Pretty much up to date on the headlines. Now on bbc news, electioncast. We are in this election because of brexit. We want to be getting out and buying our christmas presents. If anyone comes up to you and say they know what is going to happen, smile politely and turn your back. Its adam at westminster. Its chris at westminster. And laura at westminster. Its nice to be altogether. Yeah. And were going to celebrate this momentous moment by looking back at some of the manifestos that have been published that we havent covered in previous episodes, for various logistical reasons. Very good. 0h i made it sound so boring oh, well, never mind. Right. We are going to be poring over the competing, compelling visions for the nation. Is that better . Yeah, let us make it more fun. So, laura, what did you do yesterday, at the weekend . There we go, that is more fun already i went to telford. Because . Because there was the tory manifesto launch in the International Centre in telford. Paint the pi
Up to bring the book to life. Hello and welcome to bbc news. President trump says he wants to face an impeachment trial in the senate. But he also wants the anonymous whistleblower, who raised concerns about his phone calls to ukraine, to give evidence. Mr trump is currently being investigated by a house of representatives committee. Its examining claims that he withheld military aid to force ukraine to investigate his political rival, joe biden which he denies. Nada tawfik has more. Adjourned. Less than 24 hours after two weeks of dramatic and contentions public impeachment hearings and, President Trump out with his counter attack will stop increasingly, every waking moment in washington seem to hang on the latest revelations from these 12 us officials, told us fact witnesses by democrats to bolster their case that President Trump abused his office for personal particle gain. With impeachment all but certain and pressure building, the president rang into his favourite programme firefo
As we work for the original one 200 yea rs as we work for the original one 200 years ago. We have massive untapped potential. Lam martin i am martin crops all come alive in norwich today where we will hear from constituents about the general election issues that matter that to them. Tsb says payments into some of its customers accounts have been delayed its trying to correct the problem as soon as possible. In sport, its the ben stokes show again for england as he hits 91, taking a sizeable lead over new zealand on day two of the first test. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A 27 year old man has been found guilty of the murder of a british backpacker whose body was found in a suitcase outside auckland in new zealand. Grace millane, who was 21, met her killer on a dating app last december. The man, who cant be named due to whats knows as a Court Suppression order, will be sentenced in february. In an emotional statement outside the court, graces father, david millane, welcome
50, laura, what did you do yesterday, at the weekend . There we go, that is more fun already i went to telford. Because . Because there was the tory manifesto launch in the international centre, in telford. Paint the picture. So, it was quite dank. Quite wet and quite grey and buggy. But it was one of these weird moments where you see the comments or the poltiical world as kind of public assets for a few hours. And the even bus in the placards. They give out the placards, they are standing the placards, and then the leader arrives and the all of harar hurray and then it is transformed into this big event, and then they all disappear, placards get handed back in, people get back on the bus, the politicians go away, the activist go home. We then hang around the bad smell until we had finished our reporting. So, you know, i kind of, the news was on earlier yesterday, at half past five, it was, sort of, you know, a couple of my team and a stray dog wandering around the car park. We will ta
Texas book festival. I have a couple announcements before i introduce our speakers and then we will have a brief conversation appear and then open it up or you and day for the last 10 minutes or so. There are microphones down the aisles and i will send volunteers to help if you need a microphone brought to you. First and foremost, please finance your cell phones. Dont be that person. They also want me to remind you to share your experience on social media. The festival uses the texas book fest as the twitter handle and the is tx book fest. Authors will find books. Because we are in the main tent, its just write down that way. A portion goes to the texas book festivals mission and helps fund. Programs that brings authors and students together and brings grants to libraries in texas. We are very grateful to have you here. All right, without further ado, let me introduce our wonderful speakers that really dont need introduction but, youve got to do your thing. First we have was a New York