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Questions we would like to put to mr johnson, so you can hear his replies. A week out, because he wa nts replies. A week out, because he wants it. Frances largest strike in years brings much of the country to a standstill workers are angry about planned Pension Reforms that would see them retiring later orfacing reduced payouts. Teachers, transport workers and lawyers are among the workers taking part in industrial action which is expected to last several days. The us speaker of the house of representatives announces that impeachment proceedings against President Trump will go ahead he becomes only the third president to be officially accused of abusing his office. The president has engaged in an abuse of power undermining our National Security and jeopardising the integrity of our elections. Fast cars and cybercrime charges are filed against two russian nationals, alleged to have used Malicious Software to steal millions of pounds across a0 countries including the uk. Everton sack manager marco silva after only 18 months in charge, after the club dropped into the relegation zone following last nights Merseyside Derby defeat. And also before nine oclock two british pilots land back in the uk after flying around the world in a newly restored spitfire. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. With onlyjust a week to go to polling day, all the Political Parties have been pushing home their messages. It comes as the Prime Minister faces scrunity over his pledge to cut taxes. And tonight borisjohnson is facing more questions about facing scrunity in sit down television interviews. Earlier this evening, itv, said that mrjohnsons team had confirmed he would not be taking part in their series of leaders interviews. The bbcs andrew neil, who has interviewed the labour, liberal democrat, snp and brexit Party Leaders issued this challenge to the Prime Minister. We have been asking him for weeks now to give us a date, a time, a venue. As of now, none has been forthcoming. No broadcaster can compel a politician to be interviewed, but leaders interviews have been a key part of the bbcs prime election coverage for decades. We do that on your behalf to scrutinise and hold to account to those who would govern us. That is democracy. We have always proceeded in good faith of the leaders would participate and every election they have. All of them, until this one. It is not too late, we have an interview prepared to come up and ready as mrjohnson likes to say. The theme running through our questions is trust and why so many times in his career in politics and journalism critics and sometimes those close to him have deemed him to be untrustworthy. There is no law, no strength Supreme Court ruling to force mrjohnson to participate in any bbc leaders interview, but the Prime Minister of oui interview, but the Prime Minister of our nation will at times have to stand up to President Trump, president putin, president xi jinping of china, so we are not effecting too much of half an hour standing up to me. Meanwhile, the conservatives say a majority for them will mean brexit and a budget that will cut National Insurance for workers, within the first hundred days. Labour has pledged to recruit twenty thousand more teachers part of its overall bid to end what it calls years of tory failure. Heres our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. Chanting. A small group, but a big noise. Theres not much that has been pretty about this campaign. These protesters were lying in wait for borisjohnson in derbyshire. Inside, he was vowing to take us out of the eu by the end of next month, to cut taxes on your pay, and to relax the years long squeeze on public spending. But he has only a week to make those arguments to you. Has the pattern been set . So we have seven days to do it. Seven days to get brexit done. Seven days to end the deadlock. Seven days to get out of this 3. 5 year pit stop that we have been in, and the pits is the word, believe me, and to get this country motoring again. A few months ago, i did actually send you an e mail. Oh, my god. The audience challenged him on the floods, the Health Service and brexit too, and promises are easy to make in campaigns, harder to keep. If youre lucky enough to win, you would have a budget in february that would cut taxes for people. Overall, your manifesto would raise tax. When you say every time get brexit done, you could do it by the end of january, actually, it would just open up months, if not years, more negotiations. What can we actually believe from you . Laura, were cutting taxes on business rates, were cutting National Insurance contributions for everybody in the country. And as for. As for your point about getting brexit done, the advantage of the deal we have ready to go is that it takes us out of the eu on january 31st. It means we are no longer part of the legal empire of the eu. His manifesto would mean that business pay more tax, but individuals would get a modest cut. But when the threat is diminished if not disappeared for the tories, several Brexit Party Meps quit at their own press conference today. I only stood in may to fight for brexit. So theyre backing tories, but what about their leader . Theyjoin the brexit party, theyjoin the coalition that i put together, now they clearly were disaffected with the mrs may as leader, and were not the conservative party. And the others are determined to make life as difficult as possible for the conservatives, trying to hang on to a clutch of mps in scotland. And the others are determined to make life as difficult let us come together next week to vote in a way that locks the tories out of government, that allows scotland to escape the mess of brexit. Although there is not much cheerfor the lib dems, the surgejo swinson hoped for isnt much in evidence. The message stays the same. They have all been on the trail for weeks now, right round the country, but time is running out for all sides in this campaign. The big picture suggests that the tories are on course to be the biggest party, but home and dry, back in government . Dont be so sure. The next mp for peterborough. Jeremy corbyns big hope, of course, is to move into a ten himself. To spend a lot more taxpayers cash on schools and Public Services, with a much bigger role for the state and another referendum on the brexit. What are your hopes for the future . A country where all children get a real chance. Elect the tories, you carry on with austerity, you carry on with increasing gaps between the richest in the poorest. We are very clear, we have a totally funded and costed manifesto, the only party that has in this election. And it will give real hope and opportunity to everyone in this country. Only a week left to roll up the sleeves to turn the course of this campaign. The result, a week tomorrow, will change the country, whoever wins. Laura kuenssberg, bbc news, derbyshire. Our Political Correspondent Jonathan Blake is at westminster one. Just a little earlier we heard andrew neil issuing the challenge to the Prime Minister to be interviewed by him. He has thrown down the gau ntlet by him. He has thrown down the ga u ntlet to by him. He has thrown down the gauntlet to Boris Johnson to by him. He has thrown down the gauntlet to borisjohnson to be interviewed by him, hasnt he . In your view does that make it more or less likely that mrjohnson will appear . I think less likely. Already looking very unlikely that Boris Johnson would be interviewed by andrew neil and i get the impression from the conservative Campaign Sources that ive had contact with in the last half an hour or so since it went out that it does not change anything. It was a direct on air challenge as you say from andrew neil spelling out why he and the bbc believes that borisjohnson should agree to do this interview before polling day and explaining that there was of course no legal obligation for him to do it. It bbc oi obligation for him to do it. It bbc or anyone else cannot compel the Prime Minister but setting out the leaders of the other parties have been interviewed in that time slot, in that format by andrew neil during the Election Campaign. And that it was reasonable to expect the Prime Minister and leader of the conservative party to do so as well. And he set out also a flavour of the line of questioning that he would ta ke line of questioning that he would take with borisjohnson centring, andrew neil said, along the theme of trust and also setting out questions that he would ask him regarding his brexit deal, regarding his claim that the nhs would not play a part in future trade talks. So if you like him as you say, he has thrown down the gauntlet with seven days to go now until the election i think it still looks unlikely that Boris Johnson will do that interview with the conservatives and the other main parties now really honing and focusing on their key messages and not looking for any upsets at all before election day. I would be interested in your thoughts, as you say it was a direct on air challenge that which watching it you would measure will be shared quite a lot on social media if nothing else. I suppose theres a question if theyre not for the conservatives as to whether the risk of borisjohnson sitting down with andrew neil is starting to be outweighed by the impression that perhaps Boris Johnson has got something to hide, what do you think about that . That the flip side of the conservative strategy to avoid this particular platform, and this particular interview format. A half hour grilling from the Presenter Andrew Neil who has taken a tough line of questioning with the other Party Leaders that in taking the view that is perhaps too risky to put Boris Johnson into that arena they do as you say. Leave themselves open to the criticism that they are running scared and that borisjohnson perhaps has something to hide or does not want to offer himself up to that level of scrutiny. Clearly to this point and i think this will continue, the conservatives and the people around borisjohnson have taken the view that they would rather take the risk of some people thinking that it does not want to face the questions and that he might have something to hide, versus the safety first strategy of sticking to their message and not opening himself up to that level of questioning in the first place. It isa questioning in the first place. It is a calculate a risk but i think the time being there clearly co mforta ble the time being there clearly comfortable with playing it safe. Turning to labour, this evening they themselves are writing to the bbc about bias, what more can you tell us about bias, what more can you tell us about that . This is a letter that we have just seen us about that . This is a letter that we havejust seen in us about that . This is a letter that we have just seen in the last hour oi we have just seen in the last hour or 0 we have just seen in the last hour or so that labour have put out rich and by the partys Collection Coordinator address to the director general of the bbc, tony hall and its a complaint or an escalation if you like of the continued complaints that labour have against the bbc for what they described as biased coverage during the general Election Campaign andi coverage during the general Election Campaign and i will read you just a couple of the quotes to give you a flavour of what andrew has to say, they take issue with the interview specifically saying the bbc is allowing Boris Johnson specifically saying the bbc is allowing borisjohnson to pick and choose his bbc platform, they say that despite the bbc giving labour a clear understanding that Boris Johnson had agreed to the same terms of those thatJeremy Corbyn had agreed to when he took part in that interview with andrew neil they point out that the bbc does not have a role as a protagonist in the general election, and suggests the conservatives have been allowed to play the bbc. He also says that in his letter the election covers today demonstrate a worrying failure to meet the obligations to fairness and impartiality and demands that this unfairness is urgently corrected. So labour is clearly not happy at all with the bbc coverage in general, and looking for some sort of redress to that, no response as yet to that letter from the bbc. Thank you for that. John blake, our correspondent in westminster there. Our Political Correspondent chris mason is in birmingham where Jeremy Corbyn is holding a rally. What is happening where you are . Good evening to you. From the custard factory in birmingham, something of a nightspot which has been transformed into a venue for a Party Political rally. The Labour Party Meeting here and hear from Party Political rally. The Labour Party Meeting here and hearfrom him spoken artist at the moment. Introducing a range of guests and trade union leaders, general secretaries and activists. At the end of the day were mr corbett has been focusing on campaigning here in the midlands, started in peterborough with a school visit this morning and then he headed to these places and warsaw and then here to birmingham. Realfocus on schools and Public Services which they were regarded as one of their greatest hits, plenty of this the next couple of days including a focus on the nhs. Lots of questions for focus on the nhs. Lots of questions foer focus on the nhs. Lots of questions for mr corbin today on this whole issue of anti semitism which is dollar ten for much of his leadership with the submission to the inquiry going on into anti semitism from members of the party who are jewish saying particularly striking things about Jeremy Corbyn project failure interview to handle these criticisms. Mr corbin saying hes done all that he can that the parties procedures are much better than they used to be. The essence of what we will hear from mr corbin do in this stage in the next five or ten minutes is a vision of how he says a Labour Government under him as Prime Minister would be transformative for the as Prime Minister would be tra nsformative for the country setting out the essence of what they have published in their manifesto. I think whats interesting is how they spent the last couple days of the company of these activists and yes but you are passionate, and split your love Jeremy Corbyn but you are passionate, and split your loveJeremy Corbyn but but you are passionate, and split your love Jeremy Corbyn but you dont have to scratch the surface that far to have the concert about how mr corbin will have on the doorstep and a fear from some that this might not be quite their time, that might ultimately lose. Equally others say given the fluidity of this and give her that mr corbin really has to deny it burst out that a majority in order to be seen as the winner as opposed to necessarily be giving it majority himself there still everything to play for if there were too tight and a little further in the last week. A big rally is coming up and 700 people here in birmingham hoping to be buoyed for the final days of knocking on the doors and definitely the dark. Coming down to polling day ina the dark. Coming down to polling day in a weeks time. Chris mason in birmingham now. Many thanks for that. The liberal democrat leader jo swinson claims the snp will announce an independence referendum within days if they win more seats in the general election. Shes been campaigning in edinburgh she has certainly been talking about her own appearance yesterday evening on Andrew Neil Pozner programme when she was interviewed and apologised for voting to cut benefits when she was a member of the coalition of government alongside the conservatives, she joked that she was supremely relaxed about that interview taking place. I think it was fair to say that tonight was an altogether more comfortable affair forjo swinson come appearing in front of supporters here at the top of the royal mile here in edinburgh. Thanking them for doorknocking when its a pretty horrendous year in scotla nd its a pretty horrendous year in scotland today and trying to get them onto the next days of commencing. In much of the united king of the selection has been a brexit election up here in scotland and it really has two constitutional themes, brexit yes and independence as well. And joe swenson was reminding her supporters that the liberal democrats are a party that are campaigning to stop brexit and to stop independence. She says they wa nt to to stop independence. She says they want to remain as part of the eu and remain as part of the uk. She warned that if the smp when the most seats in scotland and then the threat of another independent referendum would be on the cards within days. A very clear message from joe jo be on the cards within days. A very clear message from joejo swinson here in scotland and a push to get supporters out knocking on doors at the lecture gets closer and closer. And well find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrows front pages at 10 40 and 11 30 this evening in the papers our guests joining me tonight are the broadcaster david davies and Political Correspondent for the daily mirror, nicola bartlett. The headlines on bbc news. With one week to go until the general election, the leaders of the main Political Parties have been out pushing their big election pledges. French Police Fire Tear gas at protestors as the biggest nationwide strike in years brings most of the country to a standstill. Us Speaker Nancy Pelosi says impeachment proceedings will go ahead against President Trump for pressuring ukraine to investigate his Democratic Political rival. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. Here is been, and news from everton . In the last hour, marco silva has been sacked as everton manager. It comes less than a day after his side were thrashed 5 2 by liverpool in the Merseyside Derby. Sitting in the premier League Relegation zone, the everton board have ended his 19 month tenure at goodison park. Marco silva is probably know this is becoming for quite some time as everton public results have been gone from bad to worse especially last night were you were thrashed 52 last night were you were thrashed 5 2 against their rivals liverpool at anfield and marco silva just looked really deflated in the dugout and did not even acknowledge any of the team goals. That defeat is actually as you say pushing everton into the relegation zone and recording their eighth defeats in 11 games. Theres the first time in 20 yea rs games. Theres the first time in 20 years everton find themselves in the bottom three after 50 matches. Everton a club that has great ability and have spent a lot of money dont want to be fighting for the relegation battle come the end of this season. Since coming in the everton owner and spent £450 million in the past three years with the aim to get a return to play Champions League football, at the moment they are way off that so something needs to happen in the club need to listen to happen in the club need to listen to his fans and so what we are hearing is that david is the front runner to replace marco silva. This is had a bit of a backlash with the fa ns is had a bit of a backlash with the fans as remember they did spent 11 yea rs fans as remember they did spent 11 years at everton back in 2013. We also hearing that the former everton player tim cahill could be his assistant so got a tough run of fixtures coming up, with nick at chelsea at the weekend thats followed by Manchester United then lester and arsenal. Arsenal are also on the hunt for a new manager. Freddie ljungberg remains in caretaker charge for tonights game at home to brighton. An 8 15 kick off at the emirates and its currently x. X. Sheffield united and newcastle are into the second half at bramall lane. Newcastle leading by a goal. Allan Saint Maximin scored his first goal for newcastle to put them ahead. Anthonyjoshua says hes lost none of his power despite boxing at what will be his lowest weight in five years against andy ruiz junior in their much anticpated rematch on saturday. They fight in saudi arabia on saturday night, withjoshua looking to win back the heavyweight title belts he lost to ruiz in that shock defeat in june. Joshua says hes had to re assess they way he prepares. Itell you, im punching like a horse kicking back right now. My connection chain, my rhythm, theres no tension in my body. Its so loose and heavy, rhythm of flow. Thats what boxing is about. We are going back to the 70s, thats why the afro is out right now. 70s fighters, i think. Ive just been studying this game and i think rather than doing the weights and stuff like that, just going to like, just box, man. Ronnie 0sullivan said he had no complaints after his uk championship title defence was ended by ding junhui. Chasing a record extending eighth uk title and third in a row, 0sullivan trailed 4 1 at one stage before levelling it a 4 4. The chinese cueman then took the next two frames to knock the rocket out on his 44th birthday. I was 4 1 down, he had not missed the ball and i was sitting there thinking it could be 6 0, 6 1 my birthday and take it you cannot get any worse and i managed to win a few frames and twitch the red and he played well towards the end. Ive got no complaints. There are two more last 16 matches this evening you can watch live coverage of mark selby against matthew stevens, and Stephen Maguire v Michael White on the bbc sport website. Thats bbc. Co. Uk sport more for you in sports day at half past ten. Lovely, much of france has been brought to a standstill today as a result of one of the biggest Public Sector strikes for years. The strikes have been called in opposition to president emanuel macrons plans to reform pensions. Lucy williamson reports. Tear gas today masked the real danger facing president macron. Not the risk of a vehicle on fire in central paris, but the risk of a silent majority, set alight by opposition to his Pension Reforms. Most marched peacefully against the offer of longer working to his Pension Reforms. Most marched peacefully against the offer of longer working lives and smaller pensions, their quiet anger directed more at politicians than police. Translation they sit in the National Assembly and sleep most of the time, and they earn 5,000 euros a month. Were in the streets, breaking our back. The big question is whether that anger over Pension Reforms will ignite into wider discontent, both with the Economic Situation and with president macron himself. 90 of trains across the country were cancelled. Almost all lines on the paris metro were closed. Both have now extended their strike into tomorrow. The government says it can no longer justify paying billions of euros to subsidise special pension rights for police, Railway Workers and other Public Sector staff. The new system will be fairer and more equal, it says, but protesters say it is the workers who will pay, and that in mr macrons france, some parts of society are more equal than others. Lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. Donald trump is set to become only the third president in us history to be impeached. Today the democrats have said they will start drafting what are called articles of impeachment, accusing the president of abusing his powers for personal gain. It doesnt necessarily mean hell be thrown out of office but its a significant moment in a troubled presidency. Nick bryant reports. To reporters about the impeachment. Are you concerned about the stain the impeachment might have on your legacy . No, not at all. Not at all. Its a hoax, its a hoax, its a big fat hoax. Oui our correspondent is in washington for us. Chrisjust bring us up to speed with exactly what this means. Yeah, soa speed with exactly what this means. Yeah, so a hoax and a witchhunt it President Trump called that but ultimately what we are doing is moving towards the impeachment the president. That is a serious thing, its only happened as you mentioned two times before. The last time was in the case of president bill clinton and then he tried to remain silent and pretty still work during the impeachment process, dont expect donald trump to remain silent, youve already got a sense of that. What was announced today by the speaker of the house was this idea that she wants these articles of impeachment drawn up but these charges against the president essentially saying hes abusive powers while in office. They say try to put pressure on ukraine in order to put pressure on ukraine in order to launch investigations into his own personal political opponents. And used his office to do that by example of a link miniature aid. All of that is denied by President Trump but it seems we are going to get those questions tested in a trial inside the us senate. Say, chris, but what were hearing is that it wa nts but what were hearing is that it wants me and he will be removed from office so how come . Basically the us house of representatives is controlled by the democrats, they have a majority there and therefore they can come if you like sharpen their swords and say we are going to ta ke their swords and say we are going to take this battle to you and have these charges that were put to you, donald trump but ultimately its tried inside the us senate and in that upper house of Congress Mr Trump also party the republicans, they have control. If the senators that decide whether or not a president is guilty and should be removed from office. No of those 100 senators the majority are republican and it means a two thirds majority to convict a president , so its highly, highly unlikely that thats going to happen in the case of donald trump. But what it does do is set upa donald trump. But what it does do is set up a bitter election for november 2020. Remember its likely a senate trial is going to happen perhaps as early as january right at the start of the Election Year and if you thought 2016 was a pretty fractious election in america just you wait until 2020. Thats what i wa nted you wait until 2020. Thats what i wanted you to elaborate on. I wonder what impact you think these proceedings might have on the 2020 election. It must be stated that one of the people who is hoping to become a democratic candidate in 2020 is joe biden. Become a democratic candidate in 2020 isjoe biden. Now, some of these investigations that President Trump wanted ukraine to launch were specifically into jill biden trump wanted ukraine to launch were specifically intojill biden and his son hunter who had business dealings in ukraine. Already been suggestions for some in the Republican Party that perhaps they could try to turn this trial on its head. Start to ask all questions Aboutjoe Biden and his son and maybe the president has openly been accused of corruption in the country without offering any evidence and these are unsubstantiated allegations. That does give you the idea that if it was to turn out to bejoe biden and donald trump fighting each other to become president in november he could get a real taste of how nasty and dirty that could become. Of course is a danger it overshadows the democrats own process for selecting their candidate which is due to begin in february. Its good to be very busy months in washington and its only going to emphasise and increase those divides that already exist in this city. Good to talk to you, our correspondent in washington. Thank you. Now its time for a look at the weather with ben rich. Good afternoon. Red sky in the morning, shepards warning, so the saying goes. Many of us had red and orange skies overhead at sunrise this morning, but the warning was for this. A lot of cloud and some outbreaks of rain pushing in across the northwest of the uk. Its been a very wet day indeed in western scotland. We see outbreaks of rain drifting south eastwards across many areas through tonight. But with the south westerly wind, it is turning increasingly mild out there. As we start friday morning, we will have temperatures around 11 12 degrees. But, with that, some cloud, some outbreaks of rain ongoing risk of travel destruction, into the hills of Northern England and wales, windy across the north and west of the uk, not as windy down towards the southeast, and here, it will turn a little bit drier up towards the northwest, the headlines with one week to go until the general election, the leaders of the main Political Parties have been out pushing their big election pledges. French Police Fire Tear gas at protestors as the biggest nationwide strike in years brings most of the country to a standstill. Us Speaker Nancy Pelosi says impeachment proceedings will go ahead against President Trump for pressuring ukraine to investigate his Democratic Political rival. A Major International investigation, involving british and american police, has uncovered one of the largest cases of cyber theft ever detected. Coming up after stopping off at 100 locations in 30 countries two british pilots land back in the uk after flying around the world in a newly restored spitfire. More now on the general election and theres exactly a week to go until voters take to the ballot box. Throughout the campaign, bbc news will be looking closely at the places where the election could be won and lost visiting 10 parts of the uk where seats will be closely contested. Today we ve been in croydon to find out the questions and issues voters want to discuss. Heres clive myrie. If you join me right in the centre of town and the famous box park, restaurants and bars all around, it is quite interesting in the last couple of decades how this once small Market Village has developed into the most populous borough in london. It is also one of the most diverse with the highest number of under 18s anywhere in the capital. Croydon central, which is where we are, was taken by labour from the conservatives in 2017. A crushing defeat for the tories and labours current majority is just over five and a half thousand. When it comes to brexit, 54 of voters across croydon chose to remain in the eu. For seven days out, what is confidence like the people here . How do they view their futures and, if it is a positive since the future, how could that swing the vote in this margin . Croydons skyline portrays swagger, a confidence, the cranes mean moneys flowing. But is it all it seems . Strip away the political rhetoric, and the elections are all about confidence, how people feel about their lives, their futures. That time of year when we assess and re evaluate. Where we look upon the past year. At the finese forever recording studios, theres a swagger. Sk and tk, long time friends, started this business three years ago and they have recorded platinum sales. They say many of the young people they encounter feel the systems failed them, that elections are a waste of time. Thats kind of sad that they have lost the trust in the government, they have lost the belief. Like theres no faith. When i talk to young people, im thinking, wow you are just 15 or 16, and you are depressed. Youre speaking like this, why is this when i was 16, you should be joyful, you should be out have ambition. How can you have no ambition at the age of 16 . Does that not worry the government . A lack of high paying jobs, costly housing, crime, problems for young and old in croydon, and add to that, poor consumer confidence. Ask ian beaton, a car dealer of 40 years in the town. No ones spending. Everyone is cutting the cloth. And that leaves you not very confident about the future . No, im not confident. Weve got to try to keep smiling, but the people i talk to, the customers who come in, no one is looking forward to next year with much hope. Down the road, may be punters at this cafe might be more upbeat. Sarahs voting liberal democrat. Out of ten, how would you rate your levels of confidence in the future . Probably about two now. Two . Which is fairly low, i know. Dreadful. Why . We are leaving europe for one thing so i think the economy will start going down hill from now on. Catherines voting labour. Two or three. Two or three out of ten . Can you honestly say in the last ten years things have improved . Marys a conservative party member. Six to seven. Six to seven, that is positive compared to a lot of people we have spoken to. Why . It is six or seven if the conservatives win because that is a good chance to get brexit done and for things to improve in the future. But overall, little swagger in the people here. Thoughts of the future turned dark. Sadly, a sign of the times. Our digital election reporterjoe tidy has been taking a look at the campaign has been playing out on social media. Whilst the rules of engagement on the physical campaign trail are semi defined, online, it is a free for all. And so far, we have pretty much seen it all. The election got off to a controversial start with this conservative party video. The video was edited to make it seem as if the labour shadow brexit secretary was tongue tied, but he wasnt. It was branded as irresponsible but the conservative party stood by it and watched it go viral. Another video they cost a bit of a fizz was this one, which almost got the labour backing momentum groups sued by coca cola. The soft drinks giant issued legal letters saying that they had to take it down, which they did. Elsewhere in the labour movement, Jeremy Corbyn, at least on social media, is having a very good Election Campaign. These sorts of tweets have been put out by his team, very pointed, very personal, attacking billionaires and the leads attacking billionaires and elites and have also seen a lot of off the cuff style videos as well, which have proven very popular. Big news, weve Just Launched our new manifesto. So i thought i would take just 60 seconds to run through as many of the policies as i can. Overall, Jeremy Corbyns posts on facebook are doing better than all the parties put together. He is getting more likes, more shares, more reactions than anybody else. We are also seeing some of the style videos from the conservatives, this one by borisjohnson has been viewed millions of times. How are you . What has been on your mind today . Well, i cant hide it, ive been thinking about this general Election Campaign. Overall, cross social media it is the conservatives getting all the likes, all the shares and all the noise, but not all of that noise is good. During one of the itv debates, this happen. The conservative Party Press Office rebranded their twitter account to this and posed as an independent Fact Checking organisation. Again, they were widely criticised and again, they stood by it. But they are not the only party that has been up to tricks. There has been a fierce battle taking place over the Google Search bar with parties buying up the keywords of their rivals to try and hijack voters browsing. For example, a few weeks ago if you typed in boris brexit deal, you wouldve seen adverts for this website. Made for and paid for by the brexit party stump of the real money made for and paid for by the brexit party. But the real money in the selection is being spent here, facebook and instagram, almost £2 million has been spent so far. The lib dems have consistently been spending the most and if at the most number of active adverts. Thousands at any one time, highly targeted adverts like, for example, these ones. These shots, a bit controversial, there are no figures attach them. Only recently have the labour party caught up and overtaken on spending. There has also been a fair amount of fake news and disinformation in the selection, including a very strange story aboutjo swinson murdering squirrels. That seems to come from a member of the public, but observers have noticed a different trend in this election. What we have actually seen, more than anything, is the Political Parties themselves providing the most disinformation or misinformation. It is quite extraordinary that these tactics have been so brazen and they are almost doing the job for anyone outside who might want to disrupt the agenda. It will be up to the next government to decide what rules they want in place for the next election. In the meantime, there is a whole another week of this campaign on and off line. Our Community Affairs correspondent Adina Campbell has been to luton to speak to young people from ethnic minority backgrounds about some of the election issues they feel need more attention. Could these faces be the next generation of uk leaders . Here at bedfordshire university, meet ups and workshops are hosted by the National Charity uprising, which prides itself on diversity, inclusion and social mobility. They have a lot to say ahead of next weeks vote. Many people are calling this the brexit election. I started my politics degree three years ago, and i am sick to death about brexit. Ive graduated now, and i think right now people just want a solution. We still have issues such as tax, welfare, people dying from poverty, that kind of thing, and were not fixing it because were so busy talking about brexit. Ijust dont think people from bame backgrounds are really rated enough. Like, were really undervalued. Everyone just thinks council estates, like, not going to school, skiving off, smoking weed, doing this, doing that, but theres so much more to a bame person. So, racism is this still an issue in 2019 . Yeah, its savage out there. Racism is big. I face it a lot. If a party is being racist, if their leaders are being racist, we should be calling them out. Im not really sure whats going to happen with the economy, going to happen with jobs and that is, in itself, what scares us about brexit. I think the danger is if we talk too much about the economy and it being a disaster, we will get led into austerity again. The people voted, so we have to, innit . I really disagree with that. We are going to leave, but we are going to get, like, a bad deal. A proper bad deal. Immigrants normally contribute more to the economy than they take away. Like everybodys just, oh, they come here for the nhs and for the benefits, when in reality, british born people use those services more and immigrants disproportionally contribute to the economy theyre a net benefit. I think immigration has a lot to do with the racism aspect of brexit. And a lot of that has racist undertones of not wanting a particular looking group of people to come into this country. So, were very fortunate that we have technology that we can access to and do our own research, because we are the future leaders of tomorrow, so we are going to be the ones that have to educate ourselves. Heres the full list of candidates standing in luton south, which is also available on the bbc news website just go to our election 2019 page and following the links to search for individual constituencies. An alleged rape victim has been set on fire while travelling to her own court case in northern india. Five men have been arrested in connection with the attack on the 23 year old, including two of the rape suspects. The woman is in a Critical Condition in hospital. India has faced greater scrutiny in recent years after several high profile rape cases. Our correspondent in delhi, rajini vaidyanathan, has more. The details of this case are truly horrific. A young woman was on her way to a Court Hearing and relation to a Court Hearing in relation to a rape case that she had filed earlier this year. When a group of men, according to reports accosted her and took her to a nearby area where they assaulted her before setting her alight. Reports from the hospital say that she sustained severe burns and is in a Critical Condition. Now, five men who have been arrested in connection with this attack and Police Say Two of those men are the same men she accuses of raping her and one of them was only released on bail quite recently. So that has raised questions about how he was released on bail, why he was released on bail and how safe are people in this country when they come forward with rape or Sexual Violence complaints. This particular attack happened in the district in the northern in the northern state, where there was also a highly publicised rape case not too long ago were a young woman accused publicised rape case not too long ago where a young woman accused a bjp lawmaker of raping her. The family of that woman said they then received threats and they were involved in a car accident which injured the woman and her lawyer and killed two of her aunts. And now a Murder Investigation is pending in relation to that bjp lawmaker. All of this of course comes in the same week where there have been protests across india around the issue of Sexual Violence and that is in the wake of another case that as gathered a lot of headlines in recent days and that is a suspected gang raping murder of a young vet in the city. All of this of course, this is reopen the conversation this has reopened the conversation in india about Sexual Violence, one that really began back in december 2012 after a brutal gang rape which happened in the city that i am talking from, delhi. Back then, i covered that and i spoke to a lot of people that said the only way for things to truly change is by changing mindsets and that is exactly what i have been hearing in the protest that i have attended this week. Here is quite a startling figure, according to the latest stats, close to 100 rapes are reported every single day in this country and as we know, the reality is, the actualfigure is probably a bit higher because people often feel afraid to come forward. So the problem is still there, the question is, the lob makers so the problem is still there, the question is, for lawmakers and for society here, is how and when will things change. The headlines on bbc news. With one week to go until the general election, the leaders of the main Political Parties have been out pushing their big election pledges. French Police Fire Tear gas at protestors as the biggest nationwide strike in years brings most of the country to a standstill. Us Speaker Nancy Pelosi says impeachment proceedings will go ahead against President Trump for pressuring ukraine to investigate his Democratic Political rival. A Major International investigation, involving british and american police, has uncovered one of the largest cases of cyber theft ever detected. Charges have been filed against two russian nationals who are alleged to have used Malicious Software to steal millions of pounds across 40 countries including the uk. Daniel sandford reports. On one of the main boulevards in central moscow, an audi r8 blocking traffic, while it does a series of doughnuts. Police say these High Performance and highly expensive cars belong to members of a Cybercrime Group known as evil corp. A Group Responsible for two of the worst computer hacking and Bank Fraud Schemes of the last ten years. Today, the fbi charged this man, 32 year old maksim ya kubets, with being the leader of evil corp, which is suspected of stealing more than £75 million from customers all over the world. Yakubets is a true 21st century criminal, who, with a stroke of a key and a click of a mouse committed cyber crimes across the globe. Hes earned his place on the fbis list of the worlds most wanted cyber criminals. The group seems to be able to operate without punishment in russia. The us says Maksim Yakubets helps the russian intelligence agency, the fsb, with its malicious cyber programme, so that might be why. The National Crime agency says the group is the most significant cybercrime threat to the uk. But its been able to identify members of evil corp from their social media profiles. The fundamental weakness that organised crime has is they are driven by money and they are driven by greed. And we have been able to gain evidence in the uk of a real world footprint of people seeking to draw down the funds from these offenses, and also people who are exhibiting a very extravagant lifestyle online. Evil corp even had its own lion cub. Its two leaders have now been charged in america, but as long as they dont leave russia, theres no chance of them standing trial. Mental Health Patients in england desperate for help are being left in limbo even after they have started treatment thats according to research seen by the bbc. Last year more than 1. 5 million referrals were made by gps to a flagship talking Therapy Service. But one in six people waited longer than 90 days between their first and second sessions. Nhs england has acknowledged that pressure on the system is causing delays but insists that when patients are treated many of them show a significant improvement. Dominic hughes, reports from day to day, most of my governing thoughts were around about whether i should make it through the next day or not. Paul has struggled with his Mental Health ever since he developed post Traumatic Stress disorder, following a violent attack while working as a police officer. He relies on talking therapies provided by the nhs, but sometimes the wait for treatment to begin has been too long and dangerous. When youre actively that unwell and all youre after is help and support with what it is that youre going through, the symptoms i was experiencing. Just a delay of several weeks or a month or six weeks is literally a lifetime for people when youre acutely unwell. And i have no doubts that with the right timing and the perfect storm of events, it couldve been a very different story with my own outcomes. As demand increases, the talking Therapy Service is a victim of its own success. Last year, more than 1 Million People in england were referred. The first appointment is broadly speaking just an assessment. Its not until the second appointment that the real talking therapy work begins, and its here that people are facing hidden waiting times. On average, the wait is longer than two months. But some people, around one in six, thats 95,000 patients, are having to wait longer 90 days. What this evidence is showing is that youre getting people in the door, and then they are having to wait a significantly longer time than they should be, in order to get that next step of treatment. And thats where its really problematic, because, obviously, the longer you wait, the worse your condition can become, the longer your Recovery Time can become. Each part of the uk has its own talking Therapy Service and waiting times cant be compared directly. Nhs england is now putting more money into Mental Health, including training more therapists. And it says hundreds of thousands of people like paul are being helped to overcome their problems. I was lost in the forest, i no longer in the forest, but im not out of the woods yet. I still have bad days, but, equally, i can see a future ahead of me. And thats good, that feels really good. Millions of customers with hsbc Bank Accounts are facing significantly higher fees for their overdrafts. From march, the bank will bring in a single, flat rate of almost 40 per cent across all its accounts except those held by students. Our consumer Affairs Correspondent Coletta Smith has been outside a hsbc branch in oldham and has more on this story. Our consumer Affairs Correspondent Coletta Smith has been outside a hsbc branch in oldham and has more on this story. The Bank Regulator introducing some pretty radical changes to the way the overdraft operates in all kinds of banks of the moments, it is to make sure that customers do not get ripped off but as we see today, their Interest Rates for arranged overdraft is going to double up to 20 , so 40 in march. So that flat rates can be introduced, that is good to be a nasty shock for a lot of customers in the bank say that most of their customers will be better off as a result of the changes because that also scraps the £5a changes because that also scraps the £5 a day interest charge at the moment for him arranged overdraft. But that still leaves around 2 million of our customers that are likely to be worst off after the changes they are announcing. The banks make a huge amount of profit from overd rafts. Banks make a huge amount of profit from overdrafts. In 2017 they made £2. 4 billion from overdrafts, so theyre working very hard behind the scenes to make and try and find new ways to make sure that they do not lose out on monday because of these new changes that the regulators are introducing and we are likely to hear from introducing and we are likely to hearfrom more introducing and we are likely to hear from more banks introducing and we are likely to hearfrom more banks in the coming months about their plans. Two british pilots have landed back in the uk after flying around the world in a newly restored spitfire. Theirjourney, in a plane originally built in 1943, started and finished at goodwood aerodrome in west sussex. Robert hall reports the green grass of home. The silver spitfire and her team have created flying history. A flight around the globe marking British Engineering prowess and the partnership of man and machine which served the cause of freedom during world war ii. No wonder emotions were running high today, particularly for pilot mattjones whose son arthur was born during hisjourney. As we came across the channel and saw the white cliffs, again, another sort of emotional moment. I had trouble keeping control with the tears running down my face about what we had done and we are coming home and how it mustve felt back in the day for those guys doing the same thing. Two of the greatest symbols of freedom in the world. Flying in carefully planned stages, the silver spitfire covered well over 23,000 miles above some of the worlds most iconic landscapes. It defied typhoons and mechanical issues to become a star wherever it landed. The longest leg was a three and a half hour 830 mile trip across the Saudi Arabian desert. It is quite noisy, the cockpit is exceedingly noisy and we have no heating or coolant, so in the desert it got pretty damn hot. And over the alps and places it got very, very cold. The flight is finally over but its legacy is another spitfire legend. Cup of tea. Robert hall, bbc news at goodwood aerodrome. Now its time for a look at the weather with phil avery, what a day thursday turned out to be across western parts of the British Isles we had a combination of very windy and wet weather and it came from this massive bump of cloud which surely dominated most of the British Isles. The one good point was it has not been a particularly cold day because the air associated with that system is coming in from the south and southwest and so it is a relatively mild direction. We will see the rain be pushed into the southern half of the British Isles and there will be further showers to be had across Northern Areas and what is going to be an exceptionally mild night, certainly the mildest three have seen for a while, temperatures in double figures and thatis temperatures in double figures and that is how we start friday with no scraping of cars but it will be a wet start until we get rid of this rain from the south and push it off into the near continent and stay cloudy for a time and then from scotla nd cloudy for a time and then from scotland and Northern Ireland into the heart of england and wales and then we keep it to the south of the temperatures tending to dribble away a bit across scotland and that process continues as we break up the cloud because of that little bit of a ridge of High Pressure which topples and during the course of the night during saturday but a dry one for many but make the most of the dry weather in the day of scotland and Northern Ireland because it does not stay that way. The cloud, the wind and the rain turning into a really big day for england and wales come up relatively speaking, it is drier, brighter and temperatures just about holding on double figures. Through saturday and into sunday, this is where we push the rain from the north and west of the British Isles towards the south, a lot of isobars, the wind is a real feature on sunday and ushers and many to western parts a lot of showers, these will be heavy and blustery and both turned wintry across the high ground. Generally speaking, the further easter site you are, you will stay a bit drier and finer but it will not be overly quarter. Notice what happens between sunday and monday, first of all, there is a lot of isobars, some of there is a lot of isobars, some of the gusts from the south shores, 80 miles an hourand the gusts from the south shores, 80 miles an hour and then they flicker out into a north south orientation. So monday is brighter with the chilli started a chillier day but at least it is drier. Hello, im nuala mcgovern, this is outside source. Moving full steam ahead us Speaker Nancy Pelosi takes a historic step. Today i am asking our chairman to proceed with articles of impeachment. This puts donald trump on track to become only the third president to be impeached in us history. But mr trump remains defiant he says the democrats have no case. Well have all the analysis. More than half a Million People are marching in cities across france and a nationwide transport strike brings much of the country to a standstill amidst anger over president macrons Pension Reforms. And well find out what the worlds most valuable company oil giant saudi aram co is worth as it makes its stock market debut