:00:00. > :00:00.An extraordinary new claim by President Trump -
:00:00. > :00:10.he accuses Barack Obama of ordering the tapping of his phones.
:00:11. > :00:14.Mr Trump claims it took place during the US election campaign
:00:15. > :00:18.He compares it to Watergate, calling the former president
:00:19. > :00:24.Mr Obama said the claim was "simply false".
:00:25. > :00:34.He's denied ordering any phone taps during his presidency.
:00:35. > :00:37.The election yesterday was a water shed election.
:00:38. > :00:39.Sinn Fein celebrate their best ever showing in elections
:00:40. > :00:53.And Sir Andy Murray claims another trophy, as he wins
:00:54. > :01:08.the Dubai Championships for the first time.
:01:09. > :01:16.Donald Trump has accused Barack Obama of having his phones
:01:17. > :01:18.at Trump Tower in New York tapped, during last year's
:01:19. > :01:23.In a series of messages on social media, President Trump called
:01:24. > :01:27.Mr Obama a "sick man" and compared the alleged bugging
:01:28. > :01:32.A spokesman for Mr Obama said claims that he had ordered
:01:33. > :01:35.surveillance of any US citizen were "simply false".
:01:36. > :01:41.Our North America correspondent, Nick Byrant, reports.
:01:42. > :01:49.It was warm hand shakes and friendly bonami E.On inauguration day as
:01:50. > :01:53.Donald Trump took power from Barack Obama. Two men, fiercely hostile
:01:54. > :01:57.during the election campaign, coming together in a show of presidential
:01:58. > :02:00.and personal civility. Early this morning, Donald Trump launched the
:02:01. > :02:04.kind of public attack on a predecessor that in modern times is
:02:05. > :02:09.completely without precedent. Terrible, he wrote in a Twitter
:02:10. > :02:12.tirade. Just found out that Obama had my wires tapped in Trump Tower,
:02:13. > :02:23.just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarnalingyism. How
:02:24. > :02:28.-- McCarthyism. This is Nixon/water gait. Bad or sick guy.
:02:29. > :02:32.A pro-Trump rally outside his tower in New York, a skyscraper that
:02:33. > :02:36.Donald Trump claims was a crime scene. But he made these explosive
:02:37. > :02:40.accusations without offering any proof or saying whether they came
:02:41. > :02:46.from intelligence briefings or from reading reports on a right-wing
:02:47. > :02:50.website, bright Bart news. It's extraordinary for a President to
:02:51. > :02:53.level these kind of accusations against anyone, let alone his
:02:54. > :02:57.predecessor, without citing any evidence. A key former aide of
:02:58. > :03:02.Barack Obama has shot back at Mr Trump. No President can order a
:03:03. > :03:07.wiretap, he says. These restrictions were put in place to protect
:03:08. > :03:17.citizens from people like you. During last year's campaign, the FBI
:03:18. > :03:22.opened an investigation still ongoing looking at potential links
:03:23. > :03:27.between them and the Russians. Jeff Sessions faces calls for his
:03:28. > :03:32.resignation for not disclosing meetings he had with the ambassador.
:03:33. > :03:35.And Michael Flynn had to resign last month because of conversations about
:03:36. > :03:39.US sanctions against the Kremlin with the same ambassador. We will
:03:40. > :03:43.have made America greater than ever before. Donald Trump began this week
:03:44. > :03:48.with a widely praised speech on Capitol Hill, that was supposed to
:03:49. > :03:53.reset his presidency. But this is a speedy return to the kind of angry
:03:54. > :03:55.attacks that many think are far from presidential.
:03:56. > :03:57.Nick is outside Trump Tower in New York tonight.
:03:58. > :04:03.As you said in your report, we are getting used to extraordinary
:04:04. > :04:08.statements from this President. But how surprised have people been by
:04:09. > :04:13.this one? The President of the United States of the America has
:04:14. > :04:16.just called his predecessor sick and bad and worth dwelling on that
:04:17. > :04:20.language, because we've never heard anything like it before. Although
:04:21. > :04:24.the White House hasn't come up with any evidence to back that claim up,
:04:25. > :04:30.nor has it said where the allegations have come from, which
:04:31. > :04:35.heightens suspicion that he was reacting act Rhyl to a news report
:04:36. > :04:39.an a right-wing website. It raises questions about his temperament.
:04:40. > :04:42.We're saying Barack Obama's response was very restrained in comparison.
:04:43. > :04:46.It raises questions about his judgment. It shows he's prepared to
:04:47. > :04:51.trash one of the unwritten conventions of American politics,
:04:52. > :04:54.which is this: American Presidents, past and present, do not launch
:04:55. > :04:58.highly personalised attacks on each other. This is an exclusive
:04:59. > :05:02.President's club, it's surprisingly chumming. One of the reasons why is
:05:03. > :05:06.the people who've occupied the White House have such a high regard, a
:05:07. > :05:09.high respect for the office of the presidency. Donald Trump's
:05:10. > :05:13.signalling, he isn't bound by those conventions. Nick, thank you.
:05:14. > :05:15.Sinn Fein are celebrating their best ever showing in elections
:05:16. > :05:21.They've won 27 seats, just one less than the Democratic Unionists.
:05:22. > :05:24.Sinn Fein's Ppesident, Gerry Adams, said it was a watershed election
:05:25. > :05:29.and the end to a permanent unionist majority in Northern Ireland.
:05:30. > :05:31.The two parties now have three weeks to agree
:05:32. > :05:38.From Belfast, Chris Buckler reports.
:05:39. > :05:40.Sinn Fein believe they have changed the political picture
:05:41. > :05:47.If this election was a battle in the long fight between
:05:48. > :05:52.unionism and nationalism, they are claiming victory.
:05:53. > :05:57.Clearly, the unionist majority in the Assembly has been ended
:05:58. > :06:02.and the notion of a permanent or perpetual unionist majority
:06:03. > :06:08.The DUP are still Stormont's biggest party, but they could only
:06:09. > :06:12.watch as republicans ate into their sizeable lead
:06:13. > :06:17.from the last election, just ten months ago.
:06:18. > :06:20.Many voters were motivated by the harsh words of the campaign.
:06:21. > :06:25.At one stage, the DUP compared republicans to crocodiles.
:06:26. > :06:30.In order to go back into government, Sinn Fein are calling
:06:31. > :06:34.for Arlene Foster to step aside as First Minister, while a public
:06:35. > :06:38.inquiry takes place into a financial scandal, linked to a botched
:06:39. > :06:43.It's a demand that's angered Mrs Foster's party.
:06:44. > :06:47.Now we've got to pick up the pieces after having a brutal election,
:06:48. > :06:53.and I think that the party which has got most to be concerned about,
:06:54. > :06:56.as to how it repairs the damage, is Sinn Fein.
:06:57. > :06:59.For so long the big beast of politics here, unionism is facing
:07:00. > :07:05.Just months ago, they seemed to be working together,
:07:06. > :07:09.but in unionist East Belfast, where the CS Lewis square has been
:07:10. > :07:12.built in honour of the author's mythical tales of battle,
:07:13. > :07:16.there is concern about what's emerging.
:07:17. > :07:18.Our whole government system is not working
:07:19. > :07:21.for the people who need it, right, because they're up
:07:22. > :07:25.there squabbling over very little, to be honest.
:07:26. > :07:29.Republicans are out again in force, so they are.
:07:30. > :07:32.We should get off our backsides, get out and vote now.
:07:33. > :07:35.Once hailed as the champion of unionism, a statue
:07:36. > :07:38.of Edward Carson stands outside Stormont.
:07:39. > :07:42.Today his political successors feel on their guard,
:07:43. > :07:45.and no-one is sure if a deal to restore power sharing
:07:46. > :07:53.The French carmaker, which owns Peugeot and Citroen,
:07:54. > :07:56.is reported to have reached an agreement to buy Vauxhall
:07:57. > :08:01.An official announcement is due on Monday, but talk of a deal has
:08:02. > :08:03.raised concerns about the future of Vauxhall's two UK factories
:08:04. > :08:09.More than 4,000 people are employed across the two sites.
:08:10. > :08:13.Our business correspondent, Joe Lynam, reports.
:08:14. > :08:16.This Vauxhall plant is one of the more efficient car-making
:08:17. > :08:23.66% of the vehicles made here are exported, mostly to Europe.
:08:24. > :08:25.But the workers here may have new bosses from Monday,
:08:26. > :08:28.when it's likely the company that the company which makes Peugeot
:08:29. > :08:33.cars, PSA, confirms it's bought Vauxhall and Opel.
:08:34. > :08:37.But with too many factories in Europe and not enough demand,
:08:38. > :08:41.PSA is likely to have a long, hard look at which plants to keep
:08:42. > :08:43.open and that puts Vauxhall under the microscope.
:08:44. > :08:46.Vauxhall employs just under 2,000 staff in its Ellesmere Port
:08:47. > :08:52.The whole area, the whole plant's really worried.
:08:53. > :08:54.Because it's going to affect a lot of jobs
:08:55. > :08:59.There's nothing here, is there, if Vauxhall goes.
:09:00. > :09:05.Its van-making factory in Luton employs 1,400 people.
:09:06. > :09:08.I'm optimistic about the future of this plant, here in Luton,
:09:09. > :09:11.but really, the prospects of car manufacturing in the UK will come
:09:12. > :09:14.down to the kind of deal we get out of Brexit.
:09:15. > :09:17.In all, Vauxhall makes just under 200,000 cars a year.
:09:18. > :09:20.PSA has capacity to build more cars in its own plants.
:09:21. > :09:24.It doesn't need these plants in Britain, and, of course,
:09:25. > :09:27.there are obstacles in the way with currency fluctuations,
:09:28. > :09:31.the problems posed by Brexit with freedom of movement,
:09:32. > :09:35.freedom of movement of parts as well.
:09:36. > :09:39.The Government says it is cautiously optimistic that it will be able
:09:40. > :09:42.to limit the job losses as a result of this deal, possibly by providing
:09:43. > :09:47.the kind of assurances it gave to Nissan in Sunderland.
:09:48. > :09:50.We don't know what those assurances are for sure,
:09:51. > :09:53.but there are quite a few British-based car makers that
:09:54. > :09:58.Only this week, Nissan said it now needs ?100 million to support car
:09:59. > :10:05.BMW said it might make battery-powered Minis
:10:06. > :10:08.in Germany instead of Britain, and Ford looks like it
:10:09. > :10:11.could be shedding more than 1,000 jobs in Wales.
:10:12. > :10:14.So the pressure will mount on Theresa May to support
:10:15. > :10:18.the automotive sector at the very time she will be in intensive talks
:10:19. > :10:28.The prime minister of Somalia says over 100 people from a drought-hit
:10:29. > :10:31.region in the country have died of hunger in the past two days.
:10:32. > :10:33.The drought was declared a national disaster on Tuesday,
:10:34. > :10:35.and the United Nations estimates that five million people
:10:36. > :10:43.Thousands have made their way to the capital in search of food.
:10:44. > :10:46.Tens of thousands of people have marched in London to protest
:10:47. > :10:50.at what they say are cuts to NHS services. Hospital staff,
:10:51. > :10:52.campaigners and union representatives joined
:10:53. > :10:55.the demonstration, with the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn,
:10:56. > :10:59.Organisers claim Theresa May's demands on austerity in the NHS
:11:00. > :11:02.represent a real risk to patients and safety, but the Department
:11:03. > :11:07.of Health says extra money is being invested.
:11:08. > :11:09.The Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, has announced
:11:10. > :11:12.that he will visit Moscow in the coming weeks,
:11:13. > :11:14.in an attempt to improve relations with Russia.
:11:15. > :11:18.It will be the first such trip by a British Minister for five years.
:11:19. > :11:22.Our diplomatic correspondent, James Landale, is here.
:11:23. > :11:26.What do we know about what the Foreign Secretary hopes to achieve.
:11:27. > :11:31.It's very simple, he wants to improve Britain's relationship with
:11:32. > :11:35.Russia. At the moment it's poor. The fact that he'll be first Foreign
:11:36. > :11:39.Secretary in five years going to Russia illustrates that fact. In the
:11:40. > :11:42.last few months, we had this astonishing war of words. Boris
:11:43. > :11:46.Johnson has accused the Russians of war crimes in Syria, calling for a
:11:47. > :11:51.demonstration outside the Russian embassy in London. He's insisted
:11:52. > :11:55.there should be no relaxation of sanctions against Ukraine and so on.
:11:56. > :11:58.In response the Russian embassy has mocked Mr Johnson and said he's
:11:59. > :12:01.trying to start a new Cold War. They want to get things back on a more
:12:02. > :12:06.level playing field. I think, the Foreign Office are making it clear,
:12:07. > :12:11.this is not a reset. This is not the UK changing policy or cosying up to
:12:12. > :12:14.Moscow. They say he will be robust about those areas where the UK
:12:15. > :12:18.disagrees with Russia, whether it's Ukraine or Syria. What's changed is
:12:19. > :12:23.this: President Trump has started talking about engaging with Russia.
:12:24. > :12:28.And the Russian-backed leader in Syria is still in place. I think in
:12:29. > :12:30.that context the UK has to have a more, a less dysfunctional
:12:31. > :12:37.relationship with Russia. Thank you. With all the sport, here's
:12:38. > :12:39.Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes Sir Andy Murray has won his first
:12:40. > :12:45.tournament of 2017. He beat Fernando Verdasco
:12:46. > :12:47.in straight sets to win the Dubai Championship
:12:48. > :12:49.and extend his lead at the top The Dubai Tennis Championship's
:12:50. > :12:54.trophy is certainly one for a collector of Andy Murray's
:12:55. > :12:57.distinction. Competed for under the gaze
:12:58. > :13:00.of the Sheikh and started with a haze of breaks,
:13:01. > :13:03.one blurring into another. First Fernando Verdasco
:13:04. > :13:06.forced things his way, then Murray steadied himself,
:13:07. > :13:10.adjusted and heaved the set more It soon became clear
:13:11. > :13:15.Verdasco had lost something. First set Murray's in
:13:16. > :13:19.just over half an hour. And yet the world number one had
:13:20. > :13:22.rarely been at his best. Just as the Spaniard
:13:23. > :13:26.thought he had the point, Get back soon, or
:13:27. > :13:32.you'll miss the end. The Persian Gulf between
:13:33. > :13:36.the players clear to see. But for Murray's coaches,
:13:37. > :13:39.victory comes at a cost. The team puts in a lot of hard work
:13:40. > :13:42.as well to help me perform and in these competitions,
:13:43. > :13:48.so I appreciate all of their help. We actually had an agreement
:13:49. > :13:51.that if I won this week On court it's still about
:13:52. > :13:57.lifting, not falling. Another trophy,
:13:58. > :13:59.the 45th of his career. It's been an eventful day
:14:00. > :14:07.in the Premier League. Match of the Day follows the news -
:14:08. > :14:10.except in Scotland where it's Sportscene first -
:14:11. > :14:12.so if you don't want to hear the results now,
:14:13. > :14:16.you know what to do. Liverpool are up to third
:14:17. > :14:18.in the table, after beating But the headlines will focus
:14:19. > :14:22.on Arsenal's manager, Arsene Wenger, who's admitted his decision to drop
:14:23. > :14:28.top scorer Alexis Sanchez backfired. Elsewhere, Leicester continued
:14:29. > :14:30.their post-Ranieri comeback. While at Old Trafford,
:14:31. > :14:33.a ten-man Bournemouth held There were also wins for Stoke,
:14:34. > :14:37.Swansea, Southampton and Crystal Palace -
:14:38. > :14:39.who are now out of In the day's only
:14:40. > :14:43.Scottish Premiership match, In the quarterfinals
:14:44. > :14:50.of the Scottish Cup, Rangers thrashed Hamilton and Hibs
:14:51. > :14:51.beat Ayr United. Wasps stung Bath 24-3,
:14:52. > :14:54.to extend their lead at the top Australian star Kurtley Beale
:14:55. > :15:01.was man of the match, scoring two tries in one of Bath's
:15:02. > :15:04.worst home defeats in Great Britain's Laura Muir
:15:05. > :15:09.is the new European indoor She dominated in Belgrade,
:15:10. > :15:14.breaking the Championship record Muir is also hoping to take gold
:15:15. > :15:30.in the 3000 metres tomorrow. Oh, fantastic. I mean, I'm just so
:15:31. > :15:34.happy. It feels like a long time coming to win a medal. I'm so happy.
:15:35. > :15:38.And there were more celebrations for Britain's runners in Belgrade,
:15:39. > :15:41.when Richard Kilty successfully defended his 60 metres title,
:15:42. > :15:48.British para-cyclist Jody Cundy has won his 13th world track title.
:15:49. > :15:51.He took gold in the one kilometre time trial in Los Angeles,
:15:52. > :16:02.It stretches his unbeaten run in the event to 11 years.
:16:03. > :16:11.You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.