25/07/2017 Outside Source

Donald Trump used similar words as he had on Twitter to describe the

Attorney General. And disappointed in him. He should not have refused

himself immediately after taking office. His son-in-law has again

been questioned over Russia. The US Congress is set to slap new

sanctions on Russia. In other news, Muslim leaders have called on

worshippers to boycott a holy site in east Jerusalem after metal

detectors were installed and then removed. Europe has been hit by

extreme temperatures and floods. We speak to the weather team about what

has been causing yet. President Trump launched a public

tarried of tweet against Jeff Sessions.

Then he said these words a few minutes ago. And disappointed in the

Attorney General. He should not have recused himself almost immediately

after he took office. And if he was going to accuse unselfish and told

me prior to taking office and I would've quite simply picked

somebody else. Sighting that's a bad thing not for the president but for

the presidency. I think it is unfair to the presidency and that is the

way I feel. Thank you. Many Americans must be wondering if the

president is trying to pry open the office of Attorney-General to

appoint someone during the August recess who will fire special Counsel

Moller and shut down the Russian investigation. First, let me state

for the record now Democrats will never go along with the recess

appointment of that situation arises. Be ready to use tools in our

action to stymie action. If Jeff Sessions recused himself some months

ago, why is Donald Trump saying all the snow? Robert Moller is hiring a

crack team. We are looking at possible business dealings with

Russia. Plus you have this house intelligence committee bringing in

people. I think because this investigation has been ramped up, it

may be part of the reason why Donald Trump is being more anxious and

assertive. I want to point out. When Donald Trump said Jeff Sessions

should've told him he would recused himself, back then we didn't even

know there was an FBI investigation into the Trump campaign and its ties

to Russia. None of that was out in public until it was said during

committee testimony. I believe that was in February or March. There was

no way Jeff Sessions could tell Donald Trump he was going to recused

himself from an investigation that didn't happen. That is a bit of a

historical revision on the part of Donald Trump. The tweets about Jeff

Sessions have become more and more vitriolic. What our voices in

Washington saying about how long he could last in the job? Jeff Sessions

has a lot of allies in this town. He has friends in the Senate were

sticking by him. He has allies in the Conservative media. And is

popular amongst the anti-administration right before

Donald Trump came on the scene. Donald Trump incorporated in his

campaign. He will not be an easy person to force out of his position.

Donald Trump has the ability to fire Jeff Sessions. That will anger a lot

of people in Washington. That would be a difficult situation if Jeff

Sessions did not go quietly into the night. Health care is also an

President Trump's Twitter feed. Let's bring you news update.

It is a pretty significant hurdle. It had lost their vote, would've

been it for now. If they can't get to a debate, there is no way they

can get Torvill. This was the very first step to getting something

passed. It was a 50-50 vote broken by Mike Pence to get to this point.

They will bring everything up. The night break some appeals down and

try to vote on individual amendments. It will be hard to

cobble together 50 Republican votes to sign off on anything. This is a

big step, but they're not out of the woods. John McCain has had grave

health news in recent days. He was there. He flew in from Arizona. He

had brain surgery a week ago to remove a mass behind his right eye.

It turned out to be a cancerous mass. He is suffering from brain

cancer. It was risky friend to get on a plane. He cast a decisive vote

that allowed it to proceed and give a speech about Senate traditions and

bipartisanship and everyone needing to come together. A little nugget

buried in his speech was that he said there was no bell out there in

the Senate that he will vote yes for. He will still have to be

convinced to vote for something. It shows you what a long while

Republicans have in the Senate to try to cobble together a 50 foot

high on anything which could be brokered by Mike Pence. Thank you.

The lower house in the US is due to vote on fresh sanctions against

Russia. The bill is expected to pass. Here

is the Democratic whip saying... If it does pass, it will go through the

Senate and be signed off by the President. What makes all this

awkward as there are three separate investigations. Jared Kushner are

those questioned this afternoon by the house intelligence committee.

Let's cross to Washington. This will pass through the lower house without

any problems we think? It looks that way. There is bipartisan support for

this in the Senate and house, which is unusual. It is a

Republican-controlled Congress. In a way, it is a revolt. I came, they

don't have any doubts that Russia interference in the election. What

they do also is the limit the President's ability to unilaterally

rollback sanctions. For national security reasons, he can usually

waive sanctions. But this says he asked to consult Congress first. It

puts President Trump in a bind. They have said they expect him to support

after changes were made. Really he doesn't have too much choice if that

is going to be such a large number of lawmakers who supported they

could override a veto. It has placed him in a difficult position over his

Russia policy. There is opposition from the White House and Europeans

worried about the expanding sanctions that would target more

companies doing more business with the Russian energy sector, which

might affect their business involving Russian pipelines bringing

gas. There is an element of how Allah is feel about expanding

sanctions on Russia. The bill includes fresh sanctions against

Iran and North Korea. The US ambassador to the UN said this about

China's Corporation of America. I think they have cooperated. I was

pleased with the response we got back. I think some seriousness has

been shown. The true test will be what they have worked out with

Russia. That is the real test. Just hearing that from the US ambassador

to the UN, there are UN sanctions but also united states on sanctions?

Yes, the sanctions on the bill would authorise sanctions against

businesses which deal with North Korea. It would be a way of putting

pressure on China because they do the most business that North Korea.

It is something the administration has pushed aggressively. At the UN,

they are saying when it comes to tightening international sanctions,

air and travel restrictions, possibly oil restrictions and North

Korean guest workers, when they initially proposed to China were

thinking of, the initial response was quite serious and she was

pleased by. That her take on what is happening there. China has pushed

back against the emphasis it has to do more. China would like to see a

diplomatic process alongside sanctions, like negotiations so

there would be a way of de-escalating rather than just

escalating the situation. Thank you. Stay with us. We will have more on

rising tensions in Jerusalem. BMW has ended speculation

that Brexit would result in the new all-electric Mini

being made outside the UK. The firm says the new model will be

assembled at its plant near Oxford , The firm says the new model will be

assembled at its plant near Oxford, as all previous generations

of the car have been The company insists it hasn't

received any commitments from the British government,

regarding trading The Business Secretary, Greg Clarke,

explained why he thought Britain Reinvest with the automotive sector.

The environment we have created for investment in the future has led

companies like BMW, and others, to recognise this is a great place to

be. Our top story: Donald Trump has

taken the unusual step of publicly attacking his own Attorney General,

calling him a week for failing to investigate Hillary Clinton

properly. Other stories been reported around the BBC right now.

BBC Hindi report that six people in Mumbai have died after

Emergency workers are struggling to rescue around ten people

15 more have been pulled from the wreckage -

Protesters in a French town have built a wall around the entrance

to a former hotel to prevent it being used as a migrant shelter.

They said the local authorities had failed to discuss with town

residents the plan to house up to 85 migrants in the building.

And among the most read on the BBC Website.

Alice Cooper says he found a classic Andy Warhol

artwork in his storage - more than 40 years

The singer had forgotten about the work presented

A similar version of the Warhol artwork sold in 2014

A decision on the right for Charlie Gard's parents to take him home to

die will be made within 24 hours. The matter was before the High Court

today, day after Charlie's parents ended their legal fight to take him

to the US for treatment. Judge said Charlie could be taken to a hospice

to pass away. The legal battle over this

desperately sick boy now centres Charlie needs a mechanical

ventilator to breathe. Yesterday, his parents give

up their fight to take him to the United States and agreed no

more treatment could help him. But Charlie's mum, Connie,

was back at court this afternoon to make it clear she did not

want him to die in the intensive care unit where he's

been since October. The parents' lawyer said

it was their last wish that Charlie dies at home,

for a few days of tranquillity The hospital says it won't stand

in the parents' way and yet, Lawyers for the parents said

they would pay private nurses to take over his care and later seek

to recover the costs from the NHS. But the court heard

there were practical issues to be resolved,

for example, whether Charlie's ventilator would fit

through their front door. Great Ormond Street Hospital said it

wanted to honour the parents' wishes but the care plan must be safe

and spare Charlie all pain. The hospital says it won't stand

in the parents' way and yet, Lawyers for the parents said

they would pay private nurses to take over his care and later seek

to recover the costs from the NHS. But the court heard

there were practical issues to be resolved,

for example, whether Charlie's ventilator would fit

through their front door. Great Ormond Street Hospital said it

wanted to honour the parents' wishes but the care plan must be safe

and spare Charlie all pain. Charlie is a child who requires

highly specialised treatment. It must be provided in a specialist

setting by specialists. The dispute over where and how

soon Charlie should die typifies the utter breakdown

in the relationship between The judge said this was a matter

crying out for mediation. Great Ormond Street said it offered

that but the parents refused. The judge said the parents

were entitled to decide where they spent the next few days

but this should not That would be unacceptable

as it would simply extend This woman lost her son,

Guy, when he was five. He was profoundly

disabled and tube fed. She, too, had searched

for a cure for his condition. They've got to learn to let him go

at all sorts of levels. Stuff happens and they must not

be bitter because it What they've got to do is look

at all the positive things. The hospital has offered

a compromise for Charlie to be transferred to a hospice,

where doctors from Great Ormond Street would supervise his

palliative care and death Charlie's parents said they want

days, not hours, and a hospice Israel has removed metal detectors

from outside a holy site in East Jerusalem after uproar

from Palestinians over It's known to Jews as

the Temple Mount and Muslims Relative calm restored at the gates

to the third holiest site in Islam. Palestinian worshippers now hope

to enter after a week of protests So Israel's removed the metal

detectors that were just there. Instead, it says it's going to do

what it calls smart checking, using more surveillance around

the old city. It follows over a week

of violence and tensions that The removal of all these cameras

and the removal of all these gates prove that there were not

needed for security. It was a political measure by Israel

to impose fact on the ground Guns were taken inside

the Al-Aqsa Mosque grounds and used to kill two Israeli policemen

at the Gates. When the mosque was re-opened

with new metal detectors, Palestinians continued praying

outside, accusing Israel of using security as an excuse

to extend its control over the site which is also the holiest place

for Jews and known as Temple Mount. In clashes with Israeli

Security Forces, five And in this West Bank settlement,

a Palestinian stabbed to death three Then an Israeli embassy guard

killed two Jordanians, Jordan is the custodian

of Jerusalem's mosques. Overnight, amid fears of a wider

escalation, the metal detectors Israel is making sure there

is a real freedom of Jerusalem. 50 years after Israel captured

unoccupied the old city of Jerusalem, it remains at the heart

of this conflict. 50 years after Israel captured

the old city of Jerusalem, recent pictures have shown once

again how it remains Greece has sold its government debt

to international investors The Greek government managed

to raise 3.5 billion dollars in a move which could signal the end

of austerity in the country. Since 2010, Greece has received

around 380 billion dollars of emergency funding,

but this has come with certain Greece's creditors -

which include the International Monetary Fund and the EU -

have insisted that the government raise taxes and slash

pensions in order to improve Our economics correspondent

Andrew Walker explains why today's This is a tall in the water. There

were offers to buy more than twice that amount. I think this is a view

that Greece has done an awful lot to improve the position of its public

finances. Back in the red this year. But not a large deficit. Think they

recognise things a great deal. They take the view that probably if it

comes to the crunch, the rest of the eurozone would be unlikely to want

to see Greece getting into a default and perhaps once again reigniting

fears of contagion from five years ago.

General Motors says it's going to manufacture fewer cars

in the US due to a build-up of stock on its forecourts.

The biggest carmaker in the United States reported

a 14% drop in profits in the last three months.

Let's get more with Michelle Fleury who joins us from New York.

Some of this news was expected. We are seeing American car sales coming

off a record high in 2016, so people had expected that perhaps 2017 might

not be as strong. This is a continuation of that trend. The

company had to take a write-down on several of its other deals. You may

recall it sold off some of its assets in Europe. All of this as it

tries to become more focused and shift its strategy on to more

fast-growing markets such as India and China. The announcement by GM

saying they will build fewer cars in the US will be up setback for

President Trump's plans for more American jobs. Donald Trump give an

interview to the Wall Street Journal in which he said he had heard from

the Chief Executive of Apple saying the company was ready to build three

big plants in America. We haven't had confirmation of that ourselves,

but it is worth pointing out that if you look ever since Donald Trump

came into office he made a point of prioritising America first and spoke

of creating jobs here and factories. That lead to companies responding to

the pressure and to talking about doing more to create jobs in the

past, Apple has said it will create a $1 billion fund. Presumably some

of that money will be used for these plans. Thank you. We will be back in

a few minutes. Stay with us. In a moment, the latest on the

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