Seen reflection on the General Health of the uk Aviation Industry which continues to thrive, passenger numbers are up, people are travelling more. The truth is that the way people have come out their holidays has changed an enormous amount over the years but he didnt change as much with the company. Never should distract from the distressed experience of the businesses relying on thomas cook passengers and thomas cook employees, who have worked above and beyond, particularly in recent days, during this distressing situation. We have never had a collapse of an airline or Holiday Company on the skill before, we have responded decisively, right now, our efforts are focused on getting those passengers home and looking after those employees who have lost their jobs. We also need to understand whether any individuals or third in the duties of stewardship within the company. Then our efforts will turn to working through the reforms necessary to ensure that passengers do not find themselves in
The day of reckoning with the voters. A transcript is published of Donald Trumps conversation with the ukranian president opponents say it proves the president acted improperly. And at 11 30, well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, eve pollard and laura hughes. Stay with us for that. A very good evening and welcome to bbc news. Boris johnson has faced the house of commons, for the First Time Since his defeat in the Supreme Court yesterday. There were bad tempered exchanges as the Prime Minister claimed that the Supreme Court had been wrong to pronounce on a political question at a time of Great National controversy. The highest court in the land ruled unanimously that mrjohnson had acted unlawfully when he suspended parliament for five weeks. The Prime Minister rejected labour calls for him to resign, and challenged the opposition parties to agree to a general election. Heres our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. To lead often is to be alone. Borisjohnson on
Thomas cook executives got a heroes welcome when condor staff heard the news. But this video caused anger. Among uk staff who crewed these now grounded aircraft. They say thomas cooks uk airline did make money but theirjobs are gone. The loss to my friends, the fear of loss of income all of a sudden overnight, the fear of the future. It was just absolutely devastating, ive never experienced anything like it. Tom burridge, bbc news. Lets take a look at some of todays other news. The president of israel has asked the countrys Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form the countrys next government. It comes after last weeks general election, the second this year, ended in deadlock, with mr netanyahu and his main opponent benny gantz failing to agree a deal, on a unity government. Mr netanyahu now has up to six weeks to try to put together a new government. The Energy Company edf says its new Hinkley Point c Nuclear Power plant could be 15 months, and £2. 9 billion over budget. The company
From inside the deadly, dirty world of myanmars jade mines, where hundreds die every year searching for green gold. Announcer live from our studios in london and singapore. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 6pm in houston, texas where the top 10 democrats vying to take on donald trump next year, are about to take the stage. Front runnerjoe biden will go head to head for the first time with Elizabeth Warren, his fast rising rival, in the three hour debate. But others like Bernie Sanders, kamala harris, Pete Buttigeg and beto orourke are all looking to make their mark. Laura trevelyan is in houston. All eyes on joe biden all eyes onjoe biden and Elizabeth Warren today, the first time they go head to head, but theres lots of other candidates as well. Will there bea other candidates as well. Will there be a clearer sense of the front runner after the debate tonight . Thats the 1 million question, of course, and the candidates ar
Well have the latest on the first of three days of hearings at the Supreme Court. Also on the programme. At the lib dems conference, the new party leaderjo swinson pledges to stop brexit immediately if she was in government. Today, i am standing here as your candidate for Prime Minister. 30 years after a tragedy in ben stokes family, he accuses the Sun Newspaper of being immoral in its latest coverage. We have the latest on the israeli general election, the second in five months, as Benjamin Netanyahu seeks to form a new government. And after 5a hours, sarah thomas becomes the first person to swim non stop across the English Channel four times. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news wales assistant coach rob howley is sent home nine days before their opening world cup match, for a breach of betting rules. Good evening. We start with the landmark case being heard at the Supreme Court, as the constitutional conflict provoked by the brexit crisis reaches the highest court in the uk. 11 Su