Stalemate where Civil Servants, not elected politicians, have been running departments and will be asking whether it is possible to restore the power sharing assembly. And gary oldman is up for best actor in this years baftas for his portrayal as Winston Churchill in darkest hour. Our good morning. It isjanuary our good morning. It is january the 9th. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Theresa may has held herfirst meeting with her new cabinet this morning as she prepares to finalise her ministerial reshuffle. This morning, more ministers are understood to have said theyre leaving government including International Trade minister mark garnier. Government sources say his departure isnt related to recent allegations of inappropriate behaviour. Meanwhile, the journalist toby young has resigned from his role with the new Higher Education regulator the office for students. Hed faced a growing campaign against his appointment by the government because of his history of derogatory comments about w
Nato. She also extended an invite from the queen to the president for a state visit to london later this year. And we are learning that the president is scheduled to speak with russian president putin on the phone this weekend. White House Press Secretary and the kremlin said they will speak tomorrow. This will be their first conversation since the president took office. Tensions between the United States and russia are at their highest nah years. The Obama Administration accused the kremlin of interfering with the election and forced diplomats to leave. The president could sign an order regarding those sanctions today. The president spoke to mexican president for an hour on the phone today. Trump said he loves mexico and called the conversation friendly. The call came a day after the two leaders canceled next weeks meeting in washington following the executive order to move forward with plans to build a border wall. We first told you yesterday about trumps proposed 20 tariff on mexica