Welcome susan rice to afterwards. It is a fascinating book with a personal tale and chronicle of your professional life but lets begin with the Current Crisis with the president of ukraine in july a whistleblower reported in august and it was released in the last week. What do you make of the whistleblowers complaint . What is so extraordinary is that now we have in blackandwhite the president s own words the fact that when hes conducting business on behalf of the United States with foreign leaders hes conducting his own personal business is personal political business but if you read the transcript not once did the president of the United States raise anything that is National Significance to the United States of the sovereignty of ukraine has been violated by russias invasion or holding russias feet to the fire or providing Economic Security support to ukraine as a matter of us policy. All the president asked for is that the president of ukraine do trump a personal political favor by
First muslim to be appointed to the Scottish Government, he worked as a political adviser before becoming scottish justice political adviser before becoming scottishjustice secretary. Mp political adviser before becoming scottish justice secretary. Mp for nine years, elected to the Welsh Assembly in 2016 and party leader a year ago when he set out a path to achieving welsh independence, the leader of plaid cymru, adam price. Jonathan bartley, co leader of the green party in england and wales, co founder of a christian think tank had co founder of a christian think tank ha d rece ntly co founder of a christian think tank had recently arrested during the Extinction Rebellion demonstrations in the city of london. And city trader, former leader of ukip, mep for 20 years, he led the campaign for 20 years, he led the campaign for a referendum on the uks bishop of the eu, leader and founder of the brexit party, nigel farage. The uks membership of the eu. There are only three days to go, and s
Ill look at the real cost of borrowing. Liverpooljust keep on winning in the premier league. They thumped everton 5 2 to win the Merseyside Derby at anfield, to push marco silva closer to the sack. And is your Christmas Tree up yet, and how environmentally friendly is it . I have come to a Christmas Tree farm in hertfordshire to find out. Weatherwise, a cold start but it is getting milder and wetter for many of you in the next 2a hours. I will be back with all the details on brea kfast. It is thursday 5 december. Our top story there is just one week to go until the general election, and the Political Parties are making a fresh push to win votes. This morning, the conservatives say they will cut taxes in their first 100 days in government, while labour have plans to recruit more teachers. Here to tell us more is our Political Correspondent tom barton. So time, there are more announcements being made, withjust one week to go tom. Announcements being made, withjust one week to go tom. Abs
Could win the election he was saying the tories are going to lose, i was saying the same, joshing as old friends do. He has only gone and put it on a website and selectively leaked it, and i thought he was a friend. The Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi in court to defend her country over accusations of genocide against Rohingya Muslims. And the sport. Some rain and blustery wind, but nothing as turbulent as in iceland over the next couple of days. People are told to stay indoors, two metres of snow, and strong winds to come. I will have all the details just before half past. Two bens for the price of one. And the latest banksy street art gets protection after its reindeer are given red noses. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live. Six people are now known to have died and eight people missing presumed dead after yesterdays volcanic eruption in new zealand. 31 people are being treated in hospital, among them two british women. Almost all of the injured have at least 30 burns t
Also on the programme. Israel kills a top islamichhad leader in gaza and braces for retaliatory rocket attacks. After nine years at sea, a message in a bottle finally receives a response. Thankfully, it wasnt an 505. Hello and welcome. Im Christian Fraser in Bishop Auckland, and Michelle Fleury is in new york. We are just over a month from the uk general election and its in places like this County Durham where the vote could be won and lost. Bbc news will be visiting ten areas of the uk where seats will be closely contested. Today, weve travelled beyond the bubble to Bishop Auckland in the north east of england. Its a marginal labour seat which voted decisively for brexit. Well, yesterday the brexit party announced they would not run candidates in seats won by the conservatives in 2017. But they will stand in Bishop Auckland, making the seat even more marginal and more unpredictable. Last week, we were in leeds on the doorstep with the canvassers. This time, we have steered clear of th