And a landmark case at the uk Supreme Court. Judges consider whether Boris Johnson acted unlawfully in suspending parliament. The main challenger to the israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said he would work towards a government of National Unity after tuesdays general election. Exit polls suggest benny gantz centrist alliance is slightly ahead of mr Netanyahus Likud party, with neither winning enough seats to form a government. From tel aviv, the bbcs jeremy bowen reports. Israeli tv exit polls showed no decisive victory for any side. The votes will be counted through the night, but it could take weeks of coalition horsetrading before the next government and Prime Minister emerge. The election has been a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahus last ten years in office. He is israels longest serving Prime Minister. His main rival is retired general, benny gantz, from the blue and white party. Some of his supporters fear he was politically naive not to press harder on corruption c
By Hurricane Dorian aid agencies say the situation is desperate. Senior ministers have rejected claims by their former cabinet colleague, amber rudd that securing a new brexit deal is no longer the governments main objective. Amber rudd, who resigned last night as work and pensions secretary, said up to 90 of the governments time is now spent preparing for a no dael departure at the end of october. She described the expulsion of 21 conservative mps who oppose no deal as an assault on decency and democracy. Our Political Correspondent, helen catt, reports. Reporter morning amber. Amber rudd says that when she accepted a post in Boris Johnsons cabinet, she did so in good faith, believing he wanted a brexit deal. But since then, shed seen little evidence that the government was putting in enough preparation to get one. There is this huge machine preparing for no deal, which is fine. You might expect in the balance between getting a deal and no deal 50 50 in terms of work, but its not that
Joy for australia. Theyve retained the ashes after bowling out england on the final day of the fourth test at old trafford. Good evening. Government ministers have dismissed the accusation of a former senior colleague that too little effort is going into securing a new Brexit Agreement with the eu. Amber rudd, who resigned from the cabinet last night, said today that the vast majority of brexit focused work was going towards no deal and that there were no formal negotiations with brussels. Shes also called the expulsion of 21 conservative mps opposed to no deal an assault on decency and democracy. The chancellor sajid javid says the government hasnt given up on a deal and is sticking to plans to leave at the end of october, come what may. 0ur Political Correspondent Jonathan Blake reports. From cabinet minister to backbench mp overnight, amber rudd walked out of government no longer believing the Prime Ministers priority was to get a new brexit deal. This morning im joined by the now f
We are working wholeheartedly, straining every sinew to get a deal, and coming up its been a summer of astonishing moments for england, but australia secure the ashes at old trafford with with one more test to play. Hello and welcome to world news today. President trump has called off peace negotiations with the taliban, after they admitted being behind an attack in afghanistan that killed a us soldier. The taliban condemned the decision to withdraw from the talks to end 18 years of war, warning that the us would lose the most. Our chief International Correspondent lyse doucet reports from kabul. A busy kabul junction. The attack said to have changed president trumps mind. A young us soldier died here and ten afghans, aged ten to 70. The taliban struck this kabul neighbourhood, too, the very day last week the us said it had reached a deal in principle with the taliban to start bringing its troops home. Theyve been negotiating for nearly a year in the gulf state of qatar, and the taliba
Not only the lawful thing to do, i think it is the responsible thing to do. As borisjohnsons key advisers met today, ministers are looking for a way around the no deal law that enters into force tomorrow. Brace for a two day pilots strike affecting up to 300,000 British Airways passengers. After an attack in kabul, President Trump cancels the peace deal agreed in principle with the taliban. Joy for australia. They have retained the ashes after bowling out england on the final day of the fourth test at old trafford. And we will be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, katherine forster, journalist at the sunday times, and joe twyman, director at deltapoll. Government ministers are insisting that their brexit plans remain in place despite stinging criticism from their former collegue amber rudd, who has resigned her cabinet post. She said today that the vast majority of brexit focused work was going towards no deal, while there were no formal negotiations with brussel