Good morning from moscow its friday the 13th of december its 9 am here in the russian capital it is 6 am in the u. K. Which is waking up to. Election results which weve seen shocks and celebrations quite Seismic Shift in those results too Boris Johnsons conservative party has won a majority in parliament after a strong showing in that election the Prime Minister says that it gives him a powerful mandate to bring home in the new year as for the Opposition Labor Party suffered a series of humiliating defeat with its leader Jeremy Corbyn saying that he will not lead labor into the next election its been a night of scalps being claimed in some key seats arguably the biggest humiliation for the labor leader Jeremy Corbyn is the loss of veteran Denis Skinner not only a character in parliament but an arch labor. Veteran he has lost of all people to the conservatives lets go live now to our to u. K. And westminster for our special election coverage going Boris Johnsons way as he wins a lot of
A powerful mandate to get brett set done and a warning there is some flash photography and bens report. Not even a persistent predawn drizzle could dampen the spirits of the clearly triumphant Boris Johnson emerging from conservative Party Headquarters in london this is a stunning victory for the Prime Minister and removes any obstacle to him taking britain out of the European Union by the end of january but his constituency counting oxbridge the Prime Minister was in a bully and mood it does look as though this one nation conservative government has been given a powerful new mandate. To get done. And not just to get breaks it down but to unite this country and to take it forward and to focus on the priorities of the british people the 1st results came in traditional labor strongholds in northeast inland dramatically reduced labor majoritys seem. Confirm the accuracy of the exit poll results valley became the 1st labor seed to fall a 10 percent swing seeing the conservatives win there
Good morning from moscow money as r. T. Internationally as 10 am here in the russian capital its 7 am in the u. K. Which is waking up to 8 nights following the general election the 3rd in 5 years the big news is the Boris Johnsons conservative party has one neighbor sounding majority in parliament after a strong showing in whats turning out to be an historic general election the Prime Minister says it gives him a powerful mandate to bring home in the new year as for the opposition parties theyre both going to be looking for new leaders the Main Opposition Party labor has suffered a series of humiliating defeat and its leader Jeremy Corbyn says he will not lead labor into the next election as for the liberal democrats their leader lost her seat theyve got to interim leaders while they search and do some reflection as much as labor will have to do in the coming weeks and months although Jeremy Corbyn the labor lead. Hasnt said when hes going to go he said he wont lead labor into the next
The process of formally removing a sitting president in the us has officially moved to the next stage. Democrats announced they will move forward with articles of impeachment against donald trump, making him just the fourth us president in history to face the move. Nancy pelosi made the announcement heres what she said about it. Our democracy is what is at stake. The president leaves us no choice but to act, because he is trying to corrupt, once again, the election for his own benefit. The president has engaged in an abuse of power, undermining our National Security and jeopardising the integrity of oui and jeopardising the integrity of our elections. His actions are in defiance of the vision of our founders and the oath of office that he takes. To preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States. President trump has been tweeting furiously in response. the do nothing, radical left lets go back to hear a little bit more. President trump has always denied wrongdoing an
As we work for the original one 200 yea rs as we work for the original one 200 years ago. We have massive untapped potential. Lam martin i am martin crops all come alive in norwich today where we will hear from constituents about the general election issues that matter that to them. Tsb says payments into some of its customers accounts have been delayed its trying to correct the problem as soon as possible. In sport, its the ben stokes show again for england as he hits 91, taking a sizeable lead over new zealand on day two of the first test. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A 27 year old man has been found guilty of the murder of a british backpacker whose body was found in a suitcase outside auckland in new zealand. Grace millane, who was 21, met her killer on a dating app last december. The man, who cant be named due to whats knows as a Court Suppression order, will be sentenced in february. In an emotional statement outside the court, graces father, david millane, welcome