just before noon he signed an executive order formally withdrawing the us from the tra ns pacific partnership. it was a campaign promise and a key tenet of his pledge to deglobalise, putting in his words, america first . our diplomatic editor, mark urban, looks at what trump s first day tells us about a new direction for america. back to work on a blowy, rainy morning for the people of this city. for the new president, after a weekend of political bluster, a day to demonstrate that the wind of change you porters bluster, a day to demonstrate that the wind of change supporters had voted for had hit the white house. first one is withdrawals from the of the united states from the trans pacific partnership. everyone knows what that means, right? we ve been talking about this for a long time. mr trump signed three executive orders today, stopping a pacific trade deal, freezing governmentjob recruitment, and halting funding for abortion education overseas. that follows an earlie
it s 8am in singapore, and midnight in london and 7pm in washington where donald trump has made a decision with huge implications for the rest of the world. the trans pacific the rest of the world. the tra ns pacific partnership is the rest of the world. the trans pacific partnership is a major trade arrangement with countries in the pacific rim. now, mr trump has said he will pull out of the deal negotiated by the obama administration. he says it would have damaged us manufacturing and jobs. the bbc‘s north america editor jon sopel has the details. we ve been talking about this for a long time. oh the power of the pen. these are executive orders signed by the president as he starts his first week in thejob. from now on america will have nothing to do with the pacific trade deal. another order sets in trade plans to renegotiate the nafta agreement with mexico and canada. a far more complex undertaking. and there s to be a freeze on recruitment forfederaljobs. one other exec
i m stephen sackur. according to us intelligence chiefs the kremlin ran a covert operation aimed to influence the us presidential election in favour of donald trump. if they did, it worked, but was it really so? what is the truth behind the swirl of allegations? and what now for russia us relations? well, i m going to the kremlin to meet vladimir putin s spokesman, dmitry peskov. is he triumphant or cautious? dmitry peskov, welcome to hardtalk. dmitry peskov, welcome to hardtalk. do you care that a host of western intelligence agencies have accused your government of sophisticated, covert operations, dirty tricks, meddling in their internal politics, do you care? you mean cyber attacks? cyber attacks, not just that, but cyber attacks have been one very big part of it. let s talk about the united states first of all. yes. we have to be very precise in wording. you re speaking about secret services and special services of the major states. we re speaking about only the united s
and london, this is bbc world news. it s newsday. it s 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 8pm in washington, where president donald trump has marked his first working day in office with a decisive shift in america s dealings with the rest of the world. the tra ns pacific partnership is a huge trade agreement with countries in the pacific rim. now, mr trump has said he will pull out of the deal negotiated by the obama administration. he says it would have damaged us manufacturing and jobs. our north america editor, jon sopel, has the latest. we ve been talking about this for a long time. oh the power of the pen. these are executive orders signed by the president as he starts his first week in thejob. from now on america will have nothing to do with the pacific trade deal. another order sets in train plans to renegotiate the nafta agreement with mexico and canada. a far more complex undertaking. and there s to be a freeze on recruitment forfederaljobs. one other executive ord
in office with a decisive shift in america s dealings with the rest of the world. he has pulled out of a giant free trade deal with pacific rim countries and has warned he will impose a border tax on us companies that move jobs overseas then seek to import goods. from washington, david willis reports. withdrawal of the united states from the tra ns pacific partnership. withdrawal of the united states from the trans-pacific partnership. with that and a stroke of the pen, donald trump made good on a campaign promise to pull america out of the trans pacific partnership. a symbolic gesture given that the deal negotiated by the obama administration had yet to receive congressional approval. great thing for the american worker what we just did. but it was nonetheless a reinforcement of the president s campaign trail commitment to put americanjobs first. campaign trail commitment to put american jobs first. the 12 campaign trail commitment to put americanjobs first. the 12 nation tp