And the journalist and author, Yasmin Alibhai brown. Stay with us for that. Good evening. Large demonstrations have taken place across the uk against Boris Johnsons decision to suspend parliament for five weeks in the run up to brexit. The government insists it is acting properly, but critics claim the plan is a brazen bid to sideline mps opposed to the governments brexit plans. The biggest protest was in Central London where waterloo and westminster bridges were blocked and Trafalgar Square was brought to a standstill. Well have more on this story in the next few minutes, when viewers on bbc one join us for a full round up of the days news with clive myrie. In hong kong, its been one of the most violent days since demonstrations began 13 weeks ago. Tens of thousands of pro democracy demonstrators took to the streets, in defiance of a police ban. Protesters surrounded some key government buildings, and there were running battles in the street. Petrol bombs were thrown at officers, who
Marks on the steps of downing street a moment ago, and to try and claim that somehow mps would want to prevent all of those things from being inflicted on the country, for which incidentally he has no mandate, is somehow undermining his negotiations, is nonsense. The former Prime Minister for over two yea rs former Prime Minister for over two years said, no deal is better than a bad deal, that did not work then, why it should work now completely eludes me. And the other point is, are they really serious negotiations taking place . Just last weekend, mrs merkel said, we are getting on for a third of the way through the 30 days that i gave to borisjohnson and the government has come forward with no proposals, indeed the Prime Minister spent the first month of the summit saying to the eu, do what i want, and he did not make any proposals to them about how those changes might work in detail. So it is the Prime Minister who has brought this on himself, but i also agree that we are going to
Worry about. We expect conservative mps to support the conservative Prime Minister, the conservative agenda, and politicians shouldnt seek to take the authority of government away from government and hand it to the leader of the opposition. In other news Hurricane Dorian batters the bahamas with winds of over isomph. It is heading near the coast of florida. Hurricane doria batters the bahamas with winds of over isomph. It is heading near the coast of florida. N batters the bahamas with winds hello, borisjohnson n batters the bahamas with winds hello, Boris Johnson has n batters the bahamas with winds hello, borisjohnson has said under no circumstances will he go back to brussels to ask for what he called another pointless brexit delay. As rebel conservatives and Opposition Mps prepare to try to force an extension. Speaking in downing street, this evening after holding an unshe to alled Cabinet Meeting the Prime Minister insisted he did not want an election, he stressed he had been enco
Former special Counsel Robert Mueller insists his report didnt clear President Trump of obstructing justice and hints he could face prosecution after leaving office. Its 7 00am in singapore and midnight here in london, where Boris Johnson formally entered 10 downing street as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Mrjohnson began his premiership with sweeping changes to the cabinet, bringing in a number of pro brexit allies as he seeks to fulfill his promise of bringing the uk out of the eu by october 31st. 0ur Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. Even for those who adore him, a year ago, borisjohnsonsjourney even for those who adore him, a year ago, Boris Johnsons journey to even for those who adore him, a year ago, borisjohnsons journey to the palace may have been the kind of wild story predicted. He was blocked by protesters on his way. Now, the politician who as a boy said he wa nted politician who as a boy said he wanted to be well king invited to become Prime Minister by the
Oil prices are rising again after tensions in the gulf have escalated. Iran seized a british tanker in the straits of hormuz on friday, and libyas largest oilfield declared force majeure after interference by an Unidentified Group shut down production. 21 of all the worlds traded oil passes through the straits of hormuz. It is a Critical Energy chokepoint. This morning, theresa may will chair the uk governments Emergency Committee cobra to discuss the next steps and security of shipping in the persian gulf. Irans Oil Exports Fell to less than 300,000 barrels a day last month, according to reuters. That is a big drop from the 2. 5 Million Barrels per day in april last year, which is just before President Trump started reimposing sanctions as he pulled out of the nuclear deal. It removed about 2 of global supplies from the market. The benchmark brent crude has struggled to hold on the gains it made earlier this year, despite the 0pec Producers Group extending its production cuts. It peak