Life and i very naively, im american, we dont have that they are. Two big legal changes in Northern Ireland are looming with abortion and same sex marriage becoming legal at midnight. It has prompted stormont to assemble for the first time in three years. Coming up one afternoon live, lizzie with all the sport. Hello, simon. We have squad news for the Rugby World Cup semifinals this weekend, there is good news for england but bad news for wales. 0k, back to you later. And we have the whether with matt taylor. Thanks, simon, half term week for some of you and some of you would appreciate something drier but rain will never be too far away from the forecast and i will tell you where that will be in around half an hours time. Good afternoon from westminster, where borisjohnson will this afternoon try again to get the backing of mps for his brexit deal with the European Union, after he abandoned his bid to secure parliamentary approval during a special sitting on saturday. The government i
19 people are arrested as police say theyve broken the uks biggest ever drugs operation more that 50 tonnes of drugs are seized. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport jane dougall. It looks like the andy murray comeback will continue, he will play singles at the Australian Open in january, for the First Time Since major hip surgery at a grand slam earlier this year. Repeat mode at the moment, blustery winds, scattered showers not only for today but also in tomorrow, more details shortly. The Prime Minister calls Extinction Rebellion protestors unco operative crusties as he urges them to stop blocking londons Streets Police have arrested over 400 people so far. Hello everyone this is afternoon live im ben brown. Borisjohnson has been accused of engaging in a stupid blame game after downing street said the eu had made a brexit deal essentially impossible. A source at ten downing street claimed Angela Merkel is reported to have told borisjohnson in a phone call this morning, that a br
Of the panorama journalists who investigated the claims by carl beech thats at n9 15. And also before ten oclock well take a closer look at one of the nominees for britains most prestigious prize for architecture London Bridge station. And fans celebrate as Katarina Johnson thompson scoops britains second goal and breaks the british heptathlon record at the world athletics championships. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. The uk and us governments have called on facebook to rethink its plans to use encryption for messages on all of its platforms. In an open letter to the companys chief executive, mark zuckerberg, the home secretary priti patel said the firms policy could Hamper International efforts to grant law enforcers faster access to private messages on social media. Facebook argues that it is working closely with child Safety Experts and governments to keep people safe. Encryption is creating those spaces, those spaces for terrorist individuals, terrorist organisation
Hong kongs transport network is shut down and protesters are banned from wearing face masks as pro democracy demonstrations continue. Controlled by his mind the revolutionary technology that has allowed a paralysed man to move again. The look of disbelief as britains Katarina Johnson thompson finally becomes the World Champion heptathlete in doha. Getting this gold medaljust means the absolute world to me. Itjust means that, you know, iwasnt deluded in thinking that i was able to do these things. And coming up on bbc news, england head coach eddiejones says they will have to be brutal if they want to beat argentina tomorrow in their third Rugby World Cup group game. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. An independent review has identified more than a0 failings in the way the metropolitan police investigated false claims of a vip paedophile ring at westminster. A former high courtjudge found that police unlawfully obtained warrants to search the homes of prominent figures wh
Deal is agreed in the next two weeks. And coming up later, millions of customers are being penalised by staying loyal to their insurance companies, once the financial watchdog. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Our top story, the duke of sussex has begun legal action against the publishers of the sun and daily mirror in relation to alleged phone hacking. Documents have been filed on behalf of prince harry at the High Court Regarding the alleged illegal interception of voice mail messages. A spokesperson said, we confirm that a claim has been issued by the duke of sussex. We have no further comment to make at the current time. Lets get more on this, we are going to speak to a royal correspondent. Just explain what has happened. Two separate but linked legal actions, as you said, against News Group Newspapers which owns the sun, used to own the news of the world, which was probably the most high profile user of hacked voice mail messages and mirror Group Newspaper which owns the dail