Hello. This is bbc news with ben brown. The headlines amber rudd resigns from the cabinet and the conservative party in another major blow for Boris Johnsons government. It is the combination of the fact there is not enough work going into getting a deal, which is not what the Prime Minister signed up to do, and secondly the expulsion of 21 of my colleagues, who are good, moderate conservatives. Shell be replaced as work and pensions secretary by therese coffey. As work and pensions business secretary, andrea leadsom, says the conservatives will break with precedent and field a candidate against the commons speaker, john bercow, at the next election. Peace negotiations between the taliban and the United States have been called off. In a tweet President Trump blames a deadly attack in the afghan capital, kabul. British Airways Pilots go on strike for the first time in the airlines history. A full paper review coming your way injusta a full paper review coming your way injust a few a ful
In sport, edmund defies the heat to win in melbourne. Hes through to the fourth round for the first time after a 5 set win. I want to be a pilot. I want to be a game designer. I want to be a maths teacher. From sports stars to social media icons, well find out what thousands of children said when they were asked to draw their future careers. And matt has the weather. Good morning. I certainly am, i have come in search of snow and i have found it, what is of the showers again today across parts of north west england, Northern Ireland scotla nd north west england, Northern Ireland scotland and in southern scotland there could be some issues later. I will have all of the details in your full forecast in the next 15 minutes. Maps, thank you. Mat. Good morning. First, our main story. Scientists in the us are close to a major cancer breakthrough, after trials for a new universal blood test detected eight common forms of the disease. Overall, the test found 70 of the cancers but researchers s
In sport, liverpool manager, jurgen klopp, says he has Nothing To Say about Phillipe Coutinhos future as his side prepare for theirfirst game in the Champions League and can you be fat and fit . I have been down to this gym every day for the last 20 years and have never had a day off. I am full of fitness. Scientists say the ideas a myth, and being overweight can increase your risk of a heart attack by around a quarter. More from them later. And the weather. Good morning. Rain going east and into the north sea. Behind that, sunshine and showers. Some will be heavy and thundery. In the sunshine, it will be quite pleasant. I will have more in 15 minutes. Thank you, carol. Good morning. First, our main story. The government is pushing for a temporary Customs Union to be put in place when britain leaves the European Union to try to smooth the way for business and prevent chaos on the uks borders. Thereve been warnings about the extra pressure ports could be under if they face an increase i
There. The gap is just under 13,000. Steve cokornacki is standing byo give us the latest count. The Trump Campaign is expected to file another election lawsuit this time in nevada after judges in michigan and georgia dismissed their lawsuit to toss out ballots. A marine appeared outside the west wing doors and the white house confirmed the president is in the oval office. We have not seen the president since wednesday morning. Hes tweeting urging they stop counting the 500,000 ballots left in pennsylvania which the secretary of state says is nearing the end. Do you think we could know who won pennsylvania by the end of today . So, yeah, i think we could. With that as the backdrop, we have a team of nbc News Reporters to break it down. Steve kornacki at the big board. Mike medally in dallas. We want to talk to steve about the vote totals. Steve, how are you seeing this play out . Very slowly ill say that. I hear the confidence there from the secretary of state, but i cant say ive seen i
5,000 new York Police Officers specially trained. Just a couple of quick notes. They will start cleaning up in the next couple of hours. There will be 158 people on hand for the cleanup. 22 sanitation trucks and one other little point, kate, 32 tons of debris is what they picked up last year so im guessing it will be the same this year. As you say about security, so many threats in the air, none Credible Threats but a lot of chatter and talk. As you say its the new normal as we head into the holiday season. Reporter im having a hard time hearing you. I think you said something about the security. We saw no problems. It is probably because of the enormous Police Presence we saw. Tammy leitner on the streets of new york after the parade wrapped up. Appreciate it. Donald trump celebrating thanksgiving wh his family at in florida at marchalag. Trump asking people to put their emotions behind them as they spend time with their families. We just finished a long and bruising Political Campaig