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hello, i m christian fraser in paris. katty kay is in washington. there are important stories on both sides of the atlantic. very shortly, we will turn to the heated debate last night and television between emmanuel macron and marine le pen. we will talk to guests in paris as well. before that, let s focus on washington. in the next few minutes we will have breaking news as republicans start to vote on repealing and replacing 0bamacare. yes, the house of representatives will start that vote shortly. there seems to have been some glitch. we expected it in the last few hours. it isa expected it in the last few hours. it is a vote on president 0bama s most important legacy. president trump promised to get rid of it. in the end of those members of congress are taking a vote, not knowing how much the replacement bill would cost are many americans will lose their health insurance. here is a democrat and republican. any health care bill that came to this floor should be about ....
used to the paper five featuring elizabeth fry. she is now making way for the winston churchill plastic fiver. it means that after this there won t be a bank of england note with a woman on it, except for the queen. but the bank of england says 150 million notes remain at large. so why the abrupt cut off? the new polymer £5 note featuring winston churchill has lots of clever security features that make it much more secure. we want the public to have those notes rather than the old note, setting a clear doubt of the 5th of may to reduce the elizabeth fry note, meaning people know exactly which notes to have, which to check, which security features to understand. after friday you will still be able to take your old notes into your bank and deposit them or exchange them, but shops won t be accepting them, so you re probably best off just spending accepting them, so you re probably best offjust spending them before then. the bank of england says it will take paper five is ....
hours adrift in the irish sea. matthew bryce has been speaking exclusively to the bbc about his ordeal, saying that he had prepared himself for death. and coming up at 8:45, david baldacci will be talking about his latest book the fix on meet the author. good evening and welcome to bbc news. in the past hour, the us house of representatives has passed a healthcare bill, bringing president trump s pledge to repeal and replace obamacare a step closer. the american health care act was passed narrowly after weeks of arm twisting within the republican party to muster sufficient support. it has been opposed by democrats and several groups representing patients, doctors and hospitals. ed haislmaier is a senior research fellow in health policy studies at the conservative think tank the heritage foundation. he s been campaigning for the repeal of obamacare and gave me his reaction to tonight s developments. what people have missed in this debate is there has been a lot of focu ....
mr macron says it s fake news and lies . plus all the other days news including the announcement that the duke of edinburgh is to retire from his public duties. the us house of representatives has narrowly passed a republican party proposal to repeal barack obama s affordable health care act. this is how the vote broke down. there were just four votes between the yeses and nos and it s likely to face even bigger hurdles when it goes in front of the senate. scrapping so called obamacare, which offered medical insurance to millions more americans, was a key pledge of donald trump s presidential campaign. he suffered an embarrassing political set back on the issue in march and his team has lobbied hard since then to secure wavering republicans this time. but donald trump is celebrating now. he s delayed an official visit to washington to celebrate the health care victory. here he is speaking at the white house just a few minutes ago. i went through two years of campai ....
hours clinging to his board, describes the moment a helicopter crew spotted him. in the end they saved my life. i can t thank them enough. president trump celebrates at the white house, after republicans help him take the first step towards scrapping barack obama s flagship health plan. this is a repeal and a replace of obamacare, make no mistake about it. we never had rows. and national treasures alan bennett and nicholas hytner tell us how theirfriendship has fuelled theatrical success. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news. could manchester united finally find a way past the celta vigo goalkeeper in the first leg of their europa league semifinal in spain? good evening. after nearly 70 years in the public eye, the duke of edinburgh has decided to retire from royal duties from august. buckingham palace said that prince philip, who ll be 96 next month, has the full support of the queen. she will continue with all her engagements. the announcement has prompted tribu ....