Policies, the conservatives say they will plant 30 Million Trees a year by 2025 if it wins the general election but the libdems say they can plant twice as many trees. Meanwhile, leading labour and trade union figures are meeting to decide which policies will be included in the partys election manifesto. Now its time for brexitcast with adam fleming, laura kuennsberg, chris mason and katya adler. Well, its the first full week of the Election Campaign, which means, of course, lauras in the back of a van in a car park. Again. Im in a car park on the outskirts of edinburgh because, in dalkeith today, weve been talking to labour leaderJeremy Corbyn. Do you know what today was the one Year Anniversary of . What was happening on 14th november, 2018 . Do you remember . Was it one of the meaningful votes . No. Was it the signing of the brexit Withdrawal Agreement with theresa may . Yeah, something to do with theresa may getting a deal with the eu. Yes, it was after the eight hour long Cabinet
Have used common sense and left the building, instead of listening to the fire brigade. The lib dems launch their election campiagn and claim the uk would get a remain bonus of £50 billion over five years if brexit was stopped. Cheering five years if brexit was stopped. And in south africa, a triumphant return home for the springboks, who won the Rugby World Cup in great style. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, all the action from a big night in the champions league. Good evening. One the eve of the launch of the conservative Election Campaign, a member of borisjohnsons cabinet, alun cairns, the welsh secretary, has been urged to resign by a victim of rape. The victim, who cant be named, says mr cairns should step down because of his links to a man who sabotaged her trial. Ross england, who served as an aide to the welsh secretary, was heavily criticised by a judge for his role in wrecking the trial last year. Mr england was subsequently selected as a conservative candidate for
The ceo of the association of chartered certified accountants, helen brand, and political commentator lance price. Stay with us for that. Good evening, welcome to bbc news. On the eve of the launch of the conservative election campaign, a member of Boris Johnsons cabinet, alun cairns, the welsh secretary, has been urged to resign, by a victim of rape. The victim, who cant be named, says mr cairns should step down because of his links to a man who sabotaged her trial. Ross england, who served as an aide to the welsh secretary, was heavily criticised by a judge for his role in wrecking the trial last year. Mr england was subsequently selected as a conservative candidate for the Welsh Assembly in 2021. Mr cairns had denied knowledge of the events. But bbc news has seen an e mail sent to him, mentioning the issue. Our wales Political Editor Felicity Evans has the story. Alun cairns arriving at the last Cabinet Meeting before the election, just hours before he faced calls for his resignatio
Now on bbc news hardtalk. It is a vicious cycle. Let me give you some statistics which probably give you more pause for thought. These are from surveys done welcome to hardtalk. In recent months of the mood in hong kong and they compare im stephen sackur. The figures from 2009 with figures last weekend in hong kong, in 2019 today. The number of people confident in the one country, metro stations were torched, two systems model has fallen from 68 to 33 and those numbers the Chinese State news of hong kong people who feel agency was attacked, themselves first and foremost to be hong kongers is up from 37 to 52 police fired water cannon and tear and those who feel themselves to be gas and 200 people were arrested. Chinese is down from 24 to just 10 that is hong kongs new normal. So what you have is a hong kong population which is increasingly how long can it go on without feeling separate and different a major intervention from beijing . From the population on mainland is there any way ou
And as the clock ticks towards the brexit deadline of october the 31st. The eu says theres no reason for any further delay. There is not an argument for further delay. It has to be done now. And coming up well have the latest brexit news, and look back on a historic day, as brexitcast comes live from brussels. Away from brexit, and theres more violent clashes on the syria turkey border today but tonight turkey has suspended its offensive temporarily after talks with the us Vice President. Good evening. Welcome to bbc news. You welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister declared earlier today that hed struck a new Brexit Agreement with the European Union, a great new deal, in his words that takes back control. But crucially the deal still needs the approval of both the uk and european parliaments. In westminster, there is mounting uncertainty about the likelihood of mps giving their approval when they meet in emergency session on saturday. Northern irelands dup, whose support borisjohnson