With the headlines. About 11 in cardiff. Now on bbc news, its hardtalk. Still on the chilly side. Into friday evening then, that area of cloud and rain slowly clears off towards the east, hello and welcome to hardtalk. So under those clearing skies, have a look at the blue colours, im shaun ley. That indicates quite a cold start to your weekend, in fact, subzero temperatures for many of us, particularly in the north first thing saturday, but really wherever you are, you could well wake up to quite we use random trials to test whether medicines make a difference. A sharp frost. Why not use the same method to find effective treatments for poverty . After that chilly start to saturday, the experimental trials in africa and india, run by professor esther duflo and two colleagues, have won them the nobel prize for economics. More cloud and rain work among theirfindings food aid isnt helping the poor and the poorest kids dont need more books, in from the west through the day, they need more
Highs, the nasdaq just a fraction off its record close that optimism rippling through asian trade. A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. We start in the us where the impeachment investigation against President Donald Trump is about to move to a new stage. All this week, the democrat led inquiry interviewed witnesses behind closed doors, building up the momentum for the first public hearings next week. The latest reports suggest the committees investigating the president have now subpoenaed acting white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney. Mr trump insists he has done nothing wrong and says the whole inquiry is a hoax. Our north america correspondent, david willis has this report. As senior official of the us state department, george kent told congressional investigation that one point he was told by a superior to keep h
As the hosts take a 2 1 series lead. On set with the cast of the new series of the crown we get exclusive access, including a royal audience, of sorts. A person made a vow in her 20s to serve the nation, she is now in her 90s, is extraordinary. Serve the nation, she is now in her 905, is extraordinary. A north easterly wind could develop, if you show is around two, but will they dampen the fireworks later . Your full forecast on breakfast. Its tuesday, november 5th. Our top story Party Leaders will step up Election Campaigning today by challenging their opponents plans for brexit. Labour and the conservatives will both attack each others proposals for leaving the eu, while the lib dems will officially launch their stop brexit agenda. Lets take a look at some of the detail. The Prime Minister has published a letter to the labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, demanding that he comes clean to voters about his brexit strategy. Mrjohnson poses five questions for labour to answer. Jeremy corbyn is o
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