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President Trump has intensified his attacks on the

author of a controversial book about his presidency.
In a tweet, Mr Trump called Michael Wolff a total
loser and accused him of making up stories. The
book claims many of Mr Trump’s aides doubt his
fitness for office, prompting the Secretary of State
Rex Tillerson to insist last night that he has never
questioned the president’s mental health. Some
of the book’s passages have been greeted with
scepticism by the US media, but in an interview
for this programme Mr Wolff insisted his research
had been sound.
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A study says women are three times more likely to
die in the year after having a heart attack than men
because they’re not given the same treatment.
The researchers looked at the care received by
180,000 women in Sweden over the course of a
decade.
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Malaysia has agreed to allow an American
exploration firm to resume the search for the
missing flight MH370 a year after it was called
off. The Malaysia Airlines jet, which was carrying
more than 200 passengers, vanished en-route
from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014. The
firm will use eight unmanned submersibles and will
only get paid if it finds the missing plane.
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Plans to ban parents and carers in Wales from
smacking their children are being consulted
on ahead of a potential change in the law. The
Welsh government wants to scrap the defence of
reasonable punishment to the offences of assault
and battery, meaning an adult would no longer be
able to admonish a child by striking them. People
will be given 12 weeks to make their views known.
Last year Scotland became the first part of the UK
to confirm plans to outlaw the physical punishment
of children.
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The United States has been rebuked by other
members of the United Nations Security Council
for calling an emergency meeting to discuss anti-
government protests in Iran. China and France said
the unrest did not threaten international security.
Russia accused the US of abusing its position. But
the American ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley,
said all countries should do more to support the
protesters.
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The science fiction
film The Shape of Water has
picked up the most nominations for this year’s
Baftas. It’s competing for
awards, including
best film. Christopher Plummer is nominated
for best supporting actor after replacing Kevin
Spacey in the film All The Money In The World.
Frances McDormand has been shortlisted for best
actress for her role in Three Billboards Outside
Ebbing, Missouri. She won a Golden Globe for her
performance on Sunday night.
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EasyJet, Ladbrokes and Virgin Money are among
the major employers who have been revealed to pay
women on average at least 15% less than men per
hour. More than 500 firms have published details
of their gender pay gaps, another 8,000 have
until April to do so, or risk being fined under a new
law intended to tackle workplace discrimination.
Here’s our correspondent Richard Galpin. The gap
in pay between men and women has become a
major issue, and now all organisations employing
more than 250 people have to publish details of
the differences in the average hourly pay rate and
average amount paid in bonuses. Of the firms
which have already revealed their gender pay
gaps, the women’s fashion chain Phase Eight
stands out. The average hourly rate for women
is almost 65% less than that for men. EasyJet
also has a big gender pay gap with the average
hourly rate for women more than 50% lower than
the average for male employees. Both companies
point to the fact that men were often in higher-paid
jobs than women, and that is another issue which
campaigners have long been fighting to change.