On a underground train at rush hour this morning. 29 of the passengers on the District Line train suffered injuries, some of them burns, when the device burst into flames but it failed fully to detonate. Theresa may said the bomb was intended to cause significant harm and a major manhunt was launched to find those behind it. Heres john sweeney. Tonight, the united kingdoms threat level, determined by intelligence chiefs, goes to critical. This means their assessment is that further attacks may be imminent. A massive manhunt is under way. This is a very complex investigation which is continuing at speed, with the full weight of londons counterterrorism policing resources, assisted with colleagues around the country and by our Intelligence Agency partners like mi5. And so called Islamic State, through its news agency, claims responsibility. This is how we do rush hour in london in 2017. On foot. Commuters being led down the track because someone left a bomb in a bucket on their tube. It
What youve done to disabled people is absolutely disgusting. But wouldnt you like a debate and discussion about that . Hello. Good to see you. Nice to see you again. If there is one man here who can rival borisjohnson in his ability to draw a crowd, its Jacob Rees Mogg. Our mogg cam has been tracking his every move, as he appears at fringe after fringe. And to complete the brexit set, we hearfrom the International Trade secretary, liam fox. Also tonight, the king of spain picks sides in the catalan crisis. Translation these authorities, in a clear and definitive way, have put themselves outside the rule of law and democracy. In catalonia, the kings speech went down like this. What now . Hello. It was Boris Johnson day at the conservative Party Conference always an event here, and a crowd pleaser. And, boy, do the crowd here need pleasing. But mrjohnson is a little like a latin lover he has the slickest lines and can woo an audience, but for some, the words are just too smooth. Mrjohnso
For some, this is civil progress a demonstration of respect for minorities and their inclusion. For others, it is at best, pc gone mad. Or at worst, a new creed of liberal authoritarianism. Well discuss the implications in a few minutes, but first Katie Razzall reports on the arguments over who can say what at university. Im kat and i use she or they pronouns. I think its hard to explain what micro aggression is. A safe space is not necessarily a physical space. Sculpted by the people its meant to be for. To older generations its a whole new language. But, on campus, terms like no platforming, safe spaces, micro aggressions and preferred pronouns are increasingly the norm. Im clara and i use she, her, her pronouns. Im molly and use she, her pronouns as well. New terms are one thing but those that use them are accused by critics of an assault on free speech. The latest spat involves the former labour politician linda bellos, a lesbian activist and feminist. She was no platformed recentl
Theres a chinese saying coming events cast their shadow before them. That huge shadow, on display at the communist Party Congress in beijing, is the form of president xijinping, who wants to make china great through a unique kind of socialism, one with chinese characteristics, and with him very much at the helm. China will soon become the largest economy in the world, and also the biggest undemocratic country. Its something that the west cannot compute, and yet china affects all of our lives in some way or another. This is the largest trading nation, and yet it has a horror of free communication. It has a powerful internet firewall. Even messages that feature xi and his nickname, winnie the pooh, will be blocked. Is it possible that there will not at some point be a clash between the us and china . We asked Isabel Hilton, founder and editor of chinadialogue, for her view on xi jinpings china dream. You can tell a lot about a country through its dreams. Consider the american dream, the
She is still on a charm offensive, wanting to reach out to them, explaining her florence speech, and i think she is expected to say, i listened to you back in the summer, i listened when you said the negotiations were in trouble, and i reached out to you and did two big things. I talked about how the uk would be willing to have a transitional phase at it leaves, the Prime Minister calls and an implementation phase, and the other thing she is expected to say is i will make a big commitment on finance, to meet the eu budget going up until the end of 2020, for 18 months after the uk leaves the eu. Essentially, what the Prime Minister is saying is not that she has been disappointed with the response, because she has been very charming tonight, but she is going to say, i understand you cannot formally declared today that sufficient progress has been made in the divorce areas, but i do say to you, please can we move on so that we have that declaration inside when the eu leaders meet here aga