Most important election in a generation Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been pulling out all the stops to win over wavering voters but his lead over Jeremy Corbins Opposition Labor Party has been narrowed. Following terry martin welcome to the Program Russia is expelling 2 german diplomats in retaliation for the expulsion of 2 Russian Diplomats by berlin last week its also do with the killing of this man a former chechen commander in berlin last summer he was gunned down in a public park german prosecutors believe russia was behind the killing and Russian Diplomats were expelled because berlin said moscow was not cooperating sufficiently in the investigation bosco has denied any involvement in the killing. Well for more now were joined by our correspondent sure win in moscow emily why has russia decided to expel german diplomats while russia expelled these 2 german diplomats in response to berlin expelling Russian Diplomats last week last week we already heard from the Foreign Ministr
So general election his conservative partys lead over the Opposition Labor Party narrowed in the final week of the campaign. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us german Business Leaders have reacted angrily after u. S. Lawmakers approved sanctions against the north stream to gas pipeline the German Russian Chamber of commerce has called for retaliatory sanctions while the German Economics Ministry said it for gretz the moves now the sanctions passed by the u. S. House of representatives affect construction of the north stream to pipeline targeting the ships that lay the massive pipes u. S. Lawmakers and the white house believes that north stream too will make germany too reliant on russian gas and give moscow greater political leverage over berlin and the whole of the European Union. Our Political Correspondent simon young is covering this story for us and he joins us for more hi simon tell us more about some of the reactions that youve seen here in berlin this morning. Ye
Its about half past two in the morning, you are up to date on the headlines. Now on bbc news, electioncast. We are in the selection because of brexit. We want to be getting out and buying up the swiss presidency. If anyone comes up to you and says they know what will happen, cocked an eyebrow, smile politely and turn your back. Hello there everyone, are you ready for monday nights edition of electioncast . I hope so, i am. The big thing we discovered today is if you have an Advent Calendar and you open the first door today, you will be opening the last door and having the last sweetie or chocolate on election eve, on the 11th of december, how cool is that . It will spoil the Advent Calendar for christmas but anyway your choice. You do not have to do it. The big set piece event today is the Conference Held in london, the cpi for the british industry. The confederation of british industry. Three Party Leaders where there and so was our political editor. I asked her for her thoughts earli
From westminster and cardiff, and will be talking to three now former parliamentarians, with more than 80 years of experience between them. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. The Climate Campaign group, Extinction Rebellion, wins a legal challenge against the metropolitan polices ban, on their protests in london. And the two time olympic champion, nicola adams, retires from boxing because of fears she could lose her sight. Its five oclock. Our main story is the official start of the Election Campaign, with the dissolution of parliament and the imminent launch of the conservative campaign this evening in the West Midlands with borisjohnson. But the day started badly for the Prime Minister, with the news that his cabinet colleague the welsh secretary alun cairns had resigned, following claims he knew about the role of a former aide, ross england, in the collapse of a rape trial. Mr cairns had claimed originally that he knew nothing about the matter. Mr england was subsequently sele
And Boris Johnson . Hes talking to Business Leaders at the cbi this morning. Well bring you that live. Plus, why didnt he say he regretted his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein . The backlash against Prince Andrews newsnight interview continues. Do i regret the fact that he has quite obviously conducted himself in a manner unbecoming . Yes. Unbecoming . He was a sex offender. Yeah, im sorry im being polite. A lawyer for five victims of the dead paedophile tells us the chances of the prince being questioned in the us are much higher now. I think he has made things much worse for himself in this interview andl worse for himself in this interview and i think the authorities are going to want to speak to him now and they should want to. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 00 this morning. Inafew in a few minutes, we will be talking live to Jeffrey Jennifer in a few minutes, we will be talking live to jeffreyJennifer Arcuri. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking abou