knowing what we did, but with hindsight, that is the moment we should have done it, three weeks earlier, and it would have saved many, many lives. alistair darling, the labour politician who was chancellor during the 2008 global financial crash, dies at the age of 70. members of the rmt union except a pay deal ending their involvement in a long running series of rail strikes. hello, i m matthew amroliwala. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. welcome to the programme. the pogues frontman shane macgowan has died at the age of 65. he was discharge from hospital last week. his wife confirmed he had died in social media. macgowan fronted the pogues from 1982 until their break up in 2014. the band are best known for the christmas hit song fairytale of new york. our arts correspondent david sillito reports. # it was christmas eve, babe # in the drunk tank # an old man said to me. # happy christmas, your ours, i pray god it s our last. fairytale of new york, a bleak, drink sodden duet
for talks on the sidelines. the leaders of the world s two biggest economies have a lot to discuss not least their ongoing disputes over trade, technology, taiwan and the drug fentanyl. the bbc s james clayton is in san francisco and sent us the latest. apac has started here and it is a huge apac has started here and it is a huge moment apac has started here and it is a huge moment for apac has started here and it is a huge moment for the apac has started here and it is a huge moment for the city apac has started here and it is a huge moment for the city of san francisco. it is summer to be held here since the united nations charter was signed here in 1945. nations charter was signed here in 1916. this is a huge economic summit. you are talking about more than 50% of the worlds trade belongs to the 21 nations who will be attending here this week. talking about 40% of the world s population. it is a big economic conference but by far the biggest ticket item here is the bigge
president debate like this it hasn t happened in the era of television debates. there have been presidential matches on the ballot paper before but not before all of the voters in the us to watch for an hour and a half to two hours to watch and see what they make of each candidate. so much rhetoric exchanged between them of course this time going around the debates conditions to make the debates conditions to make the debates with. .. debates conditions to make the debates with. the microphone will be used and they wa nt to want to be allowed to advise with their advisors we will see how all of that plays out. let s have a look at our north america editor sarah smith looks at what we can expect later today. two old men who the voters already know very well. they really do not like the choice they are being given. he is hoping to make his opponent look even worse. the campaigns are trying to recognise what they see as their opponents recognise what they see as their opponent s