the shadow foreign secretary, emily thornberry, suggested the outcome of a defence review — promised ifesto — could result in support for trident being dropped. but labour's shadow defence secretary, nia griffith, told the bbc‘s newsnight programme that her colleague was wrong. meanwhile, the chief secretary to the treasury, david gauke, has insisted the conservatives are right not to set a timetable for achieving their ambition of reducing annual net migration to the tens of thousands. the commitment was announced by the party in their manifesto on thursday. mr gauke says it's an aim and has no timetable. earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent. since 2007 when tony blair was correspondent. since 2007 when tony blairwas in correspondent. since 2007 when tony blair was in charge they agreed that trident would be renewed. that has been a commitment every year. in fa ct, been a commitment every year. in fact, last year they agreed it. earlier this week they agreed it. so you would imagine it would be a simple question to the shadow foreign secretary who could be the foreign secr

the shadow foreign secretary, emily thornberry, suggested the outcome of a defence review — promised ty's manifesto — could result in support for trident being dropped. but labour's shadow defence secretary, nia griffith, told the bbc‘s newsnight programme that her colleague was wrong. meanwhile, the chief secretary to the treasury, david gauke, has insisted the conservatives are right not to set a timetable for achieving their ambition of reducing annual net migration to the tens of thousands. the commitment was announced by the party in their manifesto on thursday. mr gauke says it's an aim and has no timetable. with me now is our political correspondent, mark lobel. let's deal with this falling out among labour's top team over trident. i thought that issue was settled. indeed the first bout of friendly fire, on both sides of the political spectrum this morning, that we will discuss. you thought that we will discuss. you thought that because since 2007, when tony blair was that because since 2007, when tony blairwas in that because since 2007, when tony blair was in charge of the la

it comes after shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry suggested the party could abandon its support nuclear deterrent after a review. but shadow defence secretary nia griffith said ms thornberry was wrong and that labour's position on trident was settled. speaking in birmingham, mr corbyn said the party's manifesto was decisive on the issue. the manifesto makes it clear that the labour party has made a decision, it is committed to trident and we are going to look at the real security needs of the country on other issues such as cyber security which the attack on the nhs proved, there must be a serious re—examination of our defences against those attacks. just to be clear, because there was a different view from emily thornberry saying that it was a review and things could change. i've made it clear, i've included it in the manifesto, a commitment given by the party and by me that we will also pursue multilateral disarmament through the nuclear non—proliferation treaty and that is the position that has been held for a long time. you are committed to renewing trident? it is clear what

emily thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary, suggested that if labour were to become elected then nce when you which would involve looking at trident which brought criticism from the shadow defence secretary who said no, this has been decided and it is myjob to be the shadow defence secretary, not yours. all this is overshadowing the message that labour wants to get out at the moment and whyjeremy corbyn has beenin moment and whyjeremy corbyn has been in birmingham for this election rally, they are trying to double down on their conservative election ma nifesto down on their conservative election manifesto criticism, especially the proposals relating to pensioners. meanwhile, the chief secretary to the treasury, david gauke, has insisted the conservatives are right not to set a timetable for achieving their ambition of reducing annual net migration to the tens of thousands. the commitment was announced by the party in their manifesto on thursday. mr gauke says it's an "aim" — and has no timetable. the liberal democrats have launched their new poster — taking a swipe at the prime mi

it comes after shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry suggested the party could abandon its support review. but shadow defence secretary nia griffith said ms thornberry was wrong and that labour's position on trident was settled. speaking in birmingham, mr corbyn said the party's manifesto was decisive on the issue. the manifesto makes it clear — that our decision is committed to trident. we will look at the real security needs of this country in other areas such as cyber security, which i think the attack last week on the nhs proved that there needs to be serious re—examination of our defences of those sort of attacks. to be clear because there was a different view from emily thornbury that perhaps the review could... it was a review so things could change. i have just made it clear. in our manifesto is a commitment given by the party and me that we will also pursue multilateral disarmament through the nuclear non—proliferation treaty and that is a position that has been held for a long time by the party. committed to renewing the full summary? it is clear what is said in the manif

emily thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary. emily thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary.s with councils and housing associations to build thousands of new homes for rent — if they win the general election. theresa may says she wants to fix a broken market. it's not clear how much money the tories would invest or exactly how many new properties would be built. labour has dismissed the announcement as spin. here's our political correspondent, iain watson. it is my great pleasure to hand that over to you. mrs thatcher became famous for selling off council houses. but this conservative prime minister is now pledging to help local authorities build more of them. if re—elected, theresa may would give councils new powers to purchase derelict land and buildings at below market value. housing associations as well as local authorities could then use these to build more homes for rent. some homes would be sold off after ten to 15 years. tenants would have first option to buy and then proceeds used to fund more rented housing. the policy is aimed at voters who might not be traditiona

a disagreement within labour over trident after shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry says the partyon its support for the nuclear deterrent. the tories defend their pledge to cut net migration to "tens of thousands" after it comes under fire from former chancellor george osborne. and it's being billed as the wedding of the year — we'll be live in berkshire where pippa middleton will marry james matthews later this morning. now on bbc news, it's time for the travel show. coming up this week on the travel show. we head to israel to meet a theatre group with a difference. the concept of every wardrobe is to take the disability and create an ability from it. we are on the night patrol at london zoo. this month's global guide features a stunning light show in sydney. and i leave the airport for a couple of hours to take a high—speed stop off tour of rome. it is a lot of stuff to see in a short time. can we do it? yeah! let's go! theme song plays. we kick off this week with a truly unique theatrical phenomenon. one way the actors overcome some of the hardest hurdles you could imagine, and

jeremy corbyn has restated labour's commitment to renewing trident after his shadow foreign secretaryupport for the nuclear deterrent couldn't be guaranteed. mr corbyn insisted labour's manifesto commitment to trident was unequivocal. here's our political correspondent alex forsyth. cheering. 0n the campaign trail, the last thing he wanted was fresh questions about the uk's nuclear deterrent. but today he had to clarify his party's stance. it came after a senior labour figure, when asked if the party would commit to keeping the trident missile system even after a defence review, said this. well, no, of course not. if you have a review, you have to have a review. the policy is, the labour party policy is that we... i know what it is. i'm asking, could it in the future change? but overwhelmingly we need to make sure that our policy is up—to—date and meets 21st—century threats and no one can disagree with that, surely. jeremy corbyn has long opposed nuclear weapons, but his party's policy is to support the renewal of trident, something he had to confirm again today. the manifesto makes i

emily thornberry the shadow foreign secretary suggested that if labour became the government it wouldld mean looking at trident which brought criticism, as we reported, from the shadow defence secretary who said no, the policy has been decided and what's more, it is myjob to be the shadow defence secretary, not yours. this was overshadowing the message that labour would like to get out and whyjeremy that labour would like to get out and why jeremy corbyn that labour would like to get out and whyjeremy corbyn has been in birmingham for this election rally, they are trying to double down on their criticism of the conservative ma nifesto their criticism of the conservative manifesto and in particular the proposals relating to pensioners. theresa may has said that she wants to put the divisions caused by brexit "behind us" and "get on with the job of making a success of brexit. speaking to party activisits in west london — she said she knew that people in the city were disappointed with the eu referendum outcome but that it was important to come together. she also attacked the labour part

there's a disagreement within labour after shadow foreign secretary says the party could abandon itsir pledge to cut net migration after it's criticised by former chancellor george osborne. the wedding's taken place of pippa middleton, the sister of the duchess of cambridge. she married the financier james matthews, in berkshire. hassan rouhani has been re—elected president of iran for another four years. mr rouhani won 57% of the vote, easily beating his conservative challenger, ebrahim raisi. in a tweet, he said the "people are the real winners of this election". kasra naji has this report. president hassan rouhani, the winner of the election by a wide margin. he had promised not to let the hardliners take the country backwards. he had promised to steer the country towards moderation. this is him in his first televised victory after his victory. translation: yesterday, you said no to all those who were inviting us to return to the past or remain stuck in that present. you have put iran back on the road to progress. almost all the votes have now been counted, more than a1 million of

the shadow foreign secretary, emily thornberry, said the party could abandon its support for the nuclear the shadow defence secretary, nia griffith, described labour's position as "settled". ms thornberry was being interviewed on lbc radio. can you say to me that trident will continue as labour party policy? because you can't, can you? no, of course not. if you're going to have a review, you have a review. so it is possible thatjeremy corbyn as prime minister could drive through a policy of ditching trident? the policy is — labour party policy is that we - i know what it is. i'm asking could it in the future change? but overwhelmingly, we need to make sure that our policy is up to date and meets 21st century threats. no—one can disagree with that, surely. well, with all due respect, emily is not the shadow defence secretary, i am. we had a long meeting on thursday in which we agreed the manifesto. nobody has raised the issue of removing trident nuclear deterrent from our manifesto. that was agreed last year that we would have it as part of our defence review that we had last year as part

emily thornberry, shadow foreign secretary. again we‘re seeing this fallacy being highlighted that if you try to go after big corporations and tax them, there be knock—on effects. and unfortunately whether you‘re a pensioner or a saver, whether you‘re a small investor who might be hit with higher charges or if you‘re anyone borrowing money who might be hit with higher interest rates, something like a robin hood tax is going to affect ordinary people and the end of the day. even if your well—meaning attempts to get people with a lot of money, the bigger corporations and the banks, to be paying more into the system, always when we see these kinds of interventions it‘s ordinary people who are most badly affected. at the moment, especially with the financial sector and the city in particular being concerned about the knock—on effects of brexit it‘s very possible that they may move more of their business to other countries which would take them in with open arms. i don‘t think anyone thinks a bank is going to up and leave overnight

the shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry suggested the outcome of a defence review — promised in nia griffith told the bbc‘s newsnight programme that her colleague was wrong. the chief secretary to the treasury, david gauke, has insisted the conservatives are right not to set a timetable for achieving their ambition of reducing annual net migration to the tens of thousands. he told bbc radio a, the number of people moving to the uk would vary over time, depending on employment prospects. the commitment was announced by the party in their manifesto on thursday. iranian state television is reporting hassan rouhani has been re—elected as the country's president. more than 50 percent of the ballots have now been counted, with president rouhani reportedly securing 22.8 million votes — which would be a comfortable victory over his closest rival. polling stations were forced to remain open for longer than planned after a higher than expected turnout of around 70—percent. wikileaks founder, julian assange remains in the ecuardorian embassy in london this morning, despite sweden dropping

up on newsnight — fresh from the election debate spin room, brexit secretary david davis and shadow foreignretary emily thornberry. and fashion campaigning in fife, snp leader nicola sturgeon. —— fresh from campaigning. good evening and welcome to bbc news. with just eight days to go until the election, one of the biggest debates of this campaign has just taken place in cambridge. there were seven party representatives involved, including labour leader jeremy corbyn, who'd announced earlier in the day that he would, after all, be attending. the prime minister theresa may did not take part. she said she'd rather be out meeting voters on the campaign trail. here's our deputy political editor, john pienaar. guess who came after all — and what an entrance. jeremy corbyn left it late, but how could he resist trying to show up theresa may, who stayed away? this was his chance — and look at him. he meant to take it if he could. she came to stop him. her leader's favoured, amber rudd. a single mission — take down jeremy corbyn. wherever theresa may was, she wanted this, the nearest thing this elect

the shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry suggested the outcome of a defence review, promised in to, could result in support for trident being dropped. but labour's shadow defence secretary told the bbc‘s newsnight programme that her colleague was wrong. the chief secretary to the treasury, david gauke, has insisted the conservatives are right not to set a timetable for achieving their ambition of reducing annual net migration to the tens of thousands. he told bbc radio 4 the number of people moving to the uk would vary over time, depending on employment prospects. the commitment was announced by the party in their manifesto on thursday. wikileaks founderjulian assange remains in the ecuardorian embassy in london this morning, despite sweden dropping a rape investigation against him without charge. mr assange is trying to avoid extradition to the us, where he's wanted over the leaking of military and diplomatic documents. scotland yard also says he will be arrested if he leaves the embassy for failing to attend court in 2012. home ownership among younger families has fallen by nea

we are joined by the labour shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry. ously. lots of pledges and promises, all to be paid for primarily by tax rises on the rich and companies and so on. how confident is the party that it will be able to raise the funds needed to cover a ll be able to raise the funds needed to cover all of the promises, and most £50 billion? we have a bit of flexibility so we have a certain proportion in it. some of the taxes for example in order to, for example there is one about foreign businesses owning properties and we are going to put. on that. part are going to put tax on that. part of the reason for that is to raise the money but part of it is also to stop them distorting our property market. if we are successful and stop them distorting the property market we won't raise as much money so there is some flexibility and we understand we will not necessarily raise all the money we have hoped so we've gone for the more conservative estimates and given ourselves flexibility. if you see that at the end of the list there is a certain amo

a disagreement within labour over trident, after shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry says the party could abandon its support for the nuclear deterrent. the tories defend their pledge to cut net migration to "tens of thousands" after it comes under fire from former chancellor george osborne. the wedding is taking place of pippa middleton, the sister of the duchess of cambridge. she's marrying financier james matthews in a ceremony in berkshire. thank you for your company over the last few hours. sophie long will be here at the top of the hour. now on bbc news, sir ben ainslie‘s team will continue their bid to win the 35th america's cup when they race in the final qualifying stages of this year's event next week in bermuda. natalie pirks has been behind the scenes to look at their preparation. sir ben ainslie is the most successful sailor in olympic history. but since the first race in 1851, no british team has ever won the america's cup. personally, i think everyone in this team it would be the biggest achievement if we could pull this off and win the america's cup for britain. it i

speaking on the andrew marr show, the shadow foreign secretary, emily thornberry, said it's right thats that at the moment, we the truth is is that at the moment, we have got a tax which applies when you buy stocks and shares. currently, some people called market—makers, with hedge funds is and so on, if they buy these shares they do not pay the tax. i don't understand why that is, but the other thing is that we also think that we should extend this tax to different types of financial instruments. it is a betting on the stock market and will help to stabilise it. many other countries do it. hillary clinton wanted to do it if she was elected as president, nibley says that she is trying to undermine wall street. the eu is looking at that... it should be done in coordination with other countries to avoid hedge fund managers from moving to paris or dublin, wherever? you want to keep businesses here?|j think you want to keep businesses here?” think the house of lords committee on this was interesting, looking at any changes of behaviour and they said they did not think it would be as drasti

the shadow foreign secretary, emily thornberry, said the party could abandon its support for the nuclear. but the shadow defence secretary, nia griffith, described labour's position as "settled". ms thornberry was being interviewed on lbc radio. no, of course not. if you're going to have a review, you have a review. so it is possible thatjeremy corbyn as prime minister could drive through a policy of ditching trident? the policy is... labour party policy is that we... i know what it is. i'm asking could it in the future change? but overwhelmingly, we need to make sure that our policy is up to date and meets 21st century threats. no—one can disagree with that, surely. there was a time when we gave up on sabres or horses. this is bbc world news today. the latest headlines: president trump gets an extravagent welcome during his visit to saudi arabia and signs deals worth hundreds of billion of dollars. iran's president, hassan rouhani, says his re—election shows people want reform and to continue to engage with the world. in new orleans, marske city workers wearing bullet—proof vest have re

first, i spoke to labour's shadow foreign secretary, emily thornberry.d by asking her whetherjeremy corbyn taking part in the debate plays into those tory warnings of a coalition of chaos. well, i think that's probably the desperate attempt of conservative party central office to try and spin this. but, you know what, i think if i was amber rudd i would be going back to theresa may and saying, you really on me. i'm in front of all of those people and i say, judge us on our record, and people laughed. i had to be that a front that up, it should have been you, you are the prime minister, you are supposed to be the one who is strong and stable and able to negotiate brexit, and yet you're not even prepared to debate with people to what i want to push a little harder on the coalition of chaos line. many people thought it was rather effective, and the polls, which have had a surge for labour, the polls perhaps suggest a hung parliament is more likely than we have bought. that means there could be a coalition led by the labour party. you know what i'm going to

a very public disagreement within labour over trident after shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry says the party could abandon its support for the nuclear deterrent. the tories defend their pledge to cut net migration to "tens of thousands" after it comes under fire from former chancellor george osborne. hassan rouhani is re—elected as iranian president, defeating his conservative rival in the first round. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. donald trump has arrived in saudi arabia this morning on his first foreign tourjust arabia this morning on his first foreign tour just as arabia this morning on his first foreign tourjust as a married —— embarrassing new claims are made about the sacking of james embarrassing new claims are made about the sacking ofjames komi. he is said to have told russian officials that he was a real "nut job" and that his departure is to real pressure on him. a red carpet welcome for president trump, who's touched down in saudi arabia. he was met by the king, on his first foreign visit since taking office. he tweeted that he will be strongly protecting

there is a disagreement within labour after the shadow foreign secretary says the party could abandon to cut net migration after it is criticised by former chancellor george osborne. and the wedding has taken place pippa middleton, the sister of the duchess of cambridge. she married financierjames duchess of cambridge. she married financier james matthews in berkshire. home ownership among younger families has fallen by nearly two thirds in some parts of the uk since 1994, according to new research. the resolution foundation, a think—tank focusing on living standards, says outer london, the north west and parts of yorkshire were most affected. our business correspondent joe lynam has the details. it's usually assumed that soaring house prices in central london would have the greatest impact on affordability for younger households. but the resolution foundation says the north of england and outer london have been affected the most. it says home ownership among young families has fallen 63% in outer london towns, such as harrow and croydon. in west yorkshire, ownership fell by 52% among

a very public disagreement within labour over trident after shadow foreign secretary emily thornberryledge to cut net migration to "tens of thousands" after it comes under fire from former chancellor george osborne. hassan rouhani is re—elected as iranian president, defeating his conservative rival in the first round.

the shadow foreign secretary emily thornbury was actually going to be there in his place butjeremy corbynate in full. at 7:30pm. with extra on screen graphics on the news channel showing the latest reaction from the bbc reality check team who will be fact—checking in real time. they will put graphics on the screen so you can keep a sense of what exactly is going on. let's speak to the culture secretary karen bradley. the only place to start really with the conservatives is the absence of theresa may. does that make sense to you? theresa theresa may. does that make sense to you ? theresa may theresa may. does that make sense to you? theresa may set out her plan for how to run the selection and work in this election, getting up and down the country to meet the voters. she has been clear about that. she has travelled thousands of miles and attended over 60 events. she has taken questions from more members of the public and the press than corbyn. it has takenjeremy corbyn six weeks to decide to come today. but what it means is the public are going to see for the first time what a coalition of

. >> the shadow foreign secretary once a second vote. a reference to a recent reelection.hey were back in charters later after the speaking in the party's second leadership contest in two years. after the brexit saga, the government said it would produce a plan for leaving the eu. what's her to plan would it be? >> when he talks about plans, doesn't mean there should be a series of tents? is it specific principles or priorities? >> to say that it might consist of hints, i would merely remind the house that when moses came down during the tablets, it did not contain hints. it is pretty clear what to do. >> people showed a minimum of a motions. times change. people are more open. they are more open here inside parliament. they have heard remarkably frank speeches recounting deeply traumatic events. first, michelle thompson spoke about how as a young person, she was raped. she was just 14. >> i remember feeling surprised and then fear and then harbor as realized, i could not escape. afterwards, i walked home alone, i was crying, i was cold and shivering. that was the shock re

i am joined by the shadow foreign office minister.his stands will sound unpatriotic? he has committed to maintain the 2% spend on defence. and in terms of art armed personnel service men and women, they will have a better deal on the labour with pensions and mental health support for people returning and so on. the defence forces will be better looked after under labour. i think there are some elements of the package that will be better than the tories, who have cut back by tens of thousands and also housing and a lot of other questions which have not been answered by the tories. but we live in a dangerous world. if mr corbyn is saying only in very few, if any circumstances would he sanction military action, does not send a message to our enemies that we are not prepared to fight for our interests and values? not at all. what we saw with the chilcott report and as an mp ofjust two years, i sat through the debate on the chilcott report. the first message that came out was that military action should only be a last resort and that plann

here in cambridge the shadow foreign secretary emily thornbury is with me. mind on the day of the debate and is now going to attend, what happened question what he did not really change his mind on the day, it was pencilled in from monday night confirmed on morning. he keeps appearing to theresa may to come as debate with him. where is she, what is the problem? surely a leader ought to be prepared to listen to the people or prepared to debate with the other person who is likely to be prime minister. at the public measure the map and see one against the other. if she's supposed to be so the other. if she's supposed to be so strong and stable, the only person who could be prime minister, let her be measured againstjeremy corbyn. we thought jeremy corbyn was not going to take part if the prime minister was not taking part, she's not taking part and now he is. so clearly he has changed his mind. the trouble is he enjoys this, he enjoys talking to the public and listening to what they say and you could say that on monday night, he was enjoying himself, with the p

the shadow foreign secretary has been saying that is precisely what the conservative party once, andsed the conservatives —— accused the conservatives of letting the party down. wasjeremy corbyn trying to avoid saying that? there are some traditional labour voters who very much back the idea of brexit. and others who were very much in favour of remaining. jeremy corbyn and his labour party have to find a way to speak to both. so far the way they have done it is to set out the tests, around things like trying to maintain benefits from the single market and the customs union. that —— there are plenty of critics who say that labour have to come up with an offering that is as clear as that. we have had clarification, saying that there is no question thatjeremy corbyn would not want the uk to stay in the eu he became a minister, but there is still an element of confusion about exactly what brexit would look like under his leadership. meanwhile, overshadowing the important points from the labour party which were put forward today at the launch of the campaign. jeremy corbyn gave a speech t

correspondent weijia jiang joins us live from washington dc where the president's troubles over shadow visit from foreign leader yesterday. good morning, weijia. >> reporter: good morning, jan, rahel, good morning to everyone. from the moment he took office, president trump has stressed his america first message which has sparked skepticism from much of the world. >> this trip is a opportunity to calm worried allies. but you're absolutely right. he may be way down with baggage from controversy here at home. >> there was no collusion. >> ongoing russia investigation dominating a joint press conference with colombian president juan manuel san tolls. president trump responding to the justice department naming special council robert mule tow lead the way. >> while i respect the move, but the entire thing has been a witch hunt. >> senate lawmakers emerge from the a private meeting with deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein, yesterday, with one of them alluding the investigation has taken a new turn. >> it is now considered a criminal investigation. >> democrats in attendance also contradicted the president'

applause i would also like to knock my colleagues from the shadow cabinet, a shadow foreign secretaryour general who brings illegal mines to our team and our shadow secretary for international development who brings passion about the need to deal with conflict at source by ensuring people are all able to read decent and sustainable lanes. effect my colleagues for all that they do and support they give and they want to thank chatham house because it has been at the forefront of thinking of britain's role. and clearly chatham house's rules don't apply because this is being light—skinned. but a general election less than a month away, i wa nt election less than a month away, i want to set out my approach i have found a labour government will keep britain safe, reshape our relationships with partners around the world and crucially work to strengthen the united nations and to respond to the global challenges we all face in the 215t century. i would like to say a very warm welcome to the un special representative from somalia who is here today. applause thank you for coming along and your c

the shadow foreign secretary labour's emily thornberry. and ukip‘s suzanne evans.ery good morning to you all. take a breath, we will be with you in a moment. but first let's bring you right up to date with where we stand right now. asi as i said, lots of results have already come in. we have loads to come. i would like to see the scorecard of councillors, which will change during the day but, so far, this is the picture. the conservatives have made 155 gains in terms of council seats, labour 125 losses so far. independents are about 25. __ up -- up by —— up by 25. nothing for the snp because, as i have said, no scottish results in yet. they will come in during the late morning and into the afternoon. early days, plenty to come. we will have reaction from my guests in a moment. before that we will catch up with the full story of the election so with the full story of the election so farand with the full story of the election so far and the rest of the day's news, let's say good morning to joanna gosling. let's bring you up to date with the results. the conservatives

rayner couldn't tell us how many children their class size policy would affect, and yesterday, the shadow foreignpublished his manifesto in full, we have been able to update the analysis, which david davis and i published previously. we can now set out the full damage his nonsensical plans would do to the nation's finances by 2021—22. the new dossier of analysis we have published today shows that there is a £58 billion black hole injeremy corbyn's plans in just a £58 billion black hole injeremy corbyn's plans injust one year alone. proposal after proposal in labour's manifesto mean more borrowing and more debt, two unexplained threats to seize control of private companies stop these plans, many of them extremely questionable in themselves, simply do not add up. any shred of economic credibility, which labour had left, has now been buried byjeremy corbyn and his acolytes. and this matters to families across the united kingdom. the economic chaos, which would hit our country if labour were ina would hit our country if labour were in a position to implement the shambolic package of policies they unv

. >>> the flood of news from the white house days ahead of the president's first foreign trip and it's casting a shadow on an itinerary that starts with saudi arabia, israel, and rome and italy. lucy is tracking foreign reaction to the controversies for us in london of it c not only those countries watching but certainly the world as well. >> reporter: absolutely. the world is watching. good morning, frances. international leaders somewhat reluctant to publicly weigh in on president trump's information sharing but it's clear there is shock and frankly disbelief. one of the biggest concerns being expressed today is that foreign intelligence services will now start to hold back or question sharing critical sensitive information with the u.s., because they don't trust president trump to keep a skrek, frankly. the intelligence on isis mr. trump shared is believed to have come from israel so it was considered so sensitive in fact that the u.s. reportedly hadn't shared it with its closest allies. israel's ambassador did try to quiet the up to roar saying the israelis have full confidence in their intelligenc

. >>> the flood of news from the white house days ahead of the president's first foreign trip and it's casting a shadow on an itinerary that starts with saudi arabia, israel, and rome and nato and brussels and a g7 summit in italy. lucy cavanaugh is tracking the for foreign reaction to the controversies for us. >> president trump spoke by phone yesterday. israeli media reports indicate the call lasted about 20 minutes. the israeli intelligence on isis that mr. trump shared with the russians was considered so sensitive that the u.s. reportedly haven't even shared it with its closest allies, like the uk and canada. it does appear israel at the moment at least is down playing the scandal. the defense minister tweeting this morning the security relationship is deep, meaningful and unprecedented. world leaders publicly this morning expressing confidence in their relationship with the u.s. and that includes britain's prime minister theresa may as well as malcolm turnbull. i think it's safe to say there is shock and disbelief behind closed doors. one of the biggest concerns is that foreign intelligence servic

any indication that this new report has really over shadow the president's meetings with foreign leadersthe best indication that we have because we are not able to ask president directly is not holding a progress conference here and other leaders were told by economic advisers, mr. cohen, saying he had a robust schedule working 16 or 18 hours a day. >> but, did this issue of jared kushner's connections and involvement with the russian ambassador had come up in the meeting and we are told it did not come up in those meetings. did it over shadow and influence the president's time here? we don't know the answer to that or mr. cohen and mr. mcmaster says they would not answer questions about jared kushner. i may not have come up in this meeting but it did it a few times. that's not clear. the dissatisfaction expressed by the german chancellor and the french president by the fact that the united states, president trump, has not agreed to sign up to the paris climate accord of 2015, the climate part of the summit communicate which by recent g-7 standards is very short. president trump is still

shadowing -- >> what did you say? [inaudible questions from audience] >> foreign minister lavrov held a news conference following meeting with president trump and

nbc's andrea mitchell asked russian foreign minister sergei lavrov if the comey firing would cast a shadow over his talks with the president today. and the russian foreign minister standing in the state department beside our secretary of state decided that would be a perfectly good place to mock the united states, the day after the man leading the investigation of russian interference in our election was fired. >> does the comey firing cast a shadow over your talks, gentlemen? >> you're kidding. >> following his meeting at the state department, foreign minister lavrov had a meeting far above his pay grade. the foreign minister's pay grade in the secretary of state. that's not the same for the russian foreign minister who as of tonight is the most favored foreign minister in the portland by president trump. president trump welcomed the foreign minister into the oval office along with the russian ambassador, sergey kislyak. it was conversations with kislyak that got miked flynn fired. former acting attorney general sally yates rushed to the white house to warn the white house council about g

does this cast a bearish shadow over how foreign investors perceive the chinese bond market , and alsose firms under pressure from a fund-raising point of view? with some of my friends who are bond investors. feeling is this ratings change will not be that big of a deal. perhaps the supply side of the was looking for the downgrade, so the timing was more of a surprise than the actual move. liquidity, the onshore markets, how quickly they can move their money in and out, the credibility of domestic ratings and things like that, and what ,hose means for chinese bonds that is more or less included in the global indices. all of them are far more important factors for investors than the particular ratings change itself. you talk about some of those reforms that were suggested or required by the msci. do you think progress is made to get a share inclusion in the next few weeks? have tried toy make some progress, but the ansi nest over the capital accounts and stability ahead of the party congress means that they have thrown more sand in the works to capital flows,se and that is not positive