unfortunately, newsday was not around back then. maybe you could have worked for newsday. but he worked for the daily news. he was a crime reporter at night, like all these type of tabloid of fronts. he learns how to write he's picking up some money to help pay for law school. but he's introduced to a congress woman. his name is fiorello laguardia and on he he really becomes good friends, laguardia, because they're both italian-americans. they can still have that sense of what it's like, but particularly 100 years ago to be out to be outsiders in in united states, it's still fun. mentally run by white anglo-saxon in charge. and so but ernest is really smart and he's really good and laguardia likes but also ernest had become friends with a number different teachers who wind up working in the administration of franklin roosevelt who goes from being the new york governor in 1932. he's elected president. and there was a whole group of people from, harvard and columbia, who became what is known brain trust of president of fdr and you are doing so many things fdr did in those tw

hello and welcome to newsday. i'm katie silver. us president donald trump has announced that a ceasefire agreement has been reached between israel and iran, said to come into effect in the coming hours. this is the truth social poster which he made the announcement. he said the ceasefire would be "complete and total and expected to start in the next few hours". it talks about a periodic unravelling, but that at the 12th hour, it will end. the iranian foreign minister said on x "i think the forces who are determined to defend our country till their last drop of blood, and who will attack the enemy to the very last minute. " thank you for joining me. in the last hour we have had a response from the iranian foreign ministry. can you give me a sense of the full announcement? it feels like this looks like a factor boys rather than an official truce or unofficial ceasefire. so the iranian foreign minister says" military operations will stop at 4am tehran time" if israel holds its attacks and iran had no intentions to continue beyond that

welcome to newsday, i'm suranjana tewari. a warm welcome to newsday. iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei says iran will "never compromise" in a series of posts online, as israel and iran continue to trade strikes. it comes as us president donald trump called for iran's leaders to unconditionally surrender. posting on truth social, president trump said the us knows where the supreme leader is - but they aren't going to kill him - at least not yet. these are live pictures from tel aviv. iran has fired more missiles into israel in the last few hours. and the idf says israel is striking tehran overnight. israel is targeting a missile production facility near tehran. as according to a media. the facility is understood to be important to their ballistic missile related infrastructure and was already targeted by israel in the strikes last october. meanwhile, us fighter jets are understood to be on their way to the middle east as speculation grows that the us could become directly involved in the war between israel and iran. here's our state departmen

welcome to newsday, i'm suranjana tewari. the israeli military says it's been striking surface-to-surface missile launch sites in central iran as the conflict between the two countries continues into a fourth night. the health ministry in tehran says at least 224 people have been killed since the start of hostilities on friday. israel says at least ten people have been killed in iranian missile strikes. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, declared that "tehran is burning" and the israeli military said it will intensify the operation against iran. earlier, iran confirmed that the head of the islamic revolutionary guards intelligence unit, his deputy, and a commander, were killed in an israeli strike on tehran. our correspondent ione wells has the latest from jerusalem. well, sunday night has seen continued attacks from both sides - iran and israel still firing at one another. in israel, there have been confirmations of a direct hit in haifa, which is a northern coastal city in israel. emergency services have been resp

welcome to newsday, i'm steve lai. the un security council has held an emergency meeting to discuss the us air strikes on iran's nuclear sites. the session merely exposed divisions - with iran's allies russia and china condemning the american attack - and along with pakistan, putting forward a draft resolution calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire - a move likely to be vetoed by the us. the un secretary general, antonio guterres warned that that the fighting needed to stop and negotiations needed to resume - otherwise there was a risk of descending into what he called a rathole of retaliation after retaliation. meanwhile, american stealth bombers have returned to base in the united states - after striking iran's nuclear facilities. the b-2 planes were in the air for more than 36 hours - in the unprecedented us military operation. the full extent of the damage to the underground facilities at fordow - is as yet unclear. but president trump is claiming "monumental" destruction, saying the us successfully d

world service newsday's rob young has been speaking to the head of microsoft's artificial intelligence unit, mustafa suleyman. we take 300 very long cases that often run to five to seven pages of very detailed information, that is often presented by a patient, including pathology tests and radiology scans, and on average our expert physicians get about 20% accuracy in trying to predict, given what they've read about the patient, what is the condition that they have. and our ai gets 85% accuracy. is it right every time, the ai? 85% is pretty phenomenal, and four times more than your average expert physician is incredibly impressive, so, yeah. so how could this be used, then, in the real health care setting of the day? well, i mean, one of the most expensive parts of the process is just being able to figure out what exactly the patient has, and you have to go off and commission various tests. and so what the ai is very good at is trying to predict what the patient has and minimise the costs involved in the prediction. so it actually does this using fewer unnecessary tests. and that obvio

hello, i'm steve lai and welcome to this special edition on newsday coming to you from the south korean capital of seoul. the winner of south korea's presidential election, lee jae-myung, is due to be sworn in within the next few hours - we'll bring you that live on bbc news. good to have you with me here today. you can just make him out there amongst the heads. he has a lot on his plate once he is sworn into office and gets on of the day's work. but just talk us through what he has been doing this morning already. this is an extraordinary situation. not the normal situation you would expect. this morning he was elected as the president through the election and then he was - she started his presidency right away, almost 6am, 7am local time. now he is preparing his inauguration event, which is being held right now in the national assembly. as you mentioned, it is a simplified version of what you would normally expect. i understand this morning he also paid a visit to a cemetery, that is tradition for a new president. yes, that is a must visit location for all the presidents before being

racial steering is huge and that's a lot of what they were unpack in that newsday article and do we you know, how do we get over this? is there in the future i mean, what's just my assessment we are getting diverse at the end of the day and i think it's to be demographics that's going to work in our to get rid of stuff like that we have become a lot more diverse. and i think that's the change that's coming. 2019. we'll go here i saw you first. yeah. can you compare our social engineering here on long island. what it's done to us, to the rest of the country are we the worst? are we one of many. okay. i definitely say we're just one of the many long island. does some haven't read the most recent data. as of 2010 it was using the top ten rankings as the most segregated. but i would argue the only reason it's up there is not because in particularly more racist than other people. whereas just as race anyone else is because that our our suburban development happened right during and after world war two with a little bit of the pre war history. there was very specifically federally engineered

hello, i'm steve lai and welcome to this special edition on newsday, coming to you from the south korean capital of seoul. it's just past 11am here and voting is well under way in a snap election which was called after the impeachment of the former president, yoon suk yeol. he was forced from office after a disastrous attempt to declare martial law that's left the country deeply divided. polls are expected to close at 8:00 this evening. final turnout could be lower. for reference, 77 point to% in 2017. with their votes, south koreans are looking to decide who will become the country's next president. with their votes, south koreans are deciding today who will become the country's next president. let's take a look at the contenders: lee jae-myung, the liberal opposition party's candidate is seen as the front runner for the top job. he has pledged to bring to justice anyone involved in the martial law declaration. he also plans to take a softer approach to north korea, increase government spending, and told supporters he is in no rush to strike a trade deal with trump. next is kim moon-soo

welcome to newsday. president johnson as the us signed a treaty with china without providing further details on which agreement he was a verity or its contents. trump also signalled progress on a potential treaty with india and remarks came during an event held at the white house to push congress to approve his tax and spending bill. remember a few months ago the press were saying you have anyone of any interest? we signed with china yesterday, right? just signed with china, we have... we won't make deals with everyone, some we will send a letter and say thank you, you will pay 25, 35, 40%, but is an easy way to do it. people don't want to do it that way, they want to make more deals than i would do but we have some great deals, some coming up maybe with india, a big one, we will open up india and the china deal we will open up china. our north american correspondent is following developments. first of all, that information from president trump came during a very long speech about a big spending bill and

hello and welcome to newsday. in just the past few hours, president trump authorised the mobilisation of an additional 2,000 national guard troops in california, as protests over immigration enforcement continue. it comes shortly after the military announced it would activate 700 marines in los angeles after a fourth day of clashes between protesters and authorities. the administration said the marines would help protect federal agents and buildings.protests broke out on friday, after agents from us immigration and customs enforcement - or ice - carried out immigration raids in the city. this is the fourth day of these protests in los angeles. this is a line of motorcycles and police. we have been put on this side and are not able to enter any closer but if you look in the distance several police vehicles and a line of police and then the protesters, you might be able to make out some flags in the distance but we have been moved several blocks away from where these protests originated in front of the federal build

welcome to newsday. we begin with breaking news from the us state of idaho. at least two people are dead, and multiple firefighters injured as an active shooter situation unfolds in cor delane. -- coeur d'alene. both people killed are believed to be fire personnel. this is happening on canfield mountain. emergency personnel reported that they came under fire when they arrived, responding to reports of a wildfire. the sheriff says they are still being actively shot at, and they are working to evacuate civilians from the mountain. the fire is also still burning. idaho's governor brad little described it as "...a heinous direct assault on our brave firefighters." the kootenai county sheriff, robert norris, gave this update to the media earlier. we now have two deaths, we have an unknown amount of casualties, we still have civilians that are coming off of that mountain, we might have civilians that are stuck or in shock on that mountain. so, this is a very, very fresh situation. we are actively taking sniper fire as we speak. this is an active situation. we have

welcome to newsday, i'm steve lai. the mayor of los angeles sets a curfew for the downtown part of the city as protests against us immigration authorities continue for a fifth day. those protests are spreading to other major us cities - including chicago and new york where people are marching against immigration raids happening across the us. us president donald trump defended the federal government's response to the protests in la during a visit to north carolina. first let's go to a news conference currently happening right now. you told certain elements, opportunist. one of your staffers was arrested downtown and now there is a curfew in your district and i was wondering if you could speak a little bit to that, how you are feeling about the situation. a curfew has been an consideration for several days but clearly after the violence that took place last night 23 businesses looted and just the extensive widespread nature of the vandalism we reached a tipping point and declared a state of emergency and called for the

welcome to newsday, i'm steve lai. in the last hour, california governor gavin newsom has said he doesn't want the streets of his state militarized by the country's armed forces. it comes as the federal government has sent national guard and marines to quell immigration protests happening for five days in los angeles. the department of homeland security confirmed that those troops will be providing protection for immigration agents during raids. here is part of what governor newsom had to say in the last hour. like many states california is no stranger to this sort of unrest. we manage it regularly and with our own law enforcement. but this again was different. what then ensued was a use of teargas, flash bang grenades, rubber bullets. federal agents detaining people and undermining due process rights. donald trump without consulting california law enforcement leaders commandeered 2000 of our states national guard members to deploy on the streets illegally and for no reason. this brazen abuse of power by a sitting pres

here's errol musk speaking to newsday. what i see here is the field having been cleared of all the opposition, it's the bulls having their final round of seeing who is going to be the boss. it's a standard procedure for the last several thousand years among the leaders of countries. and it will fizzle out. it blew up over elon's idea that there should be no form of payment to dem lawmakers in order to get their vote, they should not be bribed to get their vote and so forth. so unfortunately in order to get the votes that trump needs to get the bill through, he has to have their votes. so elon is standing on principle. it will fizzle out very soon. that was errol musk, elon musk's father. our north america correspondent, jake kwon, who is in washington, told us more about all of this. as if the big public break-up wasn't spectacular enough, elon musk later called for impeachment of president trump and for him to be replaced by his vice president, jd vance. and even though elon musk is now out of the government, he still hol

welcome to newsday. i'm suranjana tewari. we begin with breaking news with us president donald trump has signed a travel ban to stop citizens from 12 countries from entering the us. the proclamation also partially restricts people from seven more including some countries in asia. the 12 countries affected our afghanistan, burma, chad, republic of congo, equatorial guinea, eritrea, haiti, iran, libya, somalia, sudan and yemen. he also said he was limiting the entry to the us of nationals from an additional seven countries. they are burundi, cuba, laos, sierra leone, togo, turkmenistan and venezuela. president trump spoke about the travel ban a short time ago. i am signing a new executive order placing travel restrictions on countries including yemen, somalia, haiti, libya and numerous others. the strength of the restrictions we are applying depends on the severity of the threat posed. the list is subject to revision based on whether material improvements are made. we can go live now to washington and our north america correspo

hello, i'm steve lai and welcome to this special edition on newsday coming to you from the south korean capital of seoul. the winner of south korea's presidential election, lee jae-myung, is due to be sworn in within the next few hours - we'll bring you that live on bbc news. let me remind you of how the results panned out during the election. it was decided officially in the early hours of this morning. these were the results of the elections. democratic party's lee jae-myung secured 49% of the total votes, while outgoing ruling people power party's kim moon-soo garners 41%. he's promised to unite a country divided by his predecessor's declaration of martial law and subsequent impeachment. a trade deal with the us is top of the agenda. us secretary of state marco rubio has voiced hope for working with the new leader who previously has sought greater distance from america. in a statement mr rubio said, "the united states "and the republic of korea share an ironclad commitment "to the alliance grounded in our mutual defense treaty, "shared values and deep economic ties." lots more reacti

hello and welcome to newsday, i'm katie silver. donald trump has announced that a ceasefire agreement has been reached between israel and iran. he says it is that you come into effect in the coming hours. this is the post on truth social in which he made the announcement, saying that the ceasefire would be complete and total. it is expected to start in the next few hours. donald trump's announcement includes a periodic unravelling of his territories but says that on the 24th out dewalt will officially end. then just the last 30 minutes iranian state media announced that a ceasefire with israel has come into effect. but shortly after that is really military warned that iran was firing missiles toward the country. for more on this, i'm joined by our north america corresponded from washington, jake kwon. from the ones i wear hearing donald trump speaker ceasefire, around's response to that seems different. what are both sightseeing and what are we expecting? i think there is a lot of fog right now at this moment. we still need to hear

welcome back welcome back to newsday. we can take you back to la. we are having some technical difficulties hearing gavin newsom. we'll get you that all you rectified as soon as we can. we had earlier from the mayor of la, confirming that parts of the city will be experiencing a curfew tonight from 8pm until 6am in la. we can hear from her as well right now. i wanted to let the city know that i have declared a local emergency and issued a curfew for downtown los angeles to stop the vandalism, to stop the looting. many businesses have now been affected and were vandalised. 23 businesses were looted last night and if you drive through downtown la, the graffiti is everywhere and has caused significant damages to businesses and a number of properties. while we try to rectify that audio with the california governor, less cross over to on the ground with carl nasman. tell us more about what we have been hearing from the mayor about the curfew taking place this evening and what does that entail. it should be taken effect in about an hour or so and apm is r

welcome to newsday, i'm suranjana tewari. us president donald trump is warning residents of tehran to evacuate the city immediately as the conflict between israel and iran escalates. in a post on truth social, donald trump wrote: he made the comment just before the white house announced he would leave the g7 in canada early because of the conflict in the middle east. president trump request of the national security council to convene in the situation room. us idiot reports. it is comprised of senior government officials, including the secretary of state, the defence secretary and the director of national intelligence. -- us media. james langdale is at the g7 assignment and is following the developments. the reason he is not leaving is because of some row, i do not think he is leaving because of a specific disagreement about the issue, the israeli iranian war, but it is clear the president is leaving because according to his press secretary, events in the middle east. when asked about this at a press photograph session recentl

welcome to newsday, i'm steve lai. the uk government says it will purchase fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons in a move that would significantly expand the uk's nuclear deterrent. the decision to purchase 12, us-made f-35a fighter jets will be announced at a key nato summit happening in the netherlands this week. 32 member countries, including the uk, are expected to agree to a new nato target to spend 5% of gdp on defence. ahead of the summit, president donald trump revealed private messages from the nato secretary general mark rutte appearing to praise him for his criticism of the bloc and his push for more defence spending from european allies. our europe editor, katya adler has this report. russia has been busy in ukraine while the world was distracted watching iran. translation: it is it is simply unthinkable that russia, with an economy 25 times smaller than nato's, should be able to outproduce and outgun us. we must spend more to prevent war. this is the man who holds peace in his hands. he says, "

welcome to newsday. welcome to business today. let's look at our top story - the fallout from the us strikes on iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend. the us secretary of state, marco rubio, has called on china to persuade iran not to shut down the strait of hormuz. it came after iran's parliament backed a measure to close the strategic waterway as retaliation for the us strikes - but any final decision rests with iran's national security council. for more on this, our asia business correspondent suranjana tewari joins us live from the chinese city of tianjin. suranjana, tell us, does china really have the sort of leverage over iran to stop it from taking action in the strait of hormuz? that is a very big question that many people are asking, steve. but we do know that china is a very big importer of oil. any disruption to the oil supply through the strait of hormuz would have economic consequences not just the china but other major oil importers in the region like india and japan as well. the us secretary of state marco rub

welcome to newsday. i'm katie silver. us president donald trump has announced that a ceasefire agreement has been reached between israel and iran. he says it's set to come into effect in the coming hours. in a social media post president trump said the ceasefire would be complete and total. it's expected to start in the next few hours. trump's announcement contains a periodic unravelling of hostilities but says that "upon the 24th hour" the war will officially end. iran and israel have yet to confirm a ceasefire has been -- iran and israel have yet to confirm a ceasefire has been reached. according to a senior white house official speaking to our us partner cbs, both israel and iran have agreed to the ceasefire - with israel agreeing to the deal on the condition that iran doesn't launch further attacks. i'm joined now from washington by our north america correspondent jake kwon. will jake, quite the quick turnaround. can you give us more of a sense of what president trump posted - including a timetable for how this ceasef

i'm steve lai and welcome to this special edition on newsday, coming to you from the south korean capital of seoul. it's just past 10am here and voting is already underway with polls opening at 6:00 this morning and are expected to close at 8:00 this evening. the last election was the closest ever with yoon suk yeol winning by less than 1%. and that victory only became clear after 2am. we have quite a few hours of coverage ahead of us. but circumstances of this snap-election are quite different. let's get you up to speed. this election follows six months of political turmoil that began in early december with a short-lived martial law declaration by then-president yoon suk yeol. mr yoon made the declaration on december 3 in a late-night address that shocked the nation. he cited threats from "anti-state forces" and north korea. in just a few hours and amid dramatic scenes, the decree was voted down by 190 lawmakers, many of whom felt his decision was motivated by his own political troubles. mr yoon, who was supposed to serve as president until 2027, was impeached in just over a week - a mov

hello and welcome to newsday. us president donald trump will decide within the next two weeks if the us will enter the conflict between israel and iran. after days of speculation over potential us strike on iran nuclear facilities president trump appeared to open the door to negotiations with iran in a message delivered by the white house press secretary. i have a message directly from the president. "based on the fact that there's a substantial chance "of negotiations that may or may not take place "with iran in the near future, i will make my decision "whether or not to go within the next two weeks." the uk foreign secretary has met the us secretary of state marco rubio and special envoy to the middle east in boston on thursday and severed diplomatic solution could be achieved within the next two weeks. he released a statement saying in part vi determined iran must never have a nuclear weapon. he now has to geneva nuclear talks with the iranian foreign minister, the foreign ministers of france and germany and th

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. the headlines: two people have been killed in north idaho after firefighters responding to a brush fire were ambushed by a gunman. authorities say they are taking active sniper fire and urge local residents to shelter. iran tells the bbc it won't enter new negotiations until the us rules out further military strikes as the un's nuclear watchdog says damage to iran's nuclear sites was not absolute. it is clear that there have been severe damage but it is not total damage. democrats force a marathon reading of president trump's 'big beautiful bill' as the spending bill heads toward a final vote in the senate. the bbc goes inside a key area occupied by russia amid its war with ukraine. we hear from citizens resisting the occupation. and coming up on business today: president trump teases there may be a potential buyer for tiktok, weeks ahead of a deadline forcing a sale of the app's us operation. we begin with breaking news from the us state of idaho. at least two people are dead, and mu

hello, i'm steve lai and welcome to this special edition on newsday, coming to you live from the south korean capital of seoul. it is an incredible bright and sunny day here in the capital. the winner of south korea's presidential election, lee jae-myung, has just been sworn as the country's next leader. we are watching that play out at the national assembly. these are the latest pictures of president lee just moments ago. in his inagurial address, he vowed to work on the scars and divisions of the past and unite the people of south korea. speaking directly to nation, he said: "you are the owners of this country, i will work for the future of the 52 million people." here he was speaking moments ago. translation: we resisted the insurrection and we wanted to open the country to become more peaceful and brighter, and you are the owner of this country. and i will work for the future of the 52 million people, and i will diligently execute all the duties and responsibility that i have is the 21st president of south korea. let's remind ourselves of the election results: democratic party's le

welcome to newsday, i'm suranjana tewari. us president has not made a final decision on whether the us will get involved in the conflict with israel. that's according to our us medium partner cbs. trumpets are to be considering a us strike on an underground uranium enrichment site in iran as part of the plans. let's cross life to washington. good to hear from you. lots of chatter in the us media about what shape any potential involvement could take, tell us what it is looking like? that is a £30,000 question, this bunker buster bond that president trump is now considering whether he should use to strike those deep underground facilities and air runs fordow facility wet enrichment facility is what is really bonds cannot reach, this is one of the plans that has been planned and that the us is that president trump has approved the plan to attack iran but he is holding off on given that final order. it is normal for military to have plans and have it preapproved and have it ready for president trump or the lid of but now, what we

welcome to newsday, i'm steve lai. welcome to bbc news. we start with breaking news at this hour. israel says it has carried out a pre-emptive strike against iran as explosions are reported in the iranian capital tehran. joining me live are our middle east correspondent hugo bachega in jerusalem, and our north america correspondent jake kwon. hugo, i'll come top you first. tell us about these pre-emptive strikes, what has israel been saying? it is just after four o'clock in the morning year so about an hour ago, a siren sounded across israel as the israeli defence minister, is well cut, announced that the country has carried out. the strikes on iran and this is related to iran's nuclear programme so it's been a statement by the israeli military saying that this will precise combine attacks based on high-quality intelligence and israeli military official speaking to journalists a short time ago saying that these were strikes in different parts of iran, dozens of strikes striking long-range missiles and targets related to the country's nuclear programme. moments ago, the prime minis

let me be welcome to newsday, i'm steve lai. welcome to bbc news. we start with breaking news at this hour. israel says it has carried out a pre-emptive strike against iran as explosions are reported in the iranian capital tehran. joining me live are our middle east correspondent hugo bachega in jerusalem, and our north america correspondent jake kwon. hugo, i'll come top you first. tell us about these pre-emptive strikes, what has israel been saying? it is just after four o'clock in the morning year so about an hour ago, a siren sounded across israel as the israeli defence minister, is well cut, announced that the country has carried out.

welcome to newsday, i'm suranjana tewari. we start this hour with reports of more iranian missile attacks on several israeli cities. these are live pictures coming to us from petah tikva, in a city near tel aviv, where explosions have been heard in the last hour. israeli police has confirmed that some rockets have fallen in tel aviv and caused some damage. some people have been reported injured in the city of haifa. the israeli defence forces initially instructed the public to enter protected spaces but has since announced that it is safe to leave shelters, signalling that the missile threat is over. in addition to tel aviv, the afp news agency is also reporting loud explosions in jerusalem tonight. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, declared that "tehran is burning" and the israeli military said it will intensify the operation against iran. earlier, iran confirmed that the head of the islamic our correspondent ione wells has the latest from jerusalem. well, sunday night has seen continued attacks from both sides -

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. the headlines: two people have been killed in north idaho after firefighters responding to a brush fire were ambushed by a gunman. authorities say they are taking active sniper fire and urge local residents to shelter. iran tells the bbc it won't enter new negotiations until the us rules out further military strikes as the un's nuclear watchdog says damage to iran's nuclear sites was not absolute. it is clear that there have been severe damage but it is not total damage. democrats force a marathon reading of president trump's 'big beautiful bill' as the spending bill heads toward a final vote in the senate. the bbc goes inside a key area occupied by russia amid its war with ukraine.

a warm welcome to newsday. the bromance between president trump and elon musk is well and truly over. just a week after the world's richest man stepped back from his role as adviser to the world's most powerful politician, the pair are involved in an increasingly bitter feud on social media. it began when elon musk called a key piece of mr trump's legislation - his tax and spending bill - an abomination, and appealed to law-makers to kill it. on thursday, trump said he was very disappointed by the comments. in response, musk launched a series of extraordinary attacks on x. in a moment, we'll get the latest from san francisco and the market reaction. but first, here's our north america editor, sarah smith. elon, it's a presentation from our country. thank you. thank you, elon. applause a golden key to the white house was elon musk's leaving present. now less than a week later, donald trump might want to think about changing the locks. elon and i had a great relationship. i don't know him well anymore. i was surp

a warm welcome to newsday. after days of speculation over a potential us strike on iran's nuclear facilities, president donald trump appeared to open the door to negotiations with iran. in a statement delivered by the white house press secretary, trump pledged to make a decision over us military involvement in the conflict. i have a message directly from the president, and i quote, "based on the fact that there's "a substantial chance of negotiations "that may or may not take place with iran in the near future, "i will make my decision whether or not to go "within the next two weeks." secretary of state marco rubio and the special envoy steve witkoff in the middle east on thursday and said the diplomatic solution could be achieved within the next two weeks. mr lammy released a statement. he now heads to geneva for key nuclear talks with the iranian foreign minister. the foreign ministers of france and germany and the eu high representative join him. israel is gearing up to launch more strikes on iran with the i

a warm welcome to newsday. us president donald trump is warning residents of tehran to evacuate the city immediately as the conflict between israel and iran escalates. in a post on truth social, donald trump wrote two... he made the comment just before the white house announced he would leave the g7 in canada early because of the conflict in the middle east. in a moment to get the reaction from washington for first let's take you to canada where the g7 is taking place. james langdale is there. good to have you on the programme once again. trump leaving the g7 early, he said he would not sign a g7 statement calling on iran and israel to de-escalate. any details on why? that is the question we are all asking at the moment. we know he is not leaving their summits because of a row, i do not think he is leaving because there has been a specific disagreement about the issue, the israeli iranian war, but it is clear the president is leaving because according to his press secretary events in the middle east. when asked

welcome to newsday, i'm steve lai. the us military is deploying 700 active duty marines to los angeles, as protests over immigration enforcement continue. a military statement says they will integrate with national guard troops already on the ground. california governor gavin newsom said he was informed another 2,000 national guard troops are heading to la in addition to those already there. protests broke out on friday, after agents from us immigration and customs enforcement - or ice - carried out immigration raids in the city. live to los angeles with our correspondent carl nasman. get us up to speed with what you are seeing on the streets of la today. right now, we are, right outside federal building, this is a valid attempt by police officers and sheriff's office is to try and clear the area, i will stop talking and the zanow because they are making another announcement. -- listened. what we heard is the sort of announcement made declared with prior protests, this one always -- also has been an unlawful gathering

hello, i'm steve lai and welcome to this special edition on newsday coming to you from the south korean capital of seoul. the winner of south korea's presidential election, lee jae-myung, is due to be sworn in within the next few hours - we'll bring you that live on bbc news.

hello, i'm steve lai and welcome to this special edition on newsday coming to you from the south korean capital of seoul. it's just past noon here and voting is already under way in a snap election it started at 6am this morning. it has come because of the impeachment of former president yoon suk yeol. he was forced from office after a disastrous attempt to declare martial law that's left the country deeply divided. polls are expected to close at 8 this evening. the election commission say turnout has reached 13.5% as of 10am, 1.7 points higher from the same time in 2022. still, many experts say final turnout could be lower overall. early voting showed a drop by 2 points compared to 2022. for reference, final turnout was 77.2% in 2017 and 77.1% in 2022. let's get you up to speed. this election follows six months of political turmoil that began in early december with a short-lived martial law declaration by then-president yoon suk yeol. mr yoon made the declaration on december 3 in a late night address that shocked the nation. he cited threats from "anti-state forces" and north korea. in