After being charged with assault. As australias bushfire crisis continues the countrys Prime Minister defends the coal industry and defies calls for new carbon targets. We need to take action on Climate Change. You dont run government on sentiment, you run government on fa cts. And later in the programme private eyes editor, ian hislopjoins the bbcs media editor amol rajan to look back on a fascinating year of front covers, cartoons and satire. There are calls for a government inquiry into racism within football after the Chelsea Player, Antonio Rudiger, complained of hearing monkey noises from the crowd during yesterdays premier league match at tottenham. The professional Footballers Association said it was disgusted by the reports, and insisted urgent action was needed. The referee stopped play during the second half after rudiger complained of hearing monkey noises in the crowd. Shortly after the stoppage, an announcement was made over the public address system warning that racist b
Parts of southern england that are inundated. At a quarter to eight, private eyes editor ian hislop joins the bbcs media editor to look back ona the bbcs media editor to look back on a fascinating year of front covers, cartoons, and satire. Good evening. Three and a half years after the uk voted to leave the eu, mps have resoundingly voted in favour of the government cosmic brexit bill. It paves the way for borisjohnson to deliver his promise that the uk will leave the eu at the end of next month. Well, the per minister won the vote easily by 358 votes to 234. Six labour mps rebelled and voted with the government. Now, the Withdrawal Agreement, now approved in principle by mps, says that the uk will leave the eu on the 31st of january and allows a transition period until the end of 2020. During which time, we will still abide by eu rules. It also says that we will pay the eu a divorce bill of around £33 billion, and it sets out a plan for dealing with the Northern Irish border with wh
Hello. You are everywhere. Thank you for having us in, thank you so much. How do you come up with a cover like those . This was when theresa may, do you remember her . She was around at the beginning of the year. She used to be prime minister. Anyway, she left and we had to think how can we pay tribute to theresa may . So i thought perhaps a blank page will be good, and so we have the theresa may memorial issue, her legacy in full. Uh, thank you. Which again seems quite cruel, but was quite funny. Do you know how each of those sell . Yeah, that was a seller. Im afraid that was popular. And nigel farage . This is great, hes always good. Partly because he always does photo opportunities, so having been accused of having a party full of fruitca kes, he does a photo op eating a fruit cake. I mean, it is fantastic. He does the joke for us. Borisjohnsons private life has frequently furnished you with cover ideas and this one you have here. This was sort of essentially a smut special. Because
Good morning. Merry christmas. The queen will lead members of the royal family for the annual festive Church Service at sandringham this morning. Yesterday, the duke of edinburgh rejoined his family after spending four nights in hospital. Prince george and Princess Charlotte will attend the service for the first time. Prince andrew, who stepped back from royal duties last month, has attended an Early Morning service with Prince Charles. Charlotte gallagher reports. The brothers walked side by side into the charge for the 9am service. Charlotte gallagher reports. Prince philip arrives back at sandringham by helicopter after spending four nights in a Central London hospital. He walked out unaided and without a stick. A huge relief for his family that hes home to spend Christmas Day with them. This hasnt been the smoothest year for the royals, something the queen appears to acknowledge in her christmas message, describing 2019 as quite bumpy. Later today, the royal family will attend chur
At the papers with our reviewers Kevin Schofield, editor of politics home, and the broadcasterjohn stapleton. And also, in 45 minutes, private eyes editor, ian hislop, joins the bbcs media editor amol rajan to look back on a year of front covers, cartoons and satire. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The chief executive of the us aircraft manufacturer boeing has been sacked less than a week after the company said it would temporarily halt production of its troubled 737 max airliner. Boeing has struggled to recover after 346 people died in two crashes involving the 737. Our Business Correspondent theo leggett has the story. Two devastating accidents and 346 people died. The first plane crashed into the sea off indonesia late last year. Then, in march, an identical aircraft went down in these fields in ethiopia minutes after take off. Since then, boeings newest and fastest selling aircraft, the 737 max, has been grounded worldwide. Blames been placed on a piece of Flight Control soft