Hello, good morning. Iam Annita Mcveigh and welcome to bbc newsroom live. The us director of National Intelligence has rejected suggestions made by donald trump that Official Agencies Leaked claims russia had Compromising Material on him. In a statement, James Clapper said he had called the President Elect to say the information had not come from the us Security Services. Meanwhile the bbc understands the ex mi6 officer who is believed to have prepared the memo containing the unsubstantiated claims is now in hiding. Christopher steele, who runs a london based intelligence firm, is believed to have left his home this week. Our washington Correspondent Laura Bicker has the story. Donald trumps not a huge fan of the press corps, but he had a message to send to the media and to Us Intelligence agencies. He believes they leaked unsubstantiated allegations that his Election Team colluded with russia. It is all fake news, it is phoney stuff, it didnt happen. There are also claims that russian
Their fears and hopes as they start a new journey to rebuild their lives in somalia some residents in brussels say they feel scared and angry after tuesdays bomb attacks which killed 31 people and injured up to 300 others. There are unusual scenes on the streets of the belgium capital. People are being frisked before entering the metro stations. Im sad now. There is a lot of anger here for such barbaran attacks. We cannot understand why they did this. Everybody really feels anger and some people want revenge, which ask not so good feeling meanwhile, the hunt is on to find one of the suspected i. S. I. L. Bombers seen on a Security Camera at brussels airport. This is the man who is the focus of the manhunt. His identity unknown. It is believed he had explosives, but they failed to detonate properly. There were three bombers at the airport. Najim laachraoui was born in morocco and was already a suspect in on novembers paris attacks. The third suspect was brahim elbakraoui. He had been de
I am be talking to them about their fears and hopes as they start a new journey to rebuild their lives in somalia there is fear an anger in brussels after tuesdays attack which killed 31 people and injured hundreds others. People are being frisked before entering the metro stations and the airport is due to remain closed at least until friday. I was very sad at first. Now we feel anger. We cannot understand why necessity did the. Everybody really feels anger and some people even revenge which is not so good feeling there are now reports that a second man may have been involved in the bombing at the brussels metro station and the hunt is still on to find suspected bomber who was seen at the brussels air part. There appears to have been three bombers at the airport. Two are dead. This man is believed to be on the run after his explosives failed to detonate properly. Miss identity are not known. The two suspect who died at the airport was najim laachraoui. The other brahim elbakraoui also
Plus. Reporter im on a disputed island in the South China Sea where this time its taiwan making waves in these troubled waters we will meet the man on a mission to give indonesias endangered orangutans a Better Future we begin this news hour with latest on the investigation into the brussels bombings. It seems that a second man believed to have taken part in the bombing at the metro station may still be at large. The hunt is still on to find the man seen on a Security Camera at the airport. There appears to have been three bombers at the airport. Two are dead, but this man is believed to be on the run after his explosives failed to detonate properly. His identity is unknown. The two suspected attackers who died at the airport, Najim Laachraoui was already a suspect in paris attacks. The other airport bomber has been identified as brahim elbakraoui. He had been deported from turkey after being detained at the syrian Turkish Border last june. Meanwhile his brother brahim elbakraoui is be
Morning right now police in belgium are trying to hunt down a possible fifth suspect in brussels. They are looking for one man french and bell gym media reporting that sur skralence cameras caught another person walking with the man now identified as the suicide bomber there. It is unclear if this possible fifth suspect was killed in tuesdays bombings. Here is what we know about the other four people believed to have been involved. Police say Najim Laachraoui appears to have died while he blew up a bomb at the Brussels Airport. He was born in morocco grew up in plufls and was a bsh bsh brussels. Brahim elbakraoui setoff a bomb as well in the airport his brother khalid elbakraoui setoff the bomb in the metro station. He was also a suspect they believe in the paris attacks and police are still looking for this man. Not clear who it is. The explosives he had with him at the airport went off without injuring anyone it is not yet clear if any of those men are linked to Salah Abdeslam, the c