Were expecting to hear from the Prime Minister shortly outside number ten. Labour performed poorly, losing 59 seats, many of them in places theyve held for decades. Jeremy corbyn says hell stand down as leader early next year. I think the responsible thing to do is not to walk away from the whole thing, and i wont do that. I will stay here until there has been somebody elected to succeed me and then i will step down at that point. A strong result for the snp, who now hold 48 seats out of 59 in scotland. Leader Nicola Sturgeon says it sends a clear message for a second independence referendum. Liberal democrat leaderjo swinson quits, after she loses her own seat to the snp and the party fails to improve its position at westminster. Iam i am proud to have been the first woman to lead the liberal democrats. Iam even woman to lead the liberal democrats. I am even more proud that i will not be the last. We will go original this hour, looking at the West Midlands, where the tories had a good
Barrow urging him to keep his promise to step down off to 3 is. And in sport the semifinals of the Club World Cup get underway in doha where a south american champions manco take on asian champions all hello in the final 4. Welcome to the news hour we begin in the u. S. The top democrat in the senate has accused the president of orchestrating a cover up Chuck Schumer has called for current and former white house aides to testify at trial hes expected impeachment trial he says republicans have no reason to keep witnesses from testifying unless the president has something to hide they include the acting chief of staff make mulvaney im a former National Security adviser john bolton a moat in the democrat led house to impeach President Trump is expected on wednesday if that passes which is widely expected he will then be tried in the republican controlled senate. I havent seen a single good argument about why these witnesses shouldnt testify or these documents be produced unless the presid
At the high court, victory for the postmasters who say their lives were ruined by a faulty Computer System. More protests in india against a new citizenship law which is seen to discriminate against the nations large muslim minority. And the arsenal player mesut ozil criticises china of mistreating ethnic uighur muslims, while beijing accuses him of peddling fake news. Coming up on sportsday on bbc news, brightons neal maupay strikes against palace. Would that be enough to see them get the win to move above them in the premier league . Good evening. Members of parliament elected last thursday have been gathering at westminster ahead of the return of parliament tomorrow, at the start of a week which will include a queens speech and the passage of Boris Johnsons brexit deal. The Prime Minister addressed his parliamentary colleagues this evening 109 of them new members, many from areas traditionally held by labour. The Prime Minister has made a couple of new cabinet appointments today. Si
Is to engage in a cover up. The desperate search for survivors after a multistory Market Building collapses in a powerful earthquake in the philippines. Hello indias Prime Minister has called for calm after 5 days of violent protests against the new law that offers citizenship to persecuted minorities from neighboring countries excluding muslims but the protests show no signs of dying down instead theyve spread to University Campuses nationwide with thousands of students demonstrating in new delhi southern chennai and northern vajra nasi there is anger at modis government following allegations of Police Brutality during a campus rally in the capital that turned violent on sunday. But the government has a tax. Students by entering university so we will fight for the constitution of india which did it time and time again that we will fight against the government. So as the pressure builds on indias government over a controversial citizenship law the Supreme Court is planning to hear appe
Experience from Northern Ireland in the european parliament. Come on, conference, show us what you think. Applause. Sadly, conference, diane is now the only representative standing strong for Northern Ireland in europe at a time when other representatives spend more time either attacking or ignoring the views and concerns of unionism. So whether in local council chambers, london or brussels, it is the Democratic Unionist Party at the centre of the debate. Sinn fein claimed to be shaping the debate, but in truth they have been reduced to glorified lobbyists posing for pictures to post on twitter. Never before have we asa post on twitter. Never before have we as a small Regional Party carried so we as a small Regional Party carried so much responsibility in parliament in particular and i do pay tribute to the fortitude and to the wisdom of our deputy leader, nigel, as he leads us. Applause and in the days and weeks ahead, we can be confident that all of our members of parliament will con