Here before christmas and getting it agreed before the brexit deadline at the end of january. Beyond that, theres the question of getting a trade deal agreed. Michael gove today confident that would happen next year. Weve done a huge amount of work already, alongside the withdrawal agreement, in the political declaration, which lays the groundwork for the deal that we want. Across europe, there is an appetite to ensure that we tie up the loose ends, we conclude a relationship based on free trade and friendly cooperation. Away from brexit, the conservatives are promising to freeze National Insurance, income tax and vat what they are calling a triple lock. But they are also making some expensive promises, including maintaining the levels of pensioner benefits as well as spending more money on childcare, on fixing potholes, and on a skills fund. The manifesto will also pledge to end Parking Charges at hospitals for long term patients and theirfamilies, and for nhs staff on night shifts. B
And if the power is shut off we heard from pg e it would happen early wednesday morning. All of this is a fluid situation as they watch the weather. Pg and e is preparing for what could be the 10th Public Safety power shut off. The Company Warning it may cut power to parts of marin, sonoma, napa and Solano County as well as parts of the east bay including berkeley and lafayette. I am ready. I do have a generator. And i am all for it. Reporter pgae says the Emergency Operation center is keeping an eye on strong winds expected to start early wednesday morning and last through thursday morning. The company may turn off power to thousands of customers to reduce the risk of a wild fire. I mean i would like a definite answer, maybe. That would be nice to know for sure. I just drank the last of the spare water thinking we are in the clear and now i have to buy all that again. Reporter pg e says double check your emergency kit and splice and have a plan ready. We are still monitoring the weath
The demonstrations began over the weekend after the government announced a shop hike in the price of petrol. Prodemocracy activists activists are trying to use the cover of darkness to escape on kongs Polytechnic University and evade arrest the territories chief executive says protesters still on campus must surrender to police to end the 3 day standoff. And police and military have deployed ahmed vehicles to end a blockade of a magic gas plant by protesters demanding the return of former president evo morales us Officials Say one demonstrator was killed in the city of el alto. This is the news from berlin for more follow us on twitter at the doubly or visit our website w dot com. For almost a decade the founder of wiki leaks julian a son when 2 weeks streams in the u. K. To avoid facing rape charges in sweden the time apparently worked in his favor today swedish authorities dropped the investigation one legal door closes another remains wide open the u. S. Wants the u. K. To hand over
Springs train just leaving the bay fare station. The fight continued through our hayward station. At which point a knife was introduced into the fight between the two males. As the train approached south hayward, the Hayward Police partners responded to the call along with the Bart Police Department and we were on the platform, walked onto the train and determined that there was a victim on a train that was bleeding and was possibly the victim of a stabbing. Our partners in the Hayward Police department and our officers had a good description of the suspect. They conducted an area search and they were able to stop a suspect matching the description about one block from here on tennyson. Our victim unfortunately deceased as a result of the incident. This is something that is very tragic and rare on bart. Not something we get a lot of. I do want to ensure our ridership that part is safe and we are continuing all to reassure them providing the presence in our system so they can ride safel
Really understands. Its a great combination of things. This is the fourth position secretary bunch has had at the smithsonian. Something i dont believe any of your predecessors could claim in 1978 secretary bunch began his smithsonian career at the national air and space museum as an Education Specialist 11 years later he joined the National Museum of American History. He most recently served as the founding director of the National Museum of African American history and culture. As the founding director he led an 11 year effort in constructing the 400,000 squarefoot museum and helping raise the matching publicprivate private funds that match public funds and came up with the museum that tells an incredibly powerful story of that part of our history. And a lot of our history. Congress established the smithsonian in 1846 through uppercrust by a british scientist James Smithson who never visited the United States but he generously left his estate to the United States government to found