president trump that the director of the fbi must be someone who followed the rules of the usjustice departmente white house said a search for a successor would begin immediately. mr comey had been leading an investigation into links alleged links between the trump election campaign and russia. the statement from the white house comes from the press secretary sean spicer, it says today, president donald trump informed directorjames comey that he has been terminated and removed from office. president trump acted on the recommendation of rod and the attorney generaljeff sessions. the fbi is one of the nation ‘s most cherished and respected institutions and today will mark a new beginning for our crime jewel of law enforcement. mr trump will search for a new permanent fbi director will begin immediately. that was issued in the last few minutes. we know it has been a difficult 12 months for mr koh me. he was embroiled in the controversy during the election campaign. —— comey. with the hillary clinton in a campaign. hillary clinton in a campaign. hillary clinton suggested the release of certain docu

the usjustice department says it will seek a supreme court ruling after an appeal court refused to reinstatevel ban on people from six mainly muslim nations. the attorney generaljeff sessions said the appeal court's decision thwarted president trump's effort to protect us national security. also making news today: the philippines mobilised attack helicopters and special forces to drive out so—called islamic state—linked rebels from the besieged city of marawi on thursday. militants held the mainly—muslim city on mindanao island for two days. six soldiers and 18 rebels were killed in combat. the so—called islamic state has claimed responsibility forjakarta bus station attacks that left at least three policemen dead and a dozen others wounded on wednesday. authorities investigating the incident also believe the bombers had links with he is. the bombers had links with is. the blasts were believed to target police. and wayne rooney might not be getting that big money move to china after all. that's because the football authorities there have announced a 100% tax on future signings of foreign pla

the white house had insisted that mr trump acted on the advice from the usjustice department.aid that he'd been intending to sack mr comey in any case because the agency was in "turmoil." our north america editor, jon sopel, is in washington. rjon, it's the president's first interview since this cry sirs sis first broke? yes, it is. the president was in characteristically forthright mood. there will be one day i will say he pulled his punches. he didn't in this interview. he accused james comey of being a showboat, a grandstander. he had left the fbi in turmoil. what i thought was most interesting was the explanation. on tuesday night, wednesday, we were being told the reason he was fired was because the deputy attorney general had recommended there needed to be change at the top. in donald trump's letter sacking comey he said, "i have received the tachd letters recommending your dismissal. i've accepted their recommendation. " listen to what he says in the interview. on monday you met with the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein. right. did you ask for a recommendation? w

in an announcement that surprised the white house, the usjustice department appointed a special prosecutor's presidential election. former fbi chief robert mueller will also look into allegations of collusion between donald trump's campaign and moscow. mr trump says any investigation will show there was nothing going on between his team and moscow. richard galpin has the details. these are the darkest days so far for donald trump whose brief, chaotic tenure at the white house is being engulfed by allegations of inappropriate links with russia. if you would please rise? so much so that a former fbi director robert mueller has been called in to read the growing investigation into the allegations. is seen as an independent outsider and has been welcomed by both democrats and republicans. it is a very positive development and evidence the administration is taking this seriously, good news.” administration is taking this seriously, good news. i don't believe it was necessary. having said that, if there has to be a special counsel, they made an excellent choice. at the root of all this is the al

today the usjustice department confirmed it will not charge the two officers who shot and killed him.start selling heroin because they know people are addicted to those pain relief. so they target specific towns, they know where... they target specific towns and that i have the data on which towns are vulnerable. it is stunning. incredible. you have been covering this story, what is the reaction from mr sterling's family? it has been interesting. all eyes were on the family because of all that protest that happened last year, the family was fairly positive, they said ok, the department ofjustice has said that it doesn't meet their criteria for charging these officer, but they say they now have had more information from the department of justice, that will make it easier to prosecute these officers at a state level, so there is still the opportunity, you know, all the talk before now, over the last 24 hours or so before now, over the last 24 hours or so of rumour that the department ofjustice was not going to prosecute, was that it was something to do with the fact that donald trump wa