Silent night. And coming up on bbc news. Ferrari confirm theyve had social discussions with mercedes six time formula one World Champion over driving for them in the future. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. After weeks of campaigning, voting is under way in the general election. This morning, the Party Leaders were out casting their ballots. Its the third election in less than five years and the first to be held in december for nearly a century. The first results are expected before midnight. Heres our Political Correspondent ben wright and a warning his report includes some flashing images. Voting at 7am. The prime minister, borisjohnson, had voting at 7am. The prime minister, boris johnson, had some voting at 7am. The prime minister, borisjohnson, had some canine company as he cast his ballot at this polling station in westminster. Have you all got your pictures, are you all right . The labour leader Jeremy Corbyn posed for the cameras too after voting in his north
Record. Manus it is daybreak europe. The words of the Vice President of the United States of america now open up a new salvo in the trade wars. Those words are the president has made it clear it is going to be very hard for us to do a deal with china. Geopolitics and human rights is the new escalation in trade wars. Nejra it is interesting, the timing of these two stories coming through both having an impact on the markets in terms of the hong kong bill and how that could have an impact on the negotiations. They are going to go back to that may template in terms of rolling back tariffs. We know how much hope there was ahead of that only to be thwarted later on. Highrises of the beijing. We have come here specifically to host some pretty good interviews. The roster is pretty high quality. It is the Bloomberg News Economy Forum. We will speak to the Standard Chartered ceo and the ubs group ceo. We are going to catch up with the Goldman Sachs chairman and ceo david solomon. The former whi
Opportunity to build a better, brighter future. Well bring you the very latest from the campaign trail. Also in the next hour. The us speaker of the house of representatives announces that impeachment proceedings against President Trump will go ahead. The president has engaged an abuse of power in our National Security and jeopardising the integrity of our elections. Frances largest strike in years brings much of the country to a standstill workers are angry about planned Pension Reforms that would see them retiring later orfacing reduced pay outs. And two british pilots land back in the uk after flying around the world in a newly restored spitfire. Its 5 00, our top story. With one week to polling day, the Political Parties are beginning theirfinal push for votes. Boris johnson is promising to pass his brexit deal and to bring in a tax cutting budget within 100 days, if the conservatives win the election. Labour have outlined plans to recruit almost 20,000 extra teachers in england ov
Thanks. And well have all the weather. If youre stuck indoors you arent missing much. This is the view, cloudy, murky, pretty wet in places. A lot of muddy fields if youre taking the dog for a walk later. What is in store for the weekend . Ill have all the details. Thanks. Also coming up the underwater treasures of Hms Invincible. The 250 year old captured french warship that revolutionised the royal navy. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live. After weeks of campaigning, voting is underway in the general election. This morning, the Party Leaders were out casting their ballots. Its the third election in less than five years and the first to be held in december for nearly a century. The first results are expected before midnight. Heres our Political Correspondent ben wright. And a warning his report includes some flashing images. Voting at 7am. The prime minister, borisjohnson, had some canine company as he cast his ballot at this polling station in westminster. Have you all got your p
Millions of hsbc customers face a 40 rate on overdrafts could other banks now do the same . Showdown in saudi anthonyjoshua tells the bbcjust whats at stake in saturdays rematch with andy ruiz. And coming up on bbc news, as everton drop into the premier League Relegation zone, we will have the latest on the future of marco silva. Good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. Were into the last week of election campaigning, and the Party Leaders have been pressing home their core messages. The conservatives say a majority for them will mean brexit and a budget, Cutting National Insurance for workers, within the first 100 days. Labour has pledged to recruit 20,000 more teachers, part of its overall bid to end what it calls years of tory failure. Heres our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. A small group, but a big noise. There is not much that has been pretty about this campaign. These protesters were lying in wait for borisjohnson in protesters were lying in wait for Boris Johnson i