The billionaire businessman elon musk is cleared of defaming a british cave explorer after calling him pedo guy on social media. And coming up at 5. 30, hype building for the long awaited re match, with anthonyjoshua facing andy ruiz tonight. Find out about that and more, with our sports bulletin. The internet message forum, reddit, says it believes a leak of sensitive uk us trade documents is linked to a Russian Campaign to influence voters. The dossier, which runs to several hundred pages, was highlighted byJeremy Corbyn in labours claim that the nhs would be on the table during us trade talks, something denied by the conservatives. Labour says the release of the documents was in the public interest, and neither the uk nor us governments have denied their authenticity. Reddit have issued a statement explaining their actions. It says we were recently made aware of a post on reddit that included leaked documents from the uk. We investigated this account and the accounts connected to it
Hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. The headlines. The online forum reddit says it believes leaked government documents, detailing uk us trade talks, and posted on its site are linked to russia. Oceans are running out of oxygen warn scientists as global temperature rises put many species of fish at risk of extinction. 12 people are swept to their deaths by floods in uganda, as east africa is devastated by heavy rainfall and landslides. Fears that a mega bushfire near sydney thats burning out of control could take weeks to put out. A chinese american researcher is freed by iran in a rare Prisoner Exchange with the us. President trump thanks the iranians for very fair negotiation. Thank you for your company throughout the afternoon. Now on bbc news, its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with mejane dougall and ben croucher. The headlines this evening. A lighter anthonyjoshua says weight doesnt matter as he prepares to re claim three belts from andy ruinunior, in one
More than four Million People promised on brexit. Are preparing to vote in this weekends local elections in hong kong. It follows months of pro democracy protests, which have become as Prince Andrew is increasingly violent in recent weeks. Pictured horse riding with the queen, another major there have been more than 5,000 arrests since the protests company pulls its support started in june. From his mentoring scheme. A group of orphaned british the premier leagues back children, caught up in the war after the International Break as is jose mourinho, in syria, are said to be in good who takes charge of tottenham spirits, after they were brought for the first time against west ham this lunchtime. Back to the uk. And Robbie Williams lets us theyre the first to be repatriated from an area in the north east of the country, which was formally controlled by the Islamic State into the secret of a happy life. Group. Charities say there could be another 60 british children still stranded in the
Inappropriate conduct. The education secretary asks universities to review fire safety in all their buildings after 200 firefighters spent more than nine hours tackling a fire at a student hall in bolton. Leading labour and trade union figures are meeting to decide which policies will be included in the partys election manifesto. Competing on green policies the conservatives say they will plant 30 Million Trees a year by 2025 but the liberal democrats say they can plant twice that. Good afternoon. The duke of york has told the bbc he has no recollection of ever meeting the woman who says she was made to have sex with him when she was 17. In an exclusive interview with newsnight, to be broadcast tonight, Prince Andrew insisted he didnt remember Virginia Roberts, despite the existence of a photograph showing the two of them together, said to have been taken in 2001. He also said it was wrong to stay at the home ofjeffrey epstein, after he was found guilty of child sex offences. At the ti
Prince andrew said he had no recollection of meeting virginia roberts, who claims she was forced to have sex with him when she was 17 after being groomed by epstein. The duke denies any inappropriate conduct. The education secretary has ordered all universities to review fire safety in their buildings after two people were hurt when fire ripped through student halls in bolton. Jeremy corbyn has led a meeting of senior labour figures to decide the partys manifesto promising a vision for a better britain for everyone. Competing on climate change. The conservatives pledge to plant 30 Million Trees a year by 2025, but the lib dems say they would plant twice as many. Now on bbc news, its time for sportsday. Hello. Youre watching sportsday on bbc news with Lizzie Greenwood hughes and ben croucher. Our top stories this saturday. As the home nations euro 2020 qualifying campaigns draw to a close, theres a morale boosting win for scotland. Could this be a changing of the guard in tennis . As St