At every single stage of this campaign, we have mentioned making history. Billys case led to a big change at the end of 2018. Medicinal cannabis products can now be legally prescribed to some patients across the uk for the first time. Globally, where thats happened, its often not been long before Recreational Use of the drug has followed. Take, for example, canada. It legalised cannabis in october last year, the first major western country to do so. Thats good weed. With cannabis the uks most popular illegal drug, a group of british mps and charities have come to canada to see what some call the worlds biggest drugs experiment. Have you ever seen this volume of cannabis yourself . I never saw any volume of cannabis so, should the uk follow suit . In a couple of weeks, were going to be following a first of its kind three mps from across the political spectrum, heading to canada to see how legalising cannabis has worked out. But, first, i want to find out where they stand. Starting here
That killed 63 people. And a glacier in iceland goes from this to this, as the country holds a ceremony to mourn the first one to be lost to climate change. 0h, hes gone and england take australian wickets at lords. Well bring you up to date on the second ashes test in half an hour. Hello and a very good evening to you. The Cabinet Office minister michael gove has played down concerns highlighted by leaked government documents that warn of chaos in the event of a no deal brexit. He said significant steps had been taken in the past three weeks to accelerate planning for such a scenario. The documents, seen by the sunday times, warn of shortages of food, fuel and medicines, as well as the return of a hard border in ireland if britain leaves the eu without a deal. But mr gove insisted the papers were old, and concentrated on the worst possible outcomes. I think its important that we look in context at the document thats appeared in the sunday times today. Operation yellowhammer is the nam
At an afghan wedding. The Islamic State group has claimed repsonsibility. A glacier in iceland goes from this to this, as the country holds a ceremony to mourn the first one to be lost to climate change. And england continue to take australian wickets at lords, in search of victory in the second test of the ashes. Well bring you the latest at half seven. The government says the uk is more prepared than ever for the country to leave the European Union without a deal after a leaked document outlining the potential negative impacts was published in a sunday newspaper. The report from the Cabinet Office warns of food, medicine and fuel shortages, and suggests a return to a hard irish border is all but inevitable. The man in charge of planning for a no deal brexit, michael gove, acknowledged there might be some short term problems, but said the report is a worst Case Scenario and out of date. Borisjohnson is preparing to meet european leaders this week to make his case for a new brexit deal
Now on bbc news, its time for click. This week, its our birthday. We are 1,000 episodes young, and to mark it, we are making the bbcs first interactive, multi choice tv show. There will be flowcharts, elephants, flowcharts, data, flowcharts, and wizards. Theme music. A warm welcome to click. Welcome to click. Welcome to click, i am spencer kelly. Finally we have reached a very special milestone. We have been on air every week of every year, without a break, since we launched in the year 2000, which means this week you are watching season 1, episode 1,000. And to celebrate, we are making a world first. Doing new things is in our dna. Im floating on air which is why we dont just show you the tech, we use the tech to push the boundaries of whats possible on tv. Here is the team. It is marc on camera one and two, simon on camera three and four, jen on five, nima on six and seven, ben on eight and this is thalia on nine. This was the worlds first full tv programme to be filmed and edited on
The iranian president Hassan Rouhani says hes urged European Countries to save the International Nuclear agreement, during a phone call with his french counterpart, emmanuel macron. Iran says it will start to enrich uranium closer to a weapons grade level, if European Countries dont find a way to save the nuclear deal by sunday. Gareth barlow reports. The landmark deal was supposed to contain irans developments of nuclear technology. Europe felt it worked but donald trump disagree. am announcing today that the United States will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. In a few moments, i will sign a president ial memorandum to begin reinstating us Nuclear Sanctions on the uranian regime. Just over a year ago, the president upended the agreement. Iranian. They brought in harsh sanctum sanctions and now iran is pressuring europe to keep the deal and their economy alive. The europeans have failed to fulfil their promises of protecting irans interests under the deal, and our next step will be