Civil war brewing . Our deputy Political Editor, tom hannood there for us. An audacious proposal here in manchester. Might the Prime Minister be taking the largest spender decision of his tenure in office, potentially tens of billions of pounds of Rail Infrastructure to hang in the balance, although at least one conservative mayor andy street, is not happy. Ill have the is not happy. Ill have the latest. Latest. The home secretary will also be taking to the podium today with everything from policing to migration on the agenda. And well be speaking to the justice secretary later this hour. Secretary later this hour. Weather forecast courtesy of alex deakin this morning. Alex deakin this morning. A bit of a wet start in places this morning, but most of us will have a bright and breezy day. Therell be some sunshine. There will also be a fair few showers. Join me later for a full forecast and sport courtesy of paul coyte. How about this , chelsea have how about this, chelsea have won a gam
Stress that thing that he did not interfere while refusing to answer specifics about these ongoing investigations. John jim jorda n pressed on why it took so long for david weiss to be named Special Counsel. Garland just appointed him Special Counsel last month even though the investigation has been ongoing for years. Heres the exchange with jim jordan. After five years what stage are we in, beginning, middle, keep hiding the ball stage . I would go back to the videotape where i said im not permitted to discuss ongoing investigations. Isnt that convenient. Something changed from july 10th to august 11th. I think its two Brave Whistleblowers came forward and the judge called bs on the deal you try to pass. The Attorney General never said what led to the ultimate appointment of the Special Counsel but he insisted throughout this process, weiss was never given limits. There was one republican that did seem to come to garlands defense somewhat, it was colorado republican ken buck and said
Fish and sea mammals. A rare ink picture of tintin, and his dog, snowy, is expected to fetch more than £700,000 at auction. And the dateline london Panel Discuss zimba bwes future and where the brexit talks go from here. Thats in half an hour here on bbc news. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The main story this morning. Thousands of zimbabweans are flooding the streets of the capital harare this morning demanding the resignation of president Robert Mugabe. Soldiers cheered the crowds confirming the armys role in bringing mr mugabes 37 year rule to an end. As numbers on the streets swelled, state media said eight out of ten regional branches of the governing Zanu Pf Party have passed a vote of no confidence in the president. Mr mugabe has been under house arrest since a military takeover four days ago. Basically we are zimbabweans, we are saying thank you very much for the peaceful intervention and it is time for the masses of zimbabwe to say mugabe must go and he must go yesterd
From the uks 56 network. The biggest easing of lockdown restrictions in scotland is under way. The first minister says its the riskiest stage to date. Facing another lockdown blackburn is given a deadline to deal with a rising tide of coronavirus cases. And the statue of slave trader Edward Colston is replaced with a sculpture of one of the protesters whose anger brought him down. Good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. A £4 billion cut in vat has come into force across the hospitality sector, allowing companies to cut their prices but not all of them say they will. The tax, which has been reduced from 20 to 5 untiljanuary, is aimed at helping to boost the economy and protectjobs. Starbucks and mcdonalds are among those saying they will reduce their prices but some firms are expected to use the windfall to shore up their own finances hit by the lockdown. Heres our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz. Its the chancellors £4 billion giveaway to try to get the economy moving
Susan powell good afternoon. All a bit gloomy at the moment with a lot of cloud blanketing the uk across many of the hills and around the coasts. Looking very misty off the coast of anglesey and those western facing hills and coasts will be lumbered with that cloud into tomorrow thanks to this warm front bringing in all that moisture. This afternoon some rain to come for the north of england, eastern counties of england but by the evening looking largely dry. But that cloud covering capping the temperatures a couple of degrees below average for the time of year. A largely fine evening albeit cloudy. Some rain pushing its way gcioss cloudy. Some rain pushing its way across northern scotland. It will be across northern scotland. It will be a mild night with lows of 1a, 15 degrees for some. Thursday first think not looking sparkling but the cloud up across many eastern and southern parts of england and england and wales and eastern scotla nd england and wales and eastern scotland looking