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A spectacular war of words has broken out between donald trump and his former chief strategist steve bannon. Bannon is quoted in a new book accusing the president s son donald, jr of treason, for meeting during the Election Campaign with a group of russians whod promised him damaging material on hillary clinton. The president has responded that steve bannon had notjust lost his job at the white house he lost his mind as well. This from our north america correspondent peter bowes. They were once as thick as thieves. Steve bannon helped to shape the America First campaign that elected donald trump. In the white house he was a key player. He had the ear of the president. But his job as chief strategist was short lived and he returned to his previous position as the head of rightwing outlet breitbart news. He promised to be the president s wingman outside but this book reveals ....
Sa warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. With spotify gearing up for a multibillion dollar market floatation we want to know have you embraced the music streaming revolution . Or are you still using an ipod, cds or vinyl . Get in touch just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Three people have died as storm eleanor swept across most of northern europe, causing widescale disruption. Tens of thousands of people have had their power cut and air travel has been affected. The dutch authorities have, for the first time, shut all major sea barriers. Sarah corker reports. The storm swept into france with brute force. Winds exceeding 150 kilometres an hour battered the northern coast. The Atlantic Ocean crashed over and through cedar fences. Sea defences. High tide in brittany saw ....
Schools should play a bigger role in preparing children for social medias emotional demands as they move from primary to secondary school, englands childrens commissioner says. The leader of the council in windsor is calling for police to take action against what he called aggressive begging before the Royal Wedding in may. Britains andy murray pulls out of the Australian Open after failing to recover from an ongoing hip injury. He hasnt played a competitive match since wimbledon last summer. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Donald trumps lawyers have intervened in his bitter row with his former chief of staff steve bannon. Theyve threatened him with legal action for speaking to the author of an explosive new book about the president which, amongst other claims, describes him as being unprepared for thejob, poorly informed about the basics, and ridiculed behind his back. ....
Our main story at five. The Prime Minister has apologised for a decision to postpone some operations in england until next month, saying she knows its difficult, frustrating and disappointing. Her remarks came after further evidence of pressure on the nhs this winter. Bbc analysis has found that one in eight patients taken to hospital by ambulance in england so far this winter has had to wait more than half an hour to be handed over to nhs staff. Figures also show a Record Number of people called the nhs 111 number during the festive period. The Prime Minister today in Frimley Park Hospital in surrey, thanking staff personally for their hard work over christmas, and now we know just how hard it was. The Nati ....