Now on bbc news, thursday in parliament. Hello, and welcome to thursday in parliament, where its down to business for mps following last weeks general election. The queen comes to westminster for the second time in ten weeks, setting out the governments to do list for the year. And theres no prizes for guessing whats at the top. My governments priority is to deliver the United Kingdoms departed from the European Union on the 31st of january. Labour says the government has tried to mimic some of its priorities. On austerity, on investment, on inequality and on the National Health service and we can see how we force the terrain to shift. But Boris Johnsons predicting a positive future. I do not think it vainglorious or impossible to say that a new golden age for this United Kingdom is now in reach. Mid morning, the queen set off from Buckingham Palace for the state opening of parliament, a ceremony shes more than familiar with, having taken part in it 66 times during her reign. But havin
Departure from the European Union on the slst ofjanuary. Also on the programme. The one year countdown to an eu uk trade deal both sides have already sounded their warnings. Will the eu turn to protectionism . Plus, how this airplane passenger made an 88 year olds dream come true thanks to a heart warming act of generosity. Hello and welcome im katty kay in washington and James Reynolds is in london. We dont know, the day after, exactly what impact the impeachment of President Trump will have on the election next year. It could help him or it could hurt him. We do know one thing though impeachment is doing nothing to bring the country together. In the hours since mr trump became the third american president to face the sanction of impeachment, the anger, on both sides has only increased. Republicans today are denouncing what they call a sham, toxic, embarassing process. By contrast, democrats say that the president and Top Republicans have gone rogue. Mr trump himself is back in the wh
Law. Police arrest hundreds of demonstrators, at least three people have been killed. Miles and miles of files, the legacy of the east german secret police. 30 years after the fall of the berlrlin wall, people still come toto read their files and often leave shaken by what they find. Im brent goff. To our viewers around the world, welcome. Russias security service, the ssp, says it has neutralized a gunman who opened fire near its headquarters in central moscow. The fsp confirmed one of its employees was killed in the attack. The countrys Health Ministry says five people were injured. Moscow police have cordoned off the area. No motive has been established. The shooting took place soon after president Vladimir Putin held his end of the year news conference. Lets take this story to our correspondent, Emily Sherwin who is in moscow covering this. Good evening. Do we know anymore, especially about the motive . Emily for now, we dont know any more about the motive. The s securityy services
Uk and around the world on bbc world news. Welcome back. Yes, it is welcome back, just two months since welcome back, just two months since we last gathered in this very room inside the palace of westminster for the state opening of parliament. Back on the 14th october Boris Johnsons government with no parliamentary majority put forward, lets say, a rather thin programme. Today, the queen will present a legislative programme from the conservative government with a big majority in the house of commons following last weekss election. We are politically in a different world. A world in which the parliament, the government and the monarch have been in sharp focus, a course of some tension as well. And a year dominated once again by the brexit question and process. What will the queens speech tell us about the governments other priorities, apart from brexit, for the year ahead . This is Boris Johnsons second queens speech in the sake space of nine weeks. Boris johnson has been resident at n
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