Two articles of impeachment against President Trump. Its the final stage before a vote in the house on impeachment itself which is expected next week. And american stocks have been given a boost after the us and china struck a preliminary trade agreement, easing tensions between the worlds two biggest economies. More now on the election. It was a terrible night for the liberal democrats, who now have just 11 members of palriament. Who now have just 11 members of parliament. Jo swinson was elected leader injuly this year, but last night lost her own seat in dunbartonshire east. Our chief political correspondent, vicki young, assesses the future of the liberal democrats as an electoral force. Applause her leadership over, it didnt even last five months. Jo swinsons decision to push for this election backfired. Some blame herfor hardening the partys anti brexit message and for claiming she could be Prime Minister, which few took seriously. Im proud that liberal democrats have been the una
Backing now to lead the organisation , which continues to organisation, which continues to fall under the spotlight over the horizon. It scandal, during the horizon. It scandal, during which hundreds of subpostmasters were wrongly convicted of theft and fraud. A 28 year old man and fraud. A 28 year old man convicted of attempting to murder two elderly worshippers in mosques in what a judge described as horrific attacks, has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order. Mohammed abshir, who was a paranoid schizophrenic through petrol over his victims and then set them on fire outside mosques in birmingham and in london, the court heard 82 year old hashi odowa and 70 year old Mohammed Riaz were chosen at random because abshir believed they were possessed by evil spirits as well. One of the victims sons, Mohammed Riaz jnr, said his fathers attacker should have been sent to prison to face the maximum sentence. Mohammed abacha, who set my father on fire. Hes not going to serve a prison se
What is the purpose of a deal which at best only delays Irans Nuclear deal for a short time . We ask what trumps repudiation of the Iran Nuclear Deal means for iran, the us and the world. Also vikings, the first heroes who slashed into their own bodies and drank their own blood. We look into the life of the punk poet kathy acker with her new biographer, chris kraus. I think happiness is greatly overrated. Happiness has become the neoliberal aspiration. Hello. The revelations from so many women about Harvey Weinstein have been a shock to the hollywood system. The police in london and new york are now investigating. But it goes beyond the man himself. Amazon studios chief, roy price, has been put on leave there is a Sexual Harassment allegation against him, and he is accused of taking no action when an actress told him of her rape by Harvey Weinstein. Theres been shock this week at the extent of weinsteins sexual aggression, but above all, at the fact that so many individuals had a sense
World rankings in individual talent, switzerland stood superior. Xherdan shaqiri teased passes towards the Northern Ireland goal and they were getting close. Dallas couldnt continue in the second half and dealing with the swiss attack was tough enough for Northern Ireland without the referee intervening. Hang on, the referee interpreted this as handball by corrie eva ns. In his mind it was a penalty. And, thus, it was 1 0. A manager plots and plans for everything and then sees that. Northern ireland launched late attempts, not on target. 1 0 down with the second leg in switzerland, a refereeing decision has left them climbing a mountain. Joe wilson, bbc news, belfast. Newsnight is coming up on bbc two. Heres kirsty wark. Tonight, gordon brown tells us britain may be headed for brexit crisis. Scotland is unstable. And tony blair, the rows were all about policy and not ambition. Join me now on bbc two. Here on bbc one, its time for the news where you are. Hello and welcome to sportsday,
Now, for monday then, we start the new working week on a rather benign note, light winds again, cold wherever you are, and there will be some areas of mist and fog, very dense fog in places, it could be stubborn to clear, and if it doesnt clear, then its going to be cold, temperatures hovering around freezing throughout the day. But then some brightness, we should see temperatures reaching around 3 6 degrees. Start to see some changes though in the east, as this area of low pressure in the north sea start to post westwards, that will bring an increase in cloud and wind and rain to much of scotland and northeast england. Now, the pressure chart for tuesday shows a bit of a change, this the low pressure system affects the northern half of the uk, more isobars in the charts, so stronger winds. Thats going to be windy for a time, certainly across scotland. We will have a lot of cloud, outbreaks of rain for scotland, northern ireland, Northern England and in towards parts of wales. Some hea