The only ones who should be doing so. China should start an investigation into the bidens. Also on the programme. The high court in belfast rules that a near total ban on abortion in Northern Ireland breaches the uks human rights legislation. The us is imposing 7 billion of new tarrifs on eu goods, as part retribution for the illegal subsidies paid to airbus. Scotch whisky will be one of the hardest hit. And Jason Donovan, dressed only in his pants, rushes to put out a housefire in london thats when Good Neighbours become good friends. Hello, im Michelle Fleury, Christian Fraser is in london. As with most nights recently, theres two big stories on both sides of the atlantic. More on brexit in a moment, but First Washington and the impeachment inquiry. It is just 10 days old yet new developments keep coming thick and fast. Today, Congress Hears from its first impeachment witness. Kurt volker was the special us envoy to ukraine until he resigned last week. Hes not a household name, but i
In central paris. Campaigners have lost a legal battle against the governments handling of the rise in womens state pension age. Scotland becomes the first nation in the uk to make it a criminal offence for parents to smack their children. Good evening, welcome to bbc news. Borisjohnsons new brexit plan is already facing some tough opposition both in parliament and the eu. The Prime Minister told mps hes compromising but that didnt wash with opposition parties. And both the irish Prime Minister and the European Council president say hes not done enough. So what exactly is his brexit offer . The main changes relate to Northern Ireland, it would stay in the eu Single Market for all goods, and that would mean accepting its rules and standards. But Northern Ireland would leave the Customs Union, and that would result in new customs checks. And all of this would depend on a future vote by the Northern Ireland assembly, which is currently suspended. Heres our deputy political editorjohn pien
Would involve some customs checks on the island of ireland something dublin is strongly opposed to. We now have written proposals that we can engage on, our objective is very clear. We dont want to see any customs posts between north and south, nor do we wa nt between north and south, nor do we want to see any tariffs or restrictions on trade, north and south. And in brussels, the eu says thejohnson plans are unconvincing. Also tonight. At the high court in belfast, a woman denied a legal termination wins her case that abortion laws in Northern Ireland breach human rights. A special report from iraq on Sexual Exploitation of children and young women, by some shia muslim clerics. A man is shot dead after killing four Police Officers at their headquarters in central paris. And at the world athletics championships there could be another gold for Great Britain, this time in the heptathlon. Yes, ina yes, in a matter of minutes Katarina Johnson thompson is odds on favourite to take the World
The plans, if accepted, would involve some customs checks on the island of ireland something dublin is strongly opposed to. Our objective is very clear, we do not want to see any tariffs or restrictions on tariffs. At the high court in belfast, a woman denied a legal termination wins her case that abortion laws in Northern Ireland breach human rights. A man is shot dead, after killing three officers and a civillian member of staff, at Police Headquarters in central paris. Campaigners lose a legal battle against the governments handling of the rise in womens state pension age. Katarina Johnson Thompson wins gold at the world athletics championships in doha setting a new british heptathlon record. And at 11 30, well be taking an in depth look at the papers, with our reviewers henry zeffman, Political Correspondent for the times, and daily mirror Political Correspondent, nicola bartlett. Good evening. Welcome to bbc news. The new brexit proposals unveiled by borisjohnson have already prov
Instagram promises to take down all posts about methods of suicide and self harm after a campaign by the dad of 14 year old Molly Russell, who took her own life after viewing distressing posts. She was such a. Such a force for good. She always wanted to help people. So im pretty certain that she would be pushing for change. So that young people were safe when they were online. And that if they need help, they can more easily find it. Mollys dad, ian, is here in the studio with 13 year olds Aoife Odriscoll and Trinity Bradford to talk about what they see on social media and how it affects them. And if youre a woman who wants to freeze your eggs for anything other than medical reasons the law says theyll be destroyed after ten yea rs. A Campaign Launches today calling for that to change. Well talk to these two women who both faced losing their eggs when they neared the ten year limit. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. If youre off school for half term, do