Monday in parliament. Hello and welcome to monday in parliament. We have a new Commons Speaker the question is that sir lindsay takes the chair of this house is speaker. Sir Lindsay Hoyle will succeed john bercow. This house will change but it will change for the better. And he gets a warm welcome. Youll also bring gore signature to our proceedings. We have a problem if they can hold the executive to account and i know that you will stand up for that principle. So after several hours of voting sir Lindsay Hoyle was finally elected to one of the most important jobs in politics. It fell to the longest serving mp, the former conservative chancellor, now independent mp, Kenneth Clarke to deliver the results. Sir Lindsay Hoyle beat six other candidates. The job of speaker comes with a salary of 150 thousand pounds and the added bonus that now he doesnt have to campaign in the coming election because its customary for candidates not to stand against the speaker. So no wonder sir lindsay was
Lewis hamilton says it feels surreal to have a six formula 1 world title. It moves the driver to just one behind Michael Schumachers all time record of seven. Thanks, jane. And louise has the weather outlook. Plenty of rainbow pictures coming in they can shower this afternoon. All they can shower this afternoon. All the details, coming up shortly. Thanks louise. Also coming up. Once one of the two most powerful people in the world, well hear from the former soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who, in a bbc interview, warns that current tension between russia and the west is putting the world in colossal danger due to the threat from Nuclear Weapons. Translation automation should declare. All nations. Nuclear weapons must be destroyed. To save ourselves, and our planet. Hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. Health Service Leaders in england are warning politicians not to use the nhs as a weapon in the general Election Campaign. Nhs providers, which represents hospitals and other health
The week in parliament. Hello, and welcome to the week in parliament, as borisjohnson tries to win friends and influence people. We have made a genuine attempt to bridge the chasm, to reconcile the apparently irreconcilable, and to go the extra mile as time runs short. Jeremy corbyn isnt persuaded and has a message for his own side. No labour mp could support such a reckless deal that will be used as a springboard. Used as a springboard to attack rights and standards in this country also in this programme, mps are moved to tears by a colleagues account of Domestic Abuse. If anyones watching and needs a friend, please reach out if its safe to do so and please talk to any of us, cos well be there and well hold your hand. All hear, hear applause. If the Stormont Assembly agrees but would also leave the customs union, so would also leave the customs union, so there would be customs checks on the island of ireland but not, says mrjohnson, at the border. Ahead of its unveiling, downing stree
The week in parliament. Hello, and welcome to the week in parliament, as borisjohnson tries to win friends and influence people. We have made a genuine attempt to bridge the chasm, to reconcile the apparently irreconcilable and to go the extra mile as time runs short. Jeremy corbyn isnt persuaded and has a message for his own side. No labour mp could support such a reckless deal that will be used as a springboard. Used as a springboard to attack rights and standards in this country also in this programme, mps are moved to tears by a colleagues account of Domestic Abuse. If anyones watching and needs a friend, please reach out if its safe to do so and please talk to any of us, cos well be there and well hold your hand. All hear, hear applause. But first, this was the week we finally got to see Boris Johnsons brexit plan, the one he hopes will win over the eu and parliament and enable the uk to leave with a deal at the end of the month. The Prime Minister told mps the government had move
This is bbc news. The headlines some of hong kongs metro system remains shut after a day which saw stations and businesses attacked in violent Anti Government protests. Demonstrators defied a ban on face masks during the unrest. Chief executive carrie lam has defended her decision to invoke emergency powers. The us secretary of state mike pompeo has dismissed questions about Donald Trumps attempts to push ukraine and china to investigate democratic rival joe biden as a silly gotcha game. Leading democrats have issued a legal order, demanding the white house hand over more documents on its dealings with ukraine. The British Foreign secretary has urged america to reconsider its decision to let a diplomats wife who was involved in a fatal car crash claim diplomatic immunity to leave britain. 19 year old harry dunn died in the collision in august. That is all from me. Coming up at 6 oclock, breakfast with rogerjohnson and rachel burden. But first on bbc news, the week in parliament. Hello,