At an antinuclear Campaign Group wins this years nobel prize. North korea makes the fight disarmament even more important. The funeral is held for liz dawn, who played Vera Duckworth in coronation street fellow stars payed tribute. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Theresa may has insisted she has the full support of the cabinet to continue as Prime Minister. She was forced to defend herself after claims that about 30 conservative mps want a leadership election. The former Tory Party Chairman grant shapps is leading the attempt to unseat mrs may. He says five former cabinet ministers are among those calling for her to stand down, following her speech at the Party Conference this week, which was plagued by a series of mishaps. It only theresa may bodyguard could see off the political plots. Doing her best to look cool, getting on with business. What the country needs now is calm leadership. That is exactly what im providing. Im providing that with the full support of my cabinet. Tha
Than initially planned. He may declare independence from spain. Ca rles declare independence from spain. Carles puigdemont was expected to address the parliament on monday. That was before Spains Constitutional Court suspended those proceedings. Meanwhile catalonias Regional Government released what it saysis Regional Government released what it says is the final result of the referendum, more than 90 of reported to have supported independence but it is worth bearing in mind turnout was less than 50 . Weve also had the first public apologies from within the Spanish Government. Those catala ns apologies from within the Spanish Government. Those catalans who were injured during the Police Efforts to stop last sundays referendum. This isa stop last sundays referendum. This is a little of what was said. Translation i said this very clearly before. They were following an order, they werent ordered to avoid an illegal vote, they were ordered to seize ballot boxes. If there were any incidents
Coach returning and taking over as the head coach of the powerhouse until the end of the season. Christopher hello, welcome. Im christopher springate. Good to have you with us. The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the International Campaign to abolish Nuclear Weapons, ican. The group played a key role in the adoption of the United Nations treaty aimed at eliminating Nuclear Weapons. The Nobel Committee says it honored ican for reviving efforts to ban such weapons at a time of renewed global tension. [laughter] enjoy. Correspondent members of ican celebrating after hearing the announcement. Their nobel prize win considered an upset victory, since many expected the negotiators working out a deal with iran in 2015 to win. However, ican had already earned a victory when a treaty was adopted that they had devised. The chairman had this to say. When you take a historical look, it seems like there have been moments where it has been more engagements among Nuclear States to enter disarmam
Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The leader of the scottish conservatives, Ruth Davidson, has told critics of the Prime Minister to put up, or shut up. Her intervention came after cabinet members rebuked the former Party Chairman grant shapps after he claimed around 30 mps wanted a leadership contest. Ms davidson is viewed by some as a potential contender. This morning, borisjohnson became the latest senior party figure to comment on the rumours, telling a messaging group of conservative mps that they should get behind the pm. The foreign secretary said we have just had an election and people are fed up with all this malarkey get behind the Prime Minister. Grant shapps has received plenty of advice from colleagues, with some mps and peers literally telling him to shut up. Most of the party strongly support. I think we have two roads we can go down. We can behave like knuckleheads, like grant shapps did today. Knuckleheads, really . Well, what else was it . It was just trying to ac
We are beginning this hour with reports of an incident outside the Natural History museum in london. Its believed a number of people have been injured and a man has been arrested. We are told police and Emergency Services are on the scene and roads in the area surrounding the museum in South Kensington have been closed. We just have had a brief statement from the metropolitan police saying that they are responding to what they are describing as a collision in exhibition road in South Kensington. That is the road on which the Natural History museum is situated, along with the Science Museum and the victoria and albert museum. The police say they are still gathering information. What they know so far is that it involved a car and that a few people have been injured. It took place at 20 past two. The met police will be releasing further information in due course. Thatjust coming in from the metropolitan police. A man arrested at the scene, they say. Joining me on the line is they say. Joi