richard galpin reports.months in into his presidency, donald trump and his administration are beset by crises. most damaging, the growing scandal of the russian interference in the election, allegedly to help donald trump into the white house. in response, big changes are now under way in the trump team. his press secretary, the latest to leave the white house. the new seniorfigures in the communication department are anthony scaramouchie and sarah huckerby—sanders. i think it was in the best interests of the communications department, to not have too many cooks in the kitchen. so i think that is a good quality. they need the team here that work so hard, so tirelessly to advance the president's agenda to have clear leadership. i thought it would be confusing having additional people at the top. this is one of the people who now poses the biggest threat to the trump administration. robert mueller, the former fbi director, overseeing the investigation into the alleged links between the russian government and t

richard galpin, bbc news.retary michael gove says the uk has to honour —— will need continued access to workers from europe. he said the cabinet was agreed on the need for an increment asian period between britain formally leaving the eu under new trading relationship coming into force. it's unclear if that would include continuing freedom of movement for eu nationals. more from our westminster political correspondent, chris mason. this week's brexit negotiations concluded with an acceptance on both side there's still a lot of work to do and the clock is ticking ever closer to the uk's exit day in march 2019. but the government wants a transitional period after that, where the uk is out, but some elements of eu membership remained. could that include unlimited immigration from the eu? the prime minister has made clear as we leave the european union we will have an implementation period which will ensure we can continue to have not just access to labour, but the economic stability and certainty which business r

richard galpin, bbc news.f the european commission called it "ridiculous". jean—claude juncker was attending a debate with the maltese prime minister, joseph muscat, to mark the end of malta's presidency of the eu. mrjuncker complained that only a low number of meps had turned up. from strasbourg, adam fleming reports. the maltese prime minister came to the european parliament to celebrate the end of his country's six—month stint helping to run the eu. but look how few meps turned up, prompting this outburst from the president of the european commission. there are only a few members in the plenary to control the commission. you are ridiculous. despite a telling off by the parliament's president, he made this pledge. i will never, i will never again attend a meeting of this kind. the mission is under the control of the parliament but the parliament has to respect even the presidencies of smaller countries, what the parliament is not doing. parliament has come to life since mrjuncker spoke this morning. but the

richard galpin reports.nald trump basked in the warm welcome from french president emmanuel macron. mr trump looking relu cta nt to emmanuel macron. mr trump looking reluctant to leave. and no wonder — returning to washington has meant facing once again the grim reality that his administration is old town bya that his administration is old town by a long list of crises. —— is bogged down. top of that list — opposition to the president'splan to abolish reforms brought in by his predecessor, which in enabled more than 20 million americans to get affordable health insurance. introducing legislation to replace obamacare introducing legislation to replace obamaca re was introducing legislation to replace obamacare was a key trump campaign pledge. the house bill ends the obamacare nightmare, and gives health care decisions back to the states and back to the american people. now, with even several politicians from his own party pledging to oppose this, there's no chance the bill will be passed. and it's the same st

richard galpin speaking earlier.ed it's withdrawing from a 50—year—old convention that allows some other countries to fish close to the uk coastline. it says the move will help britain determine its own fishing policy. but the european commission says the convention no longer exists in law. here's our business correspondent joe lynam. a fortnight after the formal brexit talks started, there's a new front in the negotiations — and it's fish. the uk is quitting a 53—year—old convention which allowed countries like france and belgium to fish right up to the british coastline. we are giving notice that we intend to quit that. it's a provision in the agreement that enables us to do that with a two—year notice period. this is important to give us the legal clarity. we're absolutely clear that when we leave the eu, we leave the common fisheries policy, and we will take control for managing fisheries resources in our own waters. that's right out to 200 nautical miles, or the halfway point, the median line. so what is the lon

richard galpin, bbc news. should be imposed soon to stop migrants crossing from italy to austria. there were reports that austria. there were reports that austria had moved armoured vehicles to the alpine brenner pass. narendra modi has become the first visit to israel by an indian prime minister. he talked of the two countries working closely together to build prosperity and cooperating in the fight against terrorism. they're expected to announce partnerships in areas such as agriculture, defence and space technology. today is 4thjuly, it is independence day in the united states and we thought we would celebrate by dropping in on a few of the old presidents. in fact we have been out to meet 43 of them, in a field in southern virginia. it's a passion of mine and i feel strongly about saving them. i guess it is myjob now to be the keeper of the statues. we have got 43 presidents here ranging from our first president, george washington, to our 43rd, george bush. we will make an 0bama the same size. they're proba

richard galpin, bbc news.ll need continued access to workers from europe as the country goes through the process of leaving the european union. mr gove said the cabinet was agreed on the need for an implementation period between britain formally leaving the eu and a new trading relationship coming into force. but it's not clear whether that would include continuing freedom of movement for eu nationals. from westminster, here's our political correspondent, chris mason. this week's brexit negotiations concluded with an acceptance on both sides there's still a lot of work to do and the clock is ticking ever closer to the uk's exit day in march 2019. but the government wants a transitional period after that, where the uk is out, but some elements of eu membership remained. could that include unlimited immigration from the eu? the prime minister has made clear as we leave the european union we will have an implementation period which will ensure we can continue to have not just access to labour, but the economic st

richard galpin, bbc news.etflix and it wants to offer more online choice for young people. it's expected it that will include more video, blogs, podcasts, quizzes, games and apps. it currently ranks alongside stonehenge and the egyptian pyramids — but the city of liverpool could lose its unesco world heritage status over concerns that planned skyscrapers will ruin its historic waterfront. the city was awarded the status in 200a in recognition of its role as a major trade centre, but if removed — liverpool would become only the second city to be deleted from the list. jayne mccubbin reports. this is a skyline which commands superlatives. you have seen our architecture down here? yes, it's spectacular. this is really beautiful. i think it's fantastic. outstanding. very impressive. we have literally been here five minutes and it's fantastic. we're just going, "wow, look at that building! look at that building!" glorious. gorgeous. gorgeous? it isn'tjust gorgeous, it's unesco endorsed gorgeousness, historically si

richard galpin, bbc news.s found that only a fraction of the money donated to the grenfell tower fire appeal has so far reached survivors, or relatives of those who died. nearly 20 million pounds has been raised, and a0 thousand boxes of goods have been donated. but only half a million pounds of that has so far been distributed to families. tom burridge reports. this is the grenfell tower fire appeal in action. a red cross sorting centre in cheshire. donations in the green bags will be sold in red cross shops. black bags are for recycling. brand—new items will go straight back to survivors of the fire, or relatives of those who died. it's about turning all of the different donations we've had into cash, which automatically will then go to the appeal. to appreciate the scale of donations, you have to fly through this london warehouse a week after the fire. it's estimated 174 tonnes of stuff was donated. so far, they've sorted half of it. and ten tonnes has gone back to the victims. no amount of money is enough

richard galpin, bbc news.t secretary michael gove has said the uk will need continued access to workers from europe as the country goes through the process of leaving the european union. mr gove said the cabinet was agreed on the need for an implementation period between britain formally leaving the eu and a new trading relationship coming into force. but it's unclear if that would include continuing freedom of movement for eu nationals. from westminster, our political correspondent chris mason reports. this week's brexit negotiations concluded with an acceptance on both side there's still a lot of work to do and the clock is ticking ever closer to the uk's exit day in march 2019. but the government wants a transitional period after that, where the uk is out, but some elements of eu membership remained. could that include unlimited immigration from the eu? the prime minister has made clear as we leave the european union we will have an implementation period which will ensure we can continue to have not just ac

richard galpin reports. panicked shouts. it's just after 1:30am in the morning, local time.day—makers who have been enjoying a night out are now running for their lives. security cameras captured the moment the powerful earthquake shook the turkish city of bodrum. anyone inside at the time getting out as quickly as possible, fearing otherwise they would be crushed. but it was the nearby greek island of kos which was hardest hit. it was closer to the epicentre. there was significant damage in the main town. police say two tourists, one from turkey and one from sweden were killed, when the roof of a popular bar collapsed. we were literally ripped from our sleep. the bed shook uncontrollably, the room shook from side to side, the noise was terrible. i actually thought that was it, i really did. it was getting really, really loud and i thought we were being attacked, but then bits of the walls started falling off and our beds were shaking. so we ran over to the door frame, to hide under it and it stopped, and we heard everyone screaming in the hotel, running down, trying to get

richard galpin reports. visit to paris last week, donald trump basked in the warm welcome from french president emmanuel macron. mr trump looking reluctant to leave. and no wonder. returning to washington has meant facing once again the grim reality that his administration is bogged down by a long list of crises. top of that list, the opposition to the president's plans to abolish health—care reforms brought in by his predecessor, which have enabled more than 20 million americans to get affordable health insurance. introducing legislation to replace obamacare with trumpcare was one of mr trump's key campaign pledges. the house bill ends the obamacare nightmare, and gives health care decisions back to the states and back to the american people. now, with some politicians from his own party pledging to oppose this, there's no chance the bill will be passed. and it's the same story with another controversial trump policy, which has sparked mass protests. the limited travel ban preventing muslims from several co

richard galpin, bbc news.not a good thing although there have been increases in earnings for lower paid people. and part of that is a result of the national living wage which has increased essentially the minimum wage for people aged 25 and over so minimum wage for people aged 25 and over so that is pushing up earnings at least the moment for will people. it is arguably the country's favourite fish and now north sea cod is officially back on the menu again. the marine stewardship council says cod stocks have finally recovered from decades of overfishing. lorna gordon has been finding out what this means for our fishermen and the fish on our plate. in peterhead harbour, the biggest whitefish port in europe, the fishermen are off—loading their latest catch. it has been a good few days at sea for these trawlermen. among the fish being off—loaded, cod — and plenty of it. look at this. we have increased the net sizes to reduce the catches ofjuvenile cod. 0ne decade ago the cod fisheries in the north sea were close

richard galpin, bbc news.rding to england's chief medical officer. professor dame sally davies is calling for a national network of genome testing. she says six out of ten cancer patients who get gene tested receive better care as a result and she wants it to become standard practice across cancer care, as well as some other areas of medicine, including rare diseases and infections. here's our medical correspondent fergus walsh. inside nearly every cell in our body is our genome, the dna instructions for life. errors in the code can trigger cancer or other diseases. cancer runs in toby knight's family. both his parents died from it and he was diagnosed with colon cancer four years ago. now he is one of 31,000 patients who have had their entire genome mapped by the nhs. i am very excited about it. for me, hopefully, if my cancer decides to come back it will benefit me. more importantly it will benefit a lot of other people, forfuture generations, for better treatments, for quicker treatments, better diagnoses.

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earlier, our correspondent richard galpin gave us this update.s a huge challenge and there has been a big spike in the past week. in two days more than 12,000 migrants were picked up. 0bviously, this is higher than what they had in the same period last year. the figures have really gone up a lot. the italians are very, very worried. there is a meeting taking place today between interior ministers of italy, france and germany. we think it will start later on this evening, in which this issue will be discussed. italy says it can't cope any more and it has to have much more support from all the other members of the european union. it feels very much isolated. it is not getting the support that it needs because financially and logistically it is very burden —— burdensome and the need help. are they looking specifically to mediterranean coastal countries, spain and greece, 01’ coastal countries, spain and greece, orfurther coastal countries, spain and greece, or further afield? it is everywhere. everyone will look to germany for money. they're looking

with me is our correspondent richard galpin. that figure illustrates the challenge?t is a huge challenge, and it is a really bad spike. in two days... more than 12,000 migrants picked up. higher than what they had in the same period last year. figures have really gone up. the italians are very worried. a meeting today between interior ministers of italy, france and germany, this issue going to be discussed. italy has said that it cannot cope any more, that it has got to get much more, that it has got to get much more support from all the members of the european union. it is feeling isolated, not getting the support that it needs. the naturally and logistically, a burden. looking specifically to mediterranean coastal countries, spain, greece? specifically to mediterranean coastal countries, spain, greece7m is just absolutely everywhere. everybody would be looking at germany, financially. another meeting this week, in estonia, going to bea meeting this week, in estonia, going to be a broader group of interior ministers. italy has said that it simply cannot cope. some e

london council has been silivri criticised for its handling of the disaster. 0ur correspondent richard galpins in the studio. what exactly are the council saying? basically, this is going to affect residents in three blocks of apartments right next to grenfell tower. those people we re next to grenfell tower. those people were badly affected, they had to evacuate their homes. but some are 110w evacuate their homes. but some are now starting to go back. as you were saying, they are finding, there is no hot water, it was essentially a centralised hot water system for the neighbourhood, and the boiler was destroyed, and that's why the council finally saying now, destroyed, and that's why the councilfinally saying now, that they will not take any payments for rent until at least january 2018. not least because a lot of people are still in temporary accommodation. as we heard earlier in the week, one woman actually found that rent had been deducted from her bank account. reports suggest at least 19 people have been killed and many injured in a suicide bomb attack in the syrian capital of damascas.

this year, more than two thousand people have died in perilous sea crossings. 0ur correspondent richard galpins rescued in the mediterranean after setting sail in a small, overcrowded boat from libya. large numbers are on the move again, heading for italy, thanks to the warm weather and calm seas. they are mainly from africa and the middle east. some fleeing conflict, others escaping poverty. more than 80,000 have arrived in ports in southern italy so far this year. a big increase compared with the same period in 2016. those trying to help them like the italian red cross say they are now struggling to cope. the red cross says it's because the european union has totally failed to implement the plan to relocate thousands of people to other eu countries. it is not working, only a few hundred have been relocated in other eu countries so far. we were expecting 30,000, a different number, you can imagine, if we had relocated 30,000, we could have 30,000 more posted here. such is the frustration of the italian government that it has even hinted at stopping boats carrying rescued migrants from enterin

the bbc‘s richard galpin reports.from libya. large numbers are on the move again, heading for italy — thanks to the warm weather and calm seas. they're mainly from africa and the middle east. some fleeing conflict, others trying to escape poverty. more than 80,000 have arrived in ports in southern italy so far this year. a big increase compared to the same period in 2016. and those trying to help them, like the italian red cross, say they're now struggling to cope because the european union has totally failed to implement its plan to relocate thousands of migrants to other eu countries. this is not working. only a few hundred are being relocated in other eu countries so far. we were expecting 30,000. it's a different number. and you can imagine if we had relocated 30,000, we could have 30,000 more beds to host the new migrants. such is the frustration of the italian government now that it's even hinted at stopping boats carrying rescued migrants from entering its ports. and the european commission has already responde

richard galpin reports. panicked shouts it is just up it isjust up1:30am it isjust up 1:30am in the morning, local time. a tide of holiday—makers who have been enjoying a night out are now running for their lives. the moment the earthquake struck the region captured by cctv cameras in shops, here in the turkish city of bodrum. people racing outside, fearing otherwise they would be crushed. but it was the nearby greek island of kos which was hardest hit by the earthquake. there was significant damage in the main town and two people are known to have been killed. we were literally ripped from our sleep. the bed shook uncontrollably, the room shook from side to side, the noise was terrible. just dived on my sun and the complete sense of fear was untrue. i actually thought that was it, i really did. it was getting really, really loud and i thought we we re really, really loud and i thought we were being attacked but then bits of the walls started falling off and my bunk beds were shaking and then it died down an

our correspondent richard galpin reports.g for italy — thanks to the warm weather and calm seas. they're mainly from africa and the middle east. some fleeing conflict, others trying to escape poverty. more than 80,000 have arrived in ports in southern italy so far this year. a big increase compared to the same period in 2016. and those trying to help them, like the italian red cross, say they're now struggling to cope because the european union has totally failed to implement its plan to relocate thousands of migrants to other eu countries. this is not working. only a few hundred are being relocated in other eu countries so far. we were expecting 30,000. it's a different number. and you can imagine if we had relocated 30,000, we could have 30,000 more beds to host the new migrants. such is the frustration of the italian government now that it's even hinted at stopping boats carrying rescued migrants from entering its ports. and the european commission has already responded. we are ready to increase our support to italy, inclu

that was richard galpin.ernment has criticised britain's decision to withdraw from the london fisheries convention, which gives boats from ireland, france, belgium, germany and the netherlands access to waters close to the uk coast. the irish agriculture minister, michael creed, described the announcement as "unwelcome and unhelpful." the government says leaving the london fisheries convention will allow the uk to take back control of access to its fishing rights. daniela relph reports. the uk fishing industry is a multi—million pound business. but the government says britain's exit from the european union is a chance to build a new domestic fishing policy. the withdrawal from the london fisheries convention will prevent vessels from france, belgium, germany, ireland and the netherlands fishing within 6—12 nautical miles of the uk's coastline. but it won't be a quick process. britain's departure from the convention will take around two years. environment secretary michael gove said triggering the withdrawal f