That he holds no fear going into his highly anticipated rematch with andy ruinunior. I tell you, i am punching like a horse kicking back right now. My kinetic chain, my rhythm, theres no tension in my body. We say loose and heavy, loose and heavy. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. With just a week to go until the country goes to the polls, the conservatives have outlined what theyll do in their first 100 days in office. Boris johnson has promised a tax cutting budget in february, as well as protections for some of the pledges already made in the campaign so far. On the health service, theyve promised to enshrine in law the extra £39. 9 billion a year they have promised for the nhs up to 2023. On crime, theyve promised a law to end the automatic release of serious violent offenders, like the man responsible for the London Bridge terror attack. And theyve promised to start recruiting the 20,000 police officers, and 50,000 nurses for the nhs theyve been talking about in the
And emanuel mccrum go head to head as the nato summit begins in a rare admission that irans government concedes people were shot and killed a during novembers fuel price protests. And im leo hardy and doha with all the d. C. Sport boxers and here is jr and Anthony Joshua work out for the 1st time in the saudi capital riyadh ahead of saturdays heavyweight rematch. Thanks for joining us we begin the news hour in the u. S. Where House Democrats have released their much anticipated report laying out the case for the impeachment of donald trump the report says the u. S. President who was meeting nato leaders in london use the powers of his office to solicit foreign interference on his behalf in the 2020 lection it says the phone call between trump and the ukrainian president was a dramatic crescendo of a months Long Campaign to extract what it called personal political benefits well the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee spoke shortly after the report was released. We now can see
And his friend josh. It may not bring millions of shoppers to mid wales, but it is delivering a bit of festive cheer. Hywel griffith, bbc news, rhayader. Brilliant. Time for a look at the weather. This was janets window in argyll and bute, probably the worst of the wet and windy fare. Small comfort that you are not alone . Probably not. Look at the number of isobars on the chart. At least they are running from a south westerly direction so the air is mild and moist to say the least, and there is plenty of air too, we will come to the gusts in a moment. Across this quarter it been raining, and the rainfall totals will mount up. Up to 80 millimetres widely over the high ground, but that is half of the story because when we take a look at the wind strengths as well, we see wind gusts up to 60 mph. That will be disruptive over the bridges for example, speed restrictions, some of the ferries may have an issue. Further east after a chilly start, struggling, but at least you are drier there u
Talking therapy services. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport withjohn watson. Thank you, everton manager at marco silva is facing the sack this afternoon after another defeat, this time in the Merseyside Derby to liverpool. Thanksjohn, and ben rich has all the weather. As the saying goes, red sky in the morning, shepherds warning, we had some beautiful red sun rises this morning but the warning is for a lot of rain in places. It is turning milder but i will have full details just before half past. Thanks, ben. Also coming up. The christmas advert getting tens of thousands of views, and it only cost a hundred pounds to make. Hello, this is afternoon live. With one week to polling day, the Political Parties are beginning theirfinal push for votes. Boris johnson is promising to pass his brexit deal and bring a tax cutting budget within 100 days, if the conservatives win the election. Labour have outlined plans to recruit almost 20,000 extra teachers in england overfive years. Mean
Contain flash photography. Elections are about to defence as well as attack. This morning, Boris Johnson was in stockport, saying the tories would provide more Grassroots Football funding in england. Today there are also questions about what role russia might be playing in this election. These are censored, blacked out reports. This leaked government document detailing initial trade documents between the uk and the us was highlighted by the labour party. The message board reddit said it was posted online by an account linked to the campaign linked in russia. I think we need to get to the bottom of that. As far as im aware we have not established the truth of that. But i certainly think that that document, whatever it was intended to prove did not prove what the Jeremy Corbyn and the labour party hoped that it would. Jeremy corbyn is campaigning in wales this morning. The labour party has said publishing the trade document was in the interest of the public and argued that the government