And a legal battle with the mail on sunday. The Royal Shakepeare Company and bp the curtain comes down on their sponshorship deal after threats of a student boycott. Is this time going to be different for Katarina Johnson thompson . She makes a drean start in the heptathlon at the world championships. And coming up on bbc news, how troubled are tottenham . Four months on from the Champions League final, they are hammered at home 7 2 by bayern munich. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Borisjohnson has made his First Party Conference speech as leader and hes used it to spell out his new offer to break the brexit deadlock. The most significant change to the deal theresa may tried to negotiate is over what happens in Northern Ireland. The Prime Minister said the uk had compromised and called on brussels to do the same. So lets look at this new brexit offer. Northern ireland will stay in the eu Single Market for all goods. That means accepting its rules and standards. But it
To reach a deal to work with the uk team. Also on the programme. In the oval office, President Trump takes the impeachment inquiry to a new level accusing the whistleblower of being a spy and a top democrat of treason. These are bad people, these are dishonest people, and when the American People find out what happened, it is going to be a great day. The democrats plan to issue more subpeonas and warn the white house and the secretary of state not do anything that will obstruct their probe. Hello and welcome im Michelle Fleury in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. Borisjohnson has delivered his long awaited plans to the eu today in an attempt to secure a brexit deal. His proposals to replace the irish backstop are ambitious. The Prime Minister said both sides will need to consider whether there is sufficicent willingness to compromise and move beyond their existing positions. As things stand now, both britain and Northern Ireland are part of the Customs Union and the Single Mar
As well as a podcast. Chris, adam, laura and katya gathered on thursday night to discuss another busy week. So laura, given that nothing is happening in politics whatsoever. Yeah, its been a quiet week. And audiobooks are all the rage. 0h youve probably not heard about this, but theres this book thats come out this week. Honestly, he should hire a better pr team, shouldnt he, the former Prime Minister . No, i hadnt heard about that. Downloading mills and boon over here. Weve got half an hour, so we can get through 730 pages. Go on then. It is three years since the referendum on britains membership of the european union. The referendum on britains more than, now. The referendum on britains yeah, thats true. The referendum on britains even the first sentence isnt right. The referendum on britains not a day has passed that i havent my decision to hold that vote, not a day has passed that i havent thought about my decision to hold that vote, and the consequences of doing so. Me too. Yeah,
Well pick through the details of the johnson plan, analyse whats new and get all the reaction. Also in outside source President Trump takes the impeachment inquiry to a new level accusing the whistleblower of being a spy and a top democrat of treason. And in hong kong hundreds of people take part in a peaceful sit in outside the school of a teenager shot by police. Eu leaders are considering borisjohnsons new brexit proposal, which was hand delivered this afternoon. In this letter, addressed to the European Commission president jean Claude Juncker, mrjohnson outlines his new plan. The most significant change is what happens in Northern Ireland. The new plan would scrap the back stop. The mechanism designed to stop physical checkpoints on the border between with the republic of ireland and Northern Ireland, by potentially keeping the whole of the uk inside the eus Customs Union. Brexiteers were never fans of that. So under mrjohnsons new proposal, Northern Ireland would stay in the eu S