He rejects borisjohnsons demand for the irish backstop to be scrapped. Hurricane dorian is the strongest ever to hit the bahamas us forecasters describe the conditions there as catastrophic. Its going to go hundreds of miles. We expect that most of the eastern seaboard will be ultimately impacted, and some of it very, very severely. Pro democracy activists in hong kong target the citys airport after a night of violence in which dozens of people were injured. Political leaders from across the world gather in poland to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of world war ii, as the german president asks poland for forgiveness. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Labour says itll present a bill in parliament this week designed to stop the uk leaving the eu without a deal. Sir keir starmer, the shadow brexit secretary, has told the bbc that if the legislation is passed, its likely to delay the date of departure. The cabinet minister, michael gove, refused to commit the government to imp
Wed love to hear what you think. Send your views and post your comments by visiting gb news. Com rac. But first, heres the news with tatiana sanchez. The news with tatiana sanchez. Good morning. The top stories an mp has given up the conservative party whip after claims he misused campaign funds. Mark menzies. Claims he misused campaign funds. Mark menzies. He is alleged to have used thousands of pounds of donations to fund his medical expenses, including £14,000 transferred to his personal Bank Accounts. The Times Newspaper also reports he made a late night phone call to an aide asking for help because hed been locked up in a flat by what he described as bad people who were demanding £5,000 for his release. In a statement, menzies has denied the allegations. Hell sit as an independent in the house of commons while the claims are being investigated , and the being investigated, and the government has promised to do whatever it needs to do to get flights off the ground. After peers de
cyprus and luxembourg six each. remember, they don t sit according to nationality, they sit within broad international groupings. there are seven groupings in all the left, the greens, the socialists & democrats, renew europe. renew europe is the liberals. then comes the biggest group of them all the centre right european people s party, to the right of them the european conservatives and reformists, and then on the hard right, the identity and democracy group, in which marine le pen s meps will sit. so, let me show you the first projection issued in the last half an hour. you will see there the big gainers are definitely the hard right. it is only an early projection, this, but the losers on this chart very much the losers on this chart very much the greens and the liberals, which include emmanuel macron s renaissance party. neck, when you look at that chart, what do you see and what are the implications of it? i what do you see and what are the implications of it? what
Two years after admitting rigging emissions tests, volkswagen is now offering a diesel scrappage scheme for older models. Theres more misery for householders in birmingham, as refuse collectors go back on strike, in a dispute overjobs. And englands footballers play malta in a world cup qualifier tonight, after a record final day of business, in the summer transfer window. Coming up in sportsday later in the hour, we will have the very latest from every nomination before their world cup qualifiers. And it could be must when for scotland. Must win. Good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. The Security Company gas has suspended nine workers at an Immigration Removal Centre near gatwick airport, for allegedly abusing detainees. It follows an investigation by the bbcs Panorama Programme, claiming officers mocked, and assaulted people. Its claimed there was widespread self harm and attempted suicides at the centre, and that drug use was rife. Gas says its aware of the allegations an