Well have the latest on the first of three days of hearings at the Supreme Court. Also on the programme. At the lib dems conference, the new party leaderjo swinson pledges to stop brexit immediately if she was in government. Today, i am standing here as your candidate for Prime Minister. 30 years after a tragedy in ben stokes family, he accuses the Sun Newspaper of being immoral in its latest coverage. We have the latest on the israeli general election, the second in five months, as Benjamin Netanyahu seeks to form a new government. And after 5a hours, sarah thomas becomes the first person to swim non stop across the English Channel four times. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news wales assistant coach rob howley is sent home nine days before their opening world cup match, for a breach of betting rules. Good evening. We start with the landmark case being heard at the Supreme Court, as the constitutional conflict provoked by the brexit crisis reaches the highest court in the uk. 11 Su
Conference the party leader, jo swinson, pledges to stop brexit immediately if she was in government. Today, i am standing here is that your candidate for Prime Minister. 30 years after a tragedy and ben stokes Mahmoud Abbas tragedy, he accuses the sons newspaper of being immoral. An israeli election. The second in six months as Benjamin Netanyahu six a new term in office. And the first person to swim non stop across the English Channel four times. At 11 30 this evening in the papers. Our guestsjoining me tonight are jack blanchard, editor of the politico london playbook, and kate andrews, associate director of the institute of economic affairs. A very good evening and welcome to bbc news. The constitutional conflict provoked by the brexit crisis has reached the Supreme Court, the highest court in the uk. 11 Supreme Court judges court, the highest court in the uk. 11 Supreme Courtjudges have started hearing to appeals to determine whether the Prime Minister acted lawfully when he suspe
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I can smell a distinct smell of smoke coming from the burning pit land and also from the forest fire. Im kasia madera, in london. Also in the programme after the collapse of afghan peace talks, a top spokesman for the taliban tells the bbc its still willing to negotiate. The role women scientists played in Indias Space Programme has been largely ignored, now a new film is putting them centre stage. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Hello and welcome to the programme. Its 8am in singapore, i in the mornng in london and 3am in israel, where the general election has, it seems, failed to produce a clear winner. Exit polls suggest both the current Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his main rival, benny gantz, could be in with a chance of building a governing coalition. That, wont be clear for a while. The final result though, will have huge consequences for an increasingly tense middle east region. Our correspondent Barbara Plett usher
A top spokesman for the taliban tells the bbc its still willing to negotiate. And a landmark case at the uk Supreme Court. Judges consider whether Boris Johnson acted unlawfully in suspending parliament. In the last half hour, the current israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Neta nyahu has addressed his supporters, saying hes still awaiting the official results from the general election. Exit polls suggest there is no clear winner, but the indications are it will be much harderfor mr netanyahu to build a governing coalition, bringing to an end his long run as Prime Minister. But he said he would work towards establishing what he called a strong zionist government. From tel aviv, the bbcs jeremy bowen reports. Israeli tv exit polls showed no decisive victory for any side. The votes will be counted through the night, but it could take weeks of coalition horsetrading before the next government and Prime Minister emerge. The election has been a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahus last ten years i