cindy sui, bbc news, taipei.ernment has promised to improve the conditions of millions of workers in the so—called gig economy. ministers say there'll be higher fines for firms that breach contracts or mistreat staff. the move is part of the government's response to a review of modern working practices — but unions say the measures don't go far enough. nina warhurst reports. times have changed. tom has around 30 full—time employees like paddy. he gets sick and holiday pay. and around 20 workers like this tom, he's self—employed and has to save for rainy days and holidays himself. following today's announcement, the boss will have to be crystal clear with all of his staff on where they stand. if we are moving towards a situation where it is made clearer to employees what their rights are and what their entitlements are, i think that is something that can only be good for both the employee and for the business. there are up to 5 million people working on a job byjob basis rather than as fully employed. and the gove

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cindy sui, for now, thank you very much.rlier today. the relationship between turkey and the united states is close to breaking point. for almost three weeks, the turkish military has been attacking kurdish fighters in syria, who were armed by the us, incensing turkey. it's the latest step in a confrontation that's pitting two key nato members against each other. 0ur turkey correspondent mark lowen reports. sport is friendlier than politics by a long shot. turks and americans training together in an istanbul american football team. the rivalry here is amicable, the queen —— between their countries less so. the nato allies are at each other‘s throats over syria, politics, human rights, and even suspending the visas last year. the relationship in crisis feleti. the political climate, currently, you don't know what is going to happen. i think the leaders of both countries have quick triggers, in terms of temperament, as seen with the visa ban. we have two individuals leading two big countries with this type of mentality you can

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we are supportive, primarily because it meets several things we laid out, includingwe are suy because it meets several things we laid out, including ending budget crisis and helps meet needs of the literary defense strategy. clarify the defense status of rob porter? we don't comment on security clearances. i can tell you that rob has been effective in his role in staff secretary. the president and chief of staff has full trust in his performance. more of an update on that front, statement that a i can read to you. "these outrageous allegations are simply false. i took the photos given to the media nearly 50 years ago, and the reality is nowhere close to what is being described. i have been truthful about these vinyl claims, but i will not -- vile claims, but i will not engage further in a public smear campaign. i have always treated others with respect. i am deeply grateful for the opportunity to serve in the trump administration and will seek a smooth transition when i leave the white house." >> is he leaving the white house anytime soon? there was conversation a couple months ago he

cindy sui, bbc news, taipei.e doesn't immediately ring a bell, look at this. scandals happen all the time, the question is, how do democracies respond to those scandals? and what will it mean for the wider region... i think one of your children has just walked in. shifting... shifting sands in the region, do you think relations with the north may change? i would be surprised if they do it... pardon me. my apologies! child yelling what's this going to do for the region? my apologies... child yelling sorry. south korea's policy... you still laugh about it. how many times have you seen that clip?|j don't know, dozens by now! i'm sure i'll never live this down... 40? serious subject, the situation in korea, are you aware that may be the children aren't quite where you thought they were? year, it was via skype, and skype has the picture, so i could see what was going on behind me. i can't stand up and what ever, you are on film. all the media people i know, they tell you the show must go on. i keep looking at the came

sui and han. duhamel and radford coming back.might feel best of all as you go down to 14th right now. we will see them in the free skate, but the canadians were not as sharp. they are right there. >> they are, but looking at the top two team, the chinese and the russians were at their best. they showed up to win. >> some kind of night to open up for the pairs early on. we had the team from north korea. how remarkable the moments were on the ice. solid if not spectacular. looking ahead to the pairs free skate as we send it back to mike. >> thank you. so pretty interesting lineup with the way the scores lineup. this time tomorrow night. the big headline of the day was shaun white's win. social media flooded with congratulations and shout outs. one olympian has a good idea what it feels like. michael phelps said way to go, man. nothing like a good come back. redemption always feels great. while we are acknowledging. his wife nicole gave birth to their second son, beckett. now boomer has a brother. congratulations to the phelps. righ

for more lets go to cindy sui who is in tapei for us. missing, that is quite a total. what we are hearing from the rescuers at the scene is that most of the 60 people we re scene is that most of the 60 people were not in the building at the time. they were simply residents who we re time. they were simply residents who were registered as living there. they have checked all the upper floors of the building and those flaws are empty. they believe these people are simply people they were unable to contact by phone. they are trying to reach them. there were also about ten people who were living in a bed and breakfast or a backpackers hotel on the second floor of this building and the second floor, along with four other lower floors, were crushed second floor, along with four other lowerfloors, were crushed by second floor, along with four other lower floors, were crushed by this earthquake. there are people who we re earthquake. there are people who were tourists mainly from mainland china who are still believed to be trapped inside the back

sui and han from china, the silver medal. and duhamel and radford win gold medal in the team event but a bronze medal here in pairs. guys, you think about it. back to 2002 in salt lake city. numerous partners through the years. trying to get close. then eventually it's not a br z bronze anymore. it is a gold medal performance for savchenko with bruno massot and the germans win the gold in pairs. >>> breaking tonight on nbc 10 news -- >> i hope the other kids are okay. >> a deadly high school shooting in florida. >> terrified for the participaed kids. >>> temperatures jumping into the 60s then weekend snow and rain move in. which neighborhoods can expect the winter weather. >>> then debris from a dump truck flies and smashes through a woman's windshield. >> i could not believe i survived. >> now state police need your help. count on nbc 10 news after the olympics. >>> this broadcast is presented by authority of the international olympic committee and may not be reproduced or retransmitted in any form without the express writte

and earlier, i spoke to our correspondent cindy sui in taipei, who was shaken out of bed as the quakel, there have been several after—shocks after that one. in fact, nobody could sleep well last night, not even those in taipei, about160 kilometres away. even i felt the earthquake when it struck, i was shaken out of bed. so a lot of people spent the night in parks, some have been put into shelters, schools, gymnasiums. they have been told not to go back to their buildings because there may be more after—shocks and they have also been told that there may be gas leaks and explosions in some of the affected buildings. definitely a very difficult night for everyone. we know that there have been two deaths confirmed and a lot of concerns over those trapped in a collapsed hotel as well as a residential building. tell us the latest there in terms of rescue efforts. the latest ijust heard from the fire department in hualien city is actually pretty good news. they say that so far they seem to have found everybody that has been unaccounted for, everybody reported missing. except for two employee

our correspondent cindy sui in taiwan has more on the rescue operation. the rescue workers, including firefighters and soldiers, are still trying to find these two employees, who are working on the first floor of the hotel that partially collapsed. now, there are some media reports saying that they are finding signs of life but it is too early to say. what has been encouraging is that a third employee, who was trapped on a lower floor, it was actually found alive a few hours ago and he was not even injured at all. basically, he had his mobile phone with him and a flashlight and he was able to contact the authorities to tell them where he was. they are hoping fifiéfé fifi fi§§ tfiés §f§ ffiéifié it??? fif'éfé fifi fi§§ tf-és §f§ f'f‘e'f'é ff"??? also fifléfé f§5 “55 tflée 5f5 flflel'flé fflife also if 95:5 , , pre amazin: g;:; gf—ej pretty amazing g look at. g live. pretty amazing just look at. that hotel, as we see it, what looks like the ground floor, you are saying is in fact the third floor, the floors below that crushed. exactly, this was the worst affected buil

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let's get the latest from our taiwan correspondent cindy sui.y with the two people trapped? authorities say that the rescue workers including firefighters and soldiers are still trying to find these two employees who were working on the first floor of the hotel that partially collapsed. there are some reports saying that they are finding signs of life but it is too early to say. what has been encouraging is that a third employee who was trapped on the lower floor was found alive a few hours ago. he was not even injured at all. he had his mobile phone with him and a flashlight. he was able to contact authorities to tell them where he was. they are hoping to also find the other two employees a light. amazing to look at, that hotel, as we see, what does look like the ground floor is in fact the third floor. three floors have been crushed below that. exactly. this is the worst affected building. the b one floor, first and second floor we re one floor, first and second floor were crushed. it is amazing that anyone survived but as i said earlier, one

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heavy she willing took place suy in eastern ghouta.ind family members and other loved ones. air strikes and artillery fire continued yesterday bringing the number of civilian deaths to 250 over the last 48 hours. in marks the highest 48 hour death toll since 2013 chemical attack in that region. him a mid the carnage, the syrian civil defense also released this video of rescue workers miles per hour wrak could y miles per hour rack could yourously pulling out a child from under the rubble still alive in the wake of sunday's horrible attack. >> heartbreaking videos there. >>> tempers flared as the president of the palestinian authority accused the trump administration of abandoning the u.s.'s commitment to a peace settlement. during a meeting of the u.n. security council, abbas called for an international conference to restart peace negotiations, but in a clear jab at washington which has historically has been at the center of those talks, abbas asked that the conference be under the u.n. sponsorship rather than the u.s. the moved by abb

hink the president is feeling pressure from his own base to look really hard on suis. so as a , you have this ms-13 roundtable where he's talking about immigration and crime. you also have chief of staff john kelly going to the hill, and he's saying to lawmakers, dreamers might have been lazy, that might have been why there aren't as many people on daca, so there is this idea thahi white house wants to feel as though they are taking hard ne, that they're drawing this line in the sapped and forcing democrats hands so whego the rnment is back open or if it doesn't shut downthe president can say, well, you know what, i saved the day. >> yamiche alcindor at the white house, lisa desjardins on capitol hill, thanks very much. busy days ahead for both of you. in the day's other news, white house officials said mr. trump was joking yesterday, when he ted democrats might have been "treasonous" not to applaud his state of the union speech. press secretary sarah sanders today: >> the president was clearly jokih his comments, but what isn't a joke is that democrats refuse to celeb

cindy sui reports from taipei.rescuers go through every for a, once again to try and see if there are any more survivor, they are also using sniffer dogs to search through the rubble of the second floor, to see if there are any signs of people still inside. among those still missing are seven people who are believed to be tourists staying at the backpackers hotel on the second floor. they include five chinese tourists, including a 12—year—old boy. questions are being raised on whether poor construction quality may have led to the building partially collapsing. experting looking at the rubble from the collapsed floors saying a build ermay have used more water and less cement. 0ther ermay have used more water and less cement. other experts point out there weren't enough pillars in the building and those that were there we re building and those that were there were too weak. 0ne experted said that if an earthquake were to hit the capital, which is densely populated, it would topple more than 12,000 buildings. that is

cindy sui, bbc news, taipei.estigations into claims of gross misconduct, including bullying. he denies any wrongdoing. here‘s our scotland editor sarah smith. phil gormley was brought in to steady the ship that police scotland just two years ago but he has not been at work for the last six months, allegations of bullying were being investigated. mr gormley was cleared to go back to work by the scottish police authority back in november, but that decision was then reversed when thejustice secretary intervened. he was worried there weren‘t adequate safeguards in place for the serving police officers who had made accusations against the chief constable. mr gormley said in a statement... raising questions today about whether police scotland is fit for purpose. we will soon be on our third chief constable, and we are on our third chair and chief executive. surely the justice secretary has to start asking himself whether there is something else going on, perhaps it is the structure that is the root of the problem here.

sui, there's been against our women.se that discrimination costs. we did research that showed british business are losing £280 million every year through pregnancy maternity discrimination. a topic we could talk about four hours i'm sure. thanks for coming in and telling us your story and thanks for eve ryo ne telling us your story and thanks for everyone who has sent messages in. that's it from me. thank you for telling your story and the impact on you, it's really clear, thank you very much indeed. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm victoria hollins. there's been an increase ofjust 22 prison officers in london in the last 18 months despite a recruitment drive to raise numbers in the capital. the government announced at the end of 2016 that it intended to increase numbers across the country. the prison officers' association says the issue isn't with recruitment but keeping staff in the job. that's also the experience of other officers. i think that recruitm