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. Some breaking news now from new zealand where the man accused of killing the british backpacker Grace Millane has been found guilty of murder. Grace millane was killed in auckland last december. The defendant, who cant be identified for legal reasons, had pleaded not guilty. Lets go to new zealand, there is a press c0 nfe re nce lets go to new zealand, there is a press conference happening outside the court now. The verdict of murder today will be welcomed by the members of the millane family and friends of grace. It will not justify the suffering we have had to endure over the past year. I cant see it. Grace was taken away from us in the most brutal fashion a year ago and our lives have been ripped apart. This will be with us for the rest of our lives. Grace was a beautiful, talen
Recklessly so. They have calculated what they are calling the cost of corbyn. £1. 2 trillion. Speaking to andrew marr, the chancellor said the party had done its maths. Every single costing we published in this dossier today has either come from labours own figures, 50 from labour because my own figures, the risk from independent external sources and in some cases we have worked them out ourselves, we have done that in a reasonable way and set out in exactly how the document how its done. But labour hasnt yet published its manifesto for the selection so the tories cant know exactly which policies will make it then. We have included £35 billion for abolishing private schools which labour conference voted for which may find its way into the manifesto in a different form. The £196 billion figure theyve used to renationalise Industries Like the railways has already been criticised. And the calculations assume all policies including things like a four day working week at a cost of £85 b
Hello and welcome. Parts of hong kongs metro system are still closed after stations and businesses were vandalised in the latest Anti Government protests. The violence followed a decision by the territorys chief executive, carrie lam, to use Emergency Powers to ban the face coverings frequently worn by pro democracy demonstrators. Opposition legislators are returning to the territorys high court in a renewed effort to get the ban overturned. Gareth barlow reports. Hong kongers resist, that was the call as protesters formed human chains, as they defied a ban on facemasks while demonstrating. Everyone knows carrie lam is messing up hong kong. This is why she is pushing through with the emergency law. We all expect the next step to be imposing a curfew. This is a tool, a way to suppress hong kong people. Carrie lam has not learnt from this and has not done anything to appease us. She is just constantly suppressing us. Throughout the city, shops and transport hubs remain closed after a spi
Government may do more, use this emergency power to pass more laws to control civil liberty and protest. Hong kongers resist, that was the call as protesters formed human there is speculation over whether chains. Defiant against a ban on government will shut down other face masks while demonstrating, outlets and extend attention time. Which opposition lawmakers have launched a legal challenge against. It is the case that the government this could be the very last tries to do more of these decrees constitutional fight on our part in the name of law, they are trying to and make law by decree. If that is so it will make hong kong, give it a hurt the people and they are trying to quash the opposition. That this emergency lawjust gets passed, just lot of damage. We dont know what like that, hong kong will be deemed will happen next we have certainly seen will happen next we have certainly seen the effect on the city. We have into a very black hole. Throughout heard about the closing of the
Everyone knows carrie lam is messing up hong kong. This is why she is pushing through with the emergency law. We all expect the next step to be imposing a curfew. This is a tool, a way to suppress hong kong people. Carrie lam has not learnt from this and has not done anything to appease us. She is just constantly suppressing us. Throughout the city, shops and transport hubs remain closed after a spike in violence. In a televised address, hong kongs chief executive carrie lam pledged to quash the violence. Fellow citizens, hong kong had a very dark night last night because of the extreme acts of the rioters. Today, the city is semi paralysed. Everyone is worried or even afraid. The government will act with the utmost determination to curb violence. Months of protests have paralysed hong kong hand have proven a stern test of the laws that provide greater freedoms compared to mainland china. Business groups are pressuring the government to end the protests but the authorities new tactics