But plans to vote on it in parliament are blocked. And Northern Ireland decriminalises abortion and same sex marriage despite a last ditch attempt to derail the move. Hello. Polls are starting to close in the east of canada in one of the countrys most closely fought elections. Prime Ministerjustin Trudeau faces a potential threat to his premiership, and neither his liberal party nor the rival conservatives are expected to win a clear majority. Our chief International Correspondent lyse doucet is in toronto. Yes, it will be a long, cold night gcioss yes, it will be a long, cold night across this country is the votes keep coming in. Six time zones, so far, the polling stations in the east of canada have closed and now the results are slowly trickling in, showing that with the liberal party, who in the 2015 election swept the polls right across Atlantic Canada, they have a strong showing this time, but they are losing seats. There is still 30 minutes to go here in toronto, and one of the
Live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore midnight in london and 1am in the french resort of biarritz, where the g7 summit of World Leaders has ended in an unexpectedly positive mood. French president Emmanuel Macron persuaded his colleagues to agree to help brazil fight the fires in the amazon. He also convinced President Trump to at least consider a meeting with irans president rouhani. And mr trump himself was upbeat about the resolution of another of crisis he has initiated the trade war with china. I think they should make a deal, and i think they should make a deal, and i think if they dont make a deal, its going to be very bad for china. And i very much appreciate the fact they came out last night, very late last night, they wanted to make a deal, they wanted it to be under calm circumstances. It was a very different kind of statement, i thought it was a beautiful statement. The us president stood besid
Announcer live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1am london and 2am in the french resort of biarritz, where the g7 summit of World Leaders has ended in an unexpectedly positive mood. French president Emmanuel Macron persuaded his colleagues to agree to help brazil fight the fires in the amazon. He also convinced President Trump to at least consider a meeting with irans president rouhani. And mr trump himself was upbeat about the resolution of another crisis he has initiated the trade war with china. I think they should make a deal, and i think if they dont make a deal, its going to be very bad for china. And i very much appreciate the fact they came out last night, very late last night, and they said they wanted to make a deal, they wanted it to be under calm circumstances. It was a little different kind of statement, i thought it was a beautiful statement. The us president stood beside emmanual macron as
The king of thailand is presiding over buddhist funeral rituals for his late father, King Bhumibol adulyadej who died a year ago after seven decades on the throne. The funeral urn was blessed by monks at the grand palace in bangkok ahead of a series of elaborate processions. Andrew plant reports. A funeral procession on a scale rarely seen before. A chance for tens of thousands of thai will to say a final farewell to the only motorbike most of them have ever lived under. Monarch. The body of the former king kept since his death in october last year in the throne hall of the royal palace. After ruling for more than 70 years this is the beginning of a finaljourney, transported towards a spectacular golden crematorium representing heaven, taking more than a year to build, here, his body will be cremated. This procession will last much of the day. His body will be carried atop a huge wooden chariot pulled by 222 soldiers, and led by his son, the new king, and members of the royal family, h
More than half a century after the assassination of president John F Kennedy, the final batch of classified files is being released. When hip hop died, it left a legacy, spoken word poetry. And we explore the mix of rap and conventional poetry thats known as spoken word. Coming up in sportsday on bbc news rangers are searching for a new manager, after sacking pedro caixinha, after 26 games in charge. Good evening. The political crisis surrounding the future of catalonia has reached breaking point, on the eve of a vote in the spanish parliament. Senators are expected to vote tomorrow to impose a form of direct rule on catalonia, following the recent referendum on independence, which the Spanish Government considered unlawful. Catalonias Vice President has warned that any such vote would lead to the declaration of a sovereign catalan state, with far reaching implications for spain and the eu, as our europe editor katya adler reports from barcelona. Hope and excitement filled this barcelo