It is 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london, and 8 00pm in the evening in washington, where in eight days donald trump will become president of the United States. Mr trump seems to be at odds with some of his key cabinet nominees. His choice for new head of the cia, mike pompeo, on the left, strongly endorsed the work of the Us Intelligence community, hours after it was criticised by the President Elect. And generaljames mattis, on the right, nominated for defence secretary, accused russia of trying to break up nato, in contrast to mr trumps wish for much closer ties with president putin. 0ur Correspondent Nick Bryant reports from washington. A week before inauguration day, it is usually an air of expectancy that youll find on capitol hill, where the stage is being set foertrump to take the oath of office. But the mood now is much more feverish, much more surreal, as front page allegations swirl that russia has compromising information about the President Elect which would make him sus
The metro also leads on the snowy conditions. Its headline is white out travel misery, as snow sweeps britain. The telegraph leads on britains role in the trump dossier. It quotes an american source as saying the British Government gave permission to the fbi to speak to the former british spy who compiled the documents. The Financial Times says that, just one day after heavily fining volkswagen, the Us Government is turning its fire on fiat chrysler. The daily mirror front page is dedicated to the nhs, and features a young boy kept waiting in a e, lying on chairs, forfive hours. His case was referred to by labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn in the commons yesterday. The times front page features a warning from the Prime Minister of malta, currently holding the eu presidency, that any transitional brexit arrangements could leave britain under the rule of european judges for years. Now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi. My guest is american journalis
It is 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london, and 8 00pm in the evening in washington, where in eight days donald trump will become president of the United States. Mr trump seems to be at odds with some of his key cabinet nominees. His choice for new head of the cia, mike pompeo, on the left, strongly endorsed the work of the Us Intelligence community, hours after it was criticised by the President Elect. And generaljames mattis, on the right, nominated for defence secretary, accused russia of trying to break up nato, in contrast to mr trumps wish for much closer ties with president putin. 0ur Correspondent Nick Bryant reports from washington. A week before inauguration day, it is usually an air of expectancy that youll find on capitol hill, where the stage is being set foertrump to take the oath of office. But the mood now is much more feverish, much more surreal, as front page allegations swirl that russia has compromising information about the President Elect which would make him sus
The metro also leads on the snowy conditions. Its headline is white out travel misery, as snow sweeps britain. The telegraph leads on britains role in the trump dossier. It quotes an american source as saying the British Government gave permission to the fbi to speak to the former british spy who compiled the documents. The Financial Times says that, just one day after heavily fining volkswagen, the Us Government is turning its fire on fiat chrysler. The daily mirror front page is dedicated to the nhs, and features a young boy kept waiting in a e, lying on chairs, forfive hours. His case was referred to by labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn in the commons yesterday. The times front page features a warning from the Prime Minister of malta, currently holding the eu presidency, that any transitional brexit arrangements could leave britain under the rule of european judges for years. Now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi. My guest is american journalis
And sarah has the weather. Good morning to you. Lots to talk about in terms of the weather. Snow and ice warnings as well as strong winds and potential flooding around the east coast. A full forecast in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story the army is on standby to help evacuate communities along the east coast, where a tidal surge is expected to hit. The Environment Agency has issued seven severe Flood Warnings, meaning there is a danger to life. Andy moore reports. All along the east coast, floodgates have been closed in preparation for the storm surge. Gale force winds are combining with high tides to threaten coastal defences. In jaywick, in essex, there is a severe Flood Warning, meaning a risk to life. The Emergency Services have arrived in force. The residents are being urged to leave. Evacuation centres a re being urged to leave. Evacuation centres are on standby. Weve got exceptionally strong winds, between 40 exceptionally strong winds, between a0 and 50 miles an h