Hello, this is bbc news with martine croxall. The headlines as the final few days of campaigning get underway, the conservatives promise to introduce an australian style points based immigration system to control unskilled migration. Meanwhile labour has set out their plans for social care if they win the election, offering more funding and free personal care for older people in england. Police in india have arrested the owner of a delhi factory where a fire killed more than a0 people overnight. A Murder Investigation has been launched in northamptonshire after a 25 year old woman died in rushden. A 13 year old boy and a 27 year old man have been arrested on suspicion of murder. Now, the best of the weeks interviews and reports from the Victoria Derbyshire show. Hello and welcome to the programme. Two state funded Orthodox Jewish schools in london have been accused of pressurising parents into withdrawing their children from new Sex Education lessons which have become mandatory in seco
Vote the presiding officer are there any senators wishing to vote or change their vote . On this the vote the yeas are 53, the nays are 40. The nomination is agreed to and confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates actions. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22, do hereby bring to a close debate on the nomination of Lawrence Vandyke, of nevada, to be United States circuit judge for the ninth circuit. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of Lawrence Vandyke, of nevada, to be United States circuit judge for the ninth circuit shall be brought to a close . The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk will call the rol
A us lawyer is convicted over the multi billion dollar onecoin scam. Well get the lowdown from new york, and well find out why an Indian Coffee chain is at the centre of a controversy over facial recogntion. Are you tired of following the same path at work but dont know how to navigate this era of constant change . Well get some useful tips from a leading expert. The launch of a new tesla model didnt exactly go according to plan. The idea was to chuck a rock at its window to demonstrate how tough it was. But it smashed twice today we want to know, whats your most embarassing moment at work . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcworklife. Samanthi and i have a future tell you about samanthi and i have a few to tell you about. Hello and welcome to worklife. We start with the social Media Companies and the controversy over their role in political debate. Critics have accused them of allowing the spread of misinformation and even distorting democracy itself. In response, from today twitter
Vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not the yeas are 83. The noes are 9. The motion is passed agreed to. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley ive got a couple of issues i want to speak on. One would be trade and section 232 issue. That would be my second one. The first one, i want to speak about commonsense entitlement reform. In the past year weve seen a flurry of drug pricing proposals. Im encouraged by efforts from my colleagues here in the senate, especially Ranking Member wyden, colleagues in the house that agree in the house of representatives who agree with this effort to reduce drug prices and the president of the United States who has already been involved for a year and a half in lowering drug prices. All have made lowering Prescription Drug costs one of the Core Principles of our efforts and particularly a core principle for this administration
Wide ranging indications for the country. Wide ranging indications for the country. England cricketer ben stokes accuses the Sun Newspaper of shattering his privacy with what he calls an utterly disgusting report about a family tragedy. The trial begins of four people accused of murdering 17 Year Old Girl scoutjodie chesney in a park in east london. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport, will parry is here. The Champions League is back tonight. Liverpool are away and italy. Frank lampard is managing for the first time. Plenty more of this to come over the next few days. Dry weather, blue skies and sunshine was double the uk whether detail is coming up later in the programme we will be out into the programme we will be out into the atlantic. A couple of tropical storms currently on their own which could make the news over the next couple of days. Thanks, ben. Also coming up after a gruelling 5a hours sarah thomas becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel four time