Well look back at her life. Good morning. Over a third of us are popping christmas on credit this year, and over two Million People are almost constantly in their overdraft. Im looking at festive finances, and not blowing your budget. Good morning. But not if you are an english cricket fans. In sport, england go two down in the ashes. Their batsmen are blown away by australia in less than two hours on the final day in adelaide. And carol has the weather for us this morning. And shes feeling festive. Good morning. Good morning from Winter Wonderland in hyde park in london. This is the most photographed part. It is mild today. Cloudy and wet and windy in the north. And then the weather really changes. I will have the details in 15 minutes. Thank you good morning. First, our main story two men are due to appear in court today, accused of a plot to kill the Prime Minister. Both suspects were detained last month. Andy moore reports. Number 10 downing st, the target of an alleged islamist pl
Thousand homes are under mandatory evacuation. Frances biggest rock star Johnny Hallyday has died after a battle with lung cancer. Good morning. Its wednesday the 6th of december and im ben brown. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Prime Minister has just been speaking on the phone to the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party in northern irealand to try and salvage a deal on the future of the irish border. But Arlene Foster has also said in a newspaper interview her dup party will not be rushed, even though the deadline is looming if the uk wants to move on to crucial trade talks with the eu. Meanwhile, the government has admitted that it has not carried out so called Impact Assessments of how leaving the eu might affect the british economy. Appearing before the Brexit Committee this morning, david davis claimed it would be hard to predict the economic effects of brexit, but said officials would do the work at some stage. Our assistant Political Editor norman smith is in westminster.
London, this is bbc world news. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 9am in beijing where censors have been deleting online criticism of the announcement that president xi jinping could stay in power for decades to come. The proposal would remove a clause in chinas constitution that limits the head of state to just two terms in office. Some people online have accused the communist party of creating a dictator and becoming like north korea. John sudworth reports from beijing. Chanting. Its no secret that xi jinping has been tightening his grip on power. This is just the most recent display of tu bthumping military loyalty. But now, a defining moment has been reached. State media reports of closed door Party Meetings confirmed that the two term limit is to be scrapped. Theres nothing to fear, his supporters argue. Mr xi, the benevolent fatherfigure, is staying on for the good of the nation. China has become such a developed country, the middle class is increasing in size, as well as i
People were killed less than two weeks ago. Classes will re start on wednesday. Gun control is still very much a live issue in washington, but no specific legislation has been confirmed. Meeting governors of more than 35 states, President Trump insisted School Safety was his top priority, and again criticised police for not confronting the florida gunman, calling some of them a disgrace. T; a . . . Thiiffigffifme 7 77 7 7 but i really believe i would run in there, even if i didnt have a weapon and i think most of the people in this room would have done that too. After the president spoke, at the white house, the floor was opened to the state governors. Heres what the washington governor had to say about the proposal to arm teachers. I have listened to the first grade teachers who dont want to be pistol packing teachers. I have listened to Law Enforcement who have said they dont want to have to train teachers as Law Enforcement officers. Educators should educate and they shouldnt be fo
Teaching staff have made an emotional return to work at the Florida School where 17 people were killed less than two weeks ago. Classes will re start on wednesday. Gun control is still very much a live issue in washington, but no specific legislation has been confirmed. Meeting governors of more than 35 states, President Trump insisted School Safety was his top priority, and again criticised police for not confronting the florida gunman, calling some of them a disgrace. I got to watch deputy sheriffs performing this weekend. They were not exactly medal of honour winners. The way they performed was frankly disgusting. I really believe you dont know until you are tested. But i really believe i would run in there, even if i didnt have a weapon and i think most of the people in this room would have done that too. After the president spoke, at the white house, the floor was opened to the state governors. Heres what the washington governor had to say about the proposal to arm teachers. I hav