and the uk s opposition labour party vows to reverse the government s cut to the top rate of income tax, its leader saying there s confidence his party can win the next election. the hope of a labour government has turned into a belief in a labour government, and that change, that switch, is worth its weight in gold. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. its newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it isa it is a six in the morning here in singapore, and midnight in italy. exit polls there suggest far right leader giorgia meloni has won italy s election, and is on course to become the country s first female prime minister. she is predicted to win between 22 26% of the vote, if they are confirmed, ms meloni will aim to form italy s most right wing government since world war ii. for the latest, we can cross live to rome and our correspondent there, mark lowen. you have been across this story from the very start, and wh
ally s phone. and a judge s ruling that trump s tax returns can go to house lawmakers. each headline a major development on its own in the legal sphere. here is the big picture when it comes to the legal pressures trump is facing. two department of justice probes. one involving classified documents. the other january 6th. there is also the house select committee investigation into his role in the insurrection. then in georgia trump s infamous fine the votes phone call, the crux of an election interference case. then there is his taxes, his finances. there are three separate investigations here and, today, there was a deposition involving the civil probe in new york. that is where we want to begin with cnn s kara. would the former president answer questions or would he assert the fifth? he chose the latter. reporter: yeah. that is right. that was the big question this morning. donald trump arrived here about four hours ago. he is in the building just over my shoulder at the
ceremony at the south korean cemetery on friday. he said the future of the world will be written in asia and the region will prove to be critical in the years and decades to come. the president made those comments after touring a samsung factory making semiconductors alongside his south korean counterpart. the decisions we make today will have far-reaching impacts on the world we leave our children tomorrow. so just to give you an indication how this is going to unfold, later today joe biden will hold talks with south korea s new president with the threat, of course, being posed by pyongyang. that will be expected the main focus of the meeting. beijing is holding military drills in the south china sea during this visit. now, the u.s. says there is still concern meantime that pronging could conduct a missile test while the president is in the region, but even then the war in ukraine is still on mr. biden s mind. listen. putin s brutal and unprovoked war in ukraine furthe