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Could be a fire risk. A warning that children in refugee camps on the greek island of lesbos increasingly feel life isnt worth living we have a special report. Firefighters in australia are battling to prevent raging bushfires from threatening a major power station in New South Wales. And how a pop star came to the aid of a driver being shunted sideways by a lorry. And coming up on bbc news, several top clubs in italy condemn a serie a anti Racism Campaign which features monkeys with painted faces. Anti Discrimination Group fare have called it a sickjoke. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Borisjohnson has held his first Cabinet Meeting since his election victory and promised to pass a law ruling out any extension to the Brexit Process beyond the end of next year. The uk is scheduled to leave the eu onjanuary 31st, and enter a transition period which is due to conclude next december, but that can be extended for up to two years if talks arent complete. Critics say that
Flat out to change our country for the better. And members of parliament return to the commons the new speaker is formally elected, and new mps are sworn in. Half a million hotpoint and indesit washing machines in uk homes are to be recalled, over fears they can be a fire risk. Tv presenter Caroline Flack stands down as host of love island after being charged with assault. Also on the programme how pop star Ellie Golding came to the aid of a driver being shunted sideways by a lorry. Its 5 oclock our main story. John worboys, the so called black cab rapist, has been jailed for life with a minimum term of six years for attacking four more victims. Worboys, who now goes by the name ofjohn radford, had already been jailed indefinitely in 2009 for attacks on twelve women after they got into his black cab in london. The court was told he remains as dangerous as ever. Sarah corker is at the old bailey and joins us live. John worboys is a serial sex offender who preyed on young women. He would
Announced plans to move 20,000 people off this island and neighbouring islands by early 2020. Movement on that has been extremely slow. And people, particularly women and children, keep arriving on these islands every week. Also coming up. The driver, being pushed sideways by a lorry down one of londons busiest roads. How Singer Ellie Goulding came to the rescue. Shapps good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Iamjoanna i am joanna gosling. Borisjohnson has held his first Cabinet Meeting since the general election. He told his ministers that they had to repay the trust of the voters by working flat out to change the country for the better. The Prime Minister is planning to make it illegal for parliament to extend the Brexit Process beyond the end of next year. Hell add a clause to his Withdrawal Agreement bill, which will go before mps on friday. 0ur assistant Political Editor norman smith is in downing street. Norman, wanting to send a message, they are definitely hitting the groun
Welcome everyone, thank you so much for all of it coming, im very conscious to how close we are two thanksgiving and the entire reports of traffic that those of you who will be traveling are going to have to face. So it is fantastic that you have taken time to be with us, though i am not surprised because of our guest who is with us today, just a quick word about the global europe program. This is a program that we have designed to do a little different because it looks at the pressures end stresses and issues that confront the continent of europe whether thats the arctic and the issues of Climate Change and trade. Whether thats migration. Whether thats the big relationships with russia, china, of course the United States and also whether it is issues that confronted and many different in challenging ways of which our guests will be able to talk extremely eloquently in this case around africa. Alex probably needs no introduction. He has been in the European Union a special representati