:00:10. > :00:11.White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer is currently
:00:12. > :00:26.A very warm welcome. We will continue listening to this press
:00:27. > :00:29.briefing. Yesterday, we were told that the president expects the FBI
:00:30. > :00:34.investigation will be wrapped up with integrity. Today the president
:00:35. > :00:39.tweeted and called it a witchhunt. How does that help wrap that
:00:40. > :00:47.investigation up with integrity? The President... He wants to know very
:00:48. > :00:53.clearly... There is two pieces of this. What was not a's involvement.
:00:54. > :00:58.The President's concerned about any entity is attempting to influence
:00:59. > :01:02.the election and the second is this false narrative that we continue to
:01:03. > :01:04.fight every day that has been debunked by intelligence
:01:05. > :01:08.individuals, members of Congress who have been briefed over and over
:01:09. > :01:11.again. That is where I think he is concerned as well as many American
:01:12. > :01:15.people who are concerned that there is this false narrative being
:01:16. > :01:23.perpetuated out there. That is the knot of this. I talked to a former
:01:24. > :01:26.FBI official today who said that the President's implicit threat to
:01:27. > :01:30.former FBI director James Comey indicates that the president is in
:01:31. > :01:37.head words out of control. I would like you to respond to that. Is he?
:01:38. > :01:41.That is frankly offensive. Two questions about the FBI's director
:01:42. > :01:45.selection process. You said the names are coming from the Justice
:01:46. > :01:51.Department right now. Is the president consulting with Democratic
:01:52. > :01:56.congressional leaders as well, or Republican congressional leaders on
:01:57. > :02:01.this, or is he just getting names? That is a good question. I know that
:02:02. > :02:04.obviously he will take input from them. I do not know what
:02:05. > :02:06.conversations he has had so I will be glad to check on who he has
:02:07. > :02:21.spoken to or maybe speaking to. So that is Sean Spicer, the White
:02:22. > :02:25.House press secretary speaking there and refusing to comment on a lot of
:02:26. > :02:29.questions that have been put to him by the press that are gathered,
:02:30. > :02:37.mainly saying that he cannot comment on these tapes that President Trump
:02:38. > :02:45.himself mentioned on Twitter. No further comment from Mr Trump on
:02:46. > :02:49.James Comey, the head of the FBI and his firing and not aware of any
:02:50. > :02:56.recordings that were made either. So here is some of what Sean Spicer had
:02:57. > :03:00.to say earlier. Did President Trump record his conversations with former
:03:01. > :03:04.FBI director James Comey? I assume you are referring to the tweet and I
:03:05. > :03:09.have spoken to the president and he has nothing further to add on that.
:03:10. > :03:12.Why did he say that and what should we interpret from that? As I said,
:03:13. > :03:18.he has nothing further to add on that. Are their recording devices in
:03:19. > :03:21.the oval office? For a third time, there is nothing further to add on
:03:22. > :03:27.that. Does he think it is appropriate to threaten someone like
:03:28. > :03:31.James Comey? I did not dig it is a direct. He has simply stated a fact.
:03:32. > :03:55.-- I do not think it is a threat. We now go to our correspondence. I
:03:56. > :03:58.think the tweet warned James Comey against linking any information
:03:59. > :04:01.because he would have hoped there were not any recordings. That sounds
:04:02. > :04:05.and read like a threat to the rest of the world so it is not clear what
:04:06. > :04:08.was meant by that and what he was intending on whether he has any
:04:09. > :04:12.tapes of these conversations and certainly the whole mention of
:04:13. > :04:17.takes, even in quotation marks in his tweet, is absolutely reminiscent
:04:18. > :04:22.of the next in Iraq, something he has been accused of emulating this
:04:23. > :04:30.week in the treatment of James Comey himself. -- emulating the Nixon era.
:04:31. > :04:33.Were shocked by the tweet saying he was thinking of cancelling the White
:04:34. > :04:37.House briefings, because up until recently we did not know this was
:04:38. > :04:42.going to happen? The tweet went out first thing on Friday morning. No, I
:04:43. > :04:48.am not shocked by that because he has an absolute love- hate
:04:49. > :04:52.relationship with the publicity machine, with the media machine. It
:04:53. > :04:55.is something he drives off of and also something that he despises as
:04:56. > :04:59.per players of fake news, as he would put it. I think was more
:05:00. > :05:05.shocking was the other tweaks this morning where he said there will --
:05:06. > :05:11.although I am an active president, you can't expect people to go one
:05:12. > :05:15.speak on my heart and to always speak with perfect accuracy. In
:05:16. > :05:22.other words, inviting people to be sceptical or doubtful about what
:05:23. > :05:25.they hear coming out of the spokesman's mouth. Now, journalists
:05:26. > :05:31.tend to be doubtful and sceptical people. That is in the nature of the
:05:32. > :05:36.job. But you do not normally you the other side saying, "Don't believe
:05:37. > :05:40.every word we say." We heard anything further about James Comey
:05:41. > :05:49.and his firing, because he is now saying that it was all his decision.
:05:50. > :05:54.James Comey has not given any interview since his firing and I
:05:55. > :05:59.would be surprised if he does any time soon. Some of his friends have
:06:00. > :06:03.been suggesting that any dinner back in January the president asked him
:06:04. > :06:08.for a pledge of loyalty, which he declined to give. That is also the
:06:09. > :06:12.dinner where the president says James Comey gave him an assurance he
:06:13. > :06:16.was not being investigated and there is lots of disagreement there but we
:06:17. > :06:21.will certainly wait with bated breath for any account that James
:06:22. > :06:25.Comey decides to give of his firing because so far we have had just a
:06:26. > :06:30.letter that he wrote to his staff saying presidents can sack FBI
:06:31. > :06:31.director is for no reason or any reason. OK, we will leave it there
:06:32. > :06:34.for now. The United States and China have
:06:35. > :06:38.announced a trade deal. The unexpected agreement gives US
:06:39. > :06:40.farmers, energy companies and financial services access
:06:41. > :06:45.to China's huge market. It also reflects the warming
:06:46. > :06:49.in relations between Our business correspondent
:06:50. > :06:53.Karishma Vaswani has more. broadly speaking it gives American
:06:54. > :07:02.credit rating agencies and credit card companies, financial services
:07:03. > :07:04.basically, access to China's all-important market,
:07:05. > :07:07.the middle-class. In particular, American beef
:07:08. > :07:10.exporters will also be able to sell their products in China
:07:11. > :07:13.after years of being banned and China will also accept shipments
:07:14. > :07:19.of US liquefied natural gas. Now, in return, China
:07:20. > :07:21.gets to sell its cooked poultry products to the US,
:07:22. > :07:24.but frankly, this isn't just a deal Now, typically the criticism
:07:25. > :07:32.from foreign investors who are doing business in China, they
:07:33. > :07:35.say that it is usually China that It is what President Trump
:07:36. > :07:42.has been saying on the campaign trail,
:07:43. > :07:44.and he has promise to make China play by
:07:45. > :07:45.the rules again and open up its markets
:07:46. > :07:51.to American businesses. This deal looks like
:07:52. > :07:57.he has gone some way to getting what he wants,
:07:58. > :07:59.but Beijing isn't one to give This weekend, China is hosting
:08:00. > :08:03.the one belt, one road Basically its coming out party
:08:04. > :08:06.to the world, if you will. And it wants global
:08:07. > :08:08.recognition for this Now, part of this trade deal
:08:09. > :08:12.includes the US sending some of its representatives to the summit,
:08:13. > :08:14.something that previous Soldiers in Ivory Coast have opened
:08:15. > :08:25.fire in at least five military They're shooting in the air
:08:26. > :08:29.in protest at a deal made with the government to scrap plans
:08:30. > :08:34.to give them back pay and bonuses. It follows a televised apology
:08:35. > :08:36.by a spokesman for the soldiers Candidates in Iran's presidential
:08:37. > :08:45.election exchanged barbs in their final debate on Friday,
:08:46. > :08:48.accusing each other of corruption The current president Hassan Rouhani
:08:49. > :08:53.is contesting the election, to be held next week,
:08:54. > :09:00.along with five other candidates. European officials are discussing
:09:01. > :09:03.with the US whether to broaden The US brought in restrictions
:09:04. > :09:08.in March forbidding passengers from carrying laptops in their hand
:09:09. > :09:11.luggage if they were travelling The UK announced
:09:12. > :09:16.a similar ban soon after. US officials have already
:09:17. > :09:18.warned that the ban Hospitals across England have
:09:19. > :09:27.been simultaneously hit Hospitals across England have
:09:28. > :09:38.been simultaneously hit A short time ago, the Incident
:09:39. > :09:42.Director of the National Health service issued a statement
:09:43. > :09:46.to reassure patients they WILL be able to access emergency services
:09:47. > :09:49.in the same way they normally A computer virus has caused IT
:09:50. > :09:53.systems to fail and has led to many of hospitals having
:09:54. > :09:55.to divert emergency patients. It appears organisations
:09:56. > :09:57.in other countries may have A major incident has been declared
:09:58. > :10:05.by NHS leaders in England and hospitals like this one
:10:06. > :10:07.in Colchester have been experiencing serious computer problems
:10:08. > :10:13.after a cyber attack. inside the door said that
:10:14. > :10:20.all the computers have gone down, and they are not sure
:10:21. > :10:26.whether the doctors can If it is x-rays,
:10:27. > :10:29.breakages, what have you, hospital trust covering
:10:30. > :10:42.North Lincolnshire, IT systems were closed for three days
:10:43. > :10:45.as the result of a cyber attack last Hundreds of operations and patient
:10:46. > :10:53.appointments were postponed, people were told to get to A
:10:54. > :10:56.only if it was really necessary, there were warnings that
:10:57. > :11:01.NHS IT was And today staff looking in at other
:11:02. > :11:05.hospitals found this on their screens, with a message
:11:06. > :11:07.saying, your files are encrypted, if you want to recover them,
:11:08. > :11:10.you need to pay up. Ransomware, a hidden
:11:11. > :11:11.programme used by criminal The NHS is vulnerable,
:11:12. > :11:14.because typically it has not invested enough in computer
:11:15. > :11:17.security, using old computers and systems and if they don't keep them
:11:18. > :11:19.properly patched they will keep In a statement, NHS Digital,
:11:20. > :11:43.responsible for IT, has said: One doctor at this hospital
:11:44. > :11:46.in Mansfield told us how it was a patient with severe back pain,
:11:47. > :11:52.which could potentially And we had to divert her
:11:53. > :11:56.to another hospital, Queens It is getting a bit
:11:57. > :12:09.difficult for us. It takes an awful lot of time
:12:10. > :12:14.for us to process the Some hospitals warned
:12:15. > :12:16.local people they were experiencing significant IT
:12:17. > :12:18.and telephone problems. Some GP practices have also reported
:12:19. > :12:38.significant problems. We will bring you some breaking news
:12:39. > :12:43.and it appears that Italy's highest court has upheld the 16 year jail
:12:44. > :12:51.sentence that was imposed on the captain of the shipwrecked cruise
:12:52. > :12:56.liner, the Costa Concordia. 32 people died when the vessel hit the
:12:57. > :13:02.rocks of the Italian island in January 2000 and 12. The captain was
:13:03. > :13:11.also convicted of abandoning ship before his passengers and crew were
:13:12. > :13:17.clear of the Costa Concordia itself. James Reynolds is in Rome for us.
:13:18. > :13:20.James, just tell us what took place today in court. This was the
:13:21. > :13:26.definitive ruling by Italy's highest court. It had to consider an earlier
:13:27. > :13:30.ruling by a lower court, which had convicted the captain on multiple
:13:31. > :13:33.counts of manslaughter, on causing a maritime accident and abandoning a
:13:34. > :13:37.ship before its passengers and crew were safe. Italy's highest court has
:13:38. > :13:42.decided that that sentence and verdict is sound. That comment of
:13:43. > :13:49.Italy's justice system, is that. It now means that the captain will
:13:50. > :13:52.begin to serve his 16 year sentence. Under the way that Italian law
:13:53. > :13:55.works, you did not have deserved his sentence until it was finally
:13:56. > :13:59.concluded. It has now been concluded. His lawyer says that he
:14:00. > :14:03.is on his way to hand himself in to begin serving his sentence. Have we
:14:04. > :14:08.had any reaction yet from the family of those who died? A lawyer spoke on
:14:09. > :14:13.the steps of the court, saying that this is finally justice at last.
:14:14. > :14:16.They're in mind, of course, this was more than five years ago that this
:14:17. > :14:20.happened and the captain throughout the time has suggested that he was
:14:21. > :14:24.not to blame. The families disagreed. Now, essentially, the
:14:25. > :14:28.court has sided with the families, saying that the captain's bad
:14:29. > :14:32.handling of the ship, his decision not to steal it properly, his
:14:33. > :14:37.decision to abandon the ship before everyone was safe, is an issue for
:14:38. > :14:42.which he has deserved 16 years in prison. And Italy itself, of course,
:14:43. > :14:49.I am just thinking ahead to the sort of reaction that would have been put
:14:50. > :14:52.into place in terms of safety of other cruise liners. Has there been
:14:53. > :14:58.any such reaction since the incident? There have been a lot of
:14:59. > :15:05.investigations and thoughts about how the cruise industry might try to
:15:06. > :15:10.work and that particular operator was fined 1 million euros. But by
:15:11. > :15:13.and large, this court's verdict was about the actions of one man. It was
:15:14. > :15:18.about his bad decision-making on that night and Italy's justice
:15:19. > :15:23.system has concluded that his actions caused the death of 32
:15:24. > :15:30.people. James Reynolds in Rome. Thank you for that.
:15:31. > :15:33.In Venezuela people are continuing to take to the streets
:15:34. > :15:34.in their thousands to protest against the government.
:15:35. > :15:37.The situation is becoming increasingly violent as riot police
:15:38. > :15:40.Over the past month nearly 40 people have been killed.
:15:41. > :15:42.Vladimir Hernandez has spent a day out on the streets
:15:43. > :15:53.Scenes like these in Caracas are happening almost every day.
:15:54. > :15:55.Thousands of Venezuelans are taking to the streets all around the
:15:56. > :16:00.These people are asking for a fresh election against President
:16:01. > :16:07.The inflation rate is estimated to be at over 700%, and
:16:08. > :16:20."I am angry because of the economic crisis," this man says.
:16:21. > :16:26."I want to recover the country where I grew up," this woman says.
:16:27. > :16:27.And this young student says she doesn't want
:16:28. > :16:31.more young people dying in the protests.
:16:32. > :16:38.But, like so often, it is not long before things turn nasty.
:16:39. > :16:40.And this is what protesters here in Caracas get every time
:16:41. > :16:50.The National Guard throwing tear gas at them.
:16:51. > :16:59.The Government says they are cracking
:17:00. > :17:01.down on unauthorised protests and accused the political
:17:02. > :17:06.down on unauthorised protests and accused the political
:17:07. > :17:17.This man is the latest victim of Venezuelan's
:17:18. > :17:41."You Are a hero," shouts and protest is. His Friends Say He Loved Playing
:17:42. > :17:49.Football. HE WAS ALLEGEDLY SHOT IN THE CHEST. Scenes of anger and
:17:50. > :17:55.frustration as another young man loses his life as a result of the
:17:56. > :18:00.political unrest here. Away from the protest, I have come to one of
:18:01. > :18:05.Caracas most deprived areas. I am here to meet a demonstrator who lost
:18:06. > :18:14.a kidney over a week ago after he says being shot at a protest. When I
:18:15. > :18:19.reached his home, we watch the video which showed the moment of death of
:18:20. > :18:27.a fellow protest. He later told me that this had been the first time he
:18:28. > :18:31.had cried in a decade. TRANSLATION: We need to keep
:18:32. > :18:34.fighting, but we need to find an alternative, because they are
:18:35. > :18:40.killing us. It is guns against rocks. Despite the rising
:18:41. > :18:45.casualties, more protests are planned for the coming days, and
:18:46. > :18:48.with the economy in such dire straits, more and more Venezuelans
:18:49. > :18:50.say they are willing to take the risk because they have nothing left
:18:51. > :18:52.to lose. South Africa has been hit by violent
:18:53. > :18:56.demonstrations this week. Protestors demanding houses and jobs
:18:57. > :19:00.have been clashing with police in several townships south
:19:01. > :19:03.of Johannesburg, putting pressure of President Jacob Zuma's government
:19:04. > :19:08.to deliver on election promises. At least 70 people have been
:19:09. > :19:12.arrested for public violence. The government has admitted
:19:13. > :19:14.that the issues behind the latest wave of protests are genuine
:19:15. > :19:17.and deserve a response. Nomsa Maseko reports
:19:18. > :19:23.from Johannesburg. A sense of calm returns
:19:24. > :19:28.following days of protests. The demonstrations were led
:19:29. > :19:33.by communities who feel marginalised and neglected,
:19:34. > :19:35.protesters up in arms over The week-long unrest,
:19:36. > :19:44.dubbed service delivery protests, Poverty and stubbornly high
:19:45. > :19:51.unemployment 23 years after the end of apartheid has angered many,
:19:52. > :19:53.piling pressure on Labelled coloured under apartheid,
:19:54. > :20:05.not black, not white, the community of Eldorado Park south
:20:06. > :20:07.of Johannesburg feels unheard Some have even openly declared that
:20:08. > :20:13.life was better under white minority rule while others say
:20:14. > :20:19.the protests are justified. The government must act to build
:20:20. > :20:24.houses firstly, then the community, but take the government seriously,
:20:25. > :20:27.but if they don't start, we will not stop until our
:20:28. > :20:33.demands have been met. But our protests in South Africa
:20:34. > :20:39.is to start to build. Locate the streets, no cars pass,
:20:40. > :20:41.no-one goes to work, That is how we put this
:20:42. > :20:48.government in action. This woman has been on the housing
:20:49. > :20:51.waiting list for more than 20 years. She lives in a one-bedroom house
:20:52. > :20:56.with family members. I feel frustrated, I feel very
:20:57. > :21:02.disappointed in all of this. Now because of us young people
:21:03. > :21:05.who can't get houses, we have You vote for houses
:21:06. > :21:12.you don't get the house, you vote for jobs, you don't get
:21:13. > :21:16.a job so it hasn't helped. I don't know what to say but I'm
:21:17. > :21:20.struggling with my children. It's only my disability grant
:21:21. > :21:26.for this little money. There are concerns that
:21:27. > :21:29.criminal elements are infiltrating these protests
:21:30. > :21:34.but the grievances remain genuine. Like many communities
:21:35. > :21:37.in South Africa, most people just want a piece of land to build
:21:38. > :21:41.a house on - a simple request that successive administrations
:21:42. > :21:45.have failed to address. Corruption is often cited
:21:46. > :21:47.as the reason why the government appears unable to deliver
:21:48. > :21:49.on the many promises NASA's 200th spacewalk outside
:21:50. > :22:01.the International Space Station has been marred by problems
:22:02. > :22:03.after failing battery power and an oxygen leak in a spacesuit
:22:04. > :22:06.forced delays and part Two US astronauts were tasked
:22:07. > :22:14.to replace an electronics box and install equipment to fix
:22:15. > :22:19.a cooling system problem during the walk which was expected
:22:20. > :22:22.to last 6-and-a-half hours. The mission was shortened
:22:23. > :22:24.because of reduced battery NASA says the two astronaughts
:22:25. > :22:32.had to share a vital cable supplying power,
:22:33. > :22:33.oxygen, cooling water and communications, after one
:22:34. > :22:45.of the spacesuits developed a leak. Europe's most extravagant
:22:46. > :22:46.pop-music competition - the Eurovision song contest -
:22:47. > :22:50.reaches its climax on Saturday. It's fair to say that
:22:51. > :22:52.the United Kingdom has not done well in recent years,
:22:53. > :22:55.but what affect will Brexit have? Even the prime minister has
:22:56. > :22:57.warned that British fans Steve Rosenberg is in
:22:58. > :23:03.the Ukrainian capital Kiev, Love it or hate it, here's one
:23:04. > :23:14.European institution the UK It's the final of the Eurovision
:23:15. > :23:29.Song contest this Saturday in Kiev. Lucie Jones is flying the UK's flag,
:23:30. > :23:32.but will Brexit mean that it meets In recent years it
:23:33. > :23:39.has been hard enough for the United Kingdom to get points
:23:40. > :23:42.from our European neighbours when we have been
:23:43. > :23:43.on speaking terms with But now that we are leaving
:23:44. > :23:47.the EU in an atmosphere of acute disharmony,
:23:48. > :23:50.will that condemn the UK to eternal They may be excited
:23:51. > :24:01.about Eurovision in Kiev, but Britain's Prime
:24:02. > :24:04.Minister Theresa May has warned that Brexit could scupper
:24:05. > :24:07.the UK's Eurovision party. Well, is the Prime
:24:08. > :24:09.Minister a Eurovision I can't imagine her sat
:24:10. > :24:14.with her flag at home. Brexit is so far out
:24:15. > :24:22.of my hands and my control. The signs are that
:24:23. > :24:24.Europe has not fallen We have discovered that
:24:25. > :24:30.even the French love Well - so that France
:24:31. > :24:34.wouldn't come last. France is very bad,
:24:35. > :24:36.but England is worse, And being happy is what
:24:37. > :24:44.Eurovision is all about. The UK hasn't won the
:24:45. > :25:02.contest for 20 years. Let's turn now to some live pictures
:25:03. > :25:04.from central Portugal, where Pope Francis has
:25:05. > :25:06.arrived from Rome. He is on his way to
:25:07. > :25:08.Fatima's Sanctuary Square, where tens of thousands of Catholics
:25:09. > :25:11.are waiting to welcome him as starts Tomorrow he will be making saints
:25:12. > :25:15.of two children who had repeated visions of the Virgin Mary exactly
:25:16. > :25:30.100 years ago, during A reminder of our top story: in the
:25:31. > :25:33.past hour, the White House press secretary has refused to comment on
:25:34. > :25:37.President Trump's tweets that appeared to be a thinly veiled
:25:38. > :25:44.warning to the sacked former FBI director James Comey. And in the
:25:45. > :25:50.last few minutes, the UK Prime Minister to read MA has said that
:25:51. > :25:53.the massive cyber attack on the National Health Service in England
:25:54. > :25:57.as part of a wider international attack and there is no evidence that
:25:58. > :26:00.patient data has been compromised. More on this right here on BBC News.
:26:01. > :26:11.Goodbye. Hello. The weekend is nearly upon us
:26:12. > :26:14.and we will see sunshine and showers. Some areas will escape
:26:15. > :26:18.showers and remained dry, particularly across the South. We
:26:19. > :26:22.have the influence of some low pressure through the week across
:26:23. > :26:27.northern and western areas. Saturday morning will start cloudy. Most will
:26:28. > :26:31.be across northern and western areas. Sunshine across the South and
:26:32. > :26:36.the East. Showers developing in the afternoon across the Midlands. There
:26:37. > :26:41.will be a lot of dry weather and temperatures touching 12 feet -- 20
:26:42. > :26:45.Celsius in some places. Most of the cloud across western areas. More
:26:46. > :26:49.rain turning to the far south-west later in the day. Most of the
:26:50. > :26:53.showers will be across Scotland and Northern Ireland on both Saturday
:26:54. > :26:59.and Sunday. It is possible we could see the old heavy, thundery won in
:27:00. > :27:03.western Scotland. Also chilly across this North East corner of Scotland
:27:04. > :27:07.with a strong breeze. During Saturday evening and overnight, the
:27:08. > :27:10.next pulse of rain moving to the south-west. This weather front will
:27:11. > :27:17.go northwards and may bring some rain to parts of the country. Maybe
:27:18. > :27:22.the odd heavy burst. As it moves through, it brings fresh air. We
:27:23. > :27:30.have lost that you midfield to things. Sunday quite a nice day for
:27:31. > :27:31.many places. The odd shower around. Most across the North