City. But lets talk first about the propositions. I want to jump into a few of the important propositions an well. Largest in San Francisco history. There is also prop c which is also on the ballot and aimed to overturn San Francisco rule to suspending the sale of ecigarettes now approved by the fda. This is captioning interest worldwide. Now voters say yes to this prop. The ban will be replaced with regulations supported by juul. And finally proposition d which would impack everyone who takes uber or lift into San Francisco. In fact, if this is approved it would tax customers an extra 3. 25 for most trips and 1. 5 more on pool ride i based on th overall cost of the trip. Lets jump into the mayoral race. In San Francisco getting a lot of attention and current San Francisco mayor london breed hopes to keep her title as mayor today. She faces five challengers in her reelection bid. Now the mayor breed was elected in a special election last year following the sudden death of former mayor
19 people are arrested as police say theyve broken the uks biggest ever drugs operation more that 50 tonnes of drugs are seized. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport jane dougall. It looks like the andy murray comeback will continue, he will play singles at the Australian Open in january, for the First Time Since major hip surgery at a grand slam earlier this year. Repeat mode at the moment, blustery winds, scattered showers not only for today but also in tomorrow, more details shortly. The Prime Minister calls Extinction Rebellion protestors unco operative crusties as he urges them to stop blocking londons Streets Police have arrested over 400 people so far. Hello everyone this is afternoon live im ben brown. Borisjohnson has been accused of engaging in a stupid blame game after downing street said the eu had made a brexit deal essentially impossible. A source at ten downing street claimed Angela Merkel is reported to have told borisjohnson in a phone call this morning, that a br
Its saturday the 19th october. Our top story mps will vote on borisjohnson push bike you brexit agreement. Parliament is sitting on a saturday, for the First Time Since the invasion of the falklands in 1982. Just hours before the crucial commons vote, the Prime Minister is working to persuade mps to support him. Borisjohnson will address parliament at 930. You will see that live on this programme along with all the build up to the key vote. Turmoil and barcelona. Fresh clashes between right police and protesters after the jailing of catalan separatist leaders. Just minutes to go until englands kick off at the huge world cup match against australia, this is the team leaving their hotel to travel to the stadium. They are on the pitch warming up and the loser of this match, dont forget, will be going home. Another changeable day on the way today, worth taking your brolly. Still some showers in the forecast but gradually through the weekend we will see fewer and fewer showers. It is saturd
In a Shopping Centre in manchester, where five people are injured in a knife attack. And the comedian Billy Connolly on living with parkinsons and whether hell ever get back on the stage. My mind works differently. I dont know if i can do it with my mind in the state that its in. Coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, we have the latest from japan, the typhoon that could stop scotland reaching the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals. They are considering legal action if the game is cancelled. Good evening. Theres been more heavy fighting in Northern Syria as Turkey Presses on with its offensive against kurdish forces. Civilians and kurdish fighters have lost their lives in the onslaught. The United Nations says 100,000 people have now fled their homes, amid growing International Criticism of the attacks. Turkey wants to create a 20 mile deep safe zone, running 300 miles across the syrian border. The aim is to defeat kurdish fighters, whom turkey regards as terrorists and then
Week for Boris Johnson, with criticism of his use of language in the house of commons and his referral to a Police Watchdog, following allegations that an american businesswoman received favourable treatment when he was mayor of london, a move described today by a government minister as politically motivated. Heres our Political Correspondent, nick eardley. Power is seldom easy. Borisjohnson has found out quicker than mostjust how hard it can be and the pressure keeps on coming. Come to london, build your business is here. The lairof build your business is here. The lair of munden support you. The watchdog has been asked to investigate his relationship with this woman, jennifer arcuri, over claims she received favourable treatment including grants and trade trips when borisjohnson was london mayor. The pm denies any wrongdoing and downing street is furious. This is being politically driven, it is politically motivated and the Prime Minister has been clear that proprieties were reserved