We live in a Democratic Society and those that would seek to silence us will not succeed. Three other people were stabbed in the attack, and the Prime Minister has been chairing a meeting of the governments Emergency Cobra Committee tonight. Also on the programme. Heated exchanges in the bbcs Election Debate in cardiff, as conservative and labour brexit plans are described as a lie and a cop out. Up to 4,500 jobs could go at the Energy Provider npower. Thousands of students across the world walk out of school, as part of a Global Climate strike. The players deserve huge credit for that. And Gareth Southgate tells us of his high hopes for the england team in next years euros. And in the sport on bbc news, times up for unai emery, sacked by arsenal after 18 months at the club. Freddie ljungberg takes temporary charge. Good evening. Two people have died in what the metropolitan police are describing as a terrorist incident on London Bridge. The attacker was later shot dead. Several member
For those who helped tackle him. This country will never be cowed or divided or intimidated by this sort of attack. We live in a Democratic Society and those would seek to silence us will not succeed. Three other people were stabbed in the attack and the Prime Minister has been chairing a meeting of the governments Emergency Cobra Committee tonight. Also on the programme heated exchanges in the bbcs Election Debate in cardiff, as conservative and labour brexit plans are described as a lie, and a cop out. Three people have been wounded after a stabbing on a shopping street in the hague. Up to 4,500 jobs could go at the energy provider, npower. And at 11 30, well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers. Stay with us for that. Two people have died, in what the metropolitan police are describing as a terrorist incident, on London Bridge. The attacker was later shot dead. Several members of the public managed to wrestle him to ground, and their bravery has been widely pr
A solution to that trade war at londons National Gallery. In business, mind the gap. Campaigners mark equal pay day as Research Shows women earn 13 less than men here in the uk and almost a third less around the world. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme when it comes to the Festive Season how do you navigate family expectations . This as harry and meghan head to the us for christmas with meghans mum doria. Is there an etiquette . Tell us what you think just use bbcthebriefing. Donald tusk has told british voters not to give up on stopping brexit as the country gears up for a general election dominated by the issue. The outgoing president of the european council, said that while the process of leaving the eu was in extra time it could go to penalties. Gareth barlow reports. With the end of his tenure inside, donald tusk seems happy to say what he really feels about written and brexit. One of my e
We start with the gender pay gap because campaigners here in the uk are calling today equal pay day. They calculate that from today, because of the pay gap with men, women are effectively working for free for the rest of the year. The Fawcett Society which does the calculations each year says there has been a slight improvement on 2018. But female full time workers earn on average 13 less than their male counterparts. There is high level support for change. A group of 100 top uk businesswomen including former royal mail boss dame moya greene, Dame Minouche shafik the favourite to take over at the bank of england and glaxosmithkline boss Emma Walmsley want a change in the law to give women the right to see how much male colleagues are earning. The gender pay gap is a lot worse in many other parts of the world women are paid 32 less than men on average according to pay data gathered by the World Economic forum across 149 countries. But campaigners here in the uk have long argued there ne
Brexit is the real end of the british empire. Good morning. Its thursday 14th of november. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im annita mcveigh. Accident and Emergency Departments in england have recorded their worst performance since current records began in 2004. Other targets covering cancer and routine hospital treatment are also being missed. Lets take a look at some of those targets and the latest statistics published this morning. The government target is a maximum four hour wait for those in a e. But todays figures show only 83. 6 of patients, thats one in six patients, were treated or assessed in a e within four hours in october. Thats a sharp drop on september and down from 89. 1 in october last year. The number of patients waiting for routine operations in england was 4. 42 million in september the highest ever. The nhs target is to have all patients start routine treatment within 18 weeks. But todays figures show more than 672,000 people were waiting more than 18 weeks the highe