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Also on the programme this lunchtime. Scotlands first minister Nicola Sturgeon sets out her plans for another independence referendum, and warns Boris Johnson not to oppose it. Record temperatures in australia almost 42 degrees celsius as hundreds of bush fires burn out of control. And after stepping out of the ring, a dramatic change of career for the olympic boxer nicola adams. And coming up on bbc news, liverpool confirm their First Signing of the january transfer window japans Takumi Minamino signs a 4. 5 year deal. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The queen has outlined the governments agenda for the next year following the conservatives decisive election victory last week. Addressing both houses at the state opening of parliament, her majesty said her government would embark on an Ambitious Programme of domestic reform that delivers on the peoples priorities. Legislation to take the uk out of the European Union on 31st ofjanuary is among over 30 bills announced.
Welcome to a town of first time tories. Work around the clock to repay your wrexham has never returned a conservative mp before. Trust and to deliver on your for most of a century it stuck priorities with a parliament that works for you. With labour through thick and thin. A very different story for labour austerity bit hard here but it has asJeremy Corbyn leads his party turned its back on the party to its worst election performance and gone from red to blue. Since the 1930s. He says he will stand for liam, it was all down but not yet. About delivering brexit. Get it done. The responsible thing to do is not we should be an independent country. We should be moving forward, to walk away from the whole thing looking at different things. Andi to walk away from the whole thing and i will not do that. I will stay onwards and upwards, i say here until there is somebody elected others lacked faith to succeed to me and i will step in labours leader. Down at that point. For pam, he was the else
Ireland is concerned. The whole of United Kingdom will be leaving the eu. Ill be back injust a moment to give you all the analysis of what could happen. The other headlines at five there are huge protests tonight in barcelona about the jailing of catalan leaders the city has been brought to a standstill police make more than 700 arrests in a week long push to tackle so called county lines drug gangs. He asked me to marry him. Sol he asked me to marry him. So i poor thing, he will recover. Angelia jolie returns in maleficent mistress of evil. See what mark kermode thinks of that and the rest of this weeks releases in the film review. Good evening and welcome from westminster, where the Prime Minister is in a race to try to persuade mps to back his new Brexit Agreement before tomorrows crucial vote in parliament. Borisjohnson says hes very confident hell win backing for the deal struck yesterday in brussels, but the result is expected to be tight. With opposition parties, and the dup, se
Jet powered flyboard. Hello and welcome. Im Christian Fraser in london and jane obrien is in washington. A day after clearing out the old cabinet, Boris Johnson appeared at the commons dispatch box today with a new team behind him and a bold plan in front of him. With energy and enthusiasm, the new Prime Minister painted a picture of a better Brexit Britain the beginning, he said, of a new golden age. The confident style of leadership reflects the settled decision of his new cabinet, and it is recognised in brussels. In an e mail to officials, the eus chief negotiatior, Michel Barnier, wrote, pm johnson has stated that, if an agreement is to be reached, it goes by way of eliminating the backstop. This is of course unacceptable and not within the mandate of the european council. As suggested by his rather combative speech, we have to be ready for a situation where he gives priority to the planning for no deal partly to heap pressure on the eu. Today, the conservative benches lapped it u