An unexpected polluter. Shipping is responsible for 3 of global Greenhouse Gas emissions. What can be done . A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme are you dreaming of a woke christmas . Eco campaigners are urging us to reduce waste this year, consider renting a tree that is then replanted, not send cards, and reuse decorations. So what do you think . Are you on board . Are you keeping christmas waste to a minimum . Get in touch. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. As predicted, more than 50 bushfires in New South Wales in australia are burning, about half of them out of control. They have spread so quickly that emergency warnings are in place in 11 areas, with Fire Services warning that it is now too late to leave for any one still remaining there. Temperatures have been rising towards a0 degrees, and a strong southerly wind is due to sweep up the coast, making the situation even more dangerous.
Well i have selected three of the questions which i think i can answer. The first about the number of mps standing down. Is it a particularly large number . I thought that there would be because we had some big names, kenneth clarke, the pam and the former chancellor, vince cable former leader of the liberal democrats standing down. But is not particularly large, 68 so far, on average it is about 80 and after the expenses scandal it rocketed to above 100 not a huge number this year. The second question is when will we know who the candidates are and how on earth are they selected. The truth is i suspect most of us already know, the literature has been coming through the door, the dog has chewed it up, but you will not know absolutely everyone until next thursday when the nominations close. How are they chosen, by the local pleiades, dow given a list by head office and then it is up to the local parties by large to decide who your local candidate will be. Question number three, why cann
Translation chilly, but still a war when the berlin wall fell, gorbachev didnt intervene, reluctant to prop up the iron curtain. Translation there mustnt be bloodshed. We couldnt allow that. For an issue of such magnitude, germany, the whole world. He famously hit it off with margaret thatcher. So, any advice on brexit . Translation you can figure that one out for yourselves. You british are clever clogs. I wouldnt give you advice. So, not only a president , but a true diplomat steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. Thats it. Now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. Have a very good night. Hello and welcome to sportsday im sarah mulkerrins. On top of the formula one world. But Lewis Hamilton says theres more to come. Back on home soil. Englands rugby players return from the world cup injapan after defeat in the final to south africa. And back on top of the championship table as west brom win at stoke good evening welcome along to sportsday. The last 2a hours and indeed the whole fo
Local people said they were used to seeing migrants being dropped off in the area. Ive seen six people getting out of the back of a lorry in the same location. It seems everybody has had experience, that i know, especially in that area in particular. Im live in grays where tonight detectives are continuing the process of trying to identify the 39 people who died here. Well also be looking at the measures being taken to stop the trade in human trafficking. Also tonight the Prime Minister goes to meet the labour leader to try to agree a timetable for a brexit deal, after mps backed the plan, but rejected the three day limit on debate. President trump announces he will now lift the sanctions he imposed on turkey, following its military action, against the syrian kurds. And, a great night for englands teams in the Champions League. And coming up on sportsday, well show you how wales have been warming up for their Rugby World Cup semifinal in front of a very special guest. Good evening. We
Forces to protect lives. Plus the trade war takes its toll. Chinas growth slows to its weakest in more than a quarter of a century a warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Banning staff access to work e mails outside office hours to help them switch off, might actually cause stress if it stops them achieving work goals. Thats what a new study has found. So do you check work emails at home or on days off . How do you deal with inbox overload . Let me know just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. The british Prime Minister Boris Johnson has less than 36 hours to sell the brexit deal he agreed in brussels on thursday to members of parliament in westminster. He needs at least 320 of them to approve it in a crucial commons vote on saturday. So is it possible . Heres our political correspondent, nick eardley. Many thought simply would not happen to borisjohnson many thought simply would not happen to Boris Johnson hand in hand many