Election is the way forward well bring you all the latest from our correspondents in westminster. Also this lunchtime. The most powerful storm to hit the bahamas since records began has torn off roofs and caused severe flooding. The category five hurricane is moving slowly west with winds of up to 200 mph four us states have declared an emergency. As japan resumes catching whales, we look at changing attitudes to the industry among the public. They say theyve been doing this for centuries, they do so to eat the meat and they do so sustainably, and that this is a traditional part of japanese culture. What do you think this has in common with this . Well be reporting on why the answer is this and coming up on bbc news. A change for england ahead of the fourth ashes test that starts on wednesday. Joe denly will replace jason roy at the top of the order. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Its the beginning of a momentous week for british politics, with rebel conservative mp
Prime minister to prevent a no deal brexit is rejected by another senior conservative mp. And well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, the broadcaster lynn faulds wood, and anne ashworth, who is associate editor of the times stay with us for that. Police in berkshire have been searching a caravan site close to where a 28 year old policeman was killed on thursday night. Detectives are continuing to question ten people, aged between 13 and 30 years old. Thames Valley Police gave an update earlier, appealing for witnesses and describing it as a complex investigation. A postmortem was carried out on andrews body yesterday and the cause of death has been recorded as multiple injuries. The cause of death is consistent with our current belief that andrew was caught between the vehicle and the surface ofa between the vehicle and the surface of a road and then dragged for some distance. However, the circumstances as to how andrew came to be out of his vehicle and caught
Hello and welcome to world news today. Storm barry may no longer be a hurricane, but emergency teams are warning that heavy rain and strong winds will continue to batter americas gulf coast for some time to come. The storm made landfall in the last few hours, about 15 miles west of new orleans, with winds of around 70 miles an hour. These are pictures from along the gulf coast as the storm was approaching. The state of louisiana has declared a state of emergency with tens of thousands of people without power. In new orleans, the mayor Latoya Cantrell has urged residents to stay vigilent. We are not out of the conditions that will cause heavy rainfall for the city of new orleans, although barry has slowed, it has also intensified, pushing the timing of expected impacts further into today, tonight and sunday. Sophie long is in canal street in new orleans. We know that it has slowed down, but it is still packing a punch, isnt it . Yes, and people in morgan city are filling that punch at t
At ten oclock Kate Silverton will be here with a full round up of the days news. Now on bbc news. In a country where its expected your extended family will look after you in old age, what do you do if they rejected you long ago . Thats a question for most of pakistans tra nsgender community. One member of the community is setting up pakistans first retirement home for transgender people. Mobeen azhar has been to lahore to meet her. This edition of our world contains adult themes. Once upon a time in the pakistani city of lahore, lived a super glam guru. Ashee was the talk of the town, and after hours artist. Ashee is a khawaja sehra, someone who describes herself as neither male norfemale, in pakistan commonly known as third gender. But entertaining is the preserve of the young, and as the years went by, ashee realised more and more of her community faced destitution when they could no longer work. This is the story of guru ashees quest to change the future of the third gender people i
Labour party, welcomes the approach, accusing rishi sunak of failing to keep the borders secure. But the Prime Minister claims many of sir keirs proposals are already in place. Proposals are already in place. The question for keir starmer, then, is if he cares so much about that , why did he vote much about that, why did he vote against the new laws that we pass to give our Law Enforcement officers new powers . Theyve now used those to arrest almost a thousand people connected with illegal migration, sentenced them to hundreds of years in prison. And if it was up to him, prison. And if it was up to him, all those people will be out on our streets. So i just think its a rank hypocrisy of this position. Position. And stargazers are in for a chance to see the Northern Lights across the uk overnight, thanks to clear skies and a huge and rare solar storm, forecasts suggest theyre likely to be seen across parts of northern ireland, scotland , northern ireland, scotland, Northern England and,