Therell be a full bulletin at the top of the hour. But now on bbc news, the travel show. India, 70 years after independence. Im on a journey to two extremes of this vast subcontinent. Today, a fast emerging global power. 70 years after independence, it is still a coming together of different cultures and languages. We are on a journey spanning this continent from east to west, travelling from one of the driest places on earth. It is incredible. Hard crystals. White salt. You can even taste it. To one of the wettest. These are areas for the adventurous traveller. This is not india on tap. I am on a quest to find out how history, religion, and politics, had shaped india. And also meet the people of this intriguing and overwhelming country. It is going to be an amazing journey. For thousands of yea rs, amazing journey. For thousands of years, india found its riches and influence through international trade. And at the heart of this enterprise was the ocean. And the state of gujarat, with
First, our main story. Theresa may will abandon plans for mps to get a vote on fox hunting before 2022, when the next general election is due to be held. In an interview on the Bbcs Andrew Marr show, mrs may confirmed she would be going back on the pledge she made in last years manifesto. Plans are announced to plant a new northern forest stretching from liverpool to hull. And coming up in sport, youre waking up to the words england and colla pse again, im afraid. Its day four in sydney and needing 303 just to make australia bat again, england have lost four wickets already and they re heading for a 4 0 series defeat. Hollywood stars prepare to use tonights Golden Globe Awards to highlight the campaign against sexism and harassment. And stav has the weather. Good morning. It is very cold, but a lovely, sunny sunday for most of us. It will stay cold into the start of next week and then we will see changes. Join me later for a full weather forecast. Good morning. First, our main story. T
6497. 303 put them out of their misery at 649 7. 303 ahead, the temperature in parts of sydney was climbing to a record high. England had a nightmare start, mike stoneman, lbw to mitchell starc. Start, mike stoneman, lbw to mitchell sta rc. Mark start, mike stoneman, lbw to mitchell starc. Mark stoneman. Alastair cook bowled for ten, james vince got out of the way, always seems to get out edging to slip, only got 18. Dawid malan, and there was a prospect this might be over in four days butjoe was a prospect this might be over in four days but joe root was a prospect this might be over in four days butjoe root and jonny ba i rstow four days butjoe root and Jonny Bairstow fought hard and got england through to the close. 20 of determination and effort in the england side, but this underlines the quality difference between these two teams. In many ways, the last two teams. In many ways, the last two days have summed up the trip, it has been exceptionally tough, we have come up against a t
Peter preston, the guardian says the Prime Minister is set to reassert control with a Cabinet Reshuffle next week. The Financial Times claims britain will push to remain under eu regulation when it comes to medicines and pharmaceuticals. The bbcs former china editor, carrie gracie, is pictured on the front page of the telegraph. It reports that the Prime Minister is set to appoint a no deal brexit cabinet minister. Carrie gracie is also on the front of the times, who details why she has has stepped down from her post at the bbc in protest at what she called an indefensible pay gap between men and women. The Prime Minister is on the front of the metro, who quote an interview with the journalist andrew marr, who told theresa may that when he had a stroke in 2013 nhs delays would have killed him. The front page of the i also has a picture from that interview, with quotes from theresa may claiming she has listened to the voters. The daily express says that britain is in the grip of a kille
This week on global three thousand were off to the blue nile for many ethiopians the rivers water is sacred and soon itll provide power to the country too. Which is what many egyptians further downstream are afraid of the nile is the countrys lifeline. But first we had to china where Migrant Workers are being ousted from cities on mass where will they go. Migrant workers make up a third of chinas labor force they are people who leave their villages and head to the metropolis is in the hope of finding a decent job for years they were absorbed into city life after all they were a key factor in chinas economic miracle. But many a still treated as third class citizens and on t. V. Officially registered it its estimated that there are two hundred eighty two million Migrant Workers across china beijings population alone has tripled over the past twenty five years Authorities Say its too much they want millions of the Migrant Workers to leave. These Migrant Workers have been evicted from thei