With Law Enforcement without any accused of Sexual Offences condition and without any more delay. The number of people being sectioned by police in england and wales increases by a fifth in two years. Regardless of who is the biggest band in the world is, you have to realise that youre going to be polishing ed sheerans boots. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Labour will unveil its general election manifesto as the party sets out its plan for government. Jeremy corbyn says the programme represents the most radical and ambitious plan to transform the country in decades. Its expected to include proposals for a windfall tax on oil companies. Labour says it wants to shift the uk towards a low carbon, Green Economy. They say theyll set up a new green transformation fund, worth 250 billion pounds, to be paid for through borrowing, creating hundreds of thousands of green apprenticeships. Housing is another core issue in the manifesto the party says it will expand social and affordab
Plus, tackling Climate Change and the critics. We catch up with coldplays chris martin. In business car clash gm sues Fiat Chrysler for racketeering accusing its rival of bribing unions. Fiat calls the lawsuit astonishing. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. As always on the programme, you can be part of the conversation a new bbc survey suggests that 40 of adults in the uk would fake a sickie if they needed to take a day off at short notice. Is it everjustified . Have you been caught out . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Lawyers for alleged victims of the us sex offender, jeffrey epstein, have welcomed a statement from Prince Andrew that he will cooperate with Law Enforcement agencies. They say he should go to the states immediately to speak to police. The prince has stepped back from royal duties because of his links with epstein, who killed himself injail. Our royal correspondent, nichol
The worst is still ahead Australian Authorities warn that massive bushfires raging in two states will continue to pose a threat to life. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. Hello. It is being seen as one of the biggest coups in womens football. Sam occurred, one of the best strikers in the world, has signed for chelsea women. She is the all time top scorer in the american and australian lea ks. Thanks,jane, and nick miller has the weather. It may be dry now, but there is more rain on the way two areas that might not be wanting it. And the role that the weather is playing on the floods in venice. Thanks, nick. Also coming up is the drive for electric cars risking damage to the ocean bed . We have exclusive access to a project assessing the impact of deep sea mining. Good afternoon. Labour has unveiled plans to outspend the conservatives on health care in england, with a warning that the nhs is crying out for a Financial Rescue plan. Labour is pledging a real terms increase in fu
We will not allow this to continue and one way or another we must proceed straight to an election. In other news, the driver of the lorry in essex, in which 39 people died, appears in court charged with their manslaughter. The death of a british teenager has changed the way social media firms deal with harmful posts, according to the head of instagram. Campaigners call on the government to extend how long women can store their frozen eggs, saying the 10 year limit breaches human rights. And at 11 30 well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, ros altmann, former pensions minister, and mihir bose, writer and broadcaster. Stay with us for that. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister, who said last month that hed rather die in a ditch than ask for another brexit delay, has written to the European Council president , accepting a three month extension to the brexit process. Its the formal confirmation that mrjohnsons pledge to take britain out of the
British final. An early renaissance painting by the italian master cimabue is to be auctioned today, just weeks after the rare work was discovered in an unsuspecting elderly frenchwomans kitchen. Us media are reporting the military has conducted an operation against the leader of the so called Islamic State group. The white house says President Trump will make a statement later today. There are unconfirmed reports he will announce the groups leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi was killed during a us led raid yesterday. The is leader has been described as the worlds most wanted man. In 2011 the us officially designated him a terrorist and offered a reward of ten Million Dollars for information leading to his capture or death his death has been wrongly reported on several occasions. He emerged in 2010 as the leader of alqaeda in iraq, one of the groups that merged with is, and rose to prominence during the attempted merger with the al nusra front in syria. Mark lowen reports. A night time strike