in a whirlwind, taken by surprise. shortly before the shock announcement, america's chief diplomat ruled out direct talks with pyongyang. in terms of direct talks with the united states and us negotiations, we are a long way from negotiations. this gamble offers pyongyang a propaganda coup without much diplomatic groundwork and without a guarantee of success. but president trump's predecessors have failed to halt north korea's nuclear programme, so perhaps it is worth this dramatic new gesture. two combustible leaders dealing with potentially the world's most combustible problem. diplomacy like a las vegas title fight, the international summit of the century. well, we can speak now to john everard, the british ambassador to north korea from 2006 — 2008. he was also on the un security council

mrtrump, though, defended his position. aluminum, steel they are the backbone of our nation.hey are the bedrock of our defence industrial base. our greatest presidents... and from other coutnries coming in and stealing our wealth and jobs. as i said i would do in ourcampaign. is republican congressman tom reed from new york. i spoke to him earlier. congressman, thank you forjoining us. congressman, thank you forjoining us. us. why do you support the president's plan for tariffs? president's plan for tariffs? exactly what he promised the american people. american people. change the trade agenda going forward, through disruption. forward, through disruption. of status quo policy has left many american interests behind. american interests behind. playing field, enforceable, to keep everybody on their toes. everybody on their toes. passed tax reform, unemployment is at all—time low. at all—time low. shake up the status quo on trade now? now? now is an opportunity, enough is enough. is enough. on the campaign and that is why i support what he's doing here. support what he's doing