I dont need any comments, thank you. I now call the Prime Ministers to answer the engagement question, participating virtually. Prime minister . Mr. Speaker, i had meetings with the minister in addition to the duties in the house and i shall have further meetings today. Last week saw the anniversary of the beginning of the battle of britain. As you are aware, these systems alone deployed 10 thousands of people across lancaster and of taken on over 250 apprentices in that part of the business this year. We hope the Prime Minister can come to visit, meet the apprentices and what he can to secure the key jobs to support defense experts exports in the programs. I have no doubt i will be coming in due course. Already there are 1800 , programmers involved in the project, 2500 year. Next year. And 800 of those are in the constituency. I look forward to his constituency being at the epicenter of the development of the next u. K. Led combat program. Now the leader of the opposition. Thank you,
To the brink of qualifying for the knockout stages. And we get exclusive access behind the scenes during filming of the new series of the crown. Um. But, yes. Sorry, we are whispering because theyre actually shooting. Theyll sack us. Were going to be sacked. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at nine. 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. Borisjohnson is not on the road today, but the Prime Minister has published a letter to the labour leaderJeremy Corbyn, demanding that he comes clean to voters about his brexit strategy. Mrjohnson poses five questions for labour to answer. Jeremy corbyn is on the road to spread labours brexit message. Hell promise to sort it in six months when he gives a speech this morning in essex. And
Which he is a member. These are strange times for democracy. Its the law of the land, and he is under an obligation to obey it. If he doesnt obey it, then he can be taken to court and, if necessary, the court will issue an injunction ordering him to do it. And if he doesnt obey the injuction, he could be sent to prison. Satellite images appear to show an Iranian Oil Tanker off the syrian coast after it was previously impounded in gibraltar. The Foreign Office says tonight the reports are deeply troubling. The number of People Killed as a result of Hurricane Dorian in the bahamas has risen to a3. Ukrainian prisoners are united with theirfamilies following an exchange of 70 detainees with russia. Its hoped it will ease tensions between the two neighbours. Thank you for your company this afternoon. We have all the latest at the top of the hour. Now on bbc news, its time for sportsday. Hello, and welcome to sportsday, with me, Lizzie Greenwood hughes, and gavin ramjaun. The headlines this
Where the aid effort is intensifying in the wake of the devastating hurricane dorian. Hello and welcome to bbc news. A senior british cabinet minister, amber rudd, has resigned, accusing the Prime Minister, borisjohnson, of an assault on decency and democracy over his handling of brexit. It follows the decision of the Prime Minister borisjohnson to expel 21 mps this week, who have refused to back a no deal brexit, including two former chancellors of the exchequer. Ms rudd said she couldnt stand by while good loyal moderate conservatives are expelled from the party. Our uk Political Correspondent Jonathan Blake reports. Amber rudd has served at the heart of government. She campaigned to remain in the Eu Referendum and was home secretary under theresa may. She survived the clear out of like minded colleagues when Boris Johnson became Prime Minister and was made work and pensions secretary. Among others, almost all brexiteers. Just this week, amber rudd expressed concern about the Prime M