the use of chemical agents there in salisbury.s. so where should we be thinking? elections in ukraine or more closely at what russia is doing in the balkans. where is the focus? the challenges we have to do it all at the same time, we don't have the luxury of choosing one challenge, we have to address a more assertive russia but also terrorism and all of those threats that are seen from there so thatis threats that are seen from there so that is in the way the new situation for nato, during the cold war it was one challenge, the union but now have many threats, many challenges at same time and there is a more blurred line between peace and war. we have all this hybrid fibre attacks, tactics, which makes the whole thing much more complex and wa nt whole thing much more complex and want more difficult. the most concerning singh actually today is that russia is violating a cornerstone of the treaty that banned the whole category of intermediary —— intermediate range weapons. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports cen

nineteen million euros and treads a familiar path he's the fifteenth player to move from red bull salisbury to red bull owned leipzig youth has been a trend among bundesliga signings league leaders dortmund brought in twenty year old argentinian out of the to be as they look to stay ahead in the title race stuttgart new center back on cabot is even younger and another teenager to arrive in the bundesliga is byron's out fun so davies the canadian joins the reigning champions for ten million euros as their only major newcomer but overall it was a quiet transfer window for the bavarians who were unable to make a star signing this january. you're watching e.w. news coming up next in d w business in parts of asia it's the run up to celebrations for the start of the year of the pig so why is everyone at a popular hong kong restaurant ordered dog steaming portions of the honorable animal. to find out. you don't think the five. bursts. home is of species. a home worth saving. given those are big changes and most start with small steps because global ideas tell stories of creating these people and i

establish a new network of spies in britain after their previous unit was broken up following the salisburyhok attack. and many of the papers, including the sunday express, carry a picture of 51—year—old lee pomeroy, who was stabbed on a train between guildford and london yesterday. so lots of different stories, but several of the papers leading with pictures of lee pomeroy, this father who was stabbed to death in front of his son on a train. it is a tragic story, it was a crowded train in broad daylight, the day before his his -- broad daylight, the day before his his —— birthday, and the family have released this picture, on the front pages of a number of the papers. and his 14—year—old son witnessed it, imagine the effect on him for the rest of his life. and one wonders, if there were so many people on that train, you know, it must be terrifying. i am train, you know, it must be terrifying. iam not train, you know, it must be terrifying. i am not blaming anyone, and it was a suburban crowd of people, if only somebody or a few people, if only somebody or a few people had managed to do som

is a tweet from mark meeting.om the cabinet host: to lewis in salisbury, north carolina. c-span.good morning, good morning, america, and a happy new year. trump is a more on -- a moron. to a border wall? africa should have a border wall? nobody didn't think about, hey, we need to have a border wall to stop by people for coming in. they want free labor. the majority of white people were hiring these people. we don't need a border wall. we need to crackdown on what people who have businesses and farms and this stuff would stop. no jobs, what would they do? if they can't feed their families here in america, they will go back to where they are. the problem is why people try to arefree labor and now they finding out they have this thing going on about people coming in by 2050. kaye,we hear from woodburn, kentucky. caller: thank you for taking my call. i have a solution for the immigration. you must pay that a legitimate, accurate application to the u.s. government for a chance to come before the judge and be there excepted and get in line or leave the country. first off, if yo

a russian boardgame based on the novichok attack in salisbury has been labelled as "bad taste".k left former russian double—agent sergei skripal and daughter yulia fighting for their lives. unbelievable. back to brexit, and with all the talk of customs unions, single markets and hard and soft brexit, how much of the common jargon used by politicians and the media are the public really familiar with? a recent poll here in the uk showed that terms like no—deal brexit have a pretty broad understanding but some of the more complicated issues, like the irish backstop, just aren‘t cutting through. katty has been speaking to our political correspondent chris mason, who‘s been roped in to try and explain some of the jargon. chris, i am so glad we have got you on the programme, i am so glad christian is not here because he would want to monopolise your attention and do all the jargon himself! because i like you, i‘m not going to ask you to explain in 20 seconds what the backstop is, i‘m going for another piece ofjargon and that is no deal. you are too kind, katty! no deal. well, i have a

red bull salisbury and he's a central midfielder from there so that's the bundesliga what about around the rest of europe one of the signings go to the big ones that people have been talking about are gone. he now has signed for chelsea on loan from you ventus but actually he's been playing for a few months for ac milan and he made his debut actually for chelsea in the premier league just last night they lost to bournemouth for neilson not great for them and there's also the option that he can be. right. by chelsea so you're just seeing a bear form around madrid player as well and he's now joining at chelsea where he actually worked with their current salary and we're just seeing another of the big signings in europe i don't want to spanish player he was playing at chelsea had an absolutely dreadful season there and he's back in madrid where he's well used to crying and but he's actually playing enough around him and used to be there for their rivals at night to go madrid. still a few hours to go you expecting any major stories before the transfer window closes we're keeping our eye on

agents had a case compiling his daughter of a poisoned in march last year in the english town of salisbury london and other western capitals directly accused russia of orchestrating the incident something that moscow has strenuously denied. russia has can damned this new wave first thing sions coming from the e.u. with the country's foreign ministry saying that moscow reserves the right to respond our position remains firm it is illegal to introduce unilateral restrictive measures by bypassing the un security council brussels once again demonstrates it is disregard for the collectively developed mechanisms for international cooperation the unilateral placement of punitive illegitimate tools is fraught with increased high handedness in international relations and the erosion of international law the e.u. has introducing sions against the had of russia's military intelligence agency the g r un and his deputy and this comes as part of a new wave of think sions the regarding chemical weapons now the e.u. council has recently adopted this new regime under which the e.u. will now be able to impo

imposed sanctions on 4 russians over last year's nerve agent attack on sergei and yulia skripal in salisbury two agents from russian military intelligence, the gru — as well as its head and deputy head — were responsible for "possession, transport and use" of the nerve agent used. russia denies any part in the attack. the international monetary fund has warned of a fall in global economic growth in the coming year and increased uncertainty. analysts say tensions over trade are affecting financial markets. official figures from china suggest the economy has grown at its slowest rate in nearly 3 decades. another prominent woman has entered next year's race for the white house. kamala harris was attorney general for california before she became a democratic senator in 2016. the daughter of immigrants from jamaica and india, she has one of the most liberal voting records in the senate, at a time when the party is leaning to the left. she drew attention for her tough questioning of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. she says she's ready for a fight. for any reasons that have not been disclose

the host from salisbury kicking things off on the field the u.a.e. will take on the gulf rivals bahrain in abu dhabi later on saturday the amorality as head into the match not in their best of form they've only won one of their last four games they did however come the third at the last asian cup in two thousand and fifteen and they've been given quite a kind draw with india and thailand also making up their group. but i caved. in our last participation in the asian cup we came out of it positively we came third in australia now with this tournament in the u.a.e. we have the support of the public and the learnable i hope we can benefit from the thanked is. bahrain are looking to make the knockout rounds for the first time since two thousand and four having exit at the group stage for the last three editions they have some real momentum going into their game with the u.a.e. bahrain have won their last three matches in which they scored ten goals and conceded none but they accept their rely on their dogs in the tournament opener we have a lot of inform

at red bull salisbury he's a central midfielder and he's from mali so plenty of young players who are really jumping out. around europe one of the signings that will make a difference well two players used to play around one hundred one. for chelsea on loan from uva but i'm not trying to not to confuse it he's been playing for ac milan for a while for the past number of months and he's joining at until at least the end of the season of the option but they could actually buy him out right now the guy who really jumps out at me are just going to be going there and the images is out about more out there he goes back to spain after a pretty poor stand chelsea and he's going to let it go untreated he used to play for. public. you're watching the w. coming up next in d.w. news africa children as young as five sniffing glue hi there it's me being a street kid stuff i missed out of the us population the country's capital i think you know because koppel explodes so too does a number of boys and girls trying to escape move policy. custom made to coffins got a final sendoff for just off a grandi

imposed sanctions on four russians over last year's nerve agent attack on sergei and yulia skripal in salisburyo agents from russian military intelligence, the gru as well as its head and deputy head were responsible for possession, transport and use of the nerve agent used. russia denies any part in the attack. another prominent woman has entered next year's race for the white house. kamala harris was attorney—general for california before she became a democratic senator in 2016. the daughter of immigrants from jamaica and india, she has one of the most liberal voting records in the senate, at a time when the party is leaning to the left. she drew attention for her tough questioning of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. she says she's ready for a fight. michael ceraso helped run bernie sanders‘ presidential campaign in 2016, and established the organisation winning margin to help underfunded candidates in underserved communities. he joins us from los angeles. good to talk to you. so she is a candidate. what chance do you think of her winning the nomination, what chance of the presidency?”

nineteen million euros and treads a familiar path he's the fifteenth player to move from red bull salisburyto red bull owned leipzig youth has been a trend among bundesliga signings league leaders dortmund brought in twenty year old argentinian out of the to be as they look to stay ahead in the title race stuttgart new center back is even younger and another teenager to arrive in the bundesliga is byron's out funso davies the canadian joins the reigning champions for ten million euros as their only major newcomer but overall it was a quiet transfer window for the bavarians who were unable to make a star signing this january. you're watching the w. news live from berlin coming up next quadriga i'll be back at the top of the hour with more news see you then. more intrigue other international talk show for journalists to discuss the topic of the week for israel is tracing for further protests as its embattled president targets a young leader who many venezuelans hope will break the grip of a corrupt elite cool when the power struggle and at what price that's our topic ontogeny up to. next on d

skripal, a former military officer in russia, and his daughter yulia, were poisoned by novichok in salisburyrussian state against our country, or the russian government lost control over this catastrophically damaging nerve agent and allowed it to get into the hands of others. jeremy corbyn wasn't as quick to condemn russia, and asked for more evidence. we need to seek a robust dialogue with russia on all of the issues currently dividing our countries, domestic and international, rather than simply cutting off contact and letting the tensions and divisions get worse, and potentially even more dangerous. theresa may went on to name the russian suspects as military agents, and along with other eu countries, she expelled russian diplomats. in march, snow forced theresa may to give her third major brexit speech in london instead of newcastle. the mansion house speech set out five tests for a uk—eu trade deal, and put a little flesh on the bones of her vision for britain's future relationship with europe. we know what we want, we understand your principles, we have a shared interest in getting th

how would you like some salisbury steak ? yes... go on. and for dessert... how would you children like to suck on my chocolate salty balls ? oh, you mean like a chocolate candy ? no, i mean my balls. yes... yes ! ha ha ha haaaa ! captioned by soundwriters™ captioning sponsored by comedy central twns from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is the daily show with trevor noah. (cheers and applause). >> trevor: oh, oh! welcome to the daily show, everybody. thank you so much for tuning in. thank you for being here. i'm trevor noah. our guest tonight, our guest tonight i'm such a big fan of his. he is the writer and director of if beale street could talk, barry jenkins is here, everybody. (applause). >> trevor: you may remember him, you may remember him from last year's oscars when he yoinked "la la land's" award out of their hands for his film "moonlight," so we will find out whose oscar he will take away this time. it will be fun. but firs let's catch up on today's headlines. the government is shut down. but the mueller investigation is s

of the manchester arena or indeed the chilling news nerve agent had been used on our streets of salisburyy above all i remember the last two and half years, was a visitor regional and organised crime unit where i had to listen to a paedophile plot, via an online chat room to kidnap rape and kill a seven—year—old girl. about the same age as my daughter. if that wasn't sickening enough, i could sense the frustration of detectives who needed data from overseas and to stop the abuse being committed. because in case after case, timing is everything in these investigations. he said 99% of data needed for child abuse investigations was overseas. he turned to labour's amendment. firstly, and bearing in mind how little data we hold here, having looked back at the 20 years we have not been able to find a single case whatsoever where only the data that that bill it deals with would have led to a death penalty overseas. secondly, this is about data, not people. extradition from the uk is dealt with by separate legislation and her majesties government is already prevented from handing over so without

nineteen million euros and treads a familiar path he's the fifteenth player to move from red bull salisbury to red bull owned leipzig youth has been a trend among bundesliga signings league leaders dortmund brought in twenty year old argentinian out of the to be as they look to stay ahead in the title race stuttgart new center back is even younger and another teenager to arrive in the bundesliga is byron's out funso davies the canadian joins the reigning champions for ten million euros as their only major newcomer but overall it was a quiet transfer window for the bavarians who were unable to make a star signing this january. well a professional swimmer in egypt has been racking up an impressive collection of medals at competitions around the world despite being just a few years away from her eightieth birthday. limbering up at the age of seventy six professional swimmer knight is as committed to her sport as ever she trains five times per week at a pool in cairo. and the best with this i'm proof that age isn't an obstacle if you have the will to do it and if you have a positive outlook in

work has begun to dismantle the roof of the house in salisbury where the former russian spy sergei skripal in the roof of the building may have absorbed traces of novichok, the substance used to poison mr skripal and his daughter yulia in an apparent attack by russian agents. the scottish government has admitted acting unlawfully in its handling of allegations of sexual misconduct against former first minister alex salmond. the current first minister, nicola sturgeon, said it was deeply regrettable her government had to settle the legal challenge because of a procedural failure. a separate police inquiry into the allegations, which mr salmond denies, is still going on, as our scotland editor sarah smith reports. taking care not to look triumphant, alex salmond today believes he has inflicted an abject humiliation on the scottish government, forcing it to admit breaching its own procedures while investigating complaints of sexual misconduct against him. i'm not putting out the bunting today. yes, i'm glad to have won. i'm really, really sad to have been forced to take this action against a

that's right, if anybody thought that shockingly bad relations with rusher after the salisbury poisoning there might be scope for improvement in the new year, the way in whichjeremy improvement in the new year, the way in which jeremy hunt jumped improvement in the new year, the way in whichjeremy huntjumped straight in and accused rusher in effective using paul whelan as a pawn puts paid to any suggestion that relations might improve. it is also interesting that with the accusation, he seems to lend weight to speculation in the united states that paul whelan has been arrested simply to be traded. what do we know about paul whelan? we know that he has three nationalities, nothing unusual in that. he is an american, his british and also a citizen of the irish republic. he spent most of his life in the united states. he served in the us marine corps and he served in the us marine corps and he served and fought in iraq. but we also know from the pentagon that he was discharged for bad conduct. he has subsequently been the director of global security for a car parts applying company and he s

work has begun to dismantle the roof of the house in salisbury where the former russian spy sergei skripalroof of the building may have absorbed traces of novichok, the substance used to poison mr skripal and his daughter yulia in an apparent attack by russian agents. the scottish government has admitted acting unlawfully in its handling of allegations of sexual misconduct against former first minister alex salmond. the current first minister, nicola sturgeon, said it was deeply regrettable her government had to settle the legal challenge because of a procedural failure. a separate police inquiry into the allegations, which mr salmond denies, is still going on, as our scotland editor, sarah smith, reports. taking care not to look triumphant, alex salmond today believes he has inflicted an abject humiliation on the scottish government, forcing it to admit breaching its own procedures while investigating complaints of sexual misconduct against him. i'm not putting out the bunting today. yes, i'm glad to have won, i'm really, really sad to have been forced to take this action against a govern

one is at a community college and one is going to salisbury university. he'll have to take money out of their college funds and out of his retirement fund in order to pay basic expenses during this time period. 10% penalty for taking that money out early and even if we're able to pay back their salaries, which we have every intention of doing, they're paying penalties on taking money out of the kids' college funds and retirement funds and is donald trump going to replenish their retirement funds? going to replenish the kids' college funds? both wife and husband are federal employees for more than 15 years, we live paycheck to paycheck with our two children, writes jill larson to me, she says both my husband and i are furloughed. we have had to forego medical treatments. we're strapped for childcare expenses, mortgage, healthcare, prescriptions, groceries and other bills. these are our people. president trump is succeeded in doing what no foreign enemy of the united states has done, shut down the government. it's an absolutely scandalous situation. so, we'

establish a new network of spies in britain after their previous unit was broken up following the salisburysunday express carry a picture of 51—year—old lee pomeroy, who was stabbed on a train between guilford and london yesterday. lots of different stories across the papers. as mps are about to return to westminster, no surprise that there is a lot of politics back again. interesting on the observer, it looks as though the still relatively new work and pensions secretary amber rudd is going to put the breaks somewhat on universal credit. yes, i hope this is correct. i hope it has not been done with everybody in the leadership game at the moment, one never knows what the reasons are. will display well for her? i don't know. ithink reasons are. will display well for her? i don't know. i think the universal credit experience at the receiving end, very few people would now say it has been anything other than miserable, at times tragic. it needs to be thought about. it needs to be thought out very much more clearly tha n to be thought out very much more clearly than i think it has been thought

russia, which denies involvement in the salisbury attack, says the eu's actions will change nothing.e was criticised for his handling of the inquiry into sexual abuse allegations against the late former prime minister, edward heath. our correspondent fiona trott is in middlesborough. you will remember that mike veale was investigated for conduct during the heath case, but it was found his actions were not deliberate and there was no evidence to find he was concealing evidence. today in separate investigation mike veale is being investigated by the iopc again, meaning the police and crime commission is looking for a new co nsta ble. commission is looking for a new constable. the force is the subject of two iopc investigations, the first relating to policy race discrimination and phone tapping. the second relates to cases detailing sex abusers and their victims, found dumped on a skip in hartlepool. those investigations are continuing and meanwhile the new interim chief of cleveland police has been announced as lee freeman, a former constable in homicide. the "super blood wolf moon" wa

exist at the moment between the uniuted kingdom and russia, not least over the chemical weapons in salisbury lasts year. >> and at a time when vladimir putin said he wanted closer ties with the united states. so unusual at best. thank soez much. let's talk about this with steve morris. retired supervisy special agent with the fbi. thanks for joining us. is there any part of this story that has you thinking that mr. whelan could have been a spy? his unique interest to russia? involving larceny and receiving a bad conduct discharge. is his story curious to you? >> it's very curious. because while he seems to be having cultivating relationships with people in russia, he doesn't have the access or the background. so while his behavior is somewhat strange, i don't think he's an operative. >> the u.s. would use someone with his track record as a spy. would he possibly be doing any kind of work for a different entity? >> no. you know, i don't think so. because if it was, if he was, it would probably be canada or britain and the type of information he was allegedly barging for, even if true, was so

one is at frederick community college, one is going to salisbury university. he said he's going to have to take money out of their college funds and out of his retirement fund in order to pay basic expenses during this period. he's going to have to pay a 10% penalty for taking that money out early and even if we are able to pay back their salaries, which we have every intention of doing, they're paying penalties on taking money out of the kid'' college funds and retirement funds. is donald trump going to replenish their retirement funds? is donald trump going to replenish the kids' college funds? i heard from a couple where both the wife and husband are federal employees for more than 15 years. we live paycheck-to-paycheck --h our two children, rights children, writes jill larson to me. "both my husband and i are furloughed. we had to forego necessary medical treatments as our deductibles reset. we are strapped for child care, car payment, prescriptions , groceries and other bills." these are our people. president trump has succeeded in doing what no foreign e

the father and daughter were poisoned with the nerve agent novichok in salisbury last year. time the eu has used a new system of penalties set up to target the use of chemical weapons, which include financial sanctions and travel restrictions. police are continuing to question four men in connection with a car bomb attack in londonderry on saturday night. no—one was hurt in the explosion. officers say they believe a dissident republican group, the new ira, who want to see a unified ireland, was responsible for the blast. new figures show china's economy grew last year at its slowest rate in almost three decades, stoking fears about the impact on the global economy. it grew at 6.6%. just this month, jaguar land rover said the slowdown in china was one reason why it was shedding 11,500 jobs. donald trump has attacked democrats for rejecting his proposals to end the longest government shutdown in us history. the president had offered temporary relief for millions of migrants in return for funding for his wall along the mexican border, but critics called the plans unacceptable a

former russian spy sergei skripal which resulted in the death of an innocent woman in the city of salisbury last year. there have been tit for tat expulsions between the brits and russians in terms of agents. so there is great tension there. the brits have asked for con sti still -- con stiaccess. and if they wanted to stir things up having four different nations all claiming ownership if you like of this problem simply makes it harder for them to sort out rather than for the russians. there is speculation inevitably both here and in washington and new york that perhaps he has been arrested with a view to having him used in an exchange, a spy/spy exchange probably with maria butina who of course is the woman who is still in the united states accused of trying to infiltrate among other things the nra, but also characters like victor boot, very close connections to the russian secret police here who is in an american jail. >> it is all very intriguing, isn't it. and next hour i'll be talking with a former fbi special a little about the curious case of mr. whelan. we appreciate it, sam kiley.

recovery, a very bad year in relations in 2018, a member of course, the poisonings in and around salisburyt year. the other thing that is interesting, jeremy hunt is seeming to lend some sort of credence to the speculation in the united states, and it is only that, that paul whelan, who has been arrested, could have been deliberately targeted by the russians so they could try to exchange him eventually for a russian woman who has already pleaded guilty in the united states to acting as the agent of a foreign power. she is a pro—gun activist, and she pleaded guilty to trying to influence us conservative groups on behalf of the russian government. is that a play on like that? we do not know. the lady called maria butina. what is known about paul whelan? multi nationality, it appears, 48 yea rs multi nationality, it appears, 48 years old, born to british parents in canada, but has spent most of his life in the united states, served in the marine corps, served for the united states in iraq, based in michigan, he has some connections with the security industry as a whole but also built up a lot

that's happened after the salisbury nerve agent attack when 28 democracies came together and expelledfective decision—making. they were set up in the 20th century, but they need to be fit for the 21st. not least to make sure they operate fairly, from the united states, not only the largest and most powerful democracy, but also in nearly every case, there largest donor. so, to conclude, on the 27th of january, 1819, largest donor. so, to conclude, on the 27th ofjanuary, 1819, sir sta mford the 27th ofjanuary, 1819, sir stamford raffles, and william farquharson landed here and the bicentenary of that event falls in just over three weeks. the prime minister explained that significance in these words. had raffles not landed, singapore might not have become a unique spot in southeast asia quite different to the islands and archipelago around us or the states of the malayan peninsula. but because of raffles, singapore became a british colony, a free port and modern city. the british legacy of the rule of law, administration, independent courts and the english language have all been part of

russian behaviour where there have been the dramatic expulsions, there's been condemnation of the salisbury is that washington post article to say the president went to great lengths to hide his one—on—one interactions with president putin from his staff. enjoyed by former cia officer, becky for coming in. i think most people find it incredible to believe that the president of the united states might be working for russia. it just seems united states might be working for russia. itjust seems too out of bounds. and yet when you piece everything together, it doesn't seem to you actually barely understandable that us intelligence officials will have started to look into the possibility? it seems not only understandable, i would be surprised if they hadn't because thatis surprised if they hadn't because that is what the american taxpayers pay fbi counterintelligence officials to do. their mandate is to investigate any and every attempt on the part of a foreign intelligence service either influence or penetrate the us government at any level. so when there has been so many indications, such an o

the european union has imposed sanctions on four russians over the salisbury nerve agent attack on sergeiry intelligence agency, the gru, as well as its head and deputy head, were responsible for "possession, transport and use" of the nerve agent used on the former spy. the russian government continues to deny it was behind the attack. the "super blood wolf moon" was visible around the world last night. it happens when the earth gets between the sun and the moon, which prevents direct sunlight from reaching it, and so it appears red. it is going to be another ten years before we get the next one. here's our science editor david shukman to explain. an experience that left everyone amazed. the moon closer to earth than usual and hour by hour being transformed, from its normal brilliant white to a darker and more mysterious red. amazing. as you can see, it's a party atmosphere, but everybody is just enjoying the spectacle. this sequence of pictures shows how the shadow of the earth gradually fell across the moon. 0ur atmosphere casting a reddish light on the lunar shadow of the earth gradual

the strength of our relationship whenjapan added its voice to condemn the nerve agent attack in salisburynew technologies including exploring what the nation on future combat aircraft, missile development, that will ensure our forces remain an effective deterrent well supporting industries. working closely with japan and our partners in the region shows a more connected asia that is sta ble shows a more connected asia that is stable and british expertise will help deliver projects in the pacific region unlocking commercial opportunities for companies across the uk. 2019 is an historic yearfor japan. we look forward to working closely with you to ensure a more peaceful prosperous world and i am confident our shared optimism and close friendship will see our nations stand together to shape our shared future. translation: it is a great pleasure to be able to visit the uk on my first trip overseas as we care of the 620 first trip overseas as we care of the g20 summit. anchor for the warm hospitality granted to us. we had a meeting on the occasion of the g20 last december. we are being able to

, transport and use" of the nerve agent used in the attack on the former spy, sergei skripal, in salisburyhat's the 50 for? card fee. but this mobile drinks company in blackpool is still adding them to the price. i thought those fees had been banned, mate. no, it's all on the website, mate. but it's now stopped trading. at this chinese takeaway near exeter, paying with a card can also mean paying extra. there is an extra charge. it's now scrapped the fees. sylvia is a trading standards officer. if you have to pay more because you are paying by credit card, then you would have to pay if you are paying by cash, then it breaches the rules. there are some exceptions. corporate credit cards aren't included in the band, but it's clear some traders don't know what is. this london chain of letting agents believes it can charge a card fee on some payments, because they are exempt. it's only on rent and bits and pieces like that. but they are not. it's now suspended the charges. david cox, who represents letting agents admits there is confusion. every few months, there is a new law coming out. agent