simon clemison, bbc news.least 18 cia informants were killed or imprisoned in china after a spy network was dismantled, according to reports in the new york times. it is not clear whether the cia was hacked, or whether a mole helped the chinese to identify the agents over a two—year period, officials told the paper. it is being described as one of the worst intelligence breaches in decades. the cia has declined to comment. the labour party is stepping up its drive for older voters, claiming the conservative manifesto proposals amount to an attack on the elderly. but the tories have accused labour of running a scare campaign. we are joined now by our political correspondent susana mendonca. susana, labour obviously think theresa may is vulnerable on this issue? by by drawing attention to it, they obviously think that this is fertile ground to attack the conservatives. very much so, because this has been a very difficult week for the conservatives, with the manifesto pledges that they made, that didn't go down p

simon clemison reports. in business, sometimes you have to do the dance.billions of dollars worth of contracts for us firms, donald trump is more comfortable celebrating with the saudis than it looks. it is certainly more comfortable here than at home after the sacking of the fbi director investigating allegations his presidential campaign was tied to rush. —— russia. but the second day of this tour could be the beginning of a greater challenge as he leaves the world of striking commercial deals he knows so well to try to strike political deals instead. one of his goals is to eventually do what no other experienced leader has achieved — to bring peace to the middle east. this is the president to try to ban visitors from three mainly muslim nations. but the amount of red carpet they have rolled out for him here tells a story. his tough stance on iran has made him many friends in saudi arabia. always the right hand, right? if only teacup diplomacy was enough. ina region in a region where some dispute stretch back thousands of years. supporters believe donald

simon clemison, bbc news.talk about shared interests, economic co—operation, is that what young saudis want to see? definitely, we are here in saudi arabia despite this sandstorm we are witnessing, there is a huge positive vibe in the kingdom. the people and government, you can tell that everyone is content with the fact that the us administration chose saudi arabia to be the first foreign visit for them. that in itself has an unprecedented strategic importance, not only to the region but the overall global security. we really need the united states to be back to the game, we need them to be basically helping its partners to combat terrorism and confront the challenges we are facing. we're facing a lot of challenges. the iranian—backed militias are all over the place, they are targeting not only the middle east nations but also american interests, pure american interests. so it's very important for the kingdom of saudi arabia and the gcc countries and the arab and muslim world to open a new page with the new u

simon clemison, bbc news.ittle earlier i spoke to our security correspondent frank gardner, who's in riyadh. he told me why donald trump making a speech on islam is gaining such worldwide attention. this is very sensitive, delicate territory. this is saudi arabia, the birthplace of islam, one of the three great monotheistic religions. and of course the focus of attention for over 1.5 billion muslims. it's also home to the two sacred sites of mecca and medina. the donald trump to come here anyway in the first place is quite something. this is somebody who's been accused of being an islamophobia. he tried to restrict the entry to the united states of visitors from six muslim majority countries. but for him to deliver a speech in a few hours‘ time to islamic leaders on the need to root out extremism in their mosques and religion, he‘s going to have to choose his words really carefully. i think the worry for both the saudi hosts and white house officials is, is he going to go off script? he has a propensity for do

simon clemison, bbc news.ning us now live from riyadh is our security correspondent frank gardner. will this trip have been deemed a success will this trip have been deemed a success by the trump team? they are certainly calling at that. president trump said yesterday it was a tremendous day and he is saying his business deals mean jobs, tremendous day and he is saying his business deals meanjobs, jobs, jobs back home in america, and it is the kind of boost the needs given the gathering storm that awaits him back in washington. he is amongst friends here. as you can see from those pictures, it is a little bit of slightly embarrassing dad dancing going on, but even so he has gone down very well in saudi arabia. todayis down very well in saudi arabia. today is different. today is going to bea today is different. today is going to be a really tricky test for him. he is going to have to move very carefully in the way he delivers this very sensitive speech. for any western leader to come to a country like saudi ara

the us signed trade deals worth 300 and 50 billion dollars with saudi arabia. 0ur correspondent simon clemison reports. in business, sometimes, you have to do the dance. and having won billions of dollars worth of contracts for us firms, donald trump is more comfortable celebrating with the saudis than he might look. it's beautiful. it's certainly more comfortable for him here than it is back home, given the furore over his sacking of the fbi director investigating allegations his presidential campaign was tied to russia. but day two of this tour could be the beginning of a far greater challenge as he leaves the world of striking commercial deals he knows so well to try to strike political deals instead. one of his goals is to eventually do what no other experienced leader has managed and bring peace to the middle east. and this is the president who tried to ban visitors from six mainly muslim nations. but the amount of red carpet they have rolled out for him here tells a different story. his tough stance on iran has won him many friends in saudi arabia. always the right hand, right? always th

our correspondent simon clemison is at the scene. simon, good morning, what more do we know?y for a confrontation, they had balaclavas and shotguns and it was a violent burglary. it will be some days before we have all the details. there was a man at the house at the same time as well as guy hedger and it seems he saw some of the events but he is obviously deeply affected by that. he will be a witness. there is the weapon to find as well. so, a lot of lines for police to follow up here. the police say an attack on an innocent man in an unlikely location. thank you very much, this morning. this is an amazing story we have been talking about. a surfer who went missing off the scottish coast has been rescued after more than 30 hours clinging to his board. matthew bryce was reported missing by his family when he didn't return from a surfing trip in argyll on sunday afternoon. he was eventually picked up 13 miles off the coast still conscious but suffering from hypothermia. the coast guard said he survived because he had a thick wet suit and he stayed on top of his surfboard. afte

simon clemison reports. called an islamaphobic start on the campaign trail, donald trump has met leaders and spoken of working together with muslim nations to decree —— defeat extremists. element this is not a battle between different faiths, different sects or different civilisations. this is a battle between barbaric criminals who seek toa between barbaric criminals who seek to a glitter rate human life and decent people. drive them out of your communities ——a glitter rate. drive them out of your holy land and drive them out of this earth. —— obliterate. now, the business mogul wa nts obliterate. now, the business mogul wants what he calls the ultimate deal. this morning, he is heading for tel aviv to find peace between israel and the palestinians. he will need israel's prime minister today and the palestinian president tomorrow. they have met both already in washington. there is some doubt about whether his unconventional, businesslike approach can as —— are a peace deal where so many others have failed b

simon clemison is at the scene. there is still quite a lot of police activity here at the scene.y stages of this investigation that it was, guy hedger‘s property was targeted for a reason. that is because the police now know that jewellery and designer watches were taken as part of what happened in the early hours of sunday morning. they also suspect there was some sort of planning going on. the intruders were prepared for some sort of confrontation because they came with balaclavas, they also had a shotgun. that is how those events unfolded. they are working on this theory, early stages, that this was a very targeted burglary that turned violent in the end. it could be some days before we really know all the details of what happened here. this is what police are telling us, it may take some time. they think there was another man in the house at the time and he witnessed some of the events. he is very affected by that. they have not named. he will be a witness to talk to. they have not yet found the weapon, they have not recovered it, so lots and lots of lines for the police to g

simon clemison reports.amaphobic start on the campaign trail, donald trump has met arab and gulf leaders and spoken of working together with muslim nations to defeat religious extremism. this is not a battle between different faiths, different sects or different civilisations. this is a battle between barbaric criminals who seek to obliterate human life and decent people. drive them out of your communities. drive them out of your holy land and drive them out of this earth. the president has been well received in saudi arabia. not least because of his tough approach on iran. now the business mogul wants what he calls the ultimate deal. this morning, he's heading for tel aviv to begin his bid to find peace between israel and the palestinians. he'll meet israel's prime minister today and the palestinian president tomorrow, having met both already in washington. there is some doubt about whether his unconventional, business—like approach can can achieve a peace deal where so many others have failed but there is

simon clemison, bbc news. little earlier i spoke to our security correspondent frank gardner, who's in riyadh. he told me why donald trump making a speech on islam is gaining such worldwide attention. this is very sensitive, delicate territory. this is saudi arabia, the birthplace of islam, one of the three great monotheistic religions. and, of course, the focus of attention for over 1.5 billion muslims. and religion, he's going to have to choose his words really carefully. i think the worry for both the saudi hosts and white house officials is, is he going to go off script? he has a propensity for doing exactly that. the clues we are getting from white house officials is that this speech is going to be uplifting, unifying, but also blunt. he's going to tell leaders there can be no room for aiding and abetting extremism. it all depends on the way he delivers this.