Testifies over the 737 max crashes. Lebanon under pressure to form a new government, as Anti Government protesters celebrate after the Prime Minister resigns. Here in the uk, a general election has finally been called for december 12th to try to end the deadlock over brexit. It may also have serious implications for the unity of the country. Itll be the first december election in the uk in nearly 100 years. The Prime Minister has said the public must be given a choice over the future. The leader of the labour opposition described the election as a once in a generation chance to transform our country. This from our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. These will soon be portraits from the past. Speaker order order the howls and the rage of a house divided. Theyll be replaced with some new voices. Some here will disappear. I call the Prime Minister. Mrspeaker, thank you. Its never been that straightforward with this group of mps, as this still new Prime Minister knows to his cost. There is
Whatsapp goes to court, the messaging app is suing an israeli cyber Surveillance Company over claims it helped governments hack into peoples phones. A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme Gatwick Airport is trying different boarding methods such as window seats first, starting at the back, to cut down boarding time. So wed like to know what bugs you most about air travel . What frustrations do you have, and how would you resolve them . Get in touch, just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Lets get started. Mps at westminster are gearing up for britains first pre christmas Election Campaign in nearly a century after voting to go to the country on the 12th of december. Theyre hoping to to seek a way out of the brexit impasse. Borisjohnson said the public must be given a choice over the future of brexit and the country. Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, pledged that his party take on what he called the veste
As Anti Government protesters celebrate after the Prime Minister resigns. Here in the uk, a general election has finally been called, for december 12th, to try to end the deadlock over brexit. It may also have serious implications for the unity of the country. Itll be the first december election in the uk in nearly 100 years. The Prime Minister has said the public must be given a choice over the future. The leader of the labour opposition described the election as a once in a generation chance to transform our country. These will soon be portraits from the past. Speaker order order the howls and the rage of a house divided. Theyll be replaced with some new voices. Some here will disappear. I call the Prime Minister. Mrspeaker, thank you. Its never been that straightforward with this group of mps, as this still new Prime Minister knows to his cost. There is only one way to restore the esteem in which our democracy is held, and to recover the respect in which parliament should be held by
Thomas started off by giving your recollection of that day, because you were already halfway through your adult life and indeed the wall had been there for all of your life up had been there for all of your life up until that point. So when you sort come down, how did you feel . felt throughout, a must see. I participated in the bbc Newsnight Programme the night after it fell, asking a east german dissident and myself what i thought of the uniting of the country. I was honest and saidi of the country. I was honest and said i did not know much of east germany. I lived on the western side and never visited east germany in my previous life, i had never had any notion. I could not believe it was happening because we had been brought up on the basis of thinking the unification of germany can only happen as part and parcel of the unification of all of europe. In fa ct, unification of all of europe. In fact, it was thought to be dangerous for germans to go it alone as it wear and unite for ge
While at university, have called on colleges to help stop protests by millions of young people that swept across the globe, demanding action against Climate Change, have come to a close. From australia to india, europe and the United States, they took to the streets to call for change. Their inspiration is teenage activist Greta Thunberg who told crowds in new york we will make them hear us. Nick bryant has the story. Dont let our people die Climate Change is not a lie the protests followed the sun. From the low lying Pacific Islands to drought ridden australia, from the streets of south africa to the Brandenburg Gate in berlin. The children of the world, the inheritors of our Climate Change crisis. What do we want . Climate justice when do we want it . Now young voices speaking with passion and urgency, because theirs is the future thats at stake. Considering we have such a short amount of time to turn this issue around, its vital that young people are at the forefront of this convers