another day of first broke british gymnasts here in romania, as the tea m gymnasts here in romania, asmpion. i've just missed out on medals in a few competitions now and ididn‘t want medals in a few competitions now and i didn‘t want that to happen again, so i didn‘t want that to happen again, so i‘ve gone back to the gym and trained so hard. itjust means a lot. ellie downie was back today and she won two more medals. first, as silver in the vault, although slightly down on her qualifying score. then moments later in the bars, that‘s routine enough for a joint third and a bronze medal. but there was bad luck for her older sister becky. the defending champion fell in her routine. she immediately signalled her day was over with what appears to be an elbow problem. signalled her day was over with what appears to be an elbow problemlj know she‘s been having a couple of problems in training and ifeel so sorry for her, because she has worked so hard. there are more chances for more medals on the final day of competition, with british interest in four of the apparatus finals. another update f

we've come to play a competitive match against romania in afair competitive match against romania innment, and certainly we don't expect verbal abusem a fair environment, and certainly we don't expect verbal abuse. it kind of snowballed quite frankly. it snowballed i think once you promote something like that, it gives courage to a lot of people to think it's ok. quite frankly itjust got out of hand. the international tennis federation is already investigating nastase for remarks just a day earlier about the world number one and mum to the serena williams. his words defended and described as a joke by the president of romania's tennis federation. the fed tie will resume on sunday without ille nastase. he's been banned from the stadium, his accreditation removed. andy beatt, bbc news. tens of thousands of people have taken part in marches across the world as part of a global day of action in support of science. many of those taking part were demonstrating against what they see as political attacks on scientific facts. 0ne of the largest gatherings was in washington, dc, from where our

there was drama in great britain‘s fed cup tie in romania.her captain anne keothavong. konta was visibly upset by the incident, and after some confusion the match was stopped with the briton 3—i down in the first set. after 25 minutes, play resumed and konta won the match 2—0. nastase was escorted from the venue. the tie is poised at 1—1. courtney tulloch has made history for great britain‘s gymnasts, winning their first international rings medal with a silver at the european championships in romania. this silver adds to an impressive championships for gb‘s men‘s team, which contains none of the competitors from the rio 0lympics. it means a lot. i have come forth, and just missing out on the medals. idid not and just missing out on the medals. i did not want that to ever happen again, so! i did not want that to ever happen again, so i have gone back to the gym, trained so hard. i want to keep improving on the rings. hopefully some younger gymnasts can follow in my footsteps and we can become a great nation on the rings. saracens are still on

we came to play a competitive match against romania inafair a competitive match against romania in a by 26 points to ten in dublin to reach their third final in four years. both their tries came in the second half, the second for chris wyles, as they ran out winners at the aviva stadium. they'll face clermont auvergne or leinster in the final in three weeks' time, that second semi—final is played this afternoon. warrington wolves began the super league with six defeats in a row, but they're now unbeaten in five matches. wolves came from behind to beat wakefield trinity by 20 points to 18. tom lineham's try completed their comeback with two minutes to go. that puts them eighth in the table. courtney tulloch has made history for great britain's gymnasts, winning their first international rings medal with a silver at the european championships in romania. this silver adds to an impressive championships for gb's men's team, which contains none of the competitors from the rio olympics. i felt a lot more confident out there. i don't really look at anyone else and fear them. he did an amazi

last year there were five allies spending 2%. ,his year romania will reach 2% ukraine also reached 2%, so we go from five to eight, which is going the right direction. we still have some work to do. did askrump: and i about all of the money that has not been paid over the years. will that money becoming about? you want to talk about that too. anita kumar, where are you? hi. reaction to the [indiscernible] can you talk about your reaction of the behavior? [indiscernible] how does that affect your relationship? donald trump: we did talk last night. i thought it was wonderful they abstained. i was not surprised china did abstain. very few people father was going to happen, so we are -- thought that was going to happen, so we are honored by the vote. that should have taken place. you cut -- counter , democraticneral elections? jens stoltenberg: the most important thing is to have a strong alliance, to stay united, and to be predictable. that means we have to invest in the collective defense. that is what we are doing, deploy more troops, increase readiness, and increase defense spending.

final yesterday and she has won another two medals today at the european gymnastics championships in romaniarst up, was the vault final, where she won silver. she was leading with a score of 14.35, but was beaten into second place by the very last competitor — coline devillard of france. after the medal ceremony, downie was straight back out on the uneven bars — her third final in two days, where she finished joint third. she isn‘t done yet — tomorrow she‘ll go for more medals in the beam and floor finals. concern though for ellie‘s older sister becky, who injured herself

during britain's tie in romania last week.by the international tennis federation for his conduct. he was also overheard making apparently racist comments about serena williams‘ unborn baby. however, speaking to the bbc‘s david 0rnstein on a very crackly phone line, nastase defended his comments. do you think if i said coffee with milk it's a racial word? do you think if i said coffee with milk it's a racialword? many do you think if i said coffee with milk it's a racial word? many people think and interpreted that... many people think but who is the one person to decide? for me it is not racial. serena williams wrote that the comment... she released a statement. then it is racialfor her, everybody gets upset and i don't understand. what did you mean then? i don't mean anything. because her husband is white and she is like this. i said a combination would be something like that, but nothing to do with racial. the first stage of the tour de yorkshire has been marred by a big crash within sight of the finish line in scarborough.

there have been ugly scenes during the fed cup match between romania and great britain.ng and the british number one johanna konta. konta was so upset that her match had to be stopped. alex gulrajani reports. the pressure was on konta from the start. she won the first set, but that wasn‘t her only battle. both konta and the gb captain complained to the umpire about the crowd and the romanian captain ilie nastase got involved, swearing at both of them and the officials, before being escorted away. they then restarted, but not for long. konta, the world number seven visibly distressed, complaining again to the umpire before leaving the court. with another romanian player pleading with the crowd. after a 25 minute suspension, konta returned and quickly slotted back into form, winning five games in a row to seal victory and bring it level. the tie continues and konta will return, unlike nastase, his accreditation removed and banned from the rest of the matches. italian cyclist michele scarponi has died after being involved in a collision with a van during a training ride. he

great britain's gymnasts are also in romania, at the european championships.d a silver and bronze to her gold yesterday and courtney tulloch made history on the rings. his silver is the first major international medal for a british competitor on the apparatus. he finished second to current olympic champion. saracens are through to rugby union's european champions cup final. they are the defending champions and the only british team left in the competition. they beat beat munster 26—10 in dublin and will face clermont auvergne or leinster in next month's final in edinburgh. and that's all your sport this evening. many thanks. that's it. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. but from me and the rest of the team, have a very good night. this is a test. this is the deadliest taliban attack on afghan security forces of the entire war. it comes 16 years after the war started. that is very significant and i think the whole nation is in shock that this could happen, notjust nation is in shock that this could happen, not just the nation is

and this is what's happening right now in romania. konta had a tough start to the match.es. you can watch this on the bbc sport website. saracens are still on course to retain their european champions cup title. they beat munster by 26 points to 10 in dublin to reach their third final in four years. both their tries came in the second half, the second for chris wyles, as they ran out winners at the aviva stadium. they'll face clermont auvergne or leinster in the final in three weeks time — that second semi—final is played this afternoon. courtney tulloch has made history for great britain's gymnasts, winning their first international rings medal with a silver at the european championships in romania. this silver adds to an impressive championships for gb's men's team, which contains none of the competitors from the rio olympics. it means a lot. i have come fourth, and just missing out on the medals. i did not want that to ever happen again, gone back to the gym, trained so hard. i want to keep improving on the rings. hopefully some younger gymnasts can follow in my footst

david mcdaid reports on what proved to be a thrilling final in romania.n the medal. she did it two days ina win the medal. she did it two days in a robust and she has made british gymnastics history in the process. it was a good start for downey through fault and bars. both those scores higher than qualifying. in the second half, there were wobbles on beam that left her second going into the last apparatus on the floor. that is one of her best pieces. despite not being up to her usual high standards after a tense wait it was enough to take the gold medal. it is fair to say the scenes that followed were emotional.m medal. it is fair to say the scenes that followed were emotional. it is probably one of the hardest competitions i have done. to come back out and do my routines, i started the fault different. the bars went well and the beam was shaky. just to go up and focus on what i did. after my second tumble pass i was like, i am not sure if it is in. i would still have been happy with second. when the school came through i was speechless.” with second. wh

there was drama in great britain's david cup tie in romania.after swearing at the umpire and being verbally abusive to konta and her captain anne keothavong. konte was visibly upset by the incident and after some confusion the match was halted with the brit 3—1 down in the first set. after 25 minutes play resumed and konte took the match two sets to love. nastase was escorted from the complex. the tie is poised a 1—1. heather watson had lost her rubber earlier on. what he said to the umpire and referee, you can ask them, it was enough for him to be warned and then disqualified. but then what he said directed at bothjohanna konta and myself, it is not something i am going to repeat here. it is not appropriate to say to any other human in that particular way. that is not what we have come here for. we came to play a competitive match against romania in a fair environment. we certainly do not expect verbal abuse. saracens are still on course to retain their european champions cup title. they beat munster by 26 points to ten in dublin to reach thei

but begu won in straight sets to take romania back into the world group.t china's xiao guodong in the second round of the world snooker championship at the crucible. he had a 6—2 lead overnight and let's go live to sheffield to see how he's getting on now... you can see he's still in a pretty co mforta ble you can see he's still in a pretty comfortable position. 8— lead at the moment. 8—1; is his lead at the moment. that's all for now, but manchester city have taken the lead against arsenal. 20 or so minutes to go in that match. that's all for now, you keep keep up to date with those stories on the bbc sport website. i'll have more for you at half past five. one selfless runner sacrificed his own race to help an exhausted fellow runner across the finishing line. live now to our correspondent dan johnson who has all the details, dan. people are still coming across that finishing line, but for these guys, it's not about getting a certain time, it's proving we can make it round the chorus and raising money for charity, there will be millions raised today. all

she was leading qualifier for this afternoon's final in romania... hungary's sofia kovacs into second place. it's also the 17 year old's first title representing great britain... she'll compete in all the individual finals over the weekend as well. more gold could be coming her way. great britain's james hall has won bronze in the mens all—around event. the 21—year—old finished behind gold medallist oleg verniaiev of ukraine, and russia's arthur dalaloyan. another briton, joe fraser, was fifth. day seven at the world snooker championship and the main attraction has been on the table this afternoon — the five—time champion ronnie o'sullivan, who was looking to extend his lead over the 2005 champion shaun murphy. they resumed this afternoon, o'sullivan with a four frame lead overnight and he has maintained that. ..murphy put together something of a comeback winning three frames in a row and was 9—6 down at one point... so the final frame of the session turned out to be vital for both players — mistakes from both men but eventually o'sullivan was able t

and romania's tennis captain ilie nastase is banned from the rest of the fed cup —— after foul—mouthedtonjohanna konta in tears. good afternoon. 0n the first weekend of campaigning for the general election, the focus has been on taxes. theresa may in the west midlands today, refused to be drawn on whether she would raise income tax, vat or national insurance. meanwhile the labour leader jeremy corbyn in manchester, has promised that the tax burden will fall on those with the broadest shoulders, if he wins onjune eighth. here's our political correspondent ben wright. get ready for the knock at your door. today the prime minister to her campaign message to dudley and wonderful to me have spoken for many. i couldn't understand why you cold another election with three yea rs cold another election with three years to go. i once the strongest possible negotiating hand in europe. this general election is notjust about brexit and the parties are writing manifestos for the pledges and promises. the issue of tax will be prominent and theresa may was asked whether she will be keeping the tories 2

to fly typhoon from my constituency to romania, to support nato allies on the border with russia. president vladimir putin is locking up political opponents, will my right honorable friend confirm as we leave the eu that the united kingdom will continue to lead nato in defending this vital border and pay tribute to armed forces, who safeguard our democracy at home and abroad. >> i am very happy to join my honorable friend in paying tribute to the men and women of our armed forces, they are the best in the world and they worked tirelessly to keep our faith and we owe them every gratitude for doing so. i also assure her our commitment, through nato as strong as ever, and meet our nato pledge on gdp, and $178 billion on the equipment plan and she has referred for the royal air force in romania. and the reconnaissance squadron and that shows a clear commitment. >> we associate ourselves with condolences of the prime minister and leader of the labor party. and after that. >> the prime minister promised before triggering article 50, and the agreement. >> last year the prime minister mad

serena williams has released a statement over racist comments made by romania's fed cup captain.omments about her arm born baby as racist. it is under investigation by the international tennis federation. if you were watching newsday yesterday, you would have seen our report from the masters. here is one of our favourite medal winners report from the masters. here is one of ourfavourite medal winners in action. this is 101—year—old and the only entrant in the sprint for people over 100. she crossed the line one minute and 40 seconds after she started and that is a mere 60 seconds slower than usain bolt. i tell you what, she did much better than mean. —— me. she has promised to keep on running and her next race is in auckland with the shotput and jutland. incredible. they have been huge celebrations at nasa after a new celebration was set. —— record. the most time spent ina set. —— record. the most time spent in a space was previously 534 days. this woman is currently on the international space station and had congratulate sharing vocal from donald trump. how is it feel to have br

this year romania will reach 2%, next year, latvia and lithuania will also reach 2%. that is moving in the right direction. we still have some work to do. donald trump: and i did ask about all of the money that has not been paid over the years. will that money becoming about? we will be talking about that. you want to talk about that too. anita kumar, where are you? hi. >> what is your reaction to the [indiscernible] can you talk about your reaction of the behavior? were you aware that that was going to happen? how does that affect your relationship? donald trump: we did talk last night. i thought it was wonderful they abstained. very few people expected that. i was not surprised china did abstain. very few people thought that was going to happen, so we are honored by the vote. that should have taken place. >> how do you counter russia in general, democratic elections? how do you counter moscow's power? jens stoltenberg: the most important thing is to have a strong alliance, to stay united, and to be predictable. that means we have to invest in the collective defense.

romania's tennis captain ilie nastase is banned from the fed cup after apparent verbal abuse reduced'sjohanna konta to tears. and in half an hour, pop up lebanon heads the dangerous bekar valley, a border region with syria, to meet a drugs kingpin. good evening and welcome to bbc news. on the first weekend of campaigning for the general election, the focus has been on taxes. theresa may, campaigning in the west midlands today, refused to be drawn on whether she would raise income tax, vat or national insurance. meanwhile, the labour leader jeremy corbyn, in manchester, has promised that the tax burden will fall on those with the broadest shoulders, if he wins onjune 8th. here's our political correspondent ben wright. get ready for the knock at your door. today, the prime minister took her campaign message to dudley and one voter may have spoken for many. i couldn't understand why you called an election with three years to go. i think we need a stronger negotiating hand in europe. but this general election is notjust about brexit and all the parties are rapidly writing manifesto is fu

ellie downie won four of their six medals in romania.tition, finishing with a silver on the floor. and also in romania, great britain lost their fed cup tie. johanna konta was defeated in the decisive rubber. that's it. now it's time for all the news where you are. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. more coverage now on the first round of the presidential elections in france. speaking at a rally after the preliminary results we re rally after the preliminary results were announced, the centrist en marche party leader emmanuel macron said a new page had been turned in the history of the country and the party had changed the political face of france. translation: my fellow citizens, today, sunday, 23rd of april, the people of france expressed its views and its voice. while our country is living through a very unexpected part of its history, characterised by terrorism, social difficulties, technological problems, they gave the most beautiful answer by voting on a massive scale. the french people decided to put me ahead of the first roun

last year there were five allies spending 2%, this year romania has declared they reached 2%, next yearhich is going in the right direction. still, we have some work to do.|j in the right direction. still, we have some work to do. i did ask about all the money that hasn't been paid over the years, will it be coming back? we'll be talking about that. we want to talk about that, too. anita, where are you? hi. inaudible were you aware that was going to happen? how does that affect the relationship? we did talk last night, i think it's wonderful they abstained, as you know, very few people expected that. no, i was not surprised china did i abstain. very, very few people thought that was going to happen, so we honoured by the vote, that's the vote that should have taken place. secretary general you talked about moscow and russia, how do you count of oppression in general... democratic elections... inaudible the most important thing is to have an alliance, stay united and be firm and predictable in our approach with russia, it means we have to invest in our collective defence, exactly what we

that puts romania 2—1 up in the tie, with heather watson on court shortly.for great britain men's 4x100m relay team. they've been disqualified in the final at the world relays. they were on course for a medal going into the fourth and final changeover, but were disqualified for not passing the baton in the required zone. the usa went on to win, justin gatlin powering over the line for the gold medal, ahead of barbados and china. a british debutant took off too soon and danny talbot couldn't get the baton to him, in time. it's hard to tell what happened, but i'm just disappointed. it's about the bigger picture, and i'm still confident we can get the job done. it's unfortunate we had to learn the lesson here. it's the scottish cup old firm semi—final at hampden park at noon today. celtic are still on for the domestic treble, having already wrapped up the league title and the scottish league cup. but their glasgow rivals rangers stand in their way today, with aberdeen waiting for the winner in the final. the fa cup continues today, arsenal take on manchester ci

will be given by cantor tom king, followed by a survivor of the holocaust from romania. [singing] >> our coverage continues live online at www.c-span.org. we have to leave it here to join the u.s. house representatives, about to gavel in for general speeches come and members will take up legislative work at 2:00 each in time. there are eight bills on the calendar of the house today, including a measure on famine in recorded votesd will take place at 6:30. you can watch the senate live on c-span2. u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., april 25, 2017. i hereby appoint the honorable luke messer to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alter

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konta and her captain anne keothavong in their tie in romania last week.national tennis federation for his conduct. he was also overheard making apparently racist comments about serena williams‘ unborn baby. ? ilie nastase has defended his comments. do you think if i say coffee with milk it is a racial word? was that many people think and interpreted that... many people think about, but who is the one person who has decided... for me it is not racial. serena williams wrote that the comet was done as she released a statement. it may be racialfor released a statement. it may be racial for other people. anybody else get upset, i don't understand. what did you mean then?” else get upset, i don't understand. what did you mean then? i don't mean anything. if it is nothing to be racial, it is not the word that is racial. mark selby staged an early comeback in his world snooker championship semifinal with ding junhui. the defending champion came into today trailing 5—3 but took the first four frames of the second session to build a 7—5 lead in what's a repeat of l

david weir has won a record seventh london marathon. live pictures now from romania.bc sport website. david weir has won a record seventh london marathon. the six time paralympic champion won his first way back in 2002 and has competed in the event every year since. it came down to a sprint finish between weir and his great rival marcel hug of switzerland but weir was able to come out on top. he moves ahead in the record books above dame tanni grey—thompson who won six london marathon titles. to athletics, where there were familiar scenes lets see how the elite competitors are getting on. we may have a world record coming up the women ‘s race. the kenyan competitor is leading the competition. she is over a minute ahead of her nearest rival. it would be quite something if she was able to find a world record in this london marathon. we will say with athletics. to athletics, where there were familiar scenes for great britain men's ax100m relay team. they've been disqualified in the final at the world relays. they were on course for a medal going into the fourth and final

were the most obvious early on and it is more interesting country to write about then hungry, or romania, or one of the other. >> from your book, putin benefited from the popular desire from the consolidation of order after the turbulence of transformation. >> guest: yes, the earlier years of transformation which chaotic. although yeltsin committed in some respects to democratic a transition, was not very effective in getting the economy moving, he was not very effective in dealing with rejection, rebellion, was not very effective in getting along with the parties that were ascended in the duma. yeltsin came along and restored a measure of order. but my have come along anyway. i'm not sure this is something putin did. the economy was trending better before putin came to office. but he gets credit for the economy. in the same way that trump is already claiming credit for an economy that's been improving for several years. there is no doubt that putin has restored a measure of stability at home, there's far less political infighting than there was, but i think we give him much too much cre

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celebrities in montenegro but they may have to move to greece 01’ but they may have to move to greece or romaniae weather over the next few days? the prospects are looking pretty good over the next few days. we have this big area of high pressure moving in, it will push the week whether funds away and this area of high pressure will settle things down nicely. still breezy for some but looking drive. there was a lot of cloud across the south—eastern corner and a bit of rain to go with that. here is the satellite sequence which shows the cloud across the south—east. it was a lovely day in parts of england and wales, but there are showers in scotla nd wales, but there are showers in scotland and strong winds. a bit more cloud drifting further south. keeping temperatures to around seven 01’ keeping temperatures to around seven or8 keeping temperatures to around seven or 8 degrees but in the south—west in particular with light winds and clear skies, we will head towards the bottom end of single figures. not so in scotland, still quite windy through the morning with further showers for the west of the

the f-35s are set to deploy to romania, another nato member.nia and romania are wary of russian aggression, following the annexation of crimea. >>> let's get a check on money stream. all three averages jumping 1%. because of the french election's first round. and more talk of tax reform. dow futures are higher. same thing for the s&p 500. stock markets are up, paris turning down a bit this morning. nasdaq is nearing a milestone, 6,000. that's a quarter of a percent. also sitting at a record high. the nasdaq hit 5,000 back in 2000. it took 15 years to make it back to that level. and just more than two years to go from 5,000 to 6,000. really interesting momentum there for tech stocks. check out the big names hitting all-time highs. google, facebook, microsoft, mcdonald's, mastercard. these are wildly held stocks. 195 other u.s. stocks hit all-time highs. the stock market is a gauge of corporate profits. and investor confidence is high across many industries. but the banking industry was king on monday. look at these gains. morgan stanley, up 4.2%

britain‘s fed cup team face romania in a crunch world group play—off game.ther through this week. you always hope for a home tie, but the fact it is a sold out arena makes it more exciting and puts us on stage and all of us like playing on the big stages. you can follow all the action this morning on the bbc sport website. heather watson against simona halep underway at 10. the former men‘s world number one, ilie nastase, is the romania fed cup captain and he‘s under investigation by the international tennis federation for allegedly making a derogatory comment about serena williams‘ pregnancy. the itf says it does not tolerate discriminatory and offensive language of any kind. my goodness what a feast of sport, gymnastic, football, rugby, so much going on. snooker. yes that starts soon. no mike bushell today he is up a mountain alongside some brave competitors. the thought of skiing down a mountain at 80 miles an hour might fill most of us with fear but how about trying it without being able to see? 18—year—old millie knight lost virtually all of her sight a

but begu won in straight sets to take romania back into the world group. 6—1, 6—3 victory over fellow spaniard albert ramos—vinolas. it's the first trophy nadal has won in almost a year and he becomes the first man in the open era to win the same event ten times. he has now won 50 titles on clay and will look to add to that next month with another french open title. two games today in rugby league's super league and leaders castleford tigers have been beaten. they lost 26—2a at hull. wigan warriors beat catalan dragons a2—22. england's florentyna parker won a play—off to take the mediterranean ladies open golf title in barcelona. parker birdied the 18th hole to close on a final round five—under 66 and tie with anna nordqvist and carlota ciganda on 15—under par. parker birdied the fourth play—off hole to win her third ladies european tour title. england's melissa reid started the day with a four shot lead, but finished tied fifth. england's tommy fleetwood carded a final round of 9—under par at the shen—jen international to earn a play off against austria's

and ellie downie has won two more medals at the european gymnastics championships in romania — to addronze on the uneven bars. i‘ll be back with more on those stories. clashes have broken out in the german city of cologne as tens of thousands of demonstrators picket a hall where the anti—immigration afd party is holding a conference. a huge police operation is being mounted, with up to 50 , 000 protesters expected in cologne. two officers have already been injured. our correspondent jenny hill is there. what you can see behind me is cologne‘s response to germany‘s most controversial political party. police are expecting up to 50,000 people to demonstrate at various parts of the city over the course of the day. this is one of the protests. as you can see, this is pretty peaceful, if rather musical. one chap has come along with his own grand piano. but as you say, there have been a number of skirmishes this morning and during one of those, a police officer was injured, although i am told not seriously. we are also told that one afd delegate had an iron bar thrown at them as they tried t

great serena williams has released a statement over recent comments about her unborn child made by romania'sed cup captain illee nastasee. she's described his comments as racist and has backed a full investigation. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc world news. our top ourtop uk our top uk stories: —— story. jeremy corbyn has been campaigning in scotland. he said a labour government would repeal the conservatives trade union legislation. now on bbc news, all the latest business news, live from singapore. china stocks taking a nosedive as regulators crackdown and investors lose confidence. and will south korea's giant family —— family run companies change the elections? —— ahead of the. it is a tuesday. good morning asia, hello world. glad you could join us for asia business report. i rico hizon. we start off with chinese investors and they are closely watching their portfolios today after the worst day of trading this year. as you can see right here on our graphic board, stocks on the shanghai stock market have been on a downward spiral over the past two weeks. so what is causing the

a 31-year-old woman from romania was taken off life support today. she fell from the westminster bridge into the river thames when a driver drove into pedestrians that day. the driver was shot and killed by police. officials say he was under influence of islamic terrorism. >> a man stole guns from a gun store and threatened an attack to president donald trump. those that know him say he is antigovernment and recently discussed a plot mentioning schools. there is a $10,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. >> several brush fires in miami dade county. one fire has burned 4600-acres. officials are cautioning people to stay indoors away from heavy smoke. another fire in the tourist district of orlando. it is now 55% contained. distracted driving violations continue to rise in the state of pennsylvania. men are the worst offenders. that's according to information released by the pennsylvania courts. sigh takesecitations increased e last two years. that includes sending texting or using he mail or wearing headphones. new figures out "tonight sh

david mcdaid reports on what proved to be a thrilling final in romania.ld after she topped qualifying but it's another thing to have the consistency to do all that two days in a row but that's exactly what the 17—year—old has done here and she's made british gymnastics history in the process in ellie downie. it was a good start through volt and bars, both those scores higher than qualifying, but in the second half there were wobbles on the beam that met her second going into the last apparatus on the floor. that's one of her best pieces, though, and despite not being up to her usual high standards, after a tense wait it was enough to take the gold and it's fairto enough to take the gold and it's fair to say the scenes that followed we re fair to say the scenes that followed were emotional. that was probably one of the hardest competitions i've done, i was quite tired from yesterday so to come back out and do my routines and started the volt a bit different this time, that went well and the bars went well, the beam was shaky, i tried not to watch anyone's

johanna konta will lead great britain's fed cup team for next week's world group ii qualifier against romaniaoined by heather watson, laura robson, jocelyn rae and katie swan. and the city of liverpool want to host the 2026 commonwealth games, as well as the 2022 event, after the south african city of durban pulled out. former fa chief executive brian barwick will chair the bids. i'll be back with more on those stories just after half past. president trump's spokesman, sean spicer, has apologised for saying that adolf hitler didn't use chemical weapons. mr spicer made the remark in a white house press briefing, as he answered questions about the war in syria. journalists reminded him that nazis used gas to kill millions ofjews and others. our washington correspondent david willis has more. asked about the syrian government's use of chemical weapons, the president's press spokesman made this surprising assertion. we didn't use chemical weapons in world war two. you know, you had a... you know, someone as despicable as hitler who didn't even sink to the... ..to using chemical weapons. asked to

japan, romania, north vietnam or iraq?ell you the correct answer. >>> this week's book of the week is very short but very profound. "on tyranny" by timothy snyder. he's spent his life studying the dictatorships of the country. he looks around the world seeing warning signs that remind him of the 1920s and '30s when this caused the collapse of western democracies. he provides 20 lessons from the 20th century to prevent history from repeating itself. >>> now for the last look. president trump rolled out a new executive order this week to roll back obama era rules that come bad pollution and climate change. this comes after a previous order that could strip regulations protecting smaller rivers and streams. at the same time i read about two other nations that are actively trying to protect their own waterways but in unusual ways. let me explain. the river in the north island of new zealand was unusually granted an unusual status, that of a human being. that's right, the government declared the river, one of the indigenous riv

great britain's james hall has won all—around bronze at the european gymnastics championships in romaniaverniaiev of ukraine, and russia's arthur dalaloyan. another briton, joe fraser, was fifth. ellie downie and alice kinsella competes in the women's all—around finals in around an hours time. heather watson will play the world number 5 simona halep tomorrow, in the opening match of great britain's fed cup world group play—off in romania. victory in the tie would lift britain into the world group for the first time since 1993. johanna konta will then face irina—camelia begu in the second singles. there'll be commentary of watson's match on radio 5 live sports extra and both games will be shown on the bbc sport website at 8am. and ronnie 0'sullivan's match with shaun murphy is about to resume at the world snooker championships. two former champions of course, 0'sullivans leads 6—2, you can watch the action over on bbc two. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. to give you some breaking news coming in on the reuters news agency, it is reported at least 17 schoolchi

this year romania has declared they he reach 2%. next year latvia a lithuania there reach 2%. we go from five to eight, which is going to right direction. we still have some work to do. >> i did ask about all the money that hasn't been paid over the years, will that money be coming back. we'll talk about that. we want to talk about that, too. anita, where are you? hi. >> [question inaudible] >> we did talk last night. i think it's wonderful that they abstained. very few people expected that. no, i was not surprised that china did abstain. very, very few people thought that that was going to happen. so we're honored by the vote. that's the vote that should have taken place. >> [question inaudible] >> the most important thing is to have a strong alliance, to stay united and be firm and predictable in our approach to russia. we have invested in our collected defense. that's what we're doing. deploy more troops in the eastern part of the alliance, increase readiness of forces and increase spending. i welcome the strong message from president trump on the importance of increased de

great britain have lost their fed cup play—off against romania afterjohanna konta and heather watsonn saturday for swearing at a number of people including konta. simona halep beat the british number one in straight sets, while watson lost her rubber to irina—camelia begu. the 3—1 defeat means britain now move back to the europe—africa zone. now we've heard about the sportsmanship of swansea harriers runner matthew rees at the london marathon, he helped fellow competitor david wyeth over the line. but he wasn't the only member of the swansea club to shine yesterday. josh griffiths was running his first marathon. not only did he finish, he was the first briton across the line with a time of two hours 14 minutes 49 seconds, beating many of the elite field. he completed the course in a qualifying time for the world championships so quite a day for the club runnerfrom south wales! have a look about. coming from absolutely nowhere! did not even look too bad at the end over there. and he is going to the world championships if he wants to of course. he will be alongside some of the best run

this year romania has declared that they will reach 2% and next year latviaa lithuanian will reach 2%. we go from five to eight which is going in the right direction, but still we have some work to do. >> and i did ask about all the money that hasn't been paid over the years also, that money be coming back? we'll be talking about that. we want to talk about that, too. anita kumar, where are you. hi. mcclatchy, hi. >> [inaudible question ]. how does that affect your relationship? >> we did talk last night. i think it's wonderful that they abstained. as you know, very few people expected that, and, no, i was not surprised that china did abstain. very, very few people thought that that was going to happen, so we're honored by the vote. that's the vote that should have taken place. >> mr. secretary-general, you talked a little bit about moscow. [ inaudible question ] >> the most important thing is to have a strong alliance, to stay united and be firm and predictable in our approach to russia and that means that we have to invest in our collective defense. deploy more troops and increase t

you didn't in the that nato was moving nuclear weapons to row main -- romania, did you? well, they're not. and that was a concocted story originating in russia. i heard third wherever i went. tell me about these romanian nuclear weapons. that's fake news, story by a "new york times" reporter, is not fake news. what are we going to do about this? i don't know. i keep ending these on the most -- people say, where do we go from here? and i say, disaster, probably. don't know. people will come back to relying on experting when they have no choice. take the anti-vaccine movement. that is a movement that is almost entirely an affect of affluence and good health. arguing whether vaccine are dangerous is something people do when nobody is sick. a pan pandemic will bring an teo that fast. a real economic problem could bring panel back to saying maybe we ought to talk to somebody who knows something about economics. a war, maybe we ought to talk to diplomats or people who speak the languages of other countries. i don't want us to get to that and wheat -- that's why i wrote the boo

>> kozinski: i was born in romania. i know what it's like to live in a system where you can't speak, you have to whisper. where the state is so pervasive and so intrusive. >> stahl: kozinski was the only child of holocaust survivors, who raised him a committed communist, which he remained, even when his parents decided to defect when he was 11. >> kozinski: as we were leaving romania, we're on the train, i still remember having these thoughts and plans about how i was going to start a workers' revolution in the west. and then we got to vienna, and i discovered chocolate, and bubble gum, and bananas! and, my god, i became an instant capitalist! >> stahl: by the time he and his parents moved to los angeles when he was 17, he was all- american, with a streak of flamboyance-- as when he made his tv debut on the "dating game," up against squiggy of "laverne and shirley." >> announcer: and we'll try it with bachelor #1 first. will you please say "good afternoon" to rita. >> squiggy: good afternoon, rita. >> announcer: thank y

we have a difficult time coming up against romania, away on clay which is the least comfortable surfaceg part of the fed cup team, she is a great team player and we have a great team spirit, we are looking forward to this tie against romania where hopefully we can get a place in the world group. we have a great team, but we are the massive underdogs against the romanians who have top players on their side. underdogs against the romanians who have top players on their sidem is lovely to talk to you. i am sure we will be watching and listening tonight. i loved the little line in their howjohanna can be high maintenance and tricky at timess. aren't all the best people? a reminder, you can follow the commentary on bbc sport website from six o'clock. it is 7aa exactly. you are watching breakfast from bbc news. our main story this morning... you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: britain has said it will protect gibraltar from any sovereignty claims made by spain during brexit negotiations. a pay rise for two million people, as the national living wage rises t